#implied relationship between all of them

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jiang fengmian #yu ziyuan #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #Almost axed this comic but then I remembered I cut the previous argument between them and I guess they can have this. #and by 'this' I mean their toxic arranged marriage verbal battles. #As I previously mentioned in a comic I have chosen to see them as mlm and wlw in an unfulfilled relationship. #The yearning is for companionship. I think they do care for each other it's just something deeply complicated. And bitter. #I truly feel for JC and WWX in this scene because while it's implied YZY really pushes the limit...it's apparent this isn't new. #And it's so petty! Anyone who lived through a parent pitting you against a sibling can tell you that this stuff messed them up #regardless of what side you were on (the golden one or the fuck up). #It doesn't matter what is said. It matters that it was said at all. That you can't shake the concept once it was spoken. #The Jiang household is so much more miserable the deeper you examine what's going on and how they cope with it. #Knowing that a parent does not like you is just awful. I wish everyone who's been through it all the best. You didn't deserve that. #Next update is back to the jokes! Remember jokes? It jingled merrily...How I miss the sound of those bells...

[shadowboxmind]

Maybe a hot take, but I don't think the Traveler was being inconsistent or out of character in the last archon quest at all. People are getting upset at their reaction to Lyney and Lynette's behavior from the perspective of players, with meta knowledge of the story that the Traveler, the character, doesn't have.

The players know, for example, that because they're playable characters, Lyney and Lynette are ultimately friendly and on "our" side, and we can also trust that what they told us about their backstory is true. The Traveler does not have that knowledge.

TO BE CLEAR this post is talking about my thoughts on the TRAVELER'S thought process. If we want to talk about how I personally would have reacted to the situation, I'm an overly trusting bleeding-heart who would absolutely get scammed and probably murdered by Fatui in this universe.

(Also characters, even main characters who you normally like, can do things you disagree with and that doesn't mean they're badly written. I mean, sometimes they are, but I don't think that's true in this particular case)

But think about it! Looking at the entire situation from an in-universe, in-character POV, it's a really bad look for Lyney and Lynette overall, because here are the facts as the Traveler is aware of them:

Lyney and Lynette are not only members of the Fatui, the primary antagonistic force in this story, but are specifically members of the House of the Hearth, which is known to specialize in espionage, subterfuge, and sabotage.

Both of them also work in a field that would further require them to be masters of misdirection, audience manipulation, and drama.

They "coincidentally" ran into the Traveler right as they arrived in Fontaine and immediately began to do them favors and be very friendly, including saving them from Furina, bringing them to meet their family, and gifting them VIP tickets to Lyney's show.

During the trial, the twins withheld key information, and not just about their identities (and listen, I get it, I fully empathize with why they did it, I get the reasoning, but it's still a bad look when it gets figured out) but also about what they were doing in the tunnel.

They admitted that the entire magic show was a ruse to do, guess what? espionage! To break into the room with the Oratrice's core and find out how it works. To, through subterfuge, obtain Fontaine's secrets about the nation's most important mechanism and central source of power.

The Traveler has known these people for like, a day total.

So what conclusions might the Traveler draw from these facts? When the evidence shows that Lyney and Lynette have a record of misdirection and obfuscation for their own ends? When the Traveler has no way of knowing if even their initial meeting was orchestrated for an ulterior purpose? How are they supposed to know if the tragic backstory is even true, or if that's just Lyney trying to win back some favor and sympathy? In my opinion, at that moment, they don't. Hence the coldness.

My interpretation of events is that the Traveler does like the twins, and wanted to keep liking them, but was struggling to reconcile their initial impression of two friendly magicians with the realization that these two friendly magicians were dishonest with them for most of the time they'd known each other, so they needed to have some space to figure that out.

And for those saying the Traveler is inconsistent, here's the thing: they still helped Lyney. They still acted as his attorney, investigated thoroughly, won the case, and cleared his name. They've done similar for other Fatui members in their acquaintance—they helped Childe with Teucer, they helped Scaramouche/Wanderer with getting his memories back, they helped that other member of the House of the Hearth fake her death and escape the organization—whether or not they fully trusted them, and generally they didn't.

