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I’m probably going to be crucified for saying this but. I have problems with Percabeth. Don't get me wrong I definitely don't hate it and I do enjoy certain Percabeth fics but the largely canon and canon portrayals of it are. Well. Not good.
First of all, there’s the issue that pops up whenever a smart female character is in a relationship with a ‘dumb’ male character. They get dumbed down into being an idiot. This is especially true about Percabeth.
Percy is smart.
Let me repeat that. PERCY IS SMART.
Is he book smart? No. But we all should know that book smart is far from the only smart. But it’s the kind of smart that Annabeth is. She knows trivia. She knows mythology.
Percy? He’s smart in the he picks things up quickly sort of way. Exhibit A: He figured out that the casino was time warping and he not only broke out of it, but was responsible for Annabeth and subsequently Grover breaking out of it. There was absolutely no way Annabeth would have broken out on her own. Exhibit B: That boat scene in SoM where he figured out how to use the wind spirit things to speed them up. Exhibit C, he was one of the first ppl to realise Silena was a traitor. There are probably many more examples but these are just the ones I can think of from the top of my head.
(Also I think he was the one who tricked Crusty and freed the other 2 in TLT)
My second problem is the judo flip scene. Everyone always says it's romantic but fellas. Is it romantic to physically adult your partner after you see them for the first time in months? Onto their back where they have their mortal weakened that could easily kill them? (BC Annabeth couldn't have known the Achilles Curse was gone). We all know that if the roles were reversed, Percy would have been dragged to hell and back for it.
My third major problem is that Annabeth insults him. In the first book, I can give it a pass. Maybe even in the second book. But tell me why in HoH or BOO (I can't remember) Reyna complimented Percy on escaping Tartarus and Annabeth but in like ‘He had help’. Yes. He did. I understand that Percy couldn't have escaped without Annabeth. But let him have the compliment! Maybe even idk. Appreciate him? BC that's what normal couples do? Ik if it was me and my QPR spouses in that situation I would have jumped at the chance to complement and gush abt them. And Reyna responded with ‘True. He couldn't find his way out of a paper bag without you.’ ???
Reyna sweetie, this is your co-praetor!!! Percy made it to camp Jupiter without Annabeth! He can survive on his own just fine! He was also the war commander during TLO despite being barely 16!
Back to the situation at hand, the very least she could have done was stay quiet. And before you say ‘Oh it was a joke’ Percy was clearly unhappy and protested the claim. BC he’s not dumb despite almost everyone in his life acting like it.
The last thing I want to discuss rn is how Annabeth accidentally fed into his suicidal tendancies. Yeah I’m bringing up the Kym incident. Percy literally told Jason he could have controlled the poison and saved himself but didn't BC he thought it was the Fates punishing him for Akhlys. But that wasn't really her fault, though I'm still going to bring it up.
I want to end on a positive note so 2 Percabeth moments that actually make me smile. In TLT during the gateway arch bit, Percy finds the idea of Annabeth being an architect funny and she snaps a comment abt his dad. Percy asks if Athena and Posiden ever collaborated on anything and Annabeth tentatively offers the chariot. It was sweet and actually showed the two’s relationship warming up to something less hostile. Later during the Zebra chapter Annabeth tells Percy that she would fight by him BC he’s her friend, no matter what side Athena chooses. Some great moments.
(Also I like that Annabeth didn't hold it against Percy for forgetting their 1 month anniversary. She actually understands that he has a lot on his mind and that he just fought a war)
(Also I could bring up BotL but I won't BC I have other stuff to do and also I haven't read it recently enough like TLT which I skimmed today during a seminar BC I didn't have my sketchbook but my best friend had brought the copy I lent her and wasn't using it)
#percy jackson and the heroes of olympus#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#annabeth chase#anti percabeth#not gonna properly tag the ship bc I like living thanks#anti annabeth chase#should I tag reyna?#smart percy jackson#im so glad that's a tag#shut up alex
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as i see ppl reducing adora's character development to "dumb lesbian jock lol", i kinda remember how some a/tla fans treat zuko.
for context, zuko/sokka became a lot more popular in more recent years, and sadly, i've seen ppl reducing zuko's entire arc to "he's a stupid gay". and i'm not saying you're not allowed to project onto him and hc he's gay, but not only is this a way of ppl to antagonize z/utara (trust me, the hate this ship gets is ridiculous), zuko as a character doesn't always get the right treatment from a part of the fandom. he might be infantilized despite being one of the oldest characters in the gaang.
secondly, azula stans often devalue zuko's trauma to make azula the "actual" victim - but trauma isn't a competition. besides that, ppl often overlook how unhealthy m/aiko is, considering mai avoids any emotional connection with zuko and just makes him kiss her or do pointless things, along with her being complicit in the fire nation's imperialism. now, i do not want to say that mai's apathy is what makes her a bad person. lack of empathy does not mean someone is automatically a monster or a "psychopath". the problem is that mai's and zuko's personalities clash a lot, as zuko deeply empathizes with others, even his supposed enemies (like katara). zuko and mai don't share the same morals. mai doesn't even understand why zuko turned against the fire nation. sadly, m/aiko is another victim of bad writing bc they end up together in a very concerning way ("never break up with me again").*
*in fact i'm planning to write a more detailed comparison with c//a.
basically, i feel like even this is like the way the spop fandom treats adora, which is also the show's fault considering it doesn't explore much of adora's trauma in comparison to catra's. while zuko's trauma IS deeply analyzed in atla, some fans silence his experiences bc they think azula deserves more attention. i agree that azula in some ways was done dirty (especially if you read the comics), but they straight up erase the fact azula abused zuko, that she intimidated and blackmailed ty lee, and obviously did a plethora of bad things. azula is still a victim of ozai, of course. but i'm so sick of azula stans erasing the damage she's done.
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Sam and Colby going to Jake’s party made me think that maybe when things got bad between them , it was more Snc and Corey being on worse terms and having some fight and Jake just sticking to Corey , because he was always closer to him? Idk. Because Snc are bad at cutting bad people out from their life, but I doubt that they would forgive Jake if he would really did something really really bad for them. Even Colby wouldn’t I think … idk… just thinking.
Bit honestly I hope they will never reunite with Corey and for fuck sake i beg you never Elton. I can tolerate Jake… but not those two
i always believed that whatever happened between snc and jake was just petty, dumb shit and that nothing truly serious happened. but i figured whatever did happen caused them to need a break from one another.
this is my guess about all of it (so obviously take it with a grain of salt):
i think when jake and corey moved in with snc, they thought things would be like it was in the old trap house. however, snc weren't gonna let them go buckwild crazy bc now this was a house that they owned, not rented. i think once snc went from roommates to landlords (in a way), that started the riff in the friendship. we also gotta remember that it wasn't just them splitting off, jake/corey and snc, it was also the entire friendgroup. slowly but surely, everyone stopped being friends for some reason. my personal guess is that once snc stopped making the content they used to make ie the paranormal content with jake and corey, mix that with the pandemic and not seeing one another, i think that caused everyone to reevaluate their friendships. mike had his issues with some of the friends, kevin ventured off too, aryia moved, most moved onto knj's friendgroup, ect ect.
and you could tell things were changing or had changed. by kat's bday of 2020, not everyone was showing up. and then definitely by sam's, no one came over. i also believe that snc changing up their content made some of their friends jump ship. i think some of their friends didn't believe that snc would be succeeding if they changed their format, and if snc don't succeed, neither do their friends since so many of them at the time relied on snc's clout.
by 2021, things changed a lot. i think by that point, jake had alluded to wanting to move out and have his own place so that he could be loud and obnoxious without it being an issue (which is what seemed to be a problem in the house for some reason that he never explained). so he moved out. and then corey followed suit not long after that.
now with corey, i think he had plans to move out eventually, but i think snc not doing paranormal content and moving on to other things pushed his hand. corey barely made his own content around this time. realistically, he relied on snc and their constant posting to give him any attention since he couldn't keep up or bother to post his own content often enough. and once snc stopped doing haunted stuff, i think corey knew he had to jump ship and find someone else to lean on. and that's where elton comes in at.
ppl forget that there was a period of time that elton didn't want to do tfil. back in late 2018/early 2019, he stopped tfil. he literally ended it and said that he wanted to make documentaries. he made one or two and no one cared about them, which is why he came back out with tfil and did those trips with snc, corey, and andrea. elton lost the love he had for his own brand and only brought it back bc he had no other options.
elton had done paranormal stuff before on his other, personal channel (which is now the overnight channel). granted, a lot of them were faked or had edits in them to make the content more interesting, but he did do that stuff prior to snc doing it. while elton moved onto paranormal stuff, snc switched to 25x25, which elton saw as a copycat to tfil - even tho it never was.
corey had to move on with elton, not only bc from he said he wanted to make music and get back into dancing (which… how's that going for you) but bc elton was doing the one thing that brought corey attention: paranormal content. ppl knew corey for the paranormal content he made with snc, so jumping onto someone else's brand that was paranormal related worked for him.
and things only escalated once snc went back to paranormal investigating when 25x25 didn't work out like they hoped.
i think jake and corey were very close since they became friends, and it only made sense that once they moved out and kinda pretended snc didn't exist (for one reason or another) to rely on each other. but again, i don't think jake ever really had a deep issue with snc. maybe in the beginning when he first moved out, but i say after a couple months he probably was fine with them again. plus, friendships go thru ebbs and flows all the time.
as for corey and snc….. that friendship will probably never be fully mended. i think corey only sided with elton in the beginning bc he had to. but by this point, i think he's equally lost in the sauce as much as elton. they both love to think that snc stole ideas from tfil/elton when that just didn't happen. and now they're in a race with snc when they aren't even in the same game as them lol
i don't see elton or corey ever really being friends with snc again, or vice versa. if they do become friends, there's gonna need to be a LOT of talking to get thru all the bs that occurred.
also… snc are gonna have to deal with half the fandom hating elton for forever sksksk
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damn..... at least i was smart enough to copy it
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talia hating you with passion just to slowly warm up to you cus you make her son happy (smth which was considered nearly impossible).... yummy...... 🤤
sadly, i don't can't fully get into comics right now since I'm kinda busy with uni and paperwork but the stuff I've read so far was fun
my only question is WHy there are so many of them?!?? good for the fans ig but how am i supposed to read it without a guide??
