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genz420 · 11 days

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What kind of Music do they Listen to 🎵 🎧

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Content: Headcanons

Warning: None

Pairing(s): None

Character(s): Percy, Jason, Frank, Leo, Nico, Annabeth, Piper

Percy Jackson

Let’s be realistic here

Percy is a kid from New York

I know nothing about New York expect it was stolen from my ancestors and that it had some crazy shit happening in the 70s

And whatever was in Hamilton

I feel like Percy would listen to a mix of rap and mainstream music

He would listen to Kendrick Lamar, Lil Mabu, Eminem, Kanye (I know he’s a weird and bad guy), and Tyler, the Cartor

He thinks he can rap

He can not

But will try for anyone who lets him

Jason Grace

2000s white girl songs

Rihanna, Fergie, Kesha, you know the classics

Who doesn’t love that genre of white girl music

It happy and classic

But also a huge fan of the Fleet Foxes

And that of course means he loves father john misty and Lana Del rey

Frank Zhang

I just know Frank listens to Canadian artists

Like everything from Nickelback to The Tragically Hip

But also bands like Mother Mother

And the Weekend

And Drake

And Justin Bieber

But his music taste isn’t limited to Canadian classics

He loves ambiance music/Brown noise

Sometimes, he just wants to listen to nothing but something

Leo Valdez

Country

Not like “I hate my wife” Country

Let’s not forget Leo is from Taxes

He obviously loves the classic like Marty Robbins

But I see him listening to Zach Bryne, Dolly Parton, and Carrie Underwood

You can’t convenience me that he doesn’t love the song “Before He Cheats”

That shit was blasting when Argo II was being built

He gets into the music

Like screams it while it plays

Doesn’t matter if he is with other people

I also get the vibe he would listen to some Spanish artists

Like oldies. Stuff his grandfather and mother would have listened to

Because the people you grow up with influence your music

Artist like: Chavela Vargas, Jeanette, and Eydi Gormé

Nico Di Angelo

Old man Nico would listen to Italian music

But as he gets older I see him listening to artists like Radiohead or The Smiths

Because he is a bit of a sad boy

Maybe even some more modern Italian musicians like Fiordaliso or

Would also get into Ska Music

Specially 2 tone Ska

I see him liking The Specials, Prince Buster, and Madness

He would also love Amy Winehouse

Annabeth Chase

Movie/TV soundtracks

Loves the song where it’s all instrumental

I think she would be a huge fan of Bear McCreary, Ramin Djawadi, and Hans Zimmer

She wouldn’t even watch the show the songs are in

She just enjoys the sound of music

When she does eventually watch movies, you know the Prince of Egypt soundtrack took her out

Piper Mclean

I think she would be a HUGE Dido, Kate Bush, Cranberries fan

Would also be the type to have their music influenced by Tiktok

Nothing wrong with that

It happens to me

The top song is Grafton Street by Dido

Loves Fleetwood Mac

And Florance & the Mechian

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bldngiris · 2 months

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꒰OKLAHOMA SMOKESHOW ꒱ . . . d winston !

pairing(s) : book! dallas winston x fem!soc! reader

in which y/n dreams of escaping tulsa but her dad is holding her back. however dallas winston listens and yearns.

requested : yes or no.

!! content warnings : yelling, swearing, r's father is an ass, r is a soc but she doesn't like being one, discrimination. movie dallas used only for visuals even though i used blonde book dallas in mind!! mentions of religion, angst

robin chirps : happy easter!! this fic is inspired by oklahoma smokeshow by zach bryan :) bold is the song lyrics!

go on and put on that dress that all the bad boys like.

y/n stood in front of her full-length mirror and took a look at herself one last time before heading out the door. if her father had caught her wearing anything other than appropriate soc attire, she would be done for. the amount of times she had been hit on by cocky high class boys who just wanted to get into her pants was numerous, alas her father didn't care. "you don't want to look like one of those greasy balls of garbage do you?" he would ask her. truth was y/n didn't want to be a soc. sh didn't want to be a greaser either. she wanted to escape tulsa and live in a city without labels and get away from all the hostility stored away in the streets of tulsa.

i know your daddy ain't home so ride with me tonight. you always wind up here in a puddle of tears

y/n had made her way to the diner with her friends. however, her "friends" had left her midway through the walk home to go hang out with a group of other socs. it had started to rain and the closest place y/n could go to was bucks. y/ns feet subconsciously made their way to the building lit by neon beer signs, ignoring the voice in the back of her head saying, "if i catch you 'round one of them greaser places.."

she slowly opened the door to the place, as a mixture of tears, mascara and raindrops ran down her face, her hair sticking to her face, her dress drenched. many eyes were on her as barely, if any, socs came to bucks. whispers, some louder than others presumably by drunk men were heard as y/n sat on one of the bar stools.

them boys are out and they're angry and they're lookin' for blood In the back of a blue old pick up truck. you've got nowhere to go although you're all gussied up

y/n sat at the barstool, a shaggy, pale, blonde boy sat beside her, a malboro cigarette hanging out of his mouth loosely.

"hey man, what're you doin' out here?" he asked the soc, curiously, in a sluggish tone of voice. y/n sniffled.

"my friends left me when we were at the diner, n' i didn't wanna get jumped, it's dangerous walkin' home by myself, y'know." she sniffled again. "plus, it's cold and wet." she paused again. dallas listened, as he hummed and nodded, understanding what she was talking about.

there's so much whiskey in his coke it'll make her nose bend

"that really sucks man," he muttered taking a sip of his whiskey and coke, y/n could smell the drink from her seat. dallas did't turn away or ignore her after that. they spent the next hour talking.

but she swears that his love is a damn god send

don't get me wrong, dallas hated socs. but y/n was different, under the high class, hair done, pretty dress facade, she was a normal girl yearning for more than just a privilege title. the two could relate on another level which dallas had appreciated. dallas and y/n both wanted more or less the same thing, both wanted to escape tulsa, but more or less everything was holding them back from doing so.

she's known god since she was a child, she used to play in the yard and she would dream of one day

y/n played in the front yard of her house with a white picket fence. she saw two kids around her age, playing over by a park around the 'border' between the west and east side.

"hi! im y/n can i play with you?" she asked the three children. they were greaser children, as seen by the difference in their appearance.

'til the world came around and took her dreaming away. told her how to dress and act and smile.

"sure! im soda, thats johnny and that one over there is steve" one said. soon enough, y/n's father had come out of the house, soon following a burst of yelling came about. "y/n get over here and away from that white trash." he exclaimed. y/n wondered, how could a grown adult be so hostile toward children? y/ns father grabbed the little girls hand and took her back over to the freshly painted house on the block.

'y/n, sweetie, you know better than to talk to those type of people." he told her. "now, im sure mrs. sheldon and mrs. valances children would love to play with you hm?" he said. the little girl with pigtails and turned around to watch the greaser kids looking at her sadly, eventually cheering themselves up and laughing softly as they played on the monkey bars.

she's an oklahoma smokeshow. he's an asshole from back home. she'll never make it out alive.

that night, at bucks dallas and y/n talked for hours. y/n told dallas about her image and how she was forced by her father to keep up the good girl act, how every soc guy just wanted to get in her pants and how she's never going to make it out alive.

dallas told her about how he grew up in the streets of brooklyn, new york because his asshole father didn't give a shit about him. his mother and grandmother didn't have enough to provide, because his dad kept taking the profit to the bottle. he ended up in juvi by the time he was ten for theft, trying to provide for his family until he just left and ended up here in tulsa.

that small town bar scene, where small vices kill your big dreams. he'd take you home but he's too drunk to drive.

