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mean-scarlet-deceiver · 3 months

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Daisy & Mavis?

Or maybe Sir Handel & Peter Sam?

Ooooh, Sir Handel and Peter Sam have a fascinating dynamic. However, I don't really have much to say that others haven't already said, and probably said better. To the degree that I'm tempted to talk about their Trauma Responses, I have another ask about Sir Handel & Skarloey, so I think I'll fold these thoughts into that post.

So, Daisy and Mavis — love 'em — only wish they got more screen time!

("Screen" time. Do they ever have a significant interaction in the television series? I really want to be told if they do.)

Actually they only have one page in RWS where they exchange a word. But it's such a good page. Posting it here for the uninitiated:

Look at this mess. Look at this absolutely perfect bitchfest. There are a total of zero brain cells in this conversation. Venting to your work bestie and and letting loose your inner mean girl. A classic RWS dynamic! It's just the diesel (& the female) version of the Thomas and Percy relationship: They make each other worse.

But, they need each other.

But, they make each other worse...!

Despite their lack of screentime following this, you cannot convince me that these two don't remain peas in a pod, just like 1 and 6 after 6 is transferred to the branch line.

I do think it's rather sad that Mavis is holed up in the quarry. :( There's a real bummer of a line when she appears in a later Christopher story...

"Besides, she sometimes finds it dull up at the Quarry with no one to talk to but trucks." I know it's realistic, but I want better for her. LET 👏 HER 👏 OUT 👏

Once smartphones became a thing, I like to imagine that they videocalled from the quarry to the carriage shed every night. (Annie, Clarabel, and Henrietta are very understanding about this when the call lasts half an hour. If ever the workers try to indulge Daisy and Mavis with a longer call, however, the coaches start murmuring...)

One great thing about this convo is that it's the first time I feel like I'm really, genuinely looking at lasting steam/diesel coexistence on Sodor's 'big railway.' Coz this is a target Awdry has been trying to hit for at least a dozen books now, yeah? Due mostly to his publishers' pressures, he's been trying to have beloved diesel characters while keeping his 1920-cosplay steam railway too, and this is where I think he finally hits the target. Daisy's first appearance was hamstrung because the turning point where she changes her haughty new-engine attitude and where the others accept her despite all the shit she's already pulled is off-screen, we're just told "they're friends now" and have to be all "right. sure." Probably because he got negative feedback on his Daisy hash, Awdry played it suuuuper safe with BoCo and Bear — less so Bear, but that's another post; for now I will just say that in contrast to Daisy they are presented as very clean-as-a-whistle, and their acceptance by the railway is made so much of that it doesn't feel natural, they both feel like one-offs. But then, ahhh. Now we've got Mavis, and Awdry has the bright idea to let her talk to Daisy, and BANG. Now we're here. This doesn't feel Informed, or starch-and-stiff, or tokenistic. You read this and you're like oh, yeah. Even the sleepiest branch line on this railway is now part dieselised. They're acting like characters! Everybody is acting like squabbling coworkers! It's like sinking at last into a warm relaxing soak. Ahhhhh. Here's the good stuff.

Because they don't need to be Representatives of dieselkind? They can just kinda suck for a moment, without being villains? When TVS subs out Daisy for Diesel, it automatically gives this conversation a sinister air. He's the devil on Mavis's shoulder. But in the original, there's nothing sinister here; it's homey. They're just venting to each other. Their behavior is kinda crappy, but also very normal and recognisable. New work besties fr. They are both three drinks in.

Daisy: He said what to you? Omg babe. I cannot believe that old garden shed said that to youuu.

Mavis: Right?????

Daisy: raising a glass Anything steam engines do, we diesels can do BETTER!

Mavis: hauling herself a bit unsteadily to her feet so that her gesticulation can be its most dramatic and sweeping You are RIGHT and you should SAY IT!

(Narrator: mildly ... Daisy was not right and, being probably the most specialised and least versatile engine then on her railway, she definitely should not have been saying it.)

(Above: The quintessential moment. Mavis & Daisy are commiserating/carping, and Annie & Clarabel are trying so hard to not hear their shit.)

Now, I've always had a question here...

Did Toby really say that only steam engines can shunt trucks?

The text indicates only that he was annoyed that she kept re-arranging things, they had a tiff, she rejected his input and left.

