#except they both know they're in love

[m4gp13]

hc that Chiara and Damien both have mutual crushes on each other but neither of them act on it because they are convinced the other person hates them. This misconception is entirely caused by neither of them having any clue on how to express their feelings.

like Damien will just be doing something random and Chiara walks in on him and is rudely reminded of how pretty she finds him and she just. immediately turns around and leaves. And Damien's like, "damn, she hates me so much she can't even stand to be in the same room as me."

or Damien will want to be near her but not know how so he'll partner up with her in sparring. And because he's Damien he fights like a dog with rabies so obviously she thinks he's trying to kill her or something and doesn't want to spar with him. and he's all "🥺 she doesn't wanna partner up wif me 🥺"

they're so fucking stupid your honor I want to put them in a shoebox and shake them around

#pjo #percy jackson #toa #damien white #chiara benvenuti #they're the reason campers haven't started a revolution for service #who needs tv when there's these dumbasses? #he aphrodite cabin loves catching up on the latest Damiara drama #they give me judecarden vibes #except they both know they're in love #and they botht hink the other hates them #it's giving jude finding carden's piece of paper with her name scrawled over it more than a dozen times #and being like “wow he must despise me” #“i hate you so much that sometimes when i look at you i can't breathe” #i love these idiots so much #Damien White you're going under the microscope

[katierosefun]

not to be like “ugh aos crew” again but ugh aos crew again spock really got accepted into the most prestigious university on vulcan and was like “haha fuck you <3″ bc they insulted the fact that he’s mixed-race jim banged his forehead in the shuttle within the first 30 seconds he was on board leonard was hiding in the bathroom of said shuttle because he hates flying sulu couldn’t get the ship to warp for the first 3 minutes of his first-ever flight on the enterprise uhura is mostly okay still except she’s also got a thing going with her former professor so maybe that raises some eyebrows (ha) scotty is literally in a butt-fuck middle of nowhere outpost on a death ice planet chekov is. seventeen. i don’t really have much more to add to that except guys your ensign is seventeen years old

#caroline talks #star trek #THEY'RE ALL SO. in their own varying levels. unhinged #me: ah yes. the best of the best. starfleet's best and brightest #[immediately cuts to spock being a sassy little bitch + leonard swearing up and down the ship + jim running around #because his hands have SWELLED TO THE SIZE OF BALLOONS BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN DOCTOR + sulu looking like he wants to die #because spock was said sassy bitch + scotty just being like 'do u know what i've been eating. it sucks' #+ uhura being mostly fine except girlie i know spock's attractive and i know u are both adults but GIRL + chekov just cheerfully going #'seventeen sir :)' and leonard going 'OH GOOD HE'S SEVENTEEN'] #they are so. like. #frankly for all the hate that the reboot movies get i fuckign adore them bc it's like 'you know what. they're all like. young. #they can be stupid.' #like. some of them are in their twenties. do u know what that does to a person #jim kirk is in his twenties and that's the only reason why i'm like ' .. . . . . listen he might be a little bit chaotic but i love him'

[dylanconrique]

as devastated as i am over the chenford breakup i must admit i am extremely excited to be getting a 2nd pining era.

#*carly catalogs #thinking a lot about that shot of them passing each other in the hall in the promo for 6x07 #and how they're both clearly very much still in love just based on their body language and the way they lingered on each other #if we thought the yearning was too much before it's certainly gonna be astronomical now #BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN THEIR WAY EXCEPT FOR THEMSELVES #(aka mostly tim's way) #spiraling hard over this atm and i'm supposed to be working #their first pining era could've lasted a lil longer imo so maybe it's kiiiinda a blessing in disguise that they broke up? #the rookie #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well

[dustteller]

Esen is clingy, and Ouyang WILL complain about it (very loudly!), but he's half-laughing and not pulling away, so Esen will count it as a win.

