#idc if no one wants this analysis I'm doing it for me

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Every time I read posts excusing Shadow and Bone for changing/speeding up SoC and CK elements, I feel like they're missing the main points of criticism a lot of us book fans are having. it's great you enjoyed it!! It's great that you enjoyed seeing the characters in the scenes from the book!! But it IS going to mess up the future narratives!!

But I think I'm going to at some point make a proper screenplay-focused analysis on my feelings about this

#six of crows #soc #shadow and bone #anti shadow and bone #I don't think it's unreasonable for people to want the show to match the book #like this isn't small changes to adapt something better on screen #this is Netflix trying to appeal to their existing YA audience instead of making a faithful adaptation to a book series #the way they're handling it now is not doing justice to a fantastic and beautifully plotted out duology #and a lot of their changes are just there to spice up the teen drama #but I think I'll watch the newest season properly and then make a post because honestly i gd love these books #idc if no one wants this analysis I'm doing it for me #because I'm so disappointed with what they've done #also when people are like 'but there is still van eck and kuwei left to go' #that's NOT THE POINT #the emotional development and character growth the characters were meant to go through across and post the heist IS ALREADY DONE

[instantpansies]

formal literary analysis is just fanfic for nerds

#i'm trying to write an analysis on the way the wizard of oz has been historically interpreted rn and it is going so bad #apparently i'm the only person who has ever put together just like. an actual paper (not a magazine article) comparing and contrasting #the various allegorical readings of oz?? and unfortunately i cannot analyze my own old writing #i need to pick a new topic but the paper is due tomorrow morning im so tired this is awful. im crying thinking about it #i have spent the past two days combing through oz analysis. i have not found a single source that doesn't directly just do its own analysis #i need analysis of the analysis does that make sense. and it has to be from the past five years. i am falling i am failing #i am drowning help me to breathe etc. this is torture and i cannot find a singular fucking source #JUST TELL ME ABOUT MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETATION!!! THAT IS ALL I FUCKING WANT FROM YOU JUST TELL ME THERES MULTIPLE WAYS #TO INTERPRET THIS 100 YEAR OLD BOOK. I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT IN UR INTRO #screaming crying throwing up. i gotta pick a new topic. im so tired. ignore this #anyways this post was an excuse for me to vent in tags sorry #free to rb the post if you want tho idc. i have a point u gotta admit #lit #toasty talks #wizard of oz

[lemonhemlock]

look. not to be too mean on main. the rightful heir thing. if you don't care about the intricacies of property law or legal writs and just want to focus on characterization and other aspects of storytelling, fine.

but it truly does look very goofy when you start "debating" this while lacking historical context and methodological tools. sometimes a constitutional crisis (that was already resolved in the 12th century and whose results you can always look up) can't just be settled by appealing to one's anachronistic opinion and accusing those who disagree of misogyny.

there's a difference between suggesting how things should be (i.e. prescriptive, i.e. women should never inherit the throne) and analysing how things were for a myriad of socio-political reasons.

also, trust me, the Dance being fictional is not the gotcha people think it is. it's plenty obvious. i'm sorry to say but the premise is so flimsy it would never have happened like that irl.

final idea: likewise, perhaps being condescending about people who do take the time to criticise the premise is veering a little bit towards anti-intellectualism. 'idc about succession laws ergo i'm more enlightened bc i've unlocked an edgelord-y way to enjoy fiction'. a medievalesque fantasy setting is going to attract commentators who are interested in medieval history or at least aspects of it. they may find copy-paste scenarios from real history and think it interesting to compare and contrast. it's not immediately equivalent to treating aegon and rhaenyra like your ballot choices next election, and, equally, they're not discussions without merit.

comparative analysis is a transferable skill! if someone doesn't want to partake, fine, but i think this attitude of turning one's nose at it is a tad coarse. there are many fans who take the time to write informative posts and contextualise this fictionalised universe and it's a shame to automatically write-off what is ultimately a rich tradition in internet asoiaf spaces

#*people with history degrees facepalming their way through the fandom* #everyone has a pet peeve and this is mine #my other controversial opinion is that it's also silly to say it doesn't matter from a storytelling perspective as well #if your intrigue is shaky then it brings the quality of the overall story down #one principle of writing is that your world needs to have consistent internal rules no? #if these rules flip-flop from one situation to the next then that would be a flaw in the worldbuilding #and one thing about grrm's dance is that the intrigue is one of the weak points #succession for the iron throne

[cry-ptidd]

Nev, you absolutely brilliant and beautiful and talented mastermind!

I need to hear about your thoughts and opinions on pre-canon Alucard aka Dracula!

First of all anon I'm gonna kiss you and hug you and serve you burek with a warm drink and a smooch on the forehead

Second of all,

Long, long yapping below 👇 🗣️

Now, I don't know if you meant Dracula as in in-canon Hellsing Dracula or Bram Stoker's Dracula, so I'll do both thanks to the power of autism. Vlad III isn't included bc I don't wanna.

Also this is just my opinion and mild analysis of both medias, not a properly structured essay.

Dracula (1897) - Bram Stoker

Ok so first of all, Dracula is one of my favorite books. I adore gothic horror and the spooky melancholic supernatural atmosphere of most gothic novels. I consider Dracula a masterpiece of horror, even with its faults, idc.

The epistolary structure of it makes the horror progressive and building, despite the fact that alarm bells ring out every single second of Johnathan's stay at Chateau Drac. The various themes of temptation and danger and oh my god the danger followed me home oh god oh fuck are fascinating, and the human group is interesting (also Mina was done dirty).

