#idt she actually was

[fideidefenswhore]

i now shy away from those chain rank-the-six posts (they seem to draw a lot of hostility, lol), but i thought it would be interesting to look at the rankings of 'six wives' fiction series, there's really only two bestselling series where it makes sense to do this:

weir's series by sales rankings:

Katherine Parr (#32 in Renaissance HistFic)

Anne Boleyn (#34 in Renaissance HistFic)

Anne of Cleves (#44 in RHF)

Katherine Howard (#56 in RHF)

Jane Seymour (#69 in RHF)

Katherine of Aragon (#84 in RHF)

gregory's by sales rankings (more difficult but i went for the center/central of the novel when i couldn't do by the protagonist):

Anne of Cleves/Katherine Howard (#24 in RHF)

Anne Boleyn (#33 in RHF)

Katherine Parr (#42 in RHF)

Katherine of Aragon (#60 in RHF)

bonus, suzannah dunn's by ranking (now i'm fascinated):

Anne Boleyn

Katherine Howard

Jane Seymour

Katherine Parr

#blew my mind a little im ngl #maybe average 'rankings' need be rethought... #or they've just changed in the past decade. the more likely #surprised to learn AB has lost her edge for #number one with a bullet and that jane seems to have lost hers for last? #there isn't one about her for pgreg tho so... #kofa stans you are letting your girl lose.../s #fr tho i have read weir's kofa novel and i honestly just think it's bcus it was boring af lmfao #like actually the most plodding #but it's boring/and AW is boring/and her interpretation of kofa was thus boring #idt she actually was #and unpopular opinion i think whatever your opinion of her marriage with arthur is #it is ultimately the most boring choice in fiction to write it as her telling the completel unequivocal truth #tsp got a LOT of flack for portraying the opposite and idt it was handled the best #but oh my GOD can you imagining how boring that show would have been if she hadn't?? #a half-truth or self-believed half-truth is always more compelling dramatically #i;ve seen kofa stans praising tobg for its portrayal of her which is funny bcus according to the source material for that adaptation #she is lying and actually knows it

[lucy-ghoul]

can't believe a show based on a videogame (usually games adaptations are notoriously bad, which isn't the case here tho) gave me the beauty and the beast/twisted mirrors/enemies to traveling companions/ruthless antihero+optmistic but still badass heroine who takes none of his shit/age gap but make it sexy dynamic of my dreams. as much as i love maximus and i think he deserves the best writing ever because 1. he's a clever deconstruction of the aspiring Knight bro who's actually a bit of a loser and, as much as lucy, sees the world in black&white at first and then doesn't get what he thought he wanted but what he needs (or at least i hope he'll eventually get it), and 2. he's a cutie and i want an epic love story for him too, it's very funny how they tried to give us a puppy kind of romance and the tumblr girlies still fixated on the "toxic ~she bites his finger off and he cuts hers off and sews it on his hand in what we'll pretend it's a symbolic marriage rings exchange or whatever~ asshole who used to be a nice guy/good girl™ with a lot of spunk and hidden anger but unshakeable morals" kind of relationship.

#mind you idt the writers will ever have the guts to go for this pair or anything and i'm perfectly okay with the maximus/lucy romance #but still. they tried to give us the wholesome love story between two cuties with a killer side #and the fandom went ~mmmh we kinda want for that girl and the noseless radioactive ghoul to fuck nasty actually #shhdhdhf i'm sorry but this was so predictable to me. conosco i miei polli #also. i don't fully understand those who see it as a father/daughter thing? just because it worked on tlos #doesn't mean we need the same kind of dynamic here #1. despite him being an actual father (or at least. he was 200+ years ago) i've never seen a less paternal character than the ghoul lmao #2. lucy is an adult woman. young but in her mid twenties i guess? cooper had (and maybe still has) a daughter but the kid was like. 6 or 7? #lucy doesn't need a daddy she's a grown up. stop infantilizing women all the freaking time #let them be fully equals!! let them be bickering road trip companions/a killer squad/tentative allies who eventually form a real bond #i SWEAR if the writers go full parent/child bs with them in s2 because they're more popular #(at least on ao3. i don't expect the same level of insanity from the general audience) #than the canon ship i'll riot. idt they will but still #..... maybe they should go for a hot max/lucy/coop polycule instead. that would be interesting lmao #vaultghoul #fallout #val rambles in the tags #val speaks #txt

[chippdhearts]

CATHERINE WILLOWS + Glasses throughout the years

#csi #catherine willows #marg helgenberger #crimeshowsource #tuserheidi #userairi #actual loml #y'all have no idea the records i had to keep in order to make this #this is only actually seasons 5-12 but thats still a LOT #idt she wears them in early seasons bc I'm guessing she didn't need them yet #gifs;mine #mine;csi #mine;cwillows #csi;cw

[a-bensler-blog]

(HD stills from the Law and Order: Special Victim Unit S24 & Law and Order: Organized Crime S3' crossover finale.)

