#OTP: Complex Diagnosis

[dustymagpie]

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#cyberpunk 2077 #MayV #anders hellman #OTP: Complex Diagnosis #shippy saturday

[themountainsays]

94, 86 and 4 from the OTP ask, for EA?

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4. Who is the meme lover?

I know the obvious answer should be Anna, but honestly? I headcanon modern AU Elsa to be a big old lady stuck in the 19th century. Wears long old lady dresses, bakes old lady cookies, knits every day, unironically owns a rocking chair, doesn't know how modern slang works and is allergic to technology. She doesn't even know how to turn on the TV. She'd rather ride a horse than drive a car because she doesn't know how (they probably live in a rural area idk).

Anna, bless her soul, is a much more normal human being (other than the fact she has a big sister complex). She knows how memes work. Sometimes she'll speak in meme references and The Good Place quotes and Elsa is like ¿¿?? Every time.

So she tries to go online in order to better understand her sister-wife and, of course, stumbles across minion memes (don't bully her she's doing her best 😔).

Anyway. Poor Anna now has to deal with Elsa showing her cringeworthy minion meme after cringeworthy minion meme because she thinks they're the funniest shit ever (inspired in real life events). Maybe she learns in time idk but until then she's an absolute boomer-brained gremlin (Anna has an infinite patience and Elsa is very lucky she does. She's also lucky she earned Anna's love by being a hot blonde bombshell the best big sister in existance).

86. Who googles everything?

Lol Anna 100%. She at least knows what Google is (Elsa is like "in my times we looked for information by riding for three days through the tundra to the nearest town and rumaged through the only library only to find absolutely nothing" and she was born in, like, 1996). Anna Google absolutely everything, poor girl hadn't picked a book in her life (she HAS read books but they're mostly pirated PDFs she keeps in a Google Drive folder. She's tried to convince Elsa to read them to her but last time she tried to touch a phone it kinda blew up in her hand like in that episode of La Rosa de Guadalupe and ever since then they've been making sure to always have real books for Elsa to read (hopefully out loud, to Anna, when they're snuggling at night by a cozy fire).

Anna's search history looks like this btw:

"How to know i'm in love wikihow"

"Freudian psychology"

"Oedipus complex diagnosis"

"Legality of incest in Norway"

"Can Google see my search history?"

"How to install a VPN"

"Morality of incest wikipedia"

"How to tell if my sibling is in love with me quora"

Etc etc.

Plus some Problematiqué E rated fanfics about siblings loving each other

94. Who accidental sets something on fire?

Oof this is a tough one. I think both of them are chaotic enough to set something on fire, but if i had to choose one I'd say Anna, assuming Elsa still has power, because then at least she can get rid of the problem easily. Anna would set the kitchen on fire, her clothes on fire (when snuggling too close to the fireplace), she'd set the rug on fire, she'd set the fucking fire on fire. The thing is that Anna is a cold bby who needs nice fireplaces and cuddles from her sister-wife to stay warm (inspired in real life events). She may get sleepy if she's too comfortable. And then she accidentally kicks the rug into the fire.

Elsa does set things on fire if she's being a reckless little shit but it happens less often than Anna tripping over her own feet or falling asleep in her blanket cocoon in front of the fire.

You could also say she accidentally IGNITED THE FLAMES OF LOVE IN ELSA'S COLD DEAD HEART by being an absolute sweetie, perfect angel, #1 Best Sister, literal saint.

Artistic representation of Anna igniting the flames of love in Elsa's cold dead heart, circa 2014.

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[theoriginalsuki]

Ben Solo for the character breakdown game!

How I feel about this character:

This character means so many things to so many people.  I’m impressed by all the little (and large!) insights different fans pick up from him.  That’s a pretty powerful character who can keep the dialogue surrounding him going for years and years, and I don’t think it is going to die down any time soon.

Ben Solo is a beautifully rendered, complex fictional person who speaks to the human condition; on one level, he is an allegory of free will and despair.  On another, he is a deep-dive into the repercussions of abuse and the road to healing.  He’s a reminder that we all have “the bad guy” inside us; and that it’s our choices, not the generational guilt or legacy we inherit, for which we are morally responsible.  And damn if he isn’t sympathetic!  Thanks to Adam Driver’s soulful eyes, all credit where credit is due.

