#did NOT know that lolol

[etherealforever234]

I am doing this again because there is nOT ENOUGH APPRECIATION FOR TGESE AMAZING WRITERS IN OUR FANDOM.

So I did a part 1 but I didn’t include all the ones I wanted since it got too long jsskkskskskdksnxk sooooooo here’s a part 2 of all the fics which absolutely PLAGUE my mind and you NEED to check these out and show them your love!! I have said this before I’ll say it again telling writers you like their writing with just a simple reblog or a good comment MATTERS so much more than you know. So I better see you guys showering writers with love on their fics! While I did make this for myself because I’m building a little ✨collection✨ I hope this helps anyone who’s looking for more fics to read!!!

(Minors this is your cue to not be anywhere around here if I see you interacting I’ll tell yo mama!)

Recs under the cut <3

Her body is Bible by @superblysubpar - DEAD. ASCENDED TO ANOTHER PLANE. MET GOD. DIED. BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE JESUS STYLE. LOST ALL COHERENCE FOR A GOOD FEW DAYS. (18+)

Amuse and romance me like you do by @heartthrobinsfics - I have re-read this whole fic from start to finish so many times dkksckkxmfkdkckdkf the slow burn was really slow burning and ACCURACY in characterisation Family Video Steve has alllllll my heart

Single thread part 1 part 2 part 3 by @headkiss - Spiderman AU Steve I love you so much it hurts! The slow burn is so fkskfkskfkskdkskxkdkdkkdkckfkfskdkxkfk! And he’s just so 🥺 ahhhhh OBSESSED with this whole Universe! (18+)

Rules are meant to be broken by @funnylittlelad - I read this whole series on AO3 and my GOD this deserves so much more love!!!! The complicated relationships with parents the angst is so delicious I am in LOVE with this.

This blurb by @stevebabey - The way I have NEVER felt more represented as I was here. Being a #losergf is a tough job but someone’s gotta do it

If you loved me, why’d you leave me part 1 part 2 by @1986harrington - I have to say reading the first part actually made me wanna lie down in the rain for like a couple of hours because the ANGST🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 and the SMUT in the second part lordtttt (18+)

how could i say goodbye? by @hawkinsquarry - The way this fic made me WEEP. I love it when people make Steve actually process any of his trauma but him being needy after the events of S4 was so ON POINT. Fuck this hurt. So good!

Beyond part 1 by @abibliophobiaa - The way I start SHAKINH AND SCREAMING AND CRUONH AND YHEOWINH UP when I start thinking about this series sjkdxkdkxkfk fake marriage AU will always have a place near and dear in my heart and with Steve??? DEAD.

Chateau, Careless whispers part 1 part 2 by @kurtie4life96 - Sugar Daddy Steve can be something so incredibly personal to #girlies (me) OBSESSED with thiskdkskfmdkdkdk the smut made the wires in my brain unwire (18+)

Burning by @lis-likes-fics - ABSOLUTELY INSANE actually. CRAZY. MIND DESTROYING. NERVES IMPLODING. KILLED ME. The plot with porn can be so personal to me FUCKING GOD. (18+)

Pray for the night by @upsidedownwithsteve - Call me a whore but I LOOOOOOVE me some “we almost died so let’s fuck each other’s brains out because we’re alive and we want to feel something” 😌😇 (18+)

Pride and Prejudice and Peanut Butter Sundaes by @starryeyedstories - The enemies to lovers of it all kskskskskskdks THE TWIST OF P&P WITH STEVE HARRINGTON REST ASSURE THIS IS CLOSE TO MY HEARTTTTT! This is so freaking goodkskskskskskskx

Meet me at the chateau by @theemporium - I think about this fic so much and it's been MONTHS but I will make it a pOINT to re-read it because this is just absolute perfection ugh sjkskdkskdkksdkjsdjkddk! (18+)

Puppy by @lovebugism - Sub!Steve you’ll always be famous! This made me so dizzy gAWD. Can't believe this isn't my life. So unfair. Looooooooooooove this! (18+)

#steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x fem!reader #steve harrington fic recs #steve harrington angst #steve harrington fluff #steve harrington smut #fic recs for p <3 #steve harrington fanfic #apparently people actually find these useful????? #did NOT know that lolol #I really thought the last time I did this would just be for like me and the few people who listen to me scream and lose my shit #any time I read a fic and keysmash my way through the reblog because hashtag incoherence #ANYWAY glad to know y’all get some recs and also like and comment and reblog <3 #aS YOU SHOULD TBH #also I better not see anyone pointing out how most of these are smut look I’ve had some rough few months oKAY????? #Like fr which is why I’ve been inactive too THERE’S A GOOD REASON PEOPLE😭

[kitsunesfandomtime]

Longing for the unattainable is also a long running joke of how long can AFO stay convinced his new wife isn’t a super natural creature.

