#Why are you like this (derogatory and complimentary)
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from batman 2021 annual by James Tynion IV
It's very (very) late at night and english is not my first language, so sorry for the grammar mistakes. But I'm having some pretty intense thoughts about how (in the comics written by James Tynion IV, that cannot be placed in the same continuity as Zdarsky's Batman: The Knight) Minhkhoa and his family are held at gunpoint by Master Midas and his goons, something that is implied to be the catalyst for him to become a vigilante; and later on, once he becomes ghostmaker, we never see him use a gun (ONCE AGAIN, in james tynion continuity - the guy who introduced ghostmaker and his backstory)
And now, this is just my personal interpretation and hc, but Khoa having an aversion to guns bc of this moment fits pretty nicely with the way his dynamic with bruce works
Bc bruce and him are really very similar, and this is both the reason why they get along and why they fall apart. They have a strong case of self recognition through the other (complimentary) (derogatory) (affectionate) (DENIALIST). Bear with me
Doesn't Khoa's backstory remind you of something?
Sure, the circunstances are different and his parents weren't killed, but it does have some glaring similarities to bruce's own backstory. And it's not hard at all to notice, especially when Khoa and Bruce meet paths later on.
But you know a funny little thing about Khoa?
He himself doesn't acknowledge those things. Or at the very least, he doesn't like to acknowledge
He doesn't like to think of this moment as being the main reason for him to become ghostmaker. He doesn't like to think he did it so he could avenge his family by dismantling the Midas family empire and others like them.
He prefers to say that he does it for the "art of it". He likes to think that bc he's a psychopath, he doesn't have feelings and cannot be moved by them. He likes to think that him being a psychopath means nothing can hurt or affect him. That's the version of the story he likes to tell himself
So you can imagine how bad it was to find a boy in the same path as him, with whom he had an amazing connection, who he thought was the only person in the world who was just like him...
Only to hear this:
Like, are we at all surprised that he reacted like that?
from batman vol 3 #104 by James Tynion IV
"some childish idea of vengeance" hm.
btw yeah, it wasn't a great moment for him to hear bruce saying those things. Everytime Bruce acknowledged something about himself it was like he was pointing out khoa's weak points, showing him a mirror who reflected everything he was carefully ignoring and intentionally denying.
And Bruce. Bruce never stopped saying it. It's the very first thing everyone knows about him. He became batman bc of his parents. Something terrible happened to him when he was a child. It changed him forever. He can never let go of his past. He's moved by it. It shaped the person he is. He doesn't use guns bc of it. He's very adept to adopting orphans bc of it. He'll never stop trying to fix gotham bc of it. He's not ashamed to say it.
This is how he copes with his own Tragic Backstory™. By recognizing how much pain it caused him.
Khoa? He copes with his past by not recognizing how it affected him at all. By pretending it doesn't matter. That he doesn't care.
But Bruce makes it very difficult. He really does know him better than that
(tumblr won't let me put any more images, but just so you know, khoa doesn't tell him that he's right and the case was personal for him. bc he's repressed, you know. Btw go read this comic if you haven't)
So yeah, khoa hates bruce bc he doesn't like the idea of being like him. And that's also the main reason he tries so hard to make bruce leave gotham and his past behind. He's gonna fix this emo boy to prove he has nothing to fix about himself, you know, as you do.
But also bc he just likes bruce and he wants to be vigilantes husbands with him and that won't happen unless one of them admits the other is right about them (and i say "them" bc their self image/beliefs is somewhat linked to the other - at least in khoa's case, bc he's the one who has the full picture of their parallels and won't share it with bruce. But for him, if bruce insists he cares, then he's also implying that khoa cares. And when khoa says he doesn't, he is also fighting for bruce to not care too. Like, one cannot be fully satisfied with their own truth unless the other agrees with them. Khoa just decided they have to be mirrors in all the ways that matter (and also in the ones that don't). Batman has a giant dinosaur in his cave, ghostmaker must have one too. Batman has a batmobile, ghostmaker must have a ghost-racer. Ghostmaker doesn't care about his past - Batman, c'mon baby, be just a little more repressed, will you?)
Btw i need to sleep i think i'm gonna pass out i hate this deranged old man he's my favorite babyboy in the world i hope he has a terrible day tomorrow and my god all i wanted to say is that i don't think he likes using guns for personal reasons he won't admit why am i like this
#batman#ghostmaker meta#minhkhoa khan#bruce wayne#ghostbat#drac rambles#he's reminding me a little of lestat and louis but i won't elaborate on that#drac panels#minhkhoa posting
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I realise this is subjective but what's the straight-up most batshit (derogatory or complimentary) thing you've ever read in a book? This doesn't even have to be a rec list, i'm just curious about the Things You've Seen
Good question!
Morning Glory Milking Farm seems so normal now, but when that premise came out it was so crazy. I mean, tbh, the book is actually a pretty normal cozy romance in a lot of ways, just with a really wacky framing (which has kind of become C.M. Nascosta's signature). I'm kinda meh on it, but not because of the premise. Run, Run Rabbit is my Nascosta of Choice.
I began reading Immortals After Dark because I heard of Lothaire's premise, tbh. "3,000 year old vampire (who has been a Big Bad in the other books) finds out hillbilly coed is his fated mate, is like 'oh God, that is SO embarrassing, I can't' and convinces himself that his actual fated mate is the demonic goddess possessing said coed's body, so he puts the coed on DEATH ROW for safekeeping, and five years later shows up to slaughter everyone in prison, rescue the heroine from the lethal injection, and go 'WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME YOU IDIOT???'"