Then again, the text doesn't reveal that Percy calls Mavis's shunting "a ---- ------ ------ mess!", so, y'know. We get the minimum detail necessary in these stories. ;)

We never see Toby express any such sentiment about diesel engines. I'm inclined to think he never said this — and I suspect we're not supposed to believe he said this, only that Mavis is in stroppy teen mode and exaggerating and embellishing her grievances to the point where she's straight-up making shit up.

Still, I'm not sure. Usually in the RWS if a character is lying they are slyly or explicitly called out for it in the nearby text and this time the claim is just... sitting here.

Ultimately, I don't think he ever said that to her, but (considering how salty everyone on the Ffarquhar line can get: some have quicker fuses than others but they're all so provoke-able) I don't think Mavis just made this up completely. If she were making up stories from whole cloth, that would be... well, that would be 'Devious' Diesel behavior! I suspect, however, that Toby and Percy (comparing notes on her shunting) are at least thinking it, or have said it to each other, and Mavis has picked up on these vibes. All of which would be incredibly realistic.

Anyway, I bring this up because the answer does color my read of this conversation a little. If Mavis is completely making up attitudes that Toby never dreamed of having, and Daisy just eats it up and eggs her on, that makes this conversation somehow even 10x messier (and somehow I'm still rooting for their friendship). If this is a sentiment that is real or implied when Mavis or Daisy annoy the other Ffarquhar engines (and they can both be annoying, no question) then the bond between these two characters, with their very different personalities, just becomes even more 'understandable.'

Anyway, about those differences. Mainly, Daisy is ultimately very conventional. (This reminds me I have a nearly-finished essay about Daisy lying around somewhere. For now...) Mavis is the original, creative one, the mover-and-shaker. All Daisy's initial behaviors, as Hazel observed recently, are things we've seen from proud new engines before! She wants lots of attention, she boasts, she tries her damnedest to get out of work that she thinks is beneath her. What Mavis wants is to improve things, to have more responsibility, to get to stretch her wheels. Furthermore, Daisy by nature is keen to avoid work that's too heavy (she's a railcar with limited pulling power, so, you know, understandable); Mavis doesn't mind work — she just doesn't like being told how to do it, and she doesn't like being bored!

A point where they can be contrasted is in how they accept Toby's help and friendship at the end of their initial... "arcs." (All right, Daisy's "arc" is ended so clumsily that you can barely call it that, but you get me.) I'm not saying Mavis is devious or calculating, but for her Toby's offer of friendship is just as important as a pathway to her getting out of the quarry sometimes as it is for his forgiveness. It is her ticket out. For Daisy, Toby's offer of friendship was important because she wants friends, now she's making a friend yay!! — and I think that was pretty much it. Daisy just wants positive attention; that's what all her 'modern and right-up-to-date' stuff was about, but that failed to get her the positive attention she wanted and it turned out that being a team player did, so she had little trouble re-orienting herself. She resisted the pressure of everyone on the platform for her first train because she clung to the memory of her friend the fitter, but I don't think she's one to resist peer pressure in general, and as time passed and the Ffarquhar line residents became her peers, it was completely inevitable that she start to conform to their ways.

So (although, again, annoyingly — we aren't shown) I reckon that Daisy panicked after Percy's accident when she realized that she would be in trouble too (all right, someone probably had to point it out to her). And so for the first time she pitches in and does some hard work. Toby can't help but own "you did well to get all your half cleared, Daisy" and Daisy's entire system lights up because compliment, baby!!! That's all she ever wanted. She's Toby's man now (so to speak).

I can also easily imagine that, in trying to get adjusted to Mavis, Toby remembered how thing went last time. He must have tried from the first to tell himself, through slightly gritted teeth, "Just find something to compliment the new engine on, just anything. Helps build trust." But he was stymied twice over. 1) She keeps re-arranging the trucks in some crazy-ass unapproved way and he can't find ANYTHING nice to say! 2) It wouldn't have worked, anyway. Mavis wouldn't have been satisfied with just some friendly attention. Mavis wants to do. shit.

Mavis is bright — possibly has little common sense, but she's bright. I do wonder sometimes if her shunting arrangements are actually bad, or if they're just different and Toby and Percy can't adjust. (The text does own that due to the siding arrangements it's inefficient to put the trucks where Toby expects them. She probably does optimize things — from her point of view, anyhow.) Either way, though, here is an active and creative mind at work. Plus, her ploy to slo-o-owly expand her pathway down the line in "Toby's Tightrope" shows long-term planning, which is hardly something we've ever seen any vehicle do! So yeah, she's well above-average bright for an engine.

