top 5 dynamics per character: → craig manning

"I got the part."

I always love how Manny could hear him while she was on top of the bus like how?

still cannot get over the fact that PETE WENTZ was in degrassi.

Degrassi Goes Hollywood was a fucking experience.

Realizing that two of my favorite degrassi characters are the mean girl turned good friend ala Paige Michalchuk and Holly J Sinclair… better keep my eyes peeled for the next bitch the show introduces and anticipate a new favorite character lol

Sneak Peek Sunday tagged by: @hydesjackiespuddinpop - thanks for the tag!💗

*Hi it's Brimi, I'm finally doing this. This sneak peek is from an upcoming, within the next couple of minutes fanfiction and work in progress/wip titled: 'Where are you Now?'.

Here goes. ✍

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It was funny because never, not once did she believe she’d permanently reside along Los Angeles and among the stars, the rich upper echelons, the highways and mountains, and Hollywood glory, but the first time she slept so easily feeling that soul connection of being home as if she belonged for the first time. She didn’t have to fight, deny, or lie because no one would believe that she was ever truly happy over there. She almost lost it all being so careless out yonder, wondering and thinking pessimistically drowning, depressed, she feels at ease in the here and now, and she’s so determined to revise some damage in her departure.

She remembered the night before, slow dancing with Sean at Shoney’s bar to the tunes of Eric Clapton, and the magic of that dance, that she felt at peace once again, or close to it,  and all it took was an airplane to be home at the most wonderful of time of the year, to achieve true happiness and bliss, and while it may not last, she’ll never know for sure, she knows one thing, it’s going to suck going back home, saying goodbye once again. This time it’ll be different, she can feel it. Perhaps to Emma, like the old alma mater, where the blue and gold, brave and bold with stories to be told, Degrassi is, and forever more will always be, still her home. 

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Here is the link to the story on fanfiction & a03.

Oh, and I've been tinkering with the idea of using a blog/sideblog or smthn, to also post fics one-shots chapters, accept questions about the chapters and more stuff, or rb my prompt fics and writing too, like a writingblr blog with like that sort of stuff lol, idk it's an idea. I can also do commissions and my reviews on it, who knows, and use this as my personal or something? Idk just an idea again, but something I wanna consider.

tagging: whoever wants to!

Degrassi ideas I want to execute

-Kendra staying at degrassi and having a bond with Danny and Jane

-Jt never dying

-Liberty’s pov during the pregnancy and adoption

-Jane NOT cheating

-Addressing the fact that Holly J was basically raped by Declan and have her tell Sav

-Jane never cheating and ending up with Spinner

-Janny and Jiberty double wedding instead of sp*mma

-More Liberty and Kendra fics ‘cause I love them

-Palex endgame and never breaking up in s7

-Letting Marco/Tim flourish

-Chantay having the fame plot in Degrassi Goes Hollywood instead of Paige

-Flesh out Chantay more

-Ellie ending up with Jimmy or Sean

-au where Ellie doesn’t pine over Craig

-Sean coming back for Ellie instead of Emma

-Toby and Holly J being a couple instead of Blue J

-Letting Savvy J flourish

-post degrassi fic where Fimogen is endgame

-having Jiberty’s child meet his parents

no one cares and this is totally random but it’s actually wild how Degrassi writers went out their way to redeem~ Jay so they could stick him with Manny. Jay was the engineer of so many major things to happen at Degrassi and all of them MAJORLY EVIL lol. 

he sexually preyed on a much younger Emma during a time he knew she was most vulnerable and GAVE HER A SOCIAL DISEASE!!!! 

it’s HEAVILY implied he used to rough Alex up 

it’s p. much confirmed that he cheated on her throughout their relationship and treated her poorly in general 

he was incredibly nasty and biphobic when he found out Alex and Paige were dating and threatened to out them iirc 

he was p. much the architect of the idea to blame Jimmy for what happened to Rick which resulted in Jimmy getting shot and paralyzed for life 

he was one of the main people who instigated the bullying of Rick which one COULD say led to Rick shooting up the school in the first place 

he encouraged Spinner and Sean to do a plethora of illegal and wrong shit throughout the years. and like i mean separately at different times seeing as Spinner and Sean never shared scenes even tho Jay was both their best friend somehow??? 

and listen Mike Lobel was incredible at being Degrassi’s resident chaos agent.  but that’s what he was. 

turning Jay into Manny’s dream guy ~ (which even then didn’t he try to sabotage her shot at getting cast in that movie during Degrassi Goes Hollywood??) was such a weird move lol 

Out of the degrassi movies (don’t look back, Hollywood, Manhattan) which one do you think is the most ridiculous and why? And how would you rank the plots in each movie?

