#Ali theories

[aring-king-king]

#A Tribe Called Quest #Check the Rhime #ATCQ #The Low End Theory #q tip #phife dawg #ali shaheed muhammad #jorabi white #90s hip hop #hip hop #rap #music #old school #embassyposts

[libraryleopard]

the true detective reddit is primarily full of haters but this post did make me laugh

#i was browsing the theories and unfortunately there's a lot of posts like 'wahhh this show is woke now and i hate it' #which is bizarre because wasn't mahershala ali the lead last season…why weren't they mad about that?? #anyway #what i really would like to find is some reviews/analyses by indigenous fans but i haven't found that yet #true detective night country #lulu speaks #lulu watches things #lulu watches true detective night country

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

Naminé... It's you... It's really you. I've been through so much just to see you. --- Riku... It's Riku. Riku's here... I looked for you! I looked everywhere for you!

#kingdom hearts #sora #riku #naminé #namine #soriku #cough more proof riku is the person most precious to sora that namine is replacing cough #the necklace theory #kind of??? #gifs #ali's gifs #ali's kh gifs #also shout out to these lines: #'He won't forget. No matter how much I change his memory [comma] Sora will never forget ****.' #'Memories of me— More false memories of me will just make his feelings for **** even stronger than before.' #this came from the realization that in both scenes sora holds one of their hands in both of his own btw #popular

[soupy-sez]

A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We've Got) (1991) [X]

#a tribe called quest #atcq #music #musicians #music video #music videos #musicgifs #q-tip #ali shaheed muhammad #phife dawg #my gifs #gifs #gifset #soupy's #the low end theory #hip hop #rap #90s #jazz (we've got) #tribe gifs

[puffballlofdoom]

On "alysmond" and "helaemond"

For some reason, there’s a petty war going on between fierce “helaemond” and “alysmond” stans. Fr, I totally don’t understand why should those ships be mutually exclusive? If “helaemond” actually becomes the show canon, I can totally see Helaena breaking up with her brother-boyfriend after B’n’C. IMO Aemond’s recklessness and long-harbored, ill-concealed hatred for Luke , contributing to Jaehaerys’ tragic death is a reason enough for Hel to stay away from him, never mind how dear the siblings (with benefits) used to be to each other. In this scenario, Aeamond could pursue a relationship with Alys, never mind his previous (more or less romantic) engagement with Helaena…

In addition, if “helaemond” is confirmed, this subplot doesn’t necessary have to be some fabulous love story. I mean the siblings *may* have been getting along with each other pretty well , and I really enjoy the idea of young Aemond having a crush on his big sister. I find it really cute, that’s all. In my opinion teenage Aemond, doubtlessly familiar with the idea of “courtly love” (I’m guessing this concept could exist in the quasi-medieval Westeros), might have enjoyed performing the role of righteous knight, worshipping his “future queen” from afar , as if there was a “secret RPG session”, going on but in his head. Frankly speaking, the young !Knight Aemond and his !Lady Helaena don’t even have to get sexually involved and their “forbidden love” could remain just cute, childish crush, as the time goes by turning into mature friendship, mutual care and understanding. Perhaps older Aemond, driven with his sense of responsibility, would want to become a proprer father figure/ role model for his little nephews and niece? I like to think well-educated, smart  Aemond, familiar with the story of Daenys the Dreamer, and keeping his sister company more often than her joke of a husband, found out Hel was a Dragon Dreamer.

On the other hand, we cannot rule out Helaena and Aemond becoming lovers, but IMO such a scenario would be pretty dark. It seems to me it could happened only if the show version of Helaena remained childless after two or three years of marriage (yet again, I am speaking about the show counterpart of the FnB Helaena, who canonically bore the twins about a year after she had wed Aegon) and Aemond started to fear someone like Larys Strong would simply get rid of Hel, so that the WIDOWED crown prince could take another bride. So, Aemond shared his fears with his sister, and the siblings agreed they ought to cuckold Aegon in order to secure Helaena’s position as the future queen, and thusly save her life… It’s possible the righteous prince Aemond , loathing the mere idea of fathering bastards, could have secretly married his sister (it could have been a traditional Valyrian ceremony, which still wouldn’t make the whole situation any romantic).  However, even as a “secretly married” couple, who could grow to quite enjoy performing their “conjugal duty”,  Aemond and Helaena could remain but “siblings with benefits” (which sounds awful, but given they’re Targaryens, it kinda makes sense) and never develop romantic feelings for each other. In this scenario, they could be still sleeping together after Aegon’s heir had been born, just out of sheer need for comfort, closeness or affection, or simply willing to reduce stress, feel better or have fun.  Messed up as Helaena and Aemond seem, they could have perceived sex as yet another form of bonding…  Whatever could have been going on between the siblings, their breakup after Jaehaerys’ death appears inevitable.