I remember picking up some Batman and Robin volume where Batman turned out to be Dick. "is Bruce dead or something?" i thought jokingly.... 😔
Yes. Yes, he was dead, as i quickly found out..... At least now i put more thoughts into what i pick up to read
about btd - if your only problem is the artstyle you may check out The Price of Flesh. it was created by one of btd artists (the one who drew the fox guy) and it's relatively new, so the visuals are way better
no like getting into comics is genuinely so ridiculous and dumb lmao .... like the only way to read them is to go by like... character i guess?
if u wanna read damian, read batman and robin by tomasi and all its related runs, robin 2021 ... to read tim, read a lonely place for dying, robin '91, a lot of 90s batman also has tim as robin but not all-- UGH ITS SO FRUSTRATING.... kinda why i was a cartoons-and-video-games-only girlie back in 2017-2020 like i just need less options/more streamlined progression 😭😭😭😭
there are guides out there BUT OH LORD WHY DO WE EVEN NEED ONE... GUIDES TO READ MANGAS ARE LIKE: START AT CHAPTER 1. :)
AND YEAH NGL I FORGOT BRUCE WAS FR DEAD FOR A SECOND IN THE 2010'S AND DICK WAS BATMAN WHILE DAMIAN WAS ROBIN. LMFAOOO....
and hmmmmm !?!? ill check out tpof :3
something that makes me laugh is how bruce really should be like fucking 60-70 but so he can keep being batman, he's just eternally 40s-very early 50s. i think canonically the timeline from dick > jason > jason DYING > tim > jason COMING BACK > steph's small robin stint > damian > duke/cass is like. 10 years. which is kind of insane considering the decades of content. they would have to undergo these arcs EVERY DAMN DAY FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE 😭
if dc was brave they'd retire batman and have cass take over while damian does more growing to inherit (altho he shouldn't . imo.) and what the fuck is tim doing
ppl are kinda fine with it but i feel him going robin > red robin > drake > robin is such a lame regression. he should have his own identity. red robin was already too much like robin, but now hes just ROBIN while damian is also robin. which is fine without context, im okay with multiple robins but come on can tim be his own hero now.
so yeah in general i just pick and choose what arcs i wanna read... i was huge into injustice back in the day which was an alternate universe games/comics canon. its rlly simpler living that way 🚬
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here's the thing about writing villains-
you're never going to get ppl to stop writing villains who want to control everything, who are evil for evils sake, who are manipulative and liars or whatever. who are just bad people who seem irredeemable- most peoples idea of a villain is whatever they fear most.
and just because there might be stereotypes about certain demographics surrounding these ideas doesnt mean they are inherently bad to have in your writing in general. the reason those stereotypes exist is because people wrongfully assume that a certain demographic is a certain way either through their own fears or from propaganda/conspiracy theories they're cooking up or have consumed-- which are all built around fear.
its normal to fear someone who wants to control everything. the problem comes in on whom you're projecting that on to and whom you think wants to do that. it's prolly not a good idea to make a villain- who wants to control the world and all of its money- jewish. its probably not a good idea to make a villain- whos a controlling manipulative abusive liar who will do everything to get their way in spite of who they hurt- someone with npd. it's probably not a good idea to make a terrorist-y type villain a muslim or of middle eastern decent. it would probably be a good idea to try to avoid adding stereotypes surrounding whichever demographic you're concerned about your character being misread as to your villain if you're already worried they're gonna be misinterpreted by uncharitable people online.
in my case, im making a vampire villain who wants to control everything. it would probably be really fuckin dumb of me if i added a bunch of jewish stereotypes to him along with that, considering theres a lot of antisemitism in how a lot of vampires in different forms of media were conceptualized and a whole ass conspiracy theory that jewish people already do control everything.
i dont think "wants to control the world" or even "secretly does control the world" is necessarily a bad place to start when creating a villain, it's all about what you do after that point. and its also all about keeping in mind different stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. around that idea that have harmed different people. it only becomes antisemitic if you draw the character the way antisemites draw jewish people, or add a bunch of conspiracy theory fueled ideas to the character, or add a bunch of jewish iconography around the character, or just make him in some way readibly jewish or just straight up make him jewish. the more you educate yourself on stereotypes/conspiracy theories/harmful tropes/etc. surrounding whichever demographic you're trying to avoid making your villain be misread as and actually avoid trying to make that character that way, i think the better off you'll be.
remember that those stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. all exist because someone wanted to make whichever demographic into a villain. those fears already exist in peoples minds, they just want a place to put them, and a lot of people will find a scapegoat to place them on to. it's not that those fears at their basic level are wrong or bad to have or wrong to use as a jumping point in your writing, it's that people sometimes project those fears on to other people, typically marginalized people, and again, for propaganda's sake or bc of their own fears of other people or whatever. if you avoid projecting those fears on to demographics targeted by said fears and thus avoid making your villain of said demographic in every way that you possibly can, the better off you'll be.
people will be uncharitable and read things in bad faith no matter what you do. if you're a creative, you already know the internet spends no time (and hardly any actual critical thought) in dismantling something they've deemed problematic, likely because they dont even like the thing they're critiquing but need to make it seem like its somehow a Moral dislike of the thing. ya gotta ignore it and have faith in at least some of the people viewing what you create to actually hear what you're trying to say. you also gotta take into consideration actual constructive criticism of what you create, because you might have a blind spot in this regard. try to avoid listening to people who seem off the bat antagonistic and demanding bc they likely dont even have a justified reason to be mad at you over if they're acting that way. if they have something they want to say to you bc they actually wanna change your mind, they're not gonna approach you apathetically, dismissively, passive aggressively, as if they know everything and are above you and are the most moral person in the room- people like that dont actually care if you change whatever it is you're doing and just want a self-justified reason to be mad at you that makes them look good for critiquing you, if they did want to change your mind they would try to approach you in the least confrontational way that that particular individual can manage.
ultimately, listen to people actually effected by these things so you know what to avoid and figure out how to not hurt them.
#i am by no means an expert on islamaphobia or antisemitism or anything. i dont think anyone is but the closer you are to being#effected by whichever -isms i think the closer u are to being an expert. so if anyone effected by said -isms more than I am thinks#im wrong about this i'd like to know. if im doing something harmful I want to know. so- unironically- please tell me if you#think something about what ive said here is wrong. i want to avoid hurting people and can only do so if ppl tell me how im doing it.#otherwise- if no one has any real genuine concerns of what im saying here-- i said what i said.#tldr; villain who wants to control the world? probably fine to make.#villain thats readibly jewish in many if not most ways and you made his motive controlling the world? most definitely *not* fine to make#whether that 'readibly jewish' means he's stereotypically jewish. he seems like someone who is plausibly jewish. or that his jewish-ness#is informed by a shit ton of conspiracy theories- doesnt make a difference. dont make a villain thats read as jewish in any capacity#with that motive. i'd only trust someone whos jewish + a good writer to be able to execute that in a productive & harmless way.#writing#the question isnt 'is writing a villain whos horrible in these ways bad' necessarily. its more like. whomst are you ascribing those motives#i mean obviously if you make a villain thats indistinguishable from how an antisemite might but just say hes not jewish... theres prolly#a problem. but thats why i say you need to actually EDUCATE YOURSELF on the shit surrounding x demographic so you know what to#avoid. the difference is you actually care enough to try to avoid it. shitty ppl are trying to find a way to do it w/o getting caught.
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Hi Luta!
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy reading your blog! As someone who has no experience with the community, reading your posts and analyses has been so interesting since it's a perspective I never would have thought of to look at the show from. I think the first posts of yours that I found were about looking at Kinn and Porsche's relationship from a D/s pov and I remember reading it like "WAIT WAIT THIS FITS THEM SO WELL THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE" and just having to read more 😂😂 I was already excited for VegasPete (because of the show's excellent writing, the amazing acting) but your blog has only made me more excited bc I have your analyses to look forward to too!! 💖
I also just wanted to say I'm sorry people are giving you so much shit for writing the analyses that you do. While watching KinnPorsche and looking around the fandom, it's annoying seeing ppl who are STILL complaining about how toxic and unhealthy the show/the relationships are.........that's literally the whole point. It's a mafia show full of morally grey characters in morally grey situations, this was never the set up for cute, healthy, wholesome relationships. If that's what you were expecting or hoping for than that's on you for being naive/having unrealistic expectations. And the whole point of having these morally grey characters in morally grey situations is to make you uncomfortable. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable and think bc that's what good art does. And what makes this kikf of art so great is that it allows you to engage with grey/toxic situations and characters in a way that is safe! It's why ppl love horror movies, they can feel scared in a safe environment bc nothing is actually going to happen to them. Like am I excited to see how VegasPete plays out? Ofc! Does that mean I think they are the ideal depiction of a healthy relationship that likes to incorporate bdsm? Good fucking god no. Do I think Vegas is hot? Ofc! Would I actually want to meet Vegas in real life? Oh hELL NO.
I understand if you'd rather not post your thoughts on VegasPete due to the dumb ppl coming your way, but for what it's worth, I really love reading your thoughts, and that's coming from someone who has no experience with the community. I really wish more ppl had an open mind bc they're really missing out on the quality content that is your blog 💕
Hope you have a nice day!💖💖
Hey Hey Bestie,
Woot! I'm really happy to hear that you've enjoyed my blog. It's comments like this that make it worth it. I enjoy writing this and I came here to get it out for me but knowing other people like it. That means a lot. It's like having a conversation with other people vs screaming to the void and only getting an echo back. I didn't expect to get as many people interested in my opinion as I did. Which I think naturally attracts people who want to catch you being wrong. That's just who some people are. I will say that the anon rude asks have cut back a lot. I think it's due to the fact that my bullshit tolerance has lowered.
I think all us VegasPete stans are dealing with the same back lash. People are passionate about this show and that's good. It's when they can't use their words to communicate in an intellectual way that it becomes a problem. I think that's the root of it, honestly. They don't agree with us but they can't necessarily have an open discussion with us. Because how do you truly debate something you have no understanding or real knowledge of. That's truly the crux of it. Vegas is bad there for in their heads, we shouldn't like him and neither should Pete. He hurt Pete. Okay but Pete likes pain. It's up to Pete whether he forgives Vegas and if he finds redeeming qualities but I'm not exactly crying for Pete. Did you not see him kick someone, shoot someone? He isn't a good guy. This is about two people who are not good finding redeeming qualities in each other. It's not one being good and the other being bad. That's the real heart of the issue, the people who can recognize that and the people who can't.