Inko: -possessively sneers at anyone that touches her coat without warning-

AFO: That’s normal if someone touched something I valued when I didn’t want them to I do the same.

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Inko: -standing under a moonlit night in the ocean with an extended hand-

AFO: I feel like I’m moments away from seeing something I shouldn’t. It probably just my imagination.

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Inko: -acts oddly unlike any woman around seeming more animal like uncaring about socializing among what should be her peers but more at home on the beach-

AFO: The people just hold no interest to her.

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Inko: -their child born well…-

AFO: I am getting the feeling the fur coat is not a fur coat.

Vestige of Yoichi: I maybe just as clueless on what kinda supernatural being she was but even I saw that coming!

AFO: Did I sleep with an actual supernatural creature?

#yoly's fanfics #all for one mha #yoichi shigaraki #Inko Midoriya #izuku midoriya #-He’s the odd baby that is not a normal baby- #Selkie AU #The irony is it usually the Selkie that held hostage but he legit just did not know this specific mythology. LOLOL

[chloecherrysip]

I don't know where I'm from. My earliest memory is arriving. I was so lucky they found me! They took me in, raised me like one of their own, and when I was ready, they made me their princess.

#mario movie #mario movie spoilers #super mario bros #princess peach #super mario bros movie #super mario bros movie spoilers #cherrysip edits #mario movie was like ' let me just drop some wild new lore in here and then not come back to it in any way' lolol #DOES PEACH HAVE PARENTS BACK IN THE REGULAR WORLD THAT MOURN HER TO THIS VERY DAY???? #i don't know how feasible this would be but it feels like you could do some research to look up reports of missing children matching her #description over the last couple of decades and see if anything intriguing comes up :O #but i do love how this makes the relationship between peach and the toads so much more emotional and meaningful #they're not just her subjects. they saved her and gave her a loving home!!! they are her family and she would do anything for them!!! #they cared for her and now she cares for them even if it requires self-sacrifice #(another intriguing detail: the castle already exists here. did the toads have another monarch before this???) #(have they just been making unsuspecting humans wandering through the pipe royalty for hundreds of years????? HMM)

[profoundmakerdreamerss-blog]

Tomarry AU

Where Tom wakes up in a world as a canon fodder, no named villain who is fated to die a horrible death in the hands of the hero. He is that one villain that is just destined to die and oh boy, does he hate it.

And so, like the logical man he is; he decides to kill the hero. Or to be more precise, he tries to. But, he is stopped. No, no not by the hero. The hero is weak, still. He hasn't gone through his “character development arc” which happens after the hero's best friend dies. And you see, that is the problem. The problem is the hero's best friend. Everytime, every single time, when Tom is sure that he will be successful, that damn Harry Potter has to come running.

Poison? Harry is the one who gets poisoned because he decides to eat what was meant for the hero. Assassination? Harry pushes the hero away. A burning tower? Harry jumps in and saves the guy.

And Tom hated that guy. The guy who literally wasn't given a personality in the book. The guy who's personality was basically "sacrificed himself for the hero". The guy who looks at Tom like he knows what he is doing. The guy, Harry Potter was infuriating.

But does it stop Tom from killing the main character? No. Cue to him making the most convoluted plan there is to get the hero to die. And the plan? Get Harry kidnapped. And lure the hero into a place where he could finally get him to die.

Alas, as always — it doesn't work. And just like always, Harry Potter finds a way to destroy his plans. Again.

Because,

“I know what you are, Riddle.” Harry, with blood dripping down his chin and green eyes glowing (always glowing), says as he stares at him from the place Tom had him tied.