But also, it's an inherently queer novel, which, as a queer person who loves horror, i adore. Bram Stoker was really fucking queer, but that's something he hated about himself and suppressed; it's no surprise that the count's entire character is so fruity in itself, he represents Stoker's own repressed queerness. Drac is, in the book, inherently sexual - the exchange of fluids to turn pure, virginal ladies into hot deadly sexy vampire seductresses, and the fact that he protects Johnathan from his brides and is always so... Like That with him makes him so interesting.

The scene where the count takes great offense at being told that he has never loved by one of his brides is one of my favorites in terms of characterization, because Dracula doesn't have any need to bullshit at that moment. He could've just told her to stfu and back off, or even let them eat Johnathan. But instead he gets offended because the remark hit a nerve. He wants to love and to be loved, but his methods are rather... unconventional and predatory to the Proper and Orthodox humans of the story. Rip Drac, you would've loved (and been loved by) today's monsterfuckers.

We're gonna ignore the fact that the supercool and awesome expert amazing professor Abraham Van Helsing is Stoker's self-insert and that he's the one that (or at least greatly helps the group) hunt down Dracula, the representation of unorthodox desire and sexy, vampiric existence.

Dracula in the Hellsing universe

Ok so this one is interesting.

First of all I want to address how fucking funny it is that Alucard tried to fuck both Mina and her husband and fumbled them both but that's a topic I think he'd get mopey and very bitter about so let's not.

Hellsing Dracula is really interesting. In the novel, we're not given the count's pov (why would we? He's the villain anyway.) but in Hellsing we do, and we get it very often. We know his childhood, his identity, but most importantly his philosophy and personality.

Alucard's personality changed a bit over the years:

Vlad was arrogant out of desperation and survival; he had to be strong, because if he's not then he'll be crushed and his prayers won't be heard by the god he worships with battle, and he "can't be defeated, ever." He can't afford to be.

Dracula was arrogant because he was powerful and unchained. He was the master, he was a monster not leashed by morality or conventionality and religion and even his body was above what a human could ever do. He knew he was a threat and he relished in it. How could any of those puny humans beat him? The Count Dracula? But they did.

Alucard is a snarky asshole that didn't lose any arrogance but it changed shape; it's not that he can't be defeated, it's by whom. He carefully chooses his fancied opponents and clings to them like a leech, at least emotionally, and puts them on this pedestal where they're the only ones who may. Any other fight is just to pass the time. Those sniveling cowards can't defeat him, but those proud human warriors can. And he's the one who decides what's worthy or not, because he's a top-tier level threat. (When he tried to stop Anderson from using the nail, he basically told him Anderson was created just to defeat him.)

But let's get back to Dracula here for a sec. That arrogance comes with any vampire because that's what they do, they're hot and sexy and broody and egotistical, stealing blood and beauty for their own sakes. But he's also really damn sad. I imagine that he gets bored after a while, after the novelty of cool supernatural tyranny wore off. The count has all reason to be confident; he's on top of the food chain in all aspects.

But what do you do when you're at the top?

You don't have anyone with you. Those brides are companions, not significant others, hell they're not even named in the novel or barely acknowledged by him. Those humans are prey, not equals. He can try to portray himself as basically animalistic, he has emotions and he doesn't like that he has emotions. He's just really fucking sad.

Like. This is literally the most pathetic man I've ever seen.

The fact that he doesn't seem to hold a grudge against Abraham and his crew - on the contrary, he seems to admire them and puts them on a pedestal - shows that he longed to be beaten. He was tired. He needed novelty.

Now i don't know what fucked up experiments Abraham did on that poor thing but clearly he wasn't as powerful as Alucard is, but I doubt that increase in power changed much of anything to be honest. Man is just as miserable as he was before, but now he actually has a purpose - he has someone to serve, a master, someone to cling to.

And boy does he cling to them.

He respects Abraham and Arthur, both men who've undeniably hurt him, Abraham with the experiments and Arthur by leaving him to rot for 20 years (understandable, yes, but still I wouldn't like it if that was me) and yet he's shown them great respect. It's almost Stockholm syndrome (something that I don't believe in and isn't backed by science, but the idea stands) and his idea of any kind of functional relationship is unfathomably fucked up.

I won't dwell on Alucard too much since this is about Dracula, but it's actually rather easy to piece together his mental state and outlook on life with the few pieces we got. Someone please come help this man.

That's that!

I would also like to shoutout to @catsvrsdogscatswin for their wonderful characterization of Dracula and Alucard altogether, but mostly in their fic Kaleidoscope, which is unironically and not hyperbole my favorite fic on ao3 up to date.

Seriously. Go check it out.

#hellsing #alucard #long post #dracula #bram stoker #ask response #i don't know if I got my point across

[hearteyeshayley]

Hey !! How are you ? I hope you're well :)

So I'm kinda new to DC and I really wanna get into Batfamily but I don't know how ? Like, I literally don't understand how Bruce has so many kids but also idc about logistics I just want to consume angsty found family and get obsessed over at least one character and get gender envy yk ?

Okay so basically, do you have any batfam fic recommendations for any1 just getting into batfam ?Or just your fav batfam fics ? I'd really appreciate any recs but if not no sweat !!!

thanks a million for reading and take care !! <3

<3 this is easily my favorite ask I've ever received!

I was the same way with the batfamily for so long, like every time Wayne Family Adventures would trend on Tumblr I'd be like why are there so many black haired boys??? Is one named Dick?

I'd definitely recommend reading Wayne Family Adventures on Webtoon but as for fic recs here are my top 7 batfam fics of all time, plus one wip that's less batfam, more timkon, but simply must be ranked.

Yesterday's Voices by Lemonadegarden... this was the fic that got me really into the fun but heartbreaking family dynamics. Also Tim plays a minor role, but this was the first time I was like, I need to know more about this guy. A quick summary: Batman gets amnesia and doesn't remember the last five years, or the recent death in the family, and the angst hits so hard.

exactly how this grace thing works by irnan... this is by far the best de-aged fic I've ever read. Dick, the oldest sibling, suddenly becomes the youngest and it's such a brilliant character analysis. And I'm always a fan of Dick Grayson getting the love and appreciation he deserves.