 As far as Aemond’s relationship with Alys is concerned, I wouldn’t call it an overly romantic love story, either. Let’s say it out loud – in spite of her sharp wits, charms and whatnot, Alys was a prisoner of war and even if Aemond had fallen madly in love with her, I would risk saying she wasn’t in the position to truly reciprocate his feelings. Thanks to Alys’ good looks, the prince “generously” spared her life, there’s no two ways about it, BUT however “besotted” Aemond was with Alys, becoming his “war bride” literally meant she was chosen to be a freakin’ sex slave. In my honest opinion, the woman deserved better and I don’t believe she reciprocated his love. Alys certainly was not in the position to fully consent to be the prince’s paramour, although I can totally see Aemond developing genuine romantic feelings for her – however twisted it may sound. It seems to me in the very beginning, it was just about lust, but later on, the prince could have taken to the “witch” because of her personality and even become fascinated with her supernatural powers. Frankly speaking, I am not the fan of the “Alys casting a love spell on Aemond” theory. She might have been using her totally prosy, feminine charms in order to endear the prince to her, and thusly make sure she would be treated as well as she could possibly be under so dire circumstances. And no, I don’t mean Alys was just offering Aemond sexual favors. Intelligent person she no doubt was, the “witch queen” could do her best in order to forge an emotional bond with Aemond, too. For instance listening to what the prince had to say and showing him affection. Paradoxically, learning Aemond’s story could make Alys take to the prince at least a little, since in this scenario, she could realize in spite of coming from different social backgrounds, they shared a bunch of experiences. For instance, earlier in her life, unwed and pregnant Alys, born out of wedlock herself, had been no doubt an outcast – just like Aemond the Kinslayer, having blood of his close relative on his hands. Could it be a reason enough for Alys to start sympathizing with Aemond? Yes, indeed. In addition, the “witch” had lost both her child and their father – even if  we are not familiar with the details and the moment she met Aemond Alys was probably over it. If the “helaemond” theory is confirmed, Aemond gets involved with Alys when his first “girlfriend” is also like dead to the world, not to mention the fact his son and/or nephew died gruesome death.

Here, I would like to admit I am not a fan of fetishizing Alys’ age and deeming her a “milf”. The woman was certainly more than just her looks and age. If Aemond had actually loved her – which I find highly probable  - there must have been something more than just physical attraction! In addition, in the quasi-medieval world of Ice and Fire, girls in their early teens are considered eligible maidens, so in this universe, it isn’t out of usual for women in their late, if not mid-twenties to become grandmothers! Taking the fact FnB is supposed to be a historical source by a bunch of unreliable narrators, we don’t actually know how old Alys was. If we rule out the ageless witch/ red priestess theory, we could safely assume she was, for instance, in her 40s or 30s, but knowing the Westerosi customs, well, it is still possible she was just a few years older than then-twentyish Aemond. There is also an option Alys didn’t even exist and all the war bride/captor romance was made up by pro-Black maesters and scribes, willing to paint the prince in a negative light. After all making some lowly born wet nurse his wife, Aemond would insult House Baratheon, impudently breaking the pact which had to be sealed with his marriage to Lord Borros’ daughter. You just keep in mind both the Witch Queen and Aemond’s bastard son disappear  from the “historical chronicles” shortly after the Dance ends. In addition, stressing Alys’ alleged “old age”  could have made him look ridiculous in the eyes of Westerosi readers.

Personally, I prefer to imagine Alys existed, had prophetic skills and played a significant role in Aemond’s life. Perhaps at some point, she even developed some sympathy and twisted fondness for the prince (still her captor and, yes, her rapist) but never had second thoughts about having kept it to herself that Aemond would meet his end in God’s Eye and no one could blame her for it.

To sum up, I think shipping Aemond with Helaena does not automatically make the shipper anti-“alysmond”. In my view, adding one more (for want of a better word) romantic relationship to Aemond’s arc makes sense. It could be an interesting way to show how the character’s attitude towards his love interests and his interactions with them evolve as various experiences are shaping his personality. I would never pit Helaena against Alys. They’re two different women and the fact at some points of their lives, they happened to get involved with the same guy does not make them natural born enemies. In my honest opinion, if the show version of Helaena had a chance to meet Alys (here, I mean my own idea of this character, since we don’t learn much about her from FnB and her show counterpart is still a mystery), they would become… good friends.

