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#The plot with Simon is hella interesting
skater110599 · 1 year
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Okay I just binge-watched Young Royals season 2
I have feelings. Spoilers below the cut. This won’t be any sort of quality analysis fyi, just some ranting and gushing.
There’s a reason I prefer happy fluffy shows to drama. All of the stress about the video and the drugs and not just being able to convict August is so frustrating. Then of course they had to bring Alexander back into it, who of course deserved better last season. The whole overlap with the drugs thing and now August as the backup? It stresses me outttttt. I get it’s kinda the point of the show is that everything has to be complicated and tense and not easy to resolve but that doesn’t mean I have to like it lol. But I’m a slut for great characters and queer content so I suffer.
Okay so I wasn’t against the idea of Marcus as a love interest for Simon. It gives him the opportunity to move on, but then to realize that it’s not actually what he wants. But GOD I’m sick of cheating plots. I have no patience for them. I guess Simon and Marcus weren’t textbook official, but they were still together. Marcus was still at the ball on a date with him. I want Simon and Wille together too! But is it so hard to have Simon realize that and break things off with Marcus beforehand?
And don’t get me started on the Wille/Felice thing. That was some allonormative bullshit right there. I think they managed to come back from it okay but I was so excited to see their supportive friendship and I was so so uncomfortable when that happened. I don’t think it contributed anything to the overarching story. I’m aware that it’s realistic I guess -- just seeking comfort and companionship in a low moment -- but I’m hella aroace and I simply cannot relate and I hated it a lot. They should’ve just cuddled and let it be a sweet moment between friends.
Plot I’m surprised I didn’t actually hate: Sara and August. Like August sucks and it was super messed up of Sara to be with him after what he did, but it was intriguing to their characters. I hate August but also the nuance is interesting. There was too much of them imo but it wasn’t excruciating like I feared it would be.
I was super surprised by the order of events after seeing the trailer and stuff. The queen was actually pretty good by the end? Her phone convo with Wille was really lovely. Also I love how Wille was so open about his heartbreak. Like idk there was just something about Wille telling his mom that Simon’s on a date with someone else. I know he was angry and blaming her and the royal court for it but like..... Wille opening up to her about his feelings was very good to me.
I also love the acknowledgment of other queer students at Hillerska. I hope we get to see more of their stories. Though I kinda hoped Nils would have a slightly larger role as a friend to Wille, I also can appreciate that he is able to be queer and also one of the snobby society members. Now I just need Stella and Fredrika to be gay and in love.
Okay now to Wille and Simonnnn <3
I love how p much the whole school knows about them but it’s like... chill. People see them talk and let them have their privacy. We love to see it.
Simon! Stating! His! Boundaries! and being honest. “Hey you hurt me so no we can’t just go back to the way things were.” Honestly the way they communicated with each other throughout was *chef’s kiss*. They can’t help but care about each other and check in with each other. But when Simon stated his boundaries, and was together with Marcus, Wille was heartbroken but accepted it. “I have to be okay with it,” he said. He understood that he couldn’t be what Simon needed or was looking for, and that he had to do his best to make peace and move on. It was on Simon’s terms that they came back together, and once Simon expressed that he wasn’t ready to let go, that’s when Wille really started fighting for them.
Also he closed the curtains. Beautiful moment. We all clapped.
I also just need to fit in a quick appreciation post for Rosh and Ayub bc I love them. Great friends. We stan.
The ending??? I can say I was genuinely not expecting Wille to come clean in that moment. I wanna know the rest of the speech! What happened?=]\[
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^^an important interjection from my cat
Simon saying I want to be with you even if it has to be a secret? And Wille saying “he’s given me this chance and I can’t mess it up. He deserves better.” Freaking win. And the queen talking to Wille about being able to come out on his own terms after he’s 18? Good content, but also! Wille taking charge and saying “this is on my own terms. It’s not what you wanted but you’re right, I deserve to do this how and when I want.” GO! OFF! KING! LIVE! YOUR! TRUTH!
I could go on for days but I think I hit all the major points. Overall I wish there was a bit more fluff and happy moments, but I understand that this show is just... not that. I just really hope there will be a season 3 and want to see, more than anything, Wille and Simon as a team, facing everything together. Established relationships don’t have to be boring! Let there be drama surrounding a strong relationship.
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viscountessevie · 2 years
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Why would you reblog that ask saying S2 should be colorblind? Wtf
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I think I know who you are anon, if it is you, feel free to come off anon in my DMs and we can have a more open discussion about this if you'd like.
If this is not one of my followers who left a really bizarre essay on the post you're talking about (linked above), I would still like to address the comments on that post:A
[More aka fully essay under the cut cos as always it got long 😂]
I am begging you to look up what colourblind casting is. We are not trying to erase their race or culture but it gives these white ass writers an out from writing about incredibly nuanced, complicated and mess history of oppression and colonisation. Because we know and have seen that these writers cannot handle the race conversation with any amount of tact. Why? Because they only have one token writer to represent each love interest every season and no sensitivity writers. Apparently white writers know best to write a poc's experience.
Colourblind casting allows the actors and characters to exist as their characters without being reduced to being their race. Hate to break it to you but being black (with Simon) and Indian (with the Sharmas) is a part of their identity but it is not a personality trait. Also just because they are colourblind cast doesn't mean the show would erase their culture and identity. Rather it allows the universe to ignore and not have a need to address why all these characters of colour are suddenly rich aristocrats in Regency London aka one of the whitest part of real history.
Now we have this limbo in the Bridgerton universe because these idiot writers wanted to talk about race but half-assed it and didn't follow through. In S1, we get a throwaway line with Lady D explaining why black people made it big in their times. I highly doubt the frivolous Queen Charlotte we got in S1 & 2 was powerful enough to eradicate all racism and slavery against black people in her 30-40 years of marriage but okay:
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Honestly, Simon's father losing his mind over losing his title because his kid is not perfect - aka displaying trauma of having Model Minority Syndrome and wanting to uphold the perfect image of the Hastings name - did more for me discussing race on the show than Lady D's throwaway line.
Then during S2 promos (especially in articles), CVD and the team talked a BIG game about how India is SUPER relevant to the plot and it just ends up being a really silly and insignificant plot device to the raise the stakes of Kathony.
"I am leaving for India!"
"And that is not far enough!! Do you think there is a corner of the Earth that you can travel to far enough that could free me from this torment."
I guess these lines just don't have the same impact if she was from Somerset. They literally didn't need that but okay. The way they teased India, I fully expected to see the Sharmas to get off the ship and Lady D greeting them. Flashbacks to Kate growing up in India being doted on and loved by her parents and then completely having them ripped from her. But no where did all that screen time go?? TO COUSIN FUCKING JACK WHO WAS A ONE SEASON FLOP AND IS NEVER COMING BACK. That fucking nitwit had zero impact on the main plot like literally most of the side plots this season were SO FUCKING USELESS.
(Sidebar disclaimer: I adore Rupert Young!! And he did his best with the script he was given and was super slimy as Jack but if we cut out his scenes from S2, it literally affects nothing!! If yall wanna see him in a GOOD story where his character is utilised hella well, I recommend BBC's Merlin.
Also I didn't mind Eloise, Ben and Colin's arcs with Marina because the first two were developing the sibs for their respective seasons and the last one gave us some closure on Marina - a little shitty that in the end they made her a Pelican (alt ship name for P*lin) mouthpiece but whatever I'm at peace seeing my baby. Just too much Featheringtons and LW - the show is called Bridgerton after all not Featherington/Lady Whistledown 🙄)
All this to say, at the end of the day, all I wanted from Bridgerton was escapism. Just to watch pretty people who looked like me exist in a world where realistically it's not possible but it's fun to imagine. Just because it would have been blindcast doesn't mean we couldn't showcase some of our culture. It's like being in a diaspora and the Sharmas could have been Indians from a diaspora in the Somerset. It's that simple!!
I don't think that was unreasonable to ask or assume of the show the moment we watched the first S1 trailer. But whatever this is our problematic fave show we got and I love it even though I criticise it alot. Gotta be critical of the media you love.
Finally to directly answer that ask, babes it's my blog I can reblog whatever I want and if you don't like it feel free to unfollow or block me!
[That being said y'all if I didn't properly tag something as a trigger or squick, let me know. Same goes for ships or characters you don't like - I always do tag them so you can filter and block those tags! Just be open and polite with me about these things is all I ask].
As always if you aren't in my GC and read this far, thank you!!
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finiffy · 2 years
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Bright being envyous to Gears being loved by everyone in the Council is an interesting plot starter, actually...
Would Jack turn his back on his childhood friend and do something way too awful and put all the clues on Charles, so Council would get disappointed in him at last? Or give the hella lots of work to Iceberg so the guy wouldn't simply have time for, you know, supporting the relationship or something and so he would be provoked to commit yet another explosion on the Site and being put to the Tribunal since it's way too much?..
