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(Happy Ending AU, goes after Fit talks to Pac and Mike)
It's early, too early in Forever's personal opinion. Nothing specific woke him up, however, so he gets to work in his base. He isn't really up to thinking right now, so he simply grabs items from the witch farm and dumps them into barrels - he'll be able to find it later, he's sure.
After ten minutes or so he feels a little more awake and no less alive, and his communicator pings.
Ph1LzA whispers to you: hey m8 u up?
Seeing the message from Philza, Forever's heart skips a beat. He cannot help the grin that sneaks its way onto his face as he types out a reply.
You whisper to Ph1LzA: heeeeey~ do you need me?
Ph1LzA whispers to you: yes
Ph1LzA whispers to you: need a second pair of eyes on something
Any message from Philza is usually enough to peak Forever's interest - they've found a balance now, a comfortable one even, but it's still always wonderful to hear from him.
You whisper to Ph1LzA: I can come over?
Ph1LzA whispers to you: can I come yours i need a break
You whisper to Ph1LzA: always
By the time Forever has walked over to the warpstone, Philza is already there. He seems fine, and isn't carrying anything, just waving with an "'ey mate!"
"Philza!" Forever jogs the rest of the way over. "I knew waking up early was a good idea!"
He didn't, but it seems like one now.
Philza laughs, "appreciated. I've been trying to catch you for weeks, but god am I tired. Here, can we sit somewhere?"
"This way."
Forever doesn't really think before dragging Philza into the witch bar, grabbing a random potion for each of them and the atmosphere. His friend laughs and takes it, though it is quickly swapped for water instead.
Forever checks the cupboard. Potions of harming. Oops.
Still, Philza doesn't bring it up, just pours the water into a shitty cup and taps a nail against it.
The longer it goes on for, the more worried Forever gets.
"Is..." he hesitates a little. "Everything okay?"
"Just haven't been sleeping well," the words come with a yawn and a stretch. "I'll head back after this. Just gotta... This might sound really dumb, okay? I need you to tell me if it sounds dumb. Because I'm about at the point of asking Cellbit for help working this shit out, and I do not want to send him on a wild goose chase."
Those words really do not help Forever's worry. Still, he nods, and plasters a grin to his lips, "you could never be dumb, Felipe."
"Oh I can be plenty dumb. Do it all the time," Philza laughs a bit, but it tastes sour. "Anyway, the plan. Fit didn't laugh me off, and Missa actually gave me an idea. But, the idea's still a few bone short of a broth, and I'd tell you anyway, and well... Yeah."
"Yeah?" Forever considers the two people. It's... Whatever this is, it's not going to be related to why Philza is so tired and so strained - that's okay, he'll try again another time, for now he just wants to hear what he is being trusted with.
"Before I start... I trust you, okay? You can tell whoever you like about this, but you've /got/ to be sure they won't let it get back to the Feds - even if its via other parties. My judgement's shit on this, so I'll trust you with that."
Philza pauses, clearly waiting for a confirmation. Forever also pauses, then nods back - tries not to think about those words so casually said, the trust and the faith and the hope placed in him.
"And I know you've got a lot on your plate, so I really do just need you to tell me if I've completely lost the plot," there's something haunted in Philza's eyes with those words.
"I know, Philza," Forever flicks the name with his tongue, playing with it in his mouth. "I will. What do you need."
"Okay. So," Philza pauses after just those words. "For a bit, I've had this idea, right? Half of us don't have lives we can take the eggs with us, and nobody wants to get split up after. So? What's the point in escaping? Other than being free of the Feds. And I'm pretty sure some people will keep the Feds to keep the community. My thought then is, what if we don't /have/ to loose the community? What if we find an uninhabited world and rebuild our lives together there? Can bring the eggs, get unlimited respawns for everyone, portal through to the hubs so everyone can come and go..."
"Could it work?" Forever's mind is thinking. "It'd need a strong foundation, and a patron... I think? Worlds aren't really my strong point."
"But they are one of mine," Philza grins. "I should be able to hold it myself, for a month or two, even with fifty inhabitants. During that time, I can get in contact with my wife - she's a goddess so she should be able to hold it longer. If she agrees. And if anyone else knows anyone who'd help out, well, having Death as the only influence is probably a bad idea anyway. Forgot to mention that bit to Missa, probably should have, but details there can be worked out later. Need the rest of a plan first."
"Like the actual escape part?" Forever asks, not wanting to interrupt, but seeing Philza starting to doubt himself.
Philza nods, then frowns, "kinda? I have half an idea, but it needs stuff we don't have."
Forever's ears twitch up, "like?"
"My wings," Philza shakes them, hesitating a moment before pressing on. "I'm still not sure how to get the rest of you out, but... If I had them, I could get out, scout, maybe find help?"
Everyone has heard Philza complain about his wings, but few have seen the damage to them truly. Forever isn't sure how bad it is, but he's not even sure he could tell if he saw them.
And then Philza is, somewhat nervously, taking off his backpack, and then the cape which hides his wings. Nervously he unfolds them, and lets Forever see.
Gently Forever reaches out, running a hand down snapped feathers. They themselves are broken - far more of them than would be needed to ground Philza, every single one is cut in half or further - and the flesh beneath... In spots where the feathers are plucked, the skin is angry and raw. Under everything it is uneven, heavily scarred and warped like entire chunks were ripped away.
And the shape, when he looks... Philza's wings are different shapes, the bones of one - maybe both - snapped and regrown out of alignment.
"You just said clipped," Forever whispers. "This is..."
Philza shuffles uncomfortably, "they are clipped."
Forever doesn't wait longer. He opens his arms, and captures Philza within them. Squeezes his friend, holds him close, holds him tight.
"Does it hurt?" he asks.
"Sometimes."
There's a lie in Philza's eyes and the way he holds Forever a little tighter. Always, then, and Forever's fragile heart snaps again.
"Are they..." He hesitates. "Can they even be fixed?"
Philza turns and looks at his wings, shuddering at the state of them, "the feathers will be replaced in a few months, but last time the Feds came and clipped them again. The rest..." a hesitation. "Yes."
"How?" Forever demands. "How do I help you?"
"The End," Philza shakes his head a little. "The End would heal them... Maybe surgery, or some magic, but... When I've hurt them before, I've always returned to The End."
Forever wants to ask, he desperately does, to know why the End would heal Philza in a way nothing else can. He doesn't, though, he does a look struggling to stay present well enough. Instead he starts thinking - as President he doesn't really have the power to do anything, let alone to demand Philza be permitted to visit the End. There's no doctors here, and their closest thing to a witch is Cellbit...
There are tools Philza is unfamiliar with, though. Maybe... Philza's knowledge of the natural world is incredibly - Philza is incredible - but Forever knows he is less capable in the hands of redstone and machines. Perhaps, perhaps...
But no, not yet - speak to the other engineers first, at least. It's just a case of knowing who would keep Philza's trust. Pac and Mike, perhaps, they'd enjoy the challenge.
"And once they're healed, what would you do?" Forever asks.
"Fly," Philza says it like that word holds the hope of humanity and the life of the worlds in its hands.
"I meant about escaping and making us a home," Forever teases.
"Oh," Philza snaps back. "Yeah, that, um. So if I could get to the End I could just jump off and into the void, get out that way. Otherwise... There's a trick, with tnt and the bedrock. You know it?"
"Yeah, but..." Forever hesitates a bit, and he feels Philza emotionally close in the silence. "That's a one way ticket to death."
"Nah," Philza softens again. "You worried about me, king? I'll be fine."
"It's the void!" Forever objects. "You need a train, or a boat, or - or some protection! Otherwise you fall and you die."
"Hence the wings."
"Won't you suffocate?"
"Not if I'm careful; I've done it before."
Forever thinks in horror of the idea at Philza flying through the void, lacking in air, scorching himself. He grabs Philza's face, checks it - checks him - for scars from the void, for the pain it must have caused.
Philza's hands gently close over Forever's, "I'm okay, mate; it's not a method I'd recommend to anyone else. Wouldn't risk it carrying one of you, either."
Fuck, no, Philza definitely shouldn't.
Forever goes to object, but then he remembers... The End. Philza's insistence such a place could heal him. If - if - that is true, if Philza hasn't been madder than they thought this entire time... Then perhaps the void would love him as his own.
Calls into doubt if those are crow wings, however. Not that Forever could tell - he's never met a crow.
"You'll be careful?"
"I don't even have my wings, mate, it's only theoretical."
"You promise?"
"Alright," Philza relents. "I'll be careful, I promise."
Forever searches Philza's face for a lie, and finds none. Instead he grabs another bottle from the witch bar - this one on purpose, experimental painkillers. He gives it to Philza who looks confused, but doesn't even sniff it before he downs the bottle.
"So your plan is... Beg the Federation for wing surgery, blow a hole in the bottom of the world, fly in the void, find us a new place to live together... somehow get the rest of us out, then we're happy and free?"
"When you put it like that, it's really not much of a plan, eh?" Philza laughs a bit, that awful laugh that means he hates himself. "I guess... back to the drawing board. Missa was just talking about me being able to fly away if they healed, and I remembered maybe I actually /could/, you know?"
"It's not... The worst plan," Forever hesitates, considers a bit. "I would help. Don't beg the Federation, though, we're better off studying. If you did..."
"Yeah, I know," Philza pulls a face. "I just don't know where else to go."
"Try Cellbit," Forever shrugs. "He has so many books. Maybe one has an answer?"