#i think this is the first actual painting I post on this account in a very long time #it's been a while since I worked on something properly #she who became the sun #the radiant emperor #general ouyang #esen temur #anyways on to thoughts! #i imagine that in a modern AU Esen is kinda clingy and sappy #and Ouyang is desperately trying to avoid PDA because he's uncomfortable with people knowing they're a couple #but also its Esen so despite his best efforts to stay mad he's actually quite happy to be given affection #they're both very whipped for each other and sappy and it would be sweet except for the fact they're just way too intense all the time. #i also imagine they're both way too loud in public and Ouyang's love language is being a contrarian asshole #so they also manage to piss off everyone else that way too. #they're both completely oblivious to this #Ouyang only notices it bc friend group photographer Xu Da keeps sending him pictures of them clinging to each other in public. #ouyang also thinks xu da is doing it passive aggressively so he never mentions it to Esen bc he's embarrassed #xu da is just trying to be supportive tho. he genuinely thinks they're cute pictures and that Ouyang would appreciate them. #zhu tried to gently dissuade him bc they knew Ouyang would take it the wrong way but also annoying Ouyang is fun so she doesn't try too hard #my art

[bumblingbabooshka]

Someone on the "is it not enough to see Tuvok" post commented "Unfortunately, seeing Tuvok frequently requires also seeing a Neelix, which is unacceptable." and Bea, I am being sooo brave about it, I've not even murdered them (yet)

I am pinning this to your lapel like a purple heart:

They are worsties, they're divorced despite never being married, they have pigtail crushes on each other, they are mutually annoying co-workers, they are middle aged men and also high school girls with the most insane beef ever, family men without families, orchid breeders (one for sustenance and the other for beauty), they're everything.

#if Tuvok & Neelix were both women they WOULD have had a fanservicey lesbian scene together I will die on this hill #Fem! Neelix: (tits out) It's natural Mrs. Vulcan! There's nothing to be ashamed of! You have an amazing body #no one would ever think you had four kids - I'm jealous of your skin though you could do with a few freckles blablabla <3 #Fem! Tuvok: (too shocked to speak) ............. #'high school girls with the most insane beef ever' ok...so Tuvok is like an ice queen and Neelix is giving like 'weirdgirl school spirit' #energy but secretly also a bit of a bitch and they get along SOMETIMES but the beef is never completely forgotten #the hatchet is buried frequently but they always know where it is in case they need to dig it up again (to bury it again later) #their specific brands of conversational unawareness do NOT mesh well and it's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. #the beauty of Tuvok & Neelix is that they absolutely fully know they're being annoying except when they don't. You dig? #anyway I love Neelix - he's my little guy. Stuffed animal to me. #bee doodles #Q&A #anon #the appeal of tuvok/neelix...the thing you HAVE to keep in mind is that Tuvok is insufferable #Tuvok: -crashing through social interactions. failing spectacularly- #Neelix: WHOO!!!! YEAH YOU CAN DO IT MR. VULCAN!!! Ah...he's such an inspiration <3

[charkyzombicorn]

Roger and Rayleigh were walking down the street, sharing idle chatter as they made their way back to the Oro Jackson with a freshly reset log pose in hand. Then there was a high-pitched yell.

"DAD!!!" A kid yelled, and Roger looked around for a second before something hit him in the stomach and stayed there. He looked down and saw a head of curly blue hair. He looked up and saw six armored guards running toward them.

Then the kid looked up with the most mischievous little smile and a very swollen button nose and then dashed around and past him. One of the guards said something about getting the kid, another just said they had his father. Roger could already feel the smile growing.

He looked up and the guards all stopped, weapons poised and at the ready. Rayleigh took a step back, fully aware his captain had been getting antsy waiting for the log pose the past month.

One of the guards began droning. "You're under arrest for your son's theft, assault and battery, breaking and entering, sixteen counts of assault on a marine guard, twenty-one counts of assault on a noble guard, and--" Roger decked him, his armor making him sound like a pile of knocked-over pots when he fell. Two guards swung at him, he dodged both, and they swung into each other instead. Then he took the helmet off one of the downed soldiers (it was a very cool looking helmet), put it on his head with his straw hat on his back and then took on the last three at once. The fight was over in less than a minute.