"but my dad will never let me leave, not until i'm 21 at least, and if i do, he'll list me as a runaway to the police and they'll come and find me." she muttered, solemnly. it was nearly midnight now. dallas way to intoxicated to drive. y/n had used bucks landline to call a cab as she made her way home, thinking of the boy who had changed her life in a mere few hours.

well, I've been here, I've been up all night. thinkin' 'bout a life with you and i. one you'll never know 'cause you're a small town smokeshow.

dallas layed there, head empty except for the thought of y/n. it was nearly 3 in the morning at this point, but all he could think about was the girl who he had just met but felt like they had known each other for years and there he continued dreaming, because unfortunately for him only one of the two got their 'escape' from the prejudice of tulsa, oklahoma. unfortunately, it wasn't y/n. unfortunately, it wasn't the way either of them planned.

#dallas winston #dallas winston x reader #dallas winston oneshot #dallas winston imagine #the outsiders x reader #angst #the outsiders #the outsiders imagine #the outsiders oneshot #the outsiders x yn #the outsiders x you #the outsiders x fem reader #the outsiders 1983 #the outsiders 1967 #book! dallas winston #collected works.

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bored-trans-lesbian · 1 month

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Sometimes, the Intrepid Heroes bother me.

I love the dimension 20 show. Main quests, side quests, live shows... I love these people and the stories they tell. But given the comedic tone they are going for, as someone who *really* is invested in the story and lore, sometimes the riffing/joking comes off as insensitive or awful. I try to just remember jokes are jokes, but just wanna like point it out, once. Like how they often make jokes about things that are traumatic for their characters, like chungkedown Bim or sexy rat for Fabian, making "are you dating" jokes with Riz about the person who, let's not forget, *got his father murdered*, ect.

The line too far for me, to the point it's actively bothering me, is Emily, not just fig but clearly Emily, reiterating over and over that Porter is right and Gorgug *needed* to change. Part of me hopes the reason Zach is showing Gorgug as more violent/mean is tied into this thought, like 'if this is what you want, here you go'

I am 300% on the 'fuck Porter' train and will always be. He's a bad man, a bad teacher, even if he's not an in-game villain. His toxic/violent perspective on harnessing anger *one way* to lash out and be a violent jerk is not fucking healthy, and what works for one person is not a universal rule. Professor Badgood *gave up* her deity so she could properly teach for a wide verity of students and moral spectrums, different interpretations of faith. Porter is a barbarian *and* paladin instructor who thinks 'my way or the highway' and when one of his students pushed back, tries something different, calls out how hurt *he* is that gorgug was seeking another path, passive-aggressively.

Let's not get it twisted: he did not come around because Gorgug was, by his own efforts, busting his ass and *succeeding* with the harder path, you know, like a fucking *barbarian*. He didn't see the merits and change his mind. Gorgug's stress and frustration mounted and he just let himself go, being more aggro and rude as he's breaking down, which that motherfucker sees as *progress* and only then, allowed for the MCAT. Then he has the gall to look at the result and go 'ahh, I see, this is actually cool.'

*Fuck you, porter.* Gorgug did this *despite* your efforts to stop him, you are not a mentor you are a roadblock.

This was supposed to be about something else, the porter hate came out... Anyway

Yeah hopefully Gorgug bullying Mary Ann will make it clearer to his friends that no, leaning into violent rage is not better for him as a person.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #dnd #fantasy high junior year #gorgug thistlespring #porter cliffbreaker #intrepid heroes #figeroth faeth #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #pok gukgak

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storiesofleftoverghosts · 3 months

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I Remember Everything || Leon Kennedy

pairings: Leon Kennedy x GN!Reader

warnings: hurt/no comfort, breaking up, alcoholism, semi-toxic relationship, Leon hates himself, reader has alcoholic father, no y/n is used.

word count: 2182

requested: nope!

a/n: i'm a yapper so this is gonna be long LMFAO. honestly i didn't have any specific leon in mind when i wrote this so... anyway i recently gave y'all fluff but i think it's time for angst. this is very heavily inspired by "I Remember Everything" by Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves. even if you don't like country, i'd recommend listening to it while reading this.

Sitting in a dive bar on a Wednesday night had become Leon's sense of normal over the years. It didn’t matter the day actually. If he wasn't on some life threatening mission for the government who didn't care about his well-being, he was at the bar. It was pathetic. He knew that better than anybody. Men his age were married and drinking with their friends. Some had at least two kids by now. He couldn't help but think of how he could have had that with you.

If only he didn't ruin everything he fucking touched. Maybe you both would be happy right now if he hadn't crossed paths with you.

Nursing his whiskey glass, he sipped on the caramel colored liquid. Rot gut whiskey usually helped ease his mind on nights like this. He didn’t enjoy how awful it tasted, but it was his choice of poison. It’s what he deserved, right? The cheap liquor burnt going down, and the aftertaste made him want to gag. Reality had seemed to be the thing he had trouble swallowing the most in the moment.

Memories of you had begun to trickle back into his mind as he continued to drink. Was it too much to ask the universe to cut him some slack for one god damn night? He thought about you enough as it is when he was sober.

He was specifically thinking about one of the first dates you both had gone on. Driving home in your old pick up truck from the beach with the windows down. Sitting in the passenger seat gave him the best view. The summer breeze danced with your hair as the sun seemed to highlight all of his favorite features on you. Your smile somehow was brighter than the sun as you sang along to some cheesy pop song on the radio. Beautiful wasn’t even a word that could cover how he thought of you in the moment. Emotions he thought he would never feel again overwhelmed him, and before he knew it, warm tears had begun to form in the corner of his eyes.

“Are you crying babe?” You had asked while turning down the radio. Concern was written all over your features. Sometimes you gave him a run for his money with how observant you were. His piercing blue eyes were glossed over before he turned his attention to whatever was passing outside the window. Quickly he cleared his throat as heat creeped up the back of his neck.

“Yeah. You still got sand in your hair and it blew into my eyes.” Both of you knew it was an excuse, but you didn’t pry any deeper into the subject. You had learned your lesson about trying to make Leon communicate his emotions with you. Besides, he had the mentality that grown men don’t cry. How could he explain that he was crying out of joy and in awe of your beauty? Thinking of explaining that had made him cringe at the time.

God he used to give you so much shit about that truck. It was on the older side, and he had offered multiple times to get you a new one. But you were too stubborn and would shoot the offer down. That truck was your pride and joy. Now he would give anything to drive around with you in that pick up truck one more time.

Another memory seemed to taunt him and rub salt into his open wound. Late night talks sitting on your beatdown basement couch together, your head in his lap as he played with your hair. You’d tell him stories about your family, like when your mother had run off from your father and pawned her wedding ring. Something about how she couldn’t take your fathers drinking anymore. His soothing fingers running through your hair would comfort you, and he swore to you that he’d never turn out like that.

