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creativewhim · 2 years

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JUSTICE FOR EJ CASWELL

They really put him through hell this season. I don’t care how, but the man needs to be happy. Where does Val go to college? EJ needs a friend in his life who actually cares about his mental well-being. If that means he’s written off the show, so be it. With Matt/EJ off the show, I won’t have reasons to watch the fourth season and I’m fine with that.

#justice for ej #freedom for matt #ej caswell #hsmtmts

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caswellmendes · 2 years

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my not-so-lil rant

disclaimer—this is no hate to any of the characters or actors. just me ranting about the writing of this show.

*sigh*

hi friends. it me.

i know i’m probably the 100th post you’ve seen today discussing the finale, but i just gotta get some things off my chest.

first, i will say this. i love this show with my whole heart. and y’all know how much i love portwell. i’ve been in this ship since s1.

but... (i’m gritting my teeth as i type this) i will gladly go into s4 excited to see rina’s story unfold like i have all the rest. if a new chapter is ahead for both of these characters, then i’ll welcome it with open arms.

but i just have an issue with how it all went down.

in what world could no one, except val, (bless you val, we love you), be there for ej when his world was upside down.

imagine planning on spending this last summer before adulthood with your childhood friends. dreaming of summer nights at a summer camp you’d been dying to show them and the chance to just being a kid one last time.

but then, you’re not asked, but you’re literally backed into a corner and obligated to throw that all out the window and direct a full-length musical production.

imagine for a second what it would feel like to lead an entire group of distract-able, dramatic teenagers. but more than that, they’re your best friends. and you don’t want to let them down or do a mediocre job.

imagine that you only had fourteen DAYS to make sure lines were memorized, costumes were ready, sets were prepped, and musical numbers were rehearsed.

imagine if you had a father who decided for HIMSELF what YOUR future was going to be. because for him you would be a failure doing anything else. never said he was proud of you. never asked where you wanted to go to school. never asked what your dream was. nope. it was all HIS decision and you had to live with that. sorry!

imagine finally opening your heart up again to someone new in your life. and this summer was going to be your time together, away from the drama of high school. away from the drama of home. just you two, finally being the leads and spending the whole summer together.

but too bad, the lead goes to the guy who stole your ex. and has his eyes now on your girlfriend.

then imagine that in your head, the only real hope of you ever staying with your girlfriend, your friends, your literal chosen family, was dependent on how successful this play was. you were doing it for their success and for yours.

oh and just imagine that ALL of it was going to air on TV. FOR THE WORLD TO WATCH AND JUDGE.

so yeah maybe i’d be stressed out of my mind. yeah maybe my world would probably be upside down too. maybe i’d feel every minute of my time was valuable. yeah maybe i’d be terrified out of my mind to show my girlfriend a letter determining my fate, my fate that i MYSELF wasn’t even ready or willing to accept.

but who cares right? you’re the villain. you’ve got to “take it down a notch” cause you’re ignoring your friends, you’re not allowed to try and be in two places at once, you’re lame for skipping out on hikes in the woods, you’re missing bucket-list shenanigans, you’re just too stressed.

and all your efforts were for nothing. because guess who didn’t show up for you? everyone you’re doing this for. your dad. your ex-girlfriend. your cousin. your friends.

because apparently people think it’s justifiable to give up on others during the span of two weeks when they’re going through anxiety. pressure they didn’t ask for. stress they were trying to cope with so that you could all be successful and be TOGETHER.

oh but you’re just being your 1.0 self.

again—no hate to any characters. i just hate the way ej’s story unfolded. it boils down to the almost universal lack of support he got, and i just can’t wrap my head around it.

i just—UGH.

#ej caswell defense squad #JUSTICE FOR EJ #hsmtmtsspoilers #hsmtmts spoilers #ej caswell #matt cornett #ej #caswell #hsmtmts #high school musical the musical the series

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pottergotwholocked · 7 months

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To say EJ got an episode wouldn't even cover it...since he had to share that episode with Kourtney's plotline and Gina and Mack's dinner scene. (I would not cut the former, I actually quite enjoyed it, but the latter felt like filler considering how overall pointless Mack was)

It also had the hilariously awkward (and I hope unintentionally so) scene where EJ basically says "oh, by the way, I'm disowned and homeless and barely surviving supporting myself financially at 19 years old...so how's your love life Ricky?"

for sure! EJ very much felt like a plot device for Ricky to figure out how he felt about Gina. I mean Ricky is also going through a lot of shit at that time, so i can somewhat understand him being distracted, but like what happened to the "we're brothers" thing they had going on in the end of season 3? (as forced as it seemed)

Season 3 and 4 is just so much wasted potential for EJ, its like he was turned in a paper cut out of a character at times. What happened to being passionate about working on film and telling people stories from the end of season 2? do we even know what he is studying in college?