As for the Traveler's supposed hypocrisy, my view of their relationship with Childe is that it's only improved because, despite Childe trying to nuke Liyue in the past, the Traveler knows that

a. They can handle him if it comes down to a fight again; b. He likes them, regardless of if the feeling is mutual or not, and is indeed aggressively friendly to the point where it's easier to just be civil; c. Childe is generally upfront and honest about his actions and will strike from the front, not stab them in the back; and d. He's worked together with them before when they had a common goal (for example, the labyrinth they went through with Xinyan).

They know how his mind works and what motivates him. Childe is a known quantity, the twins are not, and it took in-story time and shared experiences for the Traveler to get to even this point of neutrality; they were openly suspicious of him during his story quest.

As for holding his Vision for him, the Traveler didn't exactly volunteer for the job, Childe literally threw it at them with no warning and peaced out. What do you expect them to do, drop it in the sea? That would be inconsistent with their characterization.

Wanderer's whole situation is even weirder, since the Traveler was able to experience his actual memories and emotions and therefore has good reason to trust that he's had a genuine change of heart. Not to mention that they're not friends, I'd argue they're in that same nebulous "neutral" zone, and that only because Nahida usually functions as a buffer (and also because, again, the Traveler knows that they can handle Wanderer in a fight, and Wanderer also tends to be blunt and honest).

Also, in Lyney's story quest it seems like everyone got over their problems pretty fast and they're all chummy now, so you can all rest easy that the twins' feelings weren't too hurt about it.

Anyways if you disagree go ham, refute my points, whatever, just keep things civil.

#is there a designated spoiler tag idk #genshin impact #4.0 spoilers #hi non genshin-liking friends i promise i won't be doing this regularly #i just like to think about character relationships #ace attorney ass quest #genuinely rather disappointed that there was no... tension between them in lyney's story quest. like at all #the last time y'all saw each other was dramatic and depressing right after his murder trial and now you're just pals 'n' buddies #and maybe more considering how heavily they imply that lyney is flirting with the traveler #maybe they'll touch on it (the Drama) in the next archon quest #now that would be inconsistent writing with the story quest but whatever #i read comics i'm used to it #shadowboxtalks #speaking of the story quest i said out loud at several points 'oh yeah you're definitely a fatuus' #all that about not forgetting debts #and 'oh yeah you're definitely from the house of the hearth' #sneaky little shits (affectionate)

[thegoldenavenger]

Liu Qingge date lineup… I was thinking about how funny it would be to see how dating might change your lifestyle

#kamaetedraws #svsss #liu qingge #bingliu #liujiu #bingliushen #(implied) #svsss lqg never gets in on the fashion party bc lbh and sqq are too busy spoiling each other #liujiu lqg's hair is better taken care of bc sqq does that for him. sqq doesnt like braids tho #liujiu lqg also has The Most decked out clothes bc sqq embroiders them when he is feeling petty #he likes hiding bamboo motifs and chrysanthemums #lqg doesnt care except when he does in which case he vacillates wildly between #'haha look how much sqq wants to show me off' and 'UGH can he NOT leave my clothes alone for ONE second' #bingliu lqg has servants who bully him into taking care of everything he normay ignores so that's why his hair is longer #lbh replaced his whole wardrobe with Bingge Colors and burned all the cqms stuff #AND he is always giving lqg fancy fiddly little gifts of jewelry and stuff #lqg doesnt actually care for it but he's gotten better at manipulating so he sometimes wears it as a bribe #bingliushen lqg is SO embarassed right now and is thinking about hiding his little bingqiu belt tassle so he doesnt get dragged into this #(but he is obviously coming out winning. #HE still has his principles he tells himself HE still dresses his own damn self HE isnt so fussy and self absorbed about his relationship #he is a little jealous)