It tore him up to think how he wouldn’t be the man that he always swore to you he would be.

Glass clinking snapped him out of his pity party. Another whiskey glass was in front of him. The bartender gave him a small nod before focusing his attention on another patron. Leon bit the inside of his lip once he realized the man hadn't even had to ask Leon if he wanted another one. He had grown used to Leon's company in that same damn barstool he sat in every time. Knowing that only made Leon sink deeper into his self hatred. His eyes flicked down to the drink before lifting it to his lips, and took another drink.

The bitter taste of the alcohol paired with a cheesy pop song in the background, the same one you blasted all the time, brought one final bitter memory to him. When he broke up with you, or more like when you broke up with him. Funny enough, it happened right here at the same bar, at the same barstool. He might have been wasted when it happened, but he remembered everything about that night.

You had come into the bar looking for him one night. The bar was almost closed so when he heard the door open, it had caught his attention. The moment his eyes laid eyes on you, he knew he was in deep shit. You were constantly telling him how you refused to step foot in a bar. Going as far to say you’d rather eat glass than be around the smell of alcohol and alcoholics. Normally he’d remind you that not everyone who went to a bar was an alcoholic, but here he was, proving your point. There was practically a trailblaze of fire behind you as you stomped your way toward him. Steam was leaving your ears and he began to mentally prepare himself for what was about to happen.

“What the hell Leon?!” Glaring at him, you crossed your arms. Anger was practically dripping off your tone. Empty glasses were sitting around him. He couldn’t meet your gaze which only pissed you off more. You hadn’t heard from him in days. Three fucking days to be exact. You knew he hadn’t been sent off to do a mission. He would always give you a kiss goodbye and promise he’d make it back to you. Now you were questioning if his promises meant anything.

“Don’t do this here. Just let me finish this drink, and we can go do this.. somewhere else.” His disinterested voice slurred as he traced the rim of his glass. You felt your blood begin to boil. A teensy tiny part of you felt bad for him. Leon had seen horrific things, not that he would give you the full picture of things. It didn’t take a genius to know that Leon was a broken man. But you didn't care about that.

For the past couple of months, he had been acting cold towards you. Less and less would he tell you how much he loved you. His fuse was shorter with you, and most of the time you guys were arguing about stupid things. It felt like you were constantly walking on eggshells around him. No matter how much you tried to talk to him about the issues in your relationship, he ignored you. Ignorance was bliss was his mindset about things like this. Not to mention, you had noticed he had been drinking more heavily. Stumbling to your place late at night, too drunk to even stand correctly had become something that happened at least three times a week. You couldn’t stand alcohol and he knew it. Not answering you for three days was the final straw for you.

“No, fuck that! We’re gonna do this here,” You slammed your hands down on the bar. For a moment that seemed to have gotten his attention before he returned back to his unbothered facade. Your hands were stinging from how hard you had slammed down.

“You’re drinking everything in sight to ease your mind, but just when the hell are you gonna help ease mine? Do you know how fucking worried I’ve been?!” You yelled at him, clenching your jaw.. Leon rolled his eyes and shook his head. Luckily there was only one person at the bar, the bartender. The bartender took it as a sign to go get more stock.

“Did ya think that maybe you’re the reason I’m drinkin’? All you do is bitch at me all the time. It’s…It’s like nails on a chalkboard every time I hear you talk.” He waved a finger at you. His pupils were dilated, and you could smell the alcohol coming off of him. His drunken words stung, and there was a flash of hurt written on your face. Even when you two were arguing, he never talked to you like this. Guess strange words come out of a grown man’s mouth when his mind’s broken.

“Are you being serious right now?” Your voice broke towards the end of your sentence. He didn’t respond, and only stared at you like you were an idiot. The audacity he had to say that astounded you. Drunk words were a sober man’s thoughts or however the saying went. You were reminded of the way your father would talk to your mom, and a feeling of disgust washed over you. The man you loved was starting to become like the man you hated. Your anger dissipated as tranquility took its place. You knew what you had to do.

“You know what? I’m done.” You had sounded so unbothered as you removed your hands from the bar. Like if you were talking about the state of the weather and not ending your relationship. Leon raised an eyebrow. Did he hear you right? Were you doing what he thought you were doing?

“I love you and I understand you have your issues. But I have enough self respect for myself to realize I deserve better than being treated like garbage.” Hearing your words seemed to sober him up. He quickly got off the barstool, stumbling a little as he did. You watched him with a strange look in your eyes. Looking back at it now, he realized that it was a look of pity.

“Baby. You don’t mean that.” He chuckled before searching your face for any signs that you were joking. Much to his dismay, your lips were pressed in a thin line. He reached out to try and grab your hands but you had pulled them away. Your eyes were devoid of that warmth you usually had whenever he looked into them. That’s when it hit him that he had fucked up for the last time.

“Do me a favor and call yourself a cab. Seems like the bars’ closing soon.” A disappointed sigh managed to escape from you as you turned away. Part of you wanted to personally drive him home but that would only hurt you in the long run. These were the consequences of his actions. That’s what you had to tell yourself as he began to plead you to stay.

“Please don’t do this. Can’t you just stay? Please love, don’t leave me.” He called out to you. He would have begged you to stay till the sun rose, you knew that. You’ve never heard someone sounding so desperate, let alone Leon sounding so desperate. Maybe it was how much alcohol he had consumed. Maybe it was the fact that he knew he was losing you. It made you hesitate for a moment but you continued to walk.

Deep down you knew if you stayed, you wouldn’t be able to leave. It would be a never ending restless cycle of Leon getting drunk and saying hurtful shit, you wanting to leave, him begging you not to, etc. You weren’t going to be like your mother. Desperate pleas fell on deaf ears as you finally stepped out of the bar, disappearing into the night and his life.

“Time to go home. Bar’s closed.” The bartender told him which snapped him out of his thoughts once last time. It didn’t feel like that much time had passed since he was given another drink, but the time on his watch proved him wrong. When it came to you he always lost track of time. Every time he sat down on this barstool he thought about you. Why he had kept coming back here, he didn’t know. Mostly it was a way of punishing himself. For letting you walk away and being too much of a coward to not change for you.

He paid his tab and left a tip for the bartender. Mumbling a good night, he made his way out the door. The cool night air felt nice against his flushed skin, yet it only made him miss you more. Cursing out his brain for the painful reminder, he called a cab before waiting for it to come.

God he wished he didn’t but he did remember every moment (the good and the bad) on those summer nights with you.

#leon kennedy x reader #re leon kennedy x reader #resident evil x reader #reader insert #leon s kennedy x reader #leon x reader #leon kennedy angst #angst fic #elliessodashop

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andreal831 · 30 days

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This fandom needs to back off of Matt Donovan and Zach Roerig

Starting with the ridiculous: Zach Roerig and Julie Plec never dated. It's ridiculous that I have to say this. There is a blurry picture of him leaning in to Julie Plec at some point. I even tried to do the work for you all and could not find one shred of evidence of an actual kiss. Y'all are just wild for this rumor. If anything, my search revealed that Ian and Zach were in a relationship. I mean look at that affection.