It was the death row element that got me reading. And that's over with in like, the first two chapters. And then it gets CRAZIER. God, I love that book.
The Thornchapel series by Sierra Simone was SUCH a big swing, even by her standards. Six friends try to figure out the creeping, looming darkness in an ancient chapel...? While following ancient sacrificial rites and hooking up with each other? There are two romances (MMF and FF)? How does she juggle all that?
The answer: really, really well. I love that series. Perfect Gothic vibes.
I mean. The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath. Gorilla Twins. And she pulled it off to perfection.
The All the King's Men duology by Kennedy Ryan does not seem that bonkers in theory (long-term back and forth between a billionaire oil guy's rebellious son and a Navajo environmental activist-turned-political-operative) but the books are actually iNSANE lol. He's lost in ANTARCTICA at one point????? She's kidnapped by masked men??? There are hostage videos??? Honestly, this duology is kind of like... Scandal vibes, if Scandal hadn't gone completely off the rails. It really may have been Kennedy Ryan watching Scandal and going "... I could do that better". And boy does she.
The Wolf and The Wildflower by Stacy Reid has a gloriously insane premise. The hero is a duke (the Duke of Wolverton or something too??) who was stranded in the Yukon for years and basically became a part of a wolf pack and developed incredibly wolfy habits... So his family hires a father/son pair of psychiatrists to help him adapt back to society... And then he smells the "son" and realizes he's actually a woman in disguise (genuinely, this isn't a gross transphobic plot, the heroine fully identifies as a woman and just disguises herself as a man for Romance Reasons) and detects her WOMANLY SCENT. It. Is. Insane.
Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez. Lady billionaire offers to financially bail out a small principality on the condition that the heir (who has a genius-level IQ) a) marries her for a year b) gets her pregnant so that she can have a hot, smart royal baby.
Speaking of baby stuff, Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips!!!! The heroine is a genius college professor who graduated from college or got her phD at fourteen or something insane, and she's really socially inept because she never had a normal childhood, so she wants a baby of AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE. Which, despite being a genius, she thinks means having a baby with a dumbass to balance out her intelligence. And she identifies an aging quarterback as a dumbass, so she literally like, seduces him into getting her pregnant. And then he finds up and shows up in her classroom, leaning against the door entryway and going "CLASS IS OVER" lol. God I loved it.
Kiss an Angel by SEP is also insane. Begins with a contemporary forced marriage, then the heroine finds out her new husband (who hates her) is taking her on the road working at a traveling circus??? Where she develops like, a psychic bond with a tiger. His circus trick is the whip trick where he cracks the whip to zap off a flower she's wearing or something.
And he's descended from the Romanovs
#romance novel blogging#book recs#bc honestly i don't hate any of these and love most#mgmf is probs the one i'm least impressed with and it's still cute
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Idk how I just realized that Oikawa and Suga are both nickname people but with completely different styles. Suga uses nicknames almost exclusively in game settings where he comes up with dramatic over the top things like "block crusher. I think he might've used one to annoy Tsukki once too but otherwise, he doesn't really use them in his normal life and when he uses them in matches, it's a result of how adrenaline filled he is and are otherwise complimentary and goodhearted. Oikawa, however, uses them to cause maximum annoyance to the person he's referring to because he thinks it's funny to annoy people OR just generally derogatory ie "refreshing-kun". He also like actually uses them the way nicknames are used, ie in liu of their actual name. For instance, I don't think he refers to Hinata by name until maybe the Brazil Fling. It's always some variation of "chibi-chan" or "Karasuno's runt". I think he just doesn't like using people's names lmao.
Anyways, point is, you know if oisuga date post-timeskip, Oikawa would be using the cutesiest, most gag-worthy nicknames out there on purpose while Suga would come up with questionably just as corny names when Oikawa's in a match. Though in this scenario, I also think Suga would retaliate with the awful nicknames outside of games too because why not
#oisuga#haikyu#i had this post in my drafts adn was reminded of it#haikyuu!!#oikawa tooru#sugawara koushi
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a/n: hello!! i know this is super late but i wanted to write something tour related for darcy and dylan. this is best attempt at writing angst lol there is still a fluff, happy ending because i am a big baby please reblog and comment (and send feedback) !!! especially because my stuff hasn't been showing up under tag searches so they are not reaching many people :P i also post on wattpad if you prefer!!
wc: 1.5k+
summary: big day (complimentary) for harry's career but big day (derogatory) for harry as a dad
cw: just a couple effs and jeffs
Turns out being a rockstar wife and mother is not as easy as being a rockstar girlfriend. Instead of just being responsible for scheduling and taking behind the scenes content, she now has to pack for two one year olds, who are starting to teeth, on top of ensuring that every green room, hotel room, and tour bus has the proper accommodations for the family of four.
Does she miss parading around with Harry looking hot? Sure. But would she change a thing about her life now? Never.
Well, usually her response would be never, but right now she wants to throttle her husband.
��Harry, don’t forget to pack the bassinets, okay.”
Not looking up from his screen he hums, “Mmmh.”
She doesn’t know what to take from that response.
She knows he has been busy and stressed with his upcoming tour being the biggest solo venues yet. He’s spent the whole week rewatching rehearsal videos and looking over the stadium plans to mentally map out his show. This week at home was pencilled in to give him a little break between the promo shows and the tour, and y/n had hoped that they’d get to spend some time together as a family and let the twins to play outside before they would be relegated to just playing among themselves in hotel rooms. Unfortunately, Harry’s mind has been so preoccupied with the shows that most of the trips to the park have been without him.
