#misunderstandings because we need some stupid drama

[elfwreck]

I’m nervous about antis getting on the otw board. That could be very very bad

There are no antis anywhere near the OTW board. There is a candidate who has used some anti rhetoric, but I don't think she wants content removed - instead, I think she wants stricter labeling requirements and more public statements on those topics.

I think both of those are bad ideas, but I don't thinks someone is evil or malicious for disagreeing.

In order to run for the board, someone has to:

Be a current member serving as a volunteer on a standing committee of the OTW.

Have served as a volunteer for 9 of the 12 months prior to the month in which the election will occur.

Be a paying member of OTW by eight weeks prior to the election.

(And a few other things - legal adult, willing to have their legal name on record, etc.)

There are volunteers/staff members who think AO3 need a better warning system. There are volunteers who think we need better public outreach, who worry about the wave of accusations that go around at every donation drive. There are volunteers who think we need different policies on what counts as abuse - for example, that we should be less lenient about comment threads, or about what collections can be titled, and so on.

But the requirement of "has been an active volunteer for at least most of a year" means that anyone who thinks AO3 needs to restrict content is very, very unlikely to get that far. Because there's an interview & review process to get in, and there's an internal culture that is very much "We are here to provide SPACE FOR EVERYONE, even the assholes, yes, even THOSE assholes. No, I don't like them either. They're still allowed to be here."

Anyone who doesn't agree with that, doesn't last.

That said, I think Tiffany's statements mean

1) Her approaches to problems draw too heavily on anti terminology -whether or not she agrees with any of it, she's unconsciously feeding their agenda by using their terms.

2) She's not clear on what she wants to accomplish or change, rather than what she perceives as the problems.

3) She does not have online job experience - while none of us did when the OTW started, right now, that's a red flag. It means she doesn't know what the communication & logistics problems are, doesn't understand the process of getting things done in a setting like this.

4) She's concerned about public opinion about the OTW and AO3, rather than the opinions of the active and would-be users. I can understand that - if you hear a lot of yelling about "how can you be involved with those HORRIBLE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT CRIMES," you might want to point out that no, we don't support crimes, so maybe we could make some statements about that. But I think it means she's too new to fandom drama to understand that that has always been the background of AO3, and that there is absolutely no way to convince "the public" that we are not supporting crimes, so we need to not waste energy trying.

5) Her ideas on fixing security are based on a recent hack/intrusion problem rather than an understanding of the total infrastructure and the requirements/limitations of the people using the features.

The Reddit thread believes a 10-year-old account and a claim "I am a newbie" is a red flag - I don't. I think that's "I've had an account forever but I have just recently gotten involved."

Reddit thinks it's a red flag that she's worried about being called a "pedophile" if she admits she writes fanfic - I don't. I worry that she runs in the kind of social groups that might do that, but I don't think it's a red flag to not want to risk being publicly reviled over a misunderstanding.

(I'm Pagan. I'm queer. There are people who think that means I'm evil. I get to be as public as I want - I won't lose my job over stupid inaccurate accusations. I don't know if she has that same assurance.)

CONCLUSION:

I don't think Tiffany is a good candidate for the Board. I think she doesn't have the right experience or the right approach. I think she's clueless in some areas, not malicious. I don't think she wants to destroy AO3; I think she doesn't realize how some of her ideas sound like it.

WORST CASE - if she somehow has a swarm of supporters we can't see (...which I doubt) (I would expect them to be speaking up on Twitter & Reddit), and she gets on the Board, she would be one vote among several. (Seven? Nine? I see 7 listed on the OTW website but I thought we're supposed to have 9? But I haven't kept up with the details.)

She's not running for Supreme Leader of the OTW. She's running to be one person on a committee.

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I can entirely understand her approach of "hey, they are calling us pedophiles; that is HORRIBLE and we need to do something about that!"

I don't think she understands that "say nothing and don't change our policies" is, in fact, doing something about that. That it is the most effective action we could take. And because I don't think she understands that, I don't want her on the board.

But I don't think it's a disaster that she's running and I'm not worried about the future of the OTW.

#otw #otw elections #fandom drama #fandom discourse

[electrificata]

here are my house observations, im in season 3

some of the shit house says to foreman is genuinely unforgivable

foreman as a character i generally like. omar epps is giving a good performance of an even-keeled-but-not-without-effort kind of guy, i do like the plotline of a guy who came to learn from an expert whos the worst guy in the world and trying to figure out how to do the same thing without being the worst guy in the world. i also think they way they keep him out of hospital love triangles is racist, foreman is not currently hot but could be with 15% more attention from the writers room.

really sexist as a general rule. i have not encountered the idea of "jailbait" this much in literal years.

hipster racism. its the 2000s. funny to talk abt this because "hipsters" were younger at this point and the character of house is, im assuming, in his mid 40s at the start of the show, but thats the general logic that seems to be on display. "well you know that he's a good guy so its ironic and funny that he's threatening to use the n word as a joke."

a) stupid logic to begin with, doing something ironically is also just doing it, b) doesnt even work on its own terms here because house is widely acknowledged to be an awful person in the context. the entire show is built around the question "how much deliberately annoying, dangerous bullshit will we endure from this dickhead to maintain access to his unique skillset"

i still dont "get" house/wilson. like i do see it, like i can see that theyre a little obsessed with each other and they have a fun mutually manipulative dynamic, and they make sense as foils (guy who's self-consciously awful and often ends up doing noble things accidentally/guy who's self-consciously noble and often deliberately does awful things). but i cannot feel myself going insane about it. if anything i like him better with cuddy

cuddy really really hot. really really really hot. cuddy.

so like yeah i see house/wilson im just not going insane about it the way i thought i might. altho tbh it took a global pandemic and a extended, byzantine renaissance of tumblrina supernatural scholarship to make me have a destiel spiral. i need infrastructure for these things.

cameron's character is such an old school token girl character. i hate how they treat her "niceness" almost as much as i hate how they treat her crush on house.

a better show (written by me) would have some more cuddy and foreman "managing" house plotlines (foreman being a protege allows focus on the legacy of house's medicine, how to replicate it, how to contain damage), probably give him some of the cuddy and wilson time. the three of them together would be good i could do that.

cuddy/foreman. hm. in the remake.

like, i do get how this happened. house is troubled in a durable, interesting way. the writing is good enough to support his layers, the way his snap-judgement psychoanalysis of everyone he meets curls back around to shine a light on his own issues. good balance of competence and patheticness. laurie is giving a masterclass in the niche field of "british comedian comes to us tv drama, grows some stubble, becomes a sex symbol." i read an old review that referred to his "sourpuss charisma" i really like that turn of phrase.

(i was also into josh on the west wing when i watched that last year, i have a type i love antagonism. no im not dating anyone right now, who wants to take me for a candlelit dinner and tell me i smell good and my voice is sexy) (you cant just compliment me, ill be bored or uncomfortable, you have to bury it in a disagreement and make it clear youre kind of mad that youre into me)

that said i think the show kind of misunderstands house's sex appeal. it feels very written-by-men. women characters throw themselves at house in a porny kind of take-me-now way. in my observations guys who are arent traditionally hot but attractive in this antagonistic, talky was dont really get that kind of treatment, but they do get the main cast wilson/cuddy/cameron "i hate this guy but im obsessed with him and i will never make a move or i will and itll go badly" kind of stuff. my phantom house reboot does have cameron and house hook up and its a really mean and destructive fwb thing with like 4 false endings. does this make sense.

right now im in the middle of the plotline where leighton meester plays a 17 yr old girl stalking house because shes so in love. like thats not the vibe. at least from what ive seen. im not omniscient.

lol it turns out she has a spore makign her hypersexual lolllll i literally have this on in the background rn ok i take some of this back.

whenever i mention to someone im watching house theyll recount to me the plot of the one episode they can remember and it always sounds insane and its never made up.

"the one with the intersex teen model who fucks her dad to manipulate him and has testicular cancer" like yeah. yeah thats real. if you talked to me 3 weeks ago thatd be the one i recounted to you.

yes house does leer at her in that episode and its treated as logical and normal for a 45 year old man.

i hate chase, he's awful but boring.

im curious how long im gonna keep watching this, i know the later seasons get kind of soapy plotwise and i dont know if thats what i want out of this

#god this got long.

[fanyyy444]

Weird how yesterday(Bruh it's 3am already so.. 🕴🏻) I was gonna talk about @eevietarot but then she/they suddenly deactivated.. ?

Yeah tbh I'm fucking sick and tired of being 'over-villainized' in such a toxic and shitty tag, and fortunately, I NOW AM AWARE of the delulus here and I'll be more cautious with what I post and the readings I do(Even tho I always ask the person for their permission to read on them, if they're comfortable with the question, if they want to answer, etc etc etc. Seems like I gotta remind people about this 1 million times lol, I guess some of you have that so famous 'gold fish memory' when it comes to that topic, so sad😢), but yeah, unfortunately, back then I wasn't that aware at all and so that means that → I DIDN'T FUCKING KNEW THAT SAYING X READERS GIVE OFF X BTS FS VIBES WERE GONNA TURN INTO A WHOLE DRAMA AND ALL THAT BULLSHIT LMAO💀💀

Yeah it would've been better if I hasn't replied to that anon👍🏻 But I mean.. ???? I DIDN'T KNEW IT!!???

Just trynna clear some things out so let me just tell y'all that I didn't had any bad intentions when that shit happened, I didn't knew I'd cause such a tragedy lmao, I WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, if I knew it before then I definitely wouldn't have done it🥰 I was literally just answering a damn ask like de boas and I was okay because what could happen, right? LMFAO. I just answered that ask innocently but the devil decided to leave hell for a min🫠 And + I did deleted the post(s) with the asks after eevie asked me for, in fact, I rejected doing it at first and I mean.. Do I really need to explain the reason?🤔 I rejected deleting it the first time eevie asked me to do so because I thought it was something fine, nothing really important/that could cause a drama, etc etc. I WASN'T AWARE OF THE DELULUS AND I DIDN'T KNEW THEM BOTH WOULD GET HATED LIKE THAT🗣️🗣️

I apologize for all the hate that both eevie and infinity received that time and I just swear my life 2 things → 1. I didn't had bad intentions nor nothing, I was literally just answering an ask innocently. And 2. I wasn't FULLY aware of the delulus thingy, and of course I wouldn't have done that shit if I knew what was gonna happen.

