#happily ever after etc etc

[steveharrignton]

nah i just binged through all of veronica mars and i do not accept the ending i’m in denial i refuse to believe that goodbye

#what the FUCK #when i tell you i am still sobbing #i spent how many hours binging this show/the movie in the past week just for it to end like THAT #spoilers #in the following tags #i KNEW [redacted] had death bells ever since s2 #but i figured the writers changed their minds and wanted to keep him around bc he was liked #and so when he lived past s2 i was like oh ok and i let my guard down and i loved him #i really did not think they would end the reboot on that note that’s so fucked up on me specifically #how could they do this to meeeeeee #he actually barely survived but recovered and had to live off the grid for navy intelligence reasons and um he and veronica reunited #happily ever after etc etc #everything’s fine ! #txt #veronica mars

[aroaceofthesea]

One of my fave people in catalan folklore is sant jordi (saint george) who saved the princess but when the king asked him to marry her he was like naaah and left forever. icon

#i hate it so much when the rose is the symbol of love and then they leave happily ever after🤮🤮 #hes an icon he saves her life gives her a rose out of chivalry and then hes like byeee #and then people are like 💕and he gave her a rose as a signal of his love💕 #like. no #the king is like pleaseee marry her and he says no #hes there literally just to save the village and she happens to be the unlucky person who was chosen that day #how does that mean hes in love with her in any world💀💀 #screams aroace king to me👑👑👑 #and then everyone makes the story about love makes st jordi about love and ughh why is everything in the world about love #so i have this problem where i love sant jordi (books the character etc) but i hate how society treats it (why is it the lovers day😭😭) #at least its better than valentines day bc it has good things lol #also its not weird to give friends roses (i never do it tho lol i dont have money xdd) #but still its frustrating how they make everything about love #anyway here ends my rant ig #feliç sant jordi gent #mine

[hopecomesbacktolife]

so I rewatched this episode recently and I am now Thinking Some Thoughts TM about The Librarians season 2 episode 9 And The Happily Ever Afters

namely, I was thinking about how I feel like there’s been discussions about the general plot, admiration for the funny bits and Fleve moments (as there should be!) a general appreciation for the overarching plot of the episode, how it’s compelling that they turn away from their “happily ever after” or, as Ariel put it, “their heart’s desire” right? and, while I’m sure we could even discuss whether these AU lives shown in the episode would really be these characters’ most secret, deepest wishes, given what we know about them—

I want to set that aside for a minute and really think about the premise. Ariel was saying that no human has ever been able to turn their back on that willingly, right? and my first thought was some abstract idea— humans being unable to turn their backs on true love, on the person they want to be with, or perhaps on the job they want most, or even something like having their own peaceful home, right?

but then I thought, okay, what would this be for me? My deepest desire, the thing that makes my heart ache with yearning— is it belonging? love? What would it actually look like to have the offer of your wildest hopes to be real, and to, for the good of the world and to save you and your friends’ (and the entire world) lives, to walk away from that?

and it’s that last bit of the question that really stopped me in my tracks because. and I don’t know if this is just because I’ve been thinking of STIV a lot recently, but. really? truly? if we’re being honest? deepest, fiercest desire? thing I would long for most in the world? fictitious alternate life that would be hardest to give up as it constitutes a happy ending? like, for me, that’s a Star Trek world, no question even about it. A hopeful optimistic future where humanity is among the stars, racism, sexism, homophobia, human xenophobia, and other forms of bigotry have been virtually eliminated, everyone’s basic needs are met and we’re no longer seeing constant and insidious human rights violations? humanity come together to create an equitable, fair, good world for all that has done away with money and everyone’s needs are met, medical care is free, incredibly accessible, and available to all, people are free to pursue their interests with no capitalistic control upon them, we’ve reached the stars and are caring for our earth, each other, and making friendships with new species?

like, ough. It’s Gillian Taylor being able to come with Kirk and crew back to the 23rd century and live there, you know? It’s that scene in Diane Duane’s TNG novel Dark Mirror where [redacted] is in awe at the prime universe’s wondrous hope and equality and loveliness! it’s The ultimate fantasy, this post-scarcity post-bigotry equitable utopia, you know?

