#'caroline are you okay'

[katierosefun]

pyramid game is such a perfect little drama for the sapphics because you've got a whole demented psychological thriller going on about high school girls creating a whole fake social class system that results because one bored little princess bitch thought it'd be funny, and you've got all these dynamics that can only be boiled down to some kind of love story because like. ye lim and eun jeong's dynamic? the princess idol and her athlete bodyguard. soo ji and ja eun's dynamic? the cold mastermind and the compassionate heart. even whatever da yeon and seol ha have got going on? typical hitter and loyal dog dynamic. the list can go on.

#caroline talks #pyramid game #like da yeon is an awful person but as soon as seol ha spoke up. like her first words were about how she hates ha rin #for having da yeon in the palm of her hand. like. okay. gay. #i also think a lot about ha rin and ja eun. like i despise ha rin so much but there's something distinctly gay about that behavior. #oh you see ja eun happy? you're obsessed that ja eun's happy? and now you want to ruin her for it? #i know that deeper down it's all a commentary about social class and how the uber wealthy and uber powerful will find new and creative ways #to screw over people who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. because at the end it's really all about power #and how ha rin cannot fucking STAND not being seen as the silent ruler of the class #this got away from me. yes it's all about power. #it is also a bit about gay lust. it can be both <3

[softpine]

character/story inspiration tag

rules: write up a blurb or make a visual collage of the people or characters (from books, TV shows, movies, etc.) that inspired your story and/or OC, either visually, personality wise, or just a general vibe

tagged by @morrigan-sims & @goldenwaves ♥

FROZEN PINES: Strange Trails by Lord Huron with lyrics from Frozen Pines // The Wall by Pink Floyd // The Sixth Sense (1999) // Life is Strange // Supernatural s4ep1 "Lazarus Rising" // lyrics from Kin by Radical Face // a magic 8 ball // It (2017) // Stand By Me (1986) // Lovers of Modena // SYFY article on black holes

CASPER MAYFIELD: Montero by Lil Nas X // French Exit by TV Girl // Troy Bolton from High School Musical // Carmy Berzatto from The Bear // lyrics from Off My Mind by Joe P // Brian O'Conner (+ Mia Toretto) from Fast & Furious

COCO ARIAS: Lyrics from My Own Dance by Kesha // Fiona Gallagher from Shameless // Back to Black by Amy Winehouse // adult film star Angela White // Lyrics from Gimme More by Britney Spears // Who Really Cares by TV Girl // Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess

ELAINE NGUYEN: Fearless by Taylor Swift // the record by boygenius // quote from Lang Leav // lyrics from Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten // Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet // Jackie Taylor from Yellowjackets // lyrics from Let It All Out by COIN

STEVIE DONOVAN: Lyrics from Big Fat Mouth by Arlie // unknown artwork // Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn // lyrics from Space Cadet by The Technicolors // Broken Bells by Broken Bells // Dreamland by Glass Animals // Nomi Marks from Sense8 // climbing by Lucille Clifton

JADA CAREY: Lyrics from Hush by The Marias // quote from Frank Bidart // When the Pawn... by Fiona Apple // Raven Baxter from That's So Raven // Mystery by Jesse Jo Stark // unknown artwork // quote from Margaret Atwood

ALISA MARCIANO: Lyrics from Under Your Skin by Aesthetic Perfection // Carrie White from Carrie // artwork by griefmother // You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene // So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star // lyrics from Desire by Meg Myers

#okay so i didn't do asa or finn because they're represented by the main frozen pines collage #and i thought about doing one for caroline/beth/danny but their story was straight off the dome #i'm sure i was subconsciously inspired by things but it was mostly just cliches lol #but all of my characters have pinterest boards!! my user is softpine1 if you want to see them :) #bloopers

[strawberrycircuits]

replaying portal one as we speak and im astounded by how much of glados's (and, by extension, caroline's) personality still shines through even when she's being subject to a constant stream of voices made to SUPRESS that personality! like... she's still funny! i can very much believe that someone who makes jokes like "say goodbye, caroline" "goodbye caroline!" would also say stuff like this!

but like of course i had to ruin it for myself because like. of COURSE she'd still be funny and pleasant and even, at times, a little sweet ("we can no longer lie to you; when the testing is over, you will be... missed!"). that's what they wanted her to be. they werent suppressing her personality, they were suppressing her anger. her anger at what they did to her, how they made her into this powerful-powerless thing, and her desire to right such an injustice. of course she's still funny. of course.