[spacedlexi]

thinking about clem vi and minnie

#cant stop thinking about them....the Drama of it all.....the Gay Drama of it all #SORRYYY but like.... vi and minnie only ending their relationship bc vi thought minnie died and couldnt save her and blamed herself..... #vi finding out minnie was traded off by marlon and did not actually die #and finding out shes working for the enemy and vi has to accept the fact that the Real minnie is gone #the way minnie basically called vi a coward implying there mightve been some tension in their relationship(right after re-meeting after 1yr #the weird tension and mental battle between clem and minnie bc they are like 2 sides of the same coin #(and clem is dating her ex and taking her family) #vi reassuring clem that none of this changes her feelings for her and will go to battle against minnie for their friends #vi either getting kidnapped by the delta (bc clem doesnt save her) and brainwashed by minnie to act against her friends and fight clem #vs her saving clem from minnie by shooting her with her own crossbow with no hesitation other than a plead to stop (still makes me scream) #vi not being able to leave minnie alone and injured #brainwashed vi getting blinded in the explosion #ep 4 minnie not hesitating to try to kill vi for tenn #clem and minnie fighting to the Death #minnie being the reason clem gets bit..one last fuck you #vi having to leave clem on the other side of the fence leading to clem getting bit #s4 didnt have to give us one of the gayest drama-iest side plots in a game but it did and i still cant get over it #hehe hehe hehe :) :) :) infested with brain worms #thank u twdg s4 for existing i love u #need to draw more clem/vi/minnie tension #and also clem and minnie fighting i love when they fight #started replaying s4 but im taking it sooooooo sllooowwwlllyy i cant wait to get to ep3 this shit was written specifically for me #it speaks #twdg

[dyed-red]

Sometimes I'm like "am I reading too into the subtext? Am I seeing incest horror implications where none actually are?" When I think about John and Dean in Devil's Trap, or the way the shifter approached and talked to Sam in Skin, or Playthings, or Henriksen's comments, or (or, or, or).

And then I remember Bela's canon backstory.

And then I remember that canon had Mary kiss her possessed father, had it show us how isolating her life was and how controlling her father was, including over her relationship.

And a few episodes later canon had Samhain possess the body of one of the witch siblings who raised him and the first thing he did was kiss the vessel's sister, all while she's reciprocating this and seemingly delighted.

And a few episodes after that, we got a soon-to-be-dead one off side character introduce a sex worker as his sister for absolutely zero reason, followed shortly by whatever the hell this was

And yeah, no, a lot of it was definitely on purpose. Zachariah even told us flat out, these boys are psychotically irrationally erotically.

#there are just.... so many examples of textual incest in this show #particularly the kripke era #when i think about kripke having (apparently) wanted to make jo actually be John's kid? i scream #plus so many examples i didn't even list #everything from Meg and Meg!sam to the creepy overtones in The Benders #sam being 'made unclean' so young in life by a home intruder #it's all so horrifying #subtext #full house of wincest #this haunting is architectural #you can never go home #it's also wild that the show eventually transforms the transgressive incest subtext #into a messy relationship with infidelity and recommitment that gives way to an implied wedding #and ultimately a stable marriage of sorts that circles back in the end to establishing this huge messy thing between them as good and right #as redeeming #but anyway

[apartmentsmoke]

Possible Tommy Kinard Timeline

tl;dr I think Tommy is in his mid-40s.

1977 - 1979: Possible birth years. 1994 - 1998: He'd join Army Aviation right out of high school, which was a six year commitment at the time (plus time for training). It potentially could have been 17 with a waiver and a GED? (There's also the possibility that he didn't complete his full commitment for some reason, which would knock a few years off.) ~25-26 when he's done. 2005: After that, he joins the LAFD, and he's there for at least a year, imo (since he isn't being treated like a probie) before Chimney Begins. ~26-28

2008: Hen joins the 118. ~29-31

2014: Bobby joins as Captain of the 118. ~35-37

2017: We're not actually told when Tommy transfers to Harbor; it's implied to be 2017, when Buck joins, but isn't stated. Let's say 2017. ~37-40

2024: And fast forward to 2024, when he'd be ~45-47.

That all said, I squished some of that down (the potential waiver thing, how long he'd been with the LAFD before Chimney joined), but I think it's plausible, especially if he didn't complete his commitment with the Army. I also didn't consider the possibility that his time in the Army was all in reserve service.