If I was stuck in a life AU like the others in the show, I’m almost certain it would be being put into Star Trek. and I just. can you imagine, being placed into a Star Trek life, and then being asked to give that up, to save the world? how do you give up a future beyond hatred, beyond bigotry, beyond systemic inequalities and oppression and war and capitalistic medical systems and. and. how in hell could someone give that up? how is saving the world the very giving up of the better-future-dream made real, made tangible? when saving the world is somehow going back to the one that seems Worse, where we’re still dealing with all of these hates and bigotries and money-originated-violences? how is that saving the world? and, to be selfish, to give up a world free of homophobia, with instantly available medical care?

I just. god, with the self-reinforcing nature of the AU life spell I just. I don’t know if I’d be able to give it up. Would anyone be able to convince me that it’s not real? And even if, somewhere in my heart of hearts, I know that it isn’t real, that I’d been stuck into a materialized Star Trek AU that isn’t real life… could I give that up? to be completely serious, you know, envisioning that as a real life situation… could I truly look at that life, and say yes, this is exactly what I want, in this life I would never be denied medical care and have no need to work under capitalistic society and am fully accepted and cherished in my queerness and in space… and to say yes, it’s everything I’ve ever yearned for, and then to shut the door on that, and knowingly return to the world of our current day?

I don’t know, y’all. I mean. Even if I did do it, which isn’t 100% certain—but looking within myself I think I could have the strength to do it, but I’d need some time to bid farewell in my heart, it couldn’t be sudden— the very act of seeing a Star Trek future and being in it and then… to willingly leave… it would break my heart so deeply, I just. how does one recover from that? my throat hurts with the sheer emotion and sadness at the very thought; how could one knowingly, informedly leave such a place and not have your heart forever changed? I think I’d always feel a little wounded, a certain especially tender spot somewhere deep within myself. To have held that future and then let it slip from your fingers…

I think this is especially poignant and moving to me given that this comes immediately following And The Point of Salvation and we know that Ezekiel remembers everything, and even though he seems to be fine because the writers don’t let his character breathe and give him the space and respect he’s due / Julian Bashir-ify him / are racist and don’t let him express it onscreen, there’s no way that didn’t majorly fuck him up psychologically, and I feel like, as sweet as this episode is presented onscreen, it’s kind of the emotional narrative successor to the previous episode because it’s like, the other side of the forever-changed-self coin. to really, truly walk away from what you most desire?

for me, to walk away from a brief moment of living in a Star Trek world? to quote another story, I think I might be brave enough; but I don’t think I’d ever feel the same and, I think there would be so much indescribable sadness to the aftermath of this.

Even if we argue that each of their life AUs were vastly more personal than worldwide-altering hopes and dreams, still, and even given that these events were followed up by the season finale (which was very good as well!!) I think the characters would all really, really need time to sit with and process the grief of losing… whatever their heart’s-desire-lives were, whether we agree with the accuracy of the ones we saw on screen or no. I think they’d need to really mourn those brief flashes of an alternate life; and even after they went back to work and proceeded “as normal” I think these sadnesses would crop back up from time to time as a certain sound, certain name, certain object or scenery or other occurrence briefly brought their memory back to those brief flashes of another time, another life. And they’d help each other through it, of course, but. what a particular sadness that would be.

