#she says the reason it can’t be a newt is bc we don’t have those in our area
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My mom is saying that Jimbo isn’t a newt he’s just a normal lizard that was half dead and I’m just like
#the reason for saying he was half dead was bc he wasn’t moving fast#like yeah newts don’t really scamper like lizards#they can if they feel threatened#but generally they are very slow moving kreechurs#and he has a fin on his tail so idk what she is on#she says the reason it can’t be a newt is bc we don’t have those in our area#she said that about ravens/crows and I see those guys on a weekly basis#grrrr so frustrating#and then she is confused why I wanted to move the guy#maybe I don’t want anyone stepping on him or running him over???#it makes me so mad bc I know what I’m talking about but she still thinks she’s right#I’m getting a headache grrrrrrrr
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it’s t-t-t-t-time for another newt bae-science fic rec extravabonanza! same rules, same boys, same bullshit! let’s get into it:
a beginning; a second chance by @dykesword
other newt and i have a long and intricate ritualistic battle to become the alpha newt, but i gotta give credit where it’s due. if you like to annotate your books for fun, this fic will give you a looooong comment you’ll want to write, and for good reason! there’s a lot of really well done metaphor and character detail in here, while still keeping a very soft, melancholy but with a hopeful edge tone. and also, like, the care and detail in which newt’s mental state in the aftermath of the precursors’ abuse is depicted is so so good, and delightful to read
husbandly duties by @kingeiszler
i am soooo biased with this one bc technically it was made for me but GODDAMN it’s good. this shit has everything: gottlieb trio sibling dynamics, vanessa in giant femme earrings, hermann yearning, newt and karla infodumping together, newt’s terrible and accurate gaydar, gay crime, the newmann dynamic and why it works boiled down to its bare essentials, pride and prejudice glasses touch, and neon green acrylics. required reading for the vanessaverse
Say That Again by @robertfrobisherslover
WOOF. if you like mutual pining and lack of communication from men with rocks for their emotional processing centers, and guncle (gay uncle) newt and hermann and KILLER artsy sex scenes, and themes of words unsaid in a story about LANGUAGE..... oogoogogoogouhufug. the writing style is clear and well paced, i LOVE little mako’s scene she’s such a cutie, and there’s like. a line. that’s a play on the whole “it’s always been you” trope. that lives in my mind rent free forever.
speak right to my heart without saying a word by @thekaidonovskys
i’m just gonna paste the comment i left on it here, because that sums up what is so absolutely incredible about this fic the best:
so sometimes you stumble on a piece of fiction that you add to your little collection of stuff you would show a person if you wanted them to understand a part of you that you can't quite explain eloquently, or it would take too long, etc etc, and i've never really found something like that for my autism until now, which, like, poggers. and i'll be as straight up as i can while still being the biggest lesbian in the great state of ohio (not a hard feat but alan invented computers so i love continuing on the autistic tradition of being a living miracle), the chameleon effect hit me like a mack truck. catholic school in the deep south is the most potent and effective form of ABA therapy imaginable :/. so sometimes i wonder what i would be like if i didn't have such a strong ability to pass, and here's where we finally get to the part of this comment where i just vomit compliments at you: you nailed it. you got it. i don't know if you're on the spectrum, but either way, well fucking done. trauma therapy research talks a lot about healing fantasies, which are fantasies, usually in the form of daydreams, that abused/neglected/traumatized/etc people create that directly address a struggle they have and take the form of a scenario in which that struggle is helped in some way. it could be an abusive parent repenting and showering them with the love they never had, or someone finding them during a panic attack and somehow knowing how best to comfort them without having to ask, or being intimate with someone and having a scar or physical deformity they've been shamed for be given attention and care. and i think you have created the ultimate perfect healing fantasy for autistic people, or at least those with """"high functioning"""" autism. it has a character who is visibly and undeniably on the spectrum having the pain and trauma going through life like that causes being acknowledged and validated, they are purposefully paid attention to because person b genuinely likes them and wants to understand and respect who they are and how they function in the world, and thus get The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known as well as the eventual rewards of being loved, person b makes a genuine effort to help teach them social skills in a way they can understand and learn through and is there for them when these skills are being practiced, their space and boundaries are respected but they aren't infantilized or thought of as an emotionless robot, and they receive love and comfort on their own terms not despite of but because of who they are, even specifically being asked not to change the way they are because that way is lovable. they are openly desired. writing is my fucking JOB and it's still difficult to put into words how much you got 100000% right about the dream with this fic. i have been in the EXACT and i mean EXACT same situation as hermann when he asked newt if it was his personality itself that made people not like him, because i deadass made a spreadsheet of all my personality attributes i thought could be preventing me from making friends in college, and then asked my fellow nd friend to see if there was anything i was missing. so i guess what i'm trying to say is that this amazing, and i'm bookmarking it and putting it on my next fic rec post, and maybe one day way way in the future if i ever get a partner i want to explain the whole autism thing to, i'm gonna have them read this.
The Facts With Newton Geiszler, PhD by what_alchemy (NSFW)
storytime: i read this fic a few years ago, completely forgot the title and author, and ended up thinking about the part where hermann admits to having fucked a trailer hitch when he was a teenager, at least once a week. last november, i say to my friend samara on twitter, head of the BSHCU (buttslut hermann cinematic universe), hey this seems like something you’d have read, do you remember a fic where... and samara says FUCK i do know what you’re talking about lemme find it. so if the fact that i have been looking for this fic for like, two years, and that it contains a moment so iconic all i had to say is, “hermann says he fucked a trailer hitch” and she IMMEDIATELY knew what i was talking about, does not convince you to read this... go back to catholic school i guess.
Feeling Blue by TempusPetrichor
fics where newt goes back to work as a biologist, especially a xenobiologist, post pru are really interesting, and usually have something neat to say about recovery, how it isn’t linear, how it often involves us returning to things we love for comfort, etc. this one sure does! some good emotional and physical h/c, LOVE the use of the ghost drift, and it’s always fun to see post pru fics use dialogue very obviously taken from dbt, trauma-specific therapeutical texts, and anything that shows the author has experience with, or did their research on, ptsd therapies.
You’re Everyone That Ever Cared by KlavierWrites
you know a fic is good when it’s an only 9k slowburn and still manages to reach infinite regress levels of are you fucking KIDDING GO TO THERAPY. newt “acts of service” geiszler may have a little misplaced misogyny due to his broken woman-centric gaydar. as a treat. the fucking. post-drift scene where hermann subtextually screams “LOOK IN OUR BRAINS YOU FUCK I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU I JUST HAVE AUTISM AND CAREER IN STEM DISORDER” is soooooo. god just hermann in general in that scene is great. if you like classic mid 2010s era newmann, ghost drift romance, and good ole mutual pining, this is a treat.
Baby, You're Hotter than my Bunsen Burner by SkySongMA
moronosexual hermann representation is something that can actually be so personal
Times of Stress by RadioMoth
the boys are processinggggggg. man what a good, quick and powerful punch to the gut. if you like post-pr1 catharsis and physical h/c, AND are the one friend that likes to comment at the end of the movie that hey newt got beat the fuck UP, check this one out.
black tea by @faggotcas
okay first of all, god fucking tier url, lee. second of all, food as a love language is my SHIT. i love the very slow relationship development here, where you see them making a genuine effort to get along and that in turn leading to feelings reigniting. it’s such a sweet little moment of a fic, with a nice atmosphere and tone to fit it
now here’s the part where i usually drop my latest fic, but i haven’t written one this month because i’ve been busy launching an audio drama! you can find it here, it’ll be right up your alley if you like cryptids and gay scientists and enemies to lovers and good ole americana, but since this is a newmann post, i’m gonna recommend the pacific rim audio drama duology i did a while back! part one is called conversations from the brink, and it’s a little slice of the pr3 we better fucking get from streaming that godawful looking anime. love and lesbians to everyone ❤️
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my favorite part about TURN is how most of Ben’s little handful of Personal Enemies tend to just. forget he exists. usually (but not always) right after verbally confirming their intent to murder him.
( disclaimer: this is a very silly list and not meant to be taken seriously at all, especially toward the end, although imo i’ve got a point on some of them XD )
Simcoe is more implied, but i mean he has his own special way of saying Ben’s name and a very good reason to Absolutely Hate Him (they share a birthday!), they had an excellent dialogue basically debating each other under the guise of playing Devil/Angel to Newt...but ultimately he’s content to go after Abe and Caleb and be the bane of Anna’s existence and never think about Ben again.
Rogers literally spends all of s1 on a full-on quest to get revenge against Ben for having the audacity to fight for his life and survive Rogers’ ambush. The first time he hears Ben’s name, it zooms in on his face as a “oh sh** he comin” song plays over the scene.The last time they see each other, Rogers l i t e r a l l y swears to hunt Ben down....and then only ever mentions him again, one time, to Abe, and then hecks off to do his own thing and doesn’t even go back to the Must Kill Tallmadge quest after finishing the Must Kill Jandre quest. Drops Ben like a hot potato (not an inaccurate label but we digress)
Sarah considered shooting him but she isn’t really on this list
Arnold gives his whole stupid spiel in the tavern about how Ben’s one of the Meddling Kids who ruined his life and how he Will Not Let That Stand and then, to be fair, you know what, actually he might have been trying something when he invited Ben to turncoat. He knows Ben’s Head of Intelligence. Maybe he had a little backstabby plan there. We’ll give him half a point for inviting Ben via postcard to come to his little ratbastardly house party, immediately after verbally confirming intent to murder him...before proceeding to never think about or mention Ben again. half a point to Arnold. However points off for lack of follow-through or finesse bring his score to a number so negative we don’t actually have a number for it.
Lee not only decided he wanted to murder Ben, but was also fully gonna make it happen until Wash intervened and then Lee couldn’t even be bothered to plot in the background or send assassins or anything. no points. actually two points for the hilarious scene where he does intend to attempt murder. but points off for being Lee and also for giving up. Hasn’t he heard of Try, Try Again? I mean Ben’s fully immune to death but come on, dude.
Randall got his face rearranged by Ben (and the people said amen) and while it was mentioned that there was a fallout from this (for Ben) we didn’t see it and Randall didn’t discuss it and it was never brought up again. Granted there is nothing that could improve Randall’s score at this stage of the game but you know what now his score is even lower. Randall Sucks, objectively.
To be fair, Gamble never claimed he’d like to- actually no I take it back he actually did verbally confirm that, for pretty much no reason, he’d like to not only murder Ben but also ~be mean to him~ first. Actively attempted to hunt him down after he escaped but apparently was eventually like “eh, forget it” before getting indecisively d’Artagnan’d by Ben. He doesn’t lose any points though because he’s got a cute smile and is weirdly charming in a swamp weasel kind of way. Also used his last words to make a pun.
Bradford’s on the list just bc he did not give a damn. He didn’t forget anything with Ben bc Ben was barely on his radar to start with. He was so unconcerned with actually participating in the rivalry, that Ben had to carry 90% of it himself. Every time Ben shows up Bradford’s just like 🙄 doesn’t lose any points bc the only reason he didn’t make a solid attempt to do whatever he was going to do right after announcing intent to do something, was that Caleb was there as backup (always) and then the whole dying thing happened. Solid effort, Brad, deserved better and i like him so much. 9/10
Hewlett’s on the list just in order to mention that Ben literally charged into town with guns blazing and ruined his day and Hewlett was just like...he had nothing to say. Ben was off his radar so fast they couldn’t even get to the Personal Enemies stage.
Jandre unfortunately loses some points for the fact that Ben gets outed to him as Head of Intelligence and Johnsauce doesn’t particularly care or do anything with that information he’s just like “that’s weird bc based on what I know about Tallmadge, the kid sucks, but based on what I know about Washington’s Head of Intelligence, the kid is brilliant. Huh.” so he loses points for never even trying to ruin Ben’s day or anything like that but he gets a pass bc their little interaction bit was all sweet and mutal-respecting and emotionally just. yeah.
Mary’s on the list because she should have had a personal grudge like “you’re the one who invited my husband into your dangerous little spy club?” and they had some tension but she didn’t do anything and really all they did was yell at each other so u-u
hell let’s throw Scott on here too because he was like “dISCIPLINARY ACTION” but then he was like “...LATER.” like dude you can shoot like three dudes dead with no trial but you can’t even roll up one of those reports and bop Ben on the head with it? tch. no gumption Scott, you suck. Loses points because he was so convinced that someone else would handle Ben for him that he (thankfully) didn’t just do it himself.
you know what let’s actually put Washington on this list too just because of the fact that two different times, TWO TIMES, he reaches the point of being like “TALLMADGE YOURE FIRED” and literally nothing happens. Especially funny because the first time, he said Ben was fired for not being able to get the spies to listen to him and follow orders...and then Ben proceeds to...not...follow orders...like ever. at all. straight-up planned to go behind Wash’s back to rescue Hewlett but Caleb was like “I got this”...continued to defy orders right up through the second time he got fired. 10/10 but no actually Washington loses some points for just being like “I’m done with you. You’re fired.” instead of dropping that cape over Ben’s head and then spinning him a few times or something. Show some initiative, my guy, be creative. Express yourself. Anyway he apparently forgot Ben had been fired both times it happened so. List.
Peggy’s on the list because not only did she cook up a scheme to try to at least get information from Ben, she also...look, she was told by Arnold that Ben’s Head of Intelligence. The wheels turned, onscreen, for God and everybody to see. She goes to Ben, turns on the charm, which he’s too busy admiring the clock and being sad to properly appreciate, had that whole thing where she was like “Hey,,,,wanna dance,,” and he was like “I’m at your service” (!!!!!!!!) and she was like, “I should think so” (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and there was nothing happening right then that wasn’t her being like “i’m gonna squeeze this himbo for every ounce of war-critical intel he can give me. won’t even know what hit him”
aND THEN IT’S NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN. SHE JUST. SPOKE TO HIM LIKE ONE TIME AND DROPPED THE WHOLE SCHEME. WIThIN THE SAME EPISODE. 1000000000000/10 Iconic, Pegs. Well done on the “Let’s not bother with Tallmadge, he’s a silly boy” angle!