"You think its worth bringing this up to him, then?" there's almost hope sparked in Philza's eyes. "It's not really like any of its actionable."
Forever nods rapidly - he knows Cellbit, and knows him well. He can see the hope fading, his friend being crushed by a torment without end. It's only half a plan - not even half of a plan, really, missing every key component possible - but it is hope. It is someone promising an after, one where, maybe, they can all be... happy.
He can't say that, though, so instead he grins. "He's already working on getting us away, why not join forces?"
"Ah, then I'm sure he has better ideas," Philza laughs again. "He always does."
"At least let him know he's not alone in trying?" Forever suggests. He knows Philza, he knows Philza, now he just has to convince him that, yes, talking is the correct plan. "He might like bits of your plan. And he can show you where to help on his."
"I guess I can carry his backpack and get his notepaper for him," Philza says. "... But you really think the plan is good enough to share?"
"I think Cellbit will appreciate knowing about it," Forever says, because the plan is missing parts, and it's so dangerous, and his eyes are still watching Philza's wings. "Do you brush those?"
"Brush... Huh?" Philza twists, and looks at his wings. "Oh, right, no? It's called preening. Like..." Philza twists further, further than a person should, and starts using his fingers and a needle to clear muck from his feathers. "Like this. Fit helps me with the bits I can't reach - or Missa or Wilbur or Chayanne, but Missa and Wilbur work and... I don't really want my toddler having to do it, you know?"
"I could learn," Forever offers. "If... If that's not too forward?"
Philza hesitates a moment, then plucks another needle from a pouch and extends his wing.
"We start where I can see you," Philza gestures to the soft, mutilated underside. "And... Maybe somewhere more private?"
It's not just about helping, though Forever wants to help - Fit is around so often he doubts Philza would ever need Forever's help. But, if he's going to make something... Then he his research done.
"You don't want the witches watching?" Forever teases, already getting up. "What a prude. Come downstairs, then, we can use the couch."
Philza gets up to follow, "are you sure you want to learn? It's kinda fiddly."
"Of course!" Forever replies. "Who wouldn't want to brush your beautiful wings!"
"Preen," Philza sighs. "You- never mind, let's just get somewhere comfy. It'll take a while."
"That's okay," Forever says. "I don't mind."
'If it's you' he doesn't complete it with - it's true, though. He might not be after Philza any more, but he does love him. He loves all his friends, the eggs, the islanders... But no matter what, Philza is always a little special. it's not burning passion any more, but it's there. It's there, and it always will be.
He wants to help. Forever can see a problem and a solution that hasn't been tried. Between him, Pac, and Mike, he's sure they can make Philza some sort of flying aid - he just needs to know better the shape his wings are in.
It's not even about the escape, the new home, with Richas, with everyone, the reward that could be promised to him if he assists... It's about a bird who is probably not a bird, and two broken wings, and an open sky.
It's about the fact Forever loves his friends, and one is hurting, and if he can help... Why wouldn't he?
#qsmp fanfic#qsmp philza#qsmp forever#forever you ran right off the rails what the fuck did you do#happy ending au
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I've had so much fun talking to you!! Here are some That 70s Show asks if you feel like answering: 1. Five favorite characters - in order! 2. Three favorite romantic ships 3. Three or four favorite family relationships/friendships 4. Five unpopular opinions you have about the series. The more unpopular, the better!
Ofc, I always feel like procrastinating on Tumblr and avoiding my real life responsibilities so here it is:
Top 5 characters:
1. Red - I am ranking him first only because I feel like he is the character that the writers ruined the least as the time went on
2. Jackie- she had the best development up until season 8
3. Hyde - same as Jackie, he was a jerk at times but had a more or less consistent character development until they flushed it down the toilet in season 8
4. Eric - definitely the most relatable character, too bad they didn't give him more ambition
5. Donna - she was my favorite when I first started watching but what the writers did with her pissed me off so much (having her not go to college and want to move into a van???)
Three romantic ships:
1. Obviously Zenmasters (Jackie and Hyde)
2. Donneric - they were my first ship in this show and I loved them until they started fighting over stupid stuff in every episode
3. Red and Kitty - they are what zenmasters would have been in another universe where they ended up married
Family relationships: I haven't really thought about it until now but I love Eric and Red's dynamic, then Eric and Laurie have a very realistic sibling bickering/ love-hate relationship, and in fact all three Forman siblings if we count Hyde have that together, that's why I enjoyed the episodes in season 2 where they were all living under one roof. And last but not least, while Midge was not great and in the end left Donna, I still liked the moments in which she offered motherly wisdom to her. It seems like the kind of relationship I would love to have with my mother where you are not scared to tell her anything. So to sum up:
1. Red and Eric
2. Eric, Laurie and Hyde
3. Midge and Donna
I will make a separate one for friendships:
1. Jackie and Donna
2. Jackie and Eric
3. All of the guys together
Hmm I am not sure if I have any about this particular show, so I will just say 5 random opinions:
1. Bob was annoying and kind of unnecessary
2. They should have kept Kelso as he was in season 1- a bit clueless about life but secretly very good at math and technology
3. Laurie is a terrible person and that's what makes her fun. There's no need to redeem or humanize her as some fans try to do.
4. People complain that Donna was ruined in the later seasons by giving up on her ambitions but no one talks about how Eric was too. They both should have gone to college. Hyde could have easily taken care of Red and the Forman house after the heart attack.
5. People that complain about the jokes on this show being offensive and having aged badly need to grow a pair.
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we need to bully minors out of adult fandoms
I... have thoughts on this. The primary one being, where on earth did this come from? I'm just a little guy. A little scrimblo. A funky, mentally ill little dude who wants to smooch some fictional characters and writes about it. Why... did you come to my inbox for this?
Second thought: I originally was just going to delete this and move on with my day, but sure, I'll bite. Mainly because I do post NSFW content and have "minors, stay away" disclaimers on those posts. It may be wise to make my views on this clear for anyone who comes to my blog.
My opinion in short can be summed up very quickly.
Don't bully people. Just. Don't. It costs nothing to simply not harass others.
That being said, I do agree minors don't belong in adult spaces.
My in-depth thoughts are below the cut for those who care what one random person on the internet thinks.
Overall, the internet has become a dangerous and unfiltered space for young minds. However, it is not on the strangers of the internet to enforce the safety of minors, but their parents. We can post disclaimers and warnings. We can say "Hey! This isn't good for you! Please stay away and protect your own safety!" But ultimately, it is not our job to pick up swords and cut down every child on Tumblr and Reddit because we don't want them there.
If you post adult content or simply don't want kids interacting with your stuff there's only so much you should do. Tag everything. Put a disclaimer and warning in your bio. Block any minor you find interacting with your content.
Do not harass them. Do not get angry with them. Do not bully them. Not only will they not listen, but you'll only make them spiteful of genuine-intended warnings.
I'm an aunt who has helped raise my nieces and nephews since they were born. A lot of times, they'll hear me talking with their eldest brother who is now an adult about things like Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. They'll ask me why they can't watch it yet or why I don't like that their parents let them play horror games like FNAF and Poppy Playtime. Rather than telling them "Because you're too young" and cutting it off there, I explain it to them. I tell them why the content is harmful at their age. I've done the research to explain to them scientifically the damage it does to their developing brains. I explain to them that adult content isn't meant for them and if they wait until they're an adult, they'll actually enjoy it more because by then, it may be relatable.
We were all kids at one point who thought we knew better than everyone else. As adults, a lot of us still do. No one likes to be told no. No one responds well to aggressive behavior from those trying to prove why they're right.
You can explain. You can tag. You can set your own boundaries. But no good will ever come out of harassing anyone just to prove to them why you're right.
And with that, I'm off to write some depraved self-insert content with a silly TV man with the emotional integrity of a plastic fish. Cheers!
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I'm sending this in bc I have been gathering random thoughts but don't worry about answering right the way!
okay first
-mick is kind of a golden retriever but in my opinion he is more of a blue eyed labrador
maybe bc he's a little shy and g retrievers are all out a have a very energetic vibe even when with strangers they're over energetic, but I feel like mick is more of a shy person who might be social but doesn't initiate any interaction + mick with short hair looks exactly like a labrador don't lie to yourself guys
-mick invites estie everywhere bc he's a very intuitive person (not that you need it to see it) but he feels like estie is always kinda left out even when he is invited to things - he is a empath and you can't change mind
-I know how bad it is to "diagnose" people out of nowhere BUT as a neurodivergent my self I feel such a neurodivergent vibe from him?!? am I the only one?
-out of all the drivers he's the one who seems to try to get out of his bubble the most (if we count Seb and Lewis out) he engages and tries to learn + support a lot of things that are socially important, out of the younger drivers he is the one who shows most interested in it too. I worry so much that once Lewis retires (still crying about Seb), we will basically have no drivers who strives for diversity and equality as strongly as they do
-I will say that i'm a gemini and the person I had the best romantic relationship was a Aries, Idk why people hate them?? They are literally one of the best zodiac signs, there is nothing about them I don't like, I don't know what that says about me
now I will also admit that the worst romantic relationship I've had was with a Cancer, he was the most emotionally manipulative person I ever met, please avoid them at all costs romantically (just a warning- I mean a tip)
btw love you lots and love how you answer everything that is sent in
- 🎀 anon
-oMG I- I CAN TOTALLY SEE IT AND I HAVE TO AGREE!! HAHAHAH I can't unsee it! Now, every time I pass a lab I'm gonna think about Mick lol
-I had the same feeling tbh. I think he is the kind of person who likes to make everyone feel loved and welcomed, so sometimes even without noticing he gravitates towards the less famous in the crowd. 🥹
-I think this may be like on the estie bestie point: he just radiates such good energy that we can't help but identify with him, maybe that leads us to "getting X vibe" like you just did 💗 (I'm not elaborating much on this point bc I feel like this is a very personal and delicate subject so yup).