Oh and the energy thing? I was also innocently acting. And tbh I have this feeling that I was like scared? Maybe not scared lol, but definitely I was confused af. Yeah that's it🫠 And so I told eevie that her energy "changed" and tbh I was just so confused lmao, but btw, I think(Not sure since I don't remember those things properly) that it was because of the way she was writing/typing..?? Ikr, fucking dumb and stupid thing🥴 Oh and also lol, I can use any AND how many emojis I want and I can fucking type the way I want, not satisfied? Then get outta my blog babygirl🤩 Anyways →→ I think I said her energy changed because she was typing "coldly" (💀💀) and yeah I was confused af too lol, BUT ANYWAYS, I did deleted the post(s), not right after they asked me to do it, but then after some minutes(Or hours..? Bitch how can I remember? But I didn't took so long to delete them anyways) and then we blocked each other and yeah👌🏻

These bitches GRATUITOUSLY hating on me everytime and all the time I open my anon asks like tf?? Go shave ya hairy poosies, armpits or legs or whatever, get a job or something, clean a dish, sweep the house or whatever bitch lol, u've got so many free time to hate on someone online but refuses to do something way better, useful and coherent.

It is way better to talk to someone face-to-face instead of talking shit about them behind their back, it would be way easier if people tell the person they got a problem with or something, like they talk to them face-to-face and they can solve their problems/dramas calmly without other people's shitty, non-asked, useless interference or opinions. Please talk to ME if you think we got a misunderstanding or you want me to explain what the damn fuck REALLY happened or anything. Talking shit about me to other people won't help anything and if you fucking give me a chance to explain the shit I "did", IT WOULD HELP INSTEAD, it really would and I'd be thankful because u gave me a chance to explain the drama I caused or the misunderstanding or anything, don't spread fake news guys🗣️ Do the favor and listen to both sides AND don't meddle where you weren't called, if someone got (into) an argument with another person YOU do not interfere nor give useless opinions or criticism, do not interfere unless ure asked for, etc etc etc. Just go mind ur own business fr💀

Sick and tired of being this damn "villain" and "wrong person", and actually, fuck off lmfao🖕🏻🫶🏻

안녕~ 👋🏻💗

Y'all have a good day or night and also take care pls, it's mercury retrograde ugh😩

#bts tarot #kpop tarot #bts fs #bts future spouses #kpop tarot reading #bts tarot readings #jungkook tarot #jungkook fs #kpop reading #kpop readings #bts #kpop #bangtan #bangtan boys #tarot reading #tarot #witchblr #witchcraft #bts ot7 #tarot readings #stay alert👀

[12romy]

Brocedes and royal au

Hmmmm I totally see your point anon, the thing is, there is already one brocedes royalty fic (not mine) and it's an absolute masterpiece, I don't know how to best that one... (I go and read it sooooo often you can't imagine)

But you know what would be fun? A Bridgerton kind of Brocedes fic, that would be hillarious. The drama between these two is always so high! They could be rivals, courting the same people just to compete - very often young and innocent people who get caught up in it - then dropping the courtship. And they spend. Each. Years. Doing that. They never get engaged with anyone, and spend their time badmouthing each other, and everyone is so sick of it.

All of it is just a very intricate mindgame. They're both bitter they were like courting when they were young, and it failed because of some stupid misunderstanding that has never been cleared even though it's been, like, ten years.

It would be silly and dramatic and absolutely hillarious, and there would be angst but the kind of angst you can't take seriously. Eventually, they'd probably realise there was a misunderstanding, make up, and become the most unsuffrable couple EVER.

This is the Brocedes we need 🤣

#ship talk #brocedes #royalty au #or like noble au #prompt game #send asks!

[mikuni14]

Cherry Magic Thailand - Ep 6

When in the previous episode Karan decided to publicly declare his love and put Achi in an awkward situation, I was, I admit, very dissatisfied. Plus it was very out of character with the Karan we knew.

I SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED THIS SERIES MORE. I hereby express my remorse for not believing that CM could maintain character fidelity and continuity, and for believing so easily that the series could hurt me and its characters

In my defense, I will only say that all the series I watch now have disappointed me and betrayed their characters at some point, so there was no indication that CM would be any different in this respect.

Karan, my beloved, what a guy! He can even make his own declaration of love, not about a himself, his own feelings, but about his beloved and his comfort 🥺 He doesn't say that he loves Achi and expect a response from him. Karan treated his confession as informing Achi that his feelings could hurt him, which Karan doesn't want to let happen. Karan feels that he must be fair to Achi. His confession wasn't even romantic, it was… informative. And apologetic. Karan apologized that his affection might disturb Achi's comfort in any way 🥺🥺🥺 Just… I need a moment *takes deep breaths*

I have no words to express how much I was touched by how Karan arranged his life around Achi's life without expecting anything in return. I can't put into words how much it means to me that Karan helps and takes care of Achi in his daily life. There is no need for grand gestures, sacrificing one's life or big drama in their relationship. No, it's about... turning on the kettle. I'm not lying when I say that I have tears in my eyes while writing these words.. Karan (like Mhok), are those types of men who love and treat their love as their own business, their own problem to deal with (like Gao Shi De). Fortunately for Karan, his love interest has the same level of humility, kindness and empathy as him… 🙄

This series is about people: a bit pathetic, who consider themselves to be a bit of a loser, humble, with self-esteem problems. Who, despite everything, still maintain kindness and do so much good for others, without expecting any reward. Without expecting others to bend to them - no, they all, even Pai and Rock, go out of their way to help others, bend for others without treating it as a big deal. And everyone tries so hard not to harm anyone. (after watching Achi and Karan, how can I accept Day and Mhok's potential relationship? lol nope. Not after Achi and Karan decided to notice each other's efforts and kindness. CM clearly shows that they both CHOOSE to notice the other person and their kindness, it doesn't just happens, it's a choice. Day also choose to be cruel and make everything about himself 🤷‍♀️)

What I absolutely love about this series is that when Achi realizes how much Karan means to him, he takes action IMMEDIATELY. He knows what phones are for 😀 The series moves the action straight forward, leads its characters to immediate confrontation, without creating strange "transitions" between scenes that create plot holes, which make frustrated viewers constantly ask "but why don't they just talk?", "why didn't he tell him about it", "why didn't he call, why did he have the phone, for games??". Or without the worst - like, before the characters talk to each other, there are a lot of stupid obstacles and misunderstandings resulting from lack of communication. Achi wants to say something to Karan -> Achi does it. Fucking A, 10/10 💯💯💯

Running to your beloved - very Japanese BL style 😂

Oh gods, I love Pai. How she was all: I WILL HAVE MY FUJOSHI MOMENT EVEN IF IT WAS THE LAST THING IN MY LIFE. Girl, literally same 😆

I love this series because of how warm it is, because of how much kindness there is in it, such ordinary, everyday, helpful, invisible, ordinary kindness. And how being good pays off.

I love this series because, even though the characters are not even together, the series is ABOUT THEM, and their scenes together are perfect, high quality, beautiful, funny, touching. In this episode, Achi and Karan are sort of "passing each other in their lives", and yet they have so many wonderful scenes.

At the moment, it's the best series I am watching and the best series of 2024 (although it's not over yet, so I emphasize, for now). Cherry Magic simply gives me a high-quality product, a whole lot of FEELINGS and ZERO frustration.

Next week preview: "When a man buys you a shirt, it means he wants to be the one to take it off" - excuse me, I'll just spend every minute of this week thinking about it 🤩

#cherry magic #cherry magic thailand #bl drama #thai bl

[sansloii]

HOW WOULD YOUR OCS BE MISINTERPRETED BY FANDOM ( stolen from @arcxnumvitae )

Mikah

Exaggerate all their personality traits--especially the Anger. Goes from pillow princess that does no wrong to someone that will punch holes in the wall in the "this is never sexy at all what is wrong with you" sorta way.

Also apparently gaslights their romantic partners. A lot. Because they can be manipulative with targets and people they are actively stealing from. No I will not show proof of that because google is free :)

Penny

Angry Latina that has absolutely zero nuance and is hyper aggressive when Mikah and Evan so much as breathe. so she hates them.

Hates men in general, honestly, because she's a lesbian and cannot be friends with them. Every time she makes a face that is not 100% happy around them is zoom and enhanced because they want to prove that she's a man-hating woman.

Wynn

The way they would disrespect this sweet man hurts my spirit because these people would:

Make him stupid despite multiple instances of Wynn navigating difficult personal conversations and making complex choices. This includes the whole babying thing that would make my skin crawl.

he is quiet so therefore he doesn't speak. No like he's mute. Cannot communicate at all. this also means he's slow for some reason

Also make him hypersexual with no fucking rhyme or reason. They see "he can be rough" and that's it. Off to the races. they would completely butcher him and explain it with "instinct"

Evan

Pussy/Bussy being the therapy he needs he needs to stay in a relationship because of the VERY FEW relationships he's in that started with sex. Like legitimately saying, with their whole chest, that he'll immediately become Better and ignore, the disagreements, and the ghosting, and the lack of accountability, and the shit explanations for his behavior--

also turns him into a raging drunk or something (because of his dependency on alcohol)... like specifically that. and make him super sleazy and incapable of taking no as an answer.

Dakota

Also hates men

people would 100% ship her with Joseph despite Joseph being married. And then turn around and misunderstand their familial relationship, ship them HARDER, and then start drama which results in calling her a homewrecker.

they would draw this woman with MASSIVE tits. And if you correct them, you're an awful human being for erasing her big boobs. even though she doesn't? have size triple-E knockers???? but you're wrong for that.

did i mention she hates men? because she does.

Joey

no personality traits outside of "Lera is my soulmate". You'd think Lera literally has his hand up Joey's ass with the way people describe his behavior

Or! Dakota has her hand up his ass. Like Lera and Koko take turns

they would not know what to do with his trauma. and that scares me so i will not think about it.

Roderick

He's a biker so of course he's a misogynist and sexist :) his DEAD wife was the exception :) no I will not provide proof of that because google is free and i am never wrong

that's it. that's the take.

