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I miss this show!

✩ endless list of favorites ✩

Legend of the Seeker (2008-2010) ❝We all have dark desires, yearnings for vengeance, but you must remember how those feelings stirred your blood, because what marks the line between good and evil is the choice not to act on them.❞

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The Leader's Burden

Chapter 4: Mord-Sith

Chapter 5: Prince

#legend of the seeker #archive of our own #canon divergence #cara mason #prince fyren #mord-sith

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LEGEND OF THE SEEKER (2008 -2010)

#kahlan amnell #legend of the seeker #Confessor

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I miss them so much 😭💔

# team no parachute

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The ones who write their comments directly addressing one of the characters are dope too ❤🤣

list of favorite things as a fanfic author:

When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them

when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing

when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)

when readers quote my work back to me in comments

the frickin’ real heroes here, the ones who comment on every chapter of an ongoing multi-chapter fic

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Can't wait to see those two again!

fun w/ the new shield

#sam wilson #captain america #marvel #mcu #bucky barnes #sambucky #artists on tumblr #artists of tumblr #sambucky show #the falcon

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This is an amazing meta, and I just want to make sure that we don't overlook the female characters of color here. JR's writing and directing hasn't targeted just men, and no I'm not talking about Raven.

To that long list of white villains/authority figures vs undermined/brainwashed/mistreated characters of color, I'm adding Octavia kom Skaikru aka Skairipa aka Bloodreina vs Indra/Monty/Hannah Green/Jaha/Gaia. I'm leaving out the Octavia Blake persona because the problematic dynamic between the Blake siblings alone probably has dozens of metas written already. I'm writing this on the fly so forgive the tangents and lack of chronological order. I'll use episode numbers whenever I remember to smooth down this rushed thing.

Indra started as an unambiguously awesomely badass grounder who quickly took over Lincoln's role as Octavia's mentor because heaven forbid that the initially problematic intercultural relationship turned into the healthiest relationship of all relationships with suspicious age gaps. Of course the older guy couldn't invest time and energy to help his younger and immature girlfriend become his equal. Those Grounders and their non-patriarchal child soldier society are nuts, right?

Back to Indra: she became Octavia's mentor, and in however many months, Octavia unrealistically surpassed her as a fighter. After winning the Conclave, Octavia Kom Skaikru even came up with the uncharacteristically wise idea of Wonkru. Indra's teachings must have helped her come up with that, right? Indra certainly taught her how to name people and concepts in Trigedasleng, but another theory as to the origin of Octavia's benevolent idea (a.k.a I'm reaching way too far but hopefully I'm not alone) is that Octavia's second near death experience with in s4 reminded her of what Monty told her a few minutes before she had another close call in 3x11: he said that she belonged with the 100, that he and her were the same people as members of the 100. That bond took precedence over even a blood family bond because Monty killed his mother to save Octavia.

Hannah Green was a leader of her own right, but she was immediately portrayed as an antagonist by questioning Bellamy's loyalty and authority in Arkadia. Of course no one cared that she got chipped, until JR used her for shocking effect and to torture the beloved Monty not once but twice because he symbolically killed his mom a second time via the CoL.

Back to Octavia at the end of s4: she decided that a 100 people from each kru would be selected to live in the bunker as Wonkru, so in a sense Monty's pep talk from s3 turned her from killer to savior. The switch didn't last, of course.

While Monty indirectly inspired Octavia kom Skaikru the solution to ensure the survival of as many representatives of the human race, he did provide Bloodreina with a direct solution to avoid a war against Elligius IV in s5. And what did Bloodreina do with that brilliant and beautiful solution? She burned it to the...underground, I guess.