I dunno, I guess I just got to thinking about how incredibly difficult and heartbreaking it would be to be placed into a Star Trek future and then have to make the choice to give that up, and how I don’t think any of the Librarians or Eve would bounce back to normal immediately, how they’d need to give themselves time to feel all of the emotions and process the losses of the time when they inhabited their hearts’ desires because, ough, I would be such a mess.

maybe sometime I’ll write a fic about this because there’s so much unexplored emotional potential and angst/hurt/comfort territory going on here, but I had to get these thoughts out because the concept of being handed your deepest, dearest wishes and then being asked to recant to save the world is so, so much more intense, more heartbreakingly bittersweet, more layered than we really got screen time for, and is (to me at least!) so worth exploring in terms of how it would affect the characters in the weeks/months etc beyond the events of the episode. ough, just. so many feelings about this♡

#the librarians #star trek #personal #it would be so hard. and would probably break ones heart yknow. anyways. fan meta etc #my words #and the happily ever afters #hah. edited to add a read more because I remembered those are a thing!

[housewifebuck]

after reading "buck fell too early and eddie fell too late", all I see is buck longing but thinking he can't have him and eddie pining in s6 aaaaah it hurts someone tell them they're being insane

Please it’s too early for this (literally 3pm)

#rebuking thsi in the name of the lord etc #MY buck and Eddie fell in love simultaneously and immediately in 201 actually #gripping sink staring into mirror. MY buck and Eddie are living happily ever after as we speak #asks #anonymous

[syncast-err0r]

saw au where when adam's throwing a fit he starts throwing random shit at jigsaw's body and ends up actually killing him

#and they lived happily ever after #etc etc #saw 2004 #adam faulkner stanheight #ofc zep lets them go after he realizes bc he's like OH SHIT WE'RE FREE #won't be a fun time w the cops but at least he'd have the tapes to prove it

[silverysongs]

parts from the camelot revival cast recording that make me smile, act 2

not comprehensive. might be in an order. featuring 20% more jordan donica.

ENTR'ACTE. we've got the true theatre experience guys (minus the exit music.)

jordan donica's perfect french during the madrigal

the hazy, in-the-other-room feel of the madrigal strings at the beginning of "if ever i would leave you"

jordan donica's perfect vowels.

the dreamy strings when lance comes back in after the instrumental interlude

"it's not the earth the meek inherit, it's the dirt." / again with lerner's lyrics, but taylor trensch does a such good job making them come alive.

"...and fidelity is only for your mate!" / shouted towards the direction where arthur disappeared. have to say, i do love mordred's fierce loyalty to his mother even if he is a toad.

[guenevere, whistling terribly] "stop! you are terrible at whistling!"

"i'm a beginner! i just need practice and encouragement!" / "the very last thing you should have is encouragement." / WHAT are the implications of that statement, arthur???

"my father used to say i sang like an angel who'd been blessed with a particularly pretty singing voice." / this joke has no right being so good.

"what do simple folk do... to forget?" / love that this line could be played ironically or straight.

"what else do the simple folk--" / sighing: "genny." / when i tell you that i almost melted when i heard this on the cast recording

that verse in "fie on goodness" that's just about scotland, and then: "fie on scotland, fie!!!"

the entire ensemble during "guenevere"

trumpet fanfare/snare hit after arthur says "those guards are going to die tonight"!

the slow dirge of winds and percussion at the end of "guenevere"

#some explanations in the tags: #listen. i ADORE jordan donica's voice. i just don't like lancelot (kidding) #lest you think that i'm not giving jordan donica enough credit (he deserves all the credit!!!) #also jordan donica's “perfect french” is 50% a joke. i don't speak french so anything sounds good to me #also ALSO yes i do recognize that this is basically all of “what do the simple folk do” #it's my fav song to sing of act 2 (i KNOW what y'all are thinking. i'm not a bari so i can't exactly sing the same octave as jordan donica) #sometimes i like to pretend that A and G patch it up after that song and then musical ends there. happily ever after. #i almost included something about the finale ultimo but honestly it's too sentimental for me to like that much and i wish they had used the #full ensemble for the camelot theme at the end like they did at the tonys. alas. beggars choosers etc. etc. #also can someone/some people set the record straight as to guenevere's nickname? is it ginny or genny or jenny? i think i'm hearing it on #the cast recording as “ginny” but i don't remember what it sounded like to me when i saw it live #camelot musical #camelot revival