Also, with just a tiny bit of research, we can find out that Zach was in a relationship when he started the show and, due to issues at home, he ends up fighting for full custody of his two year old daughter while on the show. The only romantic connection there is any reports on is with Candice King and that was relatively short lived. Otherwise Zach was just a single father, trying to raise and support his daughter.

Now people will try to say Zach is racist as well. I've heard he was racist because of dating Plec. See earlier paragraph. Or that he made racist comments to Kat. Again, there is zero evidence of this. People keep pointing to this interview saying that he either does the Nazi salute or a black power fist and it is such a reach it's ridiculous. He is looking at Kat because the question asked related to Bonnie and Matt and he reaches forward as a hand gesture and then raises his fist in a fairly generic way.

I can't tell if people get Matt Davis and Zach confused because he plays Matt or if people just love to hate on Zach because he plays Matt. Either way, it is disgusting to spread rumors about someone being racist when there is no evidence as far as I can tell. It's also terrible to distract from the actual racism that Kat had to deal with on the show.

From every interview I've seen he seems like such a sweet person. He even said working on the show was a "healing process" and yet the fandom treats him like this. Zach goes to the panels and none of his coworkers seem uncomfortable and avoid him. Not that them liking someone means that person is good, most of them still interact with Matt Davis and yet unfollowed Michael Malarkey.

Now onto Matt Donovan.

First of all, the fact that y'all pretend this man isn't attractive tells me all I need to know. Objectively, Zach Roerig is attractive. You can not like his character but you all just sound goofy.

The biggest complaint with Matt is that he is "useless," but this to me just shows you are watching the show for either the romance or attractive people and not for storytelling.

The role of the "human" in fantasy is so important. We, as an audience, are humans and we need to have a threshold character. A character that reminds of that even though we are rooting for the supernatural creatures, they are still not the good guys. It's why supernatural stories often revolve around humans. It gives the show the humanity that it would be in danger of losing if it just focused on the predatory species. Matt reminds us of the humanity that is at stake in the show.

Matt is particularly important in this show because he not only the sole human in a pack of supernatural creatures, but he is the only one without financial privilege in TVD. Matt not only comes from a family that is struggling financially, but his parents are gone and his sister is struggling with addiction. Matt is working it appears full time while in high school full time. All of his friends are going to parties and given cars and clothes, planning for college; while Matt is having to figure out how to afford his mom's mortgage/rent. Season 1 opens up focusing on how much Elena is struggling with the death of her parents but dismissed Matt's struggles as some lovesick teenager. When in reality Elena at least had a support system. Sure Jeremy was spiraling like Vicki, but Elena and Jeremy had Jenna. Matt was struggling with the purposeful abandonment of his parents and his sister's drug addiction with zero support system. He even loses his childhood friends when Elena and he break up. He only really has Tyler, who, let's be honest is not the best friend in Season 1.

He is also the first person in the show to lose someone due to the supernatural. His sister ends up attacked and in the hospital and he then has to figure out how to pay for that while taking care of Vicki who is clearly struggling even more than normal. When Vicki does end up dead, he knows there is more too it and the entire town, including his friends, gaslight him. Matt has every right to hate vampires. They murdered his sister in cold blood.

Matt is so devastated by Vicki's death that is haunts him throughout the show. He even risks his life just to talk to her ghost for a few moments.

People say Matt hates the supernatural, and he did, but he had reasons. And despite that, he was always there for his friends. Even when he was terrified, and in much more of a risk than his vampire friends, he was always there for them.

Yes, Matt is the one driving the truck when Elena dies and Stefan saves Matt over Elena, but none of that is Matt's fault. He was attempting to save his friend's life with Jeremey's help. How is that any different than Elena having Stefan compel Jeremy to leave town? Let's also not forget who helps Elena feed in her early days. But the fandom never wants to give him credit for that.

Matt is constantly used, berated, manipulated, and compelled by the supernatural around him. Mystic Falls needed someone like Matt to stand up for them since they were unaware of the supernatural world. Even the "good vampires" killed humans. Matt was trying to protect his town.

The last complaint ties it all in, that Matt only survived so long on the show because he was dating Julie Plec. Again, that's a lie. He never dated Julie, and it especially had nothing to do with the show writing. I would also like to point out that the character Matt is based on, Matt Honeycutt, in the book never dies. So why are we surprised he doesn't die in the show? Matt had a lot of close calls and even had a Gilbert ring for protection. No one ever asks why Steven McQeen (Jeremy) doesn't die or assumes it's because he was "sleeping his way to the top." These assumptions are immature and baseless.

All Matt wants to do is live a normal life, something he had to fight much harder than the rest of them for. He is the most consistent friend out of all of them. People love to say "how did Matt get so many girls?" Because he's nice. Because he respected them and fought for them, even if they didn't deserve it. They would all have been better off ending up with Matt.

Honestly, Matt and Cami's purpose are similar to me and both of the actors deserve such a huge apology from this fandom. Some of y'all need to learn to separate a show from reality.

#some of you all need to chill #making up lies about real life people is wild #it's okay that you're mad he pulled more than your favs #he was just a kid trying to survive #why are you all so mad that he made it #most of your favs got to live for hundreds/thousands of years #let Matt have his normal 80 something human years #this fandom acts like being human is a crime #and men having emotions is worse than being literal serial killers #the vampire diaries #the originals #tvd #tvdu

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wildflowerhoneyy · 1 year

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Fear and Fridays - a poem by Zach Bryan

I have taken my motor bike down the Pacific 101

and I have stood atop the Empire State Building with my father

I have ridden the fear, although I was afraid

Every single time

I’ve learned that every waking moment is enough

And excess never leads to better things

And only piles and piles atop the things that are already abundantly in front of you

Like breathing and chasing and slow dancing

And love making

fighting and, laughing

I am unhinged, unworthy, and distasteful to mostly everyone I meet

However, I am loyal to a fault

to anyone I find kindness in

I do not and will not fear tomorrow

Because I feel as though today has been enough

I’ve got no hate in my heart for anything, anywhere, or anyone

And I think fear and Fridays have got an awful lot in common

They’re overdone and glorified

And always leave you wanting

Yeah, I think fear and Fridays got an awful lot in common

They’re overdone and glorified

And always leave you wanting

#zach Bryan #fear and Fridays #poem

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hannahwatchesbigbrother · 6 months

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This has been a worse than average endgame (to say the least), but I want to acknowledge the highlights of bb25. I’ve been watching since bb16 (been a feedster since bb17), and this has truly been the most invested I’ve been. Despite how frustrated I’ve been with production this year, I really think this season has some really stellar stuff in it (especially pre-jury). So here is a (lengthy) list of how I’ll remember this season:

Cirie motherfucking Fields showing up!!

Izzy immediately clocking that Jared was Cirie’s son before the live premiere even ended

Izzy immediately clocking that Cameron gives serial killer vibes

Felicia destroying four mics by the end of the first week

Felicia falling into the hot tub

“Clean that shit up a bit”

Cameron thinking Felicia was related to Denzel Washington

“Izzy Fields” and the beautiful friendship between her and Cirie

Hisam’s villain arc

Cory in Blue’s pink outfit (and later Americas jumpsuit)

(Honestly just Cory being a genuinely good dude who would call out things that crossed a line and fought against toxic masculinity)

The target flipping every other hour for like the first six weeks of the game

Every time Zach Wurtenburger tweeted about BB

The nickname “fucking Bowie Jane” which was then just shortened to fbj

The still of Cory’s mouth wide open while he was saying “what the fuck” when they were thinking of keeping Hisam

Meme’s storage room rants

“If I’m a have not next week, I’ll self-evict” “I’ll be a have not with you” *america leaves* “(to self) Cory, are you the most pathetic person? They were right about you — you’re a pick me”

Felicia yelling at Jag while he was in a chicken suit

Felicia and “Mr. B” (smooches!)