Lastly let’s actually put Tarleton on here just because i mean in real life, he and Tallmadge allegedly had a run-in (an ambush, actually) that involved him stealing Tallmadge’s horse, some money, and some documents. In the show? Never even shows up. Not even mentioned. Dude quit before he even started that’s how uncommitted...boooooo
#turn amc#turn: washington's spies#ben tallmadge#...a bunch of the other characters in turn..........#i think the only legitimate entries on this list are Rogers | Simcoe | and Arnold but we like to be dramatic#also it's true that whenever anything is set to Happen with Ben in this show...nothing winds up happening XD like Ever
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reaction post typed while watching Good Omens (ALL OF IT)
my favourite novel is now my favourite mini-series and IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL
under the cut: a very long, spoilery six-episode reaction to MY NEW FAVOURITE THING EVER
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may 31st 07:36pm nz
i posted my episode 1 reaction a couple hours ago but that got ZERO NOTES so i assume people are either avoiding spoilers or aren’t interested, which is fine, but i’m just gonna put all my reactions in one big post so anyone who IS interested doesn’t have to read 6 separate posts c:
edit june 1st 04:08am: btw i watched using a free trial on amazon prime, which i’m pretty sure is worldwide. soooo if yOU WANT TO WATCH THIS, YOU CAN, FOR FREE
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EPISODE 1: In the Beginning
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04:03pm
idk how much i’m gonna type, whether i’ll post a reaction to the entire thing in one post....... or how much i’ll end up watching right now
kinda want to spread it out and save it as a treat for after i’ve done some writing
but right now i wanna watch before writing
so maybe i’ll do one ep, write something, then return to this?
edit: aahhaha that didn’t happen
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04:04pm
I’M SO EXCITED
I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG
well... since 2011 when i first read the book
but regardless it’S BEEN 84 YEARS
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04:05
okay first off i did not know amazon prime did adverts at the start of their videos. so i was like SINCE WHEN WAS CHILDISH GAMBINO/DONALD GLOVER IN GOOD OMENS
and then
yeah
no
either way i thought it was a good opening
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W A R
NING
cool cool cool cool cool
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omg i’m used to where the netflix full-screen button is, and on amazon prime that’s the “next episode” button so i gotta be real careful
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dear god my video quality is TERRIBLE
i.......... i might torrent this show and watch it offline
this is horrendous i can’t see a damn thing
i have never seen pixels this big
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04:11
okay the quality calmed down after a minute
i loooove the intro, i love that it’s basically word for word from the book
i feel like i’d find it funnier if i hadn’t read the book 3 months ago
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also? god is a woman? yes
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04:13
is it just me or does the snek have a slightly david tennant-esque quality about it
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i’m so happy adam and eve are black
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04:17
omfg. aziraphale said “ineffable” and now CRAWLEY’S CHECKING HIM OUT TRYING TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY JUNK
WOW
...or y’know, looking for a flaming sword. SAME FUCKING THING.
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also i looove how FLUFFY azi is
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azi: “do hope i didn’t do the wrong thing”
i fucking love them both uhrgughhhuhuhughuhhh
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04:21
small sob for cuteness
umbella wings
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04:23
in the opening titles, crowley just stopped a spaceship and aziraphale turned it into fish
i feel like that was a douglas adams reference and i’m on board
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04:25
the entire time i read the book, up until i saw video promos of this show, i thought “crowley” was said the same way as spn’s “crowley”, as in “crahwlee”
not “crOhwlee”
i definitely like that they’re different though
both probably named after aleister crowley tbh. all of whom are queer.
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THOSE SWAYING HIPS
i haven’t found david tennant attractive in about 9 years but WHOOOP HELLO AGAIN
somehow attractive for entirely different reasons than before. like. my taste changed but tHEN
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i’m on crowley’s side, taking down a cellphone network is VERY ANNOYING
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04:35
crowley: shitshitshitshithsit
:D
i can’t wait for aziraphale’s big swear
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04:37
i miss eating sushi
sushi was great
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04:43
this baby delivery thing is sTRESSFUL
“aaaaurthurrrrr”
nooo
poor lady
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04:45
“little toesie woesies”
where’s the sister mary loquacious fan club and where do i sign up
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i’m glad they colour-coded the babies and did the playing card explanation because this part of the book always tied my brain in knots
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05:00
this is reminding me how utterly gross england is
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“MY POINT IS............. DOLPHINS”
YES
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05:06
see in the book
i never once realised that the nanny was crowley in disguise
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05:11
digging the snake tattoo sideburns
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05:14
and yeah the short hair looks good
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05:15
fINALLY crowley called azi “angel”
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05:17
crowley: “oh no no don’t do your magic act, pleeease”
the magic act scene is one of my fave parts of the book <3
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05:20
aw man they cut out the best part
i mean i get why
the kids shouted a bunch of gay slurs at aziraphale
and there were no secret service people with guns
but aw mannn
AND THEY CUT OUT THE BIT WITH THE DEAD DOVE AND CROWLEY BRINGS IT BACK TO LIFE FOR AZIRAPHALE
THAT WAS MY SINGLE FAVOURITE BIT OF THE BOOK
AND IT’S GONE
;C
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OH WAIT
THERE’S THE DOVE
OH GOOD
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aw man aziraphhale just brought it back himself
i liked it better in the book
they sat on the steps outside and crowley comforted azi and took the dove and fixed it for him, and then it flew off
idk i just had such a perfect image of that moment in my mind and this was..... good but not the same at all
could be gayer
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05:27
good dog
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05:28
crowley: *snifsnif* something’s changed
aziraphale: “oh it’s a new cologne, my barber suggeste--”
crowley: “no no i know what you smell like”
gayyyyyyyyyy <3
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05:31
okay that’s ep 1 watched!!! i’ll watch more maybe later tonight :D
ENJOYING THIS SO FAR
not as gay as expected ........YET
needs 400% more “angel” and “dear”
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EPISODE 2: The Book
07:42pm
pillar of salt guy: “something smells evil”
the fact crowley smells evil and yet aziraphale likes his company regardless says a lot
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07:49
fully expected crowley to say “i didn’t fall, i sauntered vaguely downwards”
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07:50
iiiii’m finding the narrator a little annoying
maybe it’s because i read the book so i know what’s going on
but saying “he has four items to deliver in his van. he works for this postage company and he’s making his first delivery in a formal warzone”.... idk i feel like all of those things could be shown visually? saying it rather than showing it probably saved seven seconds of airtime, but damn
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07:56
i wonder if the narrator was a later addition to this, for new audience clarity? the script for god just seems a little stilted, idk
edit: i kind of got used to it, but it was still jarring, which i’m sure was the opposite of the intended effect
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08:09
the saddest newt
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08:13
she’s kind of exactly how i imagined her in the book
and definitely my fave next to aziraphale and crowley
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08:17
i feel so bad for crowley’s plants
poor babies
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08:19
for some reason i imagined her as a redhead. kind of more like mrs weasley
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08:33
these wee children......... so soft.......... so smol
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08:25
v happy with the casting for pepper
tiny downside is that we lose another redhead
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08:29
i find the kids’ conversations hilarious because they’re the same age as harry potter when he goes to hogwarts the first time
idk if this is what eleven year olds are like in real life, but when i read the book i did feel distinctly like they spoke like eight year olds
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08:35
crowley: “i like spooky. big spooky fan, me”
he just sounds like the tenth doctor
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08:36
YEEE FINALLY CROWLeY DOING NICE THINGS FOR AZIRAPHALE
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08:48
"you know, crowley, i’ve always said that deep down you really are a--”
“SHUT IT”
DON’T YOU CALL HIM NICE YOU PRETTY BASTARD
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loquacious: “sorry to break up an intimate moment”
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08:45
i imagined anathema’s tripod thing to be about 5 feet tall, not a cute little knee-high thing
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08:48
freddie mercury: BIIIII CYCLE
BIIIIIIII CYCLE
yeah i was waiting for that
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crowley: “get in, angel”
HE MURMURED
DON’T MURMUR YOUR TERMS OF ENDEARMENT noo
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09:00
end of episode 2!!! i freaking loved aziraphale vs the book <3
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the credits for this ep credit konnie huq as someone named pam but idk who that is? i had a crush on konnie huq as a kid when she was a presenter on “blue peter”
OH WAIT RIGHT the lady on the breakfast show on crowley’s tv. aw such a small part. hoping we’ll see her again later
edit: nope. might rewatch that part to pay more attention. obviously i didn’t even recognise her after like.. 15 years
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EPISODE 3: Hard Times
09:05pm
brb gotta get some food
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09:14
and now i wait for food
EPISODE THREE LET’S GO
is this the one that’s just crowley and azi’s backstory?
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09:16
i can’t even put my finger on why but he’s getting more attractive
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09:21
ah yes
aziraphale is eating shellfish and trying to tempt crowley
“oh... that’s your job”
i love this part of their dynamic
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09:29
i adore when crowley makes aziraphale smile <3
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09:43
SAUNTERED VAGUELY DOWNWARDS
YEE
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i like seeing how crowley’s sunglasses differ throughout history
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09:36
“if they knew i’d been... fraternising”
this is such a forbidden romance i love ittttt
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09:49
CROWLEY SAVED THE BOOKS
and SOFT VIOLIN PLAYS
THIS IS A FUCKING LOVE STORY
k this is my favourite part of the show so far <3
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09:50
this angel just fell in love
right in that moment
i see cartoon hearts around him
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09:54
just had to pause for a second bc there was some broccoli in my tea :c
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09:56
awwwwwwwwwwwwww
he got him holy waterrrrrrr
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UNIVERSAL ANGLE OF HETEROSEXUAL LONGING
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definitely feeling a lot of “NOW KISS” right about now
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09:59
LAUGHING BECAUSE THE OPENING CREDITS ARE LITERALLY HALFWAY INTO THE EPISODE
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10:03
throughout the entire book azi just came across as the kind of person who wore glasses even though glasses were never once mentioned
I AM GLAD TO SEE GLASSES
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10:12
i like this colour palette and the gold in their makeup
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10:27
“we can go off together”
omg the world’s ending and crowley’s all RUN AWAY WITH MEEE
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10:31
okay then
good eyelashes
edit: i also like how their relationship was explained with a simple tap on the wrist: hurry up, you’re on the clock, i’m a sex worker, finish your call because i’m leaving
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10:32
episode three DONE
these eps don’t feel long enough
maybe that means the pacing is just right? who knows
i feel like i should be doing something other than watching this but..... why
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EPISODE 4: Saturday Morning Funtime
10:48pm
aziraphale is SOFT and he’s perfect like that <3
fuck u gabriel and your body shaming
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10:53
i want delivery guy to be okay BUT I READ THE BOOK
so............... i know he will be...... eventually
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10:55
how did they get photographs taken in the 1600s
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oh gabriel’s eyes ARE purple, i thought i was seeing them wrong
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11:02
“maud i love you”
noo ho hoooo
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11:09
a little douglas adams, definitely
BUT NO PEPPER POT DALEK
AWW
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11:10
the season is very much jumping between summer and autumn
though i suppose that’s the point, tadfield is just perfect
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11:12
“which the internet has begun to refer to as the kracken”
i wonder if good omens inadvertently inspired me to write The Wireless a couple of years back. wouldn’t be surprising
edit: no, couldn’t have, because the internet wasn’t much of a thing (or a thing at all?) in the book, given its publish date
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11:20
that’s a v nice dress/top combo
gosh she’s so pretty
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11:30
crowley: “we can run away together!!! alpha centauri!!!”
aw baby
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crowley: “i’m going home, angel! i’m getting my stuff, and i am leaving. and when i am up in the stars, i won’t even think about you!!”
THAT WAS A V SAD BREAKUP NOOOOO
why has there not been a single “dear” yet :c
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11:37
oh no, this part
i loved this in the book but i am NOT READY for maggots
damn you gaiman
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11:39
he’s so cute
and so gay
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11:42
uriel: “don’t think your boyfriend in the dark glasses will get you special treatment in hell”
he looks kinda delighted uriel called crowley his boyfriend
i would say he looks worried but this shot was used without context in the trailer and it came across as genuine joy, i actually thought he was looking at crowley
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11:46
i thought it was a strange throne before
a spider at the centre of a web
dark halo
yeah
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11:51
oh now she’s a redhead???
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also i’m glad they implied newt and anathema just kissed because the sex thing was weird in the book
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okay never mind
hmm
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12:05
aziraphale: “oh.................ffffUCK.”
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH
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12:07
oh no
it’s happening
oh no
i hate this part but i love what happens because of it
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12:29am
i have eaten and now i have tea and i am back from MORE BOOKSHOP FIRE
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EPISODE 5: The Doomsday Option
12:31
nuuuuuuuuuu
and “you’re my best friend” playing while crowley’s tryna call azi
nuuuuuu
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“somebody killed my best friend”
jfhsdfjsdj
/sobs
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12:36
freddie mercury: “somebody find me somebody tooo ooo looove”
edit: the narration WRECKED this. it was so dramatic and visually emotional but the voiceover completely screwed with it and it was SO UNNECESSARY.