Harry has always been good with splitting his time between family and career, living up to his promise that being a dad would always be a priority, so y/n lets him spend the week working this one time. However, her generosity is wearing thin.
The only thing designated to Harry (on top of packing his day clothes and carry on) is packing the bassinets, which encompasses breaking them down into parts and tessellating them in their travel bags. Simple enough. But they are set to leave tomorrow, and the bassinets have yet to be touched and every time she has reminded him to get on it, he has similarly agreed dismissively. She wants to trust her husband because he’s not one to be irresponsible, especially not with his babies, but her mum instincts are telling her to not take it for granted.
So, she reminds Harry again when they sit down for lunch, before y/n leaves for a walk with the twins, and in the middle of dinner, the last of which causes him to snap.
“Geez,” he exclaims whilst letting his cutlery fall noisily onto the marble table, “how many times are you gonna remind me. I’m not a child, I don’t need to be nagged at.”
Taken aback by his sudden attitude, she stares at him unmoving with eyebrows pinched.
“I just don’t want you to forget considering that we’re leaving early tomorrow morning and it’s still not packed. And every time I’ve reminded you, you’ve been busy with work stuff, I don’t know if you’ve actually heard me. Maybe if you just communicated with me like an adult then I wouldn’t have to keeping reminding you.”
He rolls his eyes this time. “If y’know I’m busy with work then why do you keep bothering me. Two babies aren’t enough to keep you preoccupied. Fuck.”
“Fine,” she replies shortly, “I’m sorry for disrupting your work, Harry. Feel free to get back to work whenever you wish.”
She clears her plate, then carries the twins up to get them ready for bed silently, not looking back at him once. He rolls his eyes at her attitude again and huffs under his breath as he goes back to eating.
They fall asleep without saying another word to each other.
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Backstage is bustling with activity. Mitski just started her set and the band are listening from the screen in the green room while trying to get focused.
The crowd is huge, and it only seemed to be getting larger.
Harry hasn’t played venues like this in years and to say he’s nervous is an understatement. For once, he isn’t feeding positively on the crowd’s energy, and being around the crew isn’t helping because everyone is a little on edge, all radiating nervousness. Wanting to take his mind off the show, he heads to the family green room, it’s almost time to put the twins down for bed anyways.
“Hi my loves, can I …” he trails off as he takes in the scene in front of him, “What’s going on? Why are ya packing everything up?”
Instead of y/n playing with Darcy and Dylan to tire them out before bed, she has them strapped in the stroller and is packing the big diaper bag.
She doesn’t offer an explanation, so he tries again. “Love, the babies aren’t going to bed?”
“They are.”
“But they’re in the stroller.”
“They’re going to bed in the hotel.”
His head whips around to look at his wife. “Huh?”
“Their bassinets aren’t here, so they need to sleep in the hotel.”
Harry’s heart drops to his stomach. The back of his neck goes cold. “I’m so sorry lovie,” he doesn’t know if he should be apologising to his wife or his children. “I’m so sorry. I forgot to pack the bassinets.”
The sound of the zip slices through the thick air. “Hmm. I made sure the hotels have bassinets so they’ll sleep fine.”
“But … but that means you won’t be here for the show. I wanted to get cuddles before I go on.” He is fully aware that he’s in a pathetic state right now, pouting and whining because something hasn’t gone his way.
When y/n just continues to pack silently, he keeps going. “I’m so nervous and I just, I want you to be here, like always. Can they sleep here tonight? I don’t know if I can go on without you waiting for me, without knowing you’re watching me. And, and it’s a really big show tonight.”
“Our children are not sleeping on a sofa or in their strollers, not when there are perfectly good beds in the hotel.” She ditches the stoicism for stern-ness this time.
“That was stupid, I’m sorry. I –“
“- Harry, we need you on standby.”
He sighs, dragging his hands down his face before looking up at the ceiling, trying to stop tears from falling. At least the nervousness is gone.
He doesn’t know what to do.
-
y/n feels sick to her stomach. She knows it’s a little petty to leave the venue without holding him tight and massaging the back of his neck to soothe him, especially since she knows that her husband came to her for comfort.
Harry’s crumpled expression stayed present in her mind as she rocked the babies to sleep. Seeing how stunning he was on stage through the livestream didn’t help to ease her guilt either.
Unfortunately, the urge to coddle him once he comes back quickly dissipated once the music stopped and his words flooded back.
Deciding to keep the cold shoulder, she greets Harry with a tight smile when he sheepishly steps into their hotel room.
“You did good. I’m proud of you.”
With hands clasped behind his back, he stands by the edge of the bed looking at her like a schoolboy awaiting a scolding.
“You watched the show?”
She nods.
“My love, please forgive me. I know I was a dick to you and I promise I’ll never speak to you like that ever again, never disrespect you again. I’m a shitty husband and a shitty dad and,” his voice cracks, “and it sucked not having you there.”
“H, c’mere, please.” Immediately, Harry throws himself onto the bed and crawls into her awaiting arms, nuzzling his nose into the crook of her neck, taking in a shaky deep breath. “It’s okay, I forgive you love.”
He shakes his head fiercely. “No, it’s not okay. No one is allowed to speak to you like that. Ever. You’re my wife, you love me the most, and I treated you like shit, like you don’t love and support me.”