The slow burn Americory showmance (I could write a thesis on how much I love it but I’ll spare you)

The fact they brought the pressure cooker back

Izzy crying about how much she hates being in the same room as Cameron

“Fuck jag and I said that shit” -America Week 4, a prophet

When Matt used the power on jag and even live feeders were shook because we had no idea

The fact that Cameron’s 14 hours in the pressure cooker didn’t matter because jag was just brought back into the game

Blue sucking up to Felicia bc she thought she was Jared’s mom for a solid 24 hours

Felicia’s sleep screaming/singing

The dramatic and out of no where red/Cameron break up

“Cam thinks he’s like a father to me, but really he’s like an absentee father who wants to sleep with my girlfriend”

Blue volunteering jag to go up as a “pawn” during Jared’s hoh

Cam winning hoh after being blindsided by the red vote (hate him but the absolute silence and his thumbs up is so funny)

“Okay Jasmine” “*crying* who’s jasmine?” “*singing* a whole new world”

Cam not telling anyone including production who he was putting up

Matt winning the prize swap veto but choosing the punishment bc he thought he’d get to hang out with the real Josh Duhamel

The Josh Duhamel punishment in general

Izzy’s kick jump during the piggy pals punishment

Jared destroying his game because Cirie was stuck in a kayak with Felicia for 48 hours

THE IZZY FLIP

(The fact the izzy flip happened bc she told Cory that he couldn’t sleep in the same bed as America anymore lol)

The Cory/Jared humiliverse fight

“To all my friends and family, trust I know that they are all liars and snakes… and cowards!”

“See you soon, pig!”

The Cirie/Felicia fight post-Jared’s eviction

Peak Unreliables when Jag fought for Cory’s LIFE against cams plan to backdoor him

People retweeting Meme’s tweets from over ten years ago that were weirdly relevant to the season

America lifting Cory after it was confirmed that they made jury

The musical that Cory got for his zing

The one time all the different stans came together was to celebrate Cams eviction

The “exquisite” bit

America causing Jag to want to shit his pants after telling him to “literally fuck off”

“Literally in this world, I am your biggest fan” 😭😭😭

Felicia being Cirie’s best friend and worst enemy (aka when she shaved her foot on her bed)

Americory saying “I love you” on Cory’s way out the door

Americas shrine to Cory/transforming into him

Cirie’s DR of her flipping off Jag, Matt, and Bowie

Izzy/Paige going as Americory for Halloween

The Americory “cradle robber” Halloween costume

“I’d be more impressed if [the wins] weren’t against two senior citizens, an airhead, and an idiot”

#bb25 #obviously I’m a big Americory fan but I also really loved watching Cirie Felicia meme Izzy and Hisam #sorry this is so long but I feel like it’d be nice to remember some of the great moments ☺️#bb #big brother

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the0retically · 3 months

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The Suckening #8: Sins of the Father:

Just my thoughts :)! Spoilers below!

- It is 11:33 pm Saturday night and I’m just now starting this episode let’s goooo

- Condi isn’t a fan of sucking anymore??? He’s no longer allowed

- Oh they’re trying to teach Charlie the ways of blowing but in his words “it’s not even good” “I love suck, I love suck”

- I say it everytime but GOD THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD THANK YOU NATHAN HANOVER!!!!!!!

- Arthur traveling in first class, posh boy

- “What a plane” ARTHUR PLEASE

- Arthur has been in America that long?? 1918 is when he left, holy shit that’s so long

- “It’s not in black and white anymore” CHARLIE PLEASE

- Charlie and Grizz doing the British accent is SO BAD OH MY GOD

- ……..Arthur’s home isn’t going to be the same at all :(

- Charlie this accent is incomprehensible?????

- Grizz is fighting for his life!! during this convo oh my god

- Arthur got NO SUCCESSES???? He’s just peering through the window in plain view oh my god

- THAT SCREAM????? CHARLIE PLEASE

- He’s just wiping the sunscreen off??? JUST BOOKING IT TO THE DARKNESS??

- This is going So bad, Arthur please get out of there, he just scares a little girl, runs into the shadows, gets caught by the mom and Waves at her fucking hell arthur what are you doing??

- “Are there cops in the UK?” Charlie??

- He’s just running oh my god?? Arthur PLEASE

- He’s in the forest now?????

- Oh god he’s just trying to see his family that he buried :(((

- ARTHUR IS LIKE JACK THE RIPPER???? AS IN LORE

- no ok I agree with bizly that the legend of the Bennett family would make this family more on edge

- Arthur :(

- Oh semi unmarked graves so that people wouldn’t notice them :(

- …….why does he want the shovel though, please don’t dig up your family

- Grizz is gonna make me cry, the way he listed what Arthur’s siblings are good at and that they would be great at those things and he still doesn’t know what he’d do and what he’d be good at

- Charlie is cruel for the Christmas photo of the Bennett family :(((

- Oh Arthur was kinda like emizel, he was more of a punk, a delinquent

- :(((( the memory of the photo :((((

- Oh god the cops are here?? At least he got out of there but oh my god

- ……oh no the sun “you took a cab out here, what’s the plan??” “There’s always hitchhiking” “I’d pick you up!”

- ………………is Arthur going to steal this kids bike YES GRIZZ LETS GOOOOO THE IMAGE IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP

- HES A SPEED RACER ON THIS LITTLE BIKE!!!!!

- Climaxxx London……Charlie Please

- A camera for void?? Arthur is becoming a spy! Spy arc!

- ARTHUR HAS AN APPLE WATCH????

- Spy gear kids cam on void!!!!

- I hate how quiet it got after Charlie told the boys that vampires need to spend a blood point to cum

- I love how the other two always play random NPCs for the one person’s scene

- Spirits touch is SO COOL!! I love it

- “:((( how do you get behind a wall?? I have a stupid money brain that just wants to blow it up” GRIZZ

- It’s so interesting that the Bennett’s, or at least Arthur’s father, was a vampire hunter, like it’s just so tragic

- HAHAH GRZZ YELLING ABOUT ANOTHER WALL PLEASEEE

- CHARLIE HAS PHYSICAL THINGS FOR GRIZZ?? THATS SO COOL!!!!

- Charlie you scare me whenever you do the horror dm voice

- 5 pairs of footsteps??? Goodness that’s a lot

- NO CHARLIE BRINGING UP THE CLOCK MECHANIC FROM BITB AND CONDI IMMEDIATELY KNOWING WHAT IT IS TOO AND JUST SAYING GOOD LUCK GOODNESS AHHHHH?????

- HE ROLLED A TEN THAT QUICK??

- YEAHHHHHHH ARTHUR IS CRACKED!! HES ROLLING SO WELL!!!!