#like everytime #its harry or tom who's the villain or the hero #why not there be a twist #why not make harry that one best friend (bc let's be real he is) whos always dying for his friends #and why not put tom in a situation #where he has to obsess over killing someone else for a change #but somehow #its harry still who ends up becoming the reason why his plans fail #like always #as if they are fated #hmmm #tomarry #harrymort #tom riddle #harry potter #also why dows he not kill harry? #bc he cant lolol #harry doesn't die sadly (for tom) #like all the traps for mc? are stopped by harry because he stepped on them not because he somehow intercepted them lol #or maybw he did intercept them by turning himself into a shield #hmm #who knows #if it makes you feel better #tom does either

[matrixbearer2024]

first of all, love your banner, 10/10.

second, I have a short question about Get Of Of My Screens. How does Vox react when the reader is sick. Just he tease them comfort them? What if the reader decided they still wanted to go to class even though their body wasn’t up for it?

Before the events of "You're Just Being Mean" Vox doesn't really care if Reader gets sick? He's kinda just: "Oh sucks to suck, not my problem. Do what you want lol" and Reader would get annoyed that he's kind of being an uncaring ass lmao- but afterwards?

Oh boy he just has a slight crisis every time reader gets sick.

Because he's so attentive to when you wake up(moreso because of the time you reply to his morning message) Vox is quick to notice when his living companion is under the weather. But aside from keeping them company and advising them on what to do- there's not much else he can provide with the situation he's in.

Which doesn't sit right with him at ALL.

And it shows.

This man threw a hissy fit because you made death jokes?

Bro he's practically all over you when you get sick, even when he's busy he'll remind you when it's time to take your medicine or to drink water. It's the most he can do at the moment.

Bring up his doting nature though and he'll blow you off entirely, keep going and he'll throw a tantrum because he just tried to be a good "friend".

He'd rather die again than actually tell you just to what extent you worried him HAHAHAHAHAH

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #vox x reader #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin vox #hazbin vox x reader #vox #hazbin hotel vox x reader #vox x you #get off my screen series #He doesn't know what to do with himself #Lolol he could be in a meeting while you're sick and just shoot you a DM #literally just: hey did you drink your meds yet? #then play it off saying you're forgetful

[ganondoodle]

im quite tired of talking about totk, like im sure you all know by know just how frustrated i am, but something i still strongly believe was the logical, and best thing to do in a sequel.. -

while botw was about you feeling lost in a strange world with neither you nor link knowing anything and both discovering it as you go, the theme of lonelyness and isolation, freeing the spirits of dead friends you need toremember again, in the end finally reuniting with one of the only friends still alive, after a 100 years

totk should have been about community, about working together with zelda at your side, as a companion, after having been seperated for so long, and seeing nothing of the time between titles, this should have been her travelling alongside you, after botw you'd WANT to spend time with her and get to know her more, her being the diplomat, the archtitect, the scientist, the translator of old texts, a historian trying to find out the truth about what her fathers kingdom was built on, to right old wrongs perhaps, for a better future- theres so much that she should have been, so much of her character was primed to go into this direction- and instead she is a pretty prize with no personality you get at the end like this is an 80s cartoon still

(this is disregarding the whole fact that ganondorf, AS WELL, should have been a giant factor in all this, in the history of it all, to explore his character and his actions, to have zelda research and find out about histroy clearly written by the victors- theres so much potential depth here that it dirves me crazy, botw was such a set up for more that was wasted, utterly wasted, for something i wouldnt even want to call paper thin bc even paper has more depth than anything in totk)

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #do not come to argue with me #im done trying to sound all nice about it #im angry and frustrated about this #tin foil hat me is convinced they shipped the “writing” for totk off to some mobile games company bc they wanted to focus on that movie #since the success of the mario movie made them prob more money thant botws sales did #i know it might no line up #which is why i said tin foil hat me thinks that #with the situation of the games industry as a whole and zelda being my thing of interest #its soemthing i wont let go ever #and i have zero faith there will be any good stories to come out of the franchise again #dare i say satoru iwatas presence is dearly missed #espeically knowing how the other main guys think about what games should be #i know miyamoto always had a questionable approach to games #pretty sure it was aounoma who said the “why would you wanna go back to linearity lolol nostalgia blindet idiots lololol” #not a direct quote but you know what i mean #anyway #wont be taking about totk in length anymore #im just tired at this point #getting better at ignoring its existence but it still hurts like a sore spot you forgot you had whenever i hear anythign about it

[layalu]

this is from *checks calendar* 2 years ago now lol but. happy longest night!