...Or maybe he'd just drown his sorrows in Simon's embrace, yeah. Or in alcohol, which is more real ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i hope it's readable enough, the waves of my mind are no longer under control and cannot be restricted by simple rules of punctuation and common sense anymore
Hmm that would be fun idea to play with, it can go in alot of directions
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phoebehalliwell · 3 years
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Paige/Henry - any (or all) season that isn't 8
going from the beginning and assuming this all happens off screen one second i have to google how old paige would be in season one. 21. meaning she's theoretically starting her 3rd year of college bc protip to all those w august babies its best to have them be the oldest of their year rather that the youngest <3 we don't know how old henry is, but idk i'd say he's probably like 3 years older that her
s1: paige is in her studious era, & has dreams of becoming a social worker, but is still interested in art. she's also into astrology and other witchy things, as we know from her friend/coworker in season 4. paige goes with all of her artsy friends to some sort of gallery/art show/party/something. henry is Also there with his best friend bc his best friend's girlfriend at the time has like some art showing there or something idk some skin in the game. but henry is like. So Out Of His Depth. really trying to stick to the walls like avoiding all the artsy fartsy folk dropping names he's never heard of until he hears one voice cut out from the rest because it's just so genuine and so unpretentious unlike everyone else here who seems to be talking out of their ass this girl no she's real. blah blah blah they have a conversation they hit it off paige reads henry's palm and we lay in some foreshadowing someone snaps a polaroid of them paige gives it to henry it's cute. and it looks like we're going to tee up a date or something where henry gets a call from work one of his parolees was just arrested for idk possession of a knife or something so henry leaves and paige is unsure of where he went. they don't get the others name, and there's this kind of feeling of i hope i'll run into you again, but it's a big city, so probably not.
s2: eclipse viewing party!! glen even made it into town for this and paige & him are in one of the more will they ish stages of the will they won't they. they're at an old high school classmate's rooftop get together and they've all made special glasses. from the roof, paige swears she sees that guy oh my god no that's that guy from the party and she wants to call out his name but she doesn't know it she wants to call out to him she's calling out to him but she has no words to say it with. later that day, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out the polaroid from season one. how did that get there (telekinetic orbing lol uwu 😛)
s3: she's started her job at social services. about halfway/ two thirds in she gets idk one of henry's parolees as like. idk something she's doing i really don't know stuff about things. henry's there. paige maybe has the polaroid pinned up in her cubicle. they meet! it's a it's you moment. they go out on a date. it's great. they go out on a second date. also a success. and a third, and a fourth. mm, but now it's kind of going really well. which is actually kind of a bad thing. as it turns out, neither of them have been in a committed relationship bc they always end up bolting. things start to fall apart. and it's bitter for both of them bc they were kind of a figment that lived in the other's head for so long that surely this had to be something but now it's kind of just collapsing and neither of them is really working to fix it are we really just gonna watch this fall apart? no!! dramatic rain love confession. we can do this!
s4: paige is a witch. ruh roh. hmm. can we do this? henry can feel her pulling away and was like woah didn't we already dedicate 3b to this are we really doing this again? but piper and phoebe are like ooh hmm human boyfriend like um. how much do u really like him? bc um. they don't really like usually like. last hella long around here. specially if they know about the craft. so now paige is torn because like she likes henry she really does but she can't have his death on her hands. but as the halliwells start to fall apart when phoebe goes full dark side paige ends up falling back into henry's arms bc he always makes her feels better feel safe feel at home. end s w the i'm a witch confession
s5: we're doing the simon marks bit bc i love henry in that episode. i forget the main plots in s5. henry probably clocks cole at least once for trying to kill paige and cole almost like barbecues him. we could also potentially go the other direction (or do both just spread over time) when cole's trying to be good him going to henry bc he's like hey you help like. fucked up people not make the same mistakes. and henry's like. sure? paige and henry move in together by the end of s5.
s6: chris is there! chris is weirdly close with henry (because well leo kinda wasn't there so hello surrogate father figure. henry, who had no father figure, is like hey what's going on). we take this season to unpack both paige and henry's relationships to their own childhoods and their families and how they were raised and how they would want to raise their family.
s7: we're skipping over the avatars bc that plot was weak tho idk could offer some interesting leo/henry bonding as henry's kinda like his brother in law. but idk we're going zankou. and paige runs magic school. henry's in his housewife era and like cooks dinner for paige who you know like works herself to death piper henry bonding over cooking henry does almost everything like kinda wrong because he's self taught but the end results are always good. henry also like reads books from magic school to you know better learn things like astrology or spellwriting to best support paige. paige realizes how much henry means to her and how much she means to him. paige proposes. henry says yes <3
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Book recs: Similar to but less sad than TSOA
Hello everyone! @lordeteams requested some book recommendations that are not as sad as The Song of Achilles so here we go. I read a lot of books and since 2019 I've kept a running list of what I've read so honestly I'll take any excuse to subject people to my interests🤗 List is below the cut, not in any particular order (except from the first entry which is my current favorite), and includes NA, YA, and adult fiction. If you're curious about the distinction I'll refer you to this (sadly, now-deleted) tweet from Maggie Stiefvater:
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One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston, NA): This one is brand new and instantly became a favorite. F/F romance in which August Landry, newly transplanted to Brooklyn, meets Jane Su on her morning commute. Turns out, Jane is stuck on the train and has been since the 70s, but has no memory of how it happened or of her old life. Part romance, part time-travel mystery, but entirely a love letter to queer communities everywhere. Found family trope abounds with August's roommates and coworkers, which include drag queens, people of every flavor of queer, and a real life psychic, all of whom are ready and willing to help solve the mystery of why Jane is on the train and how to fix it. In the process, August learns things about her own family, as well as events in American queer history that few people remember today. I really cannot express enough how much I love this book. Please read it.
Red, White, and Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston, NA): Odds are, if you've heard of Casey McQuiston, it was because of her first book (this one). M/M romance about Alex, son of the first female US President, and Henry, prince of England. Enemies to friends to lovers, featuring queer self-discovery, coming out, PR/corporate closeting (hello, larries!) and just a delight. This is a very different queer story from OLS - OLS is a romance, but more plot-heavy and the romance isn't the entire focus. In RWRB, the romance is the plot and it reads like fanfiction which is very fun.
The Raven Cycle (series, Maggie Stiefvater, YA): This series is a character-driven, coming-of-age, found family story about a bunch of weird-ass teenagers (affectionate), magic, prophecy, and Welsh kings. This is the rare story in which every single main character plays a critical role in the plot and grows and changes with the story. You will fall in love with all of them and their relationships with one another. Plus, the worldbuilding is incredible and has such an intricate mythology that you'll want to reread just to get the details. Followed by the Dreamer Trilogy, of which two books have been published, but I've only read the first one so far.
All for the Game (series, Nora Sakavic, YA): This is the series that got me back into reading for fun five years ago and as such it holds a special place in my heart. The plot is wacky and convoluted - college athletics, a made-up sport, a kid on the run from his mob boss father - but don't let that discourage you. Hella found family. (Are you seeing a pattern?) I will warn you, this deals with some pretty heavy stuff, including torture, abuse, addiction, sexual violence, and more. Here's a comprehensive list of trigger warnings, with detailed descriptions at the bottom. It's intense, but the friendships and romances make it worth the read imo.
Grishaverse (series, Leigh Bardugo, YA): This is actually three series: the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Scars duology (which I haven't yet read). If you've seen Shadow and Bone, the S&B trilogy covers the Alina storyline, while SOC covers Kaz, Inej, Jesper, Nina, and Matthias. S&B is a chosen one/coming of age story, while SOC is found family committing heists. It's great.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz, YA): Coming of age M/M romance. Set in the 1980s in El Paso, it describes the friends to lovers journey of Ari and Dante over several years, as well as Ari's journey of self-discovery. It is the most beautiful book and one of my comfort reads. There's some themes of homophobia and violence, but with a happy ending.
Carry On (Rainbow Rowell, YA): This is basically Harry Potter fanfiction, but better because (a) it doesn't take itself too seriously and (b) the author is not a violent transphobe. Seriously, this book is so fun. It's a twist on the chosen one trope because Simon, said Chosen One, is just spectacularly bad at what he is supposedly destined to be. Plus you have an enemies to lovers storyline, which is my personal favorite trope. Followed by Wayward Son, which is literally a road trip AU, and Any Way the Wind Blows, which will be released next month.
The Queen's Thief (series, Megan Whalen Turner, YA): Fantasy series centered on Eugenides, who is very proud of being a great thief but also wants to be famous, two goals which are not really compatible. This series is interesting because every novel is told from a different character's point of view in an increasingly zoomed-out lens such that you're seeing how Eugenides' influence grows over time and space. The setting is vaguely based on the ancient Mediterranean region, but with a mythology all its own.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid, adult): This is a frame story in which aged Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, famously tight-lipped about her personal life, hand selects a young journalist, Monique Grant, to finally tell her story. Evelyn tells Monique all about her life - how she became an actress in the mid-twentieth century, how she got involved (and uninvolved) with all seven of her former husbands, and who was the true love of her life. There are some sad moments for sure, as it's a retrospective on the very long and very full life of an actress at what she knows is the end of hers. But it's such a good story and worth the bittersweet tones.
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, adult): Sci-fi novel told by Red and Blue's letters to one another across time and space. They are on opposing sides of the Time War and as they perform their respective missions, they leave letters for the other to find. Their letters start out as "I'm coming for you, you better run" but then eventually turn to friendship and then love. Ultimate enemies to lovers. It's a short novel but you'll read it again and again to pick up more details. It's so good.
The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune, NA): This book feels like a warm hug. Linus Baker is essentially a child protective services worker, overseeing the orphanages housing magical children. He is then assigned to the most remote orphanage in the system, in which six dangerous children reside, to determine whether any or all of these children are capable of bringing about the end of the world. Once more, with feeling: FOUND FAMILY. Also nice because it's a metaphor for queerness that also features canon queer characters.