[omg-just-peachy]

POV: You successfully meet your co-captain soulmate at the dock and run away to live in a seaside cottage with a cat named Josephine

#happily ever after etc #ofmd #our flag means death #this is the au i want #seaside cottage au of my dreams #mood boards #my fic #ish

[ppulverse]

i was really hoping to see beomgyu in the credits for writing and/or producing at least one of the tracks so i'm feeling kinda upset that literally everyone else worked on at least 2 songs while he got nothing bc that probably means they all wrote stuff and he was the only one whose lines didn't get approved :(

#and like obviously i know they all deserve it and they're all passionate about music #but that's exactly the point. all of them should be recognized for their hard work #we all know how much he loves WORKING with music #he's mentioned it a billion times #he's always so visibly proud whenever something he worked on gets released #he had such a beautiful smile on his face in that tiktok where he spoiled tchftg and he looked so happy that it made it to the tracklist #etc etc #this is like happily ever after all over again (but worse) #it's a bittersweet feeling bc i'm so so SO proud of them #seeing taehyun in all of the tracks except for the title (considering the morse code one isn't rlly a song) made me feel so happy for him #but i genuinely feel upset for beomgyu #bc he's so talented and yet bighit keeps pulling this kind of shit on him #🌙.txt

[tallbluelady]

It's only MOSTLY your fault - song 4?

(Actor With a Loaded Gun - Dan Croll, I Melt With You playlist)

The first time Minthe met Daedalus she was... distracted.

Daedalus is @azure-dragonsinger!

Thanks for the prompt/patience!

#i need a screenshot tag #i melt with you #the unstoppable force and the immovable object #azem minthe #azem daedalus #ffxiv hades #cleaning out my ask box #i'm the one who inspired this meme and i have yet to finish the ones i got in the first round orz #anywho #minthe becomes a better person after she and hades break up and they all live happily ever after etc

[mainfaggot]

this recent jersey club slash breakcore-ish trend in kpop is kinda really fun

#dopamine by onlyone of / passion fruit by nmixx / fucked up by somi (?) or was it pisces / happily ever after by txt ... etc. #z.post

[lestatlioncunt]

nothing bad will ever happen to them for sure fo4 events holding a giant bat: yea sure :)

template + El belongs to amazing @devilbrakers

#giving a lil quiet introduction of joelle to the world hi hello hiiii #and also thanks to ezra for lending me the queen herself miss el <3 #fallout 4 #oc: joelle #oc: nina #*ocstuff #nina's fc is a bit all over the place bc i still haven't decided like for joelle but yea for now yea jkdsfk #i invented the song btw lmao and slapped a cover that i think would fit for nina. 'don't wait for me' foreshadowing much?? i like the idea #of joelle finding again that song after losing her & so on and just. breaking down. yea i love to torment my ocs with stuff sorry #also taking with me into fo4 a piece of new vegas with vera keyes!! nina's role model you could say. funny that vera's song is begin again #(other ways to torment joelle sorry girl). anyways i love them they are like the type of couple that can't stop talking about each other #they are everything to me i can't believe they will go through pain and suffering they deserved a happily ever after etc etc </3 #joelle going through having everything she ever wished for to nothing at all in a few moments (well 200 years but a few moments for her). #insane on this fine night bye

[pastelcheckereddreams]

IGNORE THIS

Li Lianhua dies using the last of yangzhouman to heal the man that killed Li Xiangyi.

Li Lianhua dies at the moment Wuliao looks up from his meditation to the statue of the Buddha and stops his drumbeat.

(LLH says: Live well. Biqiu says: I'll listen to you. It is a goodbye.)

This is the unavoidable truth of the narrative: Li Lianhua is departing this world.

His ghost remains just a while longer, to ease the pain of his passing. Because that's what he's been doing all this time - living, to grow food. Living, to feed a dog. To feed a boy. Living, to die. Living.

It is not a sad thing.