#i was sure smh i did this last year & thought i had posted it & wanted to rb For The Occasion (and bc i never post art) #but apparently i havent posted it after all #so you get it now! xd #my art #nitw #pretty sure this was for inktober so its not particularly polished or anything #but i do know that i had been meaning to draw something nitw themed for winter solstice for Ages before i finally got around to it lolol

[septemberrie]

#👀👀 #no i did not include a fluff option but one of these is definitely the fluff option #bonus if you know which of my fics includes which of my faves lolol #tumblr polls #whump #my writing

[brookheimer]

i feel very mixed on shiv's ending, particularly her choice to return to tom -- i think it makes sense from a thematic/character arc perspective and is a powerful yet devastating indictment of both shiv and the world that created her as well as showing that the cycle of abuse will always continue to cycle, that shiv will become her mother etc, but i also think it does not make sense from a character/internal logic perspective. it's a choice that makes sense from the writers, but not from shiv, not yet. it could've been a brilliant ending to her character, but is tainted for me by the less-than-ideal execution of it, which felt very rushed, making shiv's final submission to tom feel forced by the show rather than forced by the situation or honest to her character. the ending is not inherently misogynistic from the writers' side as i've seen some criticisms claim (it is a dark but real portrayal of misogyny within capitalist society and how it's internalized within the white women who end up at the hips of the CEOs who run it), but i do understand how it could feel that way. the show fails at building up to (and thus convincing us) that the version of shiv we currently know would so immediately subject herself to her mother's fate, so instead of it feeling like shiv's hand was forced by patriarchy to place herself into her worst nightmare, it instead feels like the show itself was the thing that forced shiv to take that route, which does leave a sour taste in the mouth. it doesn't feel like the result of a choice shiv would make or the impact of patriarchal society bearing down, it just feels rushed and thus wrong. shiv would've benefitted immensely from a few more episodes or even just a few scenes dedicated to teasing out her newfound willingness to subject herself to immense disrespect in order to remain close to power, but given that her entire character has always been defined by her inability to do just that unless forced to (which i don't think she was in this situation as she could've easily not waited in the car for tom, not put her hand in his, but she did), her return to tom feels hard to comprehend, and her near immediate submission to him hard to stomach.

(read more under the cut because jesus christ did this get long)

in my mind, at least, i've always understood shiv as being respect-driven rather than power-driven -- she wants power, yes, but more than anything she wants to be taken seriously and respected and seen as a legitimate player, and time and time again we've seen her blow up situations that would've been very advantageous long-term because she felt disrespected and needed to speak up and force people to take her seriously (which, ironically, typically results in the opposite). shiv's overarching goal is power, but her immediate necessity is always respect. her dignity is her number one priority at any given moment, even when it shouldn't be, even when it stops her from attaining the success and power she wants. i can kind of understand shiv going against kendall because of this -- she's always had a very, very narrow lens whenever she feels like she's being disrespected, and even though it is infinitely more humiliating for your (somewhat ex) husband to betray you and boot you out of the CEO position behind your back at the behest of your supposed closest ally (and for you to still vote for them after that!!!) than it is for you to magnanimously allow your brother to be CEO (which would publicly be seen as a choice, as telly etc said - sibs need to stand united behind one chosen CEO - rather than shiv being out of the loop and fucked to infinity), the narrowness of her vision upon seeing kendall about to win makes it impossible for her to think about that legitimately. it's not just jealousy, it's indignity: shiv feels she earned CEO through her machinations with mattson and feels genuinely sick seeing the loganified kendall grinning at the head of the table, hearing his "that's fucking right" and witnessing his cocky entitlement to the job that belonged to her. so, she does what she always does when she feels disrespected, when she feels her dignity is at stake, and impulsively blows everything to fuck, including her own best interests. that makes sense for shiv, at least somewhat -- i still think that as much as she wouldn't want ken as CEO she'd feel like at least w that outcome she'd be seen as a player and a deciding factor, whereas with mattson/tom she'd be viewed as a pathetic fucked-over nothing woman pawn etc (a situation of unparalleled indignity imo), but i can rationalize her choice to go against ken anyways as being part of the narrowed field of vision she always gets upon feeling disrespected by men in her life that makes it impossible for her to think strategically (and i guess even though the disrespect was greater and more humiliating from tom/mattson than ken, ken was the most recent most present and most lifelong source so that's all she could focus on; seeing him like logan was too much to bear). it's hard to imagine shiv publicly throwing her vote behind two men who publicly fucked her as humiliatingly as mattson and tom just did, even if the other option is kendall, but i think that's part of it -- it's fundamentally illogical, even from her disrespect-lens, because there's just something about kendall specifically being in charge that she's never been able to stomach. it's visceral and impulsive. it's not meant to make "sense." it's just what she feels she has to do to preserve her own dignity, even though it works directly against those same interests realistically. it wasn't executed very well, making it hard to entirely buy it given just how publicly humiliating the alternative is, but it can still be chalked up to her historically one-track-mind when it comes to indignity by the hands of kendall in particular. it's a last-ditch attempt for shiv to at least feel like she's maintaining her dignity, her self-respect, as counterintuitive as it actually is. it makes sense. i can stomach it.