#eo #bensler #bensler 3.0 #olivia benson #elliot stabler #chris meloni #mariska hargitay #a bensler blog #law and order organized crime #law & order special victims unit #olivia x elliot #elliot x olivia #she is like: now that I have my real present for someone who actually mean to me you can keep that other think #both look like presents and in a wey they are but the two a so very different #liv didn't open it bc she really liked the idea of receiving a present but that meant nothing to her #which made the outside matter more then the inside that was meaningless to her anyway hance the decision not to rip the package #sorry doctor stabler idk you were correct in your assumptions #liv IS scared of normalcy though #also the way they teamed up <333 #idt*

[idsb]

Holy fuck I am so ANGRY and idk what to do

#basically like. okay I was hired for the job I have rn with the intent of being a ‘part time’ employee #I am currently a ‘casual’ employee which means no benefits and no promised hours #but I’ve been working 35 hours/week #to compensate for missing out on those things ‘casuals’ get $5/hour extra #I was TOLD that casuals also did not get overtime pay or holiday pay or anything #and then was told I had to get my paperwork to transition in to part time submitted RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY #or else it wouldn’t be in until the new year #right okay so I wanted the 250% salary increase for holiday pay on Christmas and NY’s so I got the paperwork in #only to discover #after I got the fucking paperwork in #that casuals ALSO GOT 250% PAY ON CHRISTMAS #and the same overtime pay rules as part time employees #the only difference is paid leave and I won’t work there long enough for paid leave to matter that much #SO I BASICALLY JUST THREW $5/HOUR INTO THE DUMPSTER #and now I have to work 4 days a week to make what I was making working 3 days a week????? #when I already fucking hate this job??? #and like idt it was intentional but I was mislead by my boss like she had the incorrect information #and it would’ve been one thing if I knew this in advance so I just ~*oopsies*~ didn’t get the paperwork in #but now that I DID get the paperwork in I can’t undo it without being like hey yeah I actually don’t want the entire reason why I was hired #I’m so fucking goddamn ANGRY #idk what the fuck to do #like that’s $200 entire dollars less per week #LIKE $1000/MONTH #ONE FUCKING PLANE RIDE HOME PER MONTH #I had started feeling like things were turning around as well and life just fucking DECKS me all over again #I don’t know what the fuck to do #I can’t fucking believe this

[averlym]

Can you do prompt 34 for araleyn?

no.34, gen: "you look happy" //sometimes i think too much about dlyh

#hello here is yet another thing you probably don't remember asking #thank you for the request nonetheless! #woke up w brainrot already going. hm #(hypothetical) you ever think about araleyn as such a Thing in the context of the musical #like. idk vague references in here to context vibes include #the animosity between the two throughout 'he doesn't wanna bang u somebody hang u' and the constant mockery of aragon throughout dlyh #and like. ig since halfway through anne wins over catherine. this would be where the excerpt comes in of 'you look happy' #but also there's the. is anne really happy? no one knows! i like the theory that was floating around that she's actually much smarter than #how she portrays herself in six the musical and the ditzy chaotic version is a front #you can kinda see the more true version in the 'guys i think he's actually going to chop my head off!!' #the panic the desperation the nerves!!! the laughing hysterical breakdown i associate w her for some reason #anyways. feel free to disagree with me on character interpretation ig (but please be nice i am not good w criticism and not crying) #in this one aragon is more concrete i think. because of all the previous posts i've settled on a sort of defined face for her? #anne has always been one of the most amorphous queens to draw for me and in here i am not quite satisfied w her face but idt i can do better #the fun part is that the sketchiness kinda adds to the unraveled look i think. some sort of poetic fitting there #taggity tag tag tag #six the musical #six the musical fanart #anne boleyn #catherine of aragon #araleyn #or if you are. accustomed like me to the other spelling however incorrect #aralyn

[gingergari]

i was busy on the actual day (it was my dad’s birthday!) but tako yaki’s birthday was on the 21st!