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12:46
crowley: “i lost my best friend”
he says, while crying, while talking to that friend
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THE ONE BOOK HE WANTS IS THE ONE CROWLEY SAVED
THEY’RE SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER
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azi wanted to share crowley’s body
and then said they had to get a wiggle on
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12:52
they cut out the hell’s angels / lesser horsemen
i figured they would, but still a shame
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1:54
in the book tracy’s “spirit guide” was native american but daaaaaamn that part really needed to go
now she’s irish which is... better, probably
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01:01
ron: “SHUT. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP”
this guy’s having the time of his life
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01:03
he wave
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01:05
1926 bentley; sexiest car right next to the ‘67 chevy impala
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01:08
omg gotta translate and explain the road
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01:13
OH NO the maggots are about to happen
they changed the placement of this but it worked for the pacing
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OH NO
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k well the maggots were gross but not as bad as i imagined
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01:31
omg the dog turned upside down rather than be picked up
i wonder if that was intentional
dog: I DO NOT WANT UP
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01:34
pfff he’s reading “american gods” by neil gaiman
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01:44am
10/10 flaming car
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EPISODE 6: The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives
01:51am
here we go...
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01:55
azi so happy that crowley said the dress suits him <3
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01:57
rip bentley
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01:59
aziraphale: “we are here to lick some serious butt!!”
crowley: “kick!! kick, aziraphale, for heaven’s sake”
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02:06
i freaking love the parallel between the Them and the horsemen in the book
and i love that they did face shots to show the parallel
pepper = war
wensleydale = famine
brian = pollution
adam = death
the parallel is less clear for brian and wensleydale, at least in the show. was more obvious in the book. but at the same time i kind of got confused between them a lot, brian was always eating, but wensleydale was named after cheese
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02:14
pepper: “i do not endorse everyday sexism”
/STOMPS ON WAR’S FOOT
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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02:25
shadwell: “anyone who wants ta get ta the hoore of babylon will have to get past me”
earlier anathema said “boyfriend”
may i point out that all the adults are paired up
shadwell & madame tracy
newt & anathema
......and....
aziraphale and crowley
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0:28
crowley: “we are FUCKED”
these two need a holiday
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azi: “come up with something... or.... or i’ll never talk to you again”
he knows crowley loves him aww
perfect blackmail material
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02:32
they went from trying to kill him to being his gay angel parents real quick
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02:35
thought they were holding hands for a second there
edit: regardless, a whole damn airfield and they’re 2cm apart
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02:39
happy ending for the postman, hooray~
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crowley about the bookshop, softly: “it burned down. remember? you can stay at my place”
awwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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02:42
CROWLEY GOT HIS CAR BACK AND YET HE TOOK A TAXI
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02:45
anathema: “why is your car called dick turpin?”
newt: “dick turpin is a famous highwayman. it’s called dick turpin because everywhere it goes, it holds up traffic”
i laughed
this wasn’t in the book and i always wondered
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02:51
i wonder if holy water wouldn’t burn him because he’s too good
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03:00
gabriel: “don’t talk to me about the greater good, sunshine, i’m the angel fucking gabriel”
really enjoying these swears
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03:03
i thought so
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03:30am
paused for a bit to get ready for bed
i thought it was after 4am but nope
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“there would be other summers, but not one like this. not ever again”
that genuinely makes me emotional
i think that’s why it’s my favourite book, i can relive that summer with them
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03:35
omg
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OH MY GOD
WAIT
THEY
OH MY GOD
THEY WEREN’T IMMUNE, THEY JUST SWAPPED PLACES
HOLY SHIT
edit: THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK AND IT’S BRILLIANT AND I’M GLAD IT’S HERE
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crowley: “let me tempt you to a spot of lunch?
azi: “~temptation accomplished~!”
THEY’RE SO STINKING CUTE
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“just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing”
perfect
STILL NO USE OF “DEAR” THOUGH AND IT’S KILLING ME
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that ending with the bird made me teary-eyed
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credits: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AS SATAN
WOW
OKAY
AKSFJDSF /snorts
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the end credits and the song i just wanna bawl my eyes out
i loved this so much and i’m so glad it was GOOD
i loved that they added so many people of colour. in the book i imagined crowley played by alexander siddig (star trek: deep space 9 era) but i guess david tennant makes a pretty good crowley too
i’m trying not to be upset that my favourite scene with the dove and aziraphale’s affectionate use of “dear” was taken out
but
this was damn good regardless. even gayer in places than in the book
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this nightingale song is my new favourite song
i never got the reference before
“and as we kissed and said goodnight, an nightingale sang in berkeley square:
GAY
SO GAY
i love
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the end of the credits “For Terry”
ACTUAL OUT LOUD SOBBING
TERRY YOU WOULD’VE LOVED THIS
NEIL DID YOU PROUD
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oh this was so beautiful
i’m gonna watch it again with my family probably within the week. i’m so emotionally tender now
azIRAPHALE WAS SO FLUFFY AND CROWLEY WAS SO NICE ABOUT THE BOOKS
ugh i love them more than ever
anathema...... i don’t know if i relate to her, want to be her, look up to her, want her to mentor me, live with her, or find her attractive. maybe all of the above. but she was freaking PERFECT. PE R F E CT
the casting was so... just right. thank you casting people for anathema.
like... i also didn’t mind the newt/anathema thing so much now. it was hard to tell in the book how much of a relationship they had after, but that smile she gave while lying in bed the morning after, that worked, it said a lot. and i like that it was her choice to burn the prophecy sequel rather than newt’s suggestion
gabriel was amusing. like.. i’m glad he wasn’t in the book. but he was great here. also really like michael and uriel. uriel was so damn beautiful.
i also would really have liked to see a mention of the fact crowley and aziraphale are both agender and potentially asexual. not even a hint of it here. buuuuuut it guess i know from the book. so.
my favourite episode was of course episode 3 with crowley and aziraphale’s 6000 year backstory. especially the 1940s bit where crowley saved the books <3
this show was was less confusing than the book too. ugh it was done so well
OH
we didn’t see where the soldier guy went when aziraphale zapped him away!!! in the book he reappeared safely back home and went out to see his family. to be fair i don’t know whether he died and went to heaven, but it was a nice thing to happen
and they took out the Them’s bully/rival gang, who was led by the third baby from the baby swap, and who won awards for his tropical fish. at least that’s what i remember. which meant the parallel about heaven/hell being rival gangs was lost here. but the parallel between the horsemen and the them was stronger than ever and i loved that.
look, i mean, 10 out of 10, EASY.
favourite thing? yes. yes, absolutely.
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i was thinking about the similarities between tenrose (+ninerose) and a/c and i had a thought - rtd would’ve done a really great job with a/c. i feel like he would actually portray what neil retroactively claims he was trying to portray aka non-conventional romance.
i dont think these two asks were from the same person but every time i tried to answer them, there was a lot of overlap in my responses, so i’m putting em together
it’s interesting bc i feel like there’s no real consensus as to whether or not it’s baiting? like ive seen a lot of twitter folks for example say that it’s really clear they’re in love and they don’t need to kiss or anything to affirm that. idk i feel really conflicted bc im seront valid arguments on both sides of the debates. it’s definitely not like other baity ships i’ve come across before, that i can say.
this got reeeeeaaaally long so tl;dr: i don’t hate neil, i love the book and the show beyond human comprehension, but i do think it’s baiting and i am a bit upset about it. authorial intent should not stop anybody from interpreting or responding to it in whatever way they prefer, but it is important in the discussion of baiting and representation. i’m not waving a pitchfork, i’m just a gay person critically enjoying a piece of media.
okay so… for me, what’s on the screen is not the issue, you know. a/c is very like tenrose, in a lot of ways. ten & rose never properly kissed, they never properly said “i love you,” there was never anything explicit in the show that said they were in what we would consider a romantic relationship, except for quips that could be written off as jokes (like “that was our first date”).
and it does help that it’s a het ship, so there’s less…conscious denial of it, i think. but also. rtd and julie and david and billie and everybody involved has said time and time again that they were in love. bc that’s what was written. and it was obvious. it was clear, on the screen, that they were in love, even if they never explicitly said it. and it was never a question, it was just the truth.
and with the exception of a few qualms (like the fact that they like… never touch), i think a/c is the same. it is obvious, from what was written and how it was acted, that they are in love. the issue, for me, is firstly, that neil fully knows how important this relationship is to a great number of his fans, and chose to ramp up those aspects of the relationship in the show to a ridiculous level, knowing that people would see it like that, took it right up to the precipice without allowing one toe over the line, and still says it isn’t a romance.
and secondly, that he’s patting himself on the back for writing it, for appealing to the audience like that, for the support of the relationship, not realizing that people support that relationship in spite of him. the other day he retweeted a tweet calling it a “slow burn love story” and it’s just like… you can’t write a fantastic romance, claim it isn’t a romance, and then congratulate yourself for writing a fantastic romance. it’s not fair.
it’s kind of like. some months ago, i saw a post made by someone saying that they saw themself in a&c because they were asexual, and they appreciated that a&c have a clearly profound connection without it being overtly sexual. and that is valid, absolutely, that fan: valid. but then i saw neil had either liked or reblogged it, i don’t remember, and that made me uneasy, because… he didn’t write a loving asexual relationship. he wrote a relationship that he knew would be interpreted by many as a romance, and included several jokes at their expense, and then chose to no-homo it basically by saying they don’t have sex. that’s not… that’s not representation of any kind.
neil’s favorite line is that what’s on the page/screen is canon, and he supports fans having headcanons and whatnot, but canon is canon. and that’s. true, obviously. but it’s not a coincidence that the show is so much more out there with the romantic aspects, and it’s not a coincidence that it still just barely manages to not be “canon.” and while i’m at it, i’d be remiss not to mention that it’s not a coincidence that it’s only the gay relationship that gets this treatment.
like, i’ve spoken about this before just as an issue that i have with the book in general, but it gets even more upsetting when considered alongside aziraphale and crowley’s relationship. newt and anathema have no chemistry whatsoever. the narration from his pov mentions several times that she’s hot, and that’s it. she shows no signs of liking him, at all, and he shows no signs of liking her beyond a superficial physical attraction, and he has zero qualities that would make it worth her even considering him as a romantic option. but we’re supposed to accept that relationship, because it’s canon.
shadwell and tracy also have literally no chemistry. he’s useless and mean and racist and treats her like garbage, and one of her only defining character traits is that she… likes that about him? like literally their entire relationship is him being awful to her, and her doing things for him because he’s a grown man who can’t feed himself, for some reason. and we’re supposed to accept that as a relationship, too, because it’s canon.
crowley and aziraphale have a 6000-year-long relationship full of trust and understanding, overcoming obstacles, bonding over their love of humanity, choosing each other over their loyalties to their respective sides, saving each other, helping each other, knowing each other’s interests and quirks, showing each other, over and over again, that they love each other. that’s the story that was written. so you’ll have to forgive me for being a bit put out when the writer tries to simultaneously insist that he didn’t write it like that and that he did write it like that, somehow.
listen. i’m not saying i’d prefer it if the relationship was toned down. i’m not saying i’d prefer it if neil was going full rowling and claiming that they’re both canonically straight, or some shit. i’m not saying the relationship is worthless if they’re not making out. i’m just saying… i guess the bottom line of what i’m saying is: purposely dialing up the gay subtext in order to appeal to fans of the relationship without making it canon is literally the definition of queerbaiting. even if you repeatedly state that it won’t be canon, it’s still baiting. you’re using the relationship to reel in viewers who will be grateful for those table scraps because we’re in no position to complain, right?
and it is different from other baity ships, in my opinion, because it is a genuinely very well-written love story. like the only example of baiting i really have expertise on is probably bbc sherlock, and that is different. it’s different because neil knows how to write a love story, and he knew he was doing it, whereas moffat does not know how to write a love story, and he wasn’t trying to. he was just trying to write a weird friendship with a wacky homophobic remark thrown in once an episode, to appeal to fans who would gnaw at that bone because we were starving.
neil, on the other hand, has dangled a picture of a feast in front of our eyes and it’s like… it’s good art, it’s just not good food. it’s good writing, it’s just not good representation. and i, a gay fan, feel alienated and invalidated by the fact that he knew that was exactly what he was doing. it’s just a bit of a cop-out, is all, and i’m a little disappointed in how he’s handling it in his interactions with the fandom, but that’s not new.
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you can try to conceal your heart with red and gold titanium,
but you can never truly hide from your demons.
Merlin’s beard, what is ( LEE JORDAN ) doing out at this hour? For a ( HALF BLOOD ) who is ( 19 ) years old, ( HE ) really ought to know better. You know, I hear that they’re aligned with ( THE ORDER ), but that could be just a rumor. I do know that ( HE ) is ( A CIS MAN ) and a ( GRYFFINDOR ) alumni though. They’re very ( FORTHRIGHT ) and ( CAPTIVATING ) but also quite ( IRREVERENT ) and ( BIASED ), which could be why they remind of ( LAUGHING TO FEEL ALIVE AND SPEAKING UP TO STAY ALIVE, A RESTLESS FEELING IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH THAT ALWAYS DEMANDS MORE MORE MORE, HONESTY AS YOUR NATIVE TONGUE ). Some people say they’re the spitting image of ( TREVOR JACKSON ), but I’ve never heard of them.
LINKS: pinboard. stats page. wanted plots is COMING.