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mccall-me-maurice · 3 years
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ralph 4 characters owo
Favourite thing about him: I think he’s very complex and that’s fascinating! Always very interesting to read about him and his experiences and how he feels. Emotions are kind of a driving point for the poor boy
Least Favourite thing about him: He’s a little shit. I mean it in a slightly endearing way but fr he’s horrible in some scenes. Like tear your hair out, bite your lip until it bleeds horrible
Favourite Line: “Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy”
or
“That was Simon. That was murder.”
brOTP: Ralph and Robert count in my heart even though I headcanon them as brothers. AYO BROTP I WIN!!!!
OTP: Just about as basic as going into Starbucks in fall and ordering a PSL - I ship Jalph so fucken much they r otp mATERIAL thaNK U VERY MUCH
nOTP: Since I already put Simon/Ralph, dw I have much more nOTPs. LIKE ROGER/RALPH, NO THANK U!!!!
Random Headcanon: Ralph is French and wears reading glasses with thick frames that Jack routinely makes fun of because they don’t even fit
Unpopular Opinion: I honestly didn’t want the book to revolve around Ralph. I understand why it happened and how it benefited the plot heavily but the story was so focused on Ralph and Jack and what they were doing that other characters kind of remained static and hella 2D imo
Oh also hes a little shit to Piggy - They are NOT canonically friends
Song I associate with him: This is why I’m hot by Kailee Morgue
Favourite picture of him: Found Here drawn by an active account (@meqkoi)
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the-greater-grief · 3 years
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Fic Writer Interview
Tagged by the lovely @amywaterwings! 
Name: Chloe, but online I go by Grimm
Fandoms: Simon Snow Series, HP (mainly just Marauders era, but sometimes Golden Trio era), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Captive Prince series
Most popular multi-chapter fic: In terms of kudos, it would be Kiss-Proof Lipstick, aka the Sephora Zuko AU. Loved writing this fic, and really appreciate that people enjoyed the concept, despite it being a bit silly. By hits, it’d be my Snowbaz spell-gone-wrong AU, Just a Dream -- which also happens to be my longest fic to date at 42k!
Actual worst part of writing: For me, I’d have to say the fluctuation in my own interest/motivation in whatever I’m working on. Sometimes I can stick with an idea to its completion, and other times my ADHD brain can write 4k and then refuses to come up with any more words for weeks. 
Best part of writing: Getting the ideas out onto paper or a document, and being able to see the story that’s been bopping around in my head coming to fruition. Reading a passage I worked especially hard on and being pleased with the end product gives me that good brain juice. 
Do you outline: ...pleading the fifth on this question.
Fic ideas you probably won't get to but wouldn't it be nice: I’m desperate to write more Wolfstar-in-their-30s, and I’d love to write about Sirius and Remus doing an extended motorcycle tour through South America and up into Canada (inspired by a trip my grandparents did together shortly before my dad was born). 
Callouts @ me: Finish the majority/entirety of the fic before you start posting, you silly person. Don’t leave people hanging, because you hate when it happens to you as a reader. Also, try outlining for once in your gd life. 
Best writing traits: I think that my dialogue tends to be pretty decent, and the way I use humour within dialogue and my characters’ internal narrative is cool.
Spicy opinions: Sex doesn’t have to be the indicator that two characters have finally gotten together, and marriage/kids doesn’t have to be end goal for every relationship. It’s okay to choose other plot points to serve as the “proof of success” in your character’s relationships. Maybe they adopt a pet together, or hold hands for the first time, or call their partner by their first name instead of their surname in front of someone else. (I’m biased because I’m hella ace, but stories don’t always have to end with sex or marriage as the ultimate goal.)
Tagging: Anyone who would like to share about themselves as a writer!
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somestansomewhere · 3 years
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Debbie Gallagher: ALL Love Interests RANKED
Okay! I tried to rank all of Debs’ love interests and it was hard to do because I am not set on that ONE PERSON that I ship her with above all else, but these are my thoughts! Keep in mind that these are all MY OPINIONS and you are entitled to yours as well! Let’s talk about it! If you read all this ILY.
Here we go:
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23. The Guy At The Pool (Season 5)
He thought Debs was special needs and she tried to flirt with him...
22. Kelly (Season 9-10)
I LOVE Kelly so much but she was not into Debbie! I really love her with Carl and Debbie should not have tried to interfere! I will however say that I really really REALLY enjoy their friendship and I wish that that would have continued on. They had some really good moments together.
20/21. Eugene (Season 6) & Board Game Guy (Season 7)
Alright so these two don’t technically count because Frank tried to set Debbie up with Eugene so that she’d be written into his will. And the Board Game Guy was from a deleted scene as one of Debbie’s “life partners” from that flyer she made. So enough said.
18/19. Tyler (Season 6) & Erika (Season 6)
Again, Frank attempted to set Debbie up with Tyler and while that “potential relationship” wasn’t as bad as what happened between her and Erika, I am grouping them together because Debbie wasn’t technically into either of them and it was set up to fail right from the start.
17. Larry (Season 6)
The pregnancy fetish guy! I’m not quite sure what the intentions were for this character in the long run but it was a funny joke in the episode he was in. Even in the beginning Larry gave off red flags, but Debbie was happy... until the truth was revealed. Weird.
16. Jared (Season 11)
Another irrelevant love interest: the gay guy that cheated on his husband with Debbie after giving her cocaine. Obvious issues with this encounter/plot line aside, I did feel that their interactions at the bar were flirtatious and I didn’t hate him.
15. Calista (Season 11)
ANOTHER irrelevant character that was used and never brought back!!! I didn’t totally hate her either, she was upfront about her ex-girlfriend and that whole situation. She helped Debbie and didn’t take advantage of her but the second she came on screen; I’m sorry but I did not give a fuck. Her last episode built up a potential friend/relationship opportunity for Debbie and they just did nothing with it. Idfk what else to say, not a fan but I did appreciate Calista trying to take care of Debbie when she clearly was drinking too much.
14. Sandy (Season 10-11)
Oh boy, everyone’s favorite partner of Debbie’s... Yeah, Sandy is so low on this list not necessarily because I didn’t like her for Debbie, or that I have beef with Elise (b/c I love her as an actor sm). I personally just hate the sheer fact that this character EXISTS in the first place. I never understood the hype, but I know that people only like her because she’s a Milkovich ie. related to Mickey. That’s the hard truth this fandom isn’t willing to admit. My disliking Sandy should be a post of its own but lemme get into her relationship with Debbie.
You could tell that Emma and Elise liked working together so the chemistry was sorta there (definitely not soulmate shit tho). Each time that they interacted in s10 I was over it. S11 was better in the sense that whether I would like to admit it or not, they did have some “cute moments” (mainly just Sandy calling Debbie babe/babes). The second shit hit the fan in regards to Sandy’s history, I immediately understood Debbie’s issue with her and why her character would not want to be with Sandy. But, with that being said, Debbie was also in the wrong because she made everything about herself throughout the entire course of this relationship! Sandy did call her out, ex: “who was supposed to take Franny to school?”, and things like that were nice. HOWEVER I am sorry to say, this relationship felt like a massive waste of time and it felt like they were trying to force something that shouldn’t have existed to begin with. I don’t have the patience to even analyze this anymore, but maybe down the line because clearly there is SO MUCH to delve into!
13. Alex (Season 9)
Omg I did not like this relationship/plotline at all. Alex had issues but Debbie was so inconsiderate! I never saw the appeal here! It was nice that Alex had the decency to go and help Debs with Ford after the fact. I just feel “meh” about this tho. They had moments but ultimately I personally wasn’t into it and Debbie’s random newfound self discovery of “lesbianism”.
12. Kyle (Season 3)
Emma Kenney’s first kiss! Kyle was a one episode character that did have the potential to be more than that. I didn’t hate the kid as Debbie’s love interest, but there also wasn’t anything special about him. He was just kinda there and then he left. Debbie really seemed to like him though, spelling his name in her peas, etc.. I do like that one line about cigarettes that Kyle had but again he was such a short lived character and when he turned out not to be related to Kevin it became unnecessary to keep him around... even if the episode alluded to him returning. They were sorta cute!
11. Claudia (Season 10)
So I didn’t like this relationship much either but there was a certain kind of stability in the relationship that felt organic and nice. Partly because I enjoyed watching Constance Zimmer and she made Claudia likeable. Do I ship it? No. Was it a problematic dynamic? Yes. Was it a tolerable relationship? Eh. I didn’t hate it entirely though. Debbie, being a Gallagher, eventually fucked it up. And while I did like the drama, Debbie wasn’t REALLY into Claudia as much as she may have believed she was. So, it totally felt like a one off that would end with Claudia not returning... and it was. So there was no time for an investment of any kind.
10. Hedi (Season 11)
Gosh... Debbie’s endgame(?). Hedi was introduced too late for me to care enough about her (At this point it would have made sense for Debbie to wind up with Calista because at least she was already introduced!). I don’t necessarily like Hedi as a character and quite frankly it was a “who tf does SHE think she is” kinda deal for me. At first I was interested and didn’t hate her (and I don’t), but then she “thought she was Jimmy” and I instantly got annoyed (LOL I GUESS it was a nice nod to him tho... I guess).
My (several) problems with Hedi as a character aside, there IS something about Hedi being presented as this “dangerous badass” who is (somehow) WORSE than Debbie, that worked well. I’m not a fan of the ship, but it is an interesting dynamic in the sense that Debbie could potentially be “living on the edge”. I fear for what trouble this could cause Debbie BUT it’s like Frank referenced: Monica vibes. I don’t think it’s “true love” like Debbie said to Franny. A constant storyline for Debbie has been “why can’t anyone ever love me” and so she falls in quickly. Maybe Hedi will leave her but that’s the thing, “she’s done worse” so idk, either way I don’t think it’s meant to last! But I guess I don’t mind them being together! Karma’s a bitch! Will Carl tell her what Arthur found? Would it even make a difference?