Andris

uwu he's misunderstood. Of COURSE charming and manipulating your partners is bad but. He's hot. So if they don't forgive him for it, it's their fault and we should shit all over those characters.

on the flipside: he's the literal devil in human skin and super predatory. he is just waiting to assault someone.

very polarizing. People either love him or will tell you you're going to hell for liking him. and the next day, you have a callout written about you because you like him so therefore, you're okay with and condone everything he does. It doesn't matter if you understand he's an awful person and can objectively look at him--you're a piece of shit.

#⚜ ┊ ( dashboard fun. ) #⚜ ┊ ( quizzes and memes. ) #.this was so fucking fun i loved this #.thanks for the idea kris #.I feel like a lot of them are extremes but #.that would be it #.no critical thinking about it

[penissirius]

Seo Changbin VS Feelings

Seo Changbin x male reader

SUMMARY: Changbin isn't the best at feelings and emotions. Misunderstandings happen because he's stupid lol.

ALTERNATIVE TITLE: 3 aussies and a devil bunny fight dwaeki over golden retriever child

SPECIAL THANKS TO: @ldrei Thank you for encouraging me to finish this! This is dedicated to you!💕

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AJ is my OC and he's used as the M/n of this story! Miyeon is my partners OC, she is AJ's sister, and is dating Felix. I actually have 2 full stories one a AO3 chapter story and the other a non-idol social media AU that ill post here. If you'd be interested, please let me know so i know at least someone is looking forward to those stories T-T

AUTHORS NOTE: So, I wrote the beginning of this for my English essay and it was the only essay I've gotten an 100% and a good comment on so I went to Tumblr and my partner asking if I should finish it and publish it because I liked it and my teacher loved it (her Not knowing it was a Stray kids fanfic I wrote just for the essay lol) after some convincing I finished it and now here it is. I would like to apologize because this was finished in December, and I promised I would post it after it was done and never did. I hit a really big depression block in my life, and I didn't want to do anything but now I'm back! Just a heads up I wrote this for my Victorian Drama Essay so don't hope too hard for a so happy ending lol. Have fun reading!

WARNINGS: Arguing, Angstish Ig, Insecure thoughts, breakdowns, panic attacks, yelling, violence, bAd WoRdS

FEMALE ALIGNED PLEASE DNI <3

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AJ was on his way to the JYP Entertainment building to meet up with his boyfriend? Close friend? Friend with romantic benefits? AJ didn’t know but Changbin had said he had something seriously important to talk to him about, AJ had hoped this was when Changbin would finally ask him out for real. Oh, boy was it the opposite of that. AJ texted his best friend and sister, Miyeon, that he was on his way to JYPE and that if she needed a ride home then he could give her one. When he was done texting her he speeded off eager to see the man he loves, he also had serious but good information to share with him. 

    Meanwhile, at JYPE, Changbin is pacing back and forth in his studio panicking and talking to the one person he could for love help, Hyunjin, which honestly wasn’t that good of an idea but he was better than the rest of their friends. “God Hyunjin do something! Give me advice or something idiot!” Changbin says finally standing in one spot facing his group member while tugging on his own hair. Hyunjin stood pushing Changbin into the seat behind him, “First of all sit-down and get your hands out of your hair. You’re stressing yourself out and the stylist will be pissed if you pull any of your hair out.” Changbin took a deep breath and put his hands on his lap. “Now I can’t really help you seeing as this is your own very stupid plan. Everyone in the group is dating someone in some way or another. Why are you purposely putting yourself through this? Even Chan has someone. Chan has more game than you!”

    Changbin sat in silence for a few seconds before looking at his tall dramatic member. “I don’t want to take any chances, what if it’s not what he expects and leaves me? What if we date and get found out? He’s not an idol. He’d get way more hate and things like that! I couldn’t do that to him.” Hyunjin just shakes his head. “So instead of letting him make that decision, you decided to break his heart and make the decision for him? Well-”, Hyunjin started walking to the door, “You do that but don’t expect me to help protect you when the three Aussies and Lee know find out what you did. Even tho I think your stupid for giving up a guy who does so much, some that you don't even know, for you. I kinda understand why you're doing it. You better not hurt him, he’s the sweetest when it comes to his friends. So don’t make it worse than it has to be.” That's all Hyunjin said before walking out. 

    The shorter man is left sitting in an empty studio by himself, left with thoughts, “Dammit! I didn’t even think about the AJ protection Squad™️ that would be after me! If AJ doesn’t kill me himself they sure will.” Just then his inner voice said ‘Remember you used to be one of them, but now you’re about to shatter his heart just because fans and other companies believe it's wrong for you to date.’ Changbin shakes his head arguing back, “It’s more than that. Us being together could damage the careers we both worked so hard for! If people were to find out he’d get non-stop hate! I’m just protecting him!” He would definitely sound crazy if anyone else was around to hear him argue with his self-consciousness. He shut up quickly when he heard his phone ding with a message from AJ saying he was on his way up to the studio. 

    When AJ got inside the studio he hugged the shorter man happily before sitting in the armchair that Hyunjin was previously sitting in, looking towards Changbin with a bright smile. “Hi, Hi Baby Binnie!” Changbin swore that AJ’s beautiful smile would be the death of him one day. Changbin gave a nervous smile back, “Hey AJ” “So what serious thing did you want to talk to me about?”AJ tilted his head confused, still smiling. The idol was starting to panic not knowing how to talk about it without hurting AJ’s feelings. “Didn't you say you had good news? You should go first!” AJ laughed, smiling less than before, “Well whatever you wanted to talk about seems to be making you stressed and upset so maybe you should go first and I'll tell you the good news when you're feeling better!” Changbin sighed, AJ was right it's better to rip the bandaid off now rather than give himself more time to think it over and panic. 

    “Alright, please promise that you won't take this personally and you won't get mad at me.” That brought a small nervous giggle from AJ, “I've never gotten mad at you before, I'm sure it's not that bad!” Changbin took a deep breath and finally said, “I don't think we can be a thing anymore- we should just stay friends…” It was silent for a minute before Changbin looked up at AJ and saw that he no longer had a smile on his face. AJ paused, it was like his whole world stopped when he heard Changbin say those words. Changbin had never seen AJ speechless or that upset in the year that he's known him. AJ sat paused and baffled, Changbin didn't want to be with him anymore let alone be officially together. “AJ?-” Changbin was cut off when the taller one turned to him blank-faced and asked, “Why?” The idol was confused and because of all the panic earlier his brain was no longer working. 

    “Why what?” Changbin asked stupidly. AJ scoffed, still looking at him with the same blank face that Changbin had never seen before, likely none of his friends other than his sister had seen him with a blank emotionless face, that just wasn't him. “Why all of a sudden do you not want to be with me? How long have you been waiting to tell me? You let me believe this whole time that you actually liked me and there was a possibility that we could be together. So WHY is my question?” Changbin took a moment to gather his thoughts before replying. “Us being together would be a risk. It’s not that I don't like you, because I do! It's just that our careers could be ruined if anyone were to find out. I know that being an artist and dancer is very important to you. I don't wanna be the reason that all falls plus if I get any scandals I might damage everyone in Stray Kids' careers as well.” 

AJ stood angry but still pretty much blank. “Alright, guess it’s my fault for thinking that you were different and didn't care about what everyone else thought. I'm sorry for thinking that maybe we would be able to be together and happy like my sister and Felix. And more importantly, I'm sorry that I went through all this trouble for you. I stepped out of my comfort zone and went through so many panic attacks for you. Turns out it’s not enough. Guess I'll see you around Changbin.” AJ slammed a piece of paper down on the desk in front of Changbin before storming out to go find his sister and then go home. Changbin, saddened and confused, tried to call after AJ but he was already gone down the hall and into a different part of the building. Changbin got up and looked at the paper that AJ left, it was crumbed and there was a corner torn off at the bottom. It was a printed-out picture from JYPs staff to AJ saying that he passed all the auditions and was officially a JYP trainee. Changbin stared at the paper in shock, feeling more like an asshole than he originally did.

AJ walked from Changbin’s studio downstairs to the practice room that he knew his sister and Felix would be in and slammed the door open, way harder than he meant to, and looked at his sister. “Oh, hey AJ- What's wrong? Who did it? WHO hurt you? Whose ass do I have to beat?” Miyeon immediately noticed the difference in her brother's face despite his trying to act like his normal self. “Nothings wrong, I'm just ready to go home.” AJ said, walking over to them. “Nope, something is clearly wrong, sit. Sit your ass down. Family Circle.” Miyeon said, looking up at him from where she and Felix were sitting on the ground. “Since when did we still do Family Circle? And how is it Family Circle if it’s just me, you, and Felix?” AJ said, sitting in the half circle they formed. “Shut up now tell me who hurt you, imma beat their ass!” Miyeon said. “We beating ass? Should I call Chan?” Felix said, pulling out his phone. 

“There is no reason to call Chan. Don’t call him, I said I was okay!” AJ said trying to reason with the two Aussies but trying to do that is like talking to a wall. “Call him!” “I’m calling him!” Miyeon and Felix said after staring at AJ for a sec. AJ groaned defeated, leaning back on the floor still sitting with his legs crossed. After a couple of rings, Chan picked up the call. He put the call on speakerphone.  “Felix? What’s up dude, I thought you and Miyeon were practicing, what’s up?” “You need to come to the Micheal Jackson dance room!” Miyeon said over the owner of the phone's shoulder. “Why did something go wrong?” Chan said and you can hear shuffling on his side of the phone he gets up grabbing some stuff. “Nothings wrong Hyung, they're just being dramatic!” AJ yelled from his spot laying on the floor. “Someone hurt AJ. We’re trying to find out who so we can beat their ass.” Felix said into his phone. 

“Really? Why didn’t you start with that! I’m on my fucking way. Should I get Lee Know? I’m gonna get Lee Know.” You hear Chan set his phone on his desk and open his door screaming down the hallway in the dorms. “MINHO! LET'S GO WE GOT A CODE GAY DOWN!” AJ turns to them shocked “You guys have codes for this shit?” Felix looked back at him, “Yes. We are the AJ Protection Squad and we take our job very seriously.” They heard stomping before they could hear Minho’s voice clearly. “A code gay down? Whose ass am I beating? Where’s my child?” “At the Company let’s go.” You hear them both shuffle around before Chan turns to his phone. “We’ll be there in 5.” Chan says before hanging up. “The dorms are 15 minutes away!” AJ said, still confused about everything going on. “As Felix said we in the AJPS take our job very seriously.” Miyeon said looking at her brother, still bothered by the fact that someone made him upset. 