He smiled at Rayleigh, Rayleigh just took the helmet off his head and told him it made him look like a thumb with a feather on it. Roger pouted.

Then he saw the blue hair again, trying to run by the other direction, and snagged him by the back of the shirt. "LEMME GO!" The kid screamed, already swinging but barely grazing Roger's shirt. He was small, a little thin all-around, and his shirt was worn but covered in bright colours in all states of sun-bleached. His was hissing and spitting like a feral cat, digging his nails into Roger's wrist.

"You called me 'Dad'." Roger mentioned, and the kid had the nerve to stop moving entirely and glare up at him as if he were the one being scruffed.

The kid crossed his arms. "Yeah. They fell for it, too - dumbasses. Whaddya want? I won't give you a cent." He said harshly, making his voice deeper and more growly very clearly on purpose. When he remained off the ground with Roger just staring at him curiously, he tried threatening. "You try hittin' me and I'll scream 'Pedo' till' my lungs run out, asshole."

Roger burst out laughing. "HA! I suppose I wouldn't mind another son. I'm sure you'll get along with Shanks great." He said before putting the kid under his arm and marching back to the ship.

The kid was yelling about how calling him 'Dad' wasn't a request, Rayleigh just sighed and followed. "You seem sure of yourself."

Roger smiled. "Of course! He's a child of the sea, I can tell." The kid froze, Roger didn't acknowledge it. For the whole walk back, the kid was strangely quiet.

Then Rayleigh and Roger were safely on deck, a few people there to greet them, including Shanks. Roger set the completely silent child on the deck, and then the kid shot away from him like a bullet. Right towards Shanks, grabbing the dagger on Shanks' hip and pulling him in front of him with the knife under his chin. Rayleigh tensed, but Roger trusted him to not attack.

"Why am I here?! Where are you trying to take me?! How did you know I'm a selkie?!" The child asked, hand visibly shaking as he held the dagger, but more than enough conviction in his eyes. Shanks was pale, looking between Roger and Rayleigh for help.

Roger took a knee where he was, a comfortable 3 meters of space between him and the child. "A selkie, eh? I must admit, I've only known a few." He hummed. "And as for why - well, you seem quite the interesting stranger, but I'll guess you're an even more interesting friend."

"How about this," Rayleigh interrupted coolly. "We'll let you see new islands with protection from marines and traffickers, in exchange you be a cabin boy."

Roger smiled at his clever first mate. "And then be my son--"

"Just. Cabin boy, for now." Rayleigh reiterated. "I saw the way some of those civilians looked at you. You're a known criminal there, aren't you? Wouldn't be long before someone found out you were a selkie."

The kid looked at the town, then at Rayleigh, then at Roger. He lowered the knife and Shanks gasped. "Fine. But I'm keeping this - if any of you try anything I'll kill you while you sleep." He threatened, putting the knife in his belt loop and shoving Shanks.

Shanks ran at Roger, already sobbing, and Roger picked him up the same as he did when Shanks was two.

The kid stared ruefully at Shanks for a moment. "I'm Buggy. If that's the other cabin boy you can leave him."

Shanks choked a little 'Nooooo' into Roger's coat. Roger just laughed. "I think I'll be keeping this one too, nice try, little Bugger."

Buggy nodded before walking quickly away - likely to explore the ship and leave it a few berrie lighter.

Roger chuckled, patting Shanks back while Rayleigh gave him the most exhausted look.