CHARACTER PARALLELS: will be added one day when my brain does work
HEY GUYS, it’s mar again. lee is a new muse. as in NEW. completely fresh. i am Nervous! but i love 1 man!!!
note: lee is quite a Social Man, so i kind of went ahead and assumed some stuff about his position at hogwarts ( like, popularity & how the slytherins receive his biased commentary ) but i’m not trying to generalise at all and say that THIS IS HOW YOUR CHARACTER SHOULD FEEL bc i hate that LMAO take it all w a grain of salt its just how i?? ig imagine things went but if they went differently that is Okie
history.
lee is born in st mungo’s, to a halfblood mother & a muggleborn father. they’re not married. hell, they’re barely in love, but she still squeezes his hand during it all, and he cries, and for a moment they think that - maybe - they can be happy. ( someone should have told them that a child is never the solution, that it doesn’t work like that. )
lee’s mother moved into his father’s place -- a tiny flat, in peckham, but it was bigger than her own place -- and brought only two suitcases and a backpack ( warning sign one ). they tried, hard, for a while. lee’s father worked and his mother was at home, most of the time, looking after her son and making empty wine bottles appear ( warning sign two ) and then staying away during weekend nights ( warning sign three ).
she leaves for the first time when lee is nearly one, taking one of her suitcases and her backpack and slipping away in the death of night. lee’s father is lost -- for a while, but finds help in neighbours and sisters and his mother, mainly. and that’s how it went for years --- his mother coming back, and leaving, and coming back, until she didn’t come back again, not really. lee’s dad said it was enough, one day, and lee’s mother retreated to her own place. his father tried to get full custody and got it, eventually and then there was his mother, not cut from his life completely, but only semi-there, appearing when she could and - most importantly - wanted to.
he doesn’t really get it, in all honesty, as he’s five when his father tells her mother she can’t live with them any more, and most of his life after that is him and his dad and his aunts and his grandmother. plenty of family --- plenty of reasons to be happy, but an inexplicable gap, still.
lee grows up in peckham, london, and attends muggle elementary there. he goes to diagon alley on afternoons after school and weekends, with his dad, and later alone. he likes gazing at brooms ( wistfully ) and hanging out with fellow wizarding kids and magic, magic, magic. there’s magic at home too, of course, but his grandmother and aunts are all muggles, so there’s not much, but in diagon alley there’s so much of it. he likes the muggle world, sure ( especially video games & music ), but it’s nothing compared to the wizarding world.
i mean --- it’s not like he’s bored, because everything is excitable for young lee, and there’s fun to be found in everything, but there’s just more in the wizarding world - more mystery and excitement and ways to wreak havoc. because that he does love --- pranks, innocent and less innocent, hijinks and shenanigans. getting on his teachers nerves with bad jokes and cursewords.
lee doesn’t grow up with a lot of the things that some might consider crucial -- financial stability, a stable family life, a nice neighborhood. but it’s good and it’s whole in its own way. there’s plenty of people lee loves and plenty who love him back and it’s good, and when he’s off to hogwarts he’s both mad excited and secretly a bit scared and sad to leave his fam behind.
hogwarts, though, is a BLAST. lee is sorted in gryffindor ( because where else? ) and finds friends, fast. in his own house, outside of it, in his teachers, kind of ( he personally is convinced that minerva mcgonagall adores him, despite her disapproving glares ). he’s okay at his classes -- he has the skills, sure, but not the concentration and focus -- and better at everything else.
lee starts commentating on quidditch matches after he doesn’t make the team. he’s not broken up about it, in all honesty --- he sees how hard the team has to work and laughs at his mates who have to sweat while he gets to sleep in. commentating is more fun, anyway. it gains him some popularity, some enemies in slytherin, maybe, because he’s not very unbiased in his commentary. he loves his time at hogwarts, in all honesty, even more when he gets that gig.
his father meets his current girlfriend when lee is in his fifth year. they marry in the summer after his sixth year and have their daughter -- zoe -- about a year later. lee loves them. he’s conflicted at first, but he’s happy for his dad, and his baby sister is CUTE AF.
lee jordan is a rebel. in tiny, fun-loving ways ( pulling pranks, cracking jokes, being a bit of a class clown ), but also in a political, angry way. it doesn’t show in his earlier years, but as the war starts, and he grows older, too, he finds his priorities shifting. lee knows injustice. he’s dealt with prejudice his entire life --- at muggle school, at hogwarts, even. and as prejudice and bigotry gains the upper hand in the wizarding world, he grows angrier. restless.
the DA is a way to rebel more effectively, he supposes. protesting when he’s not in school. cracking open history books when he’s supposed to be practising for his NEWTs ( and he is not taking history ). lee looks at the world and he’s angry, he’s restless, he wants to do something but he does not know what---- because where do you start when so much is wrong?
right now.
lee has graduated hogwarts ( believe me when i say that those last months without fred & george were fucking boring, but he at least got to focus a bit more on his NEWTs ) by now and he’s floundering around. i like to think that he’s working for/with the twins, helping with inventing stuff and marketing kind of things for the www, but if this doesnt mesh with any potential fred/george players, i can 100% alter this skjsdf.
he wants to do something more, though. tell stories. speak up. journalism has always pulled at him --- not written, but on the telly or radio. he likes music too, of course, and the truth, especially --- and an idea is starting up in his mind. he’s slowly working towards setting up an underground radio, gathering equipment and figuring out ways to organise it. potterwatch is coming, and once the ministry is taken over ( if -- of course, that’s where this rp’s plot takes us ) it will be there, the urgency bigger. i don’t know exactly --- i’ll probably discuss this w sarah too but i think right now potterwatch is just an untitled work in progress.
lee’s not an official order member, but i do think he’s alligned, in one way or another. he’s willing to do what’s right, keeps his DA coin on him because of it, but also tries to take the world with a grain of salt, still. laughter is what makes him feel alive, and everything else he does to stay alive, to still make this world a livable place.
rebel boi.
personality & tidbits.
lee is a dank meme lordt who would be an icon on social media, if we had it. he just likes dumb ass humour. a bit of a class clown --- he just likes attention, but he also likes making people laugh and having a good. fucking. time.
lee is hilarious and it’s the truth.
he rly loves his fam!! is worried abt them!! he still lives at home its a blast but he wants to move out tbakjdsf.
his mother doesnt rly ... idk he does think of her as his mother but not rly as part of his family, bc family is not blood anyway. he’s had a few good talks w her since he’s grown older tho but it’s a sore, complicated spot.
lee loves music a Lot. hip hop, trip hop, some punk here and there ... bonus points if it’s a political bop!!
has the mouth of a sailor and now that he’s out of school he doesnt even try to fight it. no mcgonagall around to tell him off after all!!!
enjoys smoking pot & drinking beers w his buds. just -- letting go, having a laff and relaxing to the fullest. likes watching muggle tv when high especially, such a hobby!!!
idk!!!!!!!!!!!! will add more mayhaps???
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Fic: Mnemosyne's gift (WIP)
Autors: @katerina150 , @essilt
Theseus Scamander / Leta Lestrange, Canon Het Relationship, Het, Alternate Universe, Epistolary, Drama, Romance, Family Feels
Notes: BC THEY ARE OUR BBS AND JFC WE JUST CAN’T!
Notes2: We’re sorry for mistakes, english isn’t our native language.
Sum: Fantastic Letters and what are they hiding.
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hey might you be able to do a prompt where newt has protected graves and he looks dead and graves is a ball of angst bc dammit his love is just there no breath no movement he's gone and he gingerly picks newt up and he's angst and queenie is angst along with jacob and then boom, newts chest shifts and all is happy, its cool if u can't lmao but I'm not a talented writer or id do this myself but you, your words are art
Hello I might be able to do this prompt but on the other hand what please have I done to deserve this and why please am I being punished for it in this way
Because let’s go with this:
They were meant to be safe.
That’s the bit that will stick, the bit that come back to haunt him later; they were meant to be safe. If it was on a raid, if they’d gone prepared, if Graves had been watchful and waiting and ready then would it have been better? Perhaps. Probably not. There’s very little about any of it that could be better. But still, the worst thing, it seems to Graves, is that they were meant to be safe.
Safe.
Graves despises the word.
“I’m sorry, sir,” Tina had said, with her hair cropped short and her wand holster angled for easy access in battle. “The manpower it’s costing us is unsustainable. Knowing Grindelwald’s targets isn’t enough if we can’t keep them safe.”
He’d nodded, distracted, bent over his desk with too many papers spread out and too many glowing spell-lines connecting the important points. “Reasonable,” he’d said, like the naive fool he’d been at the time. “What’s your solution?”
If he’d been paying attention, perhaps the steadying breath she’d taken would have warned him, but. Add it to the list of things Graves’ regrets. “Evacuation,” she’d said, and all Graves had said was to ensure the targets were sent far enough away.
“No use evacuating them somewhere they’ll be tempted to come back and get themselves killed,” he’d joked wryly. “You know what our lot are like.”
“Yes, sir,” she’d answered, carefully blank. “I know.”
And Graves, idiot, blind, stupid Graves, had signed the order she gave him. It would free up at least two full time squads, another three on rotation. Defence never won the war. They had to think of the bigger picture. Pithy, hateful statements that seemed perfectly justifiable at the time - and then Tina had pushed the list of Grindelwald’s highest priority targets across the desk and Graves had grunted in annoyance at the plans she’d pushed aside in doing so.
“Sir,” she’d said. Or was it apologised? He’d mumbled his assent and pulled it closer to read.
Jacob Kowalski, the no-maj that knew about magic - the no-maj that was in danger of convincing the wizarding world the magic didn’t have to hide. A threat to Grindelwald’s fear mongering; a good choice for evacuation.
Queenie Goldstein, the legilimens - yes, wise; who knew what Grindelwald would do if he had her.
Newt Scamander, the magizoologist - Graves hissed at the thought of sending Newt away, but even he had to admit that Grindelwald’s attempts to get to Newt were verging on obsessive. Whether it was Newt’s supposed control over his creatures or his connection to Albus Dumbledore, neither of them knew, but either way it was dangerous. Newt wouldn’t like it, but it was better for him to be safe.
And then, half way down the list and past several unimportant names that Graves had flicked through with the barest pause to catalogue and evaluate -
“No.”
“Sir - ”
“No, Goldstein.”
“Sir, the number of attempts - ”
“I will not stand by - ”
“The madam president requested it specifically.” She hadn’t even shaken. Just held his gaze, immovable and unyielding and there was a part of him, now, that missed the auror she’d been before Grindelwald had made her hard. At the time he’d been too angry to care, desperately trying to think of a way to strike his name off the damnable list. She’d stood with her arms loose, her stance firm, her wand in its holster angled for easy access, and she’d told him, “You don’t have a choice.”
He’d wanted to rage. He’d wanted to fight, to deny it, to ask what use he was if wasn’t fighting and to point out that surely it was better for the war to have him until he died than to not have him at all, to claim he was integral to the aurors and they couldn’t afford to send him away -
He hadn’t. No one was so important the others would fall apart without him there. Arrogance was unbecoming, and it was selfish to think he was the only one that deserved to stay.
So here they were, the four of them, sent away somewhere safe to wait out the war and not get in the way, and the only thing Graves could console himself with was that if these were the only people he had left to protect then he was going to protect the hell out of them. He stalked their perimeters, warded their borders, hustled them out of town and on to the next place when his paranoia grew too loud to ignore - he vibrated, highly strung and always alert, and he kept his tiny family safe.
“Hey,” Newt said, once, on one of those late summer evenings when the light had turned soft and gold and the blazing heat had finally died down to something gentle and sleepy. Newt bumped their shoulders together and smiled when Graves looked his way. “Hey, it’s not so bad, is it?”
Graves shook his head, his thoughts running through the protections, the supplies, the fake names and the fake covers and the fake news articles from the cities hiding sporadic coded messages from Tina. “That’s not the point,” he said.
Newt lay back, sprawled in the dry grass with his hair fanning around his head and his eyes closed. Summer brought out his freckles; they chased each other across his nose, down the line of his neck and the undone buttons of his shirt, out from under his rolled up sleeves and over the backs of his hands. His smile was soft and gold, gentle and sleepy; the knee he used to nudge Graves into lying back with him was insistent.
“You’re going to worry yourself to death,” Newt said. “Nothing good comes of worrying.”
“Being unprepared can kill you,” Graves muttered in return. “We’re at war.”
Newt lifted himself onto an elbow and tugged Graves towards him. “Sure we are,” he said lowly, his lips almost brushing against Graves’ with every movement. “But what’s the point in being so afraid of dying that you never get to live?”
When he kissed Graves, he tasted of summer and safety and reasons to be alive and Graves was a helpless man when he raised his arms to cradle Newt and kiss him back.
He raised his arms to cradle Newt.
He raises his arms to cradle Newt.
He pulls Newt close and bows his head over him.
He presses a shaking, grieving kiss to the freckles that chase their way across Newt’s closed eyelids.
“I was supposed to keep you safe,” he says, whispers, falls apart.
“I know,” Newt replies. He flicks his eyes half-open, hazy and unfocused and lacking the strength to do anything more than that. “I know, but didn’t you think that I -” he breaks off into a wheeze that turns into a cough that turns into a hacking spasm and Graves holds him together as best he can.
“Don’t talk,” he begs. “It’s ok, it’ll be ok, just don’t talk.” Just don’t die.
“Didn’t you think,” Newt continues stubbornly, “That I would do the same for you?”
I didn’t ask you to wars with I didn’t want you to wars with I should never have let you and all three die in his throat; part of Graves wants to snarl and blame Newt for persuading him to let his guard down and enjoy life because doesn’t Newt see, doesn’t Newt know what happens when Graves lets himself stop worrying - part of him wants to blame Newt for getting in the way, for getting himself hurt and for saving his life because what’s the point of Graves being saved if his reason for living isn’t breathing -
“Newt,” he begs. “Newt please, I’m sorry, please, Newt.” His voice breaks, chokes, and he angrily forces it back to obedience. “Please. Don’t do this. You can’t. You - please.”
Newt doesn’t answer.
There are footsteps behind him. Queenie, light and fast; Jacob on her heels. He doesn’t look up, because their steps tell him they’re both alive and that’s as much as he’s able to care about.
“They’re gone,” Queenie says, triumph and pride in her voice. “All their fancy spells and Jacob blew straight through them with a bullet, they -” She breaks off, stumbling into a gasp that verges on a sob. Behind her Jacob’s footsteps slow and then stop with a heavy, wary hesitancy.
“Hey,” Jacob asks quietly. “Hey, Newt - is he...?”
Graves doesn’t answer. What can he say? Newt isn’t breathing. Newt’s eyes are closed. Newt’s head lolls against Graves’ shoulder, his hands hang limply at Graves’ side. There’s nothing to say.