again, shiv's fatal flaw (in logan's eyes and aside from her original sin of being a woman) has always, always been her inability to shut up and make the smart move in situations where she feels she's being disrespected or not taken seriously. if shiv stayed quiet during that dinner with the pierces, maybe she would've been logan's CEO, but no, she couldn't stop herself, she needed to feel she was being taken seriously, she burst out 'cmon, dad, just tell them it's going to be me.' she is unable to play it smart, to keep quiet, to win when winning means perceived disrespect. she's allergic to it. even on a personal level, she shoots herself in the foot constantly because of this: she is unable to let herself have the things she wants because she can't put herself in positions that open her up to disrespect and perceived inferiority. she can't be vulnerable because she needs to be respected. tom asks her if he could 'try to make love to her' in episode one of this season, and even though she clearly wants to, she says 'no, i don't think so, tom.' tom tells her he 'wants her, wants this' back in episode six, and even though she clearly wants that too, she draws back and says 'well then you shouldn't have betrayed me.' shiv is fundamentally incapable of allowing herself to remain in possibly advantageous situations when she feels at risk of being seen as lesser, of being disrespected, of being perceived as weak. that is her response to patriarchy. when patriarchal forces bear down, shiv is unable to grin and bare it -- she has a short fuse, a sharp tongue, and an inability to entertain even a second of being treated like The Woman, of being looked down upon, especially when it's for her gender. it's the one thing she cannot do, cannot let herself do, and it's why she fails to "win" over and over and over again. she shoots herself in the foot the second her patriarchy disrespect sensors tingle. she makes the wrong choice, the dumb choice, the one that makes her feel like she stood up for herself in the moment but ends up leaving her powerless and helpless in the end. that's the only explanation for why she chose to vote against kendall (the clearly better option for her long-term as she'd 1) be respected as part of the decision, as someone who helped choose the CEO rather than a Woman who got fucked over and had the door slammed in her face by her husband and close ally simply because she possessed a womb, and 2) probably be head of ATN or some other area of waystar, she'd have actual power within the company and be respected as a legitimate source of power rather than the CEO-to-be made CEO's humiliated wife -- if she was capable of making the smart, selfish choice in terms of power instead of having a hair-trigger reaction to gendered disrespect and cocky male superiority, she would have voted kendall. but she is not capable of doing that. she never has been. so she voted tom and mattson.