#one piece #selkie usopp au #I know Roger probably got Buggy as a baby like Shanks but idc. Buggy Backstory Upon Ye #They're both like 8 here. Yes Shanks is a crybaby because for a long time he was the only Baby and wasn't expected to be anything but a Baby #Buggy was working like he had rent to pay Shanks was mopping with him because he wanted to know the new kid better #Shanks is significantly better at combat than Buggy at every age past 3 but Buggy is better at Everything Else #Except accepting love but Buggy's working on that

[sysig]

Red Eyes and Evil Time, practically the same thing right (Patreon)

#Doodles #Villainsona #Just Desserts #Sona double feature! #Red Eyes and Evil Time /are/ different for the record lol #There's overlap and they're both eye details but they're different #Mmm Red Eyes feels so niiiice <3 And I've been pacing myself so it's Just Red Eyes! #No red shines :) Which can happen even on Red Eyes #In fact it's probably more common - the red shines on Blue Eyes was something of an oddity #No one knows the lore except me I'll explain someday lol #For now it's just fun to be in Red Eyes! :D And the occasional Evil Time as well lol - all the overlaps! #I somehow accidentally made a like?? Cotton Candied Popcorn themed outfit for Eli for the first one lol that wasn't my intention #I mean it's cute I'm not about to fight it lol I'd love for my sonas to have other clothes inspired by each other haha #Eli's eyes are still quite fun to draw as well haha those bright pops of colour - Red Purple or Blue they're all so stark and shaped #Back to their classic feminine outfit good for them uwu #Silly lad #They're also still a scientist first and foremost - it's all chemicals there's gotta be a way to recreate it externally! #Local vampire scientist creates mood stabilizers more at 7 lol #I'm quite pleased with the three-red two-purple one-blue gradient as well hehe - the decay! :D I like it as a visual #Charm tiiime <3 <3 Happy Charm time in Evil Time! Usually better than bad mood Evil Time lol - at least for those around her #Still chaotic to be in it haha - but happy chaos is happy! Lol #Again more fun with eyes the light bounce in the one where she's holding the melt is so cute and looks so nice on my paper too <3 #I had a silly comic idea for her for the next time I get into Red Eyes as well - if I remember lol #Big Love is hearts! It just makes sense #Also I am Really proud of the cleaning job I did on that last one lol - from original to this? Night and day ngl #Guess that goes to show how little cleaning I do on-page lol #For some I do! Others... #Still thinking up outfits - you can probably just make out ''Hero Charm'' in her hair lol trying to think around different themes #Something that could become something else! Add or subtract an element and it changes the ''meaning'' of the outfit #Kinda like her initial caped design that Kaiein rejected hmmm

[crossbackpoke-check]

Substance, Shadow, and Spirit [remixed, abridged] by Tao Yuanming

#liv in the replies #patrice bergeron #boston bruins #brad marchand #do you ever think about how brad marchand said that when bergy retired he would retire or are you capable of normal thought i'm not at all #please say a gratitude for both my sanity& y'all that this poem (which has been saved in my camera roll with the vague idea of using it for #??? ​long) & not one of the poems i had saved for carey for a really long time & remixed & everything with another poem until i found a poem #that absolutely murdered me in cold blood but there is an alternate universe where i did& then had to explain my unhinged thoughts to you. #anyway how are we feeling about bergy retirement. pspspspsp sara & luna are y'all doing okay like. the doc title for this one was #patrice the hockey player means a lot to me but patrice the person means so much more #which is why the end line of the other poem was so *%"@^)! (you love / what you are) because patrice does. like he is a whole ass good huma #& now since no one asked i need to tell you all the details about everything also y'all please clap i made an edit with NO baby pictures #although i did find one & save it & minimal genres of photo i always use in edits because they're my taste & aesthetic but anyway. #when i saved the first photo and marked it as one i wanted i accidentally wrote “how will he know they love him” which is not the line but #makes me feel feral about patrice & the rest of them all had hurtful names too but also. the third picture is literally a CELLY like brad #just scored a goal & he is clinging to bergy for dear life with that shit i saved that as “oh the agony on his face for unendurable” #& yes it is one of my cliches to have a draft day picture but in my defense the lifelong bond that patrice has/d with boston deserved to be #there even if i put in the love story & YES that picture is from the 2011 playoff right below it shared joy & pain & i couldn't tell you #when the brad marchy photo for together forever is except for the fact that i saw it & just the gut punch of oh my god the way he looks at #things men will praise you for is the stanley cup. duh. but i love the contrast of “some deed” being the stanley cup but then #bergy's choice to do noble deeds (ends up still earning praise &that's my note to his efforts outside of hockey we love a supportive captai #should also mention the first two i came up with & had the photos i knew i wanted for were the first and last one alskaldk but i KNEW i #wanted chara somewhere in the paragraph about leaving & then while i was looking found the one of bergy playing tuukka on accident & yes #i do have to make goalie jokes every time. no reprieve . no dice/no deal/no goal goalies have no rest/reprieve etc etc the one that killed #me though was looking for a patrice award pic & i wanted basically the one that i got for “how will you know any will praise you” & instead #also got the picture of patrice winning the some community hero award for charity work that he does & i love him mama & of COURSE that puck #is from bergy's 1000 game who do you think I am (if you guessed sleepy and emotional about patrice you'd be right) and ALSO please be ready #for all the patrice posts/bruins posts that have been sitting in my drafts to be released on this occasion of patrice retirement #I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT TUUKKA ALSO RETIRED THAT’S WHY HE WAS ON WISE OR SIMPLE NO REPRIEVE AND THAT LATE OR SOON WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE #CHARA BECAUSE CHARA LEFT FIRST TO GO TO THE CAPS AND THEN LEFT IN RETIRMENT HE LEFT SOON BUT NOT FOR REAL THEN LATER LEFT FOR REAL (RETIRED)