Why is no one (Ashlyn??) other than Val apparently supporting him, i'm worried he's going to have a breakdown or something due to working 4 jobs just to go to college. He acts like he's happy to be doing everything for himself now, but he's very clearly struggling.

i swear the writers forgot the caswells were cousins in the last 2 seasons.

I would love to read a season 4 rewrite where ej actually gets proper character development fic pls.

#hsmtmts #honestly it might be for the best that we didn't get anymore seasons to further mangle his character #even if it means that season four was a mess of way to many ideas #justice for ej

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aquariusshadow · 2 years

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Sigh....if we didn't have the mess that was Rina season 2 with Gina feeling like a second choice to Ricky behind Nini and the beautiful slow but natural build-up to Portwell that made Gina and E.J. feel like each other's first priorities then MAYBE I would be more excited about Rina in the s3 finale.

Rina have chemistry and potential, they do. I just hate that we had to literally backtrack all of Portwells development right as they were just getting started? If they wanted to do Rina, that's fine, that would've been great, but they should've handled them better since last season. S1 Rina was great and really had something going for them....then what I liked about s1 Rina came through so much stronger and better in Portwell but then...........EJ just gets shoved to the side, again???

I wondered why this season felt so rushed and then I realized its cuz there are only 8 episodes. I literally learned that the finale was the finale in the MIDDLE of watching since the previous two seasons were 10-12 episodes. No wonder everything felt so disjointed with the main ships.

I think I just don't know what to think or feel at this point lmao..... justice for EJ honestly.

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts s3 #hsmtmts s3 ep 8 #tfw you like and dislike both ships cuz of how the writing was handled #justiceforej #justice for ej #ej caswell #elton john caswell #dont mind the unorganizedness #just trying to sort out my thoughts

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lilgoofybean · 2 years

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okay so for most of the season i have been supporting both portwell and rina. these three have caused me so much stress istg-

BUT OK that rina ending was like THE MOST SATISFYING THING. one minute i actually had to pause the show cuz i was crying at ej's pain. i demand justice for his constant unhappiness and for that i will always support ej caswell and portwell stans. however, its the way gina confessed her feelings for the second time, at the right time, and ricky knew he wasnt going to let her walk away again. like he knew gina was going through her own things after ej so he put his own feelings aside for her sake. its the same as what gina did when he was supposedly happy with nini in season two. gina and ricky have grown so much since season one with their individual character arcs that they could really be endgame for real now.

my confused lil rina shipper heart watching season one a few years ago would be on the floor after watching this ending. OMG WAIT YEAH I WAS ON THE FLOOR CRYING WHEN THEY KISSED. bro. what is going on.

#SEASON FOUR RINA ENDGAME LETS GO #gina is my queen #justice for ej #redemption for ricky #rina #ricky x gina #hsmtmts spoilers #hsmtmts finale #hsmtmts

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me-imherenowhere · 2 years

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Why are people saying the “love triangle” (which isn’t a triangle tbh - well, kinda) on HSMTMTS S3 is ✨ u n n e c e s s a r y ✨ ?They literally have been developing a whole Rina thing since Season 1. It was yet to come.

I support your opinion of it being boring, ‘cuz I’m not gonna lie, it can get tired, but even Tim Federle said he was a Dawson’s Creek fan. Have none of y’all seen Dawson’s Creek? Or at least know about it?

The whole show is literally two guys pinning for one girl. That show was the epitome of the whole troupe. And that show lasted 6 seasons!!!

And fun fact: The love triangle good drama thing wasn’t added until Season 3.

#and as a matter of fact #season 1 had a love triangle as well #hsmtmts #rina #portwell #even tho #justice for EJ #my boy deserves love

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ejunkiet · 2 months

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ej's adventures in romance: the good, the bad, the ugly

i've had kindle unlimited for the few months, and have been on a deep deep dive into all the recs from the romance genre that i can get my grubby little paws on. I've read.... many, many books. so many.

I've made a rec list of my new fave authors in the genre before, and this is not that. I'm just gonna list what I've read, by tropes, with ratings, and you can read my full reviews on goodreads. I've gone there. there are quite a few of the booktok hits here, because they came up on rec lists, and I'm gonna give my honest opinions on them okay. my goodreads!