The Study of Birds by Maskoftheray… this one focuses on the sibling dynamics, mainly between Tim, Damian, and Dick. It’s hurt/comfort with birdwatching and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I read it.

Brother Wanted by Vamillepudding... This is an au where a ten year old Tim places an ad in the newspaper for a brother and it's as cute and perfect as it sounds. The Jason and Tim bonding in this is 10/10 and makes all their canon angst that much more devastating

Send to All by Kerosceene... literally funniest fic of all time. I normally hate textfics but this whole story is told through email and it's PERFECT and HILARIOUS 10/10 required reading for batfam vibes at their best

World's Saddest Breakfast Club by motleyfam... this fic includes the whole fam and it's so sweet about it. Jason breaks into the manor and ends up cooking everyone breakfast.

scapegoat by envysparkler... the sibling blame game in this is so real. Basically the family starts blaming Jason for every little thing because Bruce would never get mad at the child he just reconciled with.

And the BONUS timkon fic that's currently being updated

8. buy back the secrets by sundiscus... the only fic I'm subscribed to! It's a TimKon fic but the Tim and Jason conversations in chapter two are so perfectly done. I can't recommend it enough!!

#ao3 #batfam fic #batfamily fic #batman fic rec

[hypertimesstuff]

so. Oh My God by Adele is definitely a CaliYork song (i feel like this has been said before but idc idc). From New York's POV. I'm right

like ?? This is so them.

analysis under cut because they make me ill

"I ain't got too much time to spare, but I'll make time for you to show how much I care" the way that New York struggles with giving affection, so he spends time with California to show how much he loves him.

"wish that I would let you break my walls, but I'm still spinning out of control from the fall" him being secluded, keeping things close to his chest. Realizing he's in love with California makes him confront stuff about himself

"boy, you give good love I won't like, it's what keeps me coming back, even though I'm terrified" terrified of showing affection, of doing something wrong, but California is just so,, kind to him. So loving

"oh my god, I can't believe it out of all the people in the world" California, being one of the most hated states, being the one New York bestows his affection upon

"I'm a fool, but they all think I'm blind" the other northeast states thinking he's odd for loving California, of all states

"i'd rather be a fool then leave myself behind" not caring about other people's opinions of him, not caring if they judge him for loving California

"I don't have to explain myself to you, I am a grown woman (man, in New York's case) and I do what I want to do" New York, once more, not caring about the opinions of the other northeast states, feeling like he doesn't need to explain why he loves California. he does what he wants to do

yeah. I had a lot of thoughts. Hope you enjoyed this I guess lmao

#wttt #hyper posts #wttsh #wttt california #hyper speaks #wttsh california #wttt new york #wttsh new york #wttt caliyork #wttsh caliyork #wttt rosegold #wttt goldenrose #wttt headcanons

[bonesandthebees]

I care about Rose! In fact, we started watching house of dragon (only 2 episode so far though) and it constantly makes me think of Rose because you use it as inspiration. Like obviously there’s the coronation scene which reminds me of stars. And there’s the character Willum is sorta kinda inspired by. And it’s an entirely different world, but every time I’m drawn back to Rose wondering how things will play out. (Which is not pressure to finish writing it if you don’t want to. Writer’s block can be a bitch and I get that the motivation for this project has been sucked out, but I just want you to know that I still care, and I’m not the only one.)

Also, I’ve been meaning to start my Ready, Set, Detonate analysis but I keeps getting away from me. I’m not sure there will be much to analyse, but there’s definitely fun details I want to point out. Oh and I am Looking 👀 at the fit/pac tag and kicking my feet. I don’t actually know if they are already in a relationship (I’m sure we’ll find out, but I just loved Fit’s little “Pac’s here?” That man is gone. Oh and I’m so excited for this Tubbo and to read more Bagi and the lore. Just all of it.

Then the original writing is a mood. I keep getting like a few chapters into my story before deciding it’s not good enough or thinking of something else I could do and throwing it all out. It’s this constant loop that never seems to get anywhere even though the story gets more and more fleshed out in my head every time. I think it’s because the opportunities are endless. Like there’s no characters and personalities and dynamics to stick to like there is in fan fiction. It’s free game but that does mean you have to decide everything yourself.

Anyway, best original writing advice I can give is remember the drafting process. There’s going to be a shit ton of drafts, which feels different for you because you’ve been mostly writing stories and posting them as you go, which means some minor or major editing, but leaves you without a chance to do a once over. It’s a sort of pressure to get everything right the first time. Meanwhile, original writing is something you keep close to your chest. There’s different drafting stages ranging from the zero draft (aka excessive daydreaming about all the possibilities) to the final draft (where you just go through and kill all your darlings and pour over ever single word to find the right one).

I’m struggling a lot with the first draft, which is literally just getting words onto a page. It’s a somewhat coherent mess that just allows you to shape the story and its structure so you can work off of that and edit it later on. I don’t know if this actually helps, but yeah, the first draft sucks and then it mostly gets easier. Just write, is kinda shitty advice, but it’s mainly, just get words onto a page, you will get a million chances to fix it, you don’t need to be happy about what you wrote right now.