Hilariously, in Their Own Scene she is easily impressed by Daisy's lofty confidence (another classic RWS dynamic — it's giving Duncan staring amazed at James's boasting), but she's also super young, hasn't been Toby-fied yet, and in short I expect that as the years go by Mavis is likely to see Daisy as less of a role model and more of a crony/partner-in-crime. Daisy might instigate things sometimes — but she needs Mavis and Mavis's bright ideas before she really makes much headway! And I expect Mavis is often the instigator anyway. In her literary-device role of Second Coming of Thomas (Dieselised Flavour), she probably continues to want all sorts of things that engines aren't supposed to pine for (silly stick-in-the-muds!) Daisy is quite content to grumble but put up. Mavis will find a way to make stuff happen.

(Which is the only explanation we're going to get for how Mavis is at large on every quarry and some not-remotely-a-quarry sets on the island, come TVS!)

That was a light rap on the TVS there, but not a very hard knock; at least TVS insisted (in spite of all logic) on using her character for stuff. Christopher lets me down, personally, by finding so little for Mavis to do — and never having her and Daisy interact! I want more of this shit so badly.

However, in the Author's Note of Thomas Comes Home, Daisy apparently has a bee in her bonnet about fans who think the series has no female engines and is like 'me and Mavis tho!!!!!!' Which... I like seeing Daisy mention Mavis. That's all. It assures me that they’re still a duo (although I prefer Wilbert's interpretation that they bond over being The Two Diesels On This Line vs. Christopher's implication that their bond is being The Two Girls On This Line).

#i want them to have more adventures in making things 'better' (worse)#like the lucy and ethel of the ffarquhar maybe?#(i haven't actually seen i love lucy... this is just osmosis)#i would also be all right seeing them kiss #highly acceptable #just give me more daisy & mavis content. please.#d1+fqc #great ask!#thank you #chatter #ttte daisy #ttte mavis #ttte toby #wilbert awdry really said 'someone on the ffarquhar needs to civilize these headstrong young half-feral engines'#' ... and it ain't gonna be thomas lmfao'#i think he's WRONG to discount thomas and percy but i think it's very funny that his attitude is just 'they're toby's problem coz no one #else is qualified'#'thomas and percy are out there causing wrecks and playing dress up and being chaos gremlins themselves'#ttte analysis #ttte headcanon #also 'no one to talk to but the trucks' IS big 'i was desolate. all alone in the empty manor. me and a staff of eighteen servants.' energy #the SOLITUDE mwahaha #... but yeah i get it #get 👏 her 👏 out 👏

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sideshowmads · 11 months

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It’s a Good Omens Rant ✨

I’m really sick of holding this in so here it is, and I don’t really give a fuck who sees this at this point because I’ve had it. If you’re pissed by the end of it, it’s probably because I’m talking about you 💓 ✌🏻 I really feel like a lot of the people I've seen complaining about the nepotism when it comes to Ty and Peter's roles or Georgia & Anna being (or now in this case, not being) in Good Omens are the people that ship David and Michael together aggressively or have this extreme attitude towards G & A and at this point, I'm really starting to believe the only reason y’all are pissed is because you know it's gonna break the alternate reality you’ve built in your head where Georgia, Anna, and/or their families aren’t around and Michael and David can live happily ever after together because other than that, it doesn’t make sense to me. It feels so disingenuous that so many people would say “Well it’s nepotism and it’s disgusting” etc. when no one made a peep about nepotism until it had to do with Good Omens. So, in that case, I ask everyone with “concerns”, where is your outrage for every other time this has happened in the industry? Or even with Michael and David specifically before Good Omens? There wasn’t a huge outcry when Ty was in ATWI80D No one said anything when Georgia Produced YM&H and David had a leading role No one had anything detrimental to say about Georgia meeting David on the set of DW which she most surely got that part because of her father How many times has David worked with Nina Sosanya? Jessica Hynes? Sarah Parish? Fenella Woolgar? Several times for each person and no one bats an eye...

We could go on and on and you’ll still find that there was nowhere near the level of complaining and “concern” with any other show/film than there has been with Good Omens and it’s really sad. Because it’s very apparent that the “concern” is very one sided to the narrative of “We have to keep their families out of it because it ruins the illusion” and that’s such a weird take to have... especially because you know David and Michael wouldn’t vibe with that, whatsoever.