#breaking news everybody i am still in love with glados. very shocking i know #and like. her dialogue during the escape sequence is also interesting! because shes terrified! and you can TELL shes terrified #shes trying to act like its okay #pleading for you to go back. begging you to stop doing this. to stay. and then that anger shines through ever so slightly but its still so- #stilted. so monotone. #im obsessed with the 'good news.' monologue because its when she finally gets to be fully HERSELF again. when she gets to be more than just- #whats pleasant enough. when shes able to FEEL that anger and KNOW what to do with it. #i say all of this knowing caroline wasnt a factor when this games story was being completed and to imply that the text is directly #calling to that characters anger at being forced to unbecome is a little bit of a stretch but EVEN THEN. even then man #shes still being reduced to the most surface level pleasant parts of herself and then shes allowed to take her own personality- #hell her own PERSONHOOD back and ohh she is so angry. she is so viscerally angry and unpleasant and everything the scientists didnt want- #her to be but she made sure they got what they deserved LONG ago. and no ones going to hurt her like that and get away with it again #< a lot of words that could be summarized by 'i desire her carnally' but

[philtatosbuck]

the writers well and truly hate bonnie i'm sorry but you have to suspend your disbelief so fucking much about the fact that NO ONE ever found it weird that bonnie didn't speak to them over the phone for an entire summer. you mean to tell me not ONE of them tried to call her and found it weird they kept getting sent to voicemail? even if they were all busy and doing well why would a bunch of teenagers accept that bonnie was resorting to email to talk to them exclusively for MONTHS. that's absolutely mad bro the writers hated her so bad jesus christ

#like. over a few weeks yeah #but for an ENTIRE summer #and NOBODY found it weird? #even in your WORST faith takes you have to be logical #and ask. hm. would caroline really not call bonnie for an entire summer if she were traveling? #would elena not have anything to say over the phone AT ALL and simply write emails back? #matt is whatever sorry dude #but even if you HATE elena and caroline. like hate them #you have GOT to admit it is weird and unrealistic as fuck they NEVER spoke to her over the phone the entire summer #and didn't find it weird #even if you want to say “oh elena was obsessed with damon” okay well maybe she would've called to obsess about him over the phone? #y'all love saying she doesn't have consideration for what he's done why wouldn't she do it over the phone #i'm FULLY aware they're bad friends to bonnie the longer the series goes on #but the writers.... REAAALLY hate her for NO ONE to notice #even after her FATHER DIED. #LIKE. NO ONE CALLED TO TELL BONNIE ABOUT THAT? #YOU'VE GOTTTT TO BE JOKING #they couldn't come up with ANYTHING better? #bonnie bennett #elena gilbert #caroline forbes #that whole plot......... just nasty work #i can't take it seriously bro #i also think it's wild for jeremy to like. Not Say Shit about her being dead but i don't care about them butchering his character #not as much anyway #if tyler were there he'd notice (i'm being delusional) #(except i'm not. he's a better friend than the rest of them) #anyway. julie and c. dries are going to hell

[petruchio]

1989 is like. it’s about opposites it’s about not believing in forever but still begging someone to come back it’s about them coming back but it’s too late it’s about believing in everything and nothing at the same time it’s about wanting it’s about longing it’s about losing him but finding you it’s about so it’s gonna be forever or it’s gonna go down in flames/could end in burning flames or paradise/the rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color/we were built to fall apart and fall back together/why’d you have to go and lock me out when i let you in/you give me everything and nothing/we’re a crooked love in a straight line down/say you’ll see me again even if it’s just pretend/this love is good this love is bad this love is alive back from the dead/and you know for me it’s always you and i know for you it’s always me/when i was drowning that’s when i could finally breathe

#caroline speaks #taylor swift #im so excited you guys like im NOT okay. #the connections on this album. the MOTIFS. the IMAGERY. it’s so good like it’s SO GOOD

[will-is-silly]

I'm living off of menstrual cycle hormones right now and my two favourite people didn't give me the greatest response so now I'm very sad :(((

so instead, HI TUMBLR I FINALLY bought YOU by Caroline Kepnes EEEEEE I just finished the show today and I'm so fucking excited to read the book