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Really just Rey.  I’m not a jealous shipper, and I like my fictional favourites to be happy, whatever or whoever that means, but there is no one else who comes close to the kind of warts-and-all intimacy that he deserves to have in a mate.  He needs all of him seen and loved regardless.  Only then can he begin to heal.  (You’ve got to diagnosis the disease before you can administer the medicine.)  Not that it’s the job of a mate to heal him.  Just that at the very least, he’ll need someone who is not going to aggravate the situation by indulging his tendency to see himself as anything other than his barest self.  We all, every one of us, play this game, so no judgement on our sweet boy.  It’s just we have to stop lying about who we are if we’re going to get anywhere.  Otherwise we’re just dancing with a phantom who doesn’t exist.

“I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?” – C.S. Lewis

We think intimacy means sex, and it should, but sadly it does not.  Real intimacy is vulnerability and soul-bare openness.  If we were to sit in a room with someone we just met and really listen to them, and have them listen back, about the deep-down things, that person would probably know us better than most people in our lives.  Rey and Ben have been that for one another.  They’ve literally gotten through the rough patch many, many marriages don’t survive.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Tai!  Tai knew what was up.  He tried so hard to get through to Ben and would have if Ren hadn’t murdered him.  I ship Tai with everybody.  Everyone needs a Tai.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

He’s not a suave sex god ™?  Although I think the fandom is pretty much divided fifty-fifty on that.  I can see how the mis-characterisation arose because I’ve been following his story since TFA and there’s that potentiality at the end of the first film of a trilogy, where it could go in one of a number of directions.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

You mean other than him not dying and not being ignored by his soulmate and dyad in the Force?  ;)

This is a big one, but I wish the entire trilogy was more focused around him.  I would have started with his fall, followed him during the darkness and subsequent encounter with Rey, and then shown his redemption.  I was just talking to a friend about how I feel The Force Awakens was shoehorned into a New Hope reboot, in attempts to capture that nostalgia and make bank on it, and it just didn’t work.  They should have either gone all in, owning that this was a continuation of the Skywalker saga, or started with completely new, unrelated characters.  Ben Solo proved a complex, solid, popular character.  Imagine a trilogy following him as the reverse-Anakin, bringing it all full circle?

Thank you for asking!  I had to really think through this one, and it’s always a good and humbling exercise to examine why I feel the way I feel.

#ask #Ben Solo #Star Wars #i have opinions

[tellywoodtrash]

Sanjivani - Weeks 7 + 8

Overall Plot

Sid and Ishani are about 10 minutes away from hardcore Love. And literally every single person knows and is rooting for it (including the security guards at Sanjivani/Ishani’s apartment complex!!!!!), except the two idiots themselves. Shashank is still dealing with the fallout of the thing with Juhi and the admin issues stemming from their unresolved issues, but small mercies, his relationship with Anjali seems to be looking up. Nurse Philo's daughter Jessica has been admitted mere days before her wedding and found to have a terminal illness and it's heartbreaking as fuck.

The Medical Stuff

Lol, does Ishani's "sickness" count? She's pretty convinced that she's dying of something serious, the way she was charting her symptoms and kept getting diagnostic test after diagnostic test, so I think it should. Glad she's finally gotten a diagnosis and the prognosis looks promising! Other than that, Nandini got operated on successfully by the Shashank-Juhi team, and the only active case we have is Jessica's Stage IV cancer. But I think that's going to focus more on the emotional side of things (getting her the dream wedding she wants), since it's at such an advanced stage that it wouldn't respond to treatment anyway.

The Acting

Thank the lord above, they have started giving Surbhi comedy to do, which is where she really shines as an actor. Namit is most excellent at heart eyes, and his crying has improved from the first few weeks; dialogue delivery still needs to be more polished though. Jason and Kunal are being used effectively by giving them hilarious, snarky scenes while they drill some sense into Ishani/Sid. Robin is still pretty much in the background other than to pop up and deliver the occasional wisecrack. Very sad to see Rashmi go, she'd really won my heart as Asha. The seniors got to ease up on the angsty scenes these weeks and I'm grateful for that; it's nice to see them loosen up a bit and smile and joke around. Special mention to Vedika Bhandari as Jessica, who's just ridiculously adorable and sooooooo likable, that I already am having trouble at the thought of letting her character go.