Listen, I understand, I enjoy RPF, kinda, in the right circumstances, and usually I’m all about letting people believe what they want, but the fact that so many of you have had this attitude towards something that you haven’t even seen yet and don’t have any context for strictly because you’re pissed that David and Michael don’t get to stay in their little bubble where their real outside relationships don’t exist is mind blowing. I honestly don’t care whether or not you’re mad about it. It’s a fucking tv show that many, many, many people poured their heart into making and if you believe for a second that two people could “ruin” that with their presence and it causes you genuine “concern” then maybe you should step back and re-evaluate on whether or not this fandom is the best place for you. Not only is that just a shitty attitude to have, it’s such a slap in the face to every single person that worked on the show and did their best to make it something worth watching. And before everyone jumps the gun, because I know it’s coming, we can all save it with the “no one is exempt from criticism” angle, because y’all passed criticism about 8 miles back and it’s now just turned into a full fledge bitchfest where you’re looking for insults on purpose. But y’all can do you. I’m not bothered by any of it and I’m gonna enjoy every bit of Good Omens 2 🥰

#Good Omens 2 #fandom discourse #Rant #David Tennant #Michael Sheen #You guys can say whatever you want #it's just glaringly obvious at this point #and I can't help but think about how the people you worship would feel about you talking shit about their family #and not in a criticism sort of way #in a way that makes it very clear that you have bias #and a hatred #which whatever #but you don't have to constantly be a dick about it #🤷🏻‍♀️

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venus-haze · 1 year

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could you perhaps tell more about the fics you’re working on? i love your writing i look forward to anything you post🫶🏼

I have a few so they'll be under the cut, but these are the fics that are currently in progress or I have plans to write (featuring Vincent Sinclair, Bo Sinclair, Severen Van Sickle, Father Paul Hill).

Also I have to thank you for sending this because I was fucking struggling with one major aspect of my Vincent fic and while I wrote out a whole bitchfest about it, the idea came to me lol. Thank you for the kind words about my writing too🖤

Vincent:

This is the one I swear I've been working on forever because I can't find myself being satisfied with what I've written.

Unbeknownst to the reader and Bo (who are constantly at each other's throats) but will be revealed in the fic of course, Vincent decides to keep the reader as his muse. As you try to figure out why Vincent chose you and how you can use that to your advantage to escape, you find yourself being pushed to your limits mentally and physically in the name of art. Vincent's also a major perv because his view of the artist/muse relationship is extremely warped by his upbringing, his own interpretations of different artist/muse relationships, and his deep loneliness and desire for love despite his appearance.

Bo:

Kind of a spiritual successor to Howl and Adam Raised a Cain where the reader works at the gas station with Bo and actually has to kill victims. Messy and guilty and emotional.

This one I literally just came up with when I reblogged that In the Mood for Love gifset because it's one of my all-time favorite movies and I'm bastardizing the hell out of it with this idea. The reader lived in Ambrose, but your family moved just before the sugar mill shut down. You and Bo knew each other back then, not necessarily friends, but how could you not know each other in such a small town. You unexpectedly reunite when your husband gets a new job back in Louisiana and in the town near Ambrose where Bo makes his supply runs. Bo being charming and disconcerting enough over weeks of coffee "dates" for you to agree to go with him to the Sinclair house for dinner while your husband's out of town on a business trip for old times' sake. Your hometown is a lot different than you remember.

Severen:

Okay, I started writing one fic with the intention of it being a standalone thing, but then I wanted to write the background of Severen turning you for my own sake, so it'll probably be two fics coming out of this idea. ANYWAY the gist is Severen crashes your girls' night out with Diamondback and Mae because what's a party (massacring and incinerating a bar of unsuspecting patrons) without your clingy, show-off mate showing up.

Father Hill:

I feel like this premise sounds kinda cheesy Hallmark romcom on the surface, but I promise it'll be as uncomfortable and gory as I can make it. You quit your corporate job and buy a home on Crockett Island for dirt cheap, having come into money from a source that makes you feel extremely guilty but you refuse to disclose to anyone. You decide in your self-imposed isolation to try your hand at art after giving up the hobby not long after you started working in corporate America. Since Crockett Island is so fucking small and new people almost never move onto the island, everyone's interest is piqued, but especially Father Paul's when he discovers you're a lapsed Catholic with a sin that threatens to consume you. The two of you have extremely different interpretations of your interactions over the weeks, but it's too late to turn back when you discover the darkness that lurks within the parish, courtesy of the pastor himself.