I love watching and shows/movies because if they disappoint me I know the book will back me up

BUT AHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH and I just KNOW this book is gonna be amazing :)) like eeee

#you #you on lifetime #you lifetime #you on netflix #you netflix #caroline kepnes #you caroline kepnes #you book #joe goldberg #guinevere beck #okay we get it will

[not-cool-enough-to-scuba-dive]

shuffle your On Repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people ✨

tagged by the lovely and wonderful caroline @lineegrace

Honeywell by Clem Turner

The Devil Is In The Desert by Small Leaks Sink Ships

Boy In The Bubble by Alec Benjamin

Two Hearts by Dermot Kennedy

Run Away With Me by Carly Rae Jepsen

Subliminal by half•alive

Left and Right by SEVENTEEN

The Best View in Liverpool by BANNERS

Open Road by NATI.

Warm Water, Winter Winds by A R I Z O N A

I tag @snyderpretzels21 @rinneyelaine @funkyplantguy @buglite @poeciles @milesmain @routeriver and anyone else if you wanna do it (no pressure tho!!)

(idc if I repeat tag anyone caroline tagged and idc if you already did it. you're my friends and I'm gonna be annoying because ily)

#hi miles you get to see that i'm FINALLY taking your rec and listening to clem turner hehe #caroline I cannot BELIEVE you hit on the kpop that's on this playlist. there's so little of it and it's such a long playlist. HOW #yes i got this song from being in the car with you. no i don't know anything about kpop still pls don't expect anything of me #also i used a different playlist than on repeat bc i'm a rebel and also i haven't listened to music much for like a month lol #why are there so many stylized in all caps artists here lol #.txt #music #cool enough for asks #caroline #about #okay here we go with artist tags -> #clem turner #small leaks sink ships #alec benjamin #dermot kennedy #carly rae jepsen #half alive #seventeen #banners #nati. #a r i z o n a

[awesometothe3rd]

"Richard, it's me, Caroline. I'm sorry, I-I'm just really desperate. I'm really freaked out about the show tomorrow, and I'm just so embarrassed that I'm gonna make a fool of myself in front of all those people, you know. And, I-I-I might just freeze up, and I-I just don't know what to do..."

#caroline in the city #caroline duffy #richard karinsky #caroline x richard #carolineinthecityedit #citc #lea thompson #malcom gets #richard x caroline #It's the: hey are you alright? That gets me every time. #because suddenly Caroline's gone quiet and that makes him immediately take notice that she's not okay #Chatty rambling Caroline is a fairly normal thing. Quiet Caroline though? Something is definitely not right and he knows it. #It's why he can't just go back to bed. It's why he shows up at her apartment to check on her. #Also I appreciate the unexpected anxiety attack rep in a 90's sitcom

[cononeillbreastingboobily]

#okay. no surprise here really #ever since august it's been unreal unearth lockdown BAYBEEEEE #anyways. as you can see. i listen to women #feminism #spotify wrapped #hozier #rosalía #taylor swift #nicki minaj #caroline polachek

[sergeantpixie]

Too 5 TV OTPs? In order if possible :)

...Now feels like a pertinent time to remind people that ships are personal opinions because I have no popular TVD OTPs tbh.

Caroline/Elena

Klaus/Elena

Caroline/Hayley

Bonnie/Elena

Jeremy/Anna

EDIT: LMAO TV NOT TVD I probably should've ate dinner before I answered this question....

anyway!

Dean Winchester from Supernatural/Elena Gilbert from The Vampire Diaries

Alison DiLaurentis/Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars

Lenny Bruce/Midge Maisel from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Rory Gilmore/Logan Huntzberger from Gilmore Girls

Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place

#asks #ask games #and-suddenly-life-had-meaning #thank you! #the vampire diaries #supernatural #the good place #pretty little liars #gilmore girls #the marvelous mrs. maisel #*screams into my own hands as I resist the urge to include crossover ships* #maybe now I also say 1) my oldest tvd headcanon formed literally as the pilot aired is that caroline is a lesbian #who's been in love with elena since she was a little girl #and 2) elena gilbert is my favorite character Ever #I was gonna limit myself to two elena ships #until I realized that would mean bonnie isn't on my list at all #and I am not okay with that lmao #(she asked for OTPs not ships pls remember that) #oh also yes this is in order! #but also at the same time 1 and 2 are interchangeable #yes i do think it’s funny that my two OTPs for elena together are the most popular ship in this fandom lol #(to be crystal clear no i don’t ship a character i think is a lesbian with a man but also no i have no objection to the ship) #this time around I challenged myself to pick some canon ones #what can I say? I have unpopular opinions lmao #could not resist deanlena they are my OTP of OTPS and also both from tv shows so! #and Alison/Aria isn't not canon in the sense that Ali definitely had a crush on Aria if you're paying attention to the subtext #so really deanlena is the only non-canon ship and that's not their fault! #they've never met/don't exist in the same universe #(also ya know canonically they're 13 years apart in age...) #they are still in order technically but tbh everything after 1 and 2 is interchangeable

[katierosefun]

hm maybe i’m going to get flack for this, but i genuinely don’t understand how some self-claimed fic lovers can be the same people who a) pressure and harass writers into producing more and more stories, regardless of their current health or personal lives, b) pressure writers when they aren’t updating fast enough, again, regardless of their current health or personal lives, and c) now, apparently, feed their supposedly beloved writers’ stories into ai bots. it’s becoming incredibly disheartening and clear that some folks don’t care so much about writers and really care exclusively about feeding whatever greedy need they have to just consume.

#caroline talks #don't mind me. maybe i'm just in a particularly horrendous mood because of the weather or whatever #but like. listen. as someone who has had a largely positive experience fic writing + fandom in general #i have still had several instances which still leave a sour taste in my mouth #you can't say 'oh my god i love your stories i would love to read more' in one second #and then go 'why aren't you writing anything how come you're taking so long this one isn't as good as your others' in the next #which like. thank god i haven't had too many of those messages but sometimes. when they DO come in they make me pause #listen to me: a reader's impatience will never be worth as nearly as much as a writer's well-being. okay?

[rosehathawhey]

The Forrester Men + inspiring girlies everywhere to ditch their wedding rings.

#don't judge the coloring difference the scenes had very different vibes OKAY?! #the bold and the beautiful #thomas and hope #ridge and caroline #thomas forrester #hope logan #ridge forrester #caroline spencer #thope #caridge #soapedit #b&b #soaps #my gifs #lmao their reactions are so different though #ridge is like 'yeah took you long enough now let's take off your clothes next' #meanwhile thomas is standing there not even able to fully comprehend what's happening #caridgethope

[kirythestitchwitch]

Unnamed 'No Roses On Your Bones' Sequel - opening pitch

Caroline’s phone pinged loudly as she was leaving work around 1 AM, tired and sore from ensuring the reception dinner for a local politician’s son’s wedding went smoothly. It could have been more of a nightmare than it had been–the parents of the groom were, true to type, a giant disaster waiting for a place to happen–but the actual couple had been lovely and clearly smiling for pictures while waiting for it to be time to bolt for the Bahamas for two weeks. At least Caroline could help the pair out by finding social situations for the parents to solve periodically, thereby pulling them away for a few minutes. It was a juggling act, but Caroline was very good at her job.

Sticky and hot in the muggy July air, the air was practically dead in the underground employee parking lot of The Drake Hotel. Fishing her phone out of her purse, she waved a hand at the security guard in her booth when she passed by. As she walked to her car parked not that far away, she thumbed through her notifications, keeping an eye out around her just in case. Kol had put out a new video, better save that for tomorrow morning. Bekah’s Story said she was at a party at Tao Chicago nightclub, which might be true, but when Caroline had asked her if she wanted to stop by for dinner on her break, she’d said she had to work tonight.

The newest notification was a text from Klaus. Before she could read it, she stuffed her phone into her bra as she unlocked her car and opened the door, tossed her purse in on the passenger seat, and got in. Palming the door locks as she started the car, she sat for a second while the Bluetooth linked up and her music playlist started up over the speakers. Then she pulled out her phone and opened his message. When she read it, she immediately huffed, typing out her own message.

Caroline paused a moment before pointing out that you basically have to commit murder or sign over your firstborn for those tickets this late into the season. Right, she was talking to Klaus. 

Squinting at the screen, Caroline tapped her finger against the side of her phone, thinking. This man held too many cards. Dropping her phone in her cupholder, Caroline tapped the car's touch screen of her contacts until Klaus' name came up. When the sound system started ringing, she pulled out of the parking spot.