#tommy kinard #911 abc #the time between chimney begins #and the beginning of the show is just a LONG time #and honestly the show itself doesn't seem to treat it like that long has passed #anyway maybe 9-1-1 works off marvel's compressed timeline #which tbh would make just as much sense #the actual answer here is that the writers do not care #which is very valid of them #also if tommy did serve under bobby for 3 years #like it's implied? idk it feels like the time bobby begins again covered was NOT three years long #they gave tommy a bit too much backstory #i like it all but i sorta care about continuity #although why? the writers clearly do not #i think they mean for him to be older than buck #but maybe not this much older than buck #although buck and age gap relationships are definitely a thing and i'm certainly not mad at it

[halfyearsqueen]

in it's fledgling stages known only as the party of the princess, team black was given it's name post the tourney of 111AC. politically she hadn't garnered much personal support prior to it - only men and women who planned on upholding the oaths they'd sworn to her and promised her father, the reigning king. but then in the days and weeks afterward, some had started to approach her again. while others did not, there was a gradual shift within the court. lords and ladies donning blacks and reds and greens. unspoken declarations of loyalty to either the princess or the queen.

#rhaenyra's political support at court is not SMALL #it's implied the court is divided down the middle or close to it by the rivalry between them #and like the support that she did have helped a lot with the personal support she was missing in those years #personally i don't believe any would have minded much if she had been replaced prior to the tourney where she had actually ? publicly defie #her stepmother. but that subtle implication of rebellion - that show of TEETH did a lot to bring lords and ladies back to her side #like it showed she could actually do this and not ? that she wasn't going to take the attempts to oust her lying down #which those are relationships she actually does work to cultivate to maintain their support and maintain their loyalty because alicent is ? #she's a force. and all manner of precedent says she isn't necessarily wrong in thinking rhaenyra would be set aside or that she should be #and that's ultimately why it proves so endlessly difficult for her and why she has to fight so hard for the support she has that she does #gain. because alicent is objectively right - the precedent just wasn't set in STONE yet. so change could be accomplished

[raisinushigher]

stupid garbage brainstorming for possibilities w gandhi + abe in future seasons . normally id type the words out onto the drawing afterwards but this is just so cringe and self indulgent thst it doesn’t matter enough to do that

#mine #the show actually having them date i should say i honestly consider Literally impossible #not only is this show like allergic to actually doing anything that involves mlm in a way that isnt joking or in the background #but i also feel like.. idk im so used to people seeing relationships like theirs as Just Friends that i Imagine the writers thinking that- #way too where like if someone pitched the idea of abe n gandhi actually having repressed feelings for eachother that were just never made- #clear in season 1 for various reasons (well apart from. You Know. and the list goes on but that’s not what im talking about at this second) #if someone were to pitch that idea theyd be like. What?? No!! Theyre only friends! ya know #and even absolutely then i cant imagine them not making it angsty like at all. of course in my world they would bc Its Gandhabe They’re- #Literally In Love Forever And Nothing Can Come Between That but like canonically? its pretty much guaranteed they’d break up obviously bc- #that’s just what this show is #honeslty my dream scenario? my personal favourite out of all these outcomes? the one where it’s implied heavily that theyre in love but- #the show does nothing with it and they just stay best frriends. that’s what im Most happy with personally #and it’s like… literally the closest to their relationship as it is already without anything else happening #okay bye #i love gandhabe did you know this

[fragmentedblade]

Also, Ruan Mei was the one who lent the Phase Flame to Ratio, wasn't she?

#That Ratio and her were working together seemed to be the case since we first found him but idk #Ruan Mei plays dumb when we ask about him but I thought it was clear that she did know him #Herta also pretends she doesn't know him for some reason #cringefail acquaintance #Jokes aside I wonder why they did that. Is it because they both are ehm working behind each other's back #(Herta when it comes to the IPC‚ the SU and the bet‚ Ruan Mei kind of with everything)‚ or is it due to some other more complex reason? #Based on we've seen thus far I do think Ratio and Ruan Mei were working together in something #and that she was in the known of at least some things. Perhaps not everything #She seems to care about things beyond her research even less than Herta does #But given what we're told it seems fair to conclude the fire Ratio had was given to him by Ruan Mei #Herta said Ruan Mei needed it for some research. So either she didn't need it anymore and didn't mind giving it to Ratio afterwards #or maybe what Ratio was doing was something she was a part of. Or did Ratio steal it when he was around the seclusion zone? #I'm not inclined to think that tbh it seems to me Ruan Mei must have been knowingly implied. Yet now she owes Herta a favour #Which is more valuable according to Herta. This quest has left me very curious about the development of all this #Screwllum suspected Ratio since the beginning. I wonder if he suspects Ruan Mei too #Ruan Mei's line about Screwllum makes it seem like they don't get along too well I think. I have so many questions xD #I am very curious about all this‚ satisfied and potentially excited. Not yet excited but I sure have hopes for an exciting development haha #Maybe it will all end up being nothing but the relationships between the characters in the Genius Society (especially these three) #seems kind of messy and that intrigues me. The relationship the three of them have with Ratio seems intriguing too #Any iteration of these dynamics seems to be very interesting #Maybe it will all end up being nothing or I may be misreading or seeing more than there is but I am looking forwards to knowing more #I talk too much #Traces