The Characters

Sid: MY DUDES, I DID NOT EXPECT TO FALL THIS HARD FOR SIDDHANT FUCKING MATHUR, BUT WELP, HERE WE ARE. I honestly cannot believe that this boy exists on Tellywood. Where to even start with him in these two weeks? How much younger than his years he seems when he was imploring his mom to stay to meet Shashank; his heart eyes when he wakes up to see Ishani first thing next morning (after waiting to see her the whole night!!!); his bashfulness at all the love he's getting from the whole hospital staff; his good-natured humoring of Ishani's weird behaviour... He's just so unassuming and Soft. I can't really recall seeing this lovable a male lead in tellywood in forever (all I can think of is Hussain K. characters in the early 2000s, in Krishna Arjun and Kumkum and all.) But by no means is Sid a pushover who tolerates any kind of BS. He rightfully rips Rishabh to shreds when he tries to discredit his relationship with Ishani, and understandably calls Ishani out on her nonsense when she's evading her duties, but in a decent way. There is some against-the-wall-caging (because Tellywood), but in a non-threatening manner; he maintains an appropriate distance, does not touch her, and while he does talk in a raised voice due to frustration, never does it veer into yelling that feels dangerous, and he repeatedly asks her if he said or did anything that's making her uncomfortable to be around him. I found it a little strange that he was so vehemently in denial of his feelings for Ishani in last week's episodes, because he seemed to readily accept after his conversation with Guddu Mama (“Halwa banaa ke leke jaaoon? Usko achcha lagega?" with the most hopeful smile; calling Ishani a "bohut hi pyaari si princess" to her face and specifying that he specifically made the halwa for her "pyaaaaar se", being open to the idea of marrying Ishani when Nurse Philo/Jessica jokingly suggest it....) but I guess it would be pretty incongruous for him to instantly fall hard for Ishani AND recognize it, with his past as a "player". So I like that they brought in one of his flings to contrast how different his feelings for Ishani are compared to the other girls he's dated; and subsequently how he's processing his many emotions about the situation. Most of all, I love that his feelings for Ishani don't hamper him from doing his job right; instead they just make him more sensitive to understanding her and making her feel good in any capacity that he can. He came all the way over to her house to apologize for making her cry, AND MADE HER PARATHAS!!!!!!! He slept over, but respectfully all scooched up on her tiny couch! What a goddamn Good Boi. Also, him crying over Jessica's diagnosis? Heart-fucking-breaking. We should all be so lucky to find a doctor who cares about his patients THIS much.

Ishani (or lol as Guddu Mama calls her, "Pareshaani"): I really was expecting the absolute worst with this "Ishani has Loveria" track. And it did not start out well; almost 3 whole episodes were just her puerile lovesick imagination waale music videos and that goddamn CGI titli and I was just like jfc whyyyyyyyyyy. BUT THEN!!!!!!! They finally started showing us the funny side of Ishani, and it's succeeded in making the character lovably kooky, instead of just unpleasant to be around. Her panic attack in the bathroom where she legit thinks she's having a stroke and tries to literally shake off the crush, making all the first year residents repeatedly do ECGs on her, her awkwardness around Sid, the rant where she bemoans falling in love with Sid of all people, her child-like crying to Asha when Sid finally gives her a dressing down for acting idiotic ("Mujhe ITNA daanta! ITNAAAA! Aur unprofessional bhi bola! *violently stabbing finger in the air* UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!!!!!"); all of it was just hilarious as fuck. We're finally seeing the endearing side of Ishani's addled personality. I'm also very glad she got the much-required wakeup call from Sid/Asha, that she's being very unprofessional by running away from her duties, and hopefully from here on, she'll be learn to focus on her job, even with Sid's distracting presence. She's also made quite a bit of progress when it comes to her germophobia; but realistically: it's only with Sid (and Asha) - the two people she's really close to; she's still seen being touch-averse with the rest, but slowly getting better; letting children touch her, offering to shake hands with Jessica and Jignesh, etc.

Asha & Aman: I'm super bummed that Rashmi is being replaced as Asha, because she was honestly so good in the role; cheerful and hilarious in most of her scenes, gentle and sensitive with Ishani, helping her out as much as she can with this inconvenient crush... It's not an easy role, with the accent and all. I hope this new actress is as competent as Rashmi, who always highlighted the humour but without making the accent the punchline; it was always the things she said and how she chooses to word it. It's an important distinction, to not make the regional background into a caricature.

Aman is Aman as usual, lol; vicariously getting kicks thanks to the shenanigans of everyone around. Also, to my surprise, Aman and Asha live together! They offer up their place for a party for Sid; when Ishani freaks out that the cake he ordered isn't Sid's favt. flavour, Aman just shrugs "Meri Asha ko butterscotch pasand hai." I still don't really know what his equation with Asha is, but whatever it is, I love it. Asha's a self-sufficient girl, but it's obvious that Aman feels really protective of her and wants to see her happy always. I really hope the new actress maintains this ambiguous chemistry with Robin too, till the writers decide what direction they wanna take this relationship in.