#im so sorry anon im just rambling in this #ask tag

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robotslenderman · 2 years

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Out of context Wendyfic:

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TruePrince: And that’s why I’m looking into it for you. TruePrince: Even though I’m up to my fucking eyeballs in Tremere right now.

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WendyWings: Beckett has a childe??? WendyWings: we’re all doomed

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“And how on earth would a dirt-poor fledgling manage to get into the North Korea of the Kindred world?”

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TruePrince: Jesus, I can’t leave Panhard in charge for five minutes.

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"I'm so excited," said Talley, "I can't wait for her to try to eat me!"

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WendyWings: So hey, I don’t know what Sturbridge told you about what went down but it’s probably bullshit. TruePrince: Of course it’s bullshit, she’s Tremere.

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TruePrince: Just get me that evidence and I’ll owe you another favour. WendyWings: Yeah sure, just let me see if I can get a hold of something that doesn’t implicate my friend, who kinda engineered the whole thing TruePrince: … TruePrince: jesus fucking christ wendy

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Cynthia socked Alexander in the face.

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WendyWings: I mean he’s a dick like most Lasombra but he’s not too bad. TruePrince: aside from all the stuff we were having a bitchfest over earlier? WendyWings: yeah aside from that.

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TruePrince: do you mean to tell me you’ve spent the last eight or so years getting railed by MARCUS FUCKING VITEL’S CHILDE?????

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TruePrince: bitch you’ve turned my penthouse upside down on at least three separate occasions don’t think I haven’t noticed.

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WendyWings: wait you’re a fucking homestuck

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"A Tzimisce methuselah will be helping out."

"A Tzimisce what? Where do you find these people?!"

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TruePrince: F in chat for Sturbridge

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IsaacTheThird: Somewhere, out there, the Eldest wants to beat the shit out of someone and has no idea why.

#like 75% of this post is Thomas Arturo #I love him and Wendy's dynamic SO MUCH lmao #Dusty writes #snips #out of context #Wendyfic #bonus brief mention of Evie!

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burned-lariat · 2 years

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GH Spoilers for the first week of October (feat. my commentary):

10/3/22

Finn reassures Alexis.

(Why? And for what, so he can blab more to the press after Jordan told him not to?)

Dante seeks out Dex.

(Someone is in troubleeeeee but like I said they dug themselves so deep in their red herring it just might have to be Dex and then they have the motive/connections being dragged out as the mystery)

Josslyn and Trina have some girl talk.

(We all know it's gonna be Joss sucking up air and Trina just having her thoughts go unheard or shot down so why should I be interested?)

Spencer receives unexpected aid.

(I don't think this will be anything bad? Probably him getting a cushy jail deal from like...Rory or Cyrus or something)

Kristina makes a request of Sonny.

(Is it a bodyguard? Is it mob tutelage? Are we gonna get more Destina content?? Please??)

10/4/22

Carly confides in Drew.

(Don't need it, don't want it, NEXT)

Ava visits Ryan.

(So she recovered (yay!) I wonder if the visit has the show officially eliminating Ryan as a suspect)

Nikolas resists Victor’s request.

(For what? Didn't Victor kinda like give up on uniting his family yesterday to Lucy?)

Valentin makes a proposition to Michael.

(Probably ELQ-related since that's really only when these fools interact but I'll be pleasantly surprised if it's something different!)

Josslyn makes a shocking discovery.

(At this rate I'm just waiting for the proverbial bus to back over Dex since he's already engaged in prop duty so it'll probably be related to him - either that he was arrested for the hookings or that Sonny had him stalk her)

10/5/22

Carly expresses her regrets.

(I'm sure she's got plenty and I don't need to hear Crew hash them out. I do not care enough!)

Joss and Michael confront Sonny.

(Everything I said in the 10/4 Joss spoiler applies here, just add Michael's annoying, useless ass into it as a "protective" big brother)

Ryan can’t believe his eyes.

(Maybe GirlPeter turns up? Ava prob taunted she killed her by use of parapet then when she visits)

Ava puts in a good word.

(For who??? And why, unless it's for her adopted daughter or sudden bestie???)

Curtis and Nina catch up.

(Ah yes, I forgot they were friends. Might just be a bitchfest about Jordan and/or Carly that we do not need)

10/6/22

The Hook strikes again.