I am for fuck sure not going to stop posting. I do that for me and the people I love. I just won't always put my stuff in the Kinnporsche or vegaspete tags so I would think about checking on me from time to time. Otherwise you'll have to hit the notification button which I realize is a pain in the ass. I used to use it and then I was constantly getting ping. I think I accidently dropped some people trying to get it off. I'm so not tech savvy. Anyways, thank you so much for tuning into my blog and for reaching out. It means everything. 💜💜💜
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So the BSD crossover is delayed, what do we do now? I doubt the devs will tells any new info on dates nor what was their issues. There was a lot of people speculating it might be Yosano being the problem but that isn’t a full confirmation as when she got leaked by the devs in doc’s role reveal no one complained in China. Another rumor I heard before the delay was announced was that Dazai’s price package was ridiculous and everyone was complaining about it yet devs didn’t care either so what’s really happening anyway? Like the Junji Ito one for what I remember it wasn’t that horribly delayed and the devs acted before releasing Part 2 or am I mistaken? I just know it wasn’t that long for a single skin since I remember seeing both Picture Woman and Tomie coming together already.
If any IDV player or BSD fan sees this please let’s start a discussion on this as a way to pass time for the crossover! Whether about the series or the game BSD is trying to collab with can be both interesting to discuss. Besides I’m a little bored…
Just nothing like false information as the ppl who said the Yosano situation was confirmed isn’t really 100% confirmed yet as the devs would announce this to the whole community as to why it was delayed, not to a single server or region.
I really hope with the time they take, they should reconsider on some things on the crossover other than Yosano, like their Dazai package being too expensive for other regions who had the price go higher due to apple’s policies and I believe the discount they added for the pack is too expensive still in my opinion. In my country, the package is literally 60+ dollars and the skin itself is 58 so it’s not much of a change…
The rng for the essences is also bad and I say this by own experience on crossover essences, they said you won’t get repeats after getting one said A skin for the first time but I got double Chiakis and Nagitos but never got Mikan on the second DR essence. It’s a god damn scam, the same happened when I got L, before him I got Light twice in the same essence. For P5, I guess it’s fair to unfair because I got 3 makotos and 2 Harus before getting Futaba but I never got Akechi which I really wanted. They should make crossovers more player friendly for both new players and veterans :/
Would be cool if they made Dazai frags too like the Junji Ito skins and Edward Scissorhands, just keep the pack echoes only for the whales or people who can’t save frags, they would still receive a ton of money from their essences anyways, mainly crossover ones where people have to spend 500 dollars or more for 1 S skin and if the player wants, upgrade the Atsushi accessory into S rarity with Echoes which it’s the only way to get it S tier anyway, it’s 760 echoes which is around 10-25 dollars which in my opinion it’s still dumb how a small acc costs to upgrade. And don’t give me excuses about they also need to earn money and the author too but the BSD author has a game itself that is big on Japan and is winning tons specially with S4 out there plus IDV already earns tons with other crossovers and in the past 3 years, releasing echo only skins which costs real money and worst part is limited to certain period while some are unknown of its return. Some people I have seen struggled to get 1 S skin for 2000 or so because they know the player is a whale based on previous purchases or their YouTube status, I’m just amazed how no one decides to fight against this whole scam as for me a echo pack of 29.99 with taxes is only with 20 pulls while other games with the same pricing would give you better pulls around 40-80 pulls specially with first purchase bonuses resets, idv never had bonus reset because they will always give the bonus but you will barely get 20 pulls and even less an A skin in shop if you aren’t a NGP member.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one complaining about these things with reason. Then people throw hate at me for trying to help this game get better, no wonder this game is aimed to kids at some things. Because it’s very tame compared with a mature audience who fight against this abuse. But then again adults I meet in this game are just as childish for even having an opinion or point out a truth about the game that’s in their face. This is why I often get so off mood when I log into the game that I used to enjoy back in 2018.
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since they put bnha on netflix ive been attempting to rewatch at least a little bit of it cuz i havent seen it since i was in high school (and i lost interest then cuz i watched more shounen anime and realized bnha wasn’t good), but the thing ive been rediscovering is how not good it rly is. like yeah i knew it wasnt good but it rly isnt good lol. its difficult to sit thru as an adult whose watched way better anime than i had at that point in my life as a teenager. it has a huge product of its time thing going on (not in the sense of like its Issues which were bad even for the time) but in like WHY it got popular i think.. like superhero self-insertable school right when superheroes were the Shit.. bcuz besides that it has like nothing going for it. the holes r rly obvious to pick apart very early on, and while a lot of manga has an industry problem of needing to be pushed out so much and so consistently that if the author doesnt have the whole story written out already they lose track of whats going on very quickly, bnha feels like it had like NO plan from the beginning. also its really annoying and can be gross which i mentally prepared for but it still is nasty to see
at least as a teenager (im only like. idk 8 episodes or something into the anime rn) i never actually disliked midoriya or thought he was super boring like a lot of other ppl did and i do think these kids being like typical high schooler dumb and crazy and trying to fight each other all the time is kind of funny and one of the more entertaining aspects of the show, so i am kindaaaa going back on what i said abt bakugou probably making a better protag. having actually watched some of it again and deciding no hes probably better where he is lol.. at least for now b4 the audience actually learns anything abt his character. but since this guy cant write im assuming midoriya never had anything rly interesting happen w him beyond the beginning. anyway im trying to just get to the tournament arc bcuz thats the only part i remember rly liking in high school. which is kinda funny cuz i rly dont like tournament arcs now so i might hate it lol
#bnhas popularity (in the US at least) seems 2 b bcuz it just came out at the right time and does so many shounen tropes#in such a mid way that it probably felt 'accessible' to ppl who hadnt rly watched a lot of anime b4#and also probably bcuz its universe has like projectability. like theres stuff to like but its definitely pretty . average skewing bad
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I’ve seen so many people say Movie!Knuckles is a lot like his Boom counterpart but, while I understand that in the sense that his confusion about Earth concepts can come off a bit dumb and/or oblivious, I don’t know if I’d agree with that.
Between Movie!Knuckles’ temper and his naïveté from the fact Eggman has tricked him, I’d argue he’s more similar to his Sonic X counterpart.
If you’ve seen an episode of Sonic X that involves Knuckles, you know what I’m talking about.
Yes, sometimes Knuckles has airheaded moments, it happens, but he’s not an idiot the entire time. Gullibility is often confused for idiocy. They’re not always independent of each other but they’re also not always dependent on each other either. Knuckles is a character that can go both ways, where sometimes he’s genuinely naïve to the fact he’s being lied to and other times he is being dumb. And Sonic X does do both lol but that isn’t rlly my point.
A similarity between Movie!Knuckles and X!Knuckles is that they’re both blind to the fact Eggman has tricked them because he told them exactly what they want to hear in a moment of desperation.
Using episode 5 of Sonic X as an example, the opener to the episode is Knuckles being frustrated that he’s been trapped on another world and that he’s unable to do his job (guard the Master Emerald) because of Sonic’s carelessness back at the base. Noticing this, Eggman uses that as an opportunity to push Knuckles to blame Sonic even more by telling him a false story about what happened that night at the base and that Sonic is taking all the chaos emeralds for himself and not letting anyone get back home. Eggman even pushes further by swearing he’s changed his ways and that all he wants is to go home too and if Knuckles can help him take down sonic, then everyone can get home.
All Knuckles wants is to go back home so he can guard the Master Emerald, it’s his purpose, and since he’s already annoyed with Sonic, he believes Eggman’s word.
Now as audience members we know Eggman is lying through his teeth, the show doesn’t try to hide that Eggman is lying, but we have omniscience, we can see things the characters can’t. Knuckles is in a state of anger and desperation so of course he would believe Eggman when he’s crying on his knees that he wants to go home. There’s even a later episode in season 3 that proposes the idea that the reason Knuckles falls for these tricks so much is that deep down he wants to believe that everyone can change and have good intentions, and I really like that tbh.
Getting back to my point, though, Eggman lies to Knuckles in this episode in an attempt to get rid of Sonic so he can go searching for the rest of the chaos emeralds without Sonic in his way. Eggman is also aware that Sonic and his friends already have one emerald, so he wants to get his hands on that too, so let’s have Knuckles do the dirty work.
This is very similar to what Robotnik does in the movie. Once Knuckles mentions “Ultimate power” Robotnik immediately wants to be let in on this information. So when Knuckles explains what the Master Emerald is and the type of power you can access from it, of course Robotnik wants to get his hands on it for his own reasons. But he can’t let Knuckles know that, so he just tells Knuckles they can help each other to find the emerald together. They can use it together. It’s all about them working together and being a team, or having an alliance. The end goal is finding the Master Emerald, something the Echidna has been desperately searching for ever since he lost his clan and his family, so Knuckles agrees.
After all, why wouldn’t he? At this point, Robotnik has done nothing to prove he’s a liar or that Knuckles shouldn’t trust him. In fact, he’s proved that Knuckles can trust him because he said he’d help Knuckles find Sonic and he did.
And just like Sonic X, we, the audience, know Robotnik is lying and using Knuckles so he can get the Emerald for himself. Again, we have omniscience. We even see him make that clear to Stone that all he wants is the power and that Knuckles helping him is just a means to an end. He only needs Knuckles to help him find the Master Emerald and after that he has no more use for the echidna. But just because we know that, that doesn’t mean Knuckles does.
Knuckles is in a state of desperation and anger over what happened to his father and his tribe several years ago so he spends most of the movie being more focused on honoring his ancestors and fulfilling his destiny than noticing that Robotnik is using him. The only time he really questions Robotnik’s intentions is when Sonic goes after an injured Tails instead of getting the compass back and Robotnik dismisses that as unimportant. To Knuckles, seeing Sonic care more about his brother’s wellbeing than an object that he’s been chasing and fighting for, is a very honorable thing because that is exactly what he would do for his tribe if they were still around and what his tribe once did for him.
This isn’t something Knuckles dwells too long on, though, because they’re so close to finding the Emerald but that moment is there to let us know that Knuckles is a bit wary to Robotnik’s intentions.