- The music is so beautiful and stunning, I love it

- “Bro you dress pretty vampiric” hahah Arthur really does

- CHARLIE HUH???? HOW DID HE ROLL THAT MANY SUCCESSES

- Grizz is Stressed out and so am I

- Also Jumpscare every time one of them uses a others real name, like Zach?? No that’s bizly

- FANTASTIC MONOLOGUE GRIZZ I LOVE THAT

- They have ear protection though??? WHAT THE HELL

- ……Arthur what are you doing to this cab driver??

- SHADOWS AND JUST DRINKING HIS BLOOD ALRIGHT!

- No way Grizz rolled a ten oh my god that’s perfect ARTHUR IS GOING BACK TO LA WOOOOOO

- …..Arthur please you’re on a plane please just be ok

- HAHAH HE JUST HAS TO BE IN THE BATHROOM FOR THE REST OF THE FLIGHT??? NOOOOO POOR ARTHUR

- THE TWINS!!!!!! THEYRE HERE!!

- Brothers being brothers!

- They’re making a board for all the heavy players!!

- :(((( shilo talking about his mom!

- “It’s the only way if we’re going to take care of Edward Twilight”

- FIRST STOP IS THEO???????

- “‘Yes my prince!’ I love Grefgore :)” I DO TOO!!

- Just going to fucking rehab to get Theo im so—

- Emizel suggested to go to Walmart and feed—NOW THEYRE IN WALMART??

- I never knew I needed to see Shilo in a Walmart

- CHARLIE MAKING DOG NOISES RETURNS!!

- Grefgore in a Walmart is Chaos!!

- Theo Door, PLEASE?? Condi :// Theo Collins is SICK THOUGH LOVE THAT, I really hope I heard that right cause that’s a cool name

- HES DRINKING WATER!!!!!! LETS GOOOO THEO!!!!!

- “Yes that is in the baja past” I just burst out in laughter that was so funny

- Theo being so happy to see Emizel but pissed off at Shilo is so fun, it’s just like Deacon liking Shilo and disliking Emizel

- “Can we dap up?” “No” Theo’s Anger towards Shilo oh my god

- “I look at my brother, I look at Grefgore” PLEASE :((((( I LOVE THAT :((

- Lol the brothers and their boyfriends out for an attack

- LETS GOOOOO EMIZEL!!!! Killing the eye bat with the water bottle in one shot!!!

- Gotta stop because it’s 2:07 am and I have a show later today and yesterday was a two show day and rehearsal, I’m exhausted

- Ok time to keep going

- LETS GOOO THEYRE STEALTHY

- Damn the boys are thwarted by a wall and no door again

- This plan is so convoluted and complex like boys please be smart and safe cause like Vex and Viv are insane and they’re not safe at all in this situation

- Shilo :((

- “Cause a ruckus and I’ll be able to get out, don’t worry about me” :( Emizel “worst case I’ll just kill myself” PLEASE????

- “I’m going to look at him, my eyes glow, and go ‘shush’” SHILO HOLY SHIT

- Vex….You intrigue me

- Oooh emizel is filming this

- I agree with Grizz I Also love Vex and Viv

- Backrooms backrooms backrooms backrooms

- GOD IS HE CAUGHT?? Ok thank god he can hide

- 10 SUCCESSES LETS GO EMIZEL

- Never say it’s going well cause then it’s gonna go shit

- “Shamiashma is back!” GOD I LOVE VEX AND VIV THEYRE SO COOL

- I love how Angry they are about Emizel and how they’re just enemies

- Oh god???? The sire is here???

- “Shamiashwho??” “ShamiashYOU!”

- Oh god Shilo please please get out of there

- LETS GO THEO?? PLEASE PLEASE

- YESSSS BLOCKED BY THE FIRE!!!!

- The sire has a gun??? What????

- God I love the banter between emizel and the sire

- Emizel botched???? Dudeeeeee

- “Is there a cliff nearby?” “Roll, difficulty of 8” “there’s a cliff” “oh god damn it”

- The chanting for vex to fail was SO good

- This is insanity I love it

- This campaign is so so good I love it

- “Don’t thank me, thank my prince” WOO

- EMIZEL IS GOING FOR THE CLIFF!!!!

- Let’s gooooo I’m shocked that they were able to get the people out but !!!!!

- THE SUCKENING!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GOOOOO

- YEAH EMIZEL!!!!!! HE LIVES THROUGH THIS EPISODE!!!

- These hounds are so bad oh my god

- SO GOOD!!!! LOVED THAT

#jrwi #jrwi thoughts #the suckening #shilo bathory #emizel tucker #arthur bennett

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gayjew69 · 6 months

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warning this may or may not make sense—

okay so here is something I was wondering— wouldn’t it be easier if Zach Nolan killed Daniel first in camping 2?? like Daniel is a park ranger, he knows the park more than anyone else there

Without Daniel, the campers don’t know wtf they’re doing, making them an easy target if Daniel was out of the picture

I like to think that Zach Nolan was more hesitant (??) to kill Daniel because I head-canon them as father and son and for Zach it would be hard to kill a man who he raised ever since he was a little boy since family means so much to him (come on he’s literally killing for his daughter)

but even with this, zach still tried to kill daniel

I also think that sorta pushed him to finally attempt to kill Daniel is that Daniel is basically an officer (yes park rangers are officers but just for parks), Daniel should be against what Zach is doing no matter what the reasoning is, they literally have news papers talking about how the family of 5 is the victim of Zach nolan’s crimes but Zach sees it as revenge so ofc Zach isn’t going to approve

I also want to point out that the players aren’t killed if Daniel is around

in camping 2, the players are killed when they kill Daniel but are only spared when Daniel is still alive, and oh my god i hate the camping 3 ending BUT Zach nolan does saves the cart that Daniel is on (cherry picking since there isn’t an alt ending but funny coincidence)

I believe that Zach STILL has a soft spot for Daniel since again I think that Daniel is his son and again Zach loves his family dearly

I know not every has this head-canon but I find their interactions interesting having this in mind, god I love them

#roblox camping #camping roblox #roblox #park ranger daniel #zach nolan #father and son #rambles

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I was looking at Violet's reference sheet and saw that she used to dislike Aviva. Can we get some backstory on why she disliked Aviva as well as how Violet, Zach, and Aviva became cordial with each other again? Thank you!

Thank you for the ask, anon! I am sorry this took me a while to get to, but I absolutely love this question, so thank you so much for sending it. This is a very long response, so strap in for the ride, lol. You can find trigger warnings below and the full response below the cut.

Tw for mentions of bullying, infections, anger and resentment, kissing/ making out, childbirth, labor, hemorrhaging, bleeding, past character death, and near death experiences.

Violet first met Aviva when she attended summer camp when she was 12-years-old. Zach and Aviva were 17 and 16 respectively, and they both served as camp counselors, each having a cabin/group of campers to watch over. Aviva happened to be the counselor in charge of Violet’s cabin.

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Aviva initially came to Violet’s rescue when Violet first arrived at camp because she accidentally ran into Zach and he was livid with her. Zach fumed over the incident the entirety of the first day he and Violet met until Aviva informed him of Violet’s intelligence and the circumstances surrounding her parents death (having been informed of this information via Violet’s paperwork and her aunt Amy). She did this in an attempt to help him not be hateful toward Violet, and it in fact worked, but not in the way she intended.

