yes i have personal & intimate reasons for my own (lack of) religious/supernatural beliefs, but it's not dishonest to admit: i am also an atheist bc at no point in my life have i, after completing a slightly unpleasant task, been witness to an angel/imp/sprite/devil/entity-of-any-kind manifesting in all their glory to offer me a pat on the head and a little plastic baggy of crackers (by way of encouragement/reward).
call me childish but in my heart of hearts i cannot truly participate in a belief system that tolerates such negligence
just thinking about how despite AtS trying to portray it as comedic bickering amongst bros, Spike actually has decades worth of reasons to hate Angel, while Angel has remarkably few reasons to hate Spike. And it should maybe be concerning that from School Hard on, Angel adopts an absolute "don't see what this has to do with me" reaction to him?
AU Reds Poster: Alicent joins Rhaenrya as her advisor and wife after escaping her father's influence.
She escapes Kings Landing with Helaena and her grandchildren just in time. Unfortunately, her father has already sunk his teeth into her two sons who are ready to fight for their right to the iron throne.
How will Alicent choose between her family and her beloved Rhaenyra when the time comes?
The fact that Percy Jackson is named perseus to give him luck but it dooms him to only repeat the legend he was named after...Doomed By the Narrative on steroids. Doomed by the Naming. Doomed by the Expectations.
(But also the fact that he undooms himself. Or, rather, the kid who hates him most undooms him. Because Luke Castellan and all of his righteous anger and questionable decisions is the hero of this story, Doomed by Prophecy, Actually Doomed by the Narrative, and I am never going to forgive Rick for shredding my heart and teaching me the meaning of Tragedy at ten-years-old.