-I've been refraining to think about Lewis' retirement because I have the same feeling you do. It's not that the others don't care (some really don't tbh), but there's a difference in how he acts and how some of the grid acts. Lewis tends to use his voice more, just like Seb did/still do, and this is what we need: people who understand that their biggest power is their voice, not only their money when the conversation is creating diverse and prejudice-free spaces.
-I honestly don't understand much about astrology, though I do believe in it. But if Mick has any red flags related to his star sign you can bet I'm acting colorblind about it 😘👍🏾 I've never really stopped to notice how people talk about Aries, I'm making a point out of it now. Maybe Gemini people like to do exactly what others told them not to hahaha thank you for the tip!! I'm gonna keep an eye open for them!! 👀✍️🏾
aweeee, love you too, honey!! thanks for the ask, I'm patiently waiting for the next round *mwah* 💖💖💖
#🎀 anon#millies inbox#ms47#f1 x reader#thots#i love it when you guys interact like this#thank you honey!!!
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Firstly, thank you so much for your constructive response. Replying to your post about Jenny&Jack's name problem.
1. I have no idea what makes you think that I blame Jenny for her inconsistent actions. I'm just trying to justify a point that seems illogical to me, and I'm turning to you bc your analyzes are really reasonable and I'd like to know your opinion.
2. I'm not saying its a plot hole and I'm not saying it's a HUGE one. It doesn't take detective deduction skills to ask my question, and I thought about it within the first 15 minutes of reading the /sophiewalten page. I understand and accept that there are conventions in a horror series, but this thing isn't that hard to rationalize, so why not do it? Feels like 'this too shall pass' energy.
3. In order to connect the '74th summer missing people, Jenny only needs to know Sophie’s surname and... Okay, it's a pretty absurd explanation, like not knowing your girlfriend's surname? whom you've living together for at least a year? I didn't even think about it. Sophie hides it? Sophie doesn’t know her own surname and lives with a different last name? Jenny just doesn't bother to find out such obvious information? It seems like a topic for another discussion.
4. The examples I gave in the original post are not literal, but are evidence of how much resonance the Walten family's case had among the Brighton society. I didn't mean that everyone there listens to the same radio station, reads the same newspaper and watches the same news channel for a 7,000 people town. I meant that Jack and others weren't some kind of no-names, unlike ordinary BSI workers, about whom Jenny for some reason knows and even saw&remembered their missing posters (she calls Ashley 'very pretty'. So the some random girl image from four years ago remains in her memory, but the fairly famous businessman name doesn't?).
I'll admit I realized shortly after I answered that ask that it was directed less specifically towards you, and moreso broadly directed at the gist of your complaint as well as a bunch of other similar complaints I've seen that I hadn't given myself the opportunity to talk about before. Which isn't particularly fair to you, so I'll stay more specific to your particular criticism this time.
I'm sort of confused by this. I'm trying to imagine what you think a better version of the /sophiewalten scene would be. You're saying you'd like it more if when Sophie didn't remember her father's name, Jenny filled her in on it being "Jack Walten", which is a name she remembers as a locally famous person from her childhood/early adulthood who disappeared. Which is.. fine? But that ultimately relies on rewriting Jenny to have information which she is clearly not supposed to have canonically. Information which (in my opinion, anyway), could spoil some of the most interesting opportunities for storytelling that The Walten Files has. I think it's actually really important, narratively, that Jenny has as little information as possible regarding Sophie's family, so that Sophie can seek that information out for herself and obtain it by actually interacting with the story, instead of just being told by another character.
So, let's assume that's not what you mean, and what you're actually saying is that when Sophie brought up not remembering the name of her father, Jenny, in response, should have given some sort of excuse as to why she doesn't remember his name either. The name of her girlfriend's father which she isn't aware has anything to do with Bunny Smiles-related info that she may or may not have. I don't think I need to explain why that would feel really weird and unnatural, actually. I think it would bog down the scene very unnecessarily and take away from one of The Walten Files' only examples (so far) of interesting, character-focused exposition.
The thing I'm additionally implying here is I think the knowledge Sophie has of how her missing family relates to BSI exactly is incredibly limited, and I don't think she's given any information about that connection to Jenny so far, because we have yet to see her do so. All Jenny knows is that her girlfriend's family disappeared. She doesn't know it actually has anything to do with Bunny Smiles, and even assuming she *does* remember that major missing person's case from her childhood, she isn't supposed to have made/remembered the connection between those disappeared people and the modern BSI, much less between both of those things and her girlfriend. If we were to get a textual explanation from the series as to why exactly she hasn't made these connections that would be fine, great even! But I think it would actually be really bad if that explanation occurred in /sophiewalten specifically. I think it would really weaken that scene. You have to remember we're literally only 1/4 of the way through the series right now, it has plenty of time to patch up little holes like this if it decides to do so.
(That said, I really don't even think this explanation absolutely needs to happen? I'm sure it would settle people with opinions like yours, and that's all well and good. But, like how you say you were asking that question within the first 15 minutes of reading /sophiewalten, I very much wasn't. I'm struggling to articulate what exactly I'm trying to get across here, except that I was and am willing to suspend my disbelief far enough to just accept that Jenny doesn't have any more information here than Sophie does without additional explanation, because I think anything otherwise would have made what is legitimately a very good scene between those two characters a lot worse.)
I think I accidentally effectively addressed your other two points already. They are addressing a point which I personally think is fundamentally moot. I do not think there needs to be any explaining of whether or not Jenny knows Sophie's surname or why there's a line subtly implying Jenny's lesbianism instead of explaining why she doesn't remember the children's restaurant entrepreneur who was on the cover of Livingston Today Magazine eight and a half years ago
#ask#long post#if any of this seems condescending i'm genuinely really sorry about that#it's just honestly a little difficult for me to imagine what exactly bothers you about this idea#which i'd never even given a second though to until i saw people complaining about it on the internet#we may just have fundamentally incompatible points of view here
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Uno Reverse Time!
❤- Favorite Tangled Character?
💔- Least favorite Tangled Character?
✨- Moonstone or Sundrop?
🎥- Favorite Season (½/3)?
🔮- Something you wish had happened in the series?
📺- Another show you’d like to see have a cross over with Tangled?
😺- Number 1 animal companion?
💎- Favorite AU?
💜- Characters you think should have interacted at all or more?
💍- Would you marry anyone in the Tangled world?
👗- Favorite character outfit?
👔- Least favorite character outfit?
🧠- Random Tangled Headcanon you have?
🎞- Movie or Series?
📚- Favorite Tangled Fanfic?
⏰- When did you join the fandom?
💞- Which character do you relate to the most?
💥- A big a opinion you have related to the Tangled movie/series?
Whoa doggy that's a lot and I'm so pumped to answer them all!!!!
Fav Tangled Char?
I mean Hector is like number one because he's just such a cool character with so much to him that was unexplored. I also adore Adira because she's just such a queen. I'll give a special shout out to Ruthless Ruth because she is awesome as well and her song is amazing.
Least Fav Char?
I'd have to say Willow. To my defense, it's because I have a sister like her and seeing how she acted in the episode just drove me nuts. She does have a good moment at the end, but overall I just have a personal dislike for her.
Moonstone or Sundrop?
Gotta go with Moonstone. I'm more of a moon person anyways, but again it's so unexplored and has so much we don't know about it. It intrigues me so.
Fav Season?
Season 2 for sure. I liked that it had more wacky adventures and of course Hector and Adira. I also liked to see how Raps and Cass started to become distant (although it was sad to me) and how that unfolded.
Something you wish had happened in the series?
Broken record here but just more Brotherhood stuff! Seeing them interact? Or just more about the Dark Kingdom in general. I hated that they introduced this whole other kingdom and didn't give us much about them at all! I also wished they would have given us some better maps of the whole continent with all the kingdoms. I love stuff like that!
Another Show you'd like to see have a cross over with Tangled?
Oooh this is a hard one...I've been re-watching Avatar the Last Airbender and that would be a great crossover to me.
#1 Animal companion?
I love the bearcats and rhino, but Pascal has always had my heart from the movie. I'd say he's my number one, then the bearcats and rhino.
Fav AU?
I have a few favs, but my top ones are where Hector takes Varian in after Quirin is encased in the amber and the one where Varian is encased instead of Quirin and Quirin has a dark streak.
Character you think should have interacted at all or more?
The big one for me was more Brotherhood interactions!!!! I would have loved to see Adira and Hector talk to Quirin. Another I've always wanted to see is what Hector would have thought about Andrew and his cause with the Saporians. I feel they have a lot of similarities.
Would you marry anyone in the Tangled world?
I mean I am completely happily married currently haha, but I'd have to say probably Adira or Lance. As much as I love Hector, he's got A LOT of baggage and emotional stuff going on (as do I XD). I don't think we'd be that compatible or good for one another.
Fav Char outfit?
I really liked Raps dress in season 3. I've always found it super cute and I love the neck line area (whatever that's called). A special shout out to her coronation dress, because that was just a beautiful piece of work!
Least fav char outfit?
I've never liked Eugene's outfit in Before Happily Ever After (he also wears it a few times in season 2 I believe). It was just so plain to me and I feel they could have done a little more with it.