#gari draws #oc: tako #splatoon #nintendo #octoling oc #gari’s vault #i’m officially calling it vault art bc i drew this in 2022 #i don’t personally think i’ll change her design again either #tako was always this cutesy type girl to me #she has a little brother named akashi :^) #idt i have a new splat3 outfit fir her yet unfortunately #in 1 she wore the sushi chef outfit 😔 i miss it #she used the krak-on roller #actually why did i do that octolings never had the kraken form before #anyway. #she definitely has it now bc same sub and special as 1 #and in the past i paired her with ringo but idk if i’ #‘ll keep it that way #i should draw her again tho

[asshuka]

no4. cyclone kicks

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crops under cut :>

#dragon nest #dragon nest archer #dragon nest windwalker #artwork #2023 #dolorith #pleaza don't look too long at the pose i am begging #i came into this knowing it was gonna be anatomically wack and tried really hard to focus on making it look good flawed lol #this was even harder to work on than the last one for obvious reasons but i made it work >:3 #only like a day after finishing i can already see stuff i would've done different now but i'm not gonna exert energy on overly correcting i #also for some reason. only after this was done. i doodled an actual outfit ref of her. that looks mildly different from this #but again!!! no postcorrection i spent too long painting and having mental breakdowns already!!!!! shes done shes good shes out in da world #i'm an absolute shill for current ww skillset btw. like idt i'm GOOD at playing ww. but i have a lot of fun

[streaminn]

Yknow what truly kills me tho?

Our height difference

#Like I can't do a thing except accept that she has dragged me around #Fuckkk #IDT SHES EVEN THAT TALL #IM SURE SHES WEARING HEELS MOST OF THE TIME ACTUALLY

[lesenbyan]

listen. I love fictional romance as much as my irl romo-repulsed aro heart can. however, tropes that rely on confession or, even worse, being told to confess to someone who is already happily in a relationship always piss me off. it's selfish. and never seems to take in account the position you're putting them in. Confess to the married woman you're been in love with her forever bc it makes you feel better but god forbid whatever it does for her (looking at you Love, Actually) or to your crush before she goes on vacation with her current boyfriend she seems happy with and like. You realize you've just put all that weight on them right? Like i get it, it sucks carrying around maybe unrequited feelings and maybe it's the romo-repulsed aro in me but I've always thought that cruel.

like I used to read advice columns just Because and I remember a gay guy writing in and saying he had a friend he knew was straight but he had a crush on him and he thought his friend would appreciate the honesty and instead he's now lost a friend bc the straight guy is pulling away, not bc of homophobia or anything but bc when someone confesses it's putting an onus on you to do something about it, whether they intend it to or not. it is my biggest romance genre pet peeve and i hate how common it is bc unless you know that person is poly and/or in an open relationship then you fucking shut up

#personal; #anyway; I'm watching Psych and I love it don't get me wrong but the fact that while Jules is dating Declan EVERYONE is telling Shawn #to confess to her 'before [he loses] her for good' like!! #she's not a prize to be lost!! she is a human being who is allowed to make a choice other than you!! #yes in Psych she doesn't actually WANT to make a different choice but that doesn't matter bc Shawn Henry and Gus don't KNOW that #(well arguably shawn might considering she kissed him in Declan's living room but idt he told the other two about that) #like. it feels like Shawn respects her right to date others better than Gus and Henry despite the fact he's always immature abt it for a bi #like damn y'all #can you romance writers do fucking better #vent post;

[fideidefenswhore]

Every single JS novel follows the same blueprint of Jane being appalled and horrified at Thomas More’s execution in 1535, she cannot believe evil skanky AB ~made~ Henry do this…. and then by May 1536 she’s always chilling in Chelsea (More’s house which was seized by the crown) like… tehe.

#it’s not even dissonance so much as lack of continuity? #like I understand why they lean in so hard to the same emotional blueprint of her reasons for #her involvement in ousting the Boleyns from power #but like somehow she’s always over this horror and not feeling the slightest bit of guilt or even uneasiness #about being served and kept in such splendor in the literal place which was the more family home ? #it’s … sommmething #*religious / emotional #disclaimer that this is about fictional iterations not the actual historical person #so hope off my dick #altho i am genuinely curious over what she might have felt about it … #about both that is. his downfall and her being lodged there with that sort of dark legacy hovering #I’m rewatching the Thomas more centered episodes in s2 #I can’t even remember if they mention Chelsea is where she’s stay in the s2 finale … idts ?

[nomaishuttle]

like itpisses me awfff actually my mom outting me. bc my family on my dads side is like. fairly conservative. and she just went in calling me connor using he him like. dude. do you wanna hse a tiny bit of fuckin tact. i didnt ask her to do that and she NEVER considered what name she should use for me. and like. luckily my extended family Just kinda went with it i think bc they felt guilty for. The zoo. and related events LOL. and theyve been rly good abt it even my papaw and i wasnt sure he would. so yk... but i wish i had like. gotten to choose who knew yk. IDK basically