(Either this is what confirms Dex as the red herring, or he's still in the running for actual guilt. Might be Diane who goes next MICHAEL IS RIGHT THERE JUST KILL HIM)

Finn and Liz meet up with Terry and Yuri.

(TURI RETURNS!!! Sucks that they and Liz have to put up with F*nn tho. They all deserve better)

Portia plays peacemaker between Curtis and Trina.

(Oop for what??? Because that reveal isn't coming out anytime soon so I wonder what dumbfuck thing Curtis says to anger Trina, because there's no way it's her fault)

Chase takes the stage at The Savoy.

(...Okay. Hopefully the sound mixing is better and that he doesn't sound like he's being blackmailed into singing a ditty *I love Chase I swear!*)

Cody avoids Maxie.

(Only one known Truck Nuts spoiler, which is one too many. I wish he was the next Hook victim so we can be rid of this stupid story)

10/7/22 is pre-empted for baseball playoffs (9/28/22 might also end up pre-empted for more Jan 6th hearings, so heads up)

Mixed bag of a week, some good and some bad. What are you all looking forward to?

#general hospital #not here for f*nn or crew or the corinthos family in general #everything else has me mildly interested

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snarky-badger · 2 years

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Alright, since you already know all of my Ultron ideas, and I'm kinda out of Venom ones (beyond all the prompts I still have to write *headdesk*), I shall torment you with a Gargoyles one.

Takes place after the main season ended. We know, by the Avalon travel eps, that the world is full of mystic and magical creatures, beings, etc. But what, New York just has Gargoyles? I think not!

Turns out, someone made a big 'oops' in not sending a representative to give a meet and greet to the Clan when they became public knowledge.

I would take some of the stories from the "Goliath Chronicles", like the Quarrymen, and Margot vs Macbeth's televised bitchfests. (But that's about it because the "Goliath Chronicles" kinda sucked. Sorry/not/sorry)

New York has an underground of weird. Werewolves, were-people. Sorceresses, mages, wizards. Vampires that stick to strict codes to not harm innocent people. Not all dogs are really dogs, some are smaller dragons or gryphons. Some cats know more than most people do.

Isabelle and her niece Kathryn (Izzy and Kat respectively) are my main OCs. (Obviously there will be more since I have to build a whole mystical neighbourhood, hence why I haven't written this yet).

Izzy is the owner/mechanic of 'Screamin' Motors Auto Shop', a garage in one of the less 'affluent' neighbourhoods of New York. (Again, I need to research all of New York to pick a place. Or maybe I'll just make one up I don't know yet). Basic car/motorcycle repair shop. She owns the building, which is a three story - Garage on main floor, living space for her and Kat on the upper two.

Anyway, starts off with Kat finding the Quarrymen cornering Lexington in an alleyway on her way home from school. They'd lured Lex in with a fake 'person in distress' act. Lex holds his own, but sledgehammers that are electrified hurt like hell. Kat half-drags him to the Garage, where Izzy is working on a car. Lex is coherent enough to tell Izzy the number to call. Quarrymen gather outside the garage as Kat calls the number while Izzy goes to fight.

It's gonna be fun to write because Izzy? She isn't human. No where close.

Naturally later on I want to have her and Kat interacting with the Clan. Izzy is their new guide to the Mystic side of New York - to the underground bars that only accept non-humans, to the hidden stores and restaurants that only cater to the 'others'.

I honestly wanna have a Brooklyn/Izzy friendship/potential romance? Goliath was always a fav of mine, but he belongs with Elisa and I'm not going to change that AT ALL.

The kicker is that Izzy is afraid to tell the Clan what she is. Her kind and Gargoyles (in this fic anyway) weren't exactly 'friends'. So she and Kat struggle to keep all that hidden while still being friends with the Clan.

This would be such a huge fic, with so much world-building to do. I honestly don't have enough time, despite all the ideas and 'ready to write' scenes in my brain... I wish I did. I really do.

#gargoyles #what i would write if i had time #snarky answers #god i would love to write this #i need technology that takes fics from my brain and puts it onto a computer instantly

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stealthtable · 4 years

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Hey y’all! Remember in Vibing and Keeping It Tight how Taako and Lup planned a little bitchfest over how Kravitz treated Taako? Here it is! Shout out to @tansyfandom for her editing and supportive yelling as always!

Twins Pizza Bitchfest

Taako turned his key in the lock and shoved the door open. “Lup, I’m home,” he called tiredly. The smell of grease assailed his nostrils. At least Lup was as good as her word and brought home pizza. Today was far too much, and Taako just needed to get rid of his worries and relax.