Before we get down and dirty, have my actual recs from the last month: Heather Guerre remains a diamond in the rough, although she can now be joined by a further two authors: Kathyrn Moon (smutty RH queen) and Zoey Draven, a surprise last minute entry that doesn't shy away from darker themes, but handles them maturely.

other recs are the obvious: Talia Hibbert, Katee Roberts, and our very own @dominimoonbeam (whose book Doors I've been reccing a LOT lately, as I love it so much, and the sequel will be out soon >:3)

Okay. lets do this. this gets long, be warned. >:3

the "grovel" trope

books where the MMC fucks up and tries to make up for their mistakes. a good read where you get a healthy dose of angst and then a lot of making up for it. can be a great cathartic read.

Cate C. Wells has a whole series dedicated to this, "the five packs", one of which I already recommended as a guilty pleasure: the lone wolf's rejected mate". Now look, these books are ridiculous, the worldstate is terrible, each pack is a dude fest that reeks of misogyny, but they're pretty fun. I've read book 1 and book 3. I want to stab the MMC of book 1 with a rusty spork. you can skip it.

the lone wolf's rejected mate however is a ride, with a broken MMC who rejects his soulmate because he thinks he's too broken (literally, his wolf tries to kill her), and then they get captured, save each other, and he builds her a treehouse, yada yada. mind the content warnings, but if you want to read something OTT that basically epitomises the craziness that is the PNR and "grovel" romance genre, read this, and hold onto your butts.

the paranormal romance genre: shifters, vampires and more

Heather Guerre's books. okay, so actual recs. She focuses on characters from working class backgrounds with a sprinkle of the paranormal thrown in, everyone is over the age of 25 (thank god, most are in their 30s), and she can really write. I won't tag Eeshley again, but the "Tooth and Claw" series was their rec and *chefs kiss*. this is still the self-published romance genre, so these books could use an editor/polish, but honestly, I'm a big fan of her writing, and have picked up all her books. (her contemporary romance is also excellent.)

post-apocalyptic trope

Claire Kent's books. Imagine Joel from the last of us as a book series. I've only read Last Light so far, which is the prequel to a longer series that explores life in america 5+ years after an asteroid collides with western europe, causing global environmental catastrophes. I'm not 100% sold on her world building, but this is a romance novel, and the way she writes the characters and their relationships are human and organic, and the most realistic I've come across so far. the world state is the walking dead, with evil biker gangs that rape and pillage. i'm assuming this is an american thing, but can't comment on what it'd be like in the UK considering we no longer exist, due to aforementioned asteroid collision. probably for the best.

omegaverse and reverse harem tropes

yeah, I thought omegaverse was just a fanfic thing too. it's not, and it is super prevalent in het romance. it was never really my thing in fanfic, and the fact it is not a shifter thing was very surprising to me, as knots/packs/heat/rut still exist, but it's just humans with animalistic traits. I kept on waiting for the motorcycle gang in 'baby and the late night howlers' to turn into wolves, and they never did.

So Kathryn Moon writes some delicious reverse harem books. I read the first of monsterfucker series 'a lady of rooksgrave manor' years ago, and liked it, although there wasn't enough plot for me to continue. she writes excellent smut. Seriously, just really, really good smut. BIG FAN. I've been making my way through her 'Sweetverse' series, which has more connections and actual relationships between the characters, and polymances, and I recommend starting with Lola + the millionaires, if you can handle a little omegaverse. mind the content warnings, this is a book about recovering from trauma, which happened in the first book (baby's book, although offscreen. Lola has a lot of flashbacks in italics.)

Otherwise, you can stick with the monsterfucker books! I bought her latest monster series off of regular kindle, instead of KU, and I'm really excited to read it hehehe

"mars need more women" and "fated mate" tropes

hehehe okay HERE WE GO. these books are all about women ending up on planets where due to some sort of cataclysmic event - disease, mostly - 80% of the female population of the planet has died. now as we're not here for angst, the arrival of these women are usually due to some other species abducting them, and they are then "rescued" or recovered after a crash on metaphorical mars, which needs a better sex ratio to ensure the survival of the species.

this trope is coupled with "fated mate" tropes, where basically the rescued/recovered women end up with a devoted alien husband, who yearns until he can win her over (we're all about consent here folks)

the ice planet barbarians series by ruby dixon. this is basically na'vi aliens that crashlanded on an ice planet 250 odd years ago, and have made it their home, living in tribal colonies. to survive in this planet's toxic atmosphere, they've taken in a native parasite called a 'khui' which helps their bodies adapt to the climate and atmosphere. the women in the books also receive the same parasite to survive (they're given the choice), and this is the basis of the "mate bonds" formed throughout the series.

now book 1 is a rocky start, and the weakest of the series. I nearly put it down because of the first 20 pages. you can skip the first 20 pages. it basically recounts the abduction of the women from their home planet, and mistreatment by their captors (tw for sexual assault of a side character, not explicit). the ship malfunctions, and the women "cargo" are dropped onto the ice planet, where they are found by the not-na'vi, who are called sa-khui, because of the parasite.

now the rest of the series is about adapting to life on an alien planet, understanding the culture of the sa-khui, and gaining a devoted alien hubby. look, I read four books in a week. they're fun, they're exciting, the smut is good, and it's an easy read. it's also written by an experienced and practiced author, as the topics are handled maturely, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and it has great representation.

