‘The Unsung Heroes’ taking a stroll
Train: Uh, hay Men?
Men: Ya kiddo?
Train: We where sent on this journey to defeat Dink right?
Men: Ya?
Train: So why haven’t WE fought him yet?
Ancient: Maybe he’s scared of how awesome we are!
Men: considering he’s tried to attack ‘The Chain’ a few times now that’s unlikely, tho it is strange we have yet to see him, let alone encounter him.
Train: Well we’ll just have to keep an eye out for him!
Dink, who has been trying to find ‘The Unsung Heroes’ for the past 2 weeks now: ???
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okay last one for the night but. honestly i really hate how the franchise has been using loyalty to Rick as a shield for so long. If Rick was involved in a project or not doesn't matter, especially not anymore.
ReadRiordan and the publishing for the franchise has been using this tactic for ages - they obscure if any writing related to the series wasn't written by Rick unless it's special circumstances. It's near impossible to find out who the ghostwriters are (Stephanie True Peters and Mary-Jane Knight). TSATS was promoted as the first time we got a non-Riordan (Rick or Haley) author working on one of the companion novels despite having seven already existing ghostwritten books in the series. The only reason Mark Oshiro was emphasized so heavily for TSATS was because they also work as a sensitivity reader for topics such as queer identity, and Rick had received backlash in the past for being a Straight Cis Old White Guy repeatedly falling into bad habits (that he hasn't broken out of) with certain characterizations that he kept doubling-down on or retconning into oblivion. The show emphasizes that Rick was involved, but the LA Times article brings into question exactly how much he was involved, and it doesn't even really matter either way. The ReadRiordan site actively avoids putting any writing credits on their articles (or art credits...) or anywhere on their site.
Practically the entire fandom unanimously agrees the musical - which had zero involvement from Rick - is the best adaptation of the series so far, including the TV show. Some of the best writing to come out of the series recently was the stuff ghostwritten by Stephanie True Peters (Camp Half-Blood Confidential, Camp Jupiter Classified, Nine from the Nine Worlds, etc). And yet when promotional stuff is posted about CHB:C, there's clearly coded language used to hide the fact that Rick himself didn't write it. Yes, that's how ghostwriters work, but at this point we should really stop pretending "Rick Riordan" isn't just a pen name for a group of authors like "Erin Hunter" and that Rick is actually writing everything in the series. I can easily look up and see which Animorphs books were ghostwritten, and who those authors were. I can find every "Erin Hunter" easily listed on official sites. And yet most people don't even know the Riordanverse franchise has ghostwriters at all.
And the franchise is still trying to use the "Tio/Uncle Rick" stuff. Author loyalty and marketing parasocial relationships isn't going to save the franchise when the author himself can't hold up his own original themes or even keep basic series bible details straight, and especially not if the editors are barely if at all doing their job. And please at least get a goddamn series bible by this point.
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Penelope: Welcome to the BAU's first-ever Powerpoint party! I love that we're doing this!!! Before we start, let's go around the table and tell each other what our topics are. Me first! My Powerpoint is "Flirting and Botnets, or How I Accidentally Caught Not One But Two Serial Killers".
Derek: Nice, babygirl. Mine's "Tinder and Talking to the Police: How to Create A Profile That Works".
*The group snorts*
Rossi: I can't believe I'm doing this, but fine. I'm doing "How Not To Burn Your Pasta And Disrespect My Ancestors, Emily".
Emily: I thought it'd be "Four Weddings and a Funeral: The Life of David Rossi".
Rossi: I told you that as a backup.
Emily: Or "No Homo: The Real Backstory of the BAU".
Rossi: *hisses* I told you that in confidence!
Hotch: *sighs* What's yours, Emily?
Emily: Oh, that's easy. Emily in Paris.
Penelope, JJ, and Spencer: Too soon! Too soon!
Hotch: *closes his eyes briefly* Someone please go next.
Spencer: Well, I had a hard time narrowing my presentation down to a single topic because there are a number of topics that I thought the team may find interesting. I thought about pop culture influence on serial killers, the potential long-term effects of Mr. Scratch's cocktails (though I have to admit there's a bit of a personal bias there), the correlation between the crimes committed in hotter weather and colder weather and climate change--
Hotch: Reid? A topic?