Zach ended up being drawn to Violet like a magnet: he felt a connection to her because of their shared losses. He’d just lost his father a few months before coming to camp, so he figured that she would be the perfect person to talk to to help him heal, but he also he knew with her intelligence that she could be the one to help him create his first Zachbot. So, Zach struck up a friendship with Violet starting their second day at camp.

Due to the friendship between Zach and Violet, Aviva became wary of Violet. She became convinced Zach was a bad influence on her, and caused her to believe the lies that were being told to her about Violet by Violet’s cabinmates. Violet’s cabinmates were 5 extremely rude, hateful, vindictive, and nasty girls who hated Violet for having “taken” the place of one of their friends who had come to camp the previous year but had been denied reentrance the year Violet came.

They worked together to make Violet’s camp experience miserable: lying about her doing illicit things, bullying her, and physically harming her. Aviva never caught them doing any of these things to Violet, and, since the girls had been to camp the previous year without any issues, on top of knowing Violet was close with Zach, Aviva believed the girls over Violet.

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The final straw for Violet with Aviva came when the girls purposely caused Violet to get an infection. Violet was too scared to confront Aviva about their actions, so she and Zach treated the infection on their own as best as they could without alerting Aviva or the camp nurse. Violet almost died in her sleep from an extremely high temperature, and it took Zach nearly ripping the cabin door off it’s hinges to get to Violet and carry her to the nurse himself because Aviva refused to believe Violet was really as sick as she was.

Violet was admitted to the hospital and Zach didn’t leave her side, Aviva felt remorse for not believing Violet, and she tried talking with Violet to apologize for not believing her, but Violet was tried of the entire situation and told her off, “all summer long, you’ve complained about me not being a good sport, and not trying, and not caring, and causing problems…you’ve told me it’s because I’m friends with Zach, and I don’t know what I’m talking about…because I’m just parroting him…but now you see that’s not true, now you see they lied to you…you were supposed to be there for me, you were supposed to encourage me and help me grow, but you just pushed me away and chastised me…”

“I needed someone who was compassionate…who understood I was struggling because of losing my parents, but you didn’t care about that…you only cared about yourself, your reputation, and your other precious campers. The one who did care was Zach…and you hate him so much that it made you hate me too…I don’t know if I can ever forgive you for that. Just because he’s my best friend doesn’t mean I’m him, but you could never see that…”

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Another component in this equation is that although Zach and Aviva were enemies, even in summer camp, they had the hots for each other. Zach and Aviva had much of the same relationship we see in the show back then, but it was also a love/hate relationship at summer camp. They didn’t officially date or anything at camp, but they had flirtatious tension between them that resulted in Zach having a crush on Aviva and both of them making out with each other/being touchy feely with each other on many occasions.

Violet knew of this and although she didn’t recognize it at the time, she had a crush on Zach and was jealous of Aviva. Zach and Aviva’s “escapades” stopped when Zach caught her making out with another guy, his childhood friend Chris Kratt. At this point Zach’s hatred toward Aviva became cemented. He wanted nothing more to do with her romantically and solely viewed her as an enemy and rival, but Violet did not believe this, and this also fueled her dislike for Aviva.

Aviva and Violet continued to be on poor terms once Violet started working for Zach/started dating/married Zach. Violet initially kept her true identity a secret (having gone by her middle name at summer camp and having looked very different as a child), but when she revealed her identity to the Wild Kratts team, Aviva attempted to apologize for her actions against Violet. This did not help, however, because Violet still couldn’t find it in her heart to let go of the past.

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But…Zach, Violet, and Aviva do become cordial again because of…Varina! Violet goes into premature labor with Varina on a day Zach’s attempting to steal the Kratts technology/create an animal powered invention (I haven’t figured out which yet, just that he’s up to his villainous antics). Unknown to Violet she was in active labor the entire day, and in the middle of the showdown…Varina decided she was ready to arrive!

Aviva and Koki help to deliver Varina in the Tortuga, with Aviva doing the majority of the work (we know Koki can be squeamish, so she’s probably more emotional support). I’ll spare the grizzly details, but it’s a very dramatic moment, with Violet and baby Varina both nearly dying in the process. After Varina is born, the Wild Kratts team get them to the hospital where Violet is rushed into surgery and Varina is rushed to the NICU.

Once arriving to the hospital, Zach is a blubbering mess over the entire situation, blaming himself for everything. Aviva pulls him aside and calms him down, leading him to have a change of heart, “you saved them, you could’ve let them die, because of me…because of the things I’ve done…you could’ve gotten even with me for all the horrible things I’ve done…but you didn’t…thank you…”

Aviva: “Of course we helped save them, all life is precious, that’s what we’ve been trying to tell you for years, Zach. Animal or not, enemy or not, every living creature deserves to live a happy and healthy life.”

Zach: “Maybe it’s the shock talking…but I don’t think I want to be a villain anymore…I want to be better…for Violet, for our daughter…”

Aviva: *beaming from happiness* “If you really mean that, Zach…I’m proud of you.”

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Once Violet is in recovery after the surgery (she had a hemorrhage, and they had to stop the bleeding), she asks for Aviva to come to her hospital room alone. Violet takes this opportunity to bury the hatchet with Aviva, “I’m sorry that I never said this before now, but I forgive you for everything…I hope you can forgive me for what I’ve done to you too…you saved our daughter, and I’ll forever be grateful to you for that. You’re not a bad person, Aviva…you never were, and I’m not either…we’re just both…”

Aviva: “Stubborn? Strong willed? Pigheaded?”

Violet: *laughing*, “yeah, you can say that again.”

If you made it to the end of this congratulations, I know I went overboard, but this ask took control of me or something, lol. I hope this answers your question, anon!

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rorygilmre · 1 year

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"i have taken my motorbike down the pacific 101 and i have stood atop the empire state building with my father. i have ridden the fear although i was afraid every single time. i have learned that every waking moment is enough and excess never leads to better things, it only piles and piles atop the things that are already abundantly in front of you like breathing and chasing and slow dancing and love making, fighting and laughing. i am unhinged, unworthy, and distasteful to mostly everyone i meet. however, i am loyal to a fault to anyone i find kindness in. i do not and will not fear tomorrow because i feel as though today has been enough. i've got no hate in my heart for anything, anywhere, or anyone. and i think fear and fridays got an awful lot in common, they’re overdone and glorified and always leave you wanting.”

- zach bryan

#quotes #zach bryan #leah rambles #text

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papersonghosts · 10 months

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Found family

I am tired of people saying "Shadowsan is like a father to Carmen." Like hello? That man lived a lie for 20 years to keep both of them safe. Risked his life MULTIPLE times. Nursed her back to health after Stockholm, when he wasn't obligated to. Zach and/ or Ivy could have done it and on top of that- doing capers for Carmen because he knows how important it is to her. It's not like Shadowsan is replacing Dexter. You can have more than one father. He's not "like" anything. You don't have to be blood to be family.

Not to mention that Carmen has done a lot for Shadowsan too. Helped him restore the Daisho. Gave him a place on her team, when it could have put her in danger. Ran back into a collapsing Ice cavern when she could have died too.