9. Julia (Season 10)
I would have actually rather preferred her with Carl too! It was never love between Debbie and Julia, but the relationship did create good conflict for my viewing pleasure. UNPOPULAR OPINION, I didn’t mind Julia as a character at all. She was fine for me. I also enjoyed how ultimately SHE was only using Debbie in the end. Julia does admit later on that she was experiencing with her sexuality so maybe she did have feelings for Debbie at one point, which I thought was interesting. Debbie got herself into this one. At least Julia was more age appropriate than Claudia... (which is ironic since Debbie got in trouble for being with Julia when the age gap is MUCH bigger between Claudia and Debbie LOL I love it)! I also found Julia annoying Debbie to be amusing, that’s not to say that I liked her a lot either cuz I don’t!
8. Matty (Season 4-5)
Man do I feel bad for Matty! Debbie raped him and it was horrible. From the get-go when Matty was introduced the relationship was hella awkward!! And not only that but Debbie was a MINOR! Matty did do the right thing and said they couldn’t be together but a part of me will always feel strange that he WAS INITIALLY attracted to Debbie before learning her age. That to me is still wildly inappropriate. He shoulda cut it off. He did try to be her friend and took her to that dance which was cute but ahhh this was just a MESS all around. Cringe. At least he didn’t take advantage.
7. Henry (Season 4)
Speaking of Matty and that dance, Henry was supposed to take her. He asked her as a joke in order for Seama to inflict revenge on Debbie. If that weren’t the case however... DAMN THEY WERE CUTE! The potential that this relationship could have had! If only it wasn’t all an act! It was a “day worth of love” and sure that’s not enough for two people to REALLY be IT, yet there was something charming about their connection that I wish was real. Or idk maybe Henry could have reconnected with her later and apologized and it could have been revealed that he did actually like her... but that wasn’t the case. Fuck him!
6. Simon (Season 1-2)
Debbie was NOT interested in Simon at all but at the time he was almost like the male version of her. Their banter back and forth was fun to watch and he probably would have treated her well. It’s unfortunate that we didn’t get to even see their friendship progress. Their interactions were funny and he was a good guy!
5. Batiste (Season 10)
Y’all may not understand why this guy is so high on the list but a part of me wishes this character wasn’t a one off. Batiste is the dude Debbie tried to return her “unused” shoes to. If you can recall, he wanted a blowjob to take advantage of her. While this was a dick move (and the plot went nowhere) a part of me would have liked to see more! He did have an arc where he acted like an ass and realized that it is wrong to degrade women. I just think it could have been built upon and Emma may have had chemistry with this actor. There was something here that I didn’t hate and I felt it could have been expanded upon.
4. Little Hank (Season 2-3)
Debbie’s first real crush! It was interesting to see how he didn’t like her at first and then a “friendship/relationship” slowly started to develop after he gave her flowers. IT JUST NEVER CONTINUED! Little Hank was in no way the most upstanding, but it was cool to see Carl have a friend that Debbie crushed on (when she was little she wasn’t intentionally taking something away from Carl ie. Kelly, so I support it). Their interactions were fun to watch too! The fandom definitely has a soft spot for Little Hank! And at one point everyone was rooting for them to be together. Too bad we never discovered what ended up happening to this character!
3. Neil (Season 7-8)
The bathtub scene tho! Adorable! There was a short moment within this relationship that was super cute where the two of them really did seem to care about each other and may have both been in love. It goes without saying that Debbie was only using him, but they did have SOME potential and they found a common ground where they each benefited each other’s needs. Debbie once again was TOO controlling and self absorbed to make it work, but I don’t think she was entirely happy in a relationship with him. He deserved more respect!
2. Derek (Season 5-8)
Baby Daddy! I really did enjoy them together until Debbie took advance of him and Franny came into the picture, but at the same time that’s one of the reasons that Derek, as a character, has a deeper connection to Debbie and the audience. I always enjoyed their flirting back and forth and the relationship they had (the deleted scene with the card/push up game ahh my heart)! Debbie really did mess up due to her desperation to “belong to a family”, which is another one of her consistent character traits. She just went too far and tried to trap him. Then shit got messed up between their families. Derek did eventually ask for parcial custody and did have a desire to be a part of Franny’s life. Debbie said no and that plot line died until s10. Pepa!! Ahh! RIP to Derek, it was sad to me that he died. Definitely a character and relationship that I wish was incorporated more because I truly enjoyed them together.
1. Duran (Season 8)
Besties with benefits! Stop! Nobody talks about my guy Duran! Sure they both said that this relationship was of a sexual nature and that they were just a couple of friends but damn! The chemistry and dynamic was palpable! It is truly a shame that we didn’t get to see more of this friendship! They were on common ground and really did care about each other! I don’t know why but I really just LOVED them together! Duran was also in her friend group with Farhad and that was a group that seemed to have a positive impact on Debbie as a person. S8 Debbie was cool! These two complemented each other so nicely! Duran wasn’t by any means the best influence on her because he almost lead Debbie down a “Monica path” but come on, Hedi is worse in that department. He was getting his life together like Debbie was with her profession. Just think of the hair convos Duran and Tami could have had Lol. Idk, I just like Debbie with him a lot! It was healthy to an extent and he was supportive of Debs with Franny.
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Markus Deserved Better from DBH
This ended up hella long but Markus deserved better from David Cage and I’m upset about it, ok?  
Anybody who’s been involved or seen the Detroit: Become Human fandom knows that Connor is the most favorited by the voiced community, and he absolutely deserves the love he gets. He’s an intriguing character with a cute face, and the fandom has widely noted that. Kara is a widely loved character as well, just as she should be. We see so many raw emotions from Kara that make us relate and empathize with her, and she’s a strong willed person. Markus, however, isn't as widely appreciated. Don’t get me wrong, I know there are tons and tons of posts and art and writing and appreciation for him, but that pales in comparison to that of Connor or Kara. I’ve seen people blame this on “deep rooted racism” and all that lovely stuff, but there are a variety of reasons Markus doesn’t resonate with most as much as Kara or Connor, and why he deserved better from the creators. It makes the whole thing even weirder because Markus is the integral piece of the entire game. 
Connor and Kara’s plot lines are obviously very important. Connor’s conflict in finding out who he is and what he wants to be is emotional, and him being a detective is crucial to his story. Connor’s end goal is to find Jericho, which is centered mainly around Markus’ story. Kara’s conflict in deciding to do what’s best for Alice, even if what she does isn’t “morally” correct, is also extremely emotional and really makes you evaluate what you would do for the ones you love, no matter how inherently “wrong” it is. Her being an Android and trying to take care of Alice and find Jericho to get to Canada are crucial to the story, and her end goal is centered mainly around Markus’ story as well. 
Markus’ plot is the most important part of Detroit: Become Human. Without him, it would have taken another Android to finally decide to revolt, and given that he had to convince Jericho when he got there, it would have taken a decent amount of time. If Markus didn’t begin a revolution, Connor wouldn’t have ended up working towards finding Jericho because Androids would only have acted out individually with no name behind their cause, and widespread deviancy would be eradicated if someone else didn’t unite them all before they really started getting rid of deviants. Though Connor could have found deviancy without the revolution or Jericho, his character arc centers around witnessing his own people stand up for themselves and him deciding who he’s going to be. Connor without Markus would just be a detective doing cases on the very thing he’s never supposed to be and he’ll either remain a machine, or become a deviant and have to deal with that without a cause on his side. 
Kara would probably still end up looking for Jericho with Alice because of the Android that shared information with her when they were looking for a place to stay the night, but she’d be greeted with pre-Markus Jericho that doesn’t do much but hide. She probably wouldn’t have made it to Canada or even the border if this happened. 
This all means that all their stories—and plenty of other side characters’ stories—revolve around Markus, who he is, and what his existence means in the game. Now, this isn’t actually very obvious in the game. It doesn’t take deep thinking or any real situation assessment to realise exactly how crucial Markus is to the game and every character’s development, but it isn’t as clear as it should be. Markus should be the point the game revolves around because he’s why it exists—so why don’t we feel nearly as emotionally attached to him? 
Well, we don’t get to see who Markus is. We see Markus speaking for a community as a whole, not really for himself. He puts himself in a position where most of what he says is said for Androids everywhere, and not necessarily his personal thoughts or aspirations. Yes, he wants to lead this revolution, but that’s his only characteristic he was given. Markus’ only purpose all the way throughout the entire game is the revolution. Of course, if you go the right route and choose the right things, you get one(1) possible love interest, but even that route is empty and bland of actual bonding or real insight to how Markus might be thinking or feeling. The only time we get to see Markus—and the thing that resonates within the people whose favorite character is Markus—is how he got to where he was. Connor is hesitant in his path of figuring out who he is against who he’s “supposed” to be. Kara is determined to take care of a child who hasn’t had the proper care. But Markus? Markus was the character who realised that nobody was going to stand up for him and that if he wanted protection, and rights, and thoughts, and to be independent he was going to have to do it himself. He stood up for himself when nobody could or would, and the people who realised that are the people who see exactly how valuable he is to the story and how much character he has inside of him that isn’t being shown to us throughout the rest of the game. 