But attachments are messy and burdensome, and as he forms more he spends a lot of time trying to ease the burden of his ghost off the shoulders of others; shielding everyone from that truth that is an unavoidable fact - he is dying.

That is, paradoxically, his burden.

At the moment LLH has no more to give, can carry no more, and knows it - Wuliao, the first to know he exists, the first to hope he won't die - lets him go.

In that instant, the sun sets. The moon rises.

From here, we play out the cycle of loss again, for emphasis: Li Lianhua is a ghost. He has settled all of LXY's debts. Now he must settle the ones LLH himself has accumulated.

#additional thoughts i didn't put in the main text because i'm a coward: #even attachments he didn't wholly account for - the narrative told us that LLH was a ghost from the start. But we became attached anyway. #because that is the point. #it doesn't give us closure because that's the POINT #lotuses rising above the muddy water etc #the narrative is a meandering and lazy snake eating its own tail #watch it go round and round #anyway now i'm going to go back to pretending they all live happily ever after #(watch me go round and round) #mlc meta #mlc ending #mysterious lotus casebook spoilers #spoilers #mlc spoilers #nikkispeaks

[tristinian]

One of my early trans memories was when my mum gave me a book of short stories called “A Girl Named Francesca” and it was about a girl named Francesca. Anyways one of the stories was about one time she gave herself a haircut and butchered it so badly her parents had to cut it off. And because her hair was short now they were making jokes about her being a boy now and having to call her Frances. And god I think that did something to me because that was my favourite short story in that entire book because I loved the idea of having a haircut and being seen as a boy and being called a boys name. Totally cis behaviour

#a girl named Francesca transed me #anyways idk if I’ll be able to find help for this but those 70s scholastic books kill me because I vaguely remember them #but there was one that was about these three kids and two were brothers and the third was a cousin #and they found some magic stuff in their attic #like show magic #and they try it out and it works #and also the brothers father went missing because of a magic trick he did about a decade go #and one the tricks ends up with one of the boys invisible and he has a blast going on all the rides at the theme park for free. #but then he gets stuck on the Ferris wheel when it closes for the night #and in the end they do some magic trick and they bring back the father and they all lived happily ever after etc etc #i can’t remember what that story was called but if anyone else does can they tell me #trans #transgender

[mishkakagehishka]

But i keep thinking ab how sad it all is like. To my knowledge, Leon becomes a cop bc of the usual fictional motivation of "the law couldn't help my family so i'll be the law that helps" or whatevs and then he was told to stay away from Raccoon City (bc yknow), where he was supposed to start work after absolutely excelling in the academy, but he goes there anyway (hungover, after his gf broke up with him. bc they thought the rest of it wasn't enough for his tragic backstory ig). And then the . Everything. Branagh still forces him to prioritise himself, he gets to what was going to be his desk (sobbing) and there's a note like "first task for our new rookie!! Get to know your colleagues :) the passcode for our desks are the first letters of our names! Teehee!! This guy might not give you a straight answer wink wonk" and you have to figure it out via nameplates and shit because you saw Elliot's guts fall out, and one of them is a zombie and Branagh is the only one actually "alive" out of those six he had to "get to know" as his first task. And the "welcome Leon" banner. OTZ

And then after all that. After all that, when he and Claire and Sherry manage. And you think "oh lovely happy ending, therapy and they can move on" nope. Dude gets literally threatened by the US government to become a special agent. And then RE4 happens. Like ??!?!?!?!??!?!!?

#mind you that's ALL the lore i know bc i dk what happens after. like. re4. #as i said i'm vaguely aware of re5 but i've never seen anything ab it #all i know is Leon developed a drinking problem somewhere down the line and I can't even blame him #and i'm so in-between ab it bc i don't like media that spans THIS much time bc it kinda loses its charm to me #so for me that. 90s and 00s RE is just fine #anyway. in my head after RE2 Leon and Claire adopt Sherry and live happily ever after etc etc #i just think it'd be funny for a 21yo and a 19yo to explain how they have a 12yo daughter. #ALSO CLAIRE IS 19 HERE !??!?!?!?!? SHE'S MY AGE ?!?!?!?!?!???!!??!?!?!?!??!?!?@? #anyway. sorry for loving leon and the first re games i am. normal ab them. dw about it.