#hotd #my rants #helaena targaryen #aemond targaryen #alys rivers #helaemond #alysmond #aemond x helaena #alys x aemond #alys rivers deserved better #anti helaemond #anti alysmond #fire and blood #my theories #am i lowkey shipping helys

[xatsperesso]

Hey uhh how did sullivan not get concerned over, ya know, iruma-whos very much 100% a human- going into a wicked phase? Multiple times even?

Like all we saw was sullivan getting sad that his cute lil grandson isnt so cute anymore but like, is that it? No more concern over how a human can enter a wicked phase? No concern over what may have caused this? No sitting down to seriously talk with iruma like "Iruma, you've gone into two wicked phases since the start of the year. Tell me, my dearest grandson, what’s stressing you out?"

Did he see iruma like that and think 'ah, yes. My very-human-not-single-demon-blood-could-be-found-in-him-granson has gone into a wicked phase, something that's very normal for humans to go through and should be expected, but goddamn he's such a meanie like this.

You know what, i think he knows about ali-san. Like i dont think he- or opera - just passes by iruma's room and hear him talking to someone, and hear someone respond, and go like 'aww iruma's talking to an imaginary friend!'

Also who's to say that the weird-screaming blob of energy that's coming out of the ring can't suddenly talk? Like at least listen to your grandson before telling him that's impossible. Sounds too much like he's dismissing this thought for a reason.

Does the old man know about the ring? Does he actively avoid meeting ali-san for his possible relation to delkira?

#mairimashita! iruma kun #welcome to demon school iruma kun #mairimashita iruma kun #mairimashita manga #iruma kun #iruma kun spoilers #m!ik #m!ik theory #sullivan #ali san #delkira

[thrxughthenxght]

I think Jesper and Wylan would end up raising Alys' kid if Alys died. This is all headcanon for if she died either in birth or she got in an accident or got sick or something. Because think about it: Wylan is 17 years older than his half sibling (I'm going to refer to them as his brother because I personally headcanon a boy but that's just me). So he's way more mature.

There would hardly be a sibling dynamic because by the time that kid is 8 Wylan would have a fully formed amygdala, be on top of the merchers in Ketterdam, probably a prominent member of the Dregs (secretly) thanks to Kaz, and also have a very reputable gunslinger as his long-term partner/spouse. Like there's no way he's going to have a spat with this kid over who gets the bigger slice of cake it's just not happening.

So, Wesper as parents/brothers:

Wylan would spoil the hell out of him. Like this kid would have everything he wanted.

He would be the sweetest little thing because Jesper and Wylan would praise him for even the smallest things. I think Wylan would teach him to be humble while Jesper would balance it out with confidence and pride. And it would be less them teaching him and more indirectly leading by example.

Jesper would be the firm guardian because he only wants what's best for this boy and he wants him to be able to get take care of himself and be okay in the world.

Jesper would act more like his mom than his dad while raising him.

He would teach him a lot because Wylan's busy. Anything from cooking to shooting to reading.

He would be the one to scold him for making a mess while Wylan is trying to figure out how to make sure his brother doesn't get upset while also trying to put his foot down.

Jesper would be the parent to go to for advice.

Wylan would be the parent to go to for comfort.

I think as they get older they would really come into themselves that way. Jesper would get wiser and Wylan would get a better handle on other people and how to share feelings and trust and comfort. This would reflect in his brother.

This boy loves his brothers/dad's so much and honestly their dynamic would be very trusting. I can't imagine Jesper or Wylan not being open with this kid because they didn't have as open/loving/safe a household as they would have liked, so they provide that for Wylan's brother with honesty and love and care.

And of course he would learn so much from the other crows:

Compassion and joy from Inej.

Strength and trust from Matthias.

Instinct and intelligence from Kaz. (And lock picking even though Wylan said no).

Love and Power from Nina.

Tell me your thoughts 💭

#six of crows #crooked kingdom #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #colm fahey #aditi hilli #jan van eck #wylan's sibling #soc wylan #soc jesper #kaz brekker #wesper #jesper x wylan #wylan x jesper #soc headcanon #soc theory #grishaverse #alys van eck #fandom lore #marya hendriks #inej ghafa #nina zenik #matthias helvar #the dregs #the crows #6 of crows #lore headcanon

[eventidesworld]

I just realized something...