Connor and Kara have plenty of moments bonding with other people and expressing their thoughts or concerns. Connor has Hank, and they routinely interact in a way meant to make you connected to them both by sharing thoughts, ideas, and moments. Kara has Alice from the beginning, and it quickly develops our emotional connection to them both because they both need the other, and that is a strong, relatable emotional bond. Eventually Kara gets Luther who allows for more of Kara’s thoughts to be shown rather than just her emotions, as well as Luther’s, which give us an emotional connection to both of them. But Markus doesn’t really have those moments. Yes, he has Josh, North, and Simon, but the only talks they really had were about the revolution and Jericho’s decisions as a whole. There were so little scenes showing Markus connecting with others in a more intimate way than just recruiting them or speaking to Jericho as a whole, and they were pretty late into the game when we’d all already fallen in love with these other Characters. 
It’s poor writing to only begin connecting the player to the main piece of why the story’s happening near the end of the entire game. There was time for more, in general, from Markus. 
Plus—and this one really irks me as a music fan in general—his theme was a crime. I watched a playthrough before I ever played the game, and one of the first things I noted was the intensity of Connor’s theme. You all know it, and it is so packed with emotion that you can feel without having to know anything about the game. Nima Fakhrara, the composer of Connor’s theme, put so much of Connor’s conflict and internal struggles into that piece, and perfectly captivated the duality of human and machine within him. Listen to it if you haven’t taken the time, it’s 8 minutes and 54 seconds of an absolutely beautiful composition. Kara’s theme moves me every time as well. Philip Sheppard, the composer of Kara’s theme, also put so much emotion into hers. The push and pull of the intensity captivates Kara’s situation so well. Her theme feels much more raw than Connor’s, by the nature of her character. Also listen to that if you haven’t, 6 minutes and 55 seconds of another absolutely beautiful composition. Markus’ theme, in comparison to Kara and Connor’s, feels so empty. It’s fitting only because of the lack of emotional value they put into Markus, and feels almost like ambiance music. You can’t feel the emotions Markus has within the piece, because we see so little of who he is. Not only that, his theme is a staggering 3 minutes and 2 seconds long. And, I believe John Paesano, the composer of Markus’ theme, is not the reason behind this lack of emotion. John Paesano also composed Marvel’s Spider Man main theme, and noted that he wanted to make the theme “more emotional and introspective.” The Spider Man main theme is also as short as Markus’ but most would argue still has a lot more emotion. There is no guarantee it wasn’t just a different artist’s take, but I believe John Paesano could have easily made a much more emotional theme for a character who actually had more emotions and personality to base the theme off of. 
Markus’ lack of emotional development, his disconnect from the player because he only speaks as a whole and the game never shows him speaking for himself or his mind, and the lack of emotion in his theme compared to such emotionally driven themes makes Markus feel unimportant and much more distant from the player. 
There were so many things David Cage could have done to make Markus feel as important as he is, but he lacked so much of what the other characters were given. I understand that what he was doing as a character didn’t provide as many opportunities as Kara or Connor to really show who he is to the player, but there was room for a more emotional Markus. He’s my favorite character in the game solely because he got up and did what no one else could or would do for himself, and if I—and many others—can fall in love with a character based on their only real emotional action, can you imagine the amount of people who’d fall in love with the rest of his missing personality? 
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might i add! sophie has a 4k t.v. (don't ask how) and whenever her boys are sick, she finds new netflix shows to binge. keefe and fitz l o v e it. some of their favorites are stranger things, i am not okay with this, and love is blind. don't ask me why those shows. i don't know.
yes!! this is important!!
sophie would love being able to keep up with an aspect of human culture and everyday life – and fitz and keefe would love getting involved, too! human media and entertainment is drastly different from any elvin productions they’ve seen – by far. humans are a lot more… dark? and violent? but…. it’s intriguing. fitz isn’t keen on r-rated movies, though, because the violence gets Very graphic. keefe can only stomach a few. sophie’s kinda just Used to it
i feel like fitz would be into (some) documentaries and movies based on true events. he’s a knowledge sponge, guys! an adorable little nerd! he loves to learn about prominent figures in human culture and pieces of their history. it intrigues him. (and sometimes terrifies him. seriously, how are humans so violent?)
still, even if it gives him a bit of a stomach-ache sometimes, he always appreciates the effort put into the film.
think The Act, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Miss Americana (Netflix), Gaga: Five Foot Two (Netflix), RBG, Apollo 11, Bohemian Rhapsody… 
also fitz watches Animal Planet and other series similar to it because he loves animals don’t @ me.
okay but fitz is also a sucker for rom-coms and coming-of-age stories
he loves the movies where teenagers find their way in life. he loves the movies where the characters find their soulmate. he loves the tropes and the cliches and the coffee shops. he loves the sweet and sappy movies. and honestly? the cheesier the better.
a few of those get on keefe’s nerves, but for the most part keefe also likes them. (yet, he won’t admit it).
think 16 Wishes, Mean Girls (keefe really likes that one, too), Eighth Grade, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (Netflix), Love, Simon, I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix)….
mystery/thrillers are also hella rad!! fitz loves picking out one and playing a game with sophie and keefe. they want to see who can guess the plot twist or killer first – and whoever can wins a favor (sound familiar ;) )
think Get Out, Black Mirror (Netflix), Gone Girl, Knives Out, Misery, Black Swan…
while fitz is into more psychological thrillers, keefe likes anything and everything generically dubbed ‘freaky’. (he thinks pennywise is pretty cool. he draws him once and sophie is both amazed and off-put by how realistic it looks)
sophie’s pretty into the horror category herself, so her and keefe can empathize on the interest. fitz is downright confused as to how they could enjoy something like that. (if it’s movie time and keefe or sophie picks one of those, fitz claims the Middle Cuddle Spot so that he’s cushioned between the two of them and can easily hide under the covers or their arms.)
keefe also likes comedy, action, chick-flicks, drama, (some) musicals… you know, this boy can basically roll with anything. does he have his favourites? yes. but can he settle down and watch something with sophie and fitz that he wouldn’t normally choose? also yes
think Megamind, Lost In Space (Netflix), Good Girls (Netflix), The Dragon Prince (Netflix), Into The Spiderverse, Pitch Perfect, Mamma Mia!, Easy A, Dirty Dancing, Us….
let’s state the obvious – keefe and fitz are both into disney. especially disney princess movies. 
and i’m serious about that!!! not as a joke, like, “oh, haha, they like the princess movies?”
yes bitch they like the princess movies
keefe’s favourite is probably Tangled. 
flynn rider is suave and has keefe’s charm/humor! maximus is tough and snarky when you meet, but he can soften up, and keefe relates to that! pascal knows how to put up a fight! and rapunzel herself is brave and adventurous and there for the people she cares about; and that’s all keefe has ever wanted to do. (also wielding a frying pan as a weapon is badass)
also, as much as it might hurt to say it, keefe relates to rapunzel, the abuse she suffered, and the trap she was in. the strong storyline and accurate depiction hits home.
fitz’s is probably Frozen. he loves the sisterly action they have going there, okay?? like how badass is anna? how badass is elsa? how badass are these women together?
sophie’s is Mulan. she’s such a strong and powerful role model to look up to! and the humor is PEAK.Mulan is also from sophie’s childhood, so that makes it even more special. the fact that she gets to share it with keefe and fitz…. magical.
also sophie lowkey wants to follow in mulan’s footsteps and slice her hair into a bi bob with a sword. see this post of mine ; )
sci-fi gets all of them. they like the adventure and the morals in the stories, the warnings for the future. they like the undiscovered planets, the tricky tech, and the general imagination that went into producing it. 
think The Matrix, Star Wars, Alien, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Tau (Netflix), Wall-E, I Am Mother (Netflix), Ready Player One…
they all have some shared favourite movies and shows, though, where their tastes align.
 think Stranger Things (Netflix) (they find it seriously freaky and amusing how similar it is to them/their situation), Once Upon a Time (these are the fairytales sophie grew up learning about?), Dark (Netflix) (does it get much better than time travel??), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) (again!! badass women galore!! it’s awesome!!), the OA (Netflix) (it’s shrouded with mystery), the Rain (Netflix) (this one is a big adventure!!), the Umbrella Academy (Netflix) (i mean, c’mon, they have to save the world from the apocalypse, isn’t that pretty rad in and of itself?), A Quiet Place (this one… fucking brilliant. they’re all dead silent as they watch it and it’s such a powerful movie that they feel weird making sound when it finishes… they watch it again and again and again.), Onward (it’s adorable as FUCK and keefe may cry a little everytime they watch it)…
so, yeah! keefe and fitz really appreciate human media (and it especially comes in handy when they’re sick)
but let’s all admit it…. sometimes human productions are extremely Stupid and low-budget/general low-quality. 
so, there’s always fun in picking out a movie or show to laugh/cringe at because it’s just that bad.
take this one chinese television series on netflix
it seriously looked good. it did.
but then they watched it.
it went well at the start but then?? the main love interest?? was just an asshole??
and why did the protag continue to put up with his bullshit?? he punched the wall next to her face until his knuckles were bleeding?? she was crying?? oh and he kissed her repeatedly when she said stop??? oh and now he threw food at her that she spent time making for him???? sophie??? what the absolute fuck are humans on????
the show’s called Meteor Garden (Netflix)
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2018 Book Recommendations
These were my favorite reads this year, so of course I want to recommend them. (In no particular order) also sorry I Am Very Excited By The Books On This List So Expect A Large Amount Of Uneeded Capitalization And Exclamation Points.