Random Tangled Headcanon you have?
I had one about the Brotherhood all knowing how to pick locks and still really stand by it haha. One I recently came up with is when Cass has Adira and Hector with the Mindtrap that she would try and get them to do as she said without using it as like a power move over them.
Movie or series?
I gotta say the movie. It's been my fav Disney film since it came out and was the first Disney movie to make me cry (other than when I was like really little).
Favorite Tangled Fanfic?
Ooh there are so many! I do love your Incarnate fic its pretty good. I'll admit I haven't read a lot of TTS fics. I can think of a few Brotherhood fics but I cannot find where they are. If you want them I can dig deeper and find them, but at the moment I can't find them.
When did you join the fandom?
I started watching TTS in the winter of 2021. I was super late into the fandom sadly. I still wish I had been there in the beginning to be there for everything. Admittedly, I remember when this show was first coming out, but I was working full time and in school so it was low on my list of priorities and eventually forgotten.
Which char do you relate to the most?
The two that really come to mind are Lance and King Fredric. Lance, because I have the urges to talk myself up (like he did with Adira baha), but also his desire to have a family. King Fredric is a char I know gets a lot of hate, but I really connected with him at the end of season 1 when he feels like a failure for losing Raps as a baby. I really felt that as a parent myself that sometimes we want to make certain decisions that are very harsh, but come from a place of genuine fear and concern for those we love. Its a very real thing that can be a big obstacle to overcome. Maybe I am too soft hearted about it, but that really struck a chord with me.
A big opinion you have related to the Tangle movie/series?
Cass should have had a whole extra season with the Moonstone and exploring it's powers. Also for her to really show her emotions and how she felt about her treatment. She wasn't mean enough in my opinion.
#thanks for the asks!#this was fun#tangled the series#tangled ask gam#meecha answers#ask game#answers
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What's your opinion on the shinichiro theory still? Honestly, I still believe it. People are saying that hemorrhagia has " left " because her theory got " disproven" but actually, her account has been like this for atleast a week before shinichiro being a time leaper was even exposed. I've spent so long trying to explain it to someone even today lmao
Hello!
First off, I had no idea there were such things circulating about hemorrhagia supposedly “leaving”. As you said, she hasn't been active since before the “Shin is a time leaper” chapter. And from what I know it is a completely unrelated thing. Don’t people realize others have lives outside of tumblr? Lmao
Although, damn, i wish she was back, i just know the hot takes would be immaculate
As for the theory itself, I don't know really. It seems less and less likely to me. More information got revealed that are kind of conflicting and the theory itself seems like a bit of a stretch now
That’s the short answer for you. But I have much more to say under the cut. Sorry anon, you have opened Pandora's box.
TW: THAT shin theory (i don’t talk about anything explicit), TR spoilers
I feel like there are a couple of things the theory was right about though. Maybe not the main points that were made, but there were several takes that showed the (not so) obvious.
that shin is going to be important some way or another
And, guess what, he totally is. Up until recently he was nothing. He meant nothing and was already dead when the story started. And yet, he was there, always lingering in the background, which was a clue that he had a much bigger role in all this mess than we had originally thought. And, safe to say, I don't think I would pick on that myself so kudos to the author.
that shin is not as good as he is painted
Maybe he is not necessarily a bad guy… but either way he didn’t have much issue with killing a random homeless person. Which is pretty fucked up if you ask me, no matter his reasoning. He didn’t even care to listen to the guy, he just bashed his skull open. It would be easy to give in to all the narration surrounding Shin and portraying him as the kindest human to ever exist. And yet, we found out that he killed a man. Sure, he was losing his mind at this point, he was in so much despair. But grieving people don’t go around killing anyone usually. So again, kudos to the author for questioning the narration and pointing out that we know nothing about that guy aside from all the praises other people were saying about him. And those may not be a reliable source of information.
that there is something icky about the way shinichiro is described vs how he really is
Again, maybe it has nothing to do with the themes that were originally stated in the theory, but hey. We clearly saw the same man that was described as being “a weak king” (if i remember correctly), that always lost and that couldn’t fight… bend a fucking metal post and crack a concrete wall. Not to mention beating the hell out of all these people in the bar. So… what was that all about. Why is he thought to be some kind of a weakling whereas he clearly knew how to fight? The story tells us one thing to then show us another. And kudos for the author again, for telling us way ahead that we shouldn’t take everything that is being said at face value. And to be honest maybe this also applies to Wakasa telling us Shinichiro’s story. Maybe. Who knows at this point.
The theory was thus brilliant at making us question things shown in the manga. And damn it was fun ever since.
And there are still gaps in canon material that the theory was filling so goddamn well. For example:
Shin and Izana relationship still seems wacky as fuck.
Their relationship is fucked up and there is something clearly missing here. Why wouldn’t he tell anyone about Izana - why would it be such a secret, why wouldn’t Shin make it possible for him to meet at least Emma, the girl he grew up with? Furthermore, Izana’s reaction to finding out Shinichiro isn’t blood related to him seems a bit over the top - because why should it matter if Shin was there for him regardless of that, he says that himself even, yet Izana is still unreasonably mad. Just like hemorrhagia stated in the theory:
“I’m sure it might feel crushing to find out you aren’t actually related to your sibling, but Izana already considered Kakucho like a brother to him. So, why is Shinichiro different? Why is Izana so upset? He asks why Shinichiro even came to him.
Shinichiro taught him everything, about bikes, about fashion, how to style his hair, how to fight, how to smile.
Why is all of that null and void now? Is it because his ‘love’ is something bad that Izana could tell himself was okay, because Shinichiro gave him a family (a family of only Shinichiro), but can’t reconcile it if they aren’t even related? Is it because that ‘love’ wasn’t coming from a brother, but just some random guy?”
Why did Izana and Mikey develop a bond so strong to the point that in the Bonten timeline Mikey is literally imitating Izana?
“He basically becomes a clone of Izana in the Bonten timeline, despite their only interactions being Izana going out of his way to completely destroy him. He had Emma murdered.”
The explanation provided by the theory’s framework fit perfectly here. It would be understandable if they bonded so much because they went through similarly traumatic shit. But if we take that out of the equation, we are left with another missing piece.
Why would Mikey develop such a strong bond with Izana over the brief interaction they had during the tenjiku fight? Sure, he thought of Izana as his brother. Yeah, he didn’t care about them not being blood related. Yeah, at this point he had lost all his siblings and was desperate to have a brother, a family of any sort.
But they don’t have any memories together. They didn’t grow close together through years like Mikey did with Emma or any of his friends. And Izana was responsible for murdering Mikey’s sister. Who he cared about. Who he wanted to protect. Izana was responsible for her death. Yet for Mikey this brief encounter they had was enough to forgive him for that. To find understanding and empathy for him. And to decide that he is - in a way - going to carry Izana’s legacy from this point on.
He only emulates people dear to him. Emma, Baji, Draken. And Izana for some reason. It just doesn’t really make sense to me the way it is portrayed as of now. I feel like there is something missing about the bond between Mikey and Izana. I wish it would be addressed in the manga eventually and we wouldn’t be left with just that. The theory explained it well in my opinion. It made Mikey’s actions more understandable for me.
“By the time the conflict with Tenjiku happens, Mikey has already seen the letters Izana wrote, and Izana always knew about Mikey. I think Mikey reaches out to Izana as a brother, not just because Emma has just died and he doesn’t want to lose more family, despite the fact that Izana had her killed, but because of their shared trauma from Shinichiro.
In another life, Taiju says that Mikey trusted Izana more than anyone, more than Draken. The question is posed, ‘Why would Mikey trust Izana so much, what happened?’ I think they shared the same secret.”
Maybe, possibly, most likely the theory is horseshit. But still there has to be something more to this bond Mikey and Izana shared. I hope there is. Because the way their relationship is portrayed as of now is not convincing enough for me. Its superficial.
We still have no idea what made Mikey hurt Haruchiyo in such horrible way
We have seen this scene from like three angles by now (at this point i just wait for Baji to be resurrected just to tell the same story once again and then die) AND WE STILL DON’T KNOW SHIT
Just that Mikey didn’t know why he did that and that he suddenly found himself already having hurt Haru. But then what provoked him? The fact that Senju told him that it was Sanzu who destroyed his toy plane? Really? I think that if there is one thing the whole fandom can agree upon (other than the Haitanis being hot) it is that it couldn’t be just about the plane. And even if it was Dark Impulsivity, whatever that may be (because we still don’t know anything about that…) it doesn’t explain shit, because even when DI is involved, there always (i think) is a reason for Mikey to act out.
It was shown to us that Mikey doesn’t care about his possessions. He busted his own scooter because he cared more about Baji (and we coincidentally are reminded of this situation in the recent chapters 272 and 273, right after we saw the plane incident yet again). I mean he could have grown up to be like that, it could be the lesson he learned from the situation with Sanzu. But still, it’s so unlikely that it would all be just about the toy fucking plane… There must be something missing here for fuck’s sake.
Why on earth shinichiro knows Inui and why does he hang out with a kid 10 or so years younger than him?
We still didn’t get an answer to that! Should I just take it as it is and convince myself it’s normal? My sister is 10 years younger than me. I can’t fathom the idea of hanging out with her friends, let alone a random child her age. But I mean maybe, maybe if I squint real hard… Inui was going through some tough shit back then. Maybe he found comfort around Shin and the first gen BD’s. Maybe Shin was taking care of him when nobody else would. But fuck, its still icky and I don’t like it at all. Found family is an awesome thing but not when one person is 12 or something, an impressionable little kid with little to no support system (apparently), and the other is an adult. There is so much room for abuse of power here and I don’t like it.