[bluevelvt]

when people think anakin wouldnt have turned to the dark side if qui-gon trained him im just ?????

YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED PALPATINE???

i mean qui-gon took anakin to be trained cause he thinks anakin is the chosen one or this is at least a major reason why and like??? PALPATINE WOULD HAVE JUST PIVOTED LIKE

"it's such a shame my boy that the council and even your master only see you as the chosen one and not your own person"

"i hope that they trust you as a jedi and not just part of a prophecy"

"i fear that qui gon only wants you as the chosen one and if you weren't, you would never have left tatooine"

LIKE PALPATINE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT! HE ENGINEERED A WHOLE WAR JUST TO TAKE POWER AND QUI-GON BECOMING ANAKIN'S MASTER WOULD HAVE DESTROYED PALPATINE'S PLANS???

idk just gets on my nerves and feels like a slight against obi-wan who yeah wasn't perfect and the circumstances for becoming anakin's master weren't ideal but i think he was a great master and this idea also makes palpatine seem far less manipulative, cunning, and evil

the man once said he would gladly make vader again given the chance, even knowing how it would eventually end, so he's not stopping just because anakin has a different master

#sheev palpatine #emperor palpatine #anakin skywalker #qui gon jinn #star wars #just gets on my nerves #sorry to everybody who has watched me like anakin turn to the dark side #the dark side is becoming obsessed with star wars #i have not been this obsessed with something or a character my god i love anakin but yeah not since voltron #so that's saying a lot #also from what i know about the jedi apprentice series and extended universe legends stuff about qui gon #dude does not have the best track record with padawans #he is very unorthodox and yes does not end up like the rest of the order in that like vein of being an arm of the senate or you know #being so involved in politics even tho they're peacekeepers and a religious order basically #but i think the whole chosen one thing would be much more present and constant in anakin's life #with anakin being fed both like #the in canon youre super powerful omg such a great jedi #thing from palpatine but also yeah oh they probably dont like you or trust you which is canon too except for you're their chosen one #youd probably still be a slave oops sorry but yeah you probably would be #and anakin is mentally ill enough already that palpatine taking a slightly different approach wouldn't really change much #same results different method #now... the obikin fic ideas i can come up with with qui gon being anakin's master and how all that happens #now those are fascinating

[starpros-sunshine]

Thinking about the wataei exchange diary again....