“You were very disrespectful, but I know you mean it when you say you’re sorry. I was more upset that you allowed yourself to put your work before the family. You’re Harry Styles, every time you go on stage it’s magic, you didn’t need to spend every minute of last week focused on work.”
Untucking himself from y/n, he leans in to rest his forehead against hers. “I missed them. I promise we’ll have all of tomorrow together and I won’t let any of you out of my sight.”
When she gives him a soft smile, Harry tips his face down to catch her lips in a slow, sweet kiss. Still feeling a little tender, he pouts until y/n agrees to get out of bed to accompany him while he gets ready for bed, sitting on the toilet while he takes a quick shower and sandwiched between his body and the sink when he brushes his teeth.
Despite how exhausted he is from the long day, he doesn’t allow himself to fall asleep, wanting to savour the feeling of being held by the love of his life. When his lids get too heavy, he rests his head on her chest, letting himself get lulled to sleep by her heartbeat.
#harry styles blurb#harry styles imagine#harry styles fanfic#harry styles#harry styles x reader#dad!harry#harry styles dad!au#harry styles one shot#harry styles!au
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Sweet 16! I really do need to post more often :(
Brittany: You’re such a dumbass (affectionate).
Alvin: Aww, you’re such a whore (complimentary).
Simon: How are you talking like that in real life?
Alvin: Witchcraft (derogatory).
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Theodore: Oh, fiddlesticks! That really ruffles my feathers!
Alvin: Please, just say fuck.
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Simon: I’d like to live through a week that’s not a whole new verse of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
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Brittany: Why cant trees give off something important like wifi??
Eleanor: So fuck oxygen, I guess.
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Simon: Alvin, this morning, I called you abhorrent and reprehensible, and I’d like to withdraw that statement-
Alvin: Aww, thanks-
Simon: But I can't. Those are the 2 words that best describe you.
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Dave: You either buckle down and do your work or you’ll end up at McDonalds.
Theodore: We're going to McDonalds if I don't do my work?
Dave: NO-
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Alvin: I would never say that Brittany is a bitch and I don’t don’t like her. That’s not true… Brittany is a bitch and I like her so much!
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Simon: I feel so burnt out.
Alvin: Don’t worry, it'll be over soon.
Simon: Are you gonna... assassinate me?
Alvin: Well not if you’re expecting it.
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Brittany: If it pleases the court I would like to say that my opponent is TALKING SHIT!
Alvin: ...
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Simon: Alvin is so...
Brittany: Annoying?
Jeanette: Rambunctious?
Theodore: Funny?
Eleanor: Weird?
Simon: I don't know, maybe if y'all let me FINISH for ONCE IN MY LIFE, I'd tell you!
#aatc#alvin and the chipmunks#aatc incorrect quotes#Alvin Seville#simon seville#theodore seville#brittany miller#Jeanette Miller#Eleanor Miller#so much alvittany in this one#dave seville#let's goooooo
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Twst incorrect quotes DORM LEADERS (from incorrect quote generator)
Squad reactions to being called straight:
Leona: The fuck, no I'm not.
Azul: Excuse the hell out of you?
Kalim: Ding dong, you are wrong!
Malleus: Who told you that? And why did they lie?
Riddle: Rude.
Vil: *punches the person*
Kalim: Holy shit, Vil, do you know what this means?!
Vil: Kid, whenever you start doing this, nobody knows what you mean.
Idia: I hate taking off my glasses, because without them, my vision goes from Full HD all the way down to buffering at 240p and I just can't handle that.
Vil: WHOEVER CAUSED THIS MESS IS GOING TO-
Kalim: It was me...
Vil: ...Is going to be forgiven because everyone deserves a second chance.
Kalim: Which country has the most birds?
Kalim: Portu-geese!
Azul: That's a language.
Kalim: Portu-gull?
Azul: Good recovery.
Riddle: I think you mean good re-dovery.
Vil: TURKEY. HOW DID WE MISS TURKEY?
Azul: You’re such a dumbass (affectionate).
Vil: Aww, you’re such a whore (complimentary).
Malleus: How are you talking like that in real life?
Vil: Witchcraft (derogatory).
Idia: Are you reading fan fiction?
Malleus, reading an article about extremely rare diseases: Wh- No.
Idia: Oh, is it on AO3?
Malleus: This is CNN.
Idia: When I get murdered, can you make sure I become an unsolved case?
Azul: wHat?
Idia: I want to be on Buzzfeed Unsolved.
Azul: Can we go back to the part when you said "when I get murdered"?
Vil: *Locks Leona in the car.* Act like a child, get treated like a child.
Leona: What? Isn't it illegal to leave a child locked in a car?
Idia: Welcome to my room. As you can see, I've knocked over many chairs because I get so tilted at the towers.
Malleus: Uh, this isn't really tilted. Or a tower.
Idia: Well you see, it's a gamer pad. Not many girls come in here because I get friendzoned so frequently. But that's okay.
Malleus: I'd like to be in the Friendzone! I like friends!
Idia: It's not as pleasant as you think. They don't treat you like a friend. They treat you like an item. Sometimes I wish I could be more than just an accessory to these women; But unfortunately, as a gamer, I don't get respect.
Malleus: I'm not a gamer! so maybe they'll respect me!
Idia: That just makes you a beta cuck.