Kaz Brekker's past is a lot more important than you realize. Kaz himself is a lot more important than you realize. Had it not been for him and Jordie coming to Ketterdam, finding a job, realizing it was all a scam, be left on the streets with nothing, losing his brother, and his swim in the canal while using Jordie's body as a floatation device, Six of Crows in general would never exist. Jesper might have died due to debts and gambling, Inej might have died at the menagerie, Wylan would have died somewhere on the streets, Nina might have become a slave to Pekka Rollins, Matthias would have died at Hellgate, Colm Fahey would lose his farm, Van Eck might have terrorized the world, Marya Hendriks would stay at the asylum and never reunite with her son, Alys would forever be tied to a monster, Kanej, Wesper, and Helnik would never happen, and the world itself would have looked very different. The suffering of one character, Kaz Brekker, lead to so much good for the future. His suffering made him go down that path that would turn him into a monster but along the way, he met his fellow Crows and formed the gang, which changed the whole future significantly.

So in conclusion...

Kaz's miserable childhood = happy future for everyone else

Kaz's happy childhood = miserable future for everyone else

😭🥲🥹🙃

I am so broken now...

#six of crows #kaz brekker #crooked kingdom #theory #inej ghafa #nina zenik #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #matthias helvar #kanej #wesper #helnik #marya hendriks #van eck #colm fahey #alys van eck #why am i doing this #its so heartbreaking #im broken now #six of crows spin off #shadow and bone #third army

[mith-gifs-wrestling]

Mustafa Ali knows how to make a dramatic entrance!

#wwe #mustafa ali #GO TO SMACKDOWN AND BEAT THEORY ALI

[visenyaism]

fmk mysaria, alys rivers and tyanna bc behind every batshit targaryen man is a cooler more diabolical woman

okay thank you now we’re cooking. fuck alys rivers whatever she had going on was worth destroying your life over. marry tyanna. this would make me worse AND lead to my inevitable violent blood magic death but i have no principles she knows what she’s doing and that’s a great trait to have in a life partner. kill mysaria she knows too much. easy

#i love thé theory that alys also totally knew aemond was about to die and just let him do all that anyway

[onglai]

Rudy doesn't (seem to) go to school

So, during their Arena tournament in season 3, we got to see the junior agents wearing their school uniforms. Other than finding out that most of the agents are at secondary school level or higher, there is one tiny detail that I've only realized when I thought back to Rudy's backstory; he was from Pinggiran.

Pinggiran is a slum, likely with no form of education to speak of if even the kids living there resorts to stealing to eat.

This means Rudy never went to school and the first form of education he received was one to become an agent. Maybe that's why he's so good that even Alicia complimented him back in season 2.

If we look back at the episode, we can see the only one with the same color scheme as his is Roza, but even her uniform has a badge on it.

Rudy's "uniform" meanwhile doesn't have any sign that could be attributed to his school either on the front or the back.

Now, you can argue that it could just be a jacket. Like, I go to my uni class in my black sweater all the time but that's a university and Rudy is of school age. But try zooming in the picture. You'll see him wearing only a T-shirt inside the jacket.

So is this really a school uniform or is it just his daily wear whenever he's in public?

...okay, no, I lied

Apparently it's just an animation error. This is him in the next episode.

I legit believed it tho. WAU animation scammed me 😌

#ejen ali #rudy #ejen rudy #ejen ali season 3 #fanwank #fan theory #i hate animation errors

[dead-doves-webcomic]

#dead doves webcomic #ejen ali theory #ejen ali headcanons #ejen alicia #ejen rudy #ejen ali #ejen ali musim 3 #rulicia #yuri

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

(+ also herc/megara and esmeralda/phoebus)

‼️ CONTAINS KH3/RE:MIND SPOILERS ‼️

soriku week 2023 day 5, opposites attract (free day)

HAPPY BELATED SORIKU DAY (12/07)!!!!!!!!!!!

just over 35 minutes of soriku and disney princess couple parallels!!! 😎

this is basically a video compilation of a bunch of my kh metas/gifsets LOL

im aware it doesnt rly fit the theme of 'opposites attract' but w/e, princesses and princes are opposites. kind of. i mostly wanted to post this for soriku day bc its the content ive put the most work into for the week (even tho im posting it v late. damn u SAD)

#kingdom hearts #soriku week 2023 #sorikuweek2023 #soriku #sora kh #kh sora #riku kh #kh riku #kh3 spoilers #disney #disney princesses #the necklace theory #riku is the light #video #kh meta #ali's kh meta #it was way more of a pain in the ass than it should have been to put the riku sprite on cinderella for the gaff at the end #so PLS APPRECIATE IT

[soupy-sez]

x

#a tribe called quest #atcq #music #q-tip #ali shaheed muhammad #phife dawg #musicians #pics #soupy's #the low end theory #90s #hip hop #rap

[gloriousbookwyrm]

I read through the entire iruma manga last month, and have only just noticed today that Alikred is just Derkila spelled backwards.