“It’s not weird to have an older mentor, but there has to be something connecting you to that person, like a sibling, or a social program, or a family connection, but there’s just nothing connecting them, and that’s weird.“
And why would Shin (supposedly) call for Mikey to get to the shop at 3 am? Still it doesn't make sense no matter how you put it lmao
Mikey changing clothes suddenly doesn't make sense as well as other weird things that are happening to his memory. Him not remembering Izana or remembering things differently to other people or bikes disappearing from his memories. There is a big emphasis on memories in this manga and how different people may remember things differently. So I can’t imagine it all being mistakes when at the same time in the same manga we have Hakkai situation. If we analyze what is happening when hakkai tells Michi his version of the story, we can actually pick up that he is lying based on the background not making sense in relation to what he is saying.
(there was this post somewhere about that but i can't find it hhhhhhhhhhhhhh if anyone got it please feel free to send me the link)
So, concluding this unnecessary rambling
The theory itself might not be true. Maybe some of the points don’t hold up anymore, given the newest information we got. Maybe the main bit about Shin being the bad guy doing that specific thing is not that plausible anymore since we got to know more about him, but there still were very good observations made that still hold true and I think the author should have been given credit for that.
It also points out several questions we still didn’t get a coherent answer for. And… to be frank, I don’t think we ever will given that we supposedly have only five chapters left. And that makes me sad. But it also will leave room for further interpretation, when the manga inevitably concludes and I don’t think it’s such a bad thing after all (although damn i'm going to be so disappointed)
I just wish we would be answered in the canon material. But, well. We will see how it goes.
Concluding the conclusion: I don’t think it's plausible anymore, but I still think there is a value in that theory.
What are your thoughts on this, anon? Hope I didn’t bore you to death ♥
#tokyo revengers discourse#tokyo revengers#the shin theory#tokyo revengers spoilers#tokyo revengers theory#i dont know how else to tag this#to people reading this:#dont be mean to me :c its just my opinion#ask
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I'm new here and before I start asking questions related to tbhk I would like to know a few things. First: What types of questions do you not answer? Second: When we say anonymous, you can't know who we are even if we send two questions in a row?Treceira: Can we ask more than one question in a comment? Or will you not respond if we send it that way?Wednesday: It's not a question, it's just to say that I love the way you talk about tbhk ❤️
Hiiii!
First: What won't I answer?
More than anything, I don't engage with rudeness, argumentative/agitated tones, or otherwise negatively framed questions. If the question seems combative, or frustrated, I don't bother! This is a fun place, we should all have fun. I appreciate at least a facade of friendliness!
While some fans can be tedious, I don't like to focus too much on that, so I often delete that sort of topic (i.e. "don't you hate it when people do ___?") … while sometimes I grouse and gripe a bit, I don't want that kind of attitude to dominate the space too much ^^;;; JSHK makes me very happy, I would like the bloge to reflect that… !
I guess positivity is generally good :3 I don't mind fielding nervousness or anxiousness though, or complicated feelings, so long as it's coming from the right place~! I try to assume sincerity.
Other things I don't publish….
Sometimes, people more or less just put their own opinions on ships, or theories, in my inbox, and those are not questions. I typically delete these. I don't really want to be a hotbed for simply "publishing any random person's thoughts"…. it's not really a conversation..... if it could just Be a Post on your own blog, it doesn't belong in my inbox ...
I have been handed simply a numbered list of why someone hates HanaNene in my inbox, hahahaha, this kind of thing is like… the epitome of all these rules-- ! it's rude, it's argumentative, it's not fun, it's purely to tell me how someone else feels, it's not even a question … <- but I just delete this sort of thing. 90% of the time I think it's well-intentioned and harmless, I don't believe in retaliation…. even if you are rude, there won't be any consequence other than being ignored.
Lately I've also noticed some user(s?) simply bulk sends the same questions to a bunch of veeeeery different blogs, and I'm going to start to delete these, because it feels impersonal and dehumanizing ? … I would like to not be "a random JSHK blog", but your fun little Avvy who you want to ask unique things to, because I am me (: and you like my opinions, or you at least find me amusing/funny/intriguing like a bug 🐛 I want to be an individual!
Second: Will I be able to tell who is who?
There will be no indication that questions are from the same person, other than perhaps your grammar/spelling/way of talking! But you can always just try to make a casual tone to blend in with anyone else.
I tend to answer things in random chunks; it can take me weeks to finish an answer to something I liked, I do not answer things in order, etc, so your questions may not wind up even published remotely close, so there would be no way for people reading to detect much.
Usually becoming a distinctive ask-er would be something more overt like, repeatedly trying to talk about the same subject over and over, or hating the same character(s) or ship(s) repeatedly …
I don't have any investment in identifying people, and generally speaking I assume a grand total of about 3 people maximum even bother to send me asks. I'm a nobody and nobody looks at this blog. I definitely won't think hard about it, and nobody else will so I wouldn't worry!
I like to be low-key, and I hope people can even trust me with priv. messaging or private answers, really. I don't want anyone to have to be afraid of anything.
Third: Multiple Q's in one ask
I don't mind people asking multiple things at once, though the answer may become long and difficult to read, and possibly difficult to search for in the archive in the long run. Related topics that make sense bundled together is fine, but I DO prefer vastly different questions to be asked separately, if only for organization's sake! Buuuut I wouldn't Not answer if I liked the questions ...
also, you'll get answers faster separating them ... as I might get hung-up on a random one in the pile, and that could make the entire pile take as long as the most complicated answer.
Fourth: awe thank you (: hehe … heee it's a fun manga, I am having a good time, the best time everrrrrr, everyone come watch how fun it is heheeheheheehehe
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I love ur characters and world building sm! I really want to try out doing a fantasy story but I'm not sure where to start. Do you have any tips?
Hi! Oh, where to begin haha. I think first of all I'll caveat that I'm no expert and that there's no one-strategy-fits-all. But I can at least give what my experience was at the high-level when starting The Nameless!
I would say the first thing for me is thinking about broad strokes - i.e. theme and tone for the story. Are you writing epic high fantasy? Low fantasy? Urban fantasy? Alternate history? Are there huge, overarching themes you want to write about? Is it a serious, more "mature" adventure or something more whimsical and relaxed (though not to say you can't explore serious themes in those sorts of stories too!) What is the scale of conflict you want to write? Do you want to write a happy ending? A tragedy?
Predictably because I refuse to shut up, this turned into a novel so more under the cut:
Asking these questions doesn't mean you have to have a ten-point bulleted plan for each one, but at least helps to steer you in the direction you want to go. Keeping high level, then, I can say for The Nameless I went into worldbuilding in regards to culture first. In my case, there's a major theme I've always wanted to explore that's [spoilers]. So I knew I wanted to incorporate that and it's been a crucial driving point for the plot. Then I took a lot of inspiration from D&D and fey-related tropes and stories, which led to the thought of how a culture might shift if fey/sheevra deals were a lot more prevalent and well-known vs more mysterious and less-encountered. The world formed after that thought, and I'd definitely recommend looking at some world-building questionnaires or guides out there, even for topics that probably aren't going to be relevant within your writing.
It will almost definitely never be mentioned in the game, but someone asking me about how farmland and agriculture worked in a significantly barren world led to me thinking more about the food culture of each of the four cities, or travel between them i.e. the Crossings vs the river entrances, and more about weather and trade. A lot of random questions here on tumblr have also helped nail down other details! I've also been lucky enough to have a close friend and my SO absolutely pick apart my story and ask random questions which made me think, so don't be afraid to talk through things out loud even when you don't have everything completely fleshed out.
Again - not that I'm expecting to go into a biosphere breakdown or trade laws of each city ever in game, but it did really help to make it more real in my head. More...lived in. And that helps with finding your characters and their motivations too. Obviously having the major goals or alignment of a character are vital for determining who they are at their core. But being asked "What's [character's] favorite meal or drink" or "What is their favorite time of day? memory? person?" or "What does their room look like" really helps to make them come alive for me, at least. I love the grand adventure of fantasy stories, but I love the small moments and details equally and in my opinion they're just as - if not even more - important.
Along that line I will say take notes!!! Write shorts that are smack dab in the middle of the story!!! Jot them down in your phone!! Write them on the back of a receipt!! Even if it's incoherent later (RIP 🤝 ajfdksalj), anything can help jog a memory or an idea, and like any craft, writing takes practice. Re: apps available, I use Scrivener more now to combine both writing and note-taking and it's the easiest for me to switch/sync between my main devices (aside from my base game folder in Visual Studio Code that's synced to my Dropbox, but I can't open that on mobile). But there are lots of wonderful free alternatives like Obsidian and Evernote (Evernote is free on a limited amount of devices, then goes into paid plans), and many more!
There's also another piece of advice I've heard which is to know how your story is going to end before you get too far. I waffle a little on recommending this one because I think half the fun is the journey to get there, and sometimes the end takes a bit to form. I do know how The Nameless is ultimately going to end, but there are still pieces missing in the middle and definitely more I want to finesse. So I'd say at least start with an idea of what sort of ending you want like in those initial questions - this will really help with your direction and determining a goal for the characters - and iron out the details as you go.
General advice outside of writing tools is to not expect or hold yourself to perfection and to not compare too much to other peers. This is so hard to do sometimes because I do want things to come out well written the first time around. But there's no way I'd write something without reading through it again, and that's what editing is for! That's what everyone has to go through! Take advice and do writing practices based on what you like from other author's writings who inspire you, but at the end of the day, your voice is your own.