AJ decided to no longer ask questions and stared at the ceiling sadly still thinking back to what Changbin had said. Miyeon and Felix just looked at each other and at him knowing that something was wrong and they were determined to get to the bottom of it. In 5 minutes exactly there comes a worried and already angry Chan and Lee Know burst through the door. ‘If they are already pissed before knowing what happened, how will they be after?’ AJ thought, still staring at the ceiling, not moving. Lee Know and Chan move to join the makeshift ‘Family Circle’ before they all turn to AJ. “Alright now what’s wrong and who did it? And no bullshit answers AJ or I swear to god.” Lee Know says. They all looked more calm and worried rather than angry so AJ just decided to tell them, also because they probably would never leave him alone until he told them and it would feel better to talk to them about it. 

AJ took a deep breath before sitting up and looking at all of them suddenly feeling shy when he realized that they were all staring at him. “Well, this morning Changbin texted me saying that he wanted to talk and that it was something serious so we agreed to meet at the studio. And I don’t know why but a small part of me was hoping that this was when he’d finally ask me out or something, after all the mixed signals he was giving about whether we were in a relationship or not. But I should’ve known that wouldn’t have happened.” AJ looked down at his lap holding back tears, now that he was saying it all out loud the sadness and rejection is hitting him in waves. “I was gonna tell him the good news after he said what he needed to say but when he said what he did I was no longer in a happy mood. It felt like my whole world shattered-” By the time he got that out he had already started crying letting the tears fall into his lap. 

“He had said that he doesn’t think we should be a thing anymore and that we should just stay friends. And that hurt! It hurt so much but I still hadn’t processed how much it hurt until now, all I felt was anger. All I could think of was to ask why. Why did he let me believe that there could ever be something between us? Why did he let me get my hopes up just to crush them? Why had I been stupid enough to believe that he would like me back and wanna be with me? And he spouted some bullshit answer about how he actually did like me but us dating was a risk and that because I wasn’t an idol if our relationship was found I’d get so much more hate and shit. That it could ruin the careers we both worked so hard for. That he didn’t wanna be the reason I couldn’t be an artist or dancer anymore. And that if he got any dating scandals he could possibly ruin Stray Kids' career as well.” 

At this point, AJ was ugly sobbing and barely getting his sentences out correctly. Lee Know moved until he was directly behind AJ pulling the younger into his lap and wrapping his arms around him, setting his chin on the crying boy's shoulder. Felix and Chan moved to each side of him, Felix grabbing one of AJ’s hands and Chan setting his arm on his thigh. Miyeon moved to sit in front of her brother holding his other hand. The only thing on all four of their minds was comforting their youngest yet tallest friend and beating the shit out of Changbin later. AJ, although a pain in their ass some days, was their baby, the maknae of the friend group, and the only one who could get Minho to be this soft and cuddly by will. Not even Jisung had that pleasure. Hell even I.N. loved the younger and gave him affection. He was always happy and had something stupid or sassy to say, always there to make them smile on their worst days, and to see him crying aggressively over something one their friends did really pissed them off. 

AJ took some shuddery breaths trying to calm down to no avail before speaking again. “All I could think of in the back of my head was that I wasn’t good enough. That I’m still not good enough. That he was just trying to protect my feelings by not telling me that he didn’t like me that way. I'm not an idol so I’m not good enough. That I was stupid to think that just because all my friends got their happy ever after that I could get mine! I’ve tried so hard! I did so many things and it still wasn’t good enough! The amount of panic I’ve gone through during this whole audition process, the way I’ve unhealthily thrown myself into school and practice so I could get a better shot of getting accepted. The stupid strict diet I let that staff member put me on cause they thought it would make me look better. Because I wanted to be better! For him! I wanted to look better, dance better, rap better, be better. All for him. Just to find out my efforts were for nothing. That I’ll never be good enough!” 

At this point, AJ was working himself into a panic attack and Felix and Miyeon were thankful they grabbed his hands earlier because they know how bad his attacks can be on himself. They were all shocked none of them knew about the things he said. Miyeon knew about the school and practice thing and would try to pull him away whenever she could but that’s because she was used to him being a workaholic and thought that it was because of the constant auditions, not Changbin. Felix knew about the panic attacks because he’s helped him calm down from a few but none of them knew about the diet. He already has a bad relationship with food so the diet might have made it worse. AJ started falling deeper into panic and Lee Know pulled him closer whispering calming words in the boy he saw as his little brother's ear. They all huddled closer hugging the younger, letting him cry, and doing little things they knew calmed him down. 

Eventually, AJ calmed down and his cries turned into small hiccups and tears. He was so thankful they made him talk about this rather than him bottling it up and telling no one until he exploded and had a much worse breakdown. When AJ finally felt calm enough he lifted his head and everyone pulled away. Although he was squeezing Felix and Miyeon’s hands, leaning onto Chan’s shoulder, and refusing to get out of Lee Know’s lap, he was a lot calmer than before. He was very tired from so many emotions and crying. He was half asleep in Lee Know’s lap and leaning on Chan still. There was a long moment of silence before Miyeon spoke up. “You know I’m gonna beat his ass right?” The other 3 hummed in agreement. “Please don’t do that. I know I can’t stop you from talking to him but don’t do anything irrational. That’ll just make it worse.” AJ said in his broken sore and half-sleepy voice. “Can’t make any promises little Bro” Miyeon said, already standing up. 

“Just don’t do anything to have to go to jail, I don’t have bail money” AJ said before falling asleep fully. Miyeon leaned down and kissed her brother's forehead whispering, “later we will talk about that diet stuff.” She stood and turned to the other boys “Alright I have a Pig to slaughter and it won’t be the first time. Who’s coming with?” Lee know whipped his head to her, “you’ve done what?” “You heard me” was all she replied. “We all want to come but I don’t think it’s right to leave AJ alone so 2 of us should stay and the other 2 go.” Chan said, looking at AJ sleeping on his shoulder. “Alright, we’ll who’s coming with me?” Miyeon said. “I’ll stay with AJ, I will take him back to the dorms so he can rest and make sure he doesn’t try to do any work when he wakes. I also don’t think I’d be able to stop myself from fighting Changbin.” Chan said. Minho looked at the sleeping curly-haired boy and up at Miyeon. “I’ll go.” Lee Know reluctantly handed over the sleeping boy, putting him in Chan’s lap. “I’ll go to the dorm with Chris and make AJ’s favorite food and dessert.” Felix said from his spot on the ground. Chan handed Lee Know the car keys since they rode together and he and Miyeon would need to get back to the dorms. 

“We’ll drive AJ’s car to the dorm since I’m the only one other than Miyeon he lets drive it. And He was Felix and Miyeon’s ride home anyways.” They all nodded before Miyeon and Lee Know left the room storming up to the studios. Felix gathered his and AJs stuff while Chan picked AJ himself up. When they had everything they walked down to the parking lot and looked for AJs car. It wasn’t that hard to find with the obnoxious bright light blue color of it. Felix sat both of their bags on the floor in the backseat and got in on the right side. Chan set AJ on the left so he was leaning on Felix while sleeping. Chan got in the driver's side and started the car checking on the two younger ones in the back before driving off towards the Stray Kids dorm. 

Back at the company, Changbin is panicking. He feels so many emotions at once, he feels like an asshole, he’s upset about having to break AJs heart like that and overall he’s scared. He’s terrified because he knows that it’s only a matter of time before Miyeon or someone else shows up to beat his ass. He paces back and forth like earlier when Hyunjin was with him. “Fuck man what am I gonna do? I mean if I leave now there’s a possibility I can start running before they catch me- but where would I go? If I run, they're gonna be expecting me at the dorms and attack me then! I’m better off just staying here-“ As he finished saying that there were loud stomps and banging on the studio door, Changbin was glad he locked the door earlier. “COME OUT CHANGBIN YOU CAN'T STAY IN THERE FOREVER!” While Miyeon was shouting at him through the door, Lee Know looked through the keys Chan gave him and was happy to find a key to the studio amongst them. 

He pushed Miyeon slightly over and proceeded to unlock the door. Changbin visually panicked now, it was all happening so fast! He quickly ran to the other side of the couch and sat between it and the wall, knowing damn well his muscled ass was not gonna be able to hide fully back there. The two angry friends stormed in and Lee Know walked over to Changbin not knowing whether to laugh that he thought would work or just stare at him before he grabbed him by his arm and pulled him up to face Miyeon. The rapper looked at the angry sister in fear, the two scariest members of their friend group were currently mad and it was directed at him. Changbin should’ve said bye to his family when he had the chance. He opened his mouth to say something that would spare his life but before he could Miyeon delivered a hefty right hook to his face. ‘Damn that hurt like shit’ Changbin thought, grabbing his cheek. For a 5 foot girl, she sure does pack a punch but that’s to be expected from her seeing as she and AJ got into fights in high school. 

Lee Know gawked at how hard she hit him, not that he didn’t deserve it but goddamn he could feel that punch and he was behind Changbin still holding his arm. “You have exactly 5 minutes to explain why you did and said what you did to my brother and if it’s not a good reason I’m gonna punch you again!” Changbin quickly replied with pretty much the same thing he told AJ and Hyunjin, he was honestly terrified and looked everywhere but at her. When he was done Miyeon took a deep breath before punching him again in the face. Poor Changbin is gonna end up with bruises on his cheek and eye. “It’s a good thing we’re on a break right now. If we weren’t idols I’d leave more bruises than she did.” Lee know said smacking Changbin hard on the back of his head. 