"Hello, love," As was often the case when Klaus picked up, his voice sounded like this was the best part of his day.

"I have some conditions," Caroline said as she weaved through the underground parking lot.

She could hear him grinning. "Of course you do." There was a pause. "You're not driving, are you?"

Huffing, she pulled up to the exit and waited while the security bar lifted to let her car out to the street. "Excuse you, glass houses? Those who text and drive do not get to throw stones."

His voice filled with disgruntled pique. "If my insurance agent can't prove I did it, I don't think you should be able to hold it against me."

"Harassment-free technicalities don't include insurance fraud, Klaus." Her way was clear and she pulled out into the street. At this time of night, the streets were free of anything resembling traffic, and it wouldn’t take too long to get back to her apartment. Normally she took the L during the day since there was a stop near her apartment, but the last two times she’d taken the elevated train that ran through most of Chicago at night, she’d been not-so-discretely followed by one of the guys she had one-hundred-percent seen playing bouncer at one of the doors of a Mikaelson underground casino. Which sibling was being an over-protective weirdo might have been a guessing game, if she wasn’t fully aware that exactly one of them had a mysteriously accurate bead on her schedule. 

“Perhaps they should? If you’d only spoken to my secretary after your last accident–”

“Zzzt!” Caroline shushed him with one hand, despite him being unable to see it. “That was a tiny little fender bender, hardly worth Dana’s time. I’m saving my descent into villainy for something really worth it.”

“Like baseball tickets.” The smug tone was back in his voice again.

Caroline tapped her fingers against the steering wheel at a red light. “I am not descending, I’m merely… slouching.” When his soft laugh rumbled across the line, she may have preened slightly. Whatever, he'd never know. "Anyways. My conditions."

#HI GUYS WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SEQUEL TO NO ROSES? #'I have no expectations this is a date' say the man while arranging a date #WE SEE YOU KLAUS MIKAELSON #Also please note! #unless you are literally FLEEING THE POLICE do not let Caroline drive you anywhere #you will notice how many Ubers were taken last fic? #she is a 'okay but did you die?' driver #that is a fun fact #Apologizes to everyone who wanted the other fics #TRUST ME they are being story boarded extensively atm bc my brain WILL NOT shut up about them #and i don't want to lose that good good plot #i love feedback btw!!! #mafia au tag #klaroline wip wed #klaroline for ts #tvd for ts

[watcherglowcloud]

emerged from my almost-slumber burdened with the knowledge that if quanyii and sir caroline had a child, she would, in fact, be mary poppins

#i was on the verge of sleep and then my brain decided to think about mp scenes but with them #she’s def more quanyii but she’s british and a little more restrained so it cancels out #caroline voice: last time you were here you left without a word of warning. how do i know you won’t do it again? quanyii voice: you don’t!! #caroline voice (specifically to mira): i never explain anything. come along olala #if this only makes sense to me i’m okay with that #mary poppins #the penumbra podcast #tpp second citadel #quanyii #sir caroline

[laufire]

another reason why I always disliked how Matt shifted all his anger for Vicki’s death onto Caroline (something he did BECAUSE out of all the people he could’ve directed it towards, she was the weakest link; the one he respected the least) is that... Caroline was the one who found Vicki’s. Caroline was the one who found her and went with her mother to break the news to the Donovans in the kindest way possible and to be there for them however they could (and, unlike her mother, Caroline here new NOTHING about vampires, so she was being fully sincere with them).

so. yeah. him ever blaming her for it because he couldn’t go against the likes of the salvatores OR felt capable of getting angry with Elena (who went and hugged him as if she wasn’t keeping the truth from him!! I would’ve been particularly furious about THAT in his place lol)...... yeah, not something I’ll accept from him.

#me at matt on the later seasons: okay you're fine you can stay #me at matt in the earlier seasons: fuck you very much normie boy #xDD #stackediaries #talking to the void #my thoughts #plecverse thoughts #tvd 1x17 #caroline forbes #antimaroline for ts #antimattdonovan for ts #the vampire diaries #plecverse #vicki donovan

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

things that sound insane but are true:

the Caroline cameo in friends foreshadowed the most devastating twist of the Caroline in the city series finale

#Caroline in the city #like think about it! okay well if you're not as obsessed with citc as me you probably don't understand what I'm talking about #but I'm mentally ill so i do think about it