Dialogue of the Week: Asha [walking in on Ishani holding a sleeping Sid's hand]: Abbe! Humaare saamne toh badi "garma"phobic bani ghoomti hai, ab dekho Dr. Sid ke saath kaise touchy-wouchy ho rahi hai!!!!!!!!!!!

Rishabh: Fucking asshole. He Tried, but he's no match for the razor sharp wit of Sid, or Asha's jugaadu skills to relieve an overworked Ishani. Chal dafa ho, be! Manhoos kahinka.

Neil: He's really really enjoying Sid and Ishani's crushes on each other, taking the mick out of both of them at any given opportunity. I truly lmao-ed when he was seriously examining Ishani for an illness on her insistence and then eye-rollingly dismisses her with "Kuch nahi hua hai tumhe." Cutest snark bean.

Rahil: MY ACTUAL FAVE. Lmao, if Ishani’s got her little purple titli, then Rahil is Sid’s grownass plaid-shirt-wearing TITLA, who appears outta nowhere to serve up piping hot sass at his confused dumbassery. His acerbic, plain-speak snark seems to be the only language Sid understands (as opposed to the first years' gleeful teasing, or the good-natured ribbing of elders like Shashank and Philo and Guddu Mama), and him having to exasperatedly explain things to his boss-who-is-also-his-bff is just hilarious. I relish every single scene he appears in to the max! Also props to him for giving us the gem "same level ke ajeeb" as the OTP tag for SidIsha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shashank: A much better fortnight for Dr. Shashank! Two of his idiot babies are very obviously in love (that scene of Ishani showing him her reports and describing the butterfly through pantomime though, lmao) and now his relationship with Anjali is defrosting (the exchange about the surgeon she was interested in and how he wants grandkids from her??? The cutest!!!!) Things still remain frosty with Juhi though, and I don't understand why he won't just address the issue and clarify things in a straightforward manner, instead of dragging it out like this and making it awkward with his COS/mentee. Anyway, good on him for getting that win on Vardhan, but I feel like he needs to stop being so damn stubborn on his issues without giving reasons. It’s not helping matters around here, personally or professionally.

Juhi: Literally the classiest female professional on TV??????? She hasn't stopped holding Shashank accountable for how he sabotaged her career, but I love that she has sorted it out enough to work with him, but also engages in minor acts of pettiness like gleefully scraping his car with hers, cheekily grinning and apologizing saying she needed to get out some of the angst before they operated on a patient together. For what it's worth, I was fully on her side during the argument with Shashank about the machines for the hospital; it sounded like a good deal, but of course, she should have had the foresight to know Vardhan would try to do some kinda fuckery. She’s right in not really trusting Shashank anymore, but needs to be a little more prudent with how she proceeds while making decisions for Sanjivani. In a way, it’s really sad how she doesn’t really have any allies at her level. Shashank was the only one she could really rely on, and he went and blew that relationship up, and now she’s kinda adrift in the organization. I hope Shashank does good by her and repairs the relationship.

Anjali: Phew, finally a good break for Anjali. I'm ecstatic. She's realized that Vardhan's manipulating her and broken free of his gaslighting nonsense. She's much smarter than both Shashank and Vardhan thought she was and yes sis, play them both!!!!!!! She got her COS post, but also isn't playing by Vardhan's rules. Ultimate winner! But does she also have some romantic feelz for V? Coz that last scene between them had very intimate vibes, from the way she walked into his office and knew where the booze was, to her pouring him a glass and casually lounging against the wall like a wife/girlfriend would. She wasn't even really fazed when he grabbed her; either she's a hella strong woman who cannot be trifled with, or she's familiar with this side of him. I really hope it's the former coz she deserves someone who's a grown up version of Sid (*cough* Atul Joshi *cough*) who's super good and healthy for her, not this deceitful fuckwad.

Vardhan: What is his deal? No honestly, does he have some kinda personal stake in saving Sanjivani from financial ruin? It seems so, with how overwrought and devastated he seemed at Shashank exposing the machine waala scam. Also, the way he manhandled Anjali? Unforgivable. Die in a fire, scum.

Rahul: Still haven't seen him but apparently he's hiding in that secret room in the luxury ward? What the everloving experimental fuck is he doing with pregnant women who look to be unable to afford medical care? Nothing ethical, that's for sure. I have a feeling this will maybe tie up to Ishani's parents waala plot, but for the meanwhile, jfc, just reveal yourself man, coz this shit is getting scary as fuck the longer you go unseen.

Overall Rating: 5/5

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