#welcome to demon school iruma kun #mairuma #me: gee i wonder where all these ‘ali is secretly derkila’ theories are coming from #me: …wait

[khalidistan]

Originally published to Twitter on October 11, 2021. Full piece under the cut.

Much of the Squid Game fandom neuters and infantilizes Abdul Ali, the Pakistani migrant worker who participates in the games as Player 199, and this is part of a larger problem where brown men must be emasculated in order to receive any grace or humanity.

“Gendered identities do not exist independently of other factors, and must be viewed as intertwined with, for example, race or ethnicity if we are to understand the hierarchical organization of identities.” —Maryam Khalid

Ali is polite and formal in his interactions with the other Koreans because he has a power differential with all of them. John Lee writes “Ali’s character is an undocumented migrant worker from Pakistan. What that means is that as far as social hierarchies go, Ali is WAY at the bottom of it. It explains why he’s been unpaid by his employer for months” (1). Ali acts subservient because he’ll get beaten if he doesn’t. He’s supposed to express how “grateful” he is for the assistance.

Ali acts subservient because he’ll get beaten if he doesn’t. He’s supposed to express how “grateful” he is for the assistance.

But Ali has demonstrated multiple times that he can fend for himself. He advocates for his fair pay to his Korean boss, even wrestling his paycheck out of his boss’s hands. During the night fight he fights on his own with a metal beam before reuniting with his team. He even has the courage to mock Mi-nyeo after she spews xenophobic statements at him, defending his honor and calling her out on her hypocrisy and doubt of the team’s strategy.

People want to make Ali out to be naïve but fail to recognize that he immigrated to south Korea from Pakistan. He knows nothing of the language and customs. Heather Chen writes that Ali is “an outsider and knows that the odds would always be stacked against him in the unpredictable competition.” Ali cannot be naïve, because Ali is given no reason to doubt Sang-woo’s kindness from earlier: Sang-woo provides bus fare after the first game, offers bread, and shares companionship with Ali all the way until the marble game.

East Asia has a huge racism and colorism problem. Ali is forced to be submissive. He is docile because if he isn’t, he’s immediately labeled a threat. That is the dichotomy people are missing. Why do brown men walk on eggshells when they have to answer to authority or go through security checks? Brown men can either be cunning, savage, sneaky terrorists, or they can be naïve, dumb, effeminate and castrated. There’s never any middle ground or nuance to understanding them.

“The colonized man is simultaneously a boogeyman incapable of redemption, unworthy of saving/advocating for and excluded from occupying a position of vulnerability—that’s reserved for their ‘women & children’ counterparts—while also in-need of (white/colonial) civilizing, fascinating.” —Joshua Briond

Khalid writes that “Orientalist notions of the masculinity of the ‘Eastern’ male as uncivilized also inherently ascribe primitiveness, ineptness and a certain amount of weakness to the barbarized ‘other.’” Those doomed to the mythical Orient are automatically placed lower in masculinity than their white and colonial counterparts.

However, this reduced masculinity co-exists, paradoxically, with the idea that men from the Orient are simultaneously aggressive, belligerent, and violent. Elgin Brunner writes: “Such a framing—the association of the enemy with barbarism, as opposed to the self, which is civilized—includes two, often simultaneous, moves, that is: the ‘hypermasculinization’ of the enemy on the one hand, and his ‘effeminization’ on the other… The very same opponent is, by virtue of being categorized as a cowardly barbarian, rendered effeminate.”

It’s true that Ali is compassionate, looking out for others and not expecting things in return. But the woobification of Ali into a bumbling fool is more than gross misinterpretation—it’s character assassination and fails to recognize how race influences his reception by the community.

Works Cited:

Brunner, E. M. (2008). Consoling display of strength or emotional overstrain? the gendered framing of the early “War on terrorism” in transatlantic comparison. Global Society, 22(2), 217–251. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820801887223

Khalid, M. (2011). Gender, orientalism and representations of the ‘other’ in the War on Terror. Global Change, Peace & Security, 23(1), 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2011.540092

VICE MEDIA GROUP. (2021, October 6). A shout-out to Ali, a character too pure for the dark humanity in 'squid game'. VICE. Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en/article/5db74b/ali-netflix-squid-game-character-interview-anupam-tripathi

Link to original Twitter thread

#squid game #abdul ali #critical race theory #meta analysis #khalid text