“Listen I don’t care if you thought you did what was best or anything. You broke my brother. I’ve never seen him cry so hard he sent himself into a panic attack over someone. He loved you. He did everything for you. Originally I was supposed to be the only one auditioning and when I tried to talk him into it I stopped because I knew it would be too much pressure for him. But he did, why? Because he wanted to be closer to you.” Miyeon was raising her voice as she talked, her accent getting stronger, and the fact that the studio is soundproof definitely helped. “Do you know what I found out in the last hour? No? Then let me enlighten you. My brother worked himself into the ground with school, dance, and practice for you. He thinks that he’s not good enough. He let one of the staff members put him on some stupidly strict diet because she said it would help him look better! Why? Because he wanted to look better for you!”

Miyeon looked at him disgusted, “I trusted you with my brother's feelings and you broke him more than anyone had in the past. If you like him so goddamn much why didn’t you just date him! Instead, you lead him on. You’ve been all lovey with him, cuddling with him, taking him on dates just to outright turn him down and make him feel like he’s not good enough for you! Felix and I are dating and there’s no problem! Hell half of JYPE is in a relationship! Why are you the only one who is thinking so hard about your career and not the man right in front of you who would and has done literally anything for you! AJ is perfect and if you can’t see that then I don’t know what the hell to tell you. If this is how you're gonna treat anyone who has any interest in you your whole life. Then have fun being single and friendless because clearly, your career is more important.” 

Lee Know moved to stand next to Miyeon, rubbing her shoulder before saying, “We’re giving you one shot to make this better. If you fuck up even more so help me god Seo Changbin, Miyeon and I will not be the thing you need to be afraid of. You’ll have his parents and Chan after you at that point. You better make this up, but at this point, I’d be surprised if he even talks to you again let alone still loves you. If I were him I sure as hell wouldn’t.” Changbin looked at the ground in shock, sadness, and pain because damn those punches hurt. “I will make it better, I really do love him and I hadn’t realized how much pain I’ve put him through. Or how I was only really thinking about myself and my feelings and not his.” Changbin said, nodding. “Good, you have a week, and if he decides he never wants to speak to you again or doesn’t want to be with you. You can’t get mad because you fucked that up for yourself.” Lee Know said, looking at him. 

“I know and I take full responsibility. I definitely deserved the punches because I was stupid. And I wouldn’t blame him if he no longer wanted to be with me” Changbin looked up at them. “Not just stupid. You were a dumbass and full-on idiot. Now I’m gonna go back to the dorms and check on my brother. You are not allowed to even look at him until you’ve decided how you’re gonna fix your huge fuck up. Do you understand me?” Miyeon glared at the short rapper. “Yes ma’am” Changbin nodded firmly. “Good now sit and think about your mistakes” was all Miyeon said before storming out of the room to the car. “You really did fuck up and it’s hard to understand whatever stupid logic you thought you had but hopefully you make this right because he seems happiest when he’s with you and that’s all we want for him” Lee Know said looking towards the chair Changbin sat in. “MINHO!” Miyeon yelled down the hall. “That’s my cue to go. Don’t fuck up Seo Changbin” He said before he left the room. And so there Changbin sat left with his thoughts of how much of an idiot he is and how he’s going to fix it. 

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I really hope you like it! If you did leave likes and comments! reblogs help as well! If you wanna read more of my shitty works you can follow me on AO3 @/penissirius ! If you’d like to see more of AJ and Miyeon and their Interesting Adventures in life in Korea and Becoming JYP trainees well you’re just in luck because the whole story of them is being written and made. Tho I will not post it until I have the whole thing finished which will be a while but I have a few chapters now! So be on the lookout for that! I will be posting a Social Media AU that is completely unrelated to that story so let me know if you wanna be on the tag list for it! Byeeeeee~

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[docholligay]

Your posts about being the one to host the things you want to go to always get me so fired up, but I live in a flat the size of a shoebox. Do you have any tips for hosting when you just don't have any space? I've tried picnics but I live somewhere with volatile weather and we were rained out 3 of 4 times. I don't want to wait some hypothetical amount of time until I can afford a place that can fit a dining table!

This is hard without seeing your place, because while its usually easy to figure something out when I can see the setup of a place, it’s really hard to do in theory. All spacious apartments are alike; each tiny shoebox is insane in its own way, and all that. 

But I think its important to remember that an event doesn’t necessarily need to be huge or grandiose to be fun! You can have 2 or 3 friends over to have a wine tasting and cheese night, which lends itself very well to small places. I actually recommends an afternoon tea as something that I’ve assembled using some cheap trays from Goodwill and making my bed up sort of like a day bed/couch situation for people to sit on! Cups of tea and little sandwiches are incredibly economical, and by going to thrift stores and picking together a few things over time, you can lend it a sort of occasion and drama that you wouldn’t assume you could get out of a tiny basement studio (“Studio”) 

Space is nice, do not misunderstand me! Very helpful in hosting, changes the kind of events you can have, but even small spaces can have small crowds. You don’t need to be a duke to have a festive occasion. 

You’re in the UK, by the sounds of the word “flat,” so I have literally no idea how it works there, but for those of y’all reading in the US, the parks systems have places you can rent, often for nominal or low cost! The park by my house has a little shelter you can reserve for free where people OFTEN hold birthday parties* and would be a great place to have a picnic-style event or…I don’t know, lawn bowling, or have a stupid roaring 20s croquet party where you’re pretending to be the nouveau riche. Possibilities are endless. 

Also! When I lived in a real shithole, I had a friend with a much nicer apartment, and she hated the work of hosting but loved the idea of having a party, so we split our invites and basically divided and conquered! She had the place, I came up with the menu and did all the cooking, we both helped with the dishes. It was an out of the box solution for both of us, that let us have a really great dinner party by playing to what the both of us had. 

*One time, I was running outside and I had a mile lap sent up in the neighborhood, so I kept running by the shelter, and every time I ran by this family having a big birthday party would whoop and cheer me on. When I finished, (after 8 laps) they insisted I come have a beer and some food. I love living in the Mexican neighborhood**, I don’t care what anyone says about it. 

**I live in “the Mexican neighborhood” which is not impressive in hispanic residents for, say, California, but for Montana is in fact the densest Mexican-heritage population in any city.

[jacksepticeye-simp]

Do it for me? (Actor Mark x GN reader)

Requested: No

TWs: Attempted Bribery of a public offical (Failed) Implied smut? This is a little spicy so beware!

Inspired by a user on Tumblr who I've forgotten the username of, credits to them!

Description: Mark got himself into a tad bit of trouble with the authorities because of a..foolish misunderstanding. He realizes this is the perfect opportunity to make a move on you, the DA.

Mark paced around his manor anxiously, glaring down at his butler "HOW DID YOU GET ME CAUGHT WITH THE DAMN WEED?!" Benjamin flinched slightly, anxiously trying to think of something to help his employer. "Well..Don't you have a personal connection with the district attorney?" Benjamin stuttered out, gulping as Mark grabbed a glass of champagne from the tray he held. "You're right! I'm a genius! This stupid drug incident is the PERFECT chance to make my move on them! Benjamin go get my finest bottles of champange, and do decorate my room will you? I have a very special and charming attorney to..have a lovely chat with.." With those final words Mark quickly ran over to the telephone and started to dial your number.

You stood in front of the mansion doors, looking around at the outside decor. The hedges were all trimmed to resemble swans, drama masks or Marks equally as vain pet cat, how...intriguing? You couldn't find the right words to describe it in your head.

"Ah there you are, Master has been expecting you sir/madam. Just walk up the stairs and enter the largest door at the end of the hallway. He said he has important things to discuss with you." The butler stated, opening the doors and allowing you inside.

"Well he made it sound very urgent.." You replied, following the butlers instructions and entering Marks room. For some odd reason the lights were off and rose petals sat around the bed, scented candles on both nightstands..

"Mark? What the hell is this?" You asked, your gaze shifting towards Mark, laying sideways on the bed wearing nothing but his opened robe, a bucket of champagne covering his lower parts, to top it off he had a rose in his mouth.

"I needed to speak about some..important buisness with you my darling. Come closer?" He beckoned, grinning seductively.

You walked towards Mark who instantly shifted his position into an upright one, placing the bucket on the ground.

"What's the so called important business?" You demanded, staring at the man in front of you like he was a lunatic, which he might as well be..

"Y/N, I could give you anything your heart desires..I could pleasure you in ways that even you couldn't imagine..I could spoil you with treasures beyond your greatest dreams, I could give you so much money that you wouldn't even have to work another day in your life! Just drop my case and we have a deal!" Mark said, taking your hand and kissing it gently..

"Mark, I couldn't accept bribery.."

"Do it for me darling, please?" He pleaded, pulling you onto his lap and kissing your neck, making your face flush redder than the roses on the floor..

"Mark, I'm not dropping the case but I'll put in a good word for you. I trust that this is a misunderstanding." You said, clearing your throat and trying to sound professional

"Oh, well that works I guess.." He responded while smirking at your flushed state

"Good then, I assume we're done here then?" You asked as Mark thought for a moment.

"Darling..I know you're enjoying this." Mark whispered lowly into your ear, his voice smooth as velvet

"..Damn you're good.." You whispered as he soon pinned you underneath him

"Now my love, May I hear you screaming my name in pleasure?" You nodded eagerly as Mark grinned and started to strip.. This was going to be quite a long night..

#markiplier egos #iplier egos x reader #actor mark x reader #wkm actor mark #actor mark #x reader #tw spicy #gender neutral reader #gender neutral y/n

[franklespine]

Supernatural season 8 episode 10 Torn and Frayed my greatest enemy what in gods name did I just watch. What is this angel brainwashing storyline. From a shallow perspective, I am intrigued, I will admit (Ik I just like psychological manipulation and I want to see where this goes from a baseline entertainment level). From a perspective that actually values the narrative: why. WHY does this show constantly kill off its interesting side characters?????? I was genuinely invested in Samandriel. All this poor guy wanted was to keep an eye out for the Word of God and find out what happened to Castiel and then he ends up getting screws jammed into his brain for WEEKS on end. I mean the writers clearly wanted him to be sympathised with - they literally put him in the body of like a 19 year old fast food worker. He was in so much pain he reenacted that burning bush bible story and defaulted to factory settings. Then BAM stabbed by Castiel and he's dead now, sorry. Oh you were invested in him? wanted to see some more angel dynamics and politics, oh oops he's dead now. And I felt like it didn't even have a purpose?? If anything it would've made MORE sense for Castiel to be like girl what in the world nah uh I've already had my free will rebel against heaven arc, like we've established something whacky is going on with him after purgatory, brainwashing yadda yadda, then wouldn't it make more sense for this to be the turning point?? Castiel goes ... hold on. And dOesn't kill Samandriel. We still get our lead for looking into freaky angle brainwashing and we don't need to dispose of actually interesting side characters that would give the plot some breathing room from sam and dean's constant squabbling.