so what i still cannot for the life of me understand is what would compel this shiv, the one who cannot stomach indignity even when power's on the line, to immediately return to tom's side the second he beckons her, which is like five minutes after he becomes CEO (the job she was promised) by mattson (who gave it to tom instead of shiv because 'why get the baby lady if i can get the man who put the baby inside her?'). it makes perfect, cruel, devastating sense from a show perspective, and that's what most people are talking about, understandably. it's a devastating yet unavoidable, inevitable outcome. she's left with no other choice once she makes the decision against kendall, and patriarchy compels her to play the good wife to stay close to power. except, like... she does still have a choice. she does not have to go back to tom's car. she does not have to sit patiently waiting for him. she does not have to quietly congratulate him on his victory. she does not have to place her hand in his. these are all choices she made very voluntary. they're choices between maintaining her dignity and self-respect at the cost of future power versus maintaining the potential for future power at the cost of her dignity and self-respect -- the classic siobhan roy conundrum. she's been faced with it time and time again (even just five minutes prior with kendall) and she has never, not once, chosen the latter of her own volition. she hasn't been able to. that's her fatal flaw. maybe i could stomach her going back to tom if she didn't congratulate him, didn't place her hand in his when he expectantly held his out -- then some dignity would be preserved, maybe. but her complete and total submission for the sake of future power does not make sense with her lifelong inability to do just that. it makes sense that this would be her eventual endpoint, but we have seen nothing that implies shiv would so willingly subject herself to this feminine submission of wife and mother before person or source of power, to the complete and utter humiliation of being the quiet wife at the side of the man who knifed her in the back (and notably handed said knife by the man she thought her closest ally) in order to steal the job she fought for her entire life and, in her opinion, had earned. maybe she would come back to him eventually, for love or (more likely) for power, but it is incredibly hard to believe that shiv 'impulsive when faced with indignity' roy would be capable of immediately and publicly playing the role of the good wife after such intense and public humiliation at the hands of her husband.

really, the way i feel about the shiv ending is similar to how i feel about the daenerys ending -- unlike most people, i really wasn't that against the daenerys outcome. i thought it made a lot of sense and was interesting, devastating, and fascinating. i thought there had been a few signs all along and that that ending for her would make sense and be far more interesting than a Hooray ! Girlboss ! ending. however, it was poorly executed -- it was rushed. it did not make sense from where daenerys was at that point in the text. it could've worked, it could've worked brilliantly, but it needed more time to build and fester in order for her ultimate turn to feel earned rather than forced for the sake of the point the writers wanted to make. that's kind of how i feel about shiv. i get the ending and i don't think it's inherently bad or misogynistic or anything, but it feels like the writers saw the possibility for a shiv 'mommed' ending and immediately took it, with little regard to what actually made sense for shiv herself to do in that moment. outcome > character. that's frustrating for me particularly for succession because my like number one reason for adoring succession as much as i do is their consistent refusal to operate the way most media does (using the characters as instruments to achieve the plot/outcome the writers want), instead prioritizing following the characters themselves in a way that feels honest and real. it's character-driven, not plot or ending driven. i think that this fell by the wayside a few times in the latter half of this season simply because there was so much that needed to happen in such a short space of time (especially during the finale), but in my opinion, at least, the most egregious case is shiv. given more time, more development, more build-up, the last shot of her hand in tom's would've struck the chord the writers wanted it to -- and for some people, it did anyways! but for me, it rang out and fell nauseatingly flat. it felt hollow and wrong and unearned. shiv could end up becoming her mother, that feels entirely possible, but not in this particular sense, not yet. in what world would siobhan roy willingly choose to be seen as nothing more than a woman hanging off her husband's arm, especially when said husband had publicly humiliated her and ruined her entire life just five minutes prior? when, just five (metaphorical) minutes prior, she was the one poised to be CEO and everyone knew it? when now everyone will see her on tom's arm and whisper and gawk? she has become her worst fear, yes, but unlike kendall, it does not feel earned. it does not feel like she has actually become her worst fear. it feels like the show forced her to. not patriarchy or the situation or her own desire for power, but the show itself. that's what feels so shitty.

i wouldn't necessarily call the writing misogynistic as a result of this, as it's less a flaw of misogyny and more a flaw of bad, rushed writing that could happen to any character. it's the same as with daenerys -- although (somewhat unlike succession) there were many, many aspects of GoT's writing that were deeply misogynistic, especially in the last season (just look at fucking brienne), the core issue with the daenerys plotline is not one of misogyny but of time. they did not give daenerys the time needed to become the version of herself seen burning down the city. that could've easily been a focus of previous episodes, but it wasn't. they simply did not develop her enough for that turn to make sense yet. it could make sense, hypothetically, at some point down the line, but at that point it felt sudden, off-putting, and wrong. shiv could easily become her mother. that's been made evident especially regarding her relationship to pregnancy/children, love, and vulnerability (or the lack thereof). but for this ending to make sense, we would have needed to see signs of shiv imitating her mother's willingness to be relegated to the sidelines, to bring out the food while the men eat and make deals, in order to remain tangential to power. that is a concession shiv roy had never been willing to make prior to the last five minutes of the entire show. other signs of shiv imitating caroline or falling prey to patriarchal norms throughout the show are not enough to undo shiv's fundamental refusal to weather gender-related indignity even when doing so would benefit her. in my opinion, that's why the final five minutes of shiv's plotline were so unsatisfying.