“Check the wards,” he orders instead. “Tracker sweep, scrying blocks - find out how they got in.” He levers himself to his feet, Newt cradled against his chest. “If they tracked us once they can do it again; make sure they don’t.”
“But is he -” Jacob insists. Graves ignores him.
“I want the pair of you gone by morning. No where on the list; go no-maj, pick a place at random. If you’re followed, shoot to kill.”
Queenie steps forward to block his way. “You’re coming with us,” she says. It’s not a question. She already knows the answer.
He ignores her too.
“Take the supplies; leave the explosives. Kowalski, now’s the time to show me how to use a grenade.”
He resettles Newt and walks around them. His mind is ringing strangely blank, like the silence in a roaring crowd; every thought is shouting precautions, things he should tell them, feeding schedules for Newt’s creatures and corrections on Queenie’s wand technique that he never got round to showing her, the single, deafening thought that they should have had more time - but in the middle of it, Graves hears nothing. He’s told them what’s important. He’s done.
He pauses, Newt’s summer smile tugging at his conscience. “Don’t forget to live,” he says, gruffly, blankly, staring over Newt’s head as though by refusing to acknowledge reality he can go back to that evening and that smile. “We’re at war. Being unprepared is how you get killed. But don’t worry so much you forget to live.”
“Graves, you can’t -”
He can. He’s done. Newt is - Graves is done, but Queenie and Jacob aren’t and if they are all Graves has left to keep safe then he’ll set a trap for anyone that dares hurt them and with fire and fury and all the hurt he won’t allow himself to feel, he will keep them safe.
“I knew you were listening,” Newt breathes, his lips twitching up into the faintest smile.
For a long second, Graves doesn’t hear him - then it’s like a punch to the gut, all the air driven out of his lungs. “Newt?”
Newt’s hand twitches, like he wants to lift it up and rest his palm on Graves’ cheek in comfort but he doesn’t have the strength. “Hey,” he says, weak and thready but he says it, with breath and with life and his smile twists in pain when he tries to lift his head but he has a smile to twist and it shouts deafening in Graves’ head. “Don’t let him die, yeah?”
Who, Graves wants to ask, who does Newt want to keep alive and Graves will set their entire explosive stockpile on fire to protect them -
“I won’t,” Queenie says from behind him. She presses her shoulder against him in solidarity and warning. “We’ve got him, Newt.”
Jacob comes up to his other side. “Not going anywhere,” he promises, jaw set in stubborn determination.
Graves frowns at them in confusion as Newt manages a nod. Who, he wants to ask again, who is important, who are they keeping safe and why doesn’t Graves know, how can he protect them if he doesn’t know -
Queenie elbows him. “You,” she says. You idiot, she implies, but is polite enough to keep unspoken.
Graves looks between them again and he’s still too caught up on the fact that Newt isn’t dead, Graves failed but he gets a second chance to protect the man he -
Oh.
No one was so important, he’d justified to himself when Tina sent him away, that the others would fall apart without him there. But Newt was important enough to Graves and Graves, apparently, was important enough to Newt, and it was a strange and foreign feeling to have to keep himself safe to keep other people safe, but.
Newt is alive. If all Newt asks in return is for Graves to keep on living too, then fuck it. For Newt, Graves will live the hell out of life.
He resettles Newt in his arms. “New plan,” he says to Queenie and Jacob. “We rig the explosives on a decoy, meanwhile all four of us are at least two states over by the time Grindelwald comes back...”
#gramander#percival graves#newt scamander#jacob kowalski#queenie goldstein#tina goldstein#this turned into much more of a Graves character exploration#but#still the angst#which i forgive you for nonnie because at least you specified that he isn't dead#my writing#nonnie
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Can you please rant about jk Rowling she’s fucking awful with her queerbaiting, racism, and transphobia. Like I need someone else to validate me for not liking her
absolutely i hate her!!!!! this is a REALLY long post but she’s written so much and she’s been in the spotlight since her books got famous so like… there’s a lot to talk about i guess. anyway @ jk rowling get ready to be called out
racism
first of all on this valid bitch of an i hate jk rowling post, the ilvermorny houses. it’s like…. Big cultural appropriation of native american ideas and stories, twisting them to fit her narrative for harry potter and completely disrespecting their history and origins. the history she creates for north american wizards is shit too, saying that native americans would “primitively” practice magic until europeans civilized them with wands (even tho…. it’s like really impressive to do magic without wands in her universe??? like sounds like the native americans were way ahead of europeans, but ofc she twists her own narrative to make the natives primitive). her whole history or north american wizardry also apparently just follows white wizards immigrating to north america and shit……
this video is……. a really good poem on the stereotypes and fetishization of cho chang and there’s no way i can reword what the speaker says bc she says it too good so,,, watch it
jk rowling is also really good at speaking out about racism when she wants to on twitter and yet all of her canonical poc characters in the books are background characters. i know hermione is black in the cursed child play, but that feels a bit like the dumbledore thing to me, like they never actually talk abotu it in the books? and if she wanted hermione to be black why didn’t she have any protests about emma watson being cast? if she wanted harry to be brown why didn’t she have any protests about daniel radcliffe being cast? i don’t know if she had any say in that, but i guess she had a say in insisting that the actors had to be british, so if she cared about making a main character poc, why did she not have any qualms about the cast, even in retrospect, even respectful ones like “i love daniel and emma to death but in retrospect i wrote them as characters of color”?
like she didn’t have to push dean and cho and the very small characters of color to the side but she did. she didn’t have to stereotype cho but she did. there are no poc in fbawtft, or there aren’t in the movie at least – and if she’s so happy about johnny depp and can speak out about that relentlessly, but she wanted there to be characters of color in fantastic beasts, why can’t she speak out about that?
like the cultural appropriation is enough to see that she’s clearly a racist asshole who doesn’t care about the cultures of people who aren’t white, but it’s also clear to see in the background of her writing that she doesn’t care about research for shit if it’ll help to respect people of color in her stories, and she certainly doesn’t care to ensure that there are important characters of color for people to look up to when they read her books or watch the movies about them
transphobia
i guess she liked a terf’s article on twitter? like i dont’ knwo how reputable my sources on that were or if she meant to, but if she did, yikes
and from what i saw of the article it was Deep Terf Rhetoric, and tbqh i wouldn’t put it past her to have meant to have done that
i’ve seen ppl saying harry potter has transphobic aspects to it as well but i couldn’t find anything under all the times she’s “defended” trans ppl on twitter like idk i can’t take anythign she says on twitter by heart bc everything she does feels performative and fake af, and i haven’t read the books in like four years so i can’t say for sure based on my own memory
also she wrote a trans woman in a more recent novel and she’s apparently totally impulsively violent like wow great way to conform to nasty stereotypes about trans women lmfao
like esp bc of this i wouldn’t put it past her to be a terf
homophobia & queerbaiting
saying! dumbledore! is gay! after! the fucking! book series! is not! representation!!!!!
even if she HAD make him gay during the series, he’s not good rep??? he was a manipulative asshole who let a child stay in an abusive home becuase he was too big of a dumbass to think about a way around the issue so that a little boy could live in a home full of people who treated him fairly. so uhh?? the cishets can fucking have him, i don’t WANT him in the goddamn community.
but she thinks that she’s not homophobic bc he’s the only gay character who never even got to talk about being gay, who we never see in a relationship with a man. like throwing gay ppl scraps isn’t?? rep??? it’s queerbaiting you dumb bitch @ jk rowling….
she specifically said herself that werewolves are meant to represent diseases like AIDS, and characters like fenrir greyback are predatory werewolves who want tos pread around the AIDS-like disease, conforming to 1980s homophobic stereotypes against gay people for “wanting” to spread around AIDS like how can you in one breath say you want to bring light to diseases like AIDS and in the next make a character who literally models homophobic stereotypes with the same disease??
also, remus was supposed to be gay apparently, but he “changed and fell in love with tonks” like ok first of all bi people exist, second of all why would you write a straight person who’s supposed to basically have AIDS when that sounds a hell of a lot like “predatory gay man infects poor straight kid” like there’s SO MUCH wrong with that, and yeah you kind of have to dig into it a little bit to get there, but when you’re writing about risky topics and you literally admit to it, you need to be WELL-VERSED on what you’re writing about!! and to say you’re writing about AIDS is deeply mixed with gay history! and to say that the main character who is a werewolf was SUPPOSED to be gay and then pretend you’re NOT associating it with gay people is just… such cognitive dissonance, or maybe really ridiculous ignorance
also, dumbledore is dead. so even if he was good rep, and it was within the books, he’s fucking dead. another buried gay, fuckos! pile em up!
and i’ve heard there’s a shit ton of queerbaiting between harry’s son and draco’s son in cursed child? which like…. may just be subtext, but there’s a huge section of the fandom who’s all about harry x draco (i have not good feelings about that ship personally but to say it’s not popular is to never have seen anything in the fandom), and she must know that? like she’s not oblivious is she? so why would she like…. put subject between their sons? ?? it feels like it’s a bone to “hey i never gave you harry x draco, so here are their sons, who i’m also never going to give you”
also? if grindelwald WAS dumbledore’s bf at some point, what does that say about what she thinks about queer men? he’s deeply predatory and preys on credence in a very creepy way that plays on stereotypes about older gay men preying on younger gay boys, and he’s also a disgusting villain played by johnny fucking depp, an abuser (who SHE SUPPORTS) of all people. what does that say about what her mind goes to when she thinks about gay men?????
i don’t actually know her role in those films, but she has said she loves depp, what he’s done with the character, and where the darkness of grindelwald is going in the first movie and its sequels, so even if her role is very little, she supports what is being done.
also…. um apparently newt scamander created a werewolf registry…. a little honest to god werewolf registry in the fucking 40s….. ??????????? what r we supposed to think here, about a registry of discriminated ppl in the FORTIES…….????? and that’s the protag of fantastic beasts… cool it’s fine it’s fine
ableism
when talking about irredeemable characters like voldemort, she literally said that “whether it’s a personality disorder or illness” they’re not redeemable…. !!!?? here is a post on that subject with links to the sources of the interviews she said this in.
i don’t know where to put this bc this could be any number of things but i just thought about this so i’ll put it here: the thing that’s created in fantastic beasts, where it’s like basically a personification of anguish from suppressing magic – that’s quite blatantly a reference to any number of minorities, like gay people suppressing their sexuality, trans people suppressing their gender, the mentally ill and disabled pushing themselves too hard or trying to ignore/hide it… and credence was vilified and killed and the protags weren’t even… really sad about it?? and the ministry of magic never really THOUGHT About that they just killed him….. and that’s okay…. that’s fine… they’re just going around killing a bunch of KIDS who are inconvenient to them and who basically symbolize a whole number of oppressed groups. cool, it’s fine
you could also make a point that werewolves also represent the mentally ill, and all the same fucked up shit basically applies here
she also said that everything that muggles can get can be cured by magic, thereby effectively giving some bullshit reason for not actually having any disabled or mentally ill characters, also assuming that it’s not totally ableist to just…. “cure” all that? she didn’t say it specifically about mental illnesses and disabilities, but it’s clear to see that with her attitude on “irredeemable” mentally ill people, she would
fatphobia
most fat characters in harry potter are shitty people. the dursleys, pettigrew, and umbridge – all characters we’re supposed to find deeply wrong, the ones we’re supposed to hate the most other than, like, voldemort. like…..? a lot of the other fat characters are all “matronly” like molly weasley or stubborn and “lazy” like cornelius fudge who allowed voldemort to rise to power. like what’s that supposed to say about what she thinks the extent of fat people is? stubborn, evil, or motherly?
she actually has a character grow fatter and fatter based on how shitty she acts towards harry because of a magic mishap. she also usually describes the nice fat people as “plump” and “pleasant,” while she describes dudley as “so much like a pig” that he couldn’t even be turned furhter into a pig when it was attempted, or as a “killer whale,” or vernon dursley as “having no neck”
her fascination with abusers
exhibit a: she loves johnny depp, she loves him for the part of grindelwald, she praises what he’s done for the character, she praises his casting. he’s abused his wife..................
exhibit b: she loves dumbledore. he is constantly manipulating harry and not actually helping him get out of difficult situations at home or at school, putting him and the other kids in danger multiple times, not talking about important information to keep them safe, like??
exhibit c: snape. a fucking nasty ass creep to lily. neville’s GREATEST FEAR. like i dont’ even need to talk about this, we all know snape, dumbledore, and johnny depp are shitty lmfao
and yet she named harry’s kids after dumbledore and snape, like they didn’t fuck harry’s life up, especially snape, who terrorized him and his friends.
in conclusion fuckos
she’s nasty!!!!! i was going to do a section on sexism but i can’t find anything – i think she’s too much of a White Feminist to be sexist, probably. likely she cares more about researching feminist issues than she does about researching native myths before she steals them for her own gain lmfao. there is the fact that she supports an abuser like johnny depp, tho!
she is constantly like… going against all this on twitter too lmfao, like it’s hard to find good articles on her shittiness on the first page of google bc most of it is “jk rowling defends trans people against transphobic tweet, jk rowling defends muslims against islamophobic tweet, jk rowling defends [this group or that group]” and yet she includes so much bigotry hidden in the details of her books and what she says about her books. like i know some of this isn’t quite on the surface, but ultimately when you write a book with subjects you don’t really know about, your inherent biases are going to be apparent under the surface, and since she’s such a famous author with so many books and so much spotlight on her, if you dig in a little you can make easy conclusions/clearly see what she thinsk about minorities. so it’s really fucking annoying that she’s so “good and progressive” on twitter because it’s obviously performative so she can get the progressive points required for more people to buy her shit. like that’s the best word i can think of to describe her: performative.
#this took me two hours to compile please appreciate me hhhhhHHHH#i know i didn't source a lot but i can find sources if y'all want. most of it is me just talking about what she's said anyway#ask#anon#anti jk rowling#anyway let it be known i love harry potter as much as the next asshole of this generation but you can love hp and hate her
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Thanks for the tag, @cassianserso! :D
Choose any three fandoms (in a random order) and answer the questions, then tag some friends.