Knuckles is a character with good intentions, more often than not what he’s doing is what he believes to be the right thing. So when he is being told what he needs or what he wants to hear or anything that comes to the same goal that he has and that they want to help him, regardless of who it’s coming from and if they’re convincing enough, he’ll believe them because he wants to believe that everyone has the same intentions that he does.
Sometimes that may come off as dumb but overall that’s not what he is. What Knuckles truly is, is a naïve kid.
#Boom does give Knuckles more depth outside of dumb#but a lot of ppl only remember him being dumb and that’s the problem#that’s why this ‘movie knuckles is like boom knuckles’ comparison exists#bc that version has made it seem like knuckles is dumb all the time#again he CAN be lmao#I’m not saying knuckles doesn’t have his moments#he def does#sonic x in particular even calls him out after eggman tricks him for like the 4th time#but again that happens when knuckles is in a state of desperation for help bc lol the Metarex are tryna destroy the galaxy#anyways movie knuckles is more like x knuckles and this is why#sonic x#sonic movie#sonic movie 2#sonic movie spoilers#sonic movie 2 spoilers#knuckles the echidna
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i hate any mensa-type sapiosexual ass superiority framed around the shaky and skewed concept of Intellect and like dumbass rights but then at the same time it’s like that post abt calling yourself stupid as hell all the time but whenever someone else does it it’s like “einstein wants what i have”, and also like well i like to acknowledge / not downplay my own capabilities without giving any idea that it’s like “also i think that IQ is a real thing and makes you better than everyone,” and also it’s just the whole thing where like, embracing the Undesirable end of any imposed scale (i.e. Smart <-> Dumbass) can be subversive b/c of denying intended disincentives / shame / stigma etc etc but also like, it still works within the existence of the Concept in the first place, like, calling yourself ugly and being chill with it but also like, Attractiveness Vs Ugliness are entirely subjective / invented / crafted concepts and the only thing is that everyone has a body which looks the way that it does and that’s the only Objective part of it
anyways so i’m saying that like i like the things that i’m capable of doing with my brain in terms of thinking about shit and sometimes doing something further with that thinking
#like me always going back and forth between like...okay if i call myself an artist that means i sully the loftiness of it with my drawings#being exclusively unoriginal fanart (a good thing lol suck it) but if i call myself Not an artist i get to Not imply that i care about being#an Artist the way that most ppl who are ~serious~ abt it / pursuing a career or smthing that way would so What To Do#i am someone who occasionally produces what can be called art#if i bring up Facts abt school things that make ppl call me Smart it's like oh no no i Am going to downplay that...counter it w/ facts like#that i was always a terrible student who hated school & dropped out & i have like no academic certification...i only rly cared abt Gotta Get#Good Grades b/c my sister got in trouble(tm) for getting a C when i was not even old enough for a-f letter grades yet lol rip#the best times i've been called smart is for non ''getting good grades'' things or when ppl find out i like / have taken a lot of / am ok at#math or whatever...like the teacher from the academic-ish but obviously not grade-related Summer Camp thing who thought i was smart#or the middle school math teacher who thought i was smart just b/c i got ahead of him while he was writing out a problem and Corrected him#on a mistake...i swear i didn't do it to be smug lol i just thought i might be wrong and couldn't really see how & asked him 2 check. genius#and then whenever friends might call me smart i'll accept that#countered by the crap times that people call me stupid: earliest remembered one goes out to when i was annoyed abt something & deliberately#being difficult abt w/e and my grandma is all oh you're smart at school but you're real dumb about social stuff like. well i was just being#stubborn mostly but thanks! 8? 9? yrs back with the friend i now decline to reconnect with who got mad when we were struggling w/ directions#this one time and really emphatically started calling me an idiot...no you can't have my twitter handle nowadays that's okay. & the coworker#who would be alright sometimes but other times just amazingly awful and would be like lol you're so dumb but A Bit Too Seriously yanno??#but in terms of the ways i know i Do come across as ~smart~ or have excelled results-wise in school despite hating it / being a crap student#is like...love also that being autistic is like if you Seem Smart or good at anything it's all like not even seen as Your ability & as some#glitchy crossed wires where oops your autism accidentally contributed something positive i guess! what a coincidence that the machine of ur#brain just cranks out this result. instead of Being A Full Person its diverted this brainspace to being a computer at [insert ability/talent
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hi!! i hope you’re having a great day!! i was curious how the bnha boyfies (( deku, bakugo, todoroki, kirishima, denki, sero, shinsou, tamaki, mirio, shindo, monoma, shiggy, dabi + hawks )) would react if their s/o who is selectively clingy w certain people kinda back off suddenly because they just feel.. embarrassed?? like when they were a kid people reacted negatively to their clinginess and would ignore them for it. and they just feel so dumb to show emotion & showing their clinginess? and they feel like they’re being a bother and being annoying too... & suddenly just feel like closing off from the world lol? & like they can just feel really out of place and get negative thoughts that they don’t belong there, X person or a group of ppl in the convo don’t wanna talk to them etc and feel like they don’t belong in the conversation if that makes sense (i get those thoughts especially when i’m in a group i feel like i get overlooked a lot lol and i’ve never really felt included + like i can just feel so overwhelmed sometimes about the amount pf people / crowds or feeling like i’m being judged bc i’m beating myself up mentally abt my insecurities and i just end up most likely having a panic attack and just like tearing up, either crying on the spot or trying to hold it in till i get home). i’ve been feeling like this recently and i’d love to see what they’d do if that’s possible please!! thank you so much!!
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a/n: english is not my first language, sorry if I have a mistake!
Hi my angel, sorry but I don't write to Monoma or Shindo :/ and I loved this request because I feel exactly like this, so I did my best to make you feel comfortable. <3
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⤷ Bakugou
You are the only person who can break Bakugou's shields and he is very grateful for that, but he also wanted to break your shields.
He knows about your insecurities and he identifies with you, so he tries to learn, so he can teach you.
He always starts with small gestures of affection, to show you that you can be comfortable with him because he will not hurt you, quite the contrary, he just wants to make you safe.
And he could spend hours just feeling your touch, he enjoys every second of it.
When you go somewhere with a lot of people, he always stands by your side holding your hand.
If he sees that you are tense or nervous, he will kiss your temple and pull you somewhere more isolated and will start talking about random things with you to try to make you forget your fear.
Whenever you start talking, all of his attention goes to you, it's like he's mesmerized every time you open your mouth.
Sometimes the two of you are talking as if you are in your own world, forgetting everything around you.
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⤷ Deku
Deku never misses an opportunity to show you affection, so he will always have a hand on you, stroking your hair, or holding your hand.
He does everything possible and impossible to make you feel comfortable with him, and if you don't, he doesn't give up trying. Because he wants to help you and he wants to show you how much he loves you.
If you are with a lot of people, he always praises you in front of everyone.
"Y / n is the best hero I have ever seen, they are amazing!"
When you start to say something, he just looks at you with shining eyes and a smile on his face, silently saying that all of his attention is on you.
He always has an arm around you, showing you that you are safe with him.
If you are not feeling well, he will understand and will quickly go somewhere calmer with you.
He caresses your face with affection while you say everything you want.
Deku will do anything to make you feel good and safe in his arms.
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⤷ Kirishima
Kirishima is always the first to show affection, because he wants to show you that he loves you and that you are safe with him.
He knows about your insecurity and your problems, and he is more than ready to help you with that.
If you start showing affection for him and just stop, he'll be sad and have a cute pout on his lips as he snuggles up to you like a child.
‘’ Please continue ’’ he whispers against your neck as he hugs you tight.
If you are somewhere with a lot of people, he will always be on your side, like always.
Just one look from you and he already knows what you need or how you are feeling.
He takes your hand carefully and takes you to a quieter place.
He hugs you and shows you random things from the street to distract you, he makes some silly jokes too.
You are his world, and he will do anything so that you can smile without fear.
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⤷ Todoroki
Todoroki is not much to show affection, but for you he tries.
He wants to show you that you are safe with him, that you are at home with him.
So it is through small gestures that he does this, but they are gestures so pure and unique that I cannot explain.
Anyway, Todoroki is very quiet so he will not say anything if you show affection to him, but he will complain if you stop.
When you are somewhere with a lot of people, he is always looking at you to see if everything is okay.
If not, he'll take you somewhere quiet so he can talk to you peacefully.
He caresses your face while talking to you, about anything you want.
He tries to distract you by saying silly things about his week.
And just seeing your smile makes Todoroki's day complete.
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⤷ Denki
Denki shows affection for you 24/7 after he finds out about your insecurity.
He always wants to know if you're feeling comfortable and well, it's literally all the time.
When you show affection for him, he goes crazy because he never wants you to stop, it's like a drug that he got addicted to.
And if you stop showing affection, this drama queen will cry a lot and will only stop when you show affection for him again.
Anyway, if you are somewhere with a lot of people, Denki always tries to distract you from your bad thoughts.
Honestly Denki is professional at making you laugh
But if you want to leave, he will understand perfectly and will go somewhere empty with you.
He kisses you, hugs you and says cute things to you
Like I said, he always wants to make you comfortable and safe because you are his world, and he will never let anything hurt you.
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⤷ Tamaki
It is very difficult for Tamaki to show affection, but for you he tries anything.
So it starts with small things that you fall in love with more every day.
When you show affection for him for the first time, he melts at your touch.
And through small gestures, he will ask you to continue.
Well, I guess you don't have to worry about going out to places with a lot of people because your boyfriend doesn't like to go out either.
But if you go out, you stay further away from people, isolating yourself in your own little world.
Tamaki always looks to you to make sure you are okay, and if you are sad he will be desperate and will do anything to make you feel good.
Then he will take you home and hug you and caress you as if you are the most precious thing in the world. (because you are, I don't make the rules)
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⤷ Shinsou
It would take a while for Shinsou to be able to open up to you, but when he does, he never stops.
He loves to kiss you and say cute things to you
And when he manages to make you comfortable with him, he feels the greatest happiness in his life.
He could spend the rest of his life just feeling your touch.
If you feel uncomfortable with a lot of people, he will talk to you about random things to distract you.
Or else he will take you home and take care of you like a baby.
So get ready to see the best side of Shinsou.