Don't even get me started on that part... There was just so much in this episode that had me like ?????????!!!!!!! First off why does the narrative seem to treat Dean literally preemptively changing Amelia's number on Sam's phone to his burner phone number as haha he really pulled a quick one on Sam hehe that was only a little bit wrong. That's literally insane behavior?? To not trust Sam on such a fundamental level that he literally redirects anything Sam would possibly send to her (literally the only person aside from Dean that Sam would possibly message) to himself, effectively completely cutting him off from her weeks ago. For what?? As a back up plan to use as a sucker punch when it is so convenient? Do I understand why he was angry Sam wasn't listening to him about Benny? yes, obviously, but this was before any of this had even happened?? This is like so emotionally manipulative idek where to start..

Also can't help but notice that every conversation Sam and Dean have about Benny ignores the elephant in the room which is THIS IS A DIRECT PARALLEL TO EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH RUBY!! Very obviously actually. Like I just do not get why Dean is over here like ugh Sam really just doesn't understand my close trauma bond with Benny why can't he just get that Benny is different from other Vampires - MY GUY??? YOU WERE THE ONE THAT TAUGHT HIM THIS??? Dean hammered this shit into Sam's head about how Sam is stupid and soft for trusting Ruby and Amy, and then things go sideways with Ruby and he's like see this is exactly what happens when you choose a demon over your brother, and then he pre-emptively kills Amy when Sam begged him not to and then lies about it. Hell, even back in season 2 Sam was the one who suggested that these vampires they were hunting weren't actually bad guys who deserved to be slaughtered for existing and Dean punches him for it. Its just so frustrating to watch all this drama and misunderstanding erupt from this episode after episode when it would be easy to just .... talk ... about .... it .... Or at least TRY to understand each other. Like there's a difference between Sam and Dean not talking about things because they are emotionally repressed and will implode at the sight of vulnerability, and the writing of this show just being evasive for soap opera purposes.

And then the ending... dear god. Dean breaking up with Benny over phone call?? Just ditching him when he needs help. Amelia showing up to the empty motel room. Oh my god. Like the way the ending is framed and cut makes it very obvious this is Sam and Dean choosing each other over any external life they could be living. It's giving toxic codependent family dynamics. Speaking of I will NEVER get over how Sam simply wanting to live the life he wants to live is always treated as the original sin. The thing Dean makes snide side comments about the most in this season is not how Sam didn't look for him in purgatory, or how Sam didn't look for Kevin either; which are the things I think that although I still can sympathise with Sam about why he didn't do them, are things that Dean would be understandably angry and frustrated about - no the thing that Dean most brings up is how Sam quit hunting for the year... yes the thing that Dean has the LEAST business being angry about. God forbid Sam try to live his life. God forbid he try to heal after being tortured in the Cage for centuries and just recently coming out of a months long psychotic break. ooo yes Sam that was so selfish of you to take some time off while people were dying... you know since you are the defender of the universe and every person that dies ever in planet earth is your fault yeah how could you Sam.

Anyway. As you can probably tell, I have literally come fresh off watching this episode for the first time and had some thoughts and feelings that could only be expressed in the purest form of language - a tumblr rant post.

Some of this mayhaps be more emotionally driven than logically and for that I am sorry, I promise I will see reason soon after my brain is left to pick this episode apart in any spare moment.

But for now, Good Night America.

#supernatural #spn #dean winchester #sam winchester #samandriel #my poor guy #he deserved better #castiel #Torn and Frayed #season 8

[anncanta]

Steven Moffat goes inside us. As usual

Well, I watched 'Inside man'.

First of all: it`s beautiful. Just beautiful. I loved every single moment of it.

Second: it`s very much Moffat.

And, opposite to what most of the reviews say, it is not a crime drama.

I won`t reveal any plot details here to not spoil the story to those who haven`t watched the series yet. I`ll just make some notes.

We all know, I presume, that Steven Moffat loves complicated stories. More than that – he obviously loves the metaphorical ones. That`s why I don`t buy any complaints from the reviewers who say that all the stuff in the film is stupid, unnatural and not believable.

Of course, it is! Because, as often does in Moffat`s stories, the events are taking place in the real world and in the space of a metaphor at the same time.

Here we have: one decent loving vicar, one very clever woman, one confused vicar`s wife, one terrified teenager and one vicar`s home.

After the trigger`s pulled things start to happen, and yes it might be masked as a crime drama but it is not.

Actually, it is a philosophical exercise that Moffat establishes for us just to make us think on a start thesis.

Everyone is a murderer. You just need to meet the right person.

Taking aside the fact that this phrase is a parody of a romantic cliché 'Everyone can love. You just need to meet the right person', let`s think about the structure of the story.

One man, – a really good, decent man – takes the thing that can totally compromise him or (which is much worse for him) his beloved son. Then the misunderstanding happens and the man must make a choice.

The scared helpless woman or his son.

What would he choose?

That`s the question that you might ask but that`s the wrong question.

Don`t we remember that Steven Moffat is a former school teacher?

The right question is: what should he choose?

We need to have this question in our minds during the whole series to the end.

If we do, all the 'stupidities', all the 'strange things', and all the 'horribly wrong desisions' start to make sense.

It`s stupid to take from people things which might content you don`t know what. It`s stupid not to say the truth when you are asked about those very things which turned out to be very bad, dirty, and dangerous. It`s incredibly stupid to lock people in the cellar in order to hide bad things which are not even yours!

But that`s the point.

All the bad, wrong, terrible decisions lie exactly at the crossroads between what we would and what we should do.

'Inside man' shows us dozens of such crossroads. Every character – including the victim of an assault locked in the cellar – has his or her own moments where they could turn to another way. But they didn`t.

It is not about the police officers` behaviour (why not ask more questions to that suspicious man?) or the vicar`s strange moral stands (why not confess the bad thing is someone else`s – really guilty one?). It`s about our choices and our reasons which lie under them.

It`s a model of the soul which is trapped in impossible circumstances and the mind under unbelievable pressure. And our inner moral judge who condemns without mercy because he knows that his own days are cut.

And it is a story about the hope of young and clean life which denies being doomed and – as we are told at the finale of the series, recovers.

Bless him.

I mean it.

#inside man #moffat #steven moffat #inside man bbc #david tennant #dolly wells #lydia west #stanley tucci

[thejeonginshands]

Secret Love Song | BangChan

Masterlist | Anterior Part

Warning: This story may contain foul language and misuse of words, along with explicit erotic narration, please don't be rude about it. I don't want to sexualize any of the idols used in this story, please know how to separate fiction from reality, so don't make a drama in a glass of water. There will be spelling mistakes so don't make a crazy scene about it either, the story will be corrected when it's finished.

Last Wednesday Twitter was exploding with the hashtag #SEOHAE and #BANGCHAN, many said it was due to a misunderstanding, but since there are many people who still do not understand what is happening between the two idols, stay and read this article. Seohae is the 22-year-old leader who just debuted about a year ago in the girl group DREAMS under the agency Pledis Entertainment which is part of HYBE Labels, she did a live where she talked to her fans and they played a game just for having fun, where she answered things like: What was her favorite group, if she had an ultimate bias or what was the last album she bought.

But they asked him a question about Bangchan if he seemed attractive, since it is no secret to anyone that the leader and eldest of Stray Kids was a pretty handsome boy and everyone was dead for him, also because of how kind and how good he makes you feel. to many people around the world and Seohae was as sincere as possible saying this: "Bangchan? Oh sorry, I don't find him attractive at all." Yes, we had found the first person to dislike our favorite leader.

When she said that, Twitter fell on her and the fans of the male group were very against what she said, there were some who defended her but those who insulted her and wished her the worst were the ones who made the most noise, but the fans of the leader did not remain silent and also defended their artist. In short, it was chaos. For days Twitter searches for Seohae's name were insults like Seohae bitch, Seohae stupid, Seohae die. Things like that. Which reached Bangchan's ears that in his recent Chan's Room he dared to talk about it, although he never mentioned talking about Seohae, everyone knew it was about that.

The leader said the following: "I do not agree with what many say, we are not all the same so insulting another person for thinking differently is silly. Let's grow up and think better. When we finally sit down and reason about our actions, the Life will be easier. Let's remove that black cloud from our side or from within us, we don't need it. Nobody deserves to receive hate for something so insignificant. Let's grow up." That statement from the boy left everyone speechless, they didn't think he could say that.

So far Seohae hasn't said anything and has been on hiatus, hopefully she'll come back soon when she's ready, but most likely as the hate has subsided a bit. What do you think? Did you already know the full story? Did we miss something? Leave it in the comments.

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username1 as I stay I say that everything was so ridiculous and unnecessary, I was like this )( from partiles the mother to all those who filled their mouths speaking ill of seohae, without need username2 I kneel to bangchan, how wise he is love of my life username3 seohae didn't deserve anything she received, my queen got so many hate comments just because she doesn't like bangchan, by god how immature they were all, I hate them username4 makes me laugh that bangchan also received hate, none deserved nothing happened username5 seohae let username6 die I don't agree, seohae was ridiculous talking about bangchan to get fame and in the worst way, she deserves everything username7 received I imagine toxic fans eat wood and earth for breakfast chernobyl, why the fuck, so heavy and stupid, they make me tired username8 leaving the kpop world had never seemed like such an attractive idea until now username9 seohae was right, bangchan is horrible, I don't understandbecause they like it… disgusting username10 happy bangchan's shit must be that my goddess seohae finds it horrible, because it is, they should tell him the truth username11 #STRAYKIDSDISBAND #DREAMSDISBAND both are the worst leaders, leave the group

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seohae's house, 2021

━We need to go to the agency, Seohae! Get up! ━Miyeon pulled her standing up to her leader to get her out of bed but the girl didn't help, she was much stronger hugging the base of her bed and her big sheets. Miyeon fell on her ass to the ground as she ripped off Seohae's sheets, but nothing else. she growled. ━Ugh, Seohae!