I’m choosing:
Star Wars
A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)
Harry Potter
answers below the cut because i’m wordy as per usual
the first character you loved:
Luke Skywalker
Arya (honestly I think I liked her before I even picked up the books because tumblr. I joined tumblr when season 1 was happening, so like so many gifs were all over my dash, particularly of the scene with Arya, Sansa and Joffrey by the river.)
Oh hmm this was so long ago but probably Hermione?
the character you never expected to love so much:
Jyn Erso. Yea, I saw the Rogue One trailers and hated them. “This is a rebellion. I rebel.” I thought, rebel without a cause, annoying. But obviously that’s not Jyn and iloveher now)
Jaime Lannister, although ‘love’ seems too strong. I like him as a character which says a lot because he’s so easy to hate from the very beginning. But his chapters in A Storm of Swords with Brienne blew me away. I’ll never get over how “the thing he is loved for doing is the worst thing he ever did” (the sitch with Tyrion and Tysha) and “the thing everyone hates him for is the best thing he ever did” (killing the Mad King). Yes, he does horrible things, inexcusable, but he also does good, he really loves his brother, and his arc and relationship with Brienne is one of the stories in ASoIaF I find most interesting.
Neville Motherfucking Longbottom. My hero. He’s kind of a nobody at first but (a) it does take courage to stand up to your friends and (b) just like book 7. you rock Neville you rock.
the character you relate to the most:
Bodhi Rook
Sansa Stark
Neville Longbottom
the character you’d slap:
Kylo Ren
the easy answer is Joffrey. fortunately he is slapped many times. but my real answer is Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) bc yea. fuck that guy. he is the source of so much drama and he knows it and it’s why he does it. also he’s a creep.
Dolores Umbridge
three favourite characters (in order of preference):
Luke Skywalker, Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook
Arya Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Sansa Stark
Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley
a character you liked at first but don’t anymore:
Han Solo. I mean. I don’t really dislike Han. But I don’t like him as much as I used to, and there’s no one else who fits the bill here. If anything, it’s Harrison Ford I don’t like.
Daenerys Targaryen
Percy Weasley
a character you did not like at first but now do:
Cassian Andor. omg expel me from the fandom now. the story here is this is what happened with Rogue One [if you’re gonna read this read it ALL bc it starts out bad]: (a) I hated the trailers, was prepared for it to suck; (b) I saw Fantastic Beasts and my head was totally in a “ooh pretty magical creatures i want a light fairy tale right now” kind of space, NOT AT ALL in the mood for a darker Star Wars movie; and (c) before I went to see RO, my sister said, in front of my fiance, ‘omg Diego Luna’s character is soooooo your type, you are going to love him.’ now. i have a problem with being called predictable which is a story for another time. and even though i’m pretty sure my fiance didn’t (and doesn’t) care about how much i like cassian/diego luna (i mean he teases me now), i still felt weird about it at the time bc i’m dumb. so i was sort of in a stubborn ‘i’m not gonna like him -- i’m not gonna like this movie at all’ mood. then cassian comes on screen and he’s running late and he’s antagonizing his agent in a way i didn’t find believable as a spy thing when you’re relying on people to give you information you can’t harass them like that, i mean u can but i think it’s about knowing how to interact with a particular agent and it wasn’t working with tivik since it then causes a scene that attracts the stormtroopers and then he fucking shoots tivik and i was just like ‘no. ok no. i know exactly what you’re doing here -- he’s the edgier hero who’s gonna get redeemed’ and -- see aforementioned ‘head space’ comment, i was just like ‘i am not here for that, not in my star wars’ kind of thing. it’s not that i think it’s a bad thing, just that i wasn’t in the Mood for it. not a legit reason I KNOW. and so during the eadu fight, i’m all with Jyn, and (cringing) yes i was one of those ppl at the end when cassian comes back and kills krennic, i was like ‘oh SUURE a woman can’t do anything by herself can she’. okay. okay. i was ready to write off rogue one after that. i mean, i DID enjoy the last 45 minutes and darth vader etc etc, but i still was just like ‘as a star wars movie meh’ BUT you see. i was on tumblr. and i start seeing gifs, ok. gifs of diego luna’s face right after he shoots tivik. and i’m like. ‘oh. oh damn. this man can act.’ and then ppl keep talking about the kiss in the elevator’ and i’m like ‘well yea they did kiss that happened. didn’t it?’ and then i don’t know. and so for xmas we bought my fiance’s sister tickets to see rogue one cuz she hadn’t seen it yet. so i’m like, ok. i’m gonna watch for this kiss. and NOW. my biggest (and still standing) complaint with Rogue One is the pacing. they cram so much into that movie it doesn’t give you a lot of time to ruminate, and i like ruminating (but honestly that’s what fic is for). anyways. i’m watching it a second time and i know the story better now, i don’t need to like hold on tight trying to keep that thread together, trying to keep track of what’s going on and which damn planet they’re on now etc etc. and i start seeing things. with the characters. with everyone. everyone. bodhi and chirrut and baze and YES CASSIAN. and i’m like oh. oh i’ve gotten this wrong. and i leave the theater and i can’t stop thinking about jyn and cassian and i read the novel and it’s not that jyn can’t do it alone it’s that she only ever wanted someone to come back for her and that’s what cassian does and NOW. well. y’all know where i am now.
so the point is, I WAS DUMB the end i love cassian andor he is amazing and great and i am sorry
sansa
luna
three otps:
Jyn/Cassian, Han/Leia (my first OTP ever tbh although that was before I was ever involved in fandom or the Internet), and ... I can’t really think of a third? Like I enjoy Luke/Bodhi, but I also like Luke with Mara. I don’t have a ship for the ST, but I think an OT3 of Rey/Finn/Poe is cool. I mean I really can’t pick one person for Finn it’s really hard bc everyone wants him, rightly so. I’m also not a HUGE fan of Padme/Anakin, but I am a fan of stories about the Skywalker family as a whole? Could I say One Big Happy Skywalker Family?
Arya/Gendry, Brienne/Jaime, Jon/Ygritte
Harry/Ginny (my first actual OTP where I participated in fandom), Hermione/Ron, Newt/Tina
Tagging: @theputterer, @allatariel, @vaderkat, @ta-dala, @jeeno2, @jenniferjuni-per, @moonprincess92nz, @deadpanprincess aand honestly anyone else who wants to do this bc i think this is a super fun ask and would love to read y’alls thoughts??? so tag me if u do it! [also usual disclaimer applies: no pressure if you don’t want to do this.]
#tag meme#1#2#3#4#5#is that the right way to tag this so it doesn't show up in the search?#sometimes i know what i'm doing#usually i don't#anyways#star wars#hp series#ASoIaF
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ongniel quidditch au
ok so my friend and i talk about hogwarts aus too much and i was yearning for a quidditch au and this happened sorry i got carried away lol
ok so daniel is 100% a gryffindor dun even fight me on this its Canon™
ong’s a gryffindor too, and is the keeper of the gryffindor quidditch team
here’s what happened lets go
quidditch season hasnt started but gryffindor are feeling the loss from last year because hufflepuff and ravenclaw were ON FIRE last year (where do they get those active first years,,,, we want sum of dat….)
seongwoo obv be feeling the determination theyRE GOING TO KILL IT!!! FROM THE BEGINNING!!! TO THE END!!! THE HOUSE CUP!!! IS GRYFFINDOR’S FOR THE TAKING!!!!
he also feeling the pressure because gryffindor are forgetting what it’s like to have a house cup win tbh
ok anyways
since he’s the keeper and everything he knows his team need to count on him yknow
he’s always extra early for team practices and spends all his free time practicing quidditch with some new teammate he persuaded one day (read: bribed)
prob went smthg like hey kiD!! HELP TOSS SOME QUAFFLES INTO THESE HOOPS FOR ME!!!
rip woojin lmfao ong’s always like lmao if thats u trying to score i might as well switch and play chaser instead
all in good fun he gives pointers to lil woojin on what to do to catch the keeper off guard
good practice for himself too
honestly though at some point woojin is prob thinking something like…. ong… shouldn’t u…. be studying…. for NEWTs…..
seongwoo : newts? haha what,,,,, are those ha,,,,ha,,, idk what ure talking bout
same
ok so one day after like 3 days of no sleep after trying to finish like 6 diff essays for all his subjects (don’t procrastinate friendos)
boi literally tired as fuck but still has the energy to drag his ass out to the quidditch pitch to practice
that saturday the slytherin and gryffindor captains scheduled a practice match to get into the groove of playing again before official matches starts
ofc he needs to show his best right off the bat
all his classmates tried to hold him back but his excuse was that he gotta train the newbie so he can do his best for the match
also secretly because it’s his last year he wants to show that it’s not been a waste and he’s become a very very reliable keeper and that gryffindor CAN win this year
so yes, he still goes to practice
remember boi on zero sleep and like 20 mins in woojin asks if he’s feeling okay since no sarcastic quips or anything
surprise surprise ong passes out but he like doesn’t go pancake because woojin manages to kind of stop him from doing so
still fucks up his wrist and ankle on landing though but he’s out of it and woojin is prob freaking tf out omg what am i gonna do ???
does the reasonable thing and sprints off to get madam pomfrey
hold your horses i know daniel hasnt come into this yet chill
ong has to stay in the hospital wing overnight bc of exhaustion but at least his wrist and ankle are okay right?
nah
he has to miss the practice match because his body isnt recovered enough for sports yet
he still goes to watch the match though
took a loooooot of convincing but madam pomfrey was finally like fine! bc he was being really loud and she wanted to shut him up hyahwhaghwhaha
when he gets to the pitch they had already begun playing and he sees kim donghan playing in his place and is reassured bc he was a natural even if he wasnt a regular
there’s other people from the two houses watching too
ta-daaa that’s when he meets daniel
daniel is an avid quidditch fanboy ok
always on top of quidditch news and never misses a game
this boy is the definition of House Pride he’s screaming the loudest and always gets hella hyped before matches
the type to walk up to people on the mornings of match day and tells them to cheer loudly for gryffindor to give them the support
gryffindor hasnt won a house cup in forever tbh but that doesnt phase him he just loves quidditch and is extremely passionate about the sport and his house so regardless of the result he will always remain their tru no.1 fan
about that practice match
lets be real we would all like to just sleep on saturday morning
daniel? practice match? give him the time and date and he’s there and prepared with snacks and drinks for the players he managed to get from the house elves what a considerate babu
he gets there extra early that morning because he knew there was a new first year playing and he wanted to cheer extra loud to give him confidence awwwwwawaw
but when he sees the team members arrive he notices
seongwoo isnt there?
that one fourth year boy is playing instead so he gets a little confused
seongwoo has never NOT played in any of their matches so he wondered why he wasn’t this time
he wasn’t even at the practice, even though everyone else on the team was
cue quidditch nerd daniel minutely freaking out lmao
he went through the possibilities in his head
team drama? detention? OVERSLEEPING??? decided to do a 180 and become studious???
WHAT HAPPENED THAT THEIR KEEPER ISN’T PLAYING
his brain was about to explode but he stops when he sees the familiar boy walk up to the top of the stands and get comfortable
he’s still really confused
why is he watching and not playing??
lmao the practice match started 5 mins ago but he’s too distracted bc he doesn’t know why THE ong seongwoo isnt participating in it
he debates going up to ask him about it
but like,,,, he never spoken to the dude before
what if he’s in a shit mood
screw it
abruptly gets up to go walk up to where ong is
prob trips on the way up, someone babyproof him
ong is so fixated on the match he doesn’t realise someone is standing next to him
when he does
“may i help u”
he recognizes him too
because like he’s always there at practices and is maybe a bit mad for quidditch
kind of endearing
daniel honestly prob gets caught off guard hayahahaHAHAHA
“just,,, wondering why you aren’t out there”
“eh, fucked up and slacked off with homework and now my body’s dealing with the consequences”
he cant help the frustration in his voice
daniel just kinda feels bad
bc he looks so,,, tired? and also kind of angry that he couldn’t play bc of his own carelessness
he’s always priding himself on being a reliable teammate but here he is missing matches smh
but he doesnt tell daniel that lol
“why are you sitting all the way up here? pretty sure you can get a better view from anywhere else”
ong prob jokingly says some shit like he cant let anyone else in his presence what a drama queen
he really likes the feel of the wind from high up
that’s why he plays quidditch, being up in the air just makes him feel free
anyways
daniel and him end up watching the rest of the match together
ong pointing out certain tendencies and habits his teammates have when playing
daniel pointing out how well the team work together and how he feels like this year is the year for gryffindor u feel
ong kind of just
??