“Get in here, this shit smells like it’ll kill us and feel good the whole time.” Lup pulled out a couple of plates from the cupboard. “We gotta be adults or are we stickin’ to the old ways?” she asked, her eyes taking in his slumped posture and general air of irritation.

“The old ways,” he said, cracking a smile. She got it. It was gonna be fine.

“Then shoo, change, I’ll set it up,” Lup replied briskly, carrying the plates to the living room and setting them down in the middle of the floor.

Taako headed off into his bedroom to change. “I want that fuzzy green blanket,” he threw over his shoulder. He emerged a few moments later in soft shorts and a worn t-shirt. “Alright, let’s do it.”

She gestured grandly to living room floor, where the plates sat alongside a couple empty jam jars, a Hot N’ Ready pizza from Fantasy Little Caesar’s, and the cheapest bottle of white zinfandel imaginable. “All is in readiness,” she intoned, bringing the smile back to Taako’s face. “Let us don the bitch capes.” She plunked down and wrapped a blanket around her shoulders.

“Hell yeah,” Taako answered, some of the enthusiasm coming back into his voice. He wrapped the green throw around his shoulders. “Damn, Lulu, what’d you spend, nine whole dollars on this spread?”

“Would you believe fuckin’ eleven? Inflation,” she said, rolling her eyes.

“Fuckin’ inflation,” Taako snorted. He opened the box and pulled a slice of greasy pizza onto his plate. “So that assistant manager guy at work? Kravitz? Fuckin’ yelled at me today.”

“I’ll fight him,” Lup said matter of factly, unscrewing the top of the wine bottle and pouring herself a jarful. “You just want me to come into the shop, or we could get his address, like…”

Taako shook his head in amusement. “You probably shouldn’t fight him, I need this job. So here’s what happened, right? Mags and Merle came in to get sandwiches, and near as I can tell acted exactly like themselves, you know. Kravitz was pissed? They were just acting normal and being customers, not causing a bunch of trouble, just a little chaos, but since he was all pissy I rounded up the boys and got them sandwiched and on the road so things would settle down. And then he got all snappy with me about how they weren’t real customers ‘cause they didn’t buy ‘normal’ things, like news flash, sandwiches are normal now.”

“Oh, I’ll double fight him,” Lup asserted, passing a second jarful of wine to Taako. “That’s just fucking disrespectful is what that is.”

“Right? And after I handled it—like the boys were being a bit much, it happens, not everyone’s used to their shenanigans, but I had it under control and everybody got what they came for. It just wasn’t enough for this guy. He just stood there all big and kinda imposing and mad and bitched at me like it was my fault, you know how I hate that shit. Cheers.” Taako raised his jar and clinked it with Lup’s, then took a long sip of wine.

“Mmm.” Lup nodded, swallowing down a mouthful of pizza. “Cheers,” she echoed, before continuing. “That’s uncomf. Very uncool.”

“Yeah,” Taako agreed. He took a bite of pizza, chewing it thoughtfully. It was absolute garbage. It was perfectly nostalgic. It was a one-way ticket to heart disease. He swallowed. “On top of that, before all this I made him a sandwich and asked him to let me know how he liked it, just to be nice and let him be involved or whatever? And the bastard never fucking mentioned it again. Rude. But yeah, so that’s today. Hopefully he gets whatever’s up his ass outta there by tomorrow.”

Lup nodded. “Yeah, hopefully. Dude needs to eat a Fantasy Snickers.”

Taako laughed, feeling a little better already. “He sure as fuck does.” He took another sip of wine. “So what about you? What tales bring you to this fine bitchfest?”

“Only good stuff, wildly,” Lup answered. “You know Barry and me are official now?”

Taako chuckled. “Yeah I figured, on account of how you guys were Ghost-posing with the mannequins, like that seemed pretty obvious,” he teased.

Lup blushed happily. “We’ve studied together before, but like in the library, y’know? He was a guest in one of my classes a while back, answered my questions, we kinda just became friends, and then, well…” She gestured vaguely.

“Well,” Taako agreed, nodding sagely. “He seems nice, kinda cute in a soft way, I see it. He looks like he opens doors and stuff, like is he from here? He didn’t sound it.” He took another bite of pizza, ears tilted towards her in interest.