(one of my favourite books in the series, book 7, is centred around Lilah, who was born deaf and had a cochlear implant that was surgically removed during the abduction. the book focuses on her struggling to adapt to life on the planet, aided by a sa-khui that rescues her and learns ASL to communicate, and it's an excellent read okay)

I'd say read book 1 (maybe skipping first 20 pages, or even to part 2) for context, read book 2 (my favourite of the series omg), and then pick and choose from there!! I've read 1,2,4,7, and I'm gonna end up coming back for more hehehe.

"choosing theo" is another in this genre, but it didn't quite vibe with me. it leans into the 'rescued human ends up on a planet that needs women for propagation', with a matriarchal society where the men go to husbandry school to learn how to please women, and all residents of the planet are required to participate in three month long marriages to try to find potential mates to propagate the species. the premise is a fun one, but the first book is not the strongest, and I didn't continue from there. (another rusty spork for the MMC...)

dothraki in space trope

we're at the end of my trope list! I liked the ice planet barbarian series a lot, and I'd kept on seeing the Horde Kings of Dakkar by Zoey Draven recommended, and they are good. (thank you woofs >:3) think dothraki from GoT in space; humans live in small, poorly maintained colonies on the Dakkar planet, where they aren't allowed to hunt or damage the earth. offenses are punishable by death. these books lean into the captive trope, and handle the issues of the worldstate and navigating cultural differences super well, with a heavy dose of consent and BAMF heroines that rise up to their situation and make a place for themselves in their new (objectively better) lives.

i'm on book two now, and I love the maturity in the characters and the writing (which I did not find in 'choosing theo'), and they're an excellent romp. fantastic rec, really glad I picked this up >:3

am I finally going to take a break from my reading binge now? I keep on saying I will, and then not doing that ahahahaha. my kindle library is still stuffed full, mainly with other books from my fave authors above, but also some nice space horror to round it off.

next on my list is gonna be either 'Haunt, Heart, Havoc', a horror romance that I've been meaning to read forever, or 'Dead silence', which is aliens meets titanic in space. >:3 if you read all of this, KUDOS TO YOU, have a lovely sunday ahahaha!

#ej adventures in romance #so nobody asked for this but I've been keeping track hehehe and honestly it's been super interesting diving into romance land #you can still find better writing - especially with actual smut - on ao3.#in general romance authors go for volume and tropey plots that don't do the subjects justice! major romance pitfall #which I blame on the need to churn out full books for consumption. commercialisation ruins quality #tmi

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livelovecaliforniadreams · 11 months

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I want justice for Portwell & I want justice for EJ. But honestly I know Tim Federle isn’t going to give us either so I’m prepared for disappointment. The OG cast might redeem the season but I’m still not expecting much of much. Like they couldn’t even get Zac or Vanessa like that’s pretty lame. But I do like Corbin & Monique. We all know if Olivia had stayed and been on season 3 none of this shit would have happened. We would have had Rini & Portwell endgame hands down. Okay I’ll shut up until it comes out now. I’m still bitter can you tell? Haha.

#hsmtmts #portwell #justice for ej #justice for portwell #just some good closure would be nice honestly #just anything good for either him or them #but yay for corbin and monique

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creativewhim · 2 years

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I read this as, “EJ gets the crappy ending because Nini got the happy one.” The lack of care for EJ, especially with Matt’s screen time and role reduced next season, is so disappointing and disheartening.

What was his something better? What did he learn? That his father is still toxic and manipulative? That he’s second choice to Ricky—again? That the girl he deeply cares for essentially only saw him as an alternative? That his mental and emotional well-being don’t matter? Or that he needs new friends because the “wildcats” ain’t it. Tell me I’m wrong.

#justice for ej #freedom for matt #ej caswell #hsmtmts

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mrbutchdyke · 3 months

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my college gave me the peace and social justice section of comp 101 bc I'm gay and trans but like...... I would not say I'm qualified to teach such a class

#fellow academics if you have any good social justice articles pls send them my fucking way i guess #ej talks

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