[kyros-tha-soldier]

i still can't get over the fact that when doflamingo seized dressrosa and got Kyros surrounded he legit told him "join me, I'll kill your wife and daughter and father-in-law anyways lol XD" like? Did he really think he was cooking? Did he expect Kyros to just be chill with all of this and join him? NGL worst Doffy deal smh

#Kyros #Doflamingo #Dressrosa #One piece #He had a brain fart moment lmao #I have a headcanon where none of the dressrosa stuff happened and Doffy only came to dressrosa because he liked the food and the weather #And decided to stick around! #And became friends with the Rikus and the dwarves! #And the Doffy family lived happily ever after on the land of love sksksksks #But yeah Oda said no 😔 #So now Doffy is in jail after doing irreparable damage to Dressrosa and the citizens and law and and and...etc #He's a real lil shit but I love him #I love Kyros more doe 🤭

[partyinthemysterymachine]

Hiiiiiii~ Do you have a crush on anybody? 🥺😳😳❤️

🥰✨yeah~✨🥰

💖🥺🙏✨hehe~ twirls hair✨🙏🥺💖

EHE EHE HEH EHEHEH

but in all seriousness: no 😩😔

and on an even more serious note: i don't like to put labels on my romantic inclinations tbh; however, while i keep myself open to the possibility of Something Happening, i also, historically, know my limits. i've been in relationships and i've loved fiercely and been loved fiercely, but unfortunately, in spite of that and spite of wanting the warm comfort i've always dreamed of with another person, and that wonderful woodsy wedding i've been planning since i was a kid.. i've learned i'm kind of uncomfortable in a romance. there are a lot of factors as to why there, and again, i'm not closed off entirely to the idea in the long run; but for right now, it's a no-go.

i think my reservations are more of an issue when it's something face to face and destined to be a physical or day-to-day constant rather than anything as removed as something online, but the halt is absolutely there nevertheless. i've got a lot of issues to work through and i'm not really gunning to get connected with anyone and tho i've developed crushes on people online and off, i pull on those reins VERY hard because it's just not fair for me but especially not the other person when i'm so unavailable. i've tried, but really, i'm very unavailable at this time; i have a lot of growing, and personal fixing and maintenance to do before i'd feel comfortable opening myself up to further consideration for finding a partner.

if there's anyone out there who happens to have a crush on me god BLESS you i would CRY and i'm so, so sorry to disappoint(?). pls say hello anyway and let's be friends 🥺🙏 but in terms of romance, come back in 2030 when GOOMT's done*; maybe things'll be looking better in the heart department by then. 🥚❤️

*joking. ................. maybe.

#ches writes #😩😔 WOMANCE........................ #i am making the middle-aged men kiss So Much for a reason......... #prob didn't need to write that much or get into Deep Harve Lore but heey cover my bases #fingerguns #i'm also gonna go ahead rq and say that i deserve love and i want to love and i already love so many people and my friends so deeply #ofc they're different brands of love etc but still; it's something i deserve and something i want to give #just at this time i have to stay away from it because it's just not fair to the other person and i've made my mistakes in sort of- #leading others on; and tho it was unintentional it's what happened and Eughdfgkldfgh Yikes I'm Sorry. was tryna #figure my shit out and Oops. anyway #jazzhands. one day babes. i'm 34 but god willing i'll find someone who will think i'm as cool as i think they are and our Vibes will Match #and i'll get my woodsy wedding and i'll live happily ever after as a middle-aged weirdo in love the end <3 #(.. and just to be clear i'm totally chill with being foreveralone and even welcome the idea LOL lonewulf5ever321 but. fingerguns.)