Lastly the most important piece of advice I have is - at the core of everything - to write the story you want to tell. Write for you. This is also something I think can be hard to hold onto, especially if you do put a WIP out into the black hole of the internet and update it like an IF game.
Yes, if you're trying to make a living off writing or wanting to build a community around a story, the unfortunate reality of it is that that particular "success" criteria can sometimes depend on who likes it or who promotes it or how/how often you promote it, etc, if you're going purely based on interaction or follower counts or what have you. But honestly, there's always going to be someone who likes and even loves your story, and someone who can't stand your story or just can't get through it. And that's perfectly fine! But I mention this because if you try to write the story you think others want, then it'll impact your writing - whether it's not your voice anymore, or less lively or less enjoyable.
Don't get me wrong, there are absolutely times when I want to yell and groan and rip my hair out over something that doesn't sound right in The Nameless, and there's always going to be lows and highs in any pursuit. But at the end of the day, it's worth it because I know this is the story I want to write and share, and I hope it comes across how much I genuinely love this world and its characters.
Anyway! That's my long ramble for the day (and sorry this took so long to respond to). Again, this should definitely not be word of law, but just my experiences so far with writing. I hope it helps and good luck with your story! I'm sure it'll be amazing. 💖
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Okay so I've been thinking about Tolkien... and I'm not 100% sure how to express my Thoughts but I wanted to dump them on you because I feel like even if I communicate it awkwardly you might understand what I'm trying to say and help refine what I'm saying.
So there are various criticisms of Tolkien wrt his ratio of male to female characters and how he's just not progressive enough, but I feel like a lot of people who use this to insult Tolkien and claim that he was a Bad Person and thus nothing he did was good (or if it was good, it was only accidentally so) don't even realize the much-more-relevant-to-his-era statement he was making about class!
LOTR is the best example of this, because literally all of the Company is royalty or akin to royalty or high class except for Sam. And while each one of them plays an important role in the story, the inarguably Highest Class character (Aragorn) in the most important part of the story is nothing but a distraction, and it's the inarguably Lowest Class character (Sam) who emerges as the most important part of the puzzle, the Real Hero. They are all heroes - Frodo is no less of a hero because he fails in his task, Boromir is no less of a hero because he temporarily falls under the thralldom of the ring, Aragorn is no less of a hero just because in the end he's not much more than a distraction so the Real Heroes can do their thing - but it's Sam, the lowest class one of them all, who is THE hero of the story. And while there are important discussions to be had and to tell in various stories that do include race and gender, I feel like it's disingenuous to ignore the important discussion Tolkien was having about class when talking about important discussions to be had.
And frankly, class is extremely important, and the fact that it's often overlooked in these conversations is very frustrating. To give the most extreme example of this: A black, female, lgbtq, Hollywood celebrity is going to be much less disadvantaged in life than a straight white man who lives on the streets and depends on free food pantries, soup kitchens, and charity to survive. And to say that the straight white man is privileged compared to her is stripping all of the complexity related to class out of that comparison. So I think that Tolkien's statements about class are extremely important conversation points, but which... largely get ignored just because that is the conversation that he was having (which I feel is much more relevant to his era) than conversations that people insist we should be having about him/his work.
And idk... maybe I'm just tired of people calling Tolkien a bad person when he clearly wasn't. He was at worst a product of his times, and even then while he didn't write a ton of stories about women it's clear that he respected women through the stories he told about them. And his infamous replies when Germany asked if he was Aryan proves something similar to his opinions on racism and antisemitism. And since he intentionally was writing a legendarium for his own country, to say that he was racist for essentially saying "the poc are the ones who live far away from where the main story is taking place" and thus were far away from the elves and the gods and things that were Good and so unfortunately were easily manipulated down a dark path by Evil is... well, it's disingenuous. Especially when you consider the important conversation topic he was addressing and was trying to talk about.
I do get what you mean! And I have so many thoughts on this, but I don’t want to share them lol
You see, there is a lot to be said about Tolkien’s social views - both in praise and in condemnation. But critical literary analysis of 20th century literature is an actual academic field, and there’s a reason for that. You need a lot of knowledge and a lot of hard work to be able to accurately, fairly assess a single work - let alone an author’s entire corpus. I, a random person on the internet without that background, am simply not qualified to make that kind of analysis.
Can I have opinions? Sure! I’ve had them since I first encountered Tolkien, and I’ve been refining them ever since! But these are personal and I don’t want the responsibility of holding up my ideas as Good Takes, because I’m very aware of my limitations. For things like “Hey do you have an opinion on this obscure character?” I’m thrilled to share all my opinions, but for things that are (rightfully!) considered such serious subjects because they affect real life people, I feel like the only thing I can do is take a step back and admit I probably don’t have particularly good answers.
Can you probably guess that I think Tolkien does some things right and some things wrong, just by reading through this blog? Absolutely, but that’s the nature of interacting with any kind of art. But to go out of my way to present A Unified Opinion is more than I am prepared to do.
I do think you make a very valid point, and I agree with much, though not necessarily all, of it, but to quote LotR, this would need “a week’s answer, or none.” As I’m not comfortable with sharing a week’s answer for the reasons above, I’ll just have to go with none, even though I very much get where you’re coming from with this!
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Actually I'm going to use this space to put all these thoughts down cos I keep thinking about it and idk maybe someone can relate but although I'm still very much a part of fandom culture (I recently joined the Stranger Things fandom if anyone's at all interested) I really just Don't give a fuck about shipping. Like it's not even like I'm actively trying to not care about it. I truly don't give a fuck.
So for example, I joined the Stranger Things fandom (very late I know I'm sorry I watched the whole series I'm obsessed with Robin Buckley if you want to see me talk about that my twitter is smalltownrobin) and that show is like ships galore, especially with the group of characters I have the most interest in. The "older teens" group of characters (like Robin, Steve, Nancy, Jonathan, Eddie, that lot) get most of that, and I've just never found myself caring. People heavily debating whether Nancy will "end up" with Jonathan or Steve? I don't care. I'm chill with either, I'm chill with none. Even people who ship Nancy with Robin, or prefer Robin with Vickie, honestly I just want Robin to kiss a girl I don't give a fuck who it is. THE STEDDIE RAMPAGE I'm glad it's making people happy but I'm fine either way, and I don't actively seek content for it out. I'd say the only pairing I care about on that show is Robin and Steve's platonic friendship, THAT I love I am obsessed but like. they've already reached the "goal" of their relationship so it's not like there's any official title that the show writers or fans can give to them or take away. It's an easier life overall and I'm pretty happy.
I really don't know what's done this to me, cos I used to LOVE shipping, I remember in high school my friends and I used to have seriously intense conversations about which Fairy Tail characters worked best together. I made two entire videos on why people should ship Cheryl and Veronica from Riverdale (and even now ages after I stopped watching and it turns out they had a 100% platonic fan service kiss I DON'T CARE THAT IT HAPPENED). The point is something's just happened to me since those days and now I just don't care. Maybe it's cos my main fandom is kpop where shipping is Not okay and I don't wish to involve myself in the romantic lives of real people dictating to them what I think they should do with their personal endeavours, but yeah. I don't care. It's not a bad thing if you are into shipping, you know, enjoy yourselves, if it brings you joy and it's not hurting anyone go ahead.
All that being said I still very much care about Thasmin but we're never going to get any more of them now so. fuck.
Did anyone bother to read that I'm sorry 🙃 I know I barely post on here anymore, I converted it to my SCD blog but then couldn't be bothered talking about it so this is kind of empty now. I talk about the fandoms I did talk about on here on my twt so I guess if you're still interested in my fandom opinions go on there? I cannot promise I'll convert this blog to anything to make it active again I might just pop in every so often and rant about something completely random ✌️
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this is about the post on your fears of csSchlatt being one-dimentional/a caricature: I cannot stress enough how hard it hit me reading the scenes with him in it. Hopefully this doesn't sound vent-y, i don't mean for it to, but i was very close to becoming like that guy. And the way you write him is so inherently human and flawed and it has such nuance to his "motives" and what addiction/csTubbo meant for him that I've only ever seen like thrice before. You need to stop doubting your writing, I think, because the things you create are some of the most hard-hitting, reality crashing things I have ever experienced. /pos
i'm really really glad to hear that cs!Schlatt felt real & flawed because that's all I really hoped for with him, honestly. part of it is that you don't really recognize a ton about him at the beginning due to his own presentation of himself as being sinister plus cs!Tubbo's feelings with him being in close proximity, but post mortem you see a lot more conflicting opinions on him and actually get a lot more about his life. and he's honestly an extremely complex character because what he boils down to is someone whose childhood was tainted by financial instability, a shitty father, and a lot of influence from said shitty father to be kind of a bad person growing up. and then you see his teenagehood is cut off halfway because he has to take care of a kid and navigate a relationship and also doesn't have an adult in the house anymore. so now you're seeing someone with zero room to grow (albeit no real desire to grow either, but that's a desire that would come if he wasn't trying to figure out how to put food on the table), stuck between the untouchable immortality a teenage boy might feel and the reality of living an unsustainable life. he has no real support and the supports he does have he drives away, because his feelings towards Tubbo are complicated and his relationship with Quackity is kind of shit because Schlatt has been an asshole for forever and that doesn't change with the alcohol nor the independence. and then his want to become better starts coming AFTER things are falling apart, after Quackity has given up most of what he had to take care of him and tubbo, after Tubbo has been thoroughly traumatized, after his only friendship is some random guy he tries doing business stuff with but that falls through, someone who doesn't even talk at his funeral.