#twisted wonderland incorrect quotes#twisted wonderland#twst incorrect quotes#twst#kalim al asim#leona kingscholar#idia shroud#vil schoenheit#malleus draconia#azul ashengrotto#riddle rosehearts#disney twst#disney twisted wonderland
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I saw your post that was explaining why "Is it possible that love is all subjective, or all objective?" is really gay re: the context of Wilde's trial. I didn't know that. I've read a few chapters so far but I wonder did Stoker put so much Jonathan/Mina (which seems popular here even if it's hetero) to cover up the gay subtext with an obligatory heterosexual relationship?
Post in question:
There are... a lot of complex hypotheses about Stoker's relationship to Mina!
A common interpretation among queer readers is that Stoker has two characters that most strongly draw from his own life experiences. His "man's brain" in Van Helsing, and his "woman's heart" in Mina. After all, Abraham is Bram's full first name, just like VH. But he only ever wrote under the name Bram, a less typical, ending dimunitive compared to Abe. Now, consider that the most common diminutives of Wilhelmina are Elma, Alma, Wilma and Velma, with the ending dimunitive Mina being notably distinct in formation and pronunciation.
It's all very Gender is what I'm getting at. If 20 years from now it's discovered that Bram had a drag persona or a different gendered persona or some wild shit, I guarantee you he chose Wilhelmina/Mina as her name.
Anyway, back on track. Analysis of the Man's Brain/Woman's Heart dichotomy is also common under a feminist lens. This frequently ties in to feminist interpretation of Mina as the New Woman (complimentary) instead of the New Woman (derogatory). I'd provide citations but oh good god, oh dear god, the amount of weird horrible things most of these papers say about rape victims...
But anyway, the point I want to get to is:
Yes, JonMina certainly can be interpreted as a panicked heteronormalizing reaction to the Wilde Trial and increasing homosexual stigma! But, I personally tend to prefer a more genderqueer reading, where Mina is (and I regret to say this is indeed the correct technical usage) Transfem Coded.
Jonathan too, actually. They are in lesbians together. I'll expand on that one day.
#answered asks#Anonymous#We Love You Mina Harker#Bram Stoker: Too Gay to Live Too Anxious to Die#JonMina#Jonathan Harker's Gender Markers
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I did finally get around to watching the barbie movie since my family was also watching it. I think it was probably the best movie that they could have made (which I mean to be read at least as derogatory as it is complimentary). It's well-made, and produced to a very high quality with the set and costume design etc. It's nice that it is at least in conversation with feminist criticisms laid at the Barbie brand for years and attempts to address some of them. And it does answer some, suggesting more diversity in their dolls, that it should represent less of an unreachable ideal for womanhood, that being a perfectly feminine Barbie Girlboss is just as restrictive a role as the domestic motherhood of earlier dolls, etc. That's a good message! It's a fine feminism 101 for a movie whose primary market is children, and the B-plot about Ken not needing to be a paragon of toxic masculinity or have a romantic relationship to be worthwhile is a decent one for young boys too.
But along the way to that message is where the movie kind of gets awkward, in its side plots and digressions. By far the worst of it is the inclusion of a Barbie Mount Rushmore and an incredibly tasteless metaphor to the smallpox plague that devastated Indigenous people in the Americas. Both go entirely unremarked on, which is indefensible. That aside, there are quite a few lesser issues that maybe don't ruin the movie but certainly become head-scratcher and leave the movie feeling incomplete.
For example, the Mattel boardroom. They're portrayed as buffoonish, but never malicious, because Mattel will sign off on a movie that laughs at them but not one that will seriously criticize them. Whatever, that part's probably unavoidable when Mattel is signing the cheques. The problem is that they're not just buffoonish, they're buffoonishly misogynistic. It's an all-male boardroom, for one, and the characters repeatedly make incredibly misogynistic statements. As far as I remember, this is never resolved! It's lightly criticized and then moved past without any real change, which really neuters the movie's criticism of patriarchy when all the feminist characters make no effort to change that. While it works with Ken for him to be misogynist due mostly to ignorance rather than hostility and be forgiven, that's because he's mostly there as a metaphor for young boys who haven't learned better. It's really toothless to treat a boardroom full of adult men actively enjoying patriarchal authority the same way and the movie probably would have been better with that whole plotline replaced with the FBI or something.
Also, Trans Barbie. I think it's incredibly great to see Hari Nef on screen, unquestioned to be just as feminine as the other Barbies. But while I love the representation, it becomes apparent that this is not a Trans Barbie, but a trans actress playing a cis Barbie. Barbieland in general has an extremely strict and seemingly unchanging gender divide, Kens and Barbies. There's no indication that going from one to the other, changing your plastic body, is possible. So the movie really fails to send a positive message to trans kids, who aren't gonna know the minutia behind each Barbie's actress. Alan is sort of a queer analogue, being not a Ken or a Barbie and having an implied romantic interest in Ken, but it's only ever implied, almost as a joke like Sugar Daddy Ken and Magic Earring Ken (notably they never mention why those Kens were discontinued). In general the movie takes a wide berth around any queer issues that can't be couched in a joke, and I can only imagine that's Mattel's influence again. Like the previous Mattel point, this really serves to diminish the movie's message. You can only go so far to criticize patriarchy if you refuse to include a queer angle. Especially given the focus on the relationship between Barbie and Ken, it becomes awkward when the only options given mention are "cishet romance" and "no romance." It feels stilted that every Ken wants a completely disinterested Barbie as an inherent rule. The glaring omission of talking about queer issues (outside of jokes) in the movie seems purposeful and targeted on Mattel's part.