Indra was a busy leader in early seasons. She must have dedicated all of her free time to Octavia's education behind the scenes of s2 and s3 because Octavia became a sneaky and efficient killer who additionally understood the less honorable intricacies of grounders culture. Octavia became such a good killer that she earned the moniker Skairipa, to whom King Roan himself trusted his big problem with the theft of the Flame in 4x03. And of course Indra was 'so proud' of her protegee, but not really: she knew that Octavia was losing her way. Yet any attempt to curve Octavia's bloodlust was half-hearted. She easily distanced herself from her biological daughter because of differences in ideologies, but she couldn't risk losing her student of (less than a year? Who knows the timeline before the skip?) over a blunt reality check. Well, Gaia is a strong young black woman, she can handle the cruel Grounder culture, she was born in it! Yes, well, Octavia had a brother and friends like Monty who wouldn't give up on her despite her cold-blooded assassination of Pike. But of course she needed to stick with her Grounder mentor because she was meant to be queen of the Grounders. Duh.

I mean, in 4x03 it was clear that the power dynamics between Indra and Octavia had fully shifted because Roan, a king, was deferential towards Octavia while being dismissive of Indra. Yes, as the Triku leader Roan couldn't trust her, but Octavia was supposed to be Indra's protegee so why trust her? Because she wasn't, which was clear when she didn't consult Indra before deciding to deal with the Flame thief. From then onward Indra became Octavia's advisor from a position of inferiority, and maybe the initial rationale that Indra's injury from Pike and Bellamy's attack in s3 had made her physically weak was valid for a transfer of power...if power only resided in physical strength. Indra should've been able to still boss Octavia around with her inherent charisma, or at the very least Octavia owed her for all that she'd done for her.

And using Indra's injury to diminish her authority over Octavia made no sense the moment Octavia was run through with a sword by Echo before falling off a cliff in 4x04. Not only did she miraculously survive that incident, but she recovered her strength much faster than Indra (youth and "more advanced" medicine can't account for that) and got even stronger after it.

Indra's status as Octavia's subordinate was unambiguous in the bunker when Octavia became Bloodreina, imposing Ancient Greek traditions to the Grounders + Skaikru, who didn't quite live in peace and harmony as Wonkru.

But how did Octavia achieve the Bloodreina status in the first place? By using Jaha's advice to figure out an enemy to fight. Jaha was a charismatic leader and a great loss to the bunker, so of course his last deed was to make sure that a teenage girl could lead 13 krus better than he ever could. Even the fanatic flame keeper Gaia became so devoted to Bloodraina, an outsider who basically violated the Heda customs!

All in all the meta above is thorough at exposing the 100 as a tool of systemic racism, but let's not focus solely on the men. The women have suffered too.

And you know what? I wanted to boycott the rest of the show because I'm a Bellarke shipper, but I like Indra better than Bellamy or Clarke as individual characters, so I guess I'll watch till the bitter end. Adina Porter deserve my loyalty. I hope that Indra didn't die in 7x14 while I was tearing up reading Bellarke fanfics LOL

I was thinking about something… Am I the only one who thought while watching 7x08 of The 100, the backdoor pilot Anaconda “Did Jason Rothenberg write Bill Cadogan as a more charismatic and more powerful self-insert?” Maybe subconsciously? Maybe that was one of the reasons why that episode was well-written, he was writing about something he knows a lot about. I noticed the similarities of the Cadogan family dynamics to the Lightbourne family dynamic from a season before (such as both men being called out for being megalomaniacs/narcissists).

It also strikes me that all the main villains of the last 2 seasons have been megalomaniac privileged white men - Bill Cadogan, Sheidheda, Russell Lightbourne. And even in the other season - we can add the two Wallaces (and the Wallace family dynasty was referenced in Anaconda, too, with the mention of President Wallace’s administration). In season 5 the most villainy villain was McCreary, as a sociopathic manchild who destroyed the Earth because he couldn’t have it all for himself. In the entire show, the human Big Bads of all seasons have been entitled white guys. (The other Big Bads were a computer program and a nuclear disaster, and season 1 didn’t have an overall main villain but many minor ones.)

I normally wouldn’t find anything strange about that - it’s an obvious and safe choice for a villain - but the specific character traits of the megalomaniac, egotistical, power-obsessed and entitled white men of these last couple of seasons and especially season 7 and Cadogan, have really made me think that there may be something subconscious going on there on Rothenberg’s part (probably not intentionally, as that would entail way too much self-awareness).