#like. tbh sometimes i think my mom just likes to pat herself on the back for having trans kids #and like. its not like shes transphobic and i think her outting me is the like. worst thing shes done irt my transgenderism. and she did #the same thing with my sibling Even tho my dad . even tho hes warmed up to transgender ppl in general even tho hes still weird abt it #he does not at all get nonbinary. and my mom just. started using theyrhem immediately. and my dad complained abt it #and like. one time he just started talking abt how he doesnt understand nonbinary ppl and doesnt think theyre real #and idt he realized Lamp is nonbinary but lamp was there while he was doing this and like..ngl zoo part 2 lets have a rematch LOL. #idk. i feel awful for complaining when nothing bad has actually come of it and my mom like. im literally complaining abt my mom not #misgendering me lol. which is dumb as hell. IDK. its just a bit irritating how it all happened #bc it feels like she put her Ally points on a higher priority than like. my safety. brother we live in ky my family is vonservative it #Shouldnt have gone as well as it did. idk. #again i think th only reason it went as well asnit did is bc they all feel guilty abt the whole thing with my dad. teeheed. giggled #common child abuse w. DJRBFJFNFJNGJG #awful thing 2 happen but brother i make it work 💪 rise and grind. #thats all prolly tmi idk idc.

[halchron]

persona really loves playing with my emotions.... especially p4

#✧ ━ ooc. #the time leading up to nanako's dungeon was literally insane #like full body chills #yu seeing nanako on tv and being unable to do anything... naoto running in the rain to try and save her and everyone else frantically tryin #to get to her and yu #dojima realizing that he gave Him the chance to take nanako bc she was alone and him driving after him bc nanako is the only family he has #and almost dying trying to save her #AND THEN NANAKO'S DUNGEON BEING LITERALLY HEAVEN BC SHE MISSES HER MOM SO MUCH #LIKE BRUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #and them arguing about throwing nanatame in the tv afterwards too bc yu finally told everyone to stfu and listen..... #and then the dead silence in the house bc both her and dojima are in the hospital.... truly the worst month in the whole game #which btw idk why ppl give yosuke so much flak for wanting to throw him in #when 1. naoto was the one to think of it first #and 2. they literally just saw a 7 yr old die that was directly caused by nanatame #like who wouldn't act like that bye #idk thinking about it idt p5 ever made me this insane... maybe p3 will.... actually I know it will *looks at shinjiro* #let me stop though I'm rambling lol

[prodkeiji]

so like. rwby volume 9 season finale

#🏹 #rt im sorry for underestimating you and doubting if you can fix things from ep 7 or 8 #no Bc ?? im actually content with that #ok tbf the thing w summer was way too short imo like girl where did she n raven go .. but then again they're gna give us more just not now #and neo 🥹🫶 NEOOOOO MY BABY MY GIRLFRIEND MY EVERYTHING MY REASON TO WATCH RWBY IN GENERAL #i love her so much i hope she comes back next szn please #i wasnt able to understand what the blacksmith said but i think it was smth like she will find herself smth smth such is balance YEAAAAAAA #idk if that was my delusions on wanting a neo redemption arc acting up though but i think it isnt im pretty sane i swear #no but the way she accepts how roman isn't real in the end like oh my God she is better than me she managed to snap out of her delusions #also i thought they were gna show all of them reuniting with each other 🙁 AND I THOUGHT JAUNE WAS GNA BE OLD AS HELL IN VACUO FUCKEHDJDH #that wouldve been funny honestly but it's understandable #new outfits for v10 pls idt theyre gna last in those long sleeves in vacuo i NEED summer themed character designs #what if renora finally becomes canon soon #oh my god wait i need that actually they were my og childhood bsf to lovers mutual pining slow burn that consists of 40k words #ANYWAY iM SO FUCKIGN HAPPY WITH THAT EP #btw im glad ruby chose cresent rose in the end 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 my babycakes fr #rwby v9 spoilers #rwby spoilers

[mainfaggot]

my irl lesbian friend got a haircut and for a second i was like wait what if we fell in love and then she started talking and i was like nevermind this loser is my gay bff sorry not possible

#shes so 😭😭😭 #shes like extremely intelligent and studying at a top uni in canada but shss such a nerd good grief #we're really similar in terms of interests but rlly different in terms of personality so its fun being friends #idt we could actually date that would be soooo weird 💀 unless ..... idk 😶 #i really dont see her like that but for a split second i did and then i was like wait has she ever found me hot before wtf wtf ill explofe #LOL help i just like validation i think anywya. #z.post

[wutaijiemei]

fascinating how badly a woman who married an insane catholic colombian she met at 18 wants to find yourself a nice jewish girlify me but. well perhaps that's why

#u see she can't do this to my straight brother cause that would be socially regressive of her #but by applying stereotypical cishet dynamics to me it loops around to acceptability #idt she actually cares but also i can tell. i can tell. HKFCHK