-🌲

ohhhh I'm so excited you've started watching hotd!! good timing since the second season is going to come out later this year :D I hope you enjoy!! and I'm so happy to hear you're still excited about rose. I definitely want to finish writing it, like I said it's just me worrying about if anyone will bother to read it but a lot of you have said you would so that helps assuage my worries a bit

feel free to send whatever random thoughts you have about ready set detonate you know idc if it's analysis or not I just love seeing peoples reactions!! fit and pac are not in a relationship (yet) in the fic but theres a lot of flirty pining going on lol

god yeah it's so much harder with original fiction because it feels like there's so much pressure. you have too much freedom to do whatever you want so you're constantly second guessing if it's good enough or not. and ofc I know rough drafts are supposed to be shitty but I've tried to hone my skills so that my first draft is always incredibly solid because I rarely have the patience to do heavy edits, but that's with fanfiction. it has to be different with original fiction I know but it's hard to make my brain okay with that. I keep feeling like it needs to be nearly perfect on the first run :( but yeah I'm mostly trying to get words on a page. but then I think back and realize I forgot to mention this or I need to mention more of that etc etc and it's just stressful arghhh

#ask #spruce anon

[rodolfoparras]

The ohbo situation was the thing that happened like last month with that fem fic writer reposting that "implied minor" ghoap fic on twt and people defending her for it 😭

But fr,, No one in the 141 is confirmed to have a relationship, that does not equal all of them straight. The only one who does is Laswell with her WIFE. And queer people always somehow find each other sooo... ✋ That old man's gay as fuck. Also it's the military?? You cannot tell me some of them aren't at the very least bi curious with all these beefy ass men around??

Give me a break, these dudes all love men, idc

I'm just gonna hope and pray for some gay ass shit for my husband, Captain Sleazeball. May have to take matters into my own hands if I gotta 🙄 (I cannot write for shit, this is not a good idea)

-🐧

Thank you sm for reminding me sugar!! Istg I read it out loud and was like this sounds familiar but couldn’t put my finger on it. This is what i mean when I say I forget sm bc of my meds 😭

Also I think it’s so fucking boring to just simply hc someone as straight, I’m not saying a woman shouldn’t ship themselves with a male character they like but what’s boring is looking at a man and just assume he’s straight

Captain boomerang looks like he’d nut if he had a big dude in his group someone who could easily pin him down or throw him over his shoulder or hover over him and make him feel smaller he’d shamelessly eye you up and down and always flirt with you wouldn’t take much before he hooked up with you

Also I wrote an analysis? Thing? (It’s in my drafts) how I firmly believe price has been with men since his recruiting days

Also kind of over straight ppl limiting us sm to the point where we go”okay maybe he isn’t gay but bi curious” we’re going full on homo here no more limiting ourselves

Also pls do write sugar!!! Again no one is looking for perfection so don’t worry about it we just want to read about wonderful plots🧎🏻‍♂️

#alec answers #🐧 anon

[lyneytricks]

General ScaraLayla hcs <3

Genre ➸ Fluff???? I think??? Nothing mayor happens it's just them existing. Written in bulleted headcannon format

Warnings ➸ Scara's referred to as Kuni (I'm keeping my Kunimitsu agenda till I die) uhm. Nothing else?? Can be read as platonic or romantic idc this one is just about them being friends. Not proofread so sorry if there's any mistakes tehee :P

A/N ➸ So I pulled this one out of my fucking ass after finishing buddy daddies sorry X3

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

They knew of each other before they met, and met before the 3.6 event because I need content.  

Met at a café. Layla wants a nice place to study/do work, and the coffee is good, so... Kuni likes the tea, and that no one bothers him during his weird silent moments of looking at nowhere while thinking of how meaningless whatever the fuck he’s doing is 

Kuni recognised Layla, but didn’t think much about it at First, and only ever talked to her when she was freaking out about her homework (“Why do I have to write so many papers, whyyy...) and he told her to stop bitching and gave her some sweets the staff always give to accompany his tea (to “shut her up”) (he was NOT concerned about the Akademiya’s way of teaching) (He did not help her with her wording and structure of the paper afterwards, you must be insane to even suggest that) 

They didn’t really talk, but they just. Sort of agreed that on Saturdays they share a table and do whatever. Kuni helps Layla study, and he knows all sorts of flowery words for her papers and works 

Also. Their order: Green tea, two espressos and two glazed donuts (Kuni also gets dark chocolate sometimes) 

Kuni writes. I haven’t decided what he writes, but he does. I’m inbetween character analysis (from things he watches/reads, yes, he’s a fandom dude in my mind.) and poetry, tbh. I think he heard it was a good way to express emotion without beating up fatui agents and started as a way to “prove just how ridiculous this is!” and he actually liked it. He hasn’t stopped since, bro can pull out a five page creative writing out of his ass in half an hour trust me I’m the bow on his outfit 

Layla’s handwriting is like. Seeing heaven. (When she’s not about to pass out) And Kuni’s is like watching a rich kid fall into poverty without any way to get back up 

LAYLA! DOES! LETTERING!!!! I’m not arguing w anyone about this it’s true I was there she buys so much colourful ink and so much pretty papers and she carefully thinks about what she wants to write... She always finds herself going back to stationary stores and separating mora just to buy more pens and nice notebooks 

Kuni wrote her a letter once while he was in his depression mood telling her how much he likes her friendship and how she appreciates silence and how her hair flows like sea waves and he sulked for an entire fucking month because of it and only decided to see her again once he was convinced she forgot about it completely (She didn’t. She keeps it in a box in her room with her most prized possessions)

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

#scaramouche #kunikuzushi #wanderer #wanderer genshin #Layla #layla genshin #Scaralayla #Layscara #Scaramouche x Layla #Luz's writing ✧.*

[i-dont-know-nor-care-go-away]

I am very new to star trek and have literally only watched strange new worlds (all of season one, some of season 2) and the trouble with Tribbles but I love how they have done Spock, nurse chapel, and t'pring. I think maybe bc I don't have pior context for these characters it has influenced my views but also maybe that's interesting for people that do so I'm gonna talk about it. Personally I find the writers genius bc I can't seem to pick a side in this situation, and I'm genuinely rooting for both t'pring and Chapel. More of a ramble than actual analysis