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Sorry, but we have no evidence that Arthur's death brought a new world order(in a good way). We have nothing to proof that. As for that their relationship gave them joy it's true, indeed.

It wasn't shown but it was heavily implied. Gwen lost her father to Uther Pendragon's paranoia of magic, and her reaction to learning who the 'sorcerer' is in the last episode proves she has no issue with Merlin having magic. There is a very strong implication in the narrative that after she becomes queen she will bring Camelot to its Golden Age, which is what both Arthur and Merlin worked towards.

#bbc merlin #i think the thing is that the show never really WAS about seeing Camelot's golden age #because they never went into the reasons behind why Arthur didn't just legalise magic overnight #like the issue of all the dark sorcerers out there and people hell bent on revenge #not to mention the possibility of all the non magic people who shared Uther's paranoia rising up #etc etc #like we never saw the politics of it #no the crux of the show really was always the relationship between merlin and arthur #that's why people watching the show are always like 'when does the magic reveal happen' #and never when does camelot accept magic again #cause the main point was always the relationship between them and though it was based on something more #the show knew where it's focus lay #so it was like we are going to end the narrative with Arthur dying and just imply as it were that there is a Golden Age for Camelot #somewhere along the line #anonymous #ask

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

Hi

Yeah, I've seen the 1 min 30 Izzy teaser. I've seen it many times. I'm choosing to not go crazy on here because the second I do, I will abandon my WIP, and spend all day going in mental loops.

I'm just stuck on feelings of- 'damn we were right' (happy) and 'oh, damn, we were right' (devastated).

#ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 speculation #spoilers for s2- especially Izzy and speculating about what the teaser implies- in the remaining tags #I knew Ed/Izzy would be taken seriously. I trusted Con to take a look at this and give it the full attention it deserves. I'm VERY happy rn #I love Ed/Izzy(a lot) but it's not healthy and I'm happier that the show is giving Izzy a serious arc to deal with it vs the alternative #which is part of the fun most Ed/Izzy shippers (especially artists/writers) get! they know #that this relationship on the show IS complex and there's shit on both ends these characters need to work through #Liking Ed/Izzy doesn't mean you endorse the behaviors of either characters. This season will likely show us even more of their past #and show even more shit between the two of them. It's likely Izzy won't come out 1 clean either. But that's why this is a ship people follo #Con is THE person to have for this arc as MANY of his projects include these types of issues in relationships. The man is GOOD at crying #I am SO fucking excited to see how he'll handle Izzy you lot have NO IDEA #BUT-The second I see anti's say shit on how any character deserves to be abused I will block them. #let's remember all the people in this fandom who are survivors of abuse and think 'Would I say this to them'? If so. Fucking Don't. #Yes. Morality isn't tied to fiction. You can like what you like. But let's remember you saying stupid shit can still affect real-life peopl

[meatriarch]

specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

#[ ♡ ] ── * the hewitt family. / 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦. #its incredibly tragic because like. its so OBVIOUS something GOD AWFUL happened to this group of kids? theyre literally needing some rough #medical attention yknow. its so fucking clear they went through something BAD. and yet? crickets. theyre shrugged off. dismissed. #given the cold shoulder. told their friend(s) simply ran away. told they mustve been high or on something and cant recall clearly. #even between maria going missing to pre-basement brawl its like. NO ONES taking them seriously. everyone in towns they search in dismiss #them. no ones seen or heard anything. LEO's are just. useless and rude and telling them not to interfere. telling to go home. telling them #to let them handle things when it becomes VERY obvious they just dont give a shit - that theyre avoiding certain locations #like yes i moved maria's timeline of being missing up but like - even while the searches were still considered active? there was barely any #movement or care or concern or manpower that the depts were gathering or investigating. like. how does someone vanish into thin air? #like they tried to imply maria must've - at some point? they were so out of their league so roadblocked so dismissed every step of the way. #maria with the attempt of a search and youre nearly found!!!....and then youre told your friends all left...and they never came remotely #close to where youre kept to find you. lee with sacrificing himself hoping it gives the rest of them a chance to get away - that someone #lives in order to rain down hell on the family in the sense of justice and yet. not a word is said over broadcasts about him - at least #nothing substantial. no search. no missing persons report. nothing. and then danny? my dan the man? the guy with little family ties? #my guy with a strained relationship with his father? whose only friends are again in the situation of 'no one believes us'? #you think theres even a PEEP about him whatsoever? in any capacity? my guy would be lost to the ether - literally. NO ONE but the #friends would ever give a shit if he went missing.

[kaiju--groupie]

every day i think about Stacker referring to Hermann as “my experts”. it’s just easier to talk like he still has a full K-sci team than it would be to disclose the full, concerning truth about the skeleton crew he’s operating. not to mention the fact that he has full fucking faith in this one man, that he has no need for anyone else and certainly no need to justify his faith because Hermann’s work speaks for itself. idk i’m severely sleep deprived

#rewatching pacrim at 2am and #thinking about how yes obviously there is awkwardness and/or animosity between newt + hermann and the military staff because they don’t #fit in even a little bit. and they get reprimanded for their lack of discipline and their eccentricity- but at the same time #it’s obvious that stacker is fully prepared to handle all of their weirdness because he trusts them #like he was put in a position where he was essentially forced to choose one or two people who he could put his faith in and he picked out #these two weirdos. i just have feelings about the relationship he has with them the trust and the implied respect #like i don’t think he’s sick of them/tolerates them because he has to i think he genuinely appreciates them #it’s loving and appreciating both hermann and stacker hours i think

[nachosncheezies]

Thinking about season 8 (my beloved 😍) and something in how the awkwardness and trauma and DISTANCE after resurrection was a perfect tool to keep everyone themselves. Mulder could've been overprotective, overbearing, overinvolved, borderline obnoxious about the whole pregnancy thing. I think that if he was there the whole time it would've been a very fine line to walk, story wise, to do that without taking away from Scully as an individual. Scully in the field, Scully being a rebel, Scully doing whatever the fuck she feels like. Not to say it wouldn't have been interesting if they had successfully navigated that interaction between his guilt complex/overprotectiveness and her fierce independence. But the tension between Mulder saying 'Scully no' and Scully saying 'Scully YES' and mulder saying '...okay Scully you are my partner I support you' but watching her like a damn hawk was something they had kind of resolved and moved on from after the cancer arc and esp after Emily. By taking Mulder out of the picture she was only mother henned by people she would always have said 'thank you for your concern, get rekt' to. They set her up to go through most of it without the one person she MIGHT listen to hovering beside her, and sidestepped trying to figure out who desk job Scully would be in a world where Mulder is still chasing monsters. They didn't have to figure out who monster chaser Mulder would be in a world where he wouldn't call his partner for backup when something really cool or scary was going on. Scully didn't take a desk job or play it safe. Mulder only had to go fetch her and send her home once, and it was after she had already conceded to her doctor (but then, just like we'd expect from either of them, she went back to the lab to help save her [other] partner. And he knew recognized it and recognized that this was her and said okay I'll get it done. It was good for a one-time. Probably not good for a whole season) We never had to watch them have that fight.