“East coast, he moved out here for grad school and stayed,” Lup said. “He’s pretty sweet, though, I think you guys’ll get along. You just gotta watch out for him playing his jokes, he’s a goofball.”

“Goofball’s fun, good trait to have,” Taako said. “Sweet’s also good, love that.”

“Love it, totally, and get this: he’s perfectly balanced. He’s respectful but he’s also a raunchy boy, not to get too—”

“No, please, gods, I got it,” Taako laughed. “I mean I know we’re always in each other’s business, but—”

“All I’m saying is get you a man who makes explicit consent sound like dirty talk, that’s it, there we go, little conversational bow on it,” Lup said with a giggle and a smirk.

“Okay that I’ll drink to,” Taako agreed. He raised his jar and clinked it with hers. “At least maybe I won’t have to get too wild with the shovel talk, huh?”

Lup snorted. “Right? I just hope the same holds true for your music man.”

“Me too,” Taako agreed. “I’ll find out soon.”

#vibing and keeping it tight #taakitz #the adventure zone #bless lup honestly

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murphystartedthefire · 5 years

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My Rant on that Murphy/Clarke Rant

(Okay this was the thing I put aside after typing up last night because I have more finals to prepare for, but I’m not gonna leave you in ~suspense.)

People may disagree but my biggest frustration with the long time coming Clarke/Murphy bitchfest in 6x02 is how I feel the show is still reeeally strawmanning a lot of issues in its framing to make it look like people are being “unreasonable” and petty in their anger at Clarke.

Murphy brings up four different things to her (five including her abandoning Bellamy) and all of them are *extremely valid* things for him to be harboring a grudge over. But at least two of them are expressed really weirdly?? So we’re not really meant to be on his side as much as we could be IMO, and it’s easy to say he’s just being an ~ungrateful dick for all the times she didn’t almost kill him.

Just to run down the specific callbacks he makes:

1 - The hanging. Right off the bat, I call absolute bullshit on him blaming her *more* than Bellamy suddenly. I believe that he *forgave* Bellamy a long time ago and has put it Extremely Behind Them, so obviously the anger is less fresh there. And I can believe he puts *some* of the blame (maybe even equal blame!) on Clarke for accusing him of killing Wells and turning the crowd against him. But Bellamy has always, always, been the person he held responsible for that, for failing him so horribly there. He hated Bellamy’s justification of “giving the people what they wanted”, he called him a coward and felt it as a massive and traumatic betrayal. Like, he *literally had an elaborate plan to revenge murder him for it* and didn’t have much interest in making Clarke pay the same way. It just feels dramatically OOC to me to hear him say now that Clarke “forced his hand.” She did no such thing!! And the show knows that!! And *Murphy* knows that!!

Like I said, it becomes a strawman argument that is easy for Clarke to get defensive about, even though at heart it’s something I do think he’s justified in being furious about after all this time. Any real weight to it is weakened by the tossed-off way it’s treated like he *doesn’t* care about Bellamy’s role at all anymore and he’s putting it 100% on her. It’s revisionist history, even if just irrationally For The Sake of This Argument about how she keeps ruining his life.

2 - Literally what is he saying about Lexa/Polis? No, this is a genuine question. Because he, uh, got “tied up” twice in quick succession around that time, and the first time was definitely not Clarke’s fault, and the second time definitely WAS. It’s like the scene walks right up to the edge of saying that she left him there after Lexa died, because she didn’t care what happened to him as much as he cared what happened to her, and then Ontari happened to him.

But the scene also... doesn’t explicitly say that, and kinda name-checks Lexa instead just because that’s a Thing We Say To Hurt Clarke’s Feelings, so instead it sounds like he’s just blaming her for Titus beating him up on one of the worst nights of her life that she had zero control over? I mean, that doesn’t make any sense as something Murphy would be mad at her for, the Ontari thing DOES make sense and fit the “disposable pawn” line, but it’s so incoherent what the writers were going for there that I have no idea.

JUST SAY ONTARI’S NAME ONCE and we can have an argument about whether it’s fair for him to blame Clarke or not! But if he’s just saying “it sucked that time we were both hostages and your girlfriend died” like I’m sure most of the general audience heard, that’s definitely unfair and just weird.

3 - God Complex. a.k.a. Emori and the rocket and the “little picture of it in your memory book.” I got nothing to say on this one, I agree completely, people thinking Emori and Murphy should have good feelings toward Clarke because she backed down at the literal last minute from doing something fully irredeemable = my villain origin story. IT’S