shiv could become her mother, and her ending could be a devastating portrayal of the inability for even rich white women to escape their original sin of being a woman in a man's world, as well as a dark, ironic criticism of both women like shiv and the patriarchal world that breeds them into existence. but because the show did not develop shiv in this particular direction and because her entire character thus far has been defined by her self-destructive insistence on being respected at all costs, shiv's ending did not land the way it could've, or should've.

#WOOF okay this was long. not even gonna read it over bc if i do i'll never stop editing to it or adding to it and god knows no one needs tht #so if it's shit well. forgive me #but yeah this is just my take. i felt really unhappy w shiv's ending but didn't quite know why because the ending itself i can imagine bein #fine with but really i just feel very frustrated by the show writing over any agency she would normally have had in order to make their #point by the time the episode ended #honestly the more i think about it the more i feel this season should've had more episodes -- i think another season after this one would b #GREAT for me personally obviously but unnecessary for the show itself and possibly too much of a good thing #but at the same time the latter half of this season could really have benefitted from a little wiggle room and space to develop #so it wasn't just Sudden Mattson Likes Tom or Wait Did Mencken Disappear or Remember Roman's Sexuality or SHIV FUCKING SHIIIIV lolllll #ok. this is too long. post #succession #succession spoilers #long post #and i mean LONG #should i do a read more? i never know what the like courtesy is lmao #well . yall asked for it so here u go #shiv roy #succession meta #i guess #edit i did a read more this is disgusting LOLOL #100 #casey shut the fuck up about shiv roy

[poly-star-trio]

i yearn

#smg4 #smg4 fanart #smg4 mario #mar4 tag for silly reasons #and not so silly reasons #mar4 #sorry for the unsaid hiatus #i literally havent drawn anything in nearly a month #let alone anything smg4 related lolol #but anyway #i started thinking too hard about them #and i #AAUUUGGGHHH #realised i never showed 4s face in a mar4 hug so i did that #i think he'd be kind of awkward about it #cause it just isnt the same #and they both know that #sorry this is long

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

June Trevelyan || Knight of Wands

One down!! This took me. several attempts to figure out how to approach the rendering dfksdlf but i think it turned out ok!

some wip shots under the cut :>

#anatomy? i do not know her #tbh it's still not quite how i'd like it but i also dont wanna mess with it more so. im considering this finished for now xdd #i liked the strength more for her technically but knight of wands was easier to work with in the context of making this #also its got the fire element and a horse (which did not make it into the composition but it is there in spirit) which are both very fittin #(w junes whole fire theme and the trevelyan heraldry /and/ also june being a horse girl tm lolol) #these are tough to figure out but theyre good practice for sure! #oc: june trevelyan #my ocs #my art #tarot cards #id in alt

[seawherethesunsets]

pine’s @koreandragon gif challenge:   →  remake your first ever gifset

VINCENZO (2021) original set

#vincenzo #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramanet #dailyasiandramas #dailynetflix #asiancentral #kdrama #song joong ki #jeon yeo bin #userpinenut #bysya #vincenzoedit #ep 7 #when I said it's very recent hahahaha #only started creating when big gifs are common #prev i did big gifs with screenrecord #now it's HD downloaded #i also didnt know how to sharpen last time lolol #this was fun!