He will show all his love for you in every way possible, he is completely in love with you and that will never change.
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⤷ Mirio
Mirio is CEO in showing affection for you and making you laugh
Your feelings are his number one priority, so he does everything for you
He shows affection for you 24/7
And he almost cries when he can make you feel comfortable with him
If you are uncomfortable when you are with a lot of people, he will be very worried and will take you somewhere calmer.
He will hug you, tell you random and funny things to cheer you up.
And when you smile at him, he feels his heart melt in your chest, because your smile is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen in his life, and he will fight until the last second so that you never stop smiling.
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⤷ Hawks
Hawks are a needy baby so get ready because he will fill you with love.
You are his priority, so he will always ensure that you are well and comfortable
No matter how long it takes, he will do anything to make you feel safe with him.
And when that happens, he is so proud of you (and himself)
And he shows even more affection, so good luck
Anyway, when you go out, he always has a hand on you, whether it's around your shoulder, your waist or holding your hand.
When you feel uncomfortable, he stops everything he is doing and comes to you, wrapping his wings around you while he strokes your cheek.
He takes you home and lets you say whatever you want while he hugs you and caresses your body.
He wraps his wings around you again, making you feel safe in your own little world.
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⤷ Dabi
Dabi is not the kind of person who shows affection, but after he discovers your insecurity, he will do his best to make you feel loved by him.
He does not say, of course. He prefers to make small gestures that make your heart race
He will never admit it, but the greatest happiness of his life was when he managed to make you feel comfortable with him.
He loves your touch and he could spend eternity just feeling it.
You rarely go out, but when that happens, he always makes sure that you're okay.
He's always looking at you, and just one look from you and he already understands what's going on.
He caresses your cheek and kisses your lips before taking you home.
He hugs you and strokes your back.
He won't talk about what you're feeling because he doesn't want you to remember, so he'll talk about random things from his day, hoping that you feel better in his arms.
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⤷ Shigaraki
Shigaraki is like you, he wants so much to be able to show affection for you, but he is afraid.
But then he tries, with small gestures that you barely notice at first, but then it becomes something constant between you.
It takes a while for Shigaraki to feel comfortable with you, but when he does, he will be on your side 24/7
And trust me, he will do anything to make you feel comfortable and safe with him. Because you are his home, and he wants it to be yours too.
When you go somewhere with a lot of people, Shigaraki doesn't leave your side for even a second.
If you feel uncomfortable or something, he will go out with you in the same second, taking you somewhere calm and peaceful.
He hugs you, kisses your forehead and strokes your back.
Shigaraki would destroy the world to protect his home.
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#bakugou imagine#bakugou x reader#bakugou headcanons#deku x reader#deku imagine#deku headcanons#shigaraki x reader#shigaraki imagine#shigaraki headcanons#dabi x reader#dabi imagine#dabi headcanons#hawks x reader#hawks imagine#hawks headcanons#mirio x reader#mirio imagine#mirio headcanons#tamaki x reader#tamaki imagine#tamaki headcanons#shinsou x reader#shinsou imagine#shinsou headcanons#todoroki x reader#todoroki imagine#todoroki headcanons#denki x reader#kirishima x reader
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watched s11ep1
i will provide you with a quick review before i disappear back into the ether of twd avoidance
lots of spoilers under the cut. also i wrote way too much and i worked all night and haven’t slept so i didn’t bother to reread literally any of it, so it might be completely nonsensical, tho if you don’t expect that from me by this point idk whose blog you’ve been reading
enjoy:
hokay, first off, i’ll start by saying that i enjoyed it more than i expected to. i’ve been avoiding any sort of discussion about stuff, but my google algorithm is so fucked at this point that i still get recommended articles and stuff every now and then, so i was already pretty aware of what i was walking into, and was expecting it to be eh, but actually i prob enjoyed it more than i enjoyed the finale
(don’t get too excited tho, the finale was rly boring lmfao)
anyway
episode starts off with a tense scouting mission
it takes .005 seconds into the episode for caryl to exchange a look of longing, establishing that they are still having weird conflict and are both too fucking stubborn to do anything about it even tho they hate it desperately
i imagine that will continue for a while
rosita, kelly, carol, maggie, what’s her face with the bad hair, and lydia (i think that’s everyone?) lower down to some army bunker or something, where a bunch of walkers are taking a snooze, and the girls are very respectful of walker naptime, and do their best not to wake them up
obviously they eventually wake up, but i’ll get to that in a sec
as they’re tiptoeing through the walker tulips, there’s this split second where carol spots a machine gun, and looks at maggie with a face like, “can i plzzzz, i am mad horny for that machine gun,” but maggie tells her no. (i 110% expected her to defy orders and accidentally wake up all the walkers, but she actually behaved herself for once. well. mostly)
never fear, tho, after the girl gang collects a bunch of MREs they go back to wait for the dudes waiting up top to pull them up, and bc men ruin everything, one of the ropes break, and daryl catches it before it falls, but then a slow motion drop of blood falls on a walker’s face, and just like that, walker naptime is over, and carol uses her bow and arrow for two seconds before she is like “fuck this” and whips out the machine gun
yes, she is super hot using it
yes, daryl watches her do it
anyway, all the other girls get rescued, and carol is about to be pulled up, but bc she is a #girlboss, she first makes a beeline for one more crate full of MREs. daryl covers her while she gets the loot, and when she gets back up top they have another charged moment as carol hands him back his knife
just fuck already, jfc
titles!
cut to alexandria where everything is still not smilestimes
BUT, we do get to see uncle daryl run and hug rj and judith (and dog), and FUCKING HERSHEL JR, LIGHT OF MY LIFE is also there
istg, they could not have casted a better child, i a d o r e him
oh, and some friends of maggie’s show up too, idk
cut to a staff meeting where everyone is like, whomp whomp, we’re all gonna starve to death unless we figure out something quick
cue maggie going, “oh, i know where food is, but it requires me to tell you my tragic backstory, in case anyone didn’t watch my bottle episode”
she tells her dramatic backstory about all her friends getting slaughtered by the reapers for no apparent reason, and then she’s like “anyway, let’s go back there!”
no one thinks it’s a great idea, but a group of people decide to go anyway, including daryl and gabriel. rosita is super pissed that gabriel is going, and carol doesn’t go, probably partly bc it’s a shitty fucking idea, and also bc they have to keep caryl apart bc otherwise they’ll fix their problems ahead of schedule and they won’t be able to drag out the needless angst
daryl looks kind of annoyed that carol doesn’t volunteer to go
bitch, i thought you wanted her to stop putting herself in the line of fire! make up your damn mind!
moving on
cut to a thunderstorm, where, if you look closely, you’ll notice daryl is wearing the STUPIDEST hat i’ve ever seen. just get an umbrella, jfc
for some reason negan is with them, bc ig he knows his way around washington dc, and no one in six years has bothered to figure out how to get around the city and/or get a map, and he is like “hey guys, maybe we shouldn’t try to walk in this fucking hurricane,” and everyone is like “FUCK YOU NEGAN, YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US!!!”
this will be a common occurrence
but eventually daryl is even like “actually, it’s rly unpleasant out here, and my hat is mad stupid, can we go inside plz?”
so they go inside an old metro station, which is actually a rly cool cinematic choice. i rly like the idea, and they executed it rly well
speaking of executions
there are some fucking RULL CREEPY walkers. idk why they bothered me so badly, but they were what they at first assumed were corpses wrapped up in tarps, but turns out none of them had been properly put down, so they go through killing these rotted bodies that had supposedly been there since The Fall, and it’s very gross and cool
this entire time, btw, negan is like “hey, i know i’m a shitty person, but i have some rational arguments about why we shouldn’t be doing this right now,” and everyone is like, “FUCK YOU NEGAN, YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US!!!” and he’s just like “god fucking damnit”
(i forgot to mention that at one point, when they’re headed into the metro station, negan is trying to warn ppl of the potential danger, and everyone is ignoring him, and he tries to talk to daryl, and daryl is like “fuck you, you think we’re BUDDIES?” and negan is like “oh, ok, so you’re gonna be like that too? fanfreakingtastic” and it’s very funny)
anyway. a fat monster zombie escapes its tarp at one point, and tries to eat some npc, and negan saves him, again is like “hey, anyone else realize that this is a FUCKING BAD PLAN?”, and everyone is like “we don’t care, you’re still shitty and we’re not listening to you, and you don’t actually care about random npc i would literally not be able to pick out in a lineup bc his face is so generic, you’re not the boss of us!!!”
it’s at this point that negan finally is like, “why am i even here? bc i know how to get around washington dc? do none of you have a map?” and i was like, “right?! that’s what i said!”