How to be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune - this book is perfect for anyone not into Hetero™️ romcoms but still wanting the content feeling of soft romance and hilarious content, ft the very socially awkward Gustavo, and the wonderously millenial “asexual stoner hipster” Casey.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - I honestly don’t know what to say about this one besides: I’d Die for Each Of These Characters, And They’d Let Me. It took me a couple of tries to get into, but once I was into it, I was hooked. Fantastic world building, morally grey characters, and a complex plot. What’s not to love? ALSO IT INCLUDES HEISTS AND BANTER AKA TWO OF THE BEST THINGS THAT COULD EVER BE FEATURED IN LITERATURE
Simon v the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli - This Book is the embodiment of [gay panic]. Hella relatable and emotional, it’s just,, So Great.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - I’m a bit biased because Holly Black could murder me in cold blood and I’d thank her profusely, but The Cruel Prince is so good? It’s tense and fantastical and somehow humorous??? Ft a human girl done with taking Shit from the faeries and edgy faerie prince who is possessed by the spirit of a wine aunt.
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan - I read this at the beginning of summer, and couldn’t pick up another book for a month afterwards because I was still riding the high of this one. Like out of all of the ones on this list, In Other Lands was probably the one that impacted me the most this year, which is Saying Something. Basically about a normal??? kid growing up in a magical world with his best friends: an elf who could and would stab me, and Mr. Golden Boy. Has a really interesting plot and point of view. Worth a read by anyone even vaguely interested.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - Definitely a classic that most people have read before, but if you haven’t, please do!!! It’s so nice and warm and Just Wonderful!!!!! About two boys growing up in El Paso and I love it!!!
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo - kinda the dark horse of this list, to kill a kingdom satisfied something very dark and poetic in me. There are dangerous sea creatures and a world that feels absolutely huge and magical so what’s not to love? About a siren princess with a kill-you-if-you-look-at-her-wrong personality going after the (literal) heart of a siren-killing prince.
The Magisterium Series by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare - At first I was a little skeptical about this series, since I just can’t get into Cassandra Clare, so I was worried it would be the same with this series. But!!! I loved it so much!! The characters are dumb and relatable and I love them so much!! There’s an obligatory wolf sidekick!!! LGBT and POC representation (JKR could Never)!! Magic that actually comes with rules!!! Plot Twists!! Also Cliffhangers That Ruin Your Performance In School bc You Can’t Stop Thinking About Them!!!!
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer - I know I’m a little late to the Artemis Fowl party, but I vowed (in blood) to read it after seeing the summary of “twelve year old Bond villain vs faeries but the faeries have guns” and?? It was Perfectly Accurate?? It’s hilarious and edgy and there are great characters like Grumpy Elf Dad who tries to control his Chaotic Elf Daughter and Haughty Centaur Son!! Bodyguards that will steal your heart, both literally and figuratively!! Pretentious wannabe vampire kid with the personality and ego of a dragon!!!!
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𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭  𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚.
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[ ESTER EXPOSITO, 22, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ] welcome to the du pont institute for the young & gifted, [ SABINA MARQUEZ ]. you have been accepted as a [ REGULAR ] student from [ SPAIN ], going into your [ SENIOR YEAR ] and majoring in [ INT'L BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ]. your peers at the institute say that you are [ ASTUTE & SELF-ASSURED ], but being [ VEXING & CONNIVING ] may be the reason why the police are asking about you. did you think they wouldn’t find out that you were michael’s [ GIRLFRIEND ]? [ ADMIN J, 23, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER, EST ]
hi friends! jocey here with my first bby, sabina. i’m just gonna get this out of the way right now - apologizing in advance for all that is sabina because she’s truly just the worst™. lol anyways, gimme a like or hmu on discord if you’d like to plot with my little demon child!
name : sabina isabella maria marquez nickname : friends call her sab age : twenty-two sexuality : bisexual hometown : madrid, spain major : int’l business management, minor in entrepreneurship extracurriculars : student council president, business leaders of tmrw, du pont editor, honour society, model UN (spain)
━  the marquez family is known to have a bit of a controversial reputation, mostly surrounding how they made their fortune. what started out as a small delivery company in the canary islands decades ago has now expanded to a global empire of sorts. officially, marquez enterprises is a shipping company that controls the major ports in spain, and owns several businesses throughout europe and latin america.
━  but off the books? well, let’s just say there may be rumours that they’re involved in some shady business and have quite a few shady interesting contacts from all around the world, from politicians to some less than savoury people. regardless, it’s common knowledge that the marquezes are filthy dirty rich, enjoy living extravagantly and lavishly, and are practically seen as spanish royalty in the social scene.
━  as the eldest born to the head of the marquez empire, sabina was always groomed to take over marquez enterprises one day. she has a younger brother, though he shows no interest (or any capabilities, for that matter) in even being a part of it. then there are all of her cousins who want the seat - her seat - at the head of the table for themselves, like her cousin cristiano. well, over her dead body. and even from the grave, she would never let that happen because this was her birthright. while most kids dreamt of flying to the moon or being a princess, sabina always knew she was going to rule the world marquez empire one day.
━  sabina is her parents’ daughter in every way possible. they taught her everything legal and illegal that she needed to know in order to be successful in life. but some things even they couldn’t quite explain themselves. like when three-year-old sabina stole all the crayons in daycare to force other kids to buy them back with their snacks. from a young age, she quickly learned that tricking people into giving her what she wanted out of their own dumb free will was so much more satisfying than stealing it from under their noses. she may be named after a saint, but anyone will tell you she is anything but.
━  a hustler with an alpha bitch mentality, she’s always outsmarting people and outsmarting the system to get things to work in her favour. and when that didn’t work, no one could ever say no to a big fat wad of cash. because sabina marquez never loses. she doesn’t just play the game, she owns it, makes the rules and wins. every. damn. time. sabina strongly believes that playing by the rules was for suckers and if you weren’t the best, then you were nothing at all. and sometimes being the best required playing dirty. if she has to ruin someone else’s life to get her way, then she will gladly pour a jug of gasoline, light a match and enjoy watching it go up in flames. hell, sometimes she’ll do that just for the fun of it anyways. and if that’s what she does for her own enjoyment, then you do not wanna know what she does when she’s pissed off.
━  with that mentality, it’s no surprise that sabina easily became the top student of her program and student council president. though she may have lied and cheated her way to the top on several occasions, there’s no denying that she’s fucking brilliant. yes, she could have done it the right way, but where’s the fun in that? if anything, pulling off all the lying, cheating and scheming proved just how smart she really was. and maybe that’s why michael fell for her. 
━  sabina always thought she was too good for michael. in fact, too good for almost anyone at this school. the whole golden boy, mr. popular act was boring and cliche, and she saw right through it. and yet somehow, almost as if it’d happened overnight, michael had won her over and they were quickly known as du pont’s ‘it’ couple. everyone envied them and wanted to be them. they couldn’t be a more perfect couple and she was the perfect girlfriend - sweet, adoring, supportive. in fact, so perfect that no one ever knew that deep down, sabina had never hated anyone more in her life than michael fucking valmont. and she couldn’t be happier now that he’s dead.
WANTED CONNECTIONS.
BEST FRIEND  ━  someone who can put up with sabina’s awfulness, or maybe they’re just as awful as she is. this is probably one of the few people she’s actually relatively nice to (at least, by her standards) and will always have their back. possibly even one of the few people she’ll ever let her guard down for. preferably m/nb tbh bcuz she tends to be a bigger bitch to girls cuz they’re obvs more threatening than dumb boys are lol.  taken by simon bexley, cade harrington, sofia gonzalez-cortes MORAL CONSCIENCE  ━  does sabina even have a moral compass? your guess is as good as mine. this is someone she is more likely to listen to and could try to sway her from doing, y’know, ~*just sabine things*~. kind of the angel on her shoulder? often tries to get her to be nicer and overall be a decent human being.  taken by grant winter-grandview EXES  ━  either she dumped him/her, or she was dumped (in which case, rip my friend). maybe there are lingering feelings. who knows?? could be interesting if they’re very different from sabina and that’s why it didn’t work out despite the chemistry or whatever. RIVALS/ENEMIES  ━  ho’boy. homegirl can piss off a lot of people just for shits and giggles, nor does she care to be likeable and personable, so i’m sure she’s got a hella long list of enemies/people she rubs the wrong way. also people she’s sabotaged and manipulated to get her way? plz.  taken by adelaide montserrat, alice coltell, saylor winter-grandview, daisy kennedy CHILDHOOD FRIEND  ━  self-explan. they’ve known each other since they were kids and their parents are likely friends.  taken by madelyn vasquez UNWANTED CHILD  ━  sabina somehow ended up being this person’s very reluctant mom friend. she hates it, she does not want to deal with them, and yet she’ll still go pick up their drunk ass at 4am. she’s all about tough love, so while she may be super harsh and hard on them, she does it out of love and because she cares. not that she’d ever admit caring.  taken by nicollo fernez, james thompson UNLIKELY/ACCIDENTAL FRIENDS  ━  they shouldn’t get along, but somehow, they just do and their friendship works. not typically someone sabina would see herself being friends with, but somehow an accidental friendship of sorts developed.  taken by aurora van der berg, crimson cooper SECRET FLING  ━  the person sabina cheated on michael with. it’s definitely more than a one-time hook-up, but not quite a relationship yet either. she cares about them a lot more than she’d ever care to admit out loud, but it shows through her actions.  taken by william acher CAT & MOUSE  ━  the more sabina can’t have something, the more she’s driven to go after it, even if it’s just to prove a point. and that point is that she’s always right and she always wins. so she’ll flirt, sweet talk and pull out all the stops just to get them to admit that they’re wrong about her. could also work the other way - the more they want her to cave, the more she’ll push and fight it.  taken by gabriel johnson
okay, that’s all i can think of off the top of my head. some plots i’m open for multiple characters to fill, unless it has been crossed out. and ofc, i’m always open to new ideas too!