I'm going to start off with Spock and t'pring. The first thing we see is their engagement. It's cute and fun, and we see they do care about each other. We also see the crux of t'pring's issue. Spock answers a call in the middle of.. that... and agrees to fly out into space and assumes t'pring is good with it. She corrects him but she can't hold him back. She voices her displeasure and Spock apologizes. That's exactly the issue. He says sorry. Nothing changes. She does realize that he has to do this and that, but her real struggle is if she has to put up with it. She is a beautifully written character and extremely easy to sympathize with. She worries that Spock can't commit to her. She isn't at fault for wanting that. T'pring herself is such a developed character. She sets her boundaries about having time together and when Spock discussed his humanity, she studied up on it to connect with him. Her whole job is to guide people back to logic, and correct un-vulcan like vulcans, which is ironic given that Spock is exploring what he can be when he stops defining himself as Vulcan. That also is what Spocks issue is. His exploration of his identity is leading to new feelings about what being a Vulcan means, but his fiancee is very Vulcan, and assured in her identity. It creates some friction, and when more pressure is applied (aka the mother of t'pring) we can see them start to grate against each other. I absolutely love t'prings dialog when she confronts him about not telling her he got messed up.

Nurse chapel is one of my favorite characters. I'm not gonna lie, the second she stepped on screen with the bisexual haircut, I knew she was gonna be one of my all time favorites. One of her most telling episodes is Spock amok. She goes to see this guy and is literally only there to Netflix and chill. The second she starts to feel like he wants an actual connection, she seems bored. She then just leaves to help Spock. She is willing to help him after the body switch. Her and Ortegas's conversation just proves the fact that she has commitment issues. That's really funny to me bc Christine "can't do more than a one night stand bc she's afraid of commitment) chapel and Spock "can't commit to anything but his job including his fiancee" insert last name as a pair are doomed to fail. Nurse chapel likes vulcans bc their brutal honesty and Spock ends up being dishonest to his girl and it almost breaks them apart. It's a odd dynamic of Spock learning from the very human Christine about jokes and feelings and human things, and it almost foils the very Vulcan t'pring that makes Spock feel like he has to be Vulcan, but Christine and T'pring aren't foils because narratively, they are their own characters, and are far beyond symbols of spocks identity crisis. Christine is more than the other women and t'pring is more than an obstacle in spocks romance with Chapel

Honestly I'd talk more about Spock but also idc and he seems really gay in tos so like. Ngl he feels like such a Ken compared to the ladies that liked him.

#star trek #star trek strange new worlds #nurse chapel #christine chapel #nurse chapel x spock #spock x chapel #t'pring #spock x t'pring #spock #st:snw #snw #do not @ me with all the moral stuff about cheating and relationships this is my funny haha show and i love everyone here. not sam kirk tho #yes i am biased bc nurse chapel is hot and funny but have you considered that this is my funny haha show

[petewentzisblack1312]

hard agree on the merch hot take. idc if they're my favorite band in the entire world; I like their music, not them. I don't know them!! so I'm never rlly inclined to wear or buy merch that has faces; they're just some guys.

tangentially, (& I don't want this to come off rude to anyone, b/c ik I'm in the minority w/ this opinion) but my lack of focus on band members is one of the reasons I've avoided bandom spaces until recently; I like the music, but the band members are just People to me. like, sure, they seem cool, but I've never rlly understood why I need to be paying attention to them outside of an artistic lens. idk just in general fans/merch/everything puts too much focus on the People & it weirds me out a little.

yeah i do relate to that. like, not exactly, i very obviously care about the people, and specifically with fall out boy i am genuinely endeared by their friendship with each other, but ultimately i care about them insofar as they are the minds and hearts behind the art that i like. i respect them, i look up to them, i think theyre extremely skilled, but like... for example in interviews the thing i care most about is not talk about their relationship to each other or anything like that, though i do like that. its questions about the music. what ideas were they exploring, what were they thinking when writing different songs, what was the goal, what was left on the cutting room floor, what was the process. i want to know as much about the art as possible. i am interested in them as people because it tells me more about the art. i am not interested in the art because it tells me more about them as people. does that make sense?

i do understand you though. i mean a large part of my presence in this community is music analysis and reading fobs work through a black lens. i dont seriously speculate on their lives. dont like to, dont want to. i notoriously do not like rpf and part of that is like, a fundamental distaste for it generally, though i understand that at the end of the day its the same thing as any fantasy, just on a community scale, but part of it is that i just dont come here for the members of fall out boy. i came for the music, i stay for the music, the guys being interesting and having a genuine friendship with each other is a really nice bonus, but. i like their music and music making ability and insight on music making. thats what i like about them. their music.

#dils declares #like i read joes memoir because i think joes a talented guy and i wanted some insight into that #my favourite chapter is the one dedicated to his love of the guitar as an instrument. #am i making sense #i could say more. i feel like theres no way to say everything i want to say on this without writing a long rambly circumlocutionist screed #but yea.

[curiouschaosstarlight]

(*Quick clarification, 'cause I feel like I should say this right away, I don't mind people not liking or even being really uncomfortable with certain characters, especially villains that have canonically done some really horrible stuff, even if I happen to really love the character in question! It's all in the Handling of the topic, and someone that's like "oh they're just not my cup of tea" or just don't want to talk about the character at all 1000000% has my respect and appreciation <3)

-claps-

So.

On the topic of demonizing characters that have violent or angry responses to their trauma

The thing about it that really gets my goat is the fact that I as a person have had anger problems ever since I can remember. I've had a pretty bad mix of anxiety and anger problems due to being traumatized, and have had to work really, really hard to get my knee-jerk temper under control, and really nothing fucks you up like thinking you're "fixed" but the reality winds up being you just were in a state of "nothing too stressful's happened lately" and then when things start getting incredibly stressful again, you realize you still have more work to do and you have to watch yourself way more than you thought.