it’s then revealed that maggie only brought negan along to murder him under the guise of “oops, he got hurt in the line of duty, it wasn’t my fault,” and daryl has this look on his face that says, “i seriously need to stop hanging out with lethal women bent on revenge bc it’s gonna give me high blood pressure,” and maggie has a badass moment where she points a gun she has for some reason at negan and is like “i have like, one shred of human compassion left inside of me, and if you keep pushing me i will fucking kill you without a second thought, so shut the hell up”
(in her defense, negan had just dropped glenn’s name to purposely antagonize her, which was rude as hell)
(for the record, i’m completely on maggie’s side here, but negan still is right that trapping themselves in a metro station is a bad call)
anyway, moving away from that briefly
i think this jump cut happens sooner, i don’t actually remember, but whatever who cares, point is, we get to the part of the show that actually matters, and that’s anything involving my love, juanita “princess” sanchez
and also eugene, yumiko, and ezekiel
they are being asked increasingly invasive questions by commonwealth ppl, some of which i wish they actually would of answered (what do they use to wipe their asses with?? surely toilet paper has long since become extinct)
zeke, who is so much more tolerable as a character now that he’s not larping as a king, has this incredibly weird and sort of sexually charged moment with a dude in an orange stormtrooper costume, where he’s like, “i bet you were an asshole cop back before The Fall, you stupid fascist, #fuckthepolice, mb literally? idk, this moment has a lot of pent up aggression that could easily translate to hate sex, it might just be the intense eye contact, but w/e, let’s just move along,” and then he has a coughing fit to remind the audience that he’s currently dying of cancer, and orange stormtrooper is like “lolz, loser, drink some water you dumb piece of shit”
cut to the wholesome foursome sitting at a picnic table in a guarded courtyard eating gruel, and yumkio, who finally has a personality, and princess are like “hey, this place fucking sucks, can we leave?” and zeke is like, “yeah, i met this orange stormtrooper who i think might be dtf and/or murder, so we should probably bounce”
but eugene is like, “but i want some hot stephanie ass, and also some bullshit excuse about how mb commonewealth will save alexandria” which, they left before things went super downhill, right? idr. it was after hilltop fell, but they don’t know alexandria got fucked either, if i recall? w/e, not important
two seconds after he says this, they talk to some people who are like “we’ve been here for four months, or maybe it’s been nine, i don’t actually remember, i’ve stopped processing the passage of time,” and the wholesome foursome takes this as a bad sign, tho that’s just the life i’ve lived as a night worker during a pandemic, so i was like #mood
but then they watch some guy get dragged away screaming to get “reprocessed” and eugene is like “ok, nvm, let’s bounce”
(my theory on what “reprocessing” is, is that they’re stuck in a room and have to watch hours and hours of customer service training videos on vhs from the 90s)
i definitely got my jump cut scenes mixed up bc i think the negan accusing maggie of a murder plot thing happened in between this scene and then the next commonwealth scene, but w/e, i’ll just finish what happens in the commonwealth arch
the wholesome foursome are trying to hatch a plan to escape, except princess, my love, is distracted watching some stormtroopers flirt, and the other three are like “wtf, dude, how can you even tell any of them apart?” and princess then tells them every stormtroopers backstory bc she is brilliant and pays rly close attention to shit, and the other three are like, “this is useful information, thank you for being an insane person”
their plan involves yumiko and eugene dressing up as stormtroopers and leading princess and zeke out of the place, which works fine actually, except on their way out they come across the Depressing Wall of Probably Mostly Dead Missing Loved Ones
they’re about to leave, when princess is like, “wait, yumiko, you’re on here, that’s weird huh?”
sure enough, yumiko is on the wall, with a note from ig her sister
the scene ends with yumiko going, “guys...i can’t leave...i have tragic backstory to unveil”
tragic backstory to be continued ig
back in murder metro town, npc and some other npc have stolen all the supplies, there’s a train blocking the track, and a horde of walkers are coming towards them, so things are not going fantastic
they horde is too big to take down, so they start to climb on top of the train car to get away
but dog runs away!
and daryl, being every pet owner ever, is like “gotta go get my dog, guys, try not to get killed while i’m gone, c u soon!” and he ducks under the train and disappears
#priorities
the episode ends with maggie climbing up the train car but getting grabbed by a walker and dangling off the edge, and negan is there and they have a lion king moment where maggie is like, “scar! help me!” and negan is like “long live the king, bitch” and walks away into the shadows, leaving maggie to a potential death
which, while i know isn’t actually going to happen, would be a really fucking funny move on the writers’ part
like, “look, lauren’s back! and now she’s dead, bet you didn’t expect that!”
anyway
my assumption is negan will actually end up helping her up or something, continuing his ambiguous morality bullshit that actually isn’t ambiguous bc he BEAT GLENN TO DEATH WITH A FUCKING BAT WRAPPED IN BARBED WIRE IN FRONT OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE
the maggie/negan arch is kind of dumb, but whatevs, i’ll tolerate it, as long as my boy glenn gets justice in the end
anyway, cue credits!
final assessment: good episode. i’m much more interested in commonwealth than the reapers, tho i am hoping that daryl’s personality-less ex turns out to be a monster killing machine with no conscience, that’ll be fun. princess is a gift from god. hershel jr needs his own tv show. needs more carol (and caryl)
the end! going back into my walking dead free chamber! see you next episode!
-diz
#i didn't mean to recap the entire fucking episode lol#sorry#it's to make up for my lack of content lately#or something#anyway#caryl#twd s11ep1#twd s11 spoilers#dunlap tp
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i said i wasnt gonna rant about how fucking bad Eternals was but ive decided that i can bitch about this particularly bad mcu movie as a treat. this is long, but the movie is the better part of three hours so
okay so first of all, it starts off like, dumb. it starts off with a fucking opening crawl like its star wars with an explanation of how the eternals exist to fight for intelligent life blah blah blah but as someone over the age of 8 its immediately really apparent that this is gonna be bullshit and theyll have been unknowingly evil the whole time. like its set up so weakly and impotently that like at best it reads as an early draft.
in our first scene of the eternals fighting the deviants (this movie's cgi monsters, which i will say are at least more visually engaging than a lot of comparable ones. whoever animated them really wished they got to work on Annihilation and it shows in a good way) i immediately clocked that 'hey chiseled jaw white dude who can fly and shoot eye lasers looks pretty fucking sinister huh. oh god please dont' (spoilers, they very much do).
then it really starts with us seeing protag in the modern day. nothing about this section is interesting. i think we're supposed to find her and kit harrington cute as a couple, and i dont object to them, but hes never significant in this and spoilers for one of the aftercredits scenes literally only features so prominently because hes setup to be in Blade. there are much larger issues with this shitshow but thats a peak mcu problem right there
so then we get to the first fight scene in the modern day and i am immediately confused because for some completely unfathomable reason the black point is set absurdly wrong so fight scenes, at night, poorly lit, with a mostly black cgi monster, are completely illegible. this will continue to be the case throughout every scene not in daylight and it will never get better or make any more sense.
now predictably, we soon find out that oh no, the eternals have been working in service of the baddies the whole time, who want to cultivate intelligent life to hatch their kids. said bad guys, the celestials, are also like, gods effectively, in that they create and maintain the universe. we have no info on this outside of what one of them tells our protag tho so like weird dynamic. but anyways. for some reason half the eternals are like 'well yeah alright lets let it happen' and keep going back and forth on that which if this movie were written by someone who even pretended to give a shit could be an interesting concept.
moving on we continue to get the band back together and run into druig. now in a flashback we see that he led to them scattering across the planet when he went 'hey maybe we should stop genocide sometimes' and this started a big fight. so naturally, youre thinking ah yes this must be a more likeable member of the team. and thats a reasonable assumption! an understandable thing to think, really. except his powers are literally mass mind control of humans and while in earlier flashbacks he just uses these to like, stop fights and get ppl to chill out, when we see him in the modern day hes like, possessing an entire village in south america for his own little paradise? which is an absolutely deranged choice to make for a character we i think are at least not supposed to despise. like holy shit guys, you sure did that and have decided hes not the villain for it.
at some point we flash back to their original leader ajak deciding to actually stop the celestial from being born and killing earth, not because she thinks genocide in general is wrong- she is the one whose known the whole time this is what theyre doing- but because well it was earth ppl who beat thanos so i guess they should get a pass. like she is explicitly 'well these ones are good tho. no regrets on the other planets we've done this to that only i remember tho.' at this point she is killed by icarus, the chiseled jaw flying wite dude with superstrength and eye lasers. yup! its a But What If Superman Bad story now! we even have a scene where a child explicitly calls him fucking superman!!the hack writing here knows no fucking bounds.
did i mention sprite? the one who despite the fact theyre immortal (robots, we find out sometime in all this) is a 13 ish year old girl visually? when icarus decides to betray everyone and try to make sure they cant stop the celestial birth she joins him because she apperntly has always been in unrequited love with him. now this goes nowhere and serves no purpose other than to make me deeply fucking uncomfortable, but at least sprite is a user of illusion magic who literally stabs our protag in the back during the final fight. its discount loki!
oh also hephastus's whole deal is hes like, an artificer and has pushed human tech along and theres a fucking scene that blows my goddamn mind. where we see ajak comforting him as he weeps in the fresh destruction of hiroshima. where hes like 'oh god i did this humanity is awful and not worth saving blah blah blah' and its like. okay. this character, i cannot stress enough, is black. presumably, if he was instrumental in the atom bomb, was living in america. as a black guy. in the 1940s. and hes only just now starting to doubt humanity is all great and good? tell me the writers room wasnt as diverse as the cast without telling me the writers room wasnt as diverse as the cast. like in a good movie exploring these immortals who have lived alongside humanity for all of history debating whether humanity deserves to live, youd think the black one might have an interesting perspective or something to say about race. this aint that movie tho.
the climactic fight scene ends with such an impotent fart of a climax that i genuinely feel like i missed something. throughout the whole thing theres mentions of how sersi and icarus were in love for thousands of years, icarus only leaving her when he found out the truth of their mission and couldnt bear to be around her and not tell her. and in their final fight, he looks into her eyes, we see a flashback to an earlier scene of them getting married in like 200 ad or w/e, and he silently decides to fly into the sun killing himself (presumably).
this movie is 2 hours and 45 minutes.
i expect bad mcu movies. i expect dull, i expect propagandic, i expect humorless quips and half baked characters. i dont expect something so unpleasant and offensive to anyone who wants to actually think about anything happening on screen that it feels designed to be frustrating. the worst mcu movie previously in my opinion was thor 2, but its biggest sin was being painfully dull. this is worse. its painfully engrossing. i often enjoy watching movies i think are bad or whose ideas i disagree with, but this refused to even have ideas, really- it constantly threatened to but they never really showed up, at least not without being immediately contradicted. genuinely this is worse than Suicide Squad (2016). i would rather rewatch the snyder cut.
one of the worst things about it is how clearly it was calculated in some boardroom, that if we had a diverse cast we didnt need a good movie. like sure, we have plently of racial diversity, we have a mute character (genuinely unclear based on a particular scene whether shes deaf or not but she speaks via sign), we have a gay man raising a kid with his husband, etc. guess we dont need anything else. guess thats definitely the only thing that matters. and i know some incredibly stupid people will agree with that. you google it and get articles about how its doing so much good for representation and like. im reminded of when tumblr was like 'you gotta watch black lightning there are black lesbians' and nobody bothered to mention that the show fucking sucked (to be fair i think it was a cw show so thats on me for not assuming but).
anyways harry styles has a cameo in one of the post credits scenes. its charmless. 1/10 movie, both in general and for the mcu.