The Jolly good show caper was a perfect example of Shadowsan's natural worry for Carmen. He's spent her whole life, watching her grow into a bright, confident woman/ thief. Yet, he knows the danger VILE poses to her. "I came here for Carmen." Literally slayed. "Someday the world will know the truth about you.">>> THAT WAS SUCH A DAD LINE. And the proud smile afterwards.

Not to mention, Shadowsan, I want to say when Carmen was around 7 or 8. That's when he started to distance himself for the both of them. The equal hurt on both sides. Carmen wondering why one of her favourite guardians is pulling away from her. Shadowsan knowing that this has to be done. Yet, it hurts him because he's grown attached to this little girl and has grown to love her. He has to make her hate him for his plan to work. The final exam.<<<

THE TEARS IN HIS EYES IN THE S2 FINALE HURT SO GOOD. He couldn't be more proud of her. And the way they read each other perfectly. "Something's on your mind." And the way they can have a conversation or agree on something without talking.

He doesn't question Carmen's leadership once he joins the team. It's not an "I'm older and have more experience, you should listen to me." He knows she has more experience actually fighting VILE than him.

Season 3= "My place is with her for now." I'm going to cry.

Season 4= Shadowsan is looking for Carmen and he has a literal hallucination of little Carmen, kicking her red ball around. *Sobbing.*

I remember finishing Season 1 for the first time. "We've always been in this together, haven't we?" YES YES YES.

Also, if you pay attention- first episode of Season 2 and the 4th episode of Season 3, there is a musical theme that only plays with Shadowsan and Carmen and that is so special to me.

(Holy shit, I wrote a lot. I could write a million words on this duo.)

#carmen sandiego #shadowsan #carmen sandiego 2019 #dadowsan

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frazzledsoul · 3 days

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Although I like him and really enjoyed his (brief) relationship with Lane, I find your Dave hate so amusing 😂 and kind of refreshing too, don’t ask me why (but probably because most people seem to idolize him, as the perfect, superior boyfriend incapable of doing any wrong EVER in his life). Overall, I agree with your opinion that he simply wasn’t on the show long enough for this take to be proven wrong.

Look, if he was like Marty or Jason and was just around for a handful of episodes and that was it, I wouldn't care, but the extent to which he is so worshipped and idolized and treated as the most perfect man alive, with so many fans loudly insisting that EVERYONE has to worship him and one is not allowed to pass on singing odes to his flawless nature, has pretty much turned me against him hardcore. He and Lane had a very junior high school esque relationship that mostly consisted of trying to get her mom to let them go on a single date. I'm not sure why this is relationship goals since it's barely a relationship in the first place. The idea that's battered around that Lane's life would be perfect if she stayed with him, her contraception would never have failed, she would have become a gigantic rock star makes absolutely no sense to me. How is this average white boy going to accomplish all of that? And that isn't enough, his fans also beg for Lane to leave her husband and kids and reunite with him in order to "fix" her life, even though she doesn't appear to think her life sucks. Her entire destiny appears to revolve around this guy that she doesn't appear to remotely even miss. IDK, I just think it's lame.

Also, Zach had his flaws and he messed up quite a bit, but he did make the effort to get to know Lane's mom, he didn't judge her for wanting them stay a virgin or try to pressure her into sex, he turned out to be a supportive husband and father in the end, and they seemed to have a pretty healthy marriage in the AYITL era. All of that stuff takes work, especially for someone who was not inclined to do it in the first place, and it was a lot harder to do than Dave's shenanigans.

OK, that is maybe too much hatorade. Sorry.

#dave rylgaski #zach van gerbig #lane kim #team zach

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lizzie-queenofmeigas · 2 months

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About Damon Salvatore

My understanding of Damon

So, for what we know, in his human life Damon was almost the sole caretaker of Stefan. Once his mother died (faked her death) he became his only parental figure, Damon was 16/17 at the time. However, he has assumed that role since he was much younger. In the flashbacks of season 7 we see Damon, that couldn't be older than fourteen, taking punishment for Stefan. The money was taken by their mother, Lily, but Damon thought Stefan had done it accidentally so he confessed to a crime neither commited. The punishment was his father putting out his cigarette on Damon's arm.

Damon also left the war not only because he hated it and didn't agree with it, but because Stefan sent him a letter that worried him. When he returned home he returned to Katherine. He fell in love with her, for a second he thought she had chosen him, but them came to accept that she also wanted Stefan. This is very sad, because for what we know his own parents always preferred Stefan and he always put his little brother first.

Starting his life as a vampire, his emotions heightened. Damon spent his human life taking care of his brother and with Katherine dead he didn't really want to keep living. Stefan forced him to turn (I don't blame him) and Damon was rightly pissed off about it. But even after that he stayed with him and once he left he first made sure that Lexi took care of him.

Flashforward to the 40s when Stefan and Damon met for the first time after 1912. They reconcile, but it's short lived, because for whatever reason Lexi hates Damon enough to not even tell Stefan why he didn't appear in the train station when he explicitly told her to tell him why. In the 40s Damon was also doing what he thought best for Stefan, even if what he thought best came mostly from Lexi's guilt-tripping.

And then the 50s happen. So far Damon has been a pretty standard vampire with plenty of humanity and control, he even goes to visit his human family when one of them calls him and says he needs help. Then he gets kidnapped by some crazy doctors and for the following five years he is tortured daily and the only reason he gets by is because he made a friend. A friend with whom he hatches a plan to escape, but who he can't save when the time comes. So, when he knows he can't save Enzo, he flippes the switch. If he hadn't, he wouldn't have left Enzo and could've died or be recaptured.

During the first year of his captivity Damon believed that Stefan was going to rescue him. Stefan never came.

In 1994 is when he starts getting his humanity back, but he kills Zach's wife and probably switches his flipp again.

How long has Damon being without his humanity? decades. We saw how Elena and Caroline where when they got back their humanity, and they didn't even had it off for a full year.

Damon's humanity wasn't fully on again until late season 1 and once it was he was a fucking mess. Drunk and depressed, which I don't think it was only because of Katherine.

In season two he still adjusting, and to that we have to add Katherine's return to fuck shit up and falling in love with Elena. Both things he doesn't know how to process. Which is why he was so hyper volatile in season 2.

In season three he is doing much better even with the worry of Stefan having left with Klaus.

In season three to season 4 we see a big development in Damon. He is getting better, having a better relationship with his brother and with the people around him.

Season 5 is complicated. Because Damon returns to the place where he was captive and tortured for five years. And this is Damon, he doesn't talk about his emotions, he doesn't even acknowledges when he is sad. In S5 Damon was suffering a lot from PTSD. I imagine that going back to a cell and meet with one of the survivors of a family that tortured you (especially after knowing that Aaron was close to Maxwell) wasn't easy. And yes, he did kill Aaron because he thought Elena broke up with him, but I highly doubt that was all.

And he didn't tell Stefan of what happened to him with Augustine, because he didn't want him to feel more guilty.

In season 6 and season 7 we once again see growth in Damon.

And in season eight he is being mind controlled like half of the season. It's a good thing that he turned human again, because processing all that happened in season 8 with the vampires emotions would send him in a spiral again.

All in all, Damon Salvatore is an incredibly mentally unstable man who does his best.

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