#it's just so.... you know how i sometimes say romance pass dead nowadays? not with them it isn't #'what happened to romance' it all went into the wataei relationship that's what #and i thank Akira for it every single day #they're so lovely lovely lovely #and it's such a cute thing too because they both have phones they see each other regularly but still they keep the exchange diary #there's no reason except that they bith really really like doing that #exchange diaries are the key to a long life they said and oh how my heart molt...melted? molted #? whats the form there actually? #oh how it puddled away #Wataei is a relationship between two womderfully written chaarcters that was almost made for peoole who are too much in love with ideas #when you're too enamoured with the ideal to be enamoured with others you know how i mean? #It really bothers me that English didn't have a formal You anymore this feels so personal every time i day you and it don't even know... #well most of you with exception from my mutuals sand blorbo from my notes

[ennaih]

California Suite (1978) | the Alda/Fonda edition

#california suite #california suite (1978) #Alan Alda #Jane Fonda #2023filmgifs #my gifs #cos i loff them both #and watching them act and react to each other #is so incredibly mindblowingly awesome #and so fucken HAWT OMG #tho you can tell Jane is way too thin at this time poor Jane #also ha remembered halfway through that they're both nepo babies #except not #but both kids of Classic Hollywood stars #who had to make their own names #and boy have they ever #bless em i love em #i hope they loved each other #tho Aquarians and Sagittarians do NOT get along #this i know for a fact #but mebbe they were the wonderful exception to the rule

[scribefindegil]

The thing about post-finale Ekurei is that they pass the "Kill Claudio" test and that's why their bickering is Good.

#like #in a sideways way where they wouldn't necessarily do it for each *other* without complaining #but they would do it for Mob in a heartbeat #and knowing this about each other is a big part of their bond #they refect each other in ways that could be scary or painful-- #except part of the reflection is how much they both love Mob #and that lets them see each other and themselves in a better light #there's at least one good thing they share #and that makes all the bad things--not *better* but #less frightening #so they're able to look themselves & each other in the eye and see the whole picture #wow i am . . . too tired to make this post #i don't know that these tags say what i want them to at all #anyway. #much ado about nothing is the ONLY metric for bickering couples #but i think dimple & reigen can live up to it #(it's about the trust! #for them the trust just comes through a third party) #mp100 #ekurei #that tag ramble had better be enough to keep this mess from getting maintagged

[blunderpuff]

in the expanded DS9 universe in my head, Tora Ziyal kept in touch with the Bajorans and Cardassians she was enslaved with on that desert planet

#star trek #idk i just think that living with fewer than 20 other people for 6 years would just form some unbreakable bonds #i wonder how that all worked anyway #the cardassian guards-turned-slaves right next to the bajoran prisoners they had been guarding and subjugating? #i mean we saw that there were cardassians who were ALSO prisoners there #so it's not like the Bajorans outnumbered and killed them all #but when Dukat takes off his helmet that Bajoran guy is like 'he's a cardassian!' as if he doesn't see the same 5-10 cardassians every day #are they no longer 'cardassian assholes' to him and now they're just 'guys i'm prisoners with on friggin tatooine' ??? #what a trip that would be for both those Bajorans/Cardassians when they got back to their respective planets #the war is over and there's a peace treaty in place #do they still have the 'i hate those guys' mentality? or is it 'i hate all cardassians except the 7 guys i was in prison with' ?? #'i'd kill any cardassian i see except Jonesy cuz he's my pal i debate cooking techniques with' ??? #anyway i like to think that when Ziyal goes off to Cardassian Art School that she can at least hang out with some Cardassians #who know and love her. cuz i imagine she was extremely lonely on Cardassia :(

[napneeders]

realized that of his crewmates the three people Olu is probably closest to are Jim, Frenchie and Lucius. the exact three people he's separated from at the end.

#like the crew haven't been together THAT long #they're still forming as a group #they each know some people better than others #sure he gets along with everyone except Pete but we haven't seen him have many personal interactions with any of the others #ps can't wait to see how Olu and Pete's sibling rivalry develops #is Pete going to throw a fit about not being included in the mutiny #I could see like. the entire crew devolving into a fight about it including Olu bc Pete gets a rise out of him and tensions are high #and a conflict between Olu's personal feelings & good of the crew & him having to rise above & put a stop to it so they can work together #I'd love that actually bc we see both Stede and Izzy make speeches about what they want to be like as a captain and not deliver #vs Olu's definition of a good captain that he didn't even intend to be about himself #ofmd #ofmdm #oluwande boodhari #crew of the revenge #black pete