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Jamie: We need a way to lure in new customers?
Kate: Maybe we could have some fun, interactive events!
Y/n: Valentin bath water.
Valentin: ABSOLUTELY NOT!
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Jamie: Where's Y/n?
Alexandru: Don't worry, I'll find them.
Alexandru, shouting: Valentin sucks!
Y/n, distantly: Valentin is the best person ever! F*** you!
Alexandru: Found them.
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Y/n & Jamie in the back of Valentin's car: MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!
Valentin: We have food at home.
Alexandru: *pulls into the McDonald's drivethrough*
Y/n & Jamie: YAYYYYYY!
Alexandru: *orders one black coffee and leaves*
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Valentin: I have the sharpest memory here - name one time I forgot something!
Dracula: You left me, Alexandru, and Valeri in a Walmart parking lot at 2am a day ago.
Valentin: I did that on purpose, try again.
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Valeri: Dracula ain’t the problem this year.
Valentin: When are you gonna get it? Dracula is ALWAYS the problem.
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*In the chip aisle at Walmart, doing a late-night grocery run.*
Kate: *Minding their own business, looking for tortilla chips.*
Kate: *Finds tortilla chips.*
Matt, to Jamie: See, they know what they're here for. They know what they're doing. Be more like them. Make a decision, Jamie!
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Larissa: Sometimes I like to place my hands on someone’s cheeks, look into their eyes...
Larissa: ...And violently jerk their head until it snaps.
Matt: ...That took an unexpected turn.
Jamie: So did their neck.
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Y/n: If you took a shot for every time you made a bad decision, how drunk would you be?
Matt: Maybe a bit tipsy?
Kate: Drunk.
Larissa: Wasted.
Jamie: Dead.
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Jamie: So oxygen went on a date with potassium, it went... OK.
Kate: I thought oxygen was dating magnesium, OMG.
Jamie: Actually oxygen first asked nitrogen out, but nitrogen was all like NO.
Y/n: I thought oxygen had that double bond with the hydrogen twins.
Matt: Looks like someone's a HO.
Larissa: NaBrO.
Paul Turner: I'm done with all of you!
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Valeri: You're just jealous. All my friends tell me I remind them of Y/n.
The Squad: *screaming*
Matt: They look like Y/n? Are you out of your fucking MIND?
Valentin: Y/n, sweetie, I am SO sorry. I am SO SORRY that an ugly-ass bitch like this would even say that. Oh my god.
Larissa: Y/n? Y/n? Y/n? You know who you fucking look like? You fucking look like Dracula!
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Matt: I swear to god I'm the only one here with a braincell.
Y/n, Jamie, Larissa, and Kate: ALL HAIL the keeper of the sacred braincell!
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Dracula : You three, explain right now!
Alexandru: It was Valeri.
Y/n: It was Valeri.
Valentin: It was Valeri.
Valeri:
Valeri: …fuck.
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Matt: What's the worst thing you guys have done?
Y/n: Rickrolled my teacher in 4th grade.
Valeri: I kicked Valentin in the shin-
Valentin: -So I kicked Valeri between the legs.
Dracula : I burned a town down.
Matt: What?!
Valentin: What the hell is wrong with you?!?
Dracula : A lot of things.
Y/n: No shit.
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Y/n: Hey, can I stay in your cell tonight?
Valentin: Why?
Y/n: Jamie fiddled with an ouija board and cursed ours.
Y/: Jamie doesn't know how to banish spirits, so they just throw salt at them and yell "DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A HOTEL TO YOU?!"
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Valentin: You’re such a dumbass (affectionate).
Y/n: Aww, you’re such a whore (complimentary).
Larissa: How are you talking like that in real life?
Y/n: Witchcraft (derogatory).
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Y/n: I am convinced Jamie and Larissa share a brain cell.
Valentin: And it's not in use very often, it seems.
#Department 19#Department 19 series#valentin rusmanov#valeri rusmanov#alexandru rusmanov#jamie carpenter#Larissa Kinley#dracula#MATT BROWNING#KATE RANDALL
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jack. i mean this so respectfully, because you know you and your background the best, and i don’t want to overstep at all, but re: autism. girl. some of the things you’ve said about being tired and also some of the ways you’ve described introvertedness/socializing have made me wonder. (not derogatory btw!! i mean this in the most complimentary way possible)
i was super late diagnosed and for me the biggest symptom initially was fatigue. i was literally ALWAYS tired. ALWAYS. and no one knew why. we went to so many doctors, did so many tests, and they were like “well there’s….technically nothing wrong…” also my whole life i thought “oh wow i’m just so introverted!” and then i heard other allistic introverted people describe how social interactions/being introverted felt to THEM and i was shocked. like, oh, we don’t all have to have weeks of mental prep leading up to an Activity? and we don’t all need to take immense recovery time after the activity?
and obviously an autism diagnosis is more than just fatigue and being completely wiped out by socializing, and it’s different for everyone, and as i’ve been doing my own research and reflections and hearing about autistic people’s experiences (especially from autistic afab and non-white ppl!!!), more things have come up that have made me go, “oh. yeah. autistic.” but for me, yeah, fatigue was the first FIRST thing. (but you’re also so correct that autism and trauma can present similarly!)
anyway i know you don’t know me and i’m saying this on anon and you don’t have to publish it at all but!! if you wanna talk about it ever or ask questions or anything, i’d love to share. (again, not to be presumptuous. i know you’re so capable of doing your own research and introspection!!)