━I will not get out of this bed until I die. I won't go to work, I won't eat, I won't do anything because I deserve to die, I need it. He whines, letting his face fall into the pillow. The leader, after seeing what Bangchan said about her in her Chan's Room, has decided to never see the light of day again, she wanted to put her head in a hole in the ground and drown. Although the hateful comments towards her have decreased a lot, many people no longer attacked her and her fandom has taken it upon herself to clean up the searches, she was not yet ready to be seen. ━Understand my decision, Miy.

━I don't want to understand her because she's dumb, Seohae. Everything has decreased a lot, no one attacks you in a herd anymore and even Bangchan came out to stand up for you because you are a coward and you can't even do that. ━The leader looks at her badly. ━Don't look at me like that because you want to or I'm not absolutely right. We have a comeback right around the corner and you haven't given any material to the fans since the rumors came out. We are idols and even if you don't want to, being the leader, the three of us depend on you. Yeji is not good at giving orders.

━I heard you! ━The older one shouts from outside, Miyeon rolls her eyes.

━And it's a lie?! ━He yells back and Yeji stays quiet, because the girl was right. ━Seohae, don't make me call Joshua, look, I've put up with doing it because he told me that we should call him or anyone in the group.

━Yeah, okay! I will get up. Hate you.

━You love me. He blows a kiss leaving the room.

Seohae runs her hand over her face and takes her cell phone to see the time, it was just eight in the morning and she had time to get to the photo section before her manager picked them up. She stood up and combed her hair back, leaving the room dragging her feet on the floor to reach the kitchen where Haneul was making breakfast, seeing her put a strawberry in her mouth.

━Do you want my breakfast? the brunette asks, Seohae nods, dropping onto the bench in front of the counter. Haneul puts a plate of strawberries in front of her while she makes the toast. ━Are you okay? I imagine that you must be calm now that everything has calmed down, right?

━I can't say that I'm calm but I feel less stressed, so I feel fine. I did not think that my first time in scandal was that, I do not wish it on anyone. ━Haneul turns to see her and smiles. ━Leaving that topic because I get stressed. Have you seen the color palette yet? We must choose one for the comeback. I chose blonde.

Oh, I knew I was forgetting something. I haven't chosen yet, but maybe I'll wear three colors, I'll think about it later. ━Take out two plates to serve breakfast.

Yeji goes into the kitchen leaving the tablet with his headphones on it and opens the fridge to get some juice.

━What do we have for today? he asks taking a sip of the drink. ━I'm not in the mood to move much, I want to throw myself on my bed to listen to Agust D.

━Are you sure you and Suga sunbanim aren't related or something? Because they are like two peas in a pod, and we are not the only ones who say so. I read a very long thread about the reasons why you are soulmates. ━Miyeon now enters in her underwear to sit next to Seohae eating her plate of strawberries.

━I ship Yeji with EXO's Chanyeol. Change my mind. ━Yeji makes a shocked face at Haneul's comment.

We don't even know each other, are you crazy? ━says the rapper leaving the juice on the counter. ━Isn't that bra mine? ━He points to Miyeon who looks at them together with each one in the kitchen.

━I don't know, I saw it and I put it on. ━He shrugs. ━I can take it off if you want.

━No!

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The manager at the agreed time picked up the four members of the girl group and was in charge of taking them to the set to be able to do the photoshoot for Dazed magazine, Seohae had a drink of her freshly brewed coffee and dropped down so that the stylists could prepare it. Haneul and Yeji were in a dispute because apparently they both can't have the same taste for American coffee. Miyeon was asleep in the chair while the stylist did makeup on her face.

━Do you want wine red or this rosé? her stylist asks, and Seohae shrugs.

━Anyone is fine, although since you give me the choice of pink, it would look better and more natural on me. ━He smiles at her and the woman nods to open the pink and pass it over the girl's lips. ━Hey, Yeji. Did you save the tracks you made with Woozi?

━I told him to do it because I was in a hurry. My house in Minecraft did not repair itself. Seohae frowned and rolled her eyes. ━I hate doing photoshoots, I get bored doing them. Is it too much to ask to be calm in my warm bed building little houses in my game?

━The women said above and you left the planet. This is Haneul speaking. ━Say hello. ━He puts the camera on for her and points to all the members. ━The manager gave it to me so I could record everything we do and upload it to YouTube.

━That's worse. Get that out of my face or I'll smash it over your head. ━Yeji tells him covering his face and Haneul just sticks out his tongue.

The photo section was more entertaining due to the fact that Haneul took advantage of that moment to annoy Yeji all the time, the fans would have material to make a video of those where X member is tired of the maknae, although videos of them of Yeji tired of Haneul's existence were left over. Miyeon was only busy looking good in front of the cameras all the time and Seohae kept using her cell phone or checking that the oldest of the group and the youngest did not kill each other. When it was time to go home, the four members waited outside the venue for their manager.

━My mother told me that she wanted to invite you to dinner, do you want to come to my house? Seohae says, protecting her hands in the pockets of her trench coat. The three remaining members nodded happily, the two younger ones hooking onto both of the leader's arms.

━Yes, yes, we haven't seen Auntie Munyeong for a long time. Miyeon says letting her head fall on Seohae's shoulder who just laughs. Being the four of them and a family, the parents of each one know each other and they even have a groupchat where they send things about the girls, the one who talks the most is Seohae's mother and Yeji's father, who are the most energetic and always They are to unite parents.

━Well, let's go, Yeji tell the manager that we ordered a taxi. walking. ━She walked with the two younger members hugging her and with Yeji behind who was in charge of sending the message to his manager telling him what they would do. As the four of them got on, the rapper in the passenger seat gave her the address of Seohae's parents' house. ━I already told mom that we would go.

━And what did he say? Haneul asks lifting her head from Miyeon's shoulder who was immersed in her cell phone.

━That it was fine and about fifteen hearts. Dad's been away for a few days so she's alone, that's why she's been trying a lot to get him to visit her. You know how mom is, she hates being alone. ━Yeji turned to see her.

━Who put me back in the group with the TXT boys? They know that Yeonjun and I are three seconds away from pulling our hair out, we left for peace. ━Speak showing the chat with the boys and Miyeon starts laughing.

━Taehyun and I said that it was a bad idea to make Beomgyu the administrator of the group, he can do whatever he wants now, but knowing that you and Yeonjun don't get along, he'll do whatever it takes to keep adding gasoline to the match. ━He shrugs.

━Agh, fucking Beomgyu. ━Yeji complains turning off the cell phone.

The three of them laughed getting out of the taxi when it stopped in front of Seohae's family's house, the guard who was outside when he saw them asks them to open the big gate and he does so, letting them enter the big house that was in front of them. eyes. Haneul was jumping all the way to the big house by the garden pulling Miyeon who was trying to let go. When they got to the entrance of the house they didn't even ring the bell, just pushing it and leaving Yeji, who was the last to enter, to close it, they took off their shoes, each taking their respective slippers that Munyeong was in charge of buying.

━Mom, we are here! Seohae yells, looking her way.

I'm in the kitchen! ━The woman yells back, Seohae tells the girls to go while she was in charge of going to her room in search of some things, the members said yes and headed to the kitchen to help their leader's mother. Seohae went up the stairs knowing exactly the way and went into the room seeing that it was the same as when she left, she opened the closet to take some things and when she pulled a box the photo album she made when she was fourteen fell to the floor.

━God, is this still alive? ━He takes it from the floor and sits on the bed to pass his hand and see that it was completely clean, the cleaners took it very seriously. She opens it seeing the first photos of her as a child, photos of her family, with her parents, on her birthday, riding a bike, but one photo in particular caught her attention and she took it out to run down the stairs towards the kitchen. ━Hey, mom…

━It wasn't my fault, anything missing or broken is your dad's fault. ━The woman raises both arms, the girls who were scattered around the kitchen eating muffins looked at their leader.

━Why is Bangchan in this photo on my last day in Australia? ━Hold up the photo so the woman could see it. Haneul started to cough like crazy, Miyeon let out the water she was drinking from her mouth and Yeji dropped the muffin back on the plate while Munyeong scratched the back of his neck nervously. ━Mom, answer me.

━I… aren't you hungry? Look, I made muffins.

━No, mom, I want answers. Do I know bangchan? Since when? Munyeong sighed.

━Okay, I'll explain, but take a seat and have a muffin.

. . .

Chris turned off the laptop and passing his hand over his face, he looks at Changbin lying on the furniture sleeping so he touches his arm to wake him up and when he succeeds he asks him to stand up so they can both leave, the boy on the furniture nods to remove the scores on top of him and leave them in the same place where he was sleeping.

━Did you finish everything? ━Chris nods.

━I was only missing a few tracks, but I can do them in the bedroom. It's four in the morning and I don't want to sleep here. ━Changbin wraps up and they both leave the studio. ━Are you hungry? We can stop to buy something and take the boys too.

━Well, that's fine. Since you invite He brushes it off and Chris laughs. ━Did you check your cell phone? When you went to the bathroom it rang like twenty times, it got on my nerves.

━Oh really? No, now I see. ━Chris takes it out of his coat and sees that they were messages from his mom, quite a few. ━How strange, they belong to my mother. I'll call her later, they're about an hour old so she should be asleep by now.

He puts it back without reviewing them, then he would call her and she could tell him better. Changbin doesn't ask anything else again, just focused on trying not to fall asleep on the way to the bedroom. Chris was so stressed by the comeback that he couldn't worry about anything other than this, one of the reasons why when everything came out about what the leader of DREAMS said about him, he didn't say anything and decided to let everything go as he wanted. . But when he heard Han talking to Hyunjin about all the hate Seohae was getting, even though he didn't want to he gave his comment.

Chris didn't consider himself the most beautiful person in the world, it wasn't a lie to anyone that that boy had rock-bottom self-esteem, so Seohae's comment didn't surprise him much. If he didn't find himself handsome, he didn't expect others to find him either.

When he bought food at any stall and got to the bedroom, he went into his room, taking off his coat and leaving his precious laptop on the bed, his cell phone began to ring and when he took a look at it, he saw that it was his mother.