I'm still not "fixed", and, after talking extensively with a therapist, I'm kind of just going to have to be okay with that; still trying to do right by the people I care about and not be an asshole about things, but I'm just going to have to live with the fact that in response to high anxiety and high stress, I become an angry person, and I'm not always going to be able to remember to take a step back from a situation when I feel myself getting heated (my success rate in this is going up at least)

So It Really.

Really.

Bothers Me.

When fandom tries to claim that a character isn't traumatized, or isn't traumatized enough, because their response to that trauma is to be violent and angry and malicious. And when they try to claim that because a character reacted this way, they're just evil and irredeemable and have no further depth to them, and any attempt to add depth (even canonical depth) to them is "wrong (and a sign the person doing it is an Abuser/Terrible Person irl)" or is "woobifying them".

And yeah. Part of what bothers me is that I tend to fall very hard for villain/antagonist characters that handle trauma badly, or otherwise have signs that they probably have some trauma they haven't exactly worked through, especially when that villain character gets to have a redemption arc. (And I do NOT mean that as "they cast away everything they were before and completely denounce and despise who they used to be and go through the whole repent and penance number". Give me more villain characters who are TRYING, who are STRUGGLING, who have conflicted feelings, who aren't an entirely new person and shouldn't be left to just wallow in self-hatred over it because!! no one!! deserves!! to wallow in self-hatred!! I want redemption arcs in the form of "person who did wrong is doing their best to be a better person" and NOT "character needs to suffer and be heartbroken and sad and unable to move on forever", I hate when I see people writing the latter shit, Idc what the character canonically did, no one who's genuinely trying deserves to be perpetually miserable and it is Highkey Concerning to see that attitude happen again and again) Plus, I LOVE media and character analysis, it is MY JAM, and.

Yeah.

I've got a lot of feelings that go into this kinda stuff. It's why when I see "no nuance!! just evil!!!"-type takes, that shit really boils my blood.

And is also why I don't actively participate in fandom anymore.

Like, yeah, I make some posts here and there. And I'd love to interact more with like-minded people -- I really love talking to others about characters and media and ships and all that good stuff!!

But I don't go searching for fandom stuff unless it's some art in a completely different language. After my last two fandoms went absolutely horrifically for me in two different ways, I think my trust in modern fandoms is just gone, and I don't think it's coming back.

There's only so many times a person can be told they're inherently evil (indirectly) or badwrong and stupid (directly) for a simple fucking opinion over goddamn fiction of all things.

#chaotic rants #my fandom in 2020 was the absolute worst btw #there was a lot of shit that happened there but the 1 incident that i was violently remembering mid-type #was how someone was writing a 'redemption arc' for my favorite character but #insisted and assured everyone that the character in question was NOT going to ever be happy and was just going to be miserable #and go through the pain of being a better person just FOR that pain because that's all they deserved #and. yeah. kinda hard to vibe with that #people kept talking about that AU like i should love it because i love that character #and was frustrated with everyone else always just killing or maiming the character in their shit #(or sticking them with their abusive parent and calling that 'deserved punishment' for their crimes) #(THAT one really fucks me up) #and im just like... #i dunno how to put into words how hurtful that is to me as both a lover of the character AND #as a person that has done some hurtful things in the past #bc i was a pretty fucked up teenager and it took a while for me to admit i dont get to do whatever i want #to whomever i want #just because i feel hurt and wronged #nothing like sitting there and being told you ARE your worst actions and deserve endless suffering forever bc of it

[majorbaby]

lol i just wanted to know if u read heel or not but it is mostly meant for titilation not deep analysis so i see why u had that response to it. i would love to know more abt ur ddne potter ideas tho mash ao3 (not the fandom idc abt that) needs more of it tbh

ah, yeah, your question was pretty specific and my response not so much, i do tend to respond to asks that way.

and i'm about to do it right now:

cut for mentions of n/c

your question made me think about how 'ddne' is defined. fanlore article on the term has a few different definitions, but a quick search of the tag on ao3 reveals to me that i was applying a more theoretical definition than a practical one. so i don't know if this will still interest you or not, feel free to just move on if it doesn't.

the tags for this hypothetical fic of mine in order of significance would probably be: abuse of authority, sexual harassment, non-consensual touching, emotional/psychological abuse. i don't think this actually meets the threshold of ddne in practice.

what interests me is this idea of potter being repressed in the way people usually apply to BJ, because the show positions them as having wifeguy solidarity. in GFA there's even a scene where they commiserate over returning to their ho-hum marriages (my interpretation, not irrefutable fact)

in the beejhawk interpretation of this "everything changed when BJ met Hawkeye" - so that but with Potter, whose interest is piqued by Hawkeye's flirtatiousness, his emotional openness and his prioritizing of human connection over personal differences (I think this is more evident in the latter half of the show, which sees Hawkeye make in my opinion, several concessions in order to accommodate the people in his life - Margaret, Potter, BJ, Charles), and yeah, his 'unserious' or 'immature' nature that might make him appear to a predator as an easy target.

the gay awakening thing usually works out happily beejhawk but if you put Potter in BJ's shoes, I think it's much more evident how parasitic a relationship it can be - not because of the gay awakening itself, but because of how Hawkeye gives, and BJ/Potter/others take. tbf, there's no power imbalance with BJ and Hawkeye like there is for Potter and Hawkeye (this is even a problem with Potter and Hawkeye's "friendship" on the show) there's arguably some more Hawkeye could do to remove himself from a bad situation with a colleague than a bad situation with his boss, if we're imagining that this is a bad situation.

but i'd be interested in exploring more of how it's impossible for Hawkeye to escape, and how no one seems to notice, and the people who do notice either 1) recognize that it's wrong but are unwilling to help 2) recognize that it's wrong but can't do anything to help, or could face dire consequences if they try to help. i think this is a good metaphor for the draft in general - an infringement upon bodily autonomy by an entity with such power and influence that their actions are practically justified by the state.