anyway. xoxo autistic anon <3
now hollup just a minute —
#uhhh#much 2 think about that's for sure !#autistic anon#huh............huh.................. ok. ok
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Don't ask me about how I feel after reading Baudrillard's Stimulus and Simulacra. I was exhausted yet enlightened. So here: Bau argues that today, reality has been replaced by sign system that supplant the real. That word "Simulation"-active process of replacement of real,precedes and determines the real.In addition,mass media creates a new culture of signs,images and codes without referential values and are exchangeable. As a result,contemporary society consumes these empty signs of status and identify having lost the ability to make sense of distinction between the real/natural and the simulation. And when simulation refers to a process in motion, simulacrum refers to a more static image. These static images later can 1) reflect the profound reality like what you see in a portrait;2) masks and denature a profound reality;3) mask the absence of a profound reality like in Disneyland. Where da fuk you can actually have a happily- ever- after by living in a castle like Cinderfreakingrella? Not in the real world! We still quote Madonna "living in the material world," all the way to work; 4) have no relation to any reality whatsoever. As we live in a world of simulacra and artificialness, the effect is a distorted sense of reality which Bau refers as hyperreality. You'll feel depressed as your own life doesn't match to those artificial realities. Lemme give you my own example post-reading Bau's- you may add and correct me if I am wrong. You know the slogan: "beauty has no standard. We're beautiful in our ways," right? Yet what do we see in the reality? Have we ever seen a plus-size,a whatsoever gender, a woman of colour models? In the eastern part of the world, beauty is identical with being white-that's why we have your whitening lotion while you- in the western part have your tanning lotion; skinny - a Victorian (or Elizabethan - I can't remember) plumpy sexy girl with more meat is not welcome; and exotic - which is still questionable whether it's a complimentary or derogatory term - I do sound like Said now. Thanks Dr. Sarwoto! Will continue my thoughts on this book later. Mr. Hyde is calling for a huge pot of herbal tea and herbal cookies. Des ✨ (at Bangkok, Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkK5Zr7rGOZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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When y’all are out here writing your Tim Drake fanfics, why do you make the bitch (complimentary) sound like he’s that kid from Young Sheldon (derogatory)
#dc comics#tim drake#batman#batman and robin#I’m a little high#but#I don’t think I’m wrong#the fics are good#but I know he’s wearing a bow tie
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I hear oc talk 👀❣? Tell is about them
AH hello hi hello thank you for indulging me in this topic i. have so many thoughts about them right now. so i actually was thinking about a couple different ones, and they’re from different “verses” (the term doesn’t fit perfectly but whatever you get what i’m going for).
first is bricriu and ignace, they’re a middle-aged couple who live in wellington (in aotearoa/nz) and they’re. well they’re like literally the most mundanely awful people you can imagine. like the twits from the roald dahl book but as normal human people. bricriu is a tesco general manager and he’s super like. you know those ones who try and sell you the “we’re just a big happy family!” shit while working to actively undermine everyone around them. he’s incredibly gossipy but like gossip (derogatory) and probably commits HR violations with scheduling. also he literally kicks dogs for fun. ignace is a corporate lawyer which i think is explanation enough of how evil he is but he’s also a passive-aggression enthusiast and he loves to lie and manipulate. him and bricriu are in Evil Love which is to say they’re married and constantly doing things to make each other’s lives harder but sometimes one of them will do something particularly awful and the other will go oh i can’t NOT fuck him. they have a great sex life at least??? also bricriu’s name means “poison-tongued”. in my oc lore document i wrote down that ignace probably did a stint as a hollywood lawyer, likes to take cruises, and is nouveau rich but pretends he’s old money so do with that what you will (also the name ignace is associated with fire which can be complimentary but in this case it’s not. like not at all this man is terrible).
the other ocs i was thinking about are less fleshed out, but they’re from my most recent novel concept which i’m really thrilled about and hopefully will find the motivation to work on soon. it’s an urban-supernatural mystery novel set in some hand-wavy location. the ocs are khatije and nur, and khatije is a vampire and the dracula of her hunt (basically an elected position that involves protecting the hunt and doing your best to solve the problems the hunt and the individuals that make up your hunt face). she’s pretty young relatively speaking in pure age terms, but she looks the oldest since she was turned in her mid forties (she was turned in the 1880s) which is part of why she was elected since outsiders tend to take her more seriously. she would rather just be a normal vampire but she cares a lot about her hunt and so she does her best to do her job well. she does miss some aspects of being human, like being able to see sunrises and sunsets, but modern technology means that she’s able to at least look at photos of them. she also has a few tespih/prayer bead sets that she inherited from her mother that she keeps in a jewellery box because she can’t touch them directly but they’re very important to her. nur is a werewolf from a pack in the same region as khatije’s hunt and she’s very social, and she’s friends with or at least acquainted with a lot of the supernatural population in the area, and she puts moon imagery in the form of stickers and sketches etc all over her belongings because she used to be really ashamed of being a lycanthrope (she was bitten in her twenties and spent about two decades trying to repress that part of herself) but now she’s trying to change her internalised beliefs about it and be proud of the things it allows her to experience. Her sociability is also what causes her and khatije to finally get more acquainted because she knows all of the people who khatije solves cases for and the last case (a murder) they wind up solving together and after that they go for a date
#thank you again for letting me ramble!!!!!!!! it was very fun#ask#my ocs#bricriu#ignace#khatije merak#nur ahmed
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Got bored and decided to use a generator for my S/Is :P
Alec: Shh, here comes Allan!