And there’s also another pattern I’ve noticed this season in particular (though it did not start this season, but now it’s really been maximized). When I wrote my review of 7x12, I was still giving the show the benefit of the doubt and trying to find the positives as well as the negatives, but there was something that had been making me increasingly uncomfortable throughout the season, and I couldn’t help mention that the show finished the last season with the Brainwashed into a Cult Jordan storyline, which was then dropped and ignored in season 7, but only to be replaced by the Indoctrinated into a Cult storyline for another man of color, this time the show’s second protagonist/male lead. 

There is pattern of men of color constantly being portrayed as followers, manipulated and/or brainwashed, usually by white male villains. Even those MOC who still have a mind of their own and aren’t background characters (I think that’s only Gabriel at this point) are not leaders. (Gabriel may do his own thing, but he’s not in charge and agreed to be a Disciple.)

Jordan was brainwashed last season by an annoying Devout guy, a minor character called Trey . That didn’t end up having consequences  except for Jordan spouting pro-Prime propaganda and getting hated by the fandom, and was retconed/ignored/dropped in season 7, except for Jordan continuing to be manipulated by the Devout (Trey and Alyssa) and Sheidheda (as Russell).

But after dropping that storyline, the show had Bellamy - who was a leader and a damn good one - indoctrinated into a cult and a follower of Cadogan. Then murdered. I really don’t want to talk anymore about that horrible plot and death scene. I was deeply uncomfortable with the plot to begin with, but was hoping that the show would do something that makes sense and is respectful to Bellamy’s character. My ideal version was that his friends and particularly Clarke get through to him and he realizes that individual love is not bad, but that his visions and beliefs weren’t entirely wrong, and that he turns his back on Cadogan and his interpretations of it. We know how that worked out.

Nelson was a leader, but was manipulated and used by Sheidheda in a way that didn’t even make sense, preying on Nelson’s emotions and impulsiveness. Later murdered. 

Sheidheda’s main follower was Knight of Sangedakru. There were some minor hints he may have been rethinking his loyalty and fans speculated he may turn, but nope.

Reese Cadogan was the child loyal and subservient to Bill, desperate for his father’s approval. And Bill thinks he may have been killed by his sister (because he can’t imagine another reason he didn’t bring him the Flame - in his mind, he couldn’t have possibly broken away from his influence). 

Miller and Jackson are background characters, in spite of having been on the show since season 1. Miller’s most important arc in the last few seasons was having been a loyal follower or Blodreina. Jackson spent most of his time in the previous 6 seasons as Abby’s sidekick.

Even if we go back to previous seasons… Not to go over the minor characters like Shumway (season 1 minor villain- a follower of Diana Sidney, manipulated and murdered by her). But even Jaha, who was a strong leader, love him or hate him, was a brainwashed follower of ALIE for a full season.

Monty and Lincoln were characters of integrity, but were never put in charge. Lincoln was also a brainwashed slave/monster for half a season - but at least he got to get a revenge on his brainwasher Cage Wallace. Then he got murdered the next season. 

I’d have thought Bellamy was an exception once the show seemed to have stopped trying to impose the idea he was a “follower” and let him be a really good leader in the later seasons…. And then season 7 happened.  (I used to argue the line about him being a “follower” rather than a leader was just something a villain used to taunt him and that was not meant to be gospel truth, but guess what, the latest season has decided to confirm that ALIE!Raven’s taunting was indeed the truth, including that about Clarke being poison to everyone close to her and bringing them all death…)

The only exception was Pike, and he was made to be more hated than any of the white villains who were much worse in terms of motivations, actions and having a sympathetic qualities/backstory to explain their actions.

#the 100 hates men of colour #and women of color too #double standards #hannah green deserved better #Indra deserves to survive it all #the 100 #from the ashes

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In a fair world!!!