#replies

[babygirlbdubs]

If you want to please drop the link, I'm very interested in being destroyed through music 😌

-🍂

weelllll since you asked <3

i am very ill about each and every one of these songs, i can tell you what series each of them is for and what they represent, and i can even do lyric analysis for most of them. they make me insane.

maybe one day i'll reorganize it to have some kind of order but rn it's just. as i found them and went insane <3

anyway, enjoy! and also literally anyone is welcome to go insane in my inbox about music i have playlists for all my blorbos and most of my ships so i'm always looking for new music hehe~ or feel free to go insane over songs on my playlists. idc! i'm insane about music in general.

#spooky.asks #🍂.anon #hermitshipping #trafficshipping #<- it's a shipping playlist so just be warned if u listen there's a lot of shippy songs #desertduo #scarian #spooky.playlists

[i-never-even-wanted-to-be-here]

Hi...how are you? I know you said that you just wrote random stuff in your blog, but your analysis are always spot on (in my opinion).... Can I ask something random? Do you think Merlin and Arthur (from BBC Merlin) love each other in a romantic sense? (They are my first mlm non canon otp)....

Also, do you ship characters from anime 'sk8' more than 'free' or not?

When you read TGCF or MDZS, did hualian or wangxian remind you of a ship dynamics from other anime/manga or tv shows?

Sorry for all the random ask....Feel free if you want to answer them or not....

Hope you have a wonderful day....

Hey, anon!

Funny you'd ask that since I just recently started rewatching Merthur with my mom and am quite excited about them again. They are one of my otps as well. So thanks for giving me an excuse to rant about my favs.

Are they canonically romantic? No. But are they canonically soulmates and destined to be with each other? Yes! With the amount of staring they have between each other, including at the other's lips, I think it's safe to say that Merthur shippers aren't delusional in shipping them. I will never stop fretting about how much potential this show had but the writers didn't do enough with especially Arthur's character. "It's a kids show" idc idc. They should've done this better. But no, they had to reset him all the time. He had many learning opportunities and every time we think he had development, the next episode it was reversed again. The plot was too loose as well. Villain of the week is a fun lil trope but I'd have preferred it if more characters learned about Merlin's magic and that way it had become closer to being legalised again. There's great fanfics that did this well I think.

I've never been invested in Free for some reason. My love belongs to sk8 and I'm so incredibly happy that we're getting a s2 + OVA!! I hope they pick up the show where they let off to continue the plot lines. I'd love to see the sexy police officer again trying to arrest Adam and making things interesting at S events. Adam suffering real consequences for his actions would be favourable. Idk if they'll finally make the shippings canon, since they were always meant to just be queer coded, but I'm beyond excited to get more content for them. Renga could have gotten closer through their lil break up and be more invested in each other than ever, which would make for cute moments. Matchablossom could solve their dispute with Adam, though I want Cherry to say that he's completely over Adam after how violent he's been. Actually, it'd be best if they told Adam off, not forgiving him and letting him know that his actions aren't excusable. Reki's backstory with his ex friend, Miya reconciling with his friends. There's a lot of potential for fluff with the younger caharcters and angst with the adults. It's gonna be great! :)

Hualian and Wangxian are special so they didn't necessarily remind me of other shippings. I always try to not think of other people's work or compare too much, unless it serves a real purpose. While reading I want to be fully invested in these specific characters and stories without being distracted.

On the topic of xianxia danmei, I started reading Dumb Husky And His White Cat Shizun recently but can't find good translations past chapter 50 so I don't know if I have to drop it permanently. I didn't love it but I am now invested. I'm not a quitter, I'm a not-even-starter. But because I've already started reading it I at least want to finish the first book to judge it properly so if anyone has good translations pls send them my way.

#sk8 the infinity #merthur #hualian #tgcf #wangxian #mdzs #dumb husky and his white cat shizun #bbc merlin

[aemiron-main]

I didn't say you need my seal of approval. But I don't see why you're accusing me and other people in the fandom of not tolerating differing opinions when you are the one making several 'hot take' posts about how people who view Mike in a different way than you have no media literacy, and how they need to get over their own personal biases when you are being hypocritical doing the exact same thing.

You are not 'correct' in your analysis just because you believe it's right. The fact is that Mike's feelings for Will and for men have not been made explicit yet, and until they become canon everything is up for interpretation. Your interpretation doesn't hold any more weight than anyone else's, no matter what you believe, and differing opinions can coexist. You don't need to try to take down anyone else's interpretation of the text to lift yourself up.

I'm not 'insecure' about anything, I've just been seeing several people on this site expressing that they're hurt by how some posts have come off, and you are being dismissive of those people. Idc that you feel strongly about gay Mike or any of your other opinions and want to analyze that perspective, just don't treat it like it's the gospel truth and act like people are wrong for seeing things differently or for not wanting to argue about the validity of their opinion.

Alright, anon, let's address this quickly cause I gotta head to bed! I'm gonna pull quotes from your ask in here so that I can explicitly address them because you keep somehow missing things that I've already said. "I didn't say you need my seal of approval. But I don't see why you're accusing me and other people in the fandom of not tolerating differing opinions when you are the one making several 'hot take' posts about how people who view Mike in a different way than you have no media literacy, and how they need to get over their own personal biases when you are being hypocritical doing the exact same thing." I don't think you understand what I'm talking about. I am talking specifically about people who IGNORE canon events because it doesn't suit their analysis. I am not talking about people who interpret that evidence differently than me. I am talking about people who pretend that the in-show events and details DONT EXIST because the implications of those events and details don't suit their personal biases or preconceived conclusions.