#this isnt even comprehensive at all to the issues it had but id have to watch it again to do that and uh#no
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(Green) a lil late but here are the kmhn marriage headcanons jejeifjf
-Hajime wears the white suit and Nagito wears the black suit. I like the idea that they change it up and defy expectations and also I like the mental image of Nagito wearing black jejejejrjf (also the symbolism of Nagito sorta,,,accepting that hope isn’t the end all for good things in the world and that he can find good in other places such as with Hajime heh)
-They don’t go all out for their honeymoon they probably just go somewhere small for the night. They TRY to do the typical honeymoon stuff that you usually hear about but end up not being able to do it because they just wanna cuddle and admire each others’ rings for the night
-Chiaki is the maid of honour and Kazuichi and Fuyuhiko are tied as best man (Chiaki insisted on keeping her hair clip on and no one had a problem with it)
-Both of them definitely cried but neither of them cried a LOT, they were surprisingly calm, just very happy :’)
-Ibuki was the DJ and had to be held back countless times from playing every heavy metal song she knows in favour of playing the typical softer wedding songs
-Feeding each other cake feeding each other cake feeding each oth(though Nagito didn’t eat much of it because it was too sweet for him)
-I feel like after getting married, they’d hold hands a lot, even if they were unaware of it. They just like the feeling of knowing the other is there
-I actually feel like they don’t use pet names a lot. When they do it’s usually puns on their names or something (though I will admit, Kubzscouts really has me dead set on Hajime calling Nagito ‘Naggy-waggy’ i stg uejejfjf)
-Neither of them wanted to make a big deal out of proposing (Hajime because “formalities are always a little embarrassing” and Nagito because he thought he’d never be able to propose without Hajime rejecting him) so when the proposal came, it was subtle and laid back, sorta like a ‘hey…do you wanna get married?’ thing
-Nagito has a hard time breaking his habit of calling Hajime his friend instead of his husband because he’s still nervous that Hajime doesn’t like him even though they sleep in the same bed and kiss each other God Nagito read the room (affectionate)
(I realise now that as I type these, I can’t remember if you said PROPOSAL headcanons or MARRIGE headcanons so yay for you you get both irjdjdkfifif)
EEEEEEEEEE thank u for feeding the beast mmmrfgh
hajime in a white suit!!!! adn nagito in a black suit,,mgmmgmqtr i love the idea of them in their stupid pretty suits,, mayhaps i'll add their wedding suits to my very large list of things i wanna draw
mhmhmmh during their honeymoon, theyre so unbearably sappy. like horribly disgustingly terribly sappy. there's no chance of getting anything from them cuz to them, theyre the only thing that exists akjsdjhag
damn happy tears,,, just misty eyes adn ufghgh
ibuki most certainly wanted nothing more play the most hardcore dance party songs but she love hajime and nagito too much to ruin their day (i imagine they let her choose whatever songs at the end of the ceremony)
yeshyes yeys yes them holding hands all the time and subconsciously running their finger over the other's ring
(mhm i love klubscouts akjsdakfg) i like the idea of hajime calling nagito dumb pet names like that just to tease him
i love the idea of a really thought out and very much anticipated proposal but i do also love the out of the blue in the moment proposal. them just hanging out together and hajime realizes out happy and at peace he is in the moment ykno and he just says it grhghhr
nagito talking to new ppl abt hajime like "this is hajime my frie- uh well actually my boyfrie-- well no actually he's uh. we're hum hm uhusbamnd"
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Headcanons for being Peter Parker’s Younger Sibling
Peter Parker x sibling!reader
warnings: bullying mention, blood mention
a/n: a fuckin reach, its been a WHILE since ive seen tasm
prompt: y/n is peter’s sibling
peter and you were playful kids
you were just a year and some months younger than him, so you had a harder time remembering your parents than him
but he always told you stories about them that made you miss them a little more
peter was a genius, we all know it
he was the one helping you with your homework most nights
“peter i cant do it!”
“that’s okay, y/n. look, start with two times four, that’s eight, then four times six, twenty-four, right?”
“can i say a cuss word?”
“sure”
“math is shit”
you would cry during homework a lot
you’d also pass out on his floor after talking for hours
and you’d either wake up facedown on the floor or in your room since uncle ben would pick you up and put you to bed
peter took it upon himself to take you back to your room, but he usually dragged you by the arm, sooooo
you’d play action figures together
he was batman, you were robin always
“can i be batman?”
“oldest gets to be batman so im batman”
“but i wanna be batman!”
peter walked you to your school before taking off on his skateboard
and he’d pick you up on his way home
on half-days your brother taught you how to skate
you fell a lot
aunt may had to patch you up
“how many times do i have to tell you those skateboards are dangerous?!”
peter got you your own skateboard so that you could practice without him
you would text him after you did a trick and he’d always say hell yes! show me when i get home!
being his photography assistant
really you were his assistant constantly
science fair was the most boring day of the year
“y/n, stand right here, i need to get something from my locker”
*judges walk up while youre left unattended and in a state of PANIC*
you were bullied in middle school, same as peter, he’d always stick up for you and get beat up instead
it made you very mad but it was scary, too
“how’d you get into this fight, peter?”
“oh, you know, just happened”
“peter was sticking up for me, uncle ben”
“was he now? you’re a good brother, peter”
lonely when he moved onto high school :/
but you got there soon enough
you guys were kind of loners, just ate lunch together, lugged around your skateboards, you were an artist, he was a photographer
just spectating the chaos of high school, rolling your eyes at the drama
“i have two bucks, do you want anything from the vending machine?”
“uhh, a coke?”
you saw peter get bullied by flash and lost your shitttt
you actually started a food fight after throwing mashed potatoes in his eyes
“what the hell, parker?!”
“sit down and eat your goddamn food, flash, or next time it wont be potatoes”
peter was half-proud, half-embarrassed
trying to see how long you could skate through the halls before any authority figures stopped you
sometimes......you guys got sent to the office together :)
*phone ringing* “hello, is this ben parker?”
“which one of them is it this time?”
the principal’s office was a trip sometimes
you and peter exchange your glances and wait to get scolded
“ah, the parkers, come in, lets have a chat...why do you two always feel the need to get in trouble together?”
“we just happen to get along really well for siblings”
no you fuckin dont lmaoooo
it was always something with you two
like always
*banging on peter’s door* “I KNOW YOU HAVE MY BROWNIES, PETER, GIVE THEM BACK”
*peter through a mouthful of brownies* “I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT, YOURE CRAZY”
“is that my jacket?” -peter
“you mean my jacket?”
“y/n, i swear to god if you steal any more of my clothes it’s over for you”
“well, aunt may keeps giving me your clothes, so take it up with her”
and then there was just the little annoying things
“peter, can you stop clicking your pen?”
*clicks pen faster*
“you’re the worst”
and my personal favorite
“peter, open the door”
“why?”
“emergency”
*opens bedroom door* “what?”
“aunt may is making meatloaf”
“shit, uh...get your board, we’ll skate to mcdonalds and tell her we already ate”
peter and you RARELY ever brought your parents up until he found your dad’s briefcase, you didn’t have much to say
soon he was flooding his room with conspiracies and pulling you in to explain them
he began acting REALLY weird, but he was pretty open with you, he told you he went to oscorp
“YOU SNUCK IN??”
“your standards for me are way too high, y/n”
soon you started to feel not-so-good and weird things started to happen
“peter??”
“yeah? whats up?”
“this is gonna sound really weird...my hand is stuck to the door”
“it happened to you, too??”
“happening, pete. wait—this happened to you?? what is this???????”
yall done fucked up and got bit by spiders peter had so carelessly brought back into the house
it was an adjustment to say the least
and this adjustment got a whole lot harder that one night...you can remember peter just...so upset
you tried to chase him out to make sure he was okay, but uncle ben told you to stay with your aunt
maybe if you’d have been there...it would’ve been different, but when the cops got to your house you were at a loss for words
peter was covered in his blood still
“hey, hey, just breathe, okay? it’s not your fault, peter. just hop in the shower, yeah? i’ll take care of your clothes”
when peter took your advice and you were left alone, you just cried, you cried until he finally found you curled up in a ball in your room
then he cried, you just hugged each other sobbing your eyes out
peter got distant for a while, which was rough since the two of your were mourning for your uncle and dealing with these newfound powers
sooner or later he came around and helped you out, designing webshooters and a suit for you
“we match?”
*sigh* “yeah...yeah, we match”
ah yes, spider-team
you really tripped out new york at first, they thought spider-man was a teleporter
peter was still talking about your dad, but you really didn’t care, uncle ben was always going to be who raised you
you and peter would be covered in bruises after going out
“uh—peter punched me”
“y/n???!!!”
“I PANICKED”
just being dumb scared teens that cant function to save their lives until they get a little bit lucky
seriously like, every big villain you guys fought was just the worst
peter didn’t help all the time, he was good at provoking them sometimes
“hey, spider-man, you mind shutting up for a minute? for my sake?”
“sorry, sorry, just couldn’t help myself!”
he gushed to you about gwen stacy, he actually dragged you to her apartment to be patched up by her SEVERAL TIMES
yadda yadda yadda peter graduated high school! how cool is that? but he was late (what a surprise) even though you put off spidering today just for this
but he made it and you clapped the loudest for him
“thats my brotherrrr!!!”
cute family picture! (aunt may printed a bunch of them and gave them to you two and peter pinned them to his wall)
you and peter actually have a lot of pictures of the two of you just goofing off
he has one of you stuck in a trash can that cracks him up every time
seeing harry osborn again after YEARS
“wow, y/n, last time i saw you i just thought you were peter’s annoying little sibling”
“aww, it’s good to see you, too”
electrooooo
this guy really worried you bc like, bzzzz shock
you and peter weren’t equipped for that
it took a while, but you were finally able to deal with that
and several other problems
including peter’s breakup, which was a whole ordeal of its own
*peter laying upside down on your bed* “i dont know, y/n, you know? i wanna be with her so bad, i love her...but her dad is haunting me”
*you, drawing on your notepad with your legs propped up on his* “yeah, makes sense”
you actually had to tap out during the end of electro, you were hurt pretty bad
“y/n, hey? yeah, you’re okay. stay here, just stay right there, i’m gonna be back for you”
*thumbs up to show youre still alive*
but when peter came back for you there was bad news, he’d lost gwen
he ripped his mask off and fell to his knees, you could barely move but you powered through it, giving him a hug while he cried
“we...we better get home before aunt may starts to worry”
she was at work, so you two had the place to yourselves to clean up and mourn before the official news was revealed
“i should have listened to her dad, y/n, this is all my fault”
he was a mess, you couldn’t bare seeing him like this. it’s been so long since you’d seen him like this
the funeral was rough, peter was grasping onto your shoulder the whole time
he insisted that he was going to stick behind and stay with gwen for a while
“okay, i’ll see you at home...love you”
“love you too”
you gave him a hug and left him to his business, the next few months you were the only spider-person operating in new york...until rhino popped up
“im coming with you”
“you’re sure?”
