I keep starting and abandoning posts that go into my drafts, as I try to stay tasteful about how fucking revolted this part makes me. Like, I'm legitimately unsure if the very relevant trauma I have is making me see things that aren't here
But first we see that Star Flower is trying to ingratiate herself to the group, just after she reappears from chapter 5. Chapter 5 is about how Clear Sky is still abusive towards his son, and she comes in after stroking his ego, stressing how alone she is, and appealing to how she'll be loyal unlike his child. (She glances over at Thunder, directly implying this.)
Now in Chapter 9, she's babysitting and trying to care for Milkweed's kits (in spite of discomfort from Milkweed), taking a wet sleeping space away from the others, and pulling more than her own weight "without complaint." Putting herself through harsh sitations to prove her worth.
All while trying to appear extra attractive to Thunder, and later Clear Sky. Basically every man in power who can "protect her"
Like, am I going fucking crazy? With how we later find out that Star Flower was "promised as a mate" to One Eye's subordinate Slash, is... is that hypersexualization? One of the extremely stigmatized symptoms of sexual abuse?
She goes to find Clear Sky alone to throw herself at his paws, and he's very quickly attracted to how she promises to perfectly obey him, have no needs of her own, and finally be the perfect servant that he desires
"I don't deserve your trust because I am dirt. I understand you because I also regret something. I'd die for you. I'll never betray you unlike those who have."
This isn't manipulation. She means this. The story is playing their romance sincerely. She's comparing "betraying" Thunder by telling her own father about an assassination ambush to Clear Sky's history of child abuse, physical assault, and murder
She believes she's on the same level as this; a monster who murdered a childhood friend in a fit of entitled rage. She was a victim of One Eye who really believes that the way her father used her means she "understands" this monster, deserves this treatment.
And Clear Sky LIKES that.
He likes that she will have COMPLETE FAITH in him. That she will follow him WITHOUT QUESTION. That she will OBEY his orders. That's fucking verbatim, that's THE TEXT!!!
WHILE HE'S STILL CRYING ABOUT "ive tried to atone every day" FOLLOWING THE LAST TWO BOOKS WHERE THE ONLY SHITTY THING HE DOESN'T DO IS MURDER INNOCENT WOMEN
Am I insane?? Am I wrong??? Am I missing something here???? Why the fuck is the fandom takeaway "haha sexy girl steals his dad." Did I read the same book
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The takes on how the communist book club is "completely inaccessible to actual working people" (which... not quite true, Steban did invite Mañana, and for all else that he is, Harry is v much a person with a job) are a) lame and b) not funny enough for my purposes. You know what would be great to think about instead? What would happen if, let's say, fuckin, Titus Hardie joined them
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HI I’m looking for a specific BMC fic and I can’t find it sim I’m gonna rant about it here and hope someone knows what I’m talking about-
Okay so it was unfinished, had around 5 or 6 chapters maybe and it’s a post-canon fix where Jeremy ends up distancing himself from the squad after the Squipcident until one day he just. Shows up again like nothings wrong. Michael and Rich figure out that he can’t remember anything from the day before he got the Squip and that it’s blocking him from seeing the scars on his arms from the shocking. There’s like conflict and shit because Michael says he looks so much happier without the memories but eventually he talks to Jeremy about it and he drinks the red. The rest of the gang are upstairs watching Mulan but Michael and Jeremy have a moment where he apologises and they work on healing and stuff and it’s very sweet and he tried apologizing to everyone else after that like first Christine and then he goes clothes shopping with the girls and apologises to Brooke and vaguely discusses the Halloween incident and he apologises to Jenna and they talk about memes and then they go to this costume shop where Christine knows the owner and they have a good time and TRANS JEREMY IS REAL BTW HE BUYS A LITTKE TIARA,,, we’ll okay I think someone bought it for him but still it’s very neat and also he gets Michael this small lion key tag because it made him think of him and yes I know I remember a weird amount of details about things the fanfic was called like.. ‘reboot’ or ‘restart’ or something like that and I can’t find it :(
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Things I'm putting on my personal Bingo card for my Eras Tour concert:
• I will cry 3+ times
• I will cry through the entirety of the surprise songs
• My dad will only sing along to I Knew You Were Trouble and You Need To Calm Down
• My dad will purposefully sing the wrong lyrics to I Knew You Were Trouble
• I will break a nail or severely chip the polish
• I'm going to trip, but not completely fall, on stairs at the stadium
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