And I'm also talking about people who use other characters' experiences or their own experiences as the SOLE/MAIN BASIS for analyzing Mike's character and as the SOLE/MAIN BASIS for which they dismiss other analysis, which is something I stand by because I think that it's a poor way to approach analysis of a character. And yes! I make my hot take posts! And people are free to make posts about their hot takes and how I lack media literacy. I also have personal bias, of course, but I'm doing my best to look past it, and am also not outright ignoring in-canon events in favour of that analysis. Even if I have a different interpretation of those events, I'm not just outright ignoring them, which is what my posts were about. And yeah, maybe I DO believe from time to time in regards to certain topics that some people who have different conclusions than me about the same evidence ARE lacking in their analysis or media literacy in some areas. That's my opinion. That opinion might change! Deal with it. I'm not being hypocritical because I've talked REPEATEDLY about my own biases and how I'm trying to get past them: I'm not upset about people having biases, I'm upset about people refusing to consider other opinions and writing off other analysis SOLELY BASED on those biases.

"You are not 'correct' in your analysis just because you believe it's right. The fact is that Mike's feelings for Will and for men have not been made explicit yet, and until they become canon everything is up for interpretation. Your interpretation doesn't hold any more weight than anyone else's, no matter what you believe, and differing opinions can coexist. You don't need to try to take down anyone else's interpretation of the text to lift yourself up."

When the fuck did I say that I was objectively correct in every way? Of course it's just that I believe it's right. Everything I say is my belief. I'm not gonna preclude every single fucking sentence of my analyses with 'in my opinion' lmao. OBVIOUSLY my belief that I'm right is my OPINION. My interpretation holds different weight to different people, exactly as it should. I'm the one SAYING that differing opinion should coexist, that differing analysis and disagreements SHOULD coexist. I never said that the other argument shouldn't exist. I said that I disagree with them and feel that they're factually inaccurate. That's my opinion.

"The fact is that Mike's feelings for Will and for men have not been made explicit yet, and until they become canon everything is up for interpretation." Sure, which is a large part of why I analyze based on what we HAVE seen in the show! And I DO think that his feelings for Will and men HAVE been made explicit enough that we can infer that they exist! That's the beauty of analysis! And you don't have to agree with me on this! That's also the beauty of analysis! IMO the buildup for those feelings for Will and for Mike's attraction to men has already been demonstrated in canon, even if they haven't outright said it (which, Stranger Things is a show about show vs tell and they tend to use show more often).

"You don't need to try to take down anyone else's interpretation of the text to lift yourself up." Welcome to analysis! Sometimes things get criticized and 'brought down'. You are viewing this on a personal level. It is not on a personal level. It is on analysis level, it's not about the person but about the evidence and interpretation. People bring down my analysis and criticize it and I'm FINE with that! I AM going to criticize other viewpoints (in my own posts and analysis of course) because that's part of what builds my viewpoint! That criticism is the RESULT of me taking the viewpoints into account, seeing what I can learn from them, seeing if they change my beliefs, and drawing my own conclusions about them.

"I'm not 'insecure' about anything, I've just been seeing several people on this site expressing that they're hurt by how some posts have come off, and you are being dismissive of those people. Idc that you feel strongly about gay Mike or any of your other opinions and want to analyze that perspective, just don't treat it like it's the gospel truth and act like people are wrong for seeing things differently or for not wanting to argue about the validity of their opinion." Okay. And? Maybe they should come and speak to me about specifics if they have a specific problem with my wording and we can discuss it from an analysis perspective. Maybe I AM being dismissive, because I DON'T think that a differing opinion is something to get super personally upset about and I DON'T think that disagreement or criticism is immediately equal to invalidation. People don't have to look at my posts. And again, if people are so personally upset by the existence of criticism and analysis, then that's something that they need to deal with because it's not a personal thing. I'll treat it however I want to. I feel strongly about the analysis and I'm a passionate person. I'm not going be meek and put 'w-well... in my o-opinion....." before every single thing I analyze. Obviously if I'm saying it, it's my opinion, and I tend to phrase things in an essay-like way which includes lots of firm statements that I either try and prove or disprove. I DO think that people are wrong sometimes! Just like how people think I'm wrong! Funny how that works! Thinking someone is wrong isn't a morally bad horror! God forbid people disagree and think the other is wrong and express that, and even then, EXPRESS IT IN A WAY THAT DOESNT TARGET ANY SPECIFIC PEOPLE AND IS IN ITS OWN POST. And thinking that eachother are wrong about analysis shouldn't be the basis for any big personal fight. Again I literally already told you that I don't CARE if people argue and that I make my OWN POSTS instead of arguing with people. Once again, I'm having to repeat to you what I've already established. If you think that I'm so dismissive and you don't want to deal with it and don't want to deal with my criticism and analysis posts, then DON'T!! I'm not holding a gun to your head and forcing you to stay on my blog lmao! I'm not going to change the fact that I'm going to analyze and criticize things as part of that analysis, and I'm not going to shrink myself down and kill my passion for my analysis and preclude every sentence of analysis and every criticism with 'well.. its just my silly little idiot opinion' because OBVIOUSLY it's already my silly little idiot opinion, and it's an opinion that I try and make sure is rooted in evidence, and people are free to disagree with whether or not that opinion is valid, whether or not it's rooted in evidence, and free to assign whatever weight/value they want to to my opinion.

I'm not going to respond to more asks in regards to this conversation simply because I literally don't have TIME. Thanks!

#stranger things #st asks