“you really think so?”
bc why wouldnt he right
“it’s just that… gryffindor hasn’t won a house cup in a long time”
and tbh theyre all feeling it, no one says it though
just sucks that they KNOW theyre doing good but never seem to be able to come out on top
daniel looks at him like :O
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE MAN
LIKE
“YALL BEEN PRACTICING YOUR ASSES OFF AND THAT NEW CHASER GOT SOME POTENTIAL AND WORKS SO SO WELL WITH THE OTHER TWO AND OUR BEATERS ARE BACK BETTER THAN EVER NOW THAT OWLS ARE OVER ALSO OUR SEEKER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING AND WE HAVE YOU!!!!! YOU!!!!! MR RELIABLE KEEPER ALWAYS THERE TO COOLLY STOP THE OTHER HOUSE FROM SCORING”
lmfao he gets flustered after that and just quickly tells him to get better soon and to have faith in his team and himself
he constantly checks in with ong after that though
can’t really forget about the look on ong’s face when he talked about missing the game, even if it was a simple practice match
something in him just told him that ong was feeling shit about what happened when he couldn’t play
so he just tries to send positive vibes his way lol cute
even if it’s just walking by him in the great hall at breakfast and calling out for him not to slack off in class
or not to push himself too hard in practice
he prob even watches the team practice regularly and calls out “you guys did well today! we’re gonna win this year!!!”
just…. postive ball of sunshine spreading positivity
ong always spends some time after practice to talk to daniel to get to know him
its the least he can do bc daniel’s been so supportive of the team
daniel just hopes the dude remembers to take care of himself better tbh dont we all
ong won’t admit like ever but he 100% looks forward to daniel’s encouragement in the morning pfft
(and also totally wants to get to know daniel more other than him being a massive quidditch fan lol)
since then he finds himself working a lot harder to keep up with his workload in class so he can be on top of his game for quidditch
prob looks around in the crowd for daniel at games tbh hahAHAHHDAHA
this boi confident for matches he brings his A game all the time
both of them prob think its sad that they only really became friends in ong’s last year but hey better late then never right
#wanna one#produce 101#ong seongwoo#kang daniel#why the fuk is this so long omfg hahahdahdahj#im sorry i got carried away i needed to stay awake for medication#hogwarts au#quidditch#ongniel#wanna one scenarios#words
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‘cause when you walked into the room just then
theatre au collab with @alrightpotter. here’s her part.
a/n: lucie, my love!!! happy birthday!!! i’d want to know you if you reached peak gay or became buffy summers dog or could only eat car tires. i love you badly. id probably give up weetbix for you. have the best day in the world.
Godric’s Post 8th February 2009
Film: The Wind In the Whomping Willows
Director: Bathilda Bagshot
Plot Summary: 4 friends go for a picnic. Boredom ensues.
I’ve never liked Bathilda Bagshot, and yes this may have been because of an incident at one of my parents’ house parties where she literally hissed at me when I reached for another baked potato, but the point still stands. She continues rely on prolonged dialogue scenes that don’t move the plot along and stretch to the point of absurdity, until the viewer is begging for a change in scene, shot, anything, only to presented with (unbelievably) yet more boredom.
So put aside whatever resentment you’re harbouring that I just name dropped Bathilda Bagshot and that she used to come to my house, and wallow in how wasted my Friday night was watching this garbage. My personal highlight was the closing credits, because it meant I could at last be free from this endless hell of four people sitting in a wood, talking about sandwiches and grass for two hours straight.
Naturally I imagine some people enjoyed the film, (Bagshot does know her way around a camera, I’ll give her that, the cinematography was flawless.) however dear, cherished, hopefully-subscribed-and-not-reading-this-on-the-free-trial-reader, I must ask: who doesn’t like a little during movie commentary? Before Friday I would have said no one, but after Friday I would have to say no one, with the exception of uptight, haughty gingers.
Rather like Penelope Clearwater’s unfortunate character in The Wind in the Whomping Boredom, I too found myself being falsely accused of a crime I did not commit. In Clearwater’s case (she shines in the film, despite Bagshot’s insistence she be holding a mirror in every scene) it was of stealing the picnic sandwiches. Mine was the slightly more serious charge of ‘injuring’ a fellow reviewer.
I want it stated for the record that no such injury occurred, and that as far as I am aware popcorn is rarely classified as an assault weapon, but I am willing to hear argument on the matter. However I could be wrong because the reviewer in question seemed to genuinely enjoy the Wind In the Whomping Waste of Time, so maybe it wasn’t her eye that should be examined, but her brain.
In summary: this film has done the impossible and been even more tedious than Bagshot’s last effort, A History of the Snake Inside Me, which I didn’t think possible. My nine-year-old criticisms rarely stand up to scrutiny but I think my judgement of Ms Bagshot being The Worst has proven correct. Furthermore, I want it noted for no particular reason at all that if at any point I am contacted by a lawyer about paying medical bills for a non-existent injury, I will do something else ‘ridiculous’ and ‘childlike’ like toilet papering a Certain Reviwers house or broadcasting my witty and hilarious movie commentary over a loudspeaker during each and every film I will ever attend from this point on.
(the editor Remus J. Lupin wishes to clarify for legal reasons that comments above are aimed at no particular individual, all wishes views presented are the writer and the writers views alone, and to please not sue the paper)
Godric’s Post 3rd March 2009
Film: 101 Fantastic Beasts
Director: Newt Scamander
Plot Summary: CGI animals have a good time. Audience have a good time.
Scamander has always had a talent for animation, even his questionable films like Beasts Which Are Fantastic If Only We Knew Where To Find Them (nonsensical, long-winded title) and The Porpentina Goldstein Story (thought it was going to be about hedgehogs. It was not.) should be seen purely for their onscreen beauty alone.
Thankfully, 101 Fantastic Beats wasn’t a repeat of the Hedgehog Incident but rather exactly what it says on the tin, 101 Fantastic Beasts romping around the city and having a jolly good time, until one of them dies and the entire world becomes a bleak hell-scape that you are desperate to escape because you can’t stop crying.
Unfortunately my screening experience of this charming film was somewhat hindered by the near constant stream of insults and accusations of ‘eye assault’ from a Certain Reviewer which culminated in said reviewer tipping popcorn that Was Not Hers across The Innocent Victims Lap.
The reviewers in question needn’t have ever spoken again but because a Certain Reviewer had slandered another Wholly Blameless Reviewer in her paper, which the Wholly Blameless Reviewer’s Mother reads, some things had to be sorted out. And those things were trying to get the Certain Reviewer to print a retraction so the Wholly Blameless Reviewers Mother would stop bloody going on about it.
On top of this Wholly Blameless was mocked mercilessly for showing emotion during what ranks as one of the most heart-breaking scenes of all time, next to such movie moments as the ending of Dead Poets Society and the shooting of Bambi’s mother in Bambi. Obviously a Certain Reviewer needs to borrow a heart so she doesn’t have to poke fun at others for having what she does not: feelings. Wholly Blameless would be happy to lend her some of his, as he’s just good like that and not at all the ‘slice of expired a*shole’ he’d previously been accused of being.
101 Beasts has heart (unlike Certain Reviewer’s) and is appropriate for the whole family excluding twelve year olds, because obviously they’re terrible and you’d never want to take them anywhere anyway, so it’s a win-win.
(The editor wishes to clarify that the writers list of saddest movie moments is flawed because it has left off the Jack death scene from Titanic because the writer thinks ‘Cameron clearly emotionally manipulated the audience’ and ‘there was plenty of room for both of them on that door’ because the writer is an imbecile. The editor cannot believe he is the film critic.)
Godric’s Post 11th April 2009
Film: The Cupboard Under The Stairs
Director: Gilderoy Lockhart
Summary: You really don’t want to know.
Gilderoy Lockhart has won two Oscars, and yet every time I watch one of his films I have to forcefully remind myself that it wasn’t shot by a nine-year old with a camcorder who uses their dog as a sound assistant. The dullness of the film will stun and bewilder all who see it, as it defies reason why such a thing should be made.
True Hairy Chins Shouldn’t Be Seen By The Public was wildly funny (despite meaning to be a serious documentary), but aside from that I can’t think of a Lockhart film I’ve ever enjoyed aside from classics like Gadding With Ghouls and Travels With Trolls which hardly look like Lockhart films at all, despite him having directed them.
Cupboard Under The Stairs is so mind-blowing ridiculous, from the wooden dialogue to the extended shots of director and star Lockhart doing mind-numbingly boring tasks while smiling garishly, that when I found myself sitting next to a Certain Reviewer I didn’t even bother to move but rather stayed if only to have something to do. A slight physical fight broke out, and by fight I mean a Certain Reviewer hit me for a comment I made about the twenty second long director credit, so obviously I pinched her, and then before I knew what was happening we had been thrown out.
I don’t want you to think, dear reader who has clicked on this review and therefore pays my rent, that I might have acted unprofessionally by getting thrown out a movie twenty minutes in. I want to clarify: I absolutely acted unprofessionally. There is no ‘might’ about it. But my point still stands: the film was garbage, and that fact that I could tell this from only the first twenty minutes is further evidence of its garbagery.
Now I know at this point you’re all clambering to hear more about the two hours I spent alone with a Certain Reviewer, as for some bizarre reason, you’re all incredibly interested in our relationship built off pure loathing and irritation. Well, prepare yourselves readers, because a Certain Reviewer’s favorite filmmaker is not only Wes Anderson (!! There should be a limit to the amount of pastel on a screen at one point). But she also hasn’t read the best novel of all time, The Great Gatsby, and then told me that that ‘wasn’t that weird’ and asked me to ‘close my mouth’ because ‘its been two minutes’ and its ‘getting weird’.
However she did earn points back by liking Star Wars (if she hadn’t, I may have committed a crime worse than Cupboard Under the Stairs’ acting) and she also noted that Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet was her sexual awakening, and I to felt a deep attraction to DiCaprio and still do despite his insistence on growing a beard every few years. She laughed at this, but I think it was a laugh of agreement, so therefore it wasn’t bad.
Cupboard Under the Stairs was one of the worst atrocities committed to film, but a Certain Reviewer agreed that Han shooting first was an important part of his character, so all is not wrong with the world.
Text from James Potter to Sirius Black: do u think i look like leonardo dicaprio
Sirius Black: no
Sirius Black: is this bc evans said she liked him
James Potter: absolutely not
Text from James Potter to Remus Lupin: do i look like leo dicaprio
Remus Lupin: firstly, dont call him leo
Remus Lupin: and secondly, obvsly not
Remus Lupin: no two people have ever looked more different
James Potter: fuck u
Text from James Potter to Peter Pettigrew: do i look like leo dicaprio
Peter Pettigrew: no u look like u have a thing for evans
Peter Pettigrew: sirius told me to say that
Peter Pettigrew: whos evans
James Potter: do u not even read my fuckin column pete
Peter Pettigrew: it costs four pounds a week to subscribe to ur shitty paper i don’t have that kind of money
Godric’s Post 3rd May 2009
RED CARPET WATCH
The Godric’s own Sirius Black, gossip columnist extraordinaire, was sent to the Red Carpet premiere of A Streetcar Named the Knightbus and reported back to us on all the hot gossip and glamour of the night.
In what may have been my favorite red-carpet to date, not in the least because Rita Skeeter was thrown out for badgering guests only ten minutes in, but because the greatest thing in the world happened. It was so great in fact, that I managed to look past the colossal injustice of me not being invited to walk the carpet myself, which was clearly a mistake (the editor Remus J Lupin would like to clarify it was not) and have a roaring good night.
May I just clarify that by roaring good night I mean I got absolutely plastered (The editor wishes to state that The Godric does not promote drinking) so the night comes back to me in bits, and from what I can remember everyone looked great. I can’t remember what the film was about, or even if they let me in (editor: they did not.) but even if it wasn’t I’m sure the film was good too. (editor: it was average)
But as I mentioned above, the best thing in the world happened, and that was that The Godric’s very own film critic James Potter got to walk the red carpet. He will tell you this is because his insightful and poignant columns are finally getting the attention they deserve. Any sane person would then loudly talk over him and say the real reason is because he’s become rapidly more popular with the introduction of a Miss Lily Evans, also a film critic, into his weekly reviews. Or, as James calls her, A Certain Reviewer. (editor: for legal reasons the editor must assert that A Certain Reviewer could be any individual and to please not sue the paper for defamation.)
Turns out Miss Evans had a popularity boost as well, because she was also on the red carpet, looking ravishing in a backless teal ballgown, and honestly, readers, it was a sight to see Evans in that dress. Potter obviously thought so to, as he spent the entire night staring. And not subtle staring. Obvious, in-awe, I-can’t-believe-a-person-can-look this-good, staring.
Now, once I’d gotten over the fact that not once in our ten-year friendship had James ever given me that look, I was absolutely thrilled. I had a thirty pound bet going that they’d be together by May and I’d just won, if that look was any indication. (the editor: it was twenty pounds.)
Furthermore, Evans and Potter spent the entire night talking, not even noticing how the cameras had utterly latched on to them despite having no idea who they were, purely based on the looks they were giving each other. It was a sight to behold, seeing two utterly oblivious people in formalwear hold a conversation probably about the merits of dressing gowns (they talk about weird stuff like that) while what felt like the entire world took photos.
Now I’m aware I’m meant to be discussing the gossip and glamour from the whole night and not just two D-list celebrities who happen to both be my friends. But consider this: I do not care. These photos are modern art. Both so clearly have a crush on each other it’s embarrassing. Even Moony would have to agree (the editor: I do.). Anyway, in summary of the night: I bet everyone reading this that they’ll be screwing in a month. Mark my words.
[image: a man in a suit and a woman in a dress, against a while backdrop with A Street Car Named the Knightbus film logo printed across it. Her head is turned towards him, laughing, holding a delicate purse. He is looking at her, mouth parted, like she is the first girl he has ever seen. Something to be looked at just to make sure she didn’t disappear, blown by the wind, like in a dream. A dream girl- except not. A real girl, in a real dress, in a real place. He can’t quite believe it. A hundred camera flashes go in the background.]
Text from Sirius Black to James Potter: so whens the wedding
James Potter: i fuckin hate u
Sirius Black renamed the group james’ got the hots for evans
James Potter: this is cyber bullying
James Potter: im calling netsafe
Remus Lupin renamed the group netsafe cant help the fact that ur in love with evans
James Potter renamed the group stop now
Sirius Black renamed the group not a chance mate
Sirius Black created the Facebook Page Lily Evans and James Potter should get it on
This page received 17,798 likes.
Text from Lily Evans to Sirius Black: im going to fucking maim u. take it down.
Sirius Black: sent a link
Lily Evans: if that’s a link to the fucking page i will cut your balls off
Sirius Black: its not
Sirius Black: on an unrelated note do not click on that link it is a virus I just remembered
Remus Lupin created the Facebook Page Lily Evans and James Potter should get it on part two because lily made us delete the last one
This page received: 21,104 likes.