━Hello, mom. Why did you call me… ━The woman doesn't let him finish to rush to speak.

━Chris, I need to talk to you. Urgent.

━Urgent? I was going to go to sleep now, can't it be tomorrow?

━No, now. Please settle down and listen to what I have to say.

He obediently sits on his bed with the cell phone to his ear.

━That's it, what do you have to tell me?

━Do you remember that girl who was in love with you at school, the girl who gave you chocolates and followed you to the bathroom? ━Chris thought about it and remembered that ten-year-old girl.

━Yes, I have vague memories of her, why do you mention it? Is he back in Australia?

━Uh, no. It is not in Australia, but it is close to you. That girl is Seohae from DREAMS, yes, with whom you are involved in a scandal.

And Chris dropped his cell phone from his hands.

#skz bang chan #bang chan #bang chan imagines #bang chan x reader #skz x reader #christopher bang #skz smut

[antivanruffles]

Rating: T Chapter 1/? Pairing: Gon/Killua Tags: Future Fic, Friends to Lovers, Feelings Realization, Denial of Feelings, Pining, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Misunderstandings, Fluff and Humor, Drama, POV Alternating, Swearing

Summary: When a private letter ends up in Gon's possession, Killua's true feelings are exposed and their relationship will never be the same.

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I hate you, and I never want to see you again. 

I also love you. 

There are times when I think about you and I miss you so much that it makes it hard to breathe. Other times I think never crossing paths with you again would be the best thing that could ever happen to me. The worst part is that it all makes perfect sense in my heart head.

Sometimes I just wish we could go back to before the NGL, before Kite, and live in those moments forever. Then I realize that's fucking stupid, and pointless, because the NGL, Kite, and Pitou did happen. It all happened and nothing will ever take it back; we just have to deal with it. 

But it's been years and I'm still dealing with it, and I'm just so tired. I'm tired of dwelling on everything and remembering that night over and over. No matter what I do I can't ever shake it. Because you're always there - on the phone, or in a postcard or an email. You're always there and nothing I do seems to keep you from dredging up these feelings and making it all a confused mess. I guess that's the joke, isn't it? I'm just forever drawn back into it like a moth to a flame. 

There are times when I think this was all inevitable, you know? Me and you. This. Us. And nothing we did would've changed anything, it was all going to happen one way or another. Then I think about all the choices you made, and all the choices I made, and I worry if it was all drawn out by fate or whatever that takes away the importance of those choices -- however stupid some of them might be. 

I fought so hard and for all of that to have meant nothing in the long run is just depressing. I'll think back to that night and to the days leading up to it, and how I kept telling myself that Bisky was wrong, even if I had proven her right from the very start. Even though I kept proving her right time and time again. Still I just couldn't stop going back for you. But that was my choice, wasn’t it? I chose you and that was both the best and worst decision of my life. 

Because you were my light and I needed you. A lot more than you ever needed me. And as much as I hate it, I know why you did it. But I also don't. Because I stupidly genuinely thought you cared more about me than about him, and I hate that I was wrong about that. But that was your choice, wasn’t it? 

All this is to say I don't know what I'm doing anymore. 

I want to be happy, and for once I might actually believe I deserve to be happy. But I don't know that I ever can be when you’re in my life like this.

I hope I never see you again. 

Not Yours,  

Killua.

#hunter x hunter #killugon #killua zoldyck #gon freecss #killua x gon #gon x killua #hxh fanfic #fic: the letter #a thing is happening now #we got multiple chapter fics now!

[thedramanotes]

MORE THAN FRIENDS is a disgrace to the friends-to-lovers trope

 I rewatched bits of More Than Friends recently and have been thinking about its main thesis for two straight days.

Initially, I was just floored by how accurately they showed the magnetism of the elusive crush who is hot and cold, kind and hurtful, intense and distant, some times almost painfully close, but never quite caught.

HOWEVER, even more interesting for me was the complex, underlying question that the drama kind of-sort of tried to ask - who is responsible for the feelings felt and evoked?

For the Second Lead, Joon-soo, who asks the Female Lead, Woo-yeon to "test" him out even though he knows she pines for another guy, the drama seems to say that he's responsible for his own feelings.

But for Woo-yeon who pines for the Male Lead, Lee Soo, even after being firmly rejected several times since she first confessed at 18, the drama places the blame squarely on the Male Lead. Why did he behave affectionately towards her if he didn't want her to misunderstand? His clearly worded rejections didn't matter.

And finally, the drama makes the case that Woo-yeon was right in ignoring the Lee Soo's rejection and constantly drunk calling him and making repeated unwanted confessions because Lee Soo only needed some time (10 years) to realize he couldn't get away from her loved her too. So, it was all worth it!

This is one of those story lines that would make us collectively cringe if the genders were reversed and the Male Lead had been ignoring the Female Lead's clear rejections and pleas to just stay friends for years. Because we can see that there's a history of him disrespecting her choice.

See, it's not that I don't empathize with the FL or understand why she would stay hung up on the guy. She absolutely tried to move on. But the drama didn't really let her. They so badly wanted her to get with Lee Soo, that they basically undermined her arc of growing a spine and cutting him off cold to save her own sanity.

And for what? This couple barely understood each other!

It's particularly galling to watch Lee Soo guiltily admitting that he didn't really know much about her even after 10 years, when Woo-yeon hadn't really made any effort to know him.

Some major conversations that give clues into who he was and what informed his perspective only happened after she'd spent a decade blaming him for being unattainable and cursing him for being a witch.

I found both Lee Soo and Woo-yeon quite insufferable. I go a bit more into this and which drama I found did the same trope amazingly well in a video here.

I know a lot of people who couldn't finish More Than Friends, not the least because it goes into seriously stupid territory after episode 12 with the forced separation bs, but if anyone watched the whole thing and loved it, please drop a line and let me know what made it work you!

Thanks for reading my rant! <3

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#More than Friend is a disgrace to the friends-to-lovers trope #lee soo #woo yeon #friends to lovers #bad kdrama relationship #do not act like this towards your friend #friendzone is bullshit

[yjhgvf]

I tried to list is as less bias as I could, but…

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/aroaceyesiam/691560071191248897?source=share

I don't agree with some of your points and worries, and I'm going to try and explain why as politely as possible.

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For Issue 1, and my apologies if I'm misunderstanding your point please tell me if I am, I feel that you're essentially saying that we shouldn't be saying our preferences on what we'd rather read or what we like better. Is it an issue if I say "I think Gia's 'Change of Family' fanfic is better than her and Briar's 'Painted Berries' fanfic"? Is it an issue if I say "I don't like 'Painted Berries' because there's many scenes that trigger me and make me uncomfortable, and therefore I can't enjoy the reading experience much less sit through it"? I personally just feel that "don't say which stories that a creator has made are the best to you because that's favoritism" is a stupid thing to say.

Saying that all the stories a person has made are good is just not realistic. I'm not going to say that I like all of Gia's stories the same and that I think they're all good, because that's simply not true. I do like some of Gia's stories, and by extension regard some of them as "the best she's made", but as I said before, those are opinions. The issue when it comes to fanfiction isn't the action of people liking and disliking certain fanfics, it's the maturity of those people when they choose to talk about those fanfics and when someone has a different opinion from them. I've seen people throw hate at Gia and Briar because they didn't like one of their fanfics, and that's just unacceptable. People need to be more mature when disagreeing on or disliking something. The problem isn't the opinion, it's the actions of the people who hold those opinions.

Issue 2 in my opinion is just a rehash of a past drama this fandom has had before with a little more added to make it seem like it's not a rehash, and my stance on that particular issue is the same. Flamy is not getting more views and likes on her video because people are racist towards Gia and Briar. Gia and Briar get plenty of views and likes, and Flamy also gets plenty of hate comments as well.

Call it the "white perspective" all you want, but I still find it fucking ridiculous that people are still immediately jumping to the conclusion that Flamy gets more views because of race and racism. Am I denying that racism against asians exists? No. Do I just think that there's other and more probable reasons why Flamy gets more views? Yes. You wanna know why I think Flamy gets more attention? I think it's because Flamy doesn't just make BATMM content, and makes content with other fandoms as well. Gia and Briar tend to make only BATMM content and rarely content from other fandoms. Keep in mind that the BATMM fandom is small, while other fandoms, such as Owl House, are much bigger. More people seeing your content of bigger fandoms means that they're likely to stick around for your content of smaller fandoms.

Issue 3 is... okay I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I despise this whole "maid dress blaze" debate/issue. Why is this even considered an issue? I fail to comprehend the logic behind thinking that putting one of the main characters of the show in a maid dress a bunch of times is "problematic". I want you, and everyone reading this, to remember that Stripes, Starla, Zeg, Watts, Darington, and Gabby are considered to be side characters in the show's eyes, not main characters. It's why the show doesn't tend to feature them in episodes and instead prioritizes featuring the "main four" instead. I feel that it's expected for there to be more art and content of the main characters and than the side characters.

If people are complaining about Blaze being in a maid dress too much and therefore "not giving the other characters a chance" then I feel like they should also be complaining about Crusher being the main/central character in 90% of this fandom's fanfictions and therefore "not giving the other characters a chance". And if anyone reading this says that it's unfair to judge Crusher for being in too many fanfics because that's who the writers just chose to be the main character, congratulations, you now understand my point. Please just let people draw whoever they want in whatever they want. I don't understand why this has become such a big issue, because it really shouldn't have gotten to this point.

Regarding your bonus, first of all, please just say that you're talking about Quattro. You named all the other content creators you were talking about by name, so I honestly don't understand why you chose to avoid using Quattro's name and just choose to refer to him as "this one guy". That's not the main thing I wanna say regarding the bonus though.

The main thing I want to say is that people take varying amounts of time to improve their art and content. It took me years to improve how I draw my eyes and body shapes, because I'd always draw thin characters with the same eyes, when people just aren't like that. On the other hand, I rather quickly improved how I draw hair in just a few months. My point is that Quattro has not stayed the same overtime. His art and gacha concepts have definitely improved in the time he's been in this fandom, it's just at a slower rate and with small improvements each time rather than large improvements. And you know what, that's perfectly fine. People will improve at different rates, you just need to give them the time to do so.

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