Al: Quick, Alex, start talking about boring nerd stuff!
Alex: You know, nerd culture is mainstream now, so when you use the word “nerd” derogatorily, it means you’re the one that’s out of the zeitgeist.
Al: Yes, that’s perfect. Just like that.
Allan, watching Al & Alec panic : What's going on?
Alex: Al is having a midlife crisis and Alec is just having a crisis.
Allan: Hi, could I ask how exactly does one accidentally set a lemon on fire??
Alex: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
Alec: Why were you microwaving a lemon???
Alex: I read boiling lemons helps cover up up bad smells (I wanted to cover up the scent of burnt oranges) but I didn't own any pots.
Al: Did you burn an orange too? How???
Alex: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
*In a horror movie situation*
Alec: I've got no service in my phone here.
Allan: Shoot, my battery just died.
Al: Sorry guys, I just broke my phone with a hammer.
Alex: Guys, my phone is a book.
Alex: What do we think of Al?
*pause*
Allan: *sighs* Nice pal.
Alec: I think they're gay.
Allan, setting down a card: Ace of spades.
Alex, pulling out an Uno card: +4.
Alec, pulling out a Pokémon card: Jolteon, I choose you!
Al, trembling: What are we playing?!
Al: I haven't slept in seventy-three hours.
Alec: Eighty. Democratically elected leader of insomnia.
Allan: Bitch, it's been ninety for me. I'm going for an even one hundred.
Alex: You guys are fucking terrifying.
Allan: A pessimist sees a dark tunnel.
Alec: An optimist sees light at the end of the tunnel.
Alex: A realist sees a freight train.
Al: The train driver sees three idiots standing on the tracks.
Al: You’re such a dumbass (affectionate).
Alec: Aww, you’re such a whore (complimentary).
Alex: How are you talking like that in real life?
Alec: Witchcraft (derogatory).
Alec: *falls down the stairs*
Alex: Are you okay?
Al: Stop falling down the stairs!
Allan: How’d the ground taste?
Alex: *Gasp*
Allan: wHAT??
Alex: What if soy milk is just milk introducing itself in Spanish?
Allan: *inhales*
Alec, in another room with Al: Why can I hear screeching?
Alex: What’s up with Alec? They’ve been laying on the floor for like….an hour now?
Allan: They're just a little overwhelmed.
Alex: Why?
Allan: Al smiled at them.
(Btw, this would be the first time Al smiled to her... In ever.)
Alex: Wake me up-
Allan: Before you go go
Alec: When September ends
Al: WAKE ME UP INSIDE
Allan: What’s wrong? You look 10 seconds away from ripping someone’s throat out.
Al: Fucking Alec and Alex were trying to invoke one of the minor gods again last night. I didn't get an ounce of sleep, thanks to their bloody chanting.
Alex: I have the sharpest memory here - name one time I forgot something!
Al: You left me, Allan, and Alec in a Walmart parking lot at 2am a day ago.
Alex: I did that on purpose, try again.
Al: How late were you up last night?
Alec & Allan, in tandem: Me?
Al: No, not you two. You stay up late all the time.
Al, to Alex: You.
#incorrect quotes#s/i#my s/is#s/i oc#spiderman s/i#new s/i#tmnt s/i#al the pal#alex the cool gal#alec the wanna bet?#allan the lego princess
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Inncorrect quotes with Bee, Mack, Mark, and Captain!
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Mack: You’re such a dumbass (affectionate).
Captain: Aww, you’re such a whore (complimentary).
Mark: How are you talking like that in real life?
Captain: Witchcraft (derogatory).
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Captain: Die.
Bee: Please don't die!
Captain: DIE!
Bee: PLEASE DON'T DIE!
Mark, confused: Why are they yelling at a plant?
Mack, watching while eating popcorn:They bought it together and Bee wants Captain to accept it as their kid.
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Captain: We can bake these cookies at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or 4,000 degrees for 1 minute.
Mack: No, that's not how you make cookies.
Mark: FLOOR IT!!
Captain: How about 4,000,000 degrees for 1 second?!?
Mack: yOU'RE GONNA BURN THE HOUSE DOWN-
Captain: I'M GONNA HARNESS THE POWER OF THE FUCKING SUN TO MAKE COOKIES!
Bee: DO IT!
Mack: NO-
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Everyone is playing a board game together*
Bee: I will put 'A' down to make 'A'.
Captain: I will add onto your 'A' to make 'AT'.
Mack: I will add onto your 'AT' to make 'RAT'.
Mark: I will add onto your 'RAT' to make 'BIOSTRATAGRAPHIC'.
Mack: *flips the board*
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Mack: ARE YOU-
Captain: Fucking.
Mack: KIDDING ME?! YOU-
Captain: Fucking.
Mack: IDIOT!
Bee: …What was that?
Captain: Mark banned Mack from swearing, so I’m helping them out.
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Mark: Hi, could I ask how exactly does one accidentally set a lemon on fire??
Captain: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
Mack: Why were you microwaving a lemon???
Captain: I read boiling lemons helps cover up up bad smells (I wanted to cover up the scent of burnt oranges) but I didn't own any pots.
Bee: Did you burn an orange too? How???
Captain: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
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Captain: What’s your biggest fear?
Mack: That I’ll never be good enough for anyone.
Mark: Everyone hates me and talks about me behind my back.
Bee: Zombies.
Mack: ...
Mark: ...
Bee: BUT they can open doors.
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