❤️

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BREONNA TAYLOR’S CASE IS FINALLY GOING TO BE PLACED IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY

After almost 200 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered, her case will be presented to a grand jury by Attorney General Daniel Cameron. 

— WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

It means that it’s time to go harder than ever before for Breonna Taylor. 

1. GET OFF YOUR LAZY *** AND SIGN THIS THIS AND THIS PETITION

2. DONATE TO BREONNA’S FAMILY IF YOU CAN

3. MAKE SOME CALLS DEMANDING JUSTICE! Numbers are included in THIS Twitter thread.

MORE INFO INCLUDED IN THIS TWITTER THREAD.

It’s time to show everyone that WE CARE ABOUT BREONNA TAYLOR. We want JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR. 

______________________

Additional Resources:

• black lives matter carrd • issues in the world carrd • US CITIZENS: vote in your upcoming Presidential election :) 

#justiceforbreonnataylor #respect black women #boost the heck out of this

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What they said!

I’m only a casual The 100 fan, and even I feel blindsided by Bellamys stupid death. I would’ve loved Bellamy and Clarke to end up together, would’ve been fine with him being with Echo, I liked Clarke and Lexa, honestly I was fine with whatever direction the show was headed

But Bellamy was a main character, who spent seasons getting developed, and had character growth and became a fan favorite. If you’re gonna kill off the main character, at least make their death WORTHWHILE, BELIEVABLE, and EARNED.

What a lazy end to a great character. I was looking forward to the spinoff, and the way the show runners are choosing to end this series has turned me off for good. Damn shame

#bellamydeservedbetter #bad writing #the 100 7x13 #anti jroth

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And there I thought that Bob was the one who wanted to move on from the show. Smh. Maybe he's relieved not to have to deal with JR anymore. I won't question the validity of these claims, JR's been petty AF from the start.

It’s sad cause I was thinking yesterday and I realized how it feels like this show was meant to go down a different path, the characters weren’t meant to end up like this, the story wasn’t meant to turnout the way it did and I genuinely feel that bellarke was meant to be together. But all because of one mans petty, spiteful ass because he can’t separated personal feelings from his actor(s) characters, it turned out like this. This is why Jason is not professional, he should not be a showrunner.

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You're very relatable!

i’m probably not super relatable right now because i’m feeling very apathetic, but what i will say is that it just kind of sucks that it’s this badly written. like i fully went into the season assuming clarke or bellamy or both could die, but to me that always meant last episode, heroic sacrifice bullshit. and i would’ve lived with that and been like, sucks, but i get it. i did not expect episode 13, last 30 seconds, with barely a tie-in to the narrative and one of the characters still cult-brainwashed. like yikes.

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Legend of the Seeker is a dope show that deserved more views and it's better than the book series 🙂

Reblog if you’re part of those little, overlooked fandoms. The tiny fantasy series fandoms. The not-well-known game fandoms. The cheesy box office failure fandoms. The obscure book that got forgotten because of betsellers fandoms. The fandoms people forget. You exist. You are there. And don’t ever, EVER let anyone tell you your fandom isn’t valid. It doesn’t matter if the thing has 10 fans or 10,000. We are here, and we are just as obsessed and feels-ridden as the biggest fandoms.

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Spoilers ahead #the100#7x13#bloodgiant

Is this an unpopular opinion: Clarke and the others (except maybe Murphy) are out of character for not understanding Bellamy?

We're talking about people who have done unimaginable wrongs in the name of survival and of saving their people. The only reason why they're not paralyzed by PTSD is that it's not conducive to kicking ass season after season. The idea of transcendence, of leaving all of their sins behind, should therefore be appealing to them.

The idea of heaven, of something beyond our mortal existence appeals to the vast majority of humankind, and most of us aren't burdened with the guilt of being a mass murderer. The fact that every single person that Bellamy cares about (people who have a whole departure spiel that ends with the phrase "may we meet again"...how, if not in some other form?) dismissed his reason to side with Cadogan as lunacy and brainwashing makes absolutely no sense. It is poor writing, pure and simple.