[hermywolf]

knowing her plan i loved rewatching all the scenes with maeve in 3x08, especially with butchie in mind. like this is her first time seeing the dynamics within the boys: she thinks she knows butcher pretty well by now, and so her plan is clearly to find butcher and trust that his hatred of homelander will ensure killing him to be his absolute priority, so they’ll always be on the same page

but when hughie starts arguing in butcher’s defense you can see that she’s a bit surprised, and filing that away. and then later, when hughie’s trying to convince butcher to step down, after once again defending him several times, she realized she’d been wrong: there WAS one thing that could be more important to butcher than his revenge, and that’s hughie. she saw that hughie was getting to butcher, maybe even managing to convince him. and that’s why it’s the exact moment she chose to toss their only weapon against soldier boy out of the window, to take away that option and snap butcher out of it. even she could tell within like a minute of seeing them interract that hughie is butcher’s canary, the same way annie is hers

#loooove seeing people react to butchie #and being like 'oh the unhinged man has one (1) weakness and its the sad twink with anger issues. i see' #butchie #show:theboys #hermy posts #the boys #queen maeve #also i love that they quite literally locked away both their canaries as they went off to do something morally wrong #getting rid of the little voice that could tell them they're going to far because they know they can get to them #except butcher didn't take into account that ryan would be there #and annie showed up anyway to canary the fuck out of maeve too #she would definitely not have jumped off with soldier boy if annie hadn't been there

[the-busy-ghost]

No need to worry, the screams of fury emanating from her room are just because she made the terrible decision to read someone else’s list of the ‘100 Best Classic Fiction Works in English’

#Usually it wouldn't bother me that we disagree on some of the items on the list- that's a good thing! #And the point in looking at lists like this is to find out other people's opinions and recommendations #And you always know they're going to be biased #And the fact that it's male dominated isn't all that surprising especially for adult literature #However #What really got to me was this particular individual this utter HAM included children's literature #And that's where the gender bias not only became obvious; but it also became clear that this wasn't a list of classic books #This was just a list of the only books this guy had read #Female writers wrote a hefty portion of what we traditionally call children's classics #I know this because I actually read fiction as a child (adulthood less so) #And unlike this journalist I was diagnosed with Little Girl and therefore expected to read books by both men AND women #I'm not angry at this guy; he's obviously made the attempt to unlearn some of his assumptions #Especially with adult fiction #I'm more saddened by how obvious it is that boys of his generation were expected to only read books about boys; by men #And then we wonder why they grow up with a bias towards works by men as adults? #I just thought children's classics had to be an exception; even if they read stuff by men in other areas SURELY they'd read classics #like the Secret Garden or the Railway Children or Black Beauty especially in cases where the woman only used initials so you couldn't tell #It was a stupid fucking idea to put children's literature on the same list as adult classics anyway as children's lit is such a huge genre #But I'm sorry I read Robert Louis Stevenson (loved it) and Jack London and Mark Twain and Kenneth Grahame just like this guy #So I don't understand how he managed to miss out on everything except Little Women (which is sometimes marketed to adults which may explain) #It's not news of course that boys are often not expected to read books that aren't about boys we know this #What really got me is a) I would have thought the books often (rightly or wrongly) marketed as 'classics' would have been exempt from this #And b) now I know this dude didn't do his due diligence when creating this list because he clearly didn't think he needed to go back #and expand his knowledge of children's literature before throwing his list together based on what he personally read as a boy #Like personally if I was going to make the controversial decision to add children's lit to an already controversial list of classics #I for one know that I should go back and read the things I missed out on as a kid #For example my knowledge of children's classics is thoroughly determined by mid-twentieth century British views #Hence I read a lot of stuff from the Edwardian era #Hence I also didn't read many books by non-white writers- something which I now know to have been dictated by outside circumstances #So I would be very hesitant to just list off as 'the best children's books' all the ones I alone had read