[meownotgood]

my brain rewarded me for working hard, last night I had a dream about aki sex ❤️

#thank you brain. I am thankful #kinda struggling to remember the bits and pieces #I remember that first I had a dream I was at work and had to clean #but then my dream flashed to me with aki #I'm pretty sure we did something together before the seggs??? but I don't remember that part at all?????? #there were more important things to remember ok #we were in my room and in my bed under the covers #and he was behind me and holding me tight like spooning yknow #I also specifically remember his hair was still in topknot mode lolol #we were both nakey and it felt really real cause I could feel him against me... #I felt his chest rising and falling on my back and his heart pounding hard #and I could hear like... his breathing in my ear.... and the plap plap sound everytime he...... HRK #my eye is twitching rn...... #he reached around and grabbed my hand and held it tight #I remember him dirty talking a lot but it's hard to remember what he said #at one point I was like 'right there' and he was like 'yeah? right here?' and it was so hot hnnnnnnbgggggggg #last thing I remember is him telling me he wasn't gonna pull out #then I woke up like a zombie #you know when you feel yourself waking up and you know you are but it's a good dream so you don't want to and you have to fight ittttt #aki. I want. you

[chloecherrysip]

Mario protecting Luigi

#mario movie #mario movie spoilers #super mario bros #mario and luigi #super mario bros movie #cherrysip edits #super mario bros movie spoilers #i mean the WHOLE MOVIE is basically protective mario but these are just the clearest examples of it that can be summed up in gifs lolol #(also in the 4th gif it goes by SO fast so it may be hard to see but if you look at the frames mario does intentionally turn and push luigi #out of the way and only stumbles back because of that and i CRY) #had to do it!!! i know i already had a screenshot post going around about this that was popular but WE NEED A PROPER VERSION #protective mario is the wind beneath my wings and i was SO desperate for the movie to incorporate it and they DID even better than i hoped #whenever any situation gets tense you can just see his thought processes about how to keep luigi safe and out of harm's way so vividly!!! #he'll do whatever it takes he'll let himself be hurt and pushed around but do NOT so much as look wrong at his brother #BABY MARIO WAS NOT HAVING IT AND ADULT MARIO ALSO IS NOT HAVING IT #i love him dearlyyyy

[aerodaltonimperial]

127 orangehook please 😀

(🍊🧡 127. “I don’t like people touching what’s mine.”)

"I don't think it's yours anymore, though," Hook says, and honestly, it's pretty rough; warbled, horribly so. And that's only because Orange’s mouth has made its way down to Hook’s navel, languidly mouthing at his abdomen, at the skin just above the waistband of Hook’s briefs.

Orange hums. His beard tickles, a shiver. "Should be, though."

One of Orange’s fingers curls beneath the elastic, and he's so good at drawing this out, at pulling every movement until it's thinned like taffy stretched wide, at waiting until the last possible moment, when Hook is trembling with need, to continue on. Hook tips his head back, shoulders flattening against the headboard--one of those plush ones, lined with buttons. Impossible to get clean.

"You gonna try and get it back?" Hook asks, mostly a whisper, because Orange has slid lower, exhaling against Hook’s dick straining against the fabric, and the heat works its way straight through the thin cotton.

"Might have better things to do first," Orange says, and Hook can feel every god damn syllable as Orange’s lips drag. Fuck. He fists his hands into the sheets and twists, hopelessly crushing the folds against his palms.

One heel kicks against the mattress, but Hook can't get much leverage with Orange’s weight draped over his legs. "Orange."

"Mm." Orange reaches for the elastic, finally, starts to tug it down from Hook’s hips. "I'll go for the belt again. Later."

"Later?" Hook closes his eyes, muscles trembling. This is both the best and worst part, the stretch of time when Orange makes him wait for it: wait for the heat of his mouth, the lap of his tongue, the unhurried way he takes Hook between his teeth.

Orange leas forward, pressing a kiss against the dusting of hair that trails down and disappears beneath Hook’s briefs. "Much later."

#tag so you don’t lose this shit #I SHOULD NOT WRITE THIS FOR YOU LOLOL #YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!!! #TRAUMA!!!

[thatdemiboymess]

Oh my God... Lewis, you are doing?

Yes! I hadn't drawn anything in a while, honestly, but I guess I've been, uh, inspired again, so to say, asdfghjkll-- Here's another (unfinished) one, too!!!

It's really just a bit of anatomy practice I decided to do but I think it looks pretty decent all things considered, ya know?

#my art #lewis pepper #mystery skulls animated #msa #anatomy practice with Lewis #its just a sketch i did while looking at a reference but i think its pretty decent at least lolol #asdfghjkll the knowing and judgemental (/positive) look my partner just gave me when he saw this 😭💕 #he knows what i am (very gay) #✌️🥰