(don’t forget to check out ellie’s part here)
#buffysummere#love you so much my love HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL (A BUFFY REFERENCE LOOK AT ME GO)#jily#james potter#lily evans#ellie#brotp: the lot#otp: alright evans?#hp#carolineswritingtag#carolines collabs
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Valentine’s Ask Meme
Stolen from @bookwyrmling >3
Your favourite non-canon ship? Houdini/Adelaide (though they kissed once), Tarrant/Alice, Axel/Roxas, there’s too many
Is there a ship you didn’t like at first but ultimately started shipping? Sherlock/Molly. I was convinced in the beginning he would only ruin her if they ever got together, but we’ve seen so much growth from Sherlock that I no longer believe it. And it’s so cute
What is the rarest rare pair (that you ship)? Either Molly/Lestrade or Rin/Rei
Name a popular ship you don’t get the appeal of. John/Sherlock. Sherlock/Irene. Or I guess I could say Holmes/Watson or Holmes/Adler because I don’t get the appeal of either of those through any of the adaptations. I understand why people go for it I just don’t get the popularity I guess
What is your most fluffy + happy ship? Ummmmmm Jacob/Goldie if you don’t count that Obliviation stuff because I’m convinced he remembered and they are HAPPY TOGETHER
What is your most angsty ship? Ummm. Doumeki/Watanuki, Fai/Kurogane, any CLAMP pairing tbh
A non-canon ship that should be canon? All of them???
Your oldest ship; the one you’ve shipped for the longest time? Axel/Roxas… or Tohru/Kyo, I can’t remember which I got into first KH or FB XD
What ship represents the kind of relationship you’d love to have? I don’t know oh my God. Probably Houdini/Adelaide since it’s genuine friendship where two closed off people open up to each other + sarcasm and teasing
Is there a ship that makes your skin crawl? I was gonna say Strange/Norrell because I’ve seen a fair bit of that in this fandom but CREDENCE/GRAVES THIS I CANNOT. FUCK NO
What is a character you can only imagine in one particular ship? Mikleo, because he belongs with Sorey
What is your favourite canon ship? FenHawke FenHawke FennyFennyFenHawke Fenris and Hawwwwwke
Name a ship that deserved more content. Molly/Lestrade
Is there a ship you feel gets undeserved hate in fandom? John/Mary, initially just because everyone hated that John/Sherlock wouldn’t sail, and then all of her secrets. I understand the backlash and some of the decisions made for them aren’t my favourite, but ultimately I still think they got too much hate
What is the first ship you had? Again, either Axel/Roxas or Tohru/Kyo
Is there a ship that made you realise something about yourself? Just about every ship I’m into has made me realise new things about myself, be it tiny things or not
Is there a type of ship you always go for? … I like frenemies. The type of people that act like they couldn’t care less about each other but would kill for them. Or ships that involve healing/acceptance on one or both characters parts
Is there a ship the writers have ruined for you? Ichabod/Abbie. I just. What did they do to this show
Is there a ship the fandom has ruined for you? Too damn many.
Have you ever created fan content for a ship? I have over 1000 stories, do edits, make crafts, and draw, so, um, yes.
Favourite thing you’ve ever created for a ship? Just some edits or stories. (I’m still partial to my Inquisition canon divergence where Fenris came along.) And I made Houdini and Adelaide pillow plushies *o*
Is there a ship you’ll never admit you have? No? There’s some friendship pairings I like that I don’t like to say because then people are like YOU SHIP IT?!?! :D :D :D and I’m like… not like that, no.
Have you ever started shipping a ship because of the fans? Yeeesssss. Fenris and Hawke was just because I saw Fenris on my dash and I’m like friggin. And then I saw Fenris and Hawke on my dash and I’m like WHER EBUY GaME
What is one scene you want to see happen for all your ships? Them to be alive and happy
Is there a ship you wish you didn’t know existed? Again, Credence and Graves.
Name a ship that ended like you wanted it to. Magnus and Alec! Fenris and Hawke if we ignore how shittily the LIs were written out in Inquisition. Jacob and Queenie if we assume he remembers. Martin and Theresa from Cabin Pressure *o*
Name a ship that deserved better in the end. All of them? Even most of the ones that have gotten together have had so much strife (also I want to say Ezio/Cristina because Shaun told me she got pneumonia and died but I’m not finished with the game so idk if anything else happened before that?? probably not)
Is there a character you have several ships for? Anyone from Dragon Age but does that even count? OH HAMILTON DUH Alex/Eliza, Alex/John, Alex/Aaron, Alex/Angelica
What is the ship you ignore 98% of canon for? 98%? I don’t think there’s one I ignore that much for. I hate canon sometimes but I don’t ignore that much of it. Maybe 10% or something, idk.
Is there a ship you like but you dislike the fandom? Certain Inquisition ships that I won’t name. Certain CLAMP ships that I won’t name. Like, the fandom for the latter is the reason I stopped writing for CLAMP. Either way I’ve come across so much drama in those two that I just don’t care. Also I don’t like the Sherlock fandom (especially lately
(To be fair: I’ve met plenty of very lovely people in all fandoms, so I know they’re not all bad but bad experiences make my personal opinion - if I know you through these fandoms I do like you it’s just as a whole xD)
Honorable Ship Mentions (bc they warm my heart): I don’t know. My memory is horrible. Fenris/Sebastian. Either of the Hawkes/Sebastian. Sora/Kairi. Jonathan/Arabella. Newt/Tina. Sherlock/Victor. Rose/Dezel. Jude/Milla. Deadpool/Spiderman. On and on???
Tagging whoever wants to do this! :D
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identity ask………oh shit ACCEPTING
1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?
Hm, well I guess this is three questions omg but I’ll just go down the line. If they wanted to really understand me they’d have to read the Bible, which I know is saying a lot in one thing. But the reason I am the way I am is because of the things I’ve learned from that book and I would not be who I am without it. Of course I actually haven’t been able to read the whole thing yet but I take a lot of who I am from it & it’s just something that’s shaped me as a person? Oh but also I really don’t read books much anymore, but if I had to give another one it would be The Last Song? Maybe? ( The book is better than the movie, even tho I like the movie, the books better ) It just talks a lot about forgiveness & stuff and it was a lesson I really needed to learn at the time I read it & also am still learning. OH and also Crazy Love by Francis Chan, which is like a christian book, but it’s also had a huge impact on me, okay but onto watchin’.
Okay this is hard because there isn’t one full thing you could watch where the whole thing has impacted me. But there are a lot of movies I’ve learned from, ( and also since this doesn’t say specifically movies ) there are also a few speeches that I’ve really learned from ( and people would probably be able to understand me better if they watched them. But I can’t name those right now? But, I’d have to say, like, not as a whole, but Dr. Who, at least some specific episodes. Uh, Captain America?? The Help? There are more but I have a hard time naming movies/shows.
Okay and then music, fricken music, okay I could put so so so so many songs down, songs are like the soul of my life & help make me, me BUT I’m just going to give you ONE because if I didn’t this would go on forever and TWO it’s kind of my theme song but I Was Here, by the queen Beyonce. Is like, hands down my favorite *what makes me, me* song. I could name a lot more. I could make a 24 hour long playlist. But I won’t bc that would take forever.
2. have you ever found a writer who thinks just like you? if so, who?
Yes, There have been a few and most of them are not on anymore but, Kae I think I can solidly say we think very similarly on just, like, how to develop muses, how to work out characters and how REAL they’re supposed to be, you know? Characters can, and should have flaws and no one has tons of perfect relationships. Real life is messy & writing should reflect that & I think we are just hella synced with that message & feeling and she’s just lovely so yeah @spookylip is bae & we think alike ( obviously bc we took those selfies that matched wITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ) we are #one
3. list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.
Girl Meets World: Riley Matthews.Glee: Tina Cohen - Chang.Marvel: Captain America, Steve Rogers.Hamilton: Eliza or Peggy SchyulerDisney: HeiHei ( no just kidding ) Moana, Princess Anna, Rapunzel,Harry Potter: Newt ScamanderStar Wars: FinnMy Little Pony: ( don’t u dare judge ) FlutterShyTwilight: Alice Cullen
4. do you like your name? is there another name you think would fit you better?
Okay so I used to not like my name so much ‘cause it was really bland & there were a lot of other girls named rebecca when I was in school, then people started calling me rachel so it was like ‘my name is totally forgettable’ ( or i was i dunno ) but over the past few years I’ve started to love it, though someone ruINED the meaning of it for me *side eyes that kinky anon* but I don’t really care & I love my name now, just, never ever call me becky or I will murder u in ur sleep. :))))
5. do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? do you identify yourself by the things you do?
I was slightly confused reading this but I re-read it & now I get it. I think at the moment, or for the longest time I’ve been a human being, like, there are just no opportunities right now for me to be doing what others my age are, or even younger than me. Not only that but I have to work on a lot of anxieties of mine, but that being said I don’t think I’m doing nothing. What I’m doing is small, yeah, but I try to do the best I can with what I have & I have a lot of faith that things happen for a reason & right now I’m keeping things going in my family & trying to better myself, no matter how many downsides that has, sort of. & I do Identify myself by the things I do, mostly because in doing something you have the opportunity to help someone. I try to do the right things, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t but it’s a daily thing, y’know?
6. are you religious/spiritual?
Yah. You can see that with some of my answers but I am, though I know right now a lot of people assume that if you’re religious ( especially christian, on this site at least ) that it automatically means you’re this, this & this *insert any form of ism or phobic term* but that’s really not how it works. We’re all sinners & no matter what that still doesn’t change the way God feels about us ( no matter what, we, as humans think is sin, or sinful ) I could go on a lot about this topic, honestly it’s a big part of who I am. But personally, I love God, I have a personal relationship with him that I try to work on daily & grow with him daily, my God is all loving and I just wished more people my age, or at least people on here knew that?? I dunno, there’s just so much rhetoric surrounding Christianity & most of it is wrong & I just??? Mmmm I’m getting off topic but yes! I am! It’s like a huge part of what keeps me going, I love Jesus.
7. do you care about your ethnicity?
YES. Oh my Gosh yeah, okay well I’m white, lmao, but where I come from is still like, really important to me. It used to not be. I actually used to be kind of… not ashamed but embarrassed when my Mom did really dutch things. Like, ok backing up, My grandpa moved here from the Netherlands when he was in his early teens around the time that the holocaust happened, though I couldn’t give you the exact date because I’m hella forgetful but he came with his parents and he met my Grandma and u know the deal it goes down the line. But anyways I used to like, not like the things that came with being dutch, like, I just thought it was all stupid & silly, like clogs & doilies & stupid little things like my great grandma & grandpa always used to use forks & knives with everything because it was a custom where they came from & like, it’s all small things but over the years I’ve just learned to be really proud of where my family came from? My Grandpa went through a lot to come here, he saw a lot of things he never talked about and I didn’t know him well because I was young when he died but I just really love embracing my heritage there & stuff.
Like I’m white yes, and I’m basically a ‘mystery white’ ‘cause my dad is a mutt & my mom isn’t fully dutch either. I’m one of those 10% Irish 25% Hungarian 50% Dutch & 15% other type of whites, but??? I’m still proud of all of it?? Like I love learning about where I came from & who I am & I think everyone should be proud of all parts of their ethnicity. As Matthew Montgomery said: “ Love all your percentages. “
8. what musical artists have you most felt connected to over your lifetime?
shiT fam, this is getting so long & it’s gonna get longer, okay let me just do like… two, tha two tops…
Demi Lovato: Obviously, I mean… obviously She is one of the people I look up to most and I don’t know where I would be if I never had her & her music in my life. She’s taught me so much about strength and confidence and overcoming something when it looks like it will be impossible. She’s helpped me grow into someone who cares & wants to learn & help others and I just admire her so much for what she’s done, for herself, for others and for never giving up when she could have. Not to mention the ballads that have helped me through really hard times, or the speeches she’s given that remind me I’m strong & capable
Taylor Swift: *que everyone groaning who’s reading* anYWAYS I can’t even honestly write down or explain how many times that Taylor and her music has helped me when I felt like I wanted to give up, or how many times I have cried listening to songs that should not have resonated with me but did. She’s helped me to realize not only that I am important but that no matter what, despite what people may do to me, or make me feel that I’m still important and worth working on. She’s also shown me what goofing off can do to make you feel better, how not giving a shit has helped me move on from past relationships and how being unapologetically ME is okay
In fact, I feel like Demi’s taught me those things too. But they’ve both done it in different ways, which I think shows how beautiful loving yourself can be. Because you don’t have to love yourself how another person loves themselves. You have to figure out your own, unique way to view yourself & believe in yourself & love yourself & I think that’s just really beautiful. Now, they both hate each other ( or at least severely dislike one another ) but I just feel like they’ve both done so much for me and I don’t think I could thank either of them enough for showing me strength, beauty, confidence and love in the way they have. It’s insane how much of an impact people can have but they have. I could go on but I woont I promise.
9. are you an artist?
YES I am, though my skill can be debated I love drawing when I’m in the mood & painting & jst everything that has to do with art.
10. do you have a creed?
I don’t know if this means religious, or… otherwise… but I mean, technically I’m a baptist christian ( i think? not sure anymore ) but like, I am Christian, I feel like, sadly, the beliefs I hold are a bit left leaning & less erm, strict? When it comes to how I interpret the bible, where as a my family is different, I think? I don’t know, but I just try to follow the teachings of Jesus & his disciples. “ Love others as I have loved you - John 15:12 “ I do go by other teachings but I think that’s the top of my list. Jesus loves us unconditionally, he died for us, lived for us, and rose again so we didn’t have to burn up in hell for eternity. The least I can do is show everyone the same kind of unconditional love he’s showed me throughout my life & make sure people know that though we do sin & are inherently bad at heart, he still loves us despite our downfalls and doubt. I don’t know if that really answers this question but I had to look up creed & this is the best answer I came up with SO, thank u for sending this in and I love u
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