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3x11 Feelings and Screamings
Clary and Jonathan’s chemistry is off the roof and I fucking love it. I love every single of their interactions.
the montage for Clary’s death killed men but I think it has more to do with the fact Magnus is using a lighter than anything else. 
Clary looking like a medieval princess running from a monster, good. 
Maia comes from Ocean City!!!! Also Simon and Maia’s chemistry. It’s perfect, and god I still love them together, they give me all the feels. Now watch as the writers and show restrict them from any physical intimacy after that. 
"tortured at the guard""the Clave outlawed torture 1000 years ago" DID WE JUST FORGET THE PLOT OF SEAOSN , MELIORN BEING TAKEN TO THE GUARD AND THE TORTURE AND THE TRIAL, WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FCKKKKKK
what's up with izzy's hair? did Emeraude go stand in the rain for 15 minutes?
Also, the Clizzy is strong in this dennys. 
MAGNUS. Okay, so every fucking Magnus scene. Please just give him back his magic. Just please.
Alec is doing the best thing for everyone and for Jace right now. Jace is a liability, Jace is violent and erratic. 
fuck you izzy, fuck you fuck you, Maia was faced with her abuser; she was faced with her ABUSER im crying
I love Jonathan and Clary a lot. 
I’m hella interested in that torture method. Is it angel blood? Why are they torturing a seelie with angel blood? Seelies already have some, it would be like torturing a Shadowhunter with angel blood, or a mundane with mundane blood. @ writers did you all forget?
me, screaming: MAIA TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM
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( HARRY STYLES. DEMIMALE. ) Rumor has it that ( ARISTAEUS RUZICKA ) has been spotted skulking around the New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 158 ) year old ( VAMPIRE. ) They have a good reputation for being ( PROGRESSIVE & ARTFUL, ) but have also been known to be rather ( DUPLICITOUS & DOGMATIC. ) They’re known for being the ( MAVERICK. )
al! your original spin on a lone vampire was so refreshing to read and we cannot wait to see what you bring to the table! aris is a unique character with so many possible connections & plots and i know for a fact that the pot will be stirred hella hard! 
( PARK JIMIN. CISMALE. ) Rumor has it that ( KYUSUNG MOON ) has been spotted skulking around  New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 23. /150 ) year old ( LYCAN. ) They have a good reputation for being ( COMPASSIONATE, LOYAL, ) but have also been known to be rather ( OBSESSIVE, STUBBORN ) They’re known for being the ( THE ROGUE. )
v, we are so thrilled to see such an interesting lycan with two very different sides to them! we’re super excited to have you here and cannot wait to see where you take ur lil wolfboy in the rp!
( KIM JINWOO. CISMALE. ) Rumor has it that ( NAMIL SIDOROV ) has been spotted skulking around  New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 82 ) year old ( VAMPIRE. ) They have a good reputation for being ( MERCIFUL & CLEVER, ) but have also been known to be rather ( NAIVE & RASH. ) They’re known for being the ( BENEVOLENT. )
yenn, your detailed application & story for your chara was heartwrenching and provided so much depth and insight to his history! we are so pleased to see such a rich & insightful explanation and we know for sure that the unique spin your taking on a vampire will lead to amazing plots! can’t wait to see his growth!
( LUKE PASQUALINO. CIS MALE. ) Aleksander’s coven is intimately familiar with ( DANTE DE LUCA, ) a dedicate Death Dealer for the coven. ( HE ) is a ( 328 ) year old vampire known throughout the New World Coven for being ( LOYAL & CONFIDENT. ) However, those who are familiar with them also know that they are very ( MERCILESS & POSSESSIVE. ) They’re known for being the ( THE PRODIGY. ) Though they are technically disbanded, they are still dedicated to their cause.
oh rowen -- you really make me love pirates. dante is such a cool take on vampires and you can really see his motivations. your writing is impeccable and the way you bring dante to life blows us away! we’re so hyped to have you here and we can’t wait to see where you take dante!
( BRENDON URIE. CISGENDER MALE. ) Rumor has it that ( SIMON LEYECROFT ) has been spotted skulking around New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 632 ) year old ( LYCAN. ) They have a good reputation for being ( CHARISMATIC & SCHOLARLY, ) but have also been known to be rather ( BRITTLE & VINDICTIVE. ) They’re known for being the ( TWILIT HEART. )
e! it’s so refreshing to see such an old lycan in the mix! we know for sure that simon is going to bring some dimension to round out the pack and we cannot wait to get to know him further! we are super thrilled to have you here and we can’t wait to see what plots, connections, and stories we all cook up together!
( PHOEBE TONKIN. CISFEMALE. ) Aleksander’s coven is intimately familiar with ( VICTORIA KANE, ) a dedicate Death Dealer for the coven. ( SHE ) is a ( 643 ) year old vampire known throughout the New World Coven for being ( CHARMING & LOYAL. ) However, those who are familiar with them also know that they are very ( INDIFFERENT & IMPULSIVE. ) They’re known for being the ( CATACLYSMIC. ) Though they are technically disbanded, they are still dedicated to their cause.
leo, we loved scrolling through the muse tag you provided us with & we really felt like we got to know victoria through you! we’re absolutely hyped to have you join us and it’ll be amazing to see what connections she makes as a fellow death dealer!
( SEO YOUNGHO. CIS MALE. ) Rumor has it that ( DANE WON ) has been spotted skulking around  New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 26 ) year old ( NON-PUREBORN VAMPIRE. ) They have a good reputation for being ( INTELLIGENT, RESOURCEFUL ) but have also been known to be rather ( VIOLENT, ENIGMATIC. ) They’re known for being the ( LIBERTINE. )
hazel -- your characterization, detail, and dedication shows in every word that you write! you animated dane in a way that his application felt almost too personal to read. you provided so much insight into the way he works & his past, and it gets us SO EXCITED to see where he’s going to go in the future of the rp!
( MILO VENTIMIGLIA. CISMALE. ) Rumor has it that ( APOLLO ROMA ) has been spotted skulking around New York City streets recently. ( HE ) is a ( 100 ) year old ( LYCAN. ) They have a good reputation for being ( CHARMING, LOYAL, ) but have also been known to be rather ( TEMPERAMENTAL, CLOSED - OFF. ) They’re known for being the ( CRESTFALLEN. )
dorian! your love for apollo shows deeply in the way you talked about him in the talk tag & in the supplements you provided! we are so excited to have such a fleshed out character in the mix! it’ll be so interesting to see how he meshes with the other lycans & his interactions with the vampires! we are thrilled to have you!
( PRIYANKA CHOPRA. FEMALE. ) Everyone in Vivian’s pack knows of ( AADYA KHAN ) one of her loyal Leechers. ( SHE ) is/are a ( 650 ) year old lycan known amongst their packmates for being ( MASTERFUL & PERSPICACIOUS ) but also quite ( AMBIGUOUS & CUNNING ) They’re known for being the ( SOVEREIGN ) Though they are technically disbanded, they are still dedicated to their cause.
eden, we were so impressed by how you broke down aadya’s character for us -- from her influences to her motivations, down to playlists for us to listen to! it was an absolute pleasure getting to know her and we just know for a fact that she’s going to bring so much to the table as a leecher.
( MATTHEW DADDARIO. HE/HIM. ) Rumor has it that ( TRAVIS CANE ADONIS) has been spotted skulking around New York City streets recently. ( HE) iS a ( 631 ) year old ( VAMPIRE. ) They have a good reputation for being ( OBSERVANT & RESOURCEFUL, ) but have also been known to be rather ( PREJUDICED & SECRETIVE. ) They’re known for being the ( SADIST )
syd, the amount of care and thought you put into fleshing travis out really paid off! it feels like we truly know him and all of his nuances make him awesome! it’ll be so interesting to see how such a dark, sadistic vampire meshes with others in the coven & we can’t wait to see the way he grows!
( THEO JAMES. CISMALE. ) Aleksander’s coven is intimately familiar with ( ELIAS CRESCANT, ) a dedicate Death Dealer for the coven. ( HE) is a ( 900 ) year old vampire known throughout the New World Coven for being (DARING + CALCULATIVE. ) However, those who are familiar with them also know that they are very ( IMPULSIVE + STUBBORN. ) They’re known for being the ( FIGHTER. )Though they are technically disbanded, they are still dedicated to their cause.
cc, wow! we loved reading everything you had for elias! we know for sure that he is going to be a wonderful asset to the coven. you’ve put a lot of thought into him and it really shows! it’s going to be really interesting to see how such an old vampire is going to interact with others & how each plot will pan out. 
( ODETTE ANNABLE. CISFEMALE.) Rumor has it that ( ISABEL DE VARONA ) has been spotted skulking around  New York City streets recently. ( SHE ) is a ( 47 ) year old ( VAMPIRE ) They have a good reputation for being ( PROTECTIVE & RESOURCEFUL ) but have also been known to be rather ( SHAMELESS & SPITEFUL. ) They’re known for being the (VIRAGO. )
si, this was such a wonderfully original take on a vampire in the coven and we were so excited when we read your app! we think that isabel is going to be such an asset due to how different she is from so many of her covenmates. her sense of justice and her passion really make her stand out and we are thrileld to have you both here!