cs!Schlatt had been fundamentally deprived of a stable footing to try and get better, basically, or even recognize that he had a clear want to. if he sat down in the late stages of his life and addiction and tried to parse together whether or not he wanted to treat the people around him badly or if it was an ill fit coping mechanism, he still wouldn't have known. he honestly probably wouldn't be able to say whether or not he had a problem. i think sometimes he would have thought he was on top of the world, thriving off of hurting tubbo and quackity, and other times would have recognized that he couldn't continue like that. but there was nothing he could do but continue like that, and so it goes.
it's something that i think a lot of us are closer to relating to than we really think. God knows I have spent much of the last three years in a mentality of "well if I can't get better, I may as well hit the bottom that this spiral goes and see what happens." and God knows that a lot of people who are abusive happen to struggle with things themselves, because struggling is a human response and the most painful part (in my experience) of recognizing that someone abused me is reconciling with the idea that I could have felt sorry for what they've been through, and still feel sorry for what they went through, but that didn't mean that what they did is right.
very, very little of what cs!Schlatt did was right. but one of the tragedies of life is when you have instances in which you never really know if that person could have been good, because they never got close enough to wonder themselves and suddenly, they're gone.
thank you for this ask, i'm really glad people like his characterization. he's honestly one of my favorite characters as time passes because I think he's lived such a fucked up life and is such a fucked up person. and I think it's important to talk about that kind of thing, that struggling doesn't make you a good person. but that struggling often makes things worse.
#nightmare.ask#nightmare.cough-syrup#long post#tw addiction#addiction tw#abuse tw#ask to tag#not sure if i articulated this well i just have so many fucking feelings about this#i also have a lot of feelings about cs!Tubbo seeing himself in cs!Schlatt because yeah#it's one of the most horrific things about going through abuse is seeing yourself in the person who hurt you like that#be it you going through similar shit they did or them instilling something deep in you#a habit or a favorite song or something. and it's difficult to separate#i've gotten good at reclaiming some of the good times and enjoying things that they introduced to me#but Jesus is it still hard as hell looking at myself in the mirror#anyway. Feel like i talk about that kind of stuff a little too much I need to tone it down#I was really quiet about it for a while though and now it's just. something i like to talk about and process#anyway i appreciate this ask and your support always so so so much
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Little midnight Rant about Dostoevsky's Ippolit Terentyev!!!
What a surprise - a dark and gloomy Wednesday evening. I'm WAYYY too deep in my feels (maybe because of the depressing Spotify piano playlist that conveniently made its way to my ears), so I decided that I needed to pour my innermost thoughts regarding Ippolit's (Hippolite's?) character from "The Idiot" by Dostoevsky - it's very possible that NOBODY is going to read this but HEY, what do I have to lose if I just type some random doodoo here,,, SOOO BEFORE I START, excuse my potential grammar mistakes or any "spEeCH InCOnGRuencY" which I might spit out here, it's almost 12 am and I'm generally not one to write or describe my emotions on tumblr or anywhere else (this is my first post after all ;0) ENOUGH RAMBLING;;
I don't know what the majority of people in the fandom (is there a fandom? Lord tell me there is) think about Ippolit, but overall, I find this fella to be a VERY tragic character; he's also still quite relatable in the era we live in today, where young adults crave independence of thought and just want to live their life, bothered only by the occassional thought that they must make their youth "worth" reminiscing about at an old age. But I guess teenagers growing into adulthood have always been known for yearning autonomy. I've gathered that this idea, which both humanity and society have supported for so many years, is what makes Ippolit's character so realistic, so relatable-- and yet, I couldn't quite emotionally grasp "HIM", so to speak. I'm convinced many, whilst reading this youngster's "Confession" and evolution throughout the novel, have asked themselves; "What would I have done/would I do in his shoes?".
And that question crossed my mind, too - I find it to be nothing less than pretty terrifying. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but knowing that your youth will undoubtedly be cut short by a disease as ruthless as tuberculosis is not an easy pill to swallow. While others "live", you're cursed to count your remaining days and have your brain constantly remind you about how others were just lucky;; that, no matter what you try to do, you cannot escape your fate - and you can't carry on existing.
Perhaps his arch seemed so personal to me because I, too, am a young person who wants to carry on living, without knowing the days I have left (and now I'm talking more about myself than the character I'm dedicating this post to, sorry about that); imagine dealing with the thought that someday you won't have your childhood anymore, getting over it, becoming a teen, getting ready to fly the nest and go out on your own - then you're hit over the head with the CERTAINTY that you will have the rest of your life taken away, too. And not when you're old, in a best case scenario, having settled any business you wished to clarify before you left, and having lived a pleasurable couple of years on Earth - but while you're still forming and shaping as an individual. Now, Ippolit was undoubtedly smart and idealistic (poor baby), maybe TOO idealistic for his own good, so I see why he was angry in his letter; angry at the people who were fortunate enough to have the option to waste their days goofing around, simply thanks to the fact that they aren't painfully aware that their clock is ticking every minute of every day.
I genuinely think that, even though his opinions are sometimes VEEERY far-fetched, he is one to be empathized with - as someone who was destined for greatness, but, at the same time, was far away from achieving it.
I forgot most of what I wanted to type earlier, but I hope you enjoyed this hehe :> NOW TO DRAWING MORE IPPOLIT AND WISHING THAT HIS ARCH WASN'T SO TRAGIC!!!
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i know i gave up on hongmullet, but it served. hwa's red era was so short and unexpected, feels like a fever dream, i often forget it happened then i see a photo or a video and suddenly i remember 😳
twitter is really the worst, tik tok too tho i don't use it. tumblr has its flaws but i've been her for ages, it's my swamp at this point, i won't leave. it also doesn't have a lot of minors and no offense but i don't wanna see opinions of 16 year olds and i definitely don't wanna interact with them and see them simp 🙅🏼♀️
ohhhh i used to be a proof reader so i get you! i also wrote articles people requested so it wasn't very fulfilling. taking requests feels like too much pressure and it's unnecessary when you have enough ideas on your own and you have to meet so many expectations, some requests are very specific and detailed too
understandable about not sharing a lot of personal things on this blog, and you have another tumblr account correct? makes sense you wanna keep this one more, hmm let's say professional. like me on twt i kept my hwa account strictly seonghwa related, barely stated my opinions cause that wasn't the purpose of it, also didn't want people to say shit since the account gained quite a lot of followers. i was being myself on my main.
interesting point about not listing fic influences etc, i never thought about it this way! personally i like when writers share some behind the scenes, but i like to read them after i read the fic so it's just a bonus
omg 3 parts? gotta buckle up for that
i also don't use tiktok cuz i have adhd and i know it'll be a time sink of which i won't come back from lol. and yeah, tumblr is just my ideal place right now, i don't wanna interact with minors especially given what i write so i prefer it here vs twitter where, esp kpop side of things, feel like it is full of minors.
and yes, absolutely nothing against requests but i just try to write what i want when i want to write it and i worry by doing requests my work might not be as good? if it's an idea i feel like i have to write, then it shifts back more to that job feeling than a passion project and i worry it'll be bad. i like the freedom of this blog and of writing whatever i would like to write.
yes, i have a main tumblr at @hologramhoneymoon - i just reblog a lot of stuff on there, kpop stuff, movie stuff, things that hit a spot in my brain that i like, etc. i like having this blog separate from that so i can keep this just for the fics and have the other one for my messy, chaotic way of reblogging lol. and that way if ppl really don't wanna see that stuff and just want fics, they don't have to worry about their dashes being clogged up with random stuff. it keeps a sort of barrier up between myself and this blog in which i oftentimes think of myself as a little ghost or cloud that runs it. i post my stuff, i answer or talk to anyone who chimes in, and i leave.
if you ever have any specific fic questions, i can answer them, it isn't a problem - i just am super shy and don't wanna assume ppl care or burst any meaning a reader might have put on the fic from their own heart/brain if that makes sense? so i'd answer them but i'd just put them behind a cut so ppl can skip them if they want and also because i love the false sense of control i feel putting things behind a cut like i am ~hiding lol.
i'm hoping to post part two sometime later this week cuz i am still wrapping up part three and have to edit part two lol.