“yeah, im sure”
(these are kinda ass but anyways im tagging my marvel ppl even tho ik this isnt mcu so just ignore this post if you dont care, sorry!!)
taglist: @alwaysananglophile // @rorybutnotgilmore // @locke-writes // @sweetheartliz07 // @queen-destenie // @natasha-danvers // @allthecreativeonesaretaken // @frostedgiant // @praellee // @emygirl // @lotsoffandomrecs //
#peter parker x reader#peter parker imagine#peter parker#spiderman#spiderman imagine#spiderman x reader#marvel#marvel x reader#marvel imagine#andrew garfield#amazing spider man#amazing spider man x reader#amazing spider man imagine#parker!reader#peter parker x sibling!reader#peter parker x sister!reader
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Can I just say that Habs “fans” who act like Carey Price’s contract is somehow patient zero of all this team’s problems drive me absolutely fucking insane? Seriously. Buckle up. This is about to be a rant.
Now. First things first. Is it ideal that the $10 million goalie is currently uh, not doing very good? Fucking NO! I am disappointed as shit with that and I don’t like seeing him struggle. I know he can be better. He has to be better. Obviously.
However. That being said.
Do I think it’s an incredibly stupid look to spend several tweets complaining about all the issues Habs defence have been having, and then also griping that they haven’t started Jake Allen enough for how he’s performing, only to then for some inexplicable reason state that the FIRST THING, the first thing that needs to be dealt with after the new coaching staff have had ONE GAME (and zero practices) to work on things, is somehow “well, the ten million dollar man in net is weighing them down, that contract has gotta go!”?
Yes! That’s stupid!!
I think that’s a very ice cold small-brain take, and not just because Price is my favourite of favourites for as long as I’ve been a hockey fan! I have reasons, dammit!! I put THOUGHT into this!!
Here, dear ppl of Habs twitter who will never read this, are some reasons why this narrative you’re concocting is dumb, and why management/coaching are unlikely to think of trying to ditch Price mid-season to fix the current problems:
1: Time. It has been one (1) game under Ducharme. He has been able to run zero (0) full practices on off days with the team. We just changed up a major piece on the Habs chess board — why don’t you give it a minute to see what fresh eyes and minds can do with this roster before you decide we are fucked? This season is fast-moving, sure, but there is time for us to ride out some little bumps here and still make a playoff spot in this Canadian division. Have patience. Do you remember what patience is? Dom is a new head coach, not a wish-granting fairy godmother. Chill. Do you remember chill?
(rest of this under a cut because I actually LIKE Habs Tumblr, and I want to be nice to you all by not making you scroll past all of it if you don’t want to)
2: Jake Allen exists. There are a couple of things I like for what this means for the Habs. Firstly, for basically the first time in his NHL career, we are not in a situation where if Carey Price is in a slump, we have to go “Ah, shit, so now our options are let his stats tank while he tries to get the groove back in net, OR throw whoever the poor backup is out there to get murdered while we plummet through the standings.... 😬” We don’t have that problem right now, because the backup is... actually good? Oh my god, the backup is actually good! Thank fuck! We’re not doomed. If I’m Ducharme, I put Allen in net for a few consecutive starts to put a solid backstop behind all my fun experiments I’m probably planning with the skating roster (to catch their slip-ups, while also giving Carey lots of time and rest with which to work hard on sorting out whatever his issue is along with the goalie coaches).
2b: Jake Allen exists and is competition. Hell, if I’m Ducharme, maybe I even play a little hardball and say “Look, Carey, I don’t want you to be an expensive benchwarmer, but if things don’t pick up soon I am going to start whoever is doing best and you will have to compete for that net.” Related to my last point, when was the last time Carey Price had to push himself to compete for net time against anything other than his own injuries, and wasn’t simply always the default starter? Has that EVER been a thing? Honestly as much as I love the idea of him being The Goalie for the Habs, I also kinda like this idea a lot because I think it could really push him to a higher standard of performance. Maybe that kind of high-pressure situation (given how much he thrives in the pressure-cooker of the playoffs) could be what he NEEDS in order to Be Carey Price again. Worst comes to worst, he doesn’t respond to that challenge, and I am very sad but the Habs have a good goalie in net anyway, because Hallelujah, Jake Allen exists! God, isn’t it nice to have Jake Allen? Bless him.
3: Money. Guys, this league is so broke right now. Seriously. Seriously. Nobody has any fucking money. The Habs probably have more money than most teams, and that does not help when it comes to offloading large contracts. Trades are a NIGHTMARE both because of the flat cap but also because travel is complicated (especially cross-border) but also nobody wants to trade within their division if possible because all your games are against them. Who in the name of fuck do you think is jumping at the idea of taking the $10 million per through 20-lots-and-lots-of-years-from-now contract of a goalie who is currently struggling, impressive past record aside? What kind of astral plane of fantasy hockey are you on to think there’s a trade out there for that within this season. Shut up. And no, don’t bring up the expansion draft, this post is a rebuttal SPECIFICALLY to the people who think that Price and his contract are the biggest problem that needs to be dealt with RIGHT NOW and first on the list of ways to immediately remedy the team’s struggles.
4: Spite. Specifically to piss you off, bud. You personally.
5: Knowing how to troubleshoot properly. Fellas, if my computer is running slowly and freezing up a lot, do I immediately decide the first step to fixing it is to crack open the chassis, remove the hard drive, and try to sell that hard drive to someone to see if I can enough money back to somehow get a better hard drive for less? No, dipshit. That’s not how troubleshooting a complex system works works. It’s the same with hockey teams. Ah, my star goalie is not performing great. This situation is deeply less than ideal. If you’re actually good at troubleshooting, the first thing you do is not “WELL. I GUESS WE’LL HAVE TO THROW THE WHOLE GOALIE OUT. HE’S TOAST.” The first thing you do, if you’re a smart coach, is you say “Okay, what are my defence doing in front of him? What are they doing to reduce the amount and quality of our opponents’ scoring chances? Oh. Oh, they’re taking a lot of penalties, and... oh, uh, some of this is very not great. Yikes.” And then you start your work by trying to make the defence actually work instead of running the same Pairs That Everyone Is Very Much Over And Tired Of, because your goalie is actually supposed to be your Last Line of Defence. And maybe during that time you give more starts to Goalie Who Is Absolutely Slaying It, so that when you start trying new D-pairs and they inevitably have some mistakes, it doesn’t immediately turn into an Oh God Holy Fuck moment every time, because that last line of defence backstopping them is solid. The reason you need to deal with defense first is because a) You know you have a reliable goalie (Allen) in your pocket right now if you need him. What you don’t have is a whole-ass proven and tested and practiced Backup D-Core you can swap into the roster in front of your goalies to make their lives easier. Fix your defense and it WILL improve your goalies, even marginally. Defrag the hard drive before you ask why it’s not working. and b) If you need to go looking for any new D-men to solve the issues, those are WAY easier and cheaper to find than top-tier goalies, and you always want to start any troubleshooting process with trying the simplest solutions first to hopefully save time and money. The better that D-core is, the less it fucks your team over if the goalie isn’t feeling themselves, because the D is going to stop more of those pucks before they ever even become the goalie’s problem. FIX. DEFENCE. FIRST. Then try to train your goalie back into top form. THEN explore your other options.
6: The vicious cycle. Guys. We literally do this once every year or second year. EVERY time Carey Price has a slump, this fanbase gets into a tizzy like the Bell Centre is burning down and he was the one with the matches. And what ALWAYS happens literally within the year, every single time? He gets his mojo back like he did last summer in the bubble and goes on a heater and everybody goes “JESUS PRICE!!!! 🙌” and is ready to name their firstborn kid after him. Until eventually that performance becomes unsustainable, and he becomes mortal again, and suddenly he’s The Real Problem With This Franchise once again. I know he’s the guy they chose to build the team around instead of a superstar forward, but oh my god folks. You’d think he was the only player on the team. Guys, I feel like fucking Sisyphus pushing a blue blanc et rouge boulder up Mont Royal once a year with this shit. This man’s entire career has been a constant seesaw narrative between “Carey Price is our saviour!” and “Carey Price should be exiled to Nome!!!!” from parts of this fanbase, I swear. Look, slumps suck, but for once we are actually lucky enough to be in a position where this team, for the first time in YEARS, does not solelylive or die by the inscrutable magical cycles of Carey Price’s goalie powers — because when he has to step back and work to get back into his groove, there is FINALLY a SECOND GUY who is GREAT. Honestly, given that the state of this team for so long has been “they will go as far as Carey Price can take them” and he has put in a pretty fucking decent job of it despite all of the team’s other struggles, I feel like it is owed it to the guy to be like “Okay, well, we have somebody else solid to fill the net right now, and a chance to really figure out our defence and special teams with this new coach. Why don’t you take a step back and work your ass off at trying to get back into the form I know you can still perform at, and we’ll go from there?”
Anyway. Some parts of this fanbase have been waiting for a fresh excuse to claim Price is overrated, washed-up, and to blame for all of this team’s flaws and ills ever since he signed that contract, if not since the start of his NHL career. Just unreal how nasty some of this fanbase is willing to be about a player who is ON. YOUR. TEAM.
Am I saying he is beyond critique of his play and can do no wrong and his contract is perfect? No! I want this team to have the best goaltending it can get, and I want them to kick ass and take names. The difference is, I still believe Carey Price is a part of that winning formula, and I also think Twitter is overflowing with idiots who just repeat what everybody else says. He’s still a better goalie than your ass would be if I stuck you out there to stop shots from Mark Schieffle, for crap’s sake.
“The first thing that has to go is Carey Price’s contract 🤪”. Shut the fuck up. You are actively making other people stupider by talking. Go eat sand. Good day.
#It’s Time For My Opinion#I put so much time into this I hope it’s coherent lol#habs#Carey price#montreal canadiens#long post
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