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3x17 thoughts
Well... not much to say about this one. Everything was pretty meh tbh. An episode focused on Simon and Isabelle is not that interesting to me and what little there was that was cool was... very little indeed. Some random thoughts:
1) Helen seems cool. I like that she’s proud of her DW half as well as being a shadowhunter. One thing I dont get though how much exactly did she know about what Aldertree was doing and how didnt she know his plans? Did she know he was turning prisoners into mundanes? Was that ok to her but doing it to a whole city/the world isnt? I’m confused by her motivations.
2) It was nice bringing Aldertree back and wrapping up his story.
3) What isnt as nice is making it seem that he was the only one to blame and the whole Clave is innocent and the good guys. Fuck that. This show will never have the balls to actually present the shadowhunters as what they really are and that’s so much wasted potential, it’s making me want to cry.
4) Also a big fat fuck you to whoever decided to make Raphael mundane. Like I cant even muster up the energy to be mad anymore... I guess I should just be grateful they didnt outright kill him.
5) Aldertree put a self-destruct button on his “life’s work”? Ok, whatever you say, Plot Convenience.
6) Do you suppose the writers remember they have another MAIN character called Maia Roberts?
7) Sooo... heavenly fire is a bottle of parfume?
8) Sooo 2.0... was that m@lec’s Big Fight(TM)? Like I did like Magnus getting drunk and showing up late and just kind of breaking down a little at the end bt if this was what we were promised... it’s hella underwhelming. I did like him finally saying what I’ve been saying about his and Alec’s positions though - Alec is at the top of his game right now so it’s easy for him to say all these flowery declarations. He’s still not getting it from Magnus’s pov. Also loved his line “the way I’m feeling now, it may never pass”
9) I liked getting more of Jonathan’s backstory with Lilith. It’s still breaking my heart how much he has been abused and hurt and twisted into something he never wanted to be. Also I have to disagree with Jace that if someone had saved Jonathan at the time, he could have turned out a different person. He clearly had the potential.
10) Really liked Iris’s part in this and her pov on a warlock without magic. It helps make a fuller picture of what magic means to warlocks apart from what we’ve seen with Magnus.
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playing catchup, here’s some thoughts about DCA episode 120, with 121 coming here in a bit.
- I love these fireside episodes, and Satine Phoenix is an excellent person to mediate their discussions; she’s very warm and empathetic and these losers need that desperately
- Strix’s timeline is screwy, as I believe I have discussed on this blog before, but…uh…there’s a particular piece of Strix backstory Holly wrote that if it happened before she went to Baba Yaga…yikes. I don’t want to discuss it in too much detail but Strix would still have been so, so young for this particular piece of trauma, that’s gut-wrenching to think about. All of their childhoods included some form of trauma at a heartbreakingly young age and all of it is hard to think about but wooow.
- Paladin training is no joke, but I wonder how much younger than the others Evelyn was, to have advanced to full paladin status at 22 (probably younger). Given her leg, that’s really hella impressive.
- Relissa and Kagan are TERRIBLE and I can’t wait until we meet them, I am hoping for bloodshed on Diath’s behalf. But now Diath’s question to Paultin during the therapy episode makes more sense—“Was she nice to you?” KILL ME
- Diath’s fond smile and his tone of voice when he says her name after Strix says “so we CAN kill them!”, I’m drowning in my feelings pls help
- Yeah, trying to parse the conversation better, it does sound like Diath was dating both of them. So polyamorous Diath is most likely canon, which is…huge, honestly.
- Just going off of the body language and his facial expressions…that is not Diath’s root fear of cages and enclosed spaces. He probably had that long before Relissa and Kagan got to him. If anything, being imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit would probably crystalize that fear into a full-on psychosis, if it wasn’t there already
- okay imagining little bitty Evelyn zipping around in her boots makes me SO HAPPY, what a cutie patootie she must’ve been. Her expressed desire to be helpful is also very telling of an active child who felt useless bc she couldn’t get around as well, and I’m sure Father Sunbright capitalized on that desire to be useful to turn her into the self-sacrificing paladin she is (I’m sure to make her self-sacrificing and indebted to him personally, not just Lathander, but I’m bitter about him and hope either he doesn’t get raised or if Telastin tries, he just doesn’t come back…sidenote, I wonder if Chris is worried about too many plot threads out there waving in the wind that he has to braid back together, I’m sure he can do it, but this season is so complex compared to others)
- MORE ABOUT PAULTIN’S CHILDHOOD PLS. NATE. NATE PLS. I know that alcohol-induced amnesia is a huge part of Paultin’s character as an in-game expression of Nate not having much of a backstory for him, but come on, it’s been years XD He probably wouldn’t spill about it just yet, anyway, Diath hasn’t. I’m just grumpy and impatient.
- Aww yeee plot pie
- I feel like Paultin and Sandra having a rental is an important detail in this particular case; it feels like a setup, if this crime family was making a habit out of going into noble houses and Paultin and Sandra’s house was close to one. Maybe Sandra was mixed up in something she shouldn’t have been and Paultin didn’t know about it bc he’d been busy with work before she died, but the face-mangling in particular is suspicious to me. The whole death scenario in general is just brutal, suggesting extreme emotion or senseless bestial mauling (leaning towards the second), but making the face unrecognizable…there’s usually a reason why that happens, and that reason is usually either trying to cover their tracks or body-planting. So what I’m saying is, I’m reserving a shred of suspicion that Sandra might not be dead (actually evil, off doing other things, not sure what the motive would be, we just don’t know enough about her for me to make a clear judgement, but I’ve got my eye on you, Chris). I do not want that to happen at all in the least, for many reasons, but still…hmm.
- Diath’s reticence makes so much more sense now but I’m still a little heartbroken that he doesn’t feel comfortable enough with Strix, at least, to divulge a bit of his childhood to her. Yes I am upset as a viewer that there’s still so much we don’t know (upset AND excited), but after everything the Waffle Crew has been through together, it’s still baffling to me that they have mistrust and uncertainty. But them’s people, I guess, they all have their trauma that they’re carrying around.
- “Please don’t call me Hokage” OMGF JARED
- For real, though, after the clusterbumble Plurio tried to pull with saying Paultin owed him, seeing the real legit 100% authentic Diath express yet more of his devotion to his friend by tracking down people who hurt him deeply in the past has me absolutely sobbing, these stupid boys care about each other so much. Also vengeance!Paultin is kinda terrifying to watch but it’s been a while, it will be interesting to see where his rage takes him this time.
- (Esepcially given the talk he gave Alisanda about rage and revenge and how that hatred never goes away and changes a person for the worse, hoo boy, I hope for their sake that Relissa and Kagan really didn’t kill Sandra)
- EVELYN NO THAT’S NOT HOW YOU CHILDREN. My inner daycare teacher is screaming.
- Nat’s devotion to Diath is a+++++ and I think she in particular is very good for Diath’s development as a person and a leader. Also Anna and Jared using sign language onstage was great, I don’t know if all if it was legit since I don’t know much, but it was still cool to watch.
- Diath needs to go bond with Simon next…especially once next episode finally sinks into him :P (I am pretty sure they let slip to Diath what happened with Simon and the kid during the therapy episode, but the players forgetting details is okay, they’re all human beings with busy lives and insane schedules)
- Paultin acknowledging Evelyn as Simon’s mom is the BEST, I’m just waiting for Simon to call them Mom and Dad out loud now :P
- THROW THAT SHADE, PAULTIN, YOUR SON HAS LEARNED FROM THE BEST. YES DIATH, LET’S DISCUSS HIDING THINGS.
- AGREED, VLAHNYA, THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY TALK MORE.
- Squiddly’s mode of breaking the fourth wall without actually breaking the fourth wall is amazing, I’m not sure what to call his in-universe fluidity with the rules of reality but it’s delightful, I’m so upset it is a little weird for Nate to hold entire conversations with himself in a dnd setting
- They need to learn to take care of the kids…and themselves…AND EACH OTHER…I think I feel a whump fic coming on
- All of these poor broken adults need a mental health day where they just do things for themselves, where’s that special episode, Chris Perkins
- little lesson about love~ (once again getting SO CLOSE to someone explaining to Strix about feelings and giving her context for romantic emotions, WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CHICKENING OUT ON HER, SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS BEFORE I DIE)
- Paultin’s face-touch to Diath is a masterful little touch of comedy, combining Paultin’s two favorite pastimes: 1. Messing with Diath, and 2. Bringing back random plot elements and using them to greatest effect. I am 99% sure that part of Paultin’s motivation for doing that was planting the idea in Diath to touch someone ELSE’S face :P Or at least, the part of me that knows Paultin ships his friends as much as we do wants to believe that. Jared’s face through the whole thing was killing me.
- Parenting, you guys. PARENTING. BEING RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. Oh gosh they’re going to have to leave Waterdeep at some point (bc I have a suspicion that Dungeon of the Mad Mage is going to be, if not THE last, then one of the last arcs DCA has, IDK how much longer fifth edition is gonna last and how many adventures they can turn out for it?? How often do they update DnD???), which means leaving the kids, which means there’s going to be a goodbye episode and I’m NOT READY.
- Elements of this are bleeding pretty flawlessly into the next episode, whether Chris actually watched the fireside as of streaming 121 or not, so once that post goes up, I’ll be glad to explore more about Simon and why I’m screaming in terror and delight.
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