Spencer: Right. Mine's Evil Twin or Eviler Twin: Unsub Sibling Rivalry
Emily: All that for--
*JJ shakes her head*
Hotch: JJ?
JJ: Great! I'm doing "Got A Secret, I Can Keep It: How to Keep People Guessing".
Penelope and Reid: Again, too soon.
Emily: What's yours, Hotch?
Hotch: The Definitive Ranking of Broadway Musicals.
Emily: Anderson?
Anderson: How to Survive the BAU Without Being Kidnapped, Assaulted, or Pursued By A Serial Killer.
Rossi: This team needs therapy.
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APRIL MICROFIC — SHAME ON ME
@steddiemicrofic | PROMPT: fool | WORD COUNT: 454 | Rated: M | CW: angst from all sides (happy ending though, always.)
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He should’ve fucking known.
Of course Steve ‘Perfect Fucking Everything’ Harrington didn’t care about—didn’t want—wasn’t in love—
“Eddie—just let me expla—“ Steve starts.
Nope.
“You know what, Steve.” Eddie cuts him off, hopes the vitriol in his voice is heard loud and fucking clear. “Fool me once? Shame on me. Fool me a second time? It’s still shame on me, for being a fucking idiot. But fool me a third time? A fourth? Shame on you, Harrington.” He spits, physically spits at Steve’s stupid fucking feet.
Steve has the gall, the absolute audacity to reach for Eddie’s hand.
“Baby, please just—“
Eddie slaps his hand away. He knows what he saw.
He saw Steve kissing Tommy fucking Hagan.
“Fuck you.”
——
This whole sexuality thing is a mess.
‘I’m sorry my ex best friend shoved his gross tongue down my throat but I was thinking you could fuck me to make me forget about it.’
There’s a 50/50 shot that goes over well.
He didn’t even know he was into guys and then Eddie just—
Eddie’s just—Eddie.
He’s pretty sure he’s not into guys. Or girls actually. He’s just into whatever the hell Eddie is.
And then Eddie kissed him and that was fucking hot and Steve just—ran.
Fool me once.
He did a lot of talking with Rob, figuring things out. He and Eddie fucked talked it out, but then he felt things way too soon and he ran again.
Fool me twice.
Things had been great, fucking wonderful, then Tommy showed up out of nowhere. Fucking grabbed Steve and Eddie saw it.
He doesn’t know how to fix things, this time.
——
“Ed. That boy ain’t leaving and if I have to listen to him banging on our damn door for another minute—“ Wayne gripes.
Eddie huffs.
“Then you tell him to fucking leave!” He snaps.
Wayne levels him with a glare. “Not my fight, boy. Fix it.”
Eddie stomps to the door. Stupid fucking—
“What do you want, Harrington?”
Fuck Steve for looking so damn good, exhausted—but hot as hell.
Bitch.
“I just wanted to explain. He kissed me I—“
Fuck that.
“I’m not really interested in your excuses, alright? I can’t do this anymore.”
Steve looks at him, stupid eyes, big and pleading. “Eds, fool you once shame on me. Fool you a thousand times, shame on me a thousand and one.”
Mmkay. Poetic or whatever. Eddie raises an eyebrow. “Okay—so, is this an apology or—“
Steve huffs, “Yes it’s an apology it’s—I love you, Eddie. I fucking love you and I’m sorry. I really think you’re fucking it for me and if you would just let me—“
Eddie cuts him off, crashing their lips together. They’ll figure it out.
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I am always and forever constantly amazed with the hoops stans will spin and stretch to try to say Jiang Cheng's intentions were always meant to be for the best, he was pressured to abandon Wei Wuxian, his own sadistic and hateful torture of strangers over a man he hates is actually untrue, he just wanted Wei Wuxian as his brother and his love wasn't understood; when in the same exact novel for each of these arguments it is quite literally torn apart by the narration accessing his own thoughts in each of these to say he was a cruel, callous and uncaring as well as violently hateful towards Wei Wuxian, Wen Ning and his family, and Lan Wangji because of his jealousy and pettiness for what he viewed as a problem.
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