(I did not include Schools Out cause while a lot of things that happened in the movie pissed me off it was nowhere near as ridiculous or far fetched as the others)

Oh god. This will be fun, because the story lines during those movies were all over the place. It was very clear the writers weren't aiming to do anything remotely realistic and just wanted to have fun.

I'm inclined to say that Don't Look Back, even though it's widely despised, is probably less ridiculous than the other two movies. At least they stayed in Canada? Tristan was trying to run a successful YouTube channel, but I don't think it worked out. For some reason, I can't remember the details of the kidnapping story line, but it's not totally unbelievable that a girl would do something drastic like fake her own kidnapping because her older, abusive boyfriend was manipulating her into thinking it's the only way they could be together. We already know Maya to be someone overly concerned with keeping people safe and that she can't stop herself from getting involved. So that's not totally off to me.

Degrassi Goes Hollywood and Degrassi Takes Manhattan speak for themselves. Multiple characters ran off to either LA or New York and managed to find fame in a short period of time. In defense of Manny and Paige being cast in Jason Mewes' movie, there was at least a previous connection because both worked on the set of the season 4 movie. In Manhattan, Jane just randomly met a guy in a band that was about to take off and ends up performing with them on live TV. Since we're led to believe Holly J got the internship on her own merits rather than Declan pulling the strings, that's kind of hard to believe. Meanwhile, Spinner and Emma drunkenly elope and decide to remain married, declaring themselves in love after less than a week. Ellie's plot was somewhat more grounded. The Crellie stuff was ridiculous, but Ellie was intentionally running from the reality of her father's condition. Not only that, but Craig and Ellie had both been ruined for years by this point. So sadly, it wasn't too shocking to see Craig's cheating ways mixed with Ellie's desperation and codependency come into play once again.

I guess this means my answer is Degrassi Takes Manhattan? Honestly, they're all ridiculous. None of them hold up compared to the regular episodes, but oh well.

Degrassi Goes Hollywood:

1.) Manny (If not for Craig's involvement in Ellie's story line and the heavy emphasis on their non-romance, that one would rank first. I'm not afraid to say that this one places first because Manny is my favorite and I like seeing her dreams come true. Also, Janny got back together. Cassie Steele's voice was at least good enough to justify Manny landing that role even if Manny hadn't been established as a good singer prior to this. I just wish Peter and his stupid fucking band didn't have to be involved. The writers never let her be free of that man)

2.) Ellie (As I said before, this one had a solid basis. After Ellie's family problems were placed on the backburner for four seasons, finally we were given an update. We'd already known Ellie to self harm. Season 7 hinted at Ellie eventually developing a drinking problem. The elements were there for Ellie to have a really compelling story with her spiraling and relapsing to cope with her dad's condition. Unfortunately, the crux of this story line involved Ellie reconnecting with Craig, and I can only overlook that so much)

3.) Paige (This is easily the worst part of the movie. It was hard to understand why Paige was suddenly after fame or why she was even living in LA in the first place. The Paige of seasons 5-7 had different goals in mind. It felt like they wanted to resume the Paige vs Manny feud, only not even that got much screen time. For some reason, the writers really wanted to punish Paige and imply that she and Marco would never be friends again. Also, Perez Hilton showed up during all of this. We need to give the writers so much shit for that. They legitimately gave that creep a paycheck. Unforgivable)

Degrassi Takes Manhattan:

1.) Holly J vs Fiona (Arguably, this was the best plot in any of the movies. It was literally just Fiona and Holly J feuding while attempting to stake a claim on Declan. Holly J got most of the focus, but Fiona's character and the hints of her alcoholism and mental health problems were the most interesting aspect of it. I mean, Declan wasn't worth all that for numerous reasons, but he and Fiona had an extremely codependent sibling relationship. Declan wasn't beyond redemption at this point, so even his role was somewhat sympathetic with his loyalty being divided between his girlfriend and his twin sister)

2.) Spinner/Emma (Like I said before, the fact we were supposed to think their impulsive marriage was a sufficient happy ending with so little build up was unbelievable. But at the same time, the actors gave it their all and made it almost charming if you didn't think too much about it. Spinner and Emma together isn't the problem. It's the way it was done and the fact it was blatantly a rebound for Spinner and Emma being so desperate to figure out her future that she jumped right into a marriage with someone she was barely friends with. Had more time been devoted to their relationship set up or even if they'd simply become a couple, the fact they were endgame wouldn't feel so random and forced)

3.) Jane (Jane's five seconds of fame was ridiculous. I can't even talk about it because there's literally nothing to say. She randomly met a guy who was played by someone more than twice Jane's age (37), and suddenly she's in the band and ready to blow off college to be famous even though Jane was never into anything like that. Then, she finds out Spinner's getting married and stops just short of talking him out of it. Somehow, we're supposed to feel good about her ending. It felt like a series of totally random, bizarre events that have no basis in any sort of logic)

Don't Look Back:

1.) Zoe/Grace (I'm not going to pretend as if I'm not biased. Their story line was literally a lesbian romcom. I loved everything about it. I don't give a fuck that Zoe had three different love interests in one season or that the writers could never keep straight how academically smart she was. All that mattered is that she ended the season with Grace and finally met her match. We saw Grace more vulnerable with Zoe than we had with anyone else up to that point. Zoe finally realized what sort of love she wanted to experience and the kind of partner she needed. Had the writers just fucking let it happen and not been all, "Well, actually, it's problematic to assume that just because you dress vaguely alternative, color your hair, and have piercings, you must be gay. We're just going to ignore the times we implied Grace was into girls because the girl crushing on her BFF's boyfriend trope has never been done before and we need it for our tone deaf plot twist," everything would have been great. I even thought Miles's role in the story line was pretty fun)

2.) Maya/Zig (This isn't Maya's best story line and pales in comparison to all of her other season 14 plots, but it's like Gracevas's story line to me. I got to watch Zig and Maya be adorable together, kissing in every other scene and taking care of kids together after waiting for them to be canon for years. So I took what I could get and just had fun with it. Other than that, Maya's continued anxiety and need to involve herself so that she's never "responsible" for someone else's misery tracks for me. I thought Maya and Gloria coming together towards the end was interesting. And obviously, Zaya's first technical endgame since TNG could have been the end of the show)

3.) Frankie (To be honest, I just didn't care about this story line. Frankie's relationship with Gloria's abusive boyfriend wasn't well developed or given enough depth for me to believe Frankie seriously fell for him that quickly and easily. I know Winston was boring and had literally just kissed one of her best friends, but mostly I blame it on the fact that Frankie has the worst taste in men. I know the writers wanted to get everyone involved in Gloria's disappearance, but I wish anyone else had gotten the spotlight)

4.) Tristan (I don't know if this counts as a plot, but Tristan's constant interruptions take me out of the movie. I know it's supposed to be intentionally overdramatic, but this wasn't the best use of the character. Sometimes I wonder if the writers were trying to make everyone hate him)

I'm even sick of craig in degrassi goes hollywood and I stand by him through anything. but no one can be blamed for the crimes committed against them in degrassi goes hollywood. let's get back to parental abuse, cheating, bipolar disorder and drug addiction

i know i say this every single  time i watch degrassi goes hollywood, but the thought of jay having to drive the bus back home to toronto all by  himself  makes me so sad :(((((

PETER STONE and EMMA NELSON in DEGRASSI THE NEXT GENERATION SEASON 8 EPISODE 20 » DEGRASSI GOES HOLLYWOOD PART TWO (2009)