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percy jackson take that is sparked by tiktoks i've seen and fics i've read and my own personal experience with my name:
annabeth does not seem like the type of person to have a nickname EXCEPT for very specific criteria. if that criteria is met, i certainly do not think her nickname would be annie or beth or anna. i think it would be something that seems entirely random, like etta, or some less thought of denomination, like betty.
allow me to explain my reasoning:
i have a name that is very easily shortened in one specific way. i hate this shortening of my name, and also just really like my name, and therefore do not go by any nicknames, unless it is my family because they have a nickname for me that is only marginally related to my actual name. i think annabeth would be the same.
picture this: she's on the run with luke and thalia, she's like 7 or 8, and she HATES being called annie, but they need to cover up her name somehow because annabeth is a really uncommon name. i feel like, in order to make her still feel comfortable, luke and thalia would start throwing out names that are even just tangentially related to either part of her first name. she likes the nicknames that take from the 'beth' part of annabeth, so luke and thalia start figuring out nicknames that could either a) be derived from beth or b) have some similar sounds so that they all still know who they're talking about. and, knowing annabeth, she's probably going to pick the most unique-sounding name because she actually really likes her name and doesn't like when people shorten it but she also likes that luke and thalia are trying to give her a nickname and it makes her feel special so she wants that nickname to reflect that. that's why i think, personally, that she'd go with etta as a nickname, because it's easy to say and spell and it would feel and seem really special to her.
and so etta or betty or whatever her Super Special Luke And Thalia Nickname is becomes something that only luke and thalia call her. no one else is allowed to call her that. the first time grover tries to do it while they're travelling, she yells at him that he's not allowed to because it's her family nickname. but then thalia gets turned into a tree and luke is a head counsellor, and annabeth starts hanging out with the other athena kids and also with grover, and so her little family expands. she lives at the camp full-time, which means it's hard for the other campers to miss how she lights up when luke calls her etta. she starts to tell the people she hangs out with a lot and really trusts (like grover, and maybe mr d) and considers family (like chiron and the athena cabin) that they can call her etta, and it's a massive deal because it means she feels like she's at home in the camp.
and then percy comes along and after like 4 years of knowing each other and nearly dying every year, he asks why some people call her etta. she explains it, and he listens, and he says that he thinks it's really cool and kinda cute. he asks if he's allowed to continue calling her wise girl. she says that he's the only one allowed to call him that and that she'd kinda miss it if he stopped. percy just grins and she says that he can call her etta if he wants to but he just cracks a joke about how she'd miss being his wise girl too much.
anyway i have a lot of feelings about names and nicknames as someone who has a slightly uncommon name who people like to shorten in a way i hate. i've always felt weird when people call annabeth 'annie' in tiktoks or fics (not in a 'i hate this' way, more in a 'this feels slightly off and it's not for me' kinda way) and it's because, to me, annabeth does not seem like a nickname kind of person. especially not a nickname like 'annie'.
but idk that's just my opinion, i don't tend to see characters as nicknamable at all tbh, probably because of my own particulars with nicknames haha.
#percy jackon and the olympians#annabeth chase#nicknames#eri's thots#im very opinionated about nicknames im sorry
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Long semi-vent/talking outloud about relationships with TRA's
So I have a gf now. Sort of my first gf in a way, I dated a tif and nb tif before briefly. And while I know they were female, since this was more in my "be more accepting" phase, I kinda did see the tif as a guy even though our relationship was 1000% one I wouldn't have had with a male. I kinda processed it like "trans guys are just better bfs".
Having a GF is nice, she was one of my bestfriends and she asked me out the last day of June which was really sweet. I'm normally kind of hesitant to relationships, I feel I've never really gotten the supposed correct burst of excitement that comes with "making things official". I always feel kinda bland about it, like I'm a gf now woo... now what? I kind of chalk it up to being raised to be incredibly independent and not needing romantic relationships, if I were to die without a romantic partner I guess I wouldn't be too bothered as long as I had a good life. And also bc with my friends I form very close relationships that from the outside can be seen as romantic, so the shift to being an item isn't really anything drastic imo? The only addition really is kissing and other activities, and I guess I soften up around my partners, like I afford them more patience and lenience than I would if they were just my friend (I'll bite my tongue more on their behalf and not be as critical).
I'm pretty sure I love her, I care about her deeply and she makes me happy, I feel I can be mostly myself (minus the GC stuff) without judgement, I like holding her and kissing her, we can have good conversations and have differing opinions in debates and stay respectful, and I enjoy being in her prescence most of the time.
I say mostly bc like... she's kind of emotionally unstable sometimes. Technically she has an unspecified mood disorder, but she says she probably has BPD or at least says she related most to people with BPD. And that since the beginning of our friendship has been a flag of sorts. Not that I wouldn't date her for it, its just... a flag? Nearly everyone I've had a relationship with thats had BPD ended in a flaming pile of chaos and was rather traumatic. She doesn't split (permanently at least) from my observations of her other friendships and how she talks about people who've previously burned her so thats not a big worry. But she does get a rather big victim complex about some things and will jump to a "well I guess its all my fault"/"just blame [her name] for everything" and its frustrating. She's not a bad person, just a lot to handle at times.
Her emotional and mental issues aren't really a big beef, she at least acknowledges she has a problem and is trying to get back into therapy so cool. My main hangup is she's pretty big into the TRA koolaid. I didn't think it was that bad when we first started dating, I thought at most she believed in binary and nb trans people the basic stuff. But 2 weeks ago she mentioned having "bigender" and "genderfluid" ocs and it somehow managed to torpedoe any good mood I had that day and I got really quiet and gave her a "cool." response and continued cooking. And last week while discussing womens solidarity and how we need to have class awareness and making claims like "abortion doesn't affect rich women" or "abortion doesn't affect white women" only serve to distract and create divides meant to turn women against each other so we don't think we can work together. She got really defensive saying abortion affects poor people more (which yeah ik it does that's not what I said) before spewing what felt like an automated "the abortion ban affects everyone! Women, men, trans men, nb people, genderfluid people, intersex people, queer people!". And it nearly made me blow my top. I didn't argue her mentioning all the tq+ stuff but when continuing to make my point I made sure to keep saying "females" or "women". Since we're both in the med field she thankfully doesn't object to the term female being used (and even uses it herself sometimes).
Its just frustrating. She's so stubborn so I know changing her mind will be astronomically difficult. Her views on gender ideology and TQ+ shit was one of the main reasons /I/ didn't ask her out even though I found her attractive and saw potential in a relationship. She's also relatively "new" to being bisexual, she says she only realized she was bi when she was 21 (she's 23 now) and also claims to be demisexual (despite having more sex than me or heck even our other friends). So she's still sort of in her "vomitting rainbows" phase which can be a little cringe ngl. I knew I was attracted to women at 14 in catholic school, and have always just seen it as part of me, nothing special needing any fanfare. And I get thats just a difference in personality, but she's very much like those fandom people who always have to show off "how gay" they are on everything. I'm not doubtful she is bi and has attraction to women, she says she's had woman crushes and is attracted to me afterall.
I've tried approaching the demi thing before we even started dating, talking about the rise of hookup culture and male centered media that paints an unrealistic picture of attraction and sexual activity, how women develop sexual urges later than men tend to, the rise in use of SSRI's dampening or killing libido, and how wanting to be close to others before wanting to bang them is 100% NORMAL for women and a lot of people. Its just painted as the abnormal by media thats hypersexual. Even tried pulling out the "why isn't hypersexual a sexuality then?" before putting it away bc she kept expressing disgust at people that are hypersexual. I thought I had at least given her something to think about, but when her parents visited she had asked them to buy her a demisexual flag and now I gotta see it everytime I visit her.
I guess at the end of the day its not a HUGE issue since I'm also not very sexual, but it does make me uncomfortable sometimes wondering what internalized homophobia rhetoric she can be harboring as tumblr ace/demi people are usually pretty homophobic. She comes off sort of better than thou because she's not always horny, and looks down on people who are and calls them disgusting and that they should "keep it in [their] pants its not hard!" also saying shit like "sex isn't even that great an experience, its can be such a chore sometimes. You know what feels amazing: adding something to your shopping cart, so much serotonin, or cuddling on the couch yassss". Which I roll my eyes at bc I'm not a shopping addict and have heard the stupid "just cuddle" shit ad nauseum from asexual tumblr and past friends.
I know that sounds like a lot of bad stuff but idk, I feel like these are all things that she can shift her opinion on. She is younger than me and I didn't really fully jump on board radfem stuff until I was almost 24. Even though I was always skepticle of the trans movement from when I was 15, I did buy into their shit every once in awhile and tried to be supportive as a transmed until I was 23 when gloves finally came off and I couldn't keep believing the lies they told or ignoring the horrible erosion of womens rights. She lives in this very ignorant TRA bubble and hasn't seen any negative sides to the trans community or how their enforcement of sterotypes is wrong and misogynistic. I think partially bc (as typical fandom bi) she finds feminine men, men with long hair, and men in heels and skirts hot. She probably has a crossdressing fetish only through fiction, bc I doubt she'd find a real 6ft tall 0 fat distribution male with giant feet hot in high heeled shoes and an unflattering dress that fits him poorly.
I think if I just keep being vocal about womens rights and the rampant misogyny in society maybe things will start clicking in place for her. I just don't know how to make the transition (hah) to mentioning how trans and gender rhetoric also plays into this and is actually super regressive and making shit worse for women. I want her to realize how bs this all is, how its abusive to gnc gay and lesbian kids/teens and been a huge step backward for women. I just don't know how I'll get there without setting off alarm bells that I'm an evil "terf" and she "blocks to stay safe" herself from me. I've actually broached the "single sex only spaces" issue with her and her other friend in the room, and while her friend (gay male) opposed it and said it was transphobic (bc of course he did his safety isn't at stake) she said she can kinda see both sides. Which I think is a good thing, if she can at least see my point without branding it as an evil terven thought crime. So I feel like there's hope, but it'll prob be a real uphill journey esp if she continues to keep company with alphabet soup people on discord and fandom.
#vent#my gf#relationship stuff#sorry its so long#I haven't had anyone to talk to about any of this stuff#idk if I'm asking for advice or not. I know it sounds bad on paper a lot of the issues I mentioned but she is a good person#i think she's just misguided and just doing what she's been told is the politically correct woke things to believe#I guess I want advice on how to steer her away from tra logic circles and open her eyes more or less#ugh ik that sounds weird & controlling but I think of it like trying to get a SO to realize the religion they're in is toxic & bad for them#which like... considering how cult like the trans movement is#I find it an appropriate anaology
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