Clarke in particular should've understood Bellamy because it was only a season ago that she herself was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice so that her people might finally know peace and so she herself could finally leave all of her guilt behind. Yet she couldn't see where Bellamy was coming from? If she couldn't get past him siding with Cadogan, why not just kill Cadogan himself? He is responsible for Bellamy being brainwashed, he is the biggest threat to Madi. Instead, she killed her "best friend".

The show writers made Clarke and Bellamy call each other "best friends" in the past few episodes after keeping their relationship unlabeled since s1. A lot of people on the show have tried to define it, but Clarke and Bellamy themselves didn't call it anything. Yes they're friends, but not in the way that they're friends with Raven and Murphy, etc. What they mean to each other has been summed up by "I need you" and "together", their own words.

I therefore I feel insulted as a show fan by the way Clarke pulled out "so much for 'together'" in the last episode, "together" being another Clarke and Bellamy's catch phrase since Mt. Weather. She also said "you made your choice", echoing s5 "they made their choice" that she told Madi. I guess that I was supposed to have an "ah-ha" moment there, because Clarke would kill Bellamy for Madi, she's done that before, right? Um...NO. Clarke left Bellamy to fend for himself because he put Madi in direct danger after promising Clarke that he would keep her safe. Clarke didn't directly harm him even then. And anyways, Bellamy and Clarke forgave each other for that mutual betrayal last season.

But you know what I didn't hear Clarke say in the last episode? "The heart and the head", which was from last season too. That phrase references the very emotional moment Clarke and Bellamy had in Becca lab at the end of s4, which really summarized them as co-leaders and as whatever they were to each other. From Clarke's POV, she and Bellamy said "the heart and the head" to each other right after Bellamy brought her back to life mere days or weeks ago.

So the fandom's outrage, which does not come solely from Bellarke shippers, isn't just about Bellamy dying stupidly and unnecessarily over a notebook while he's supposedly hated by all of his people (Bellamy and Cadigan repeatedly stated that, yet Bellamy's people were just baffled and outraged by his perceived betrayal, and they verbally told Bellamy so. Nobody said "I hate you Bellamy").

The outrage is also about Clarke doing something that is so out of character that in my opinion the only plausible explanation to this nonsense is that Bob Morley was just done with the show and couldn't film anything more elaborate for Bellamy's last moment (if that's his last moment. Who knows with this show). Bellamy followed a terrible leader before and he paid dearly for it because his blind follower's behavior led to the massacre of allies. But in last episode's case he was trying to save all of mankind, his sister, girlfriend and best friend included. He got rewarded for it with a bullet to the heart by the latter. I'm not even going to comment on the fact that Sheidheda thought of the notebook and that the notebook was so conveniently there for Bellamy to grab and look at. Interestingly, Clarke couldn't kill who she thought was Russell when she was the most emotionally unstable we've ever seen her in 7x01. She didn't think of killing Sheidheda for giving away that big secret in last episodes. The fact that shooting Bellamy came to her that easily, when Madi was in no immediate danger whatsoever—the stone system was offline and Cadogan had entered coordinates that only he knew on top of his head—is terrible writing. Period.

#the 100 #season 7 #the 100 7x13 #bellamy blake #bellamydeservedbetter

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“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.”

-Malcolm X (1962)

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This scene deserves an award.

I miss you. So much.

#westallen #iris west #barry allen #gold standard #grandice #the flash

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Post S2E10 Perdition:

With the new prophecy claiming that the fate of the world depends on Kahlan’s survival, the group decides to escort her back to Aydindril. There, she reunites with someone she thought she'd lost forever.

After an unpleasant discussion with Verna, Richard realizes that it might be time to assume his identity as Richard Rahl, rightful heir to the throne of D'Hara...And the most powerful wizard in recorded history.

#legend of the seeker #fanfic #ao3 fanfic #richard rahl #kahlan amnell #Midlands #D'Hara #ten years later #tvseries #cara mason