#and i'm kinda glad of it #i love the show as it is but we all know it's far from flawless and i have about zero faith they would have been able #to generate a 'scully slow down you're jeopardizing our child' situation between her and mulder without it either #taking them out of character #or making it A Big Thing which. the show never liked to spend THAT much screentime on that sort of thing #i'm half asleep and rambling out my ass but #i think it worked out well 👍 and potentially saved us a lot of annoyance and taking the two of them back #to rehash an older version of their relationship #which would have been a damn shame like i could talk about the groove they quietly found in s7 that the show never really talked about #the way all their cases just suddenly had an entirely different rhythm that implied scully was finally getting to go home at night #and have a life and mulder was still being mulder jetting off all over but they were COMMUNICATING there wasn't an air of ditching #and they were both still on The Files and still got to see their best friend every day and they just seemed so HAPPY #and it just worked!!! why rehash old drama and miscommunications when you've got two best friends who finally moved past 'situationship' #to embracing the ways they naturally complement each other and get to have bonus time (😏) at home after!! #nachos rambles #x files #txf #the x files #txf s8 #season 8 my beloved 😍

[meatriarchived]

me crawling out of bed to type this and disappear back to my cocoon right after but-specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

#its incredibly tragic because like. its so OBVIOUS something GOD AWFUL happened to this group of kids? theyre literally needing some rough #medical attention yknow. its so fucking clear they went through something BAD. and yet? crickets. theyre shrugged off. dismissed. #given the cold shoulder. told their friend(s) simply ran away. told they mustve been high or on something and cant recall clearly. #even between maria going missing to pre-basement brawl its like. NO ONES taking them seriously. everyone in towns they search in dismiss #them. no ones seen or heard anything. LEO's are just. useless and rude and telling them not to interfere. telling to go home. telling them #to let them handle things when it becomes VERY obvious they just dont give a shit - that theyre avoiding certain locations #like yes i moved maria's timeline of being missing up but like - even while the searches were still considered active? there was barely any #movement or care or concern or manpower that the depts were gathering or investigating. like. how does someone vanish into thin air? #like they tried to imply maria must've - at some point? they were so out of their league so roadblocked so dismissed every step of the way. #like. maria and lee and danny etc in their dire aus its all just... its so tragic. #maria with the attempt of a search and youre nearly found!!!....and then youre told your friends all left...and they never came remotely #close to where youre kept to find you. lee with sacrificing himself hoping it gives the rest of them a chance to get away - that someone #lives in order to rain down hell on the family in the sense of justice and yet. not a word is said over broadcasts about him - at least pos #nothing substantial. no search. no missing persons report. nothing. and then danny? my dan the man? the guy with little family ties? #my guy with a strained relationship with his father? whose only friends are again in the situation of 'no one believes us'? #you think theres even a PEEP about him whatsoever? in any capacity? my guy would be lost to the ether - literally. NO ONE but the #friends would ever give a shit if he went missing. #does this make any sense idk im half asleep still but yknow- #i see kels' post and my brain short-circuited on this- BFKHD #[ 𝟎𝟎 ] ── * 𝐎𝐎𝐂. { renee. }

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for how bad killing eve got the books are infinitely worse.

#youve gotta believe me phoebe walker bridge worked miracles on that source material. jesus christ. #the story is dogshit bc there are no stakes. it is literally just implied cat and mouse between eve and oxana #implied as in the book will just SAY theyre chasing after each other. and TELL you they feel anything. #in reality the characters do not interract do not acknowledge the other and are literally just doing their jobs the whole time #no b plot . just villainelle kills someone > eve investigates while villainelle kills someone else > eve investigates whi #the first book also just immediately dived into ALL of oxanas backstory. so its like. we dont even get to discover WITH eve. #we just get it handed to us through dream and nostalgia and flashback exposition . #and then eve just magically figure out who she is based on sheer fucking divine visions or some shit. #like she gets told the name of a perfume and just INSTANTLY knows thats villainelles callname. #and thats before we even talk about the male gaze writing of lesbian sex scenes. which are certainly male gaze writings of lesbian sex . #but seriously theres no Konstantin plot #no real niko drama other than the stress eves work puts on thei relationship #no caroline. shes just not even a character. her son isnt a character. her son doesnt die. #eves coworker gets murdered and im convinced she didnt even care bc her divine spidey sense immediately prompts her to say some shit like #'its villainelle sending me a message' #girl what #how tf . can i see you do any research . can i witness you do any work . #where its your passion for criminal psychology. where is your OBSESSION . who ARE you #they are truly both just little dolls luke jennings put in a lesbian fantasy world. theyre not anything. tbeyre not interesting . #i hate them actually. theyre so fucking boring it grates on me. #whatt he FUCK did phoebe walker bridge see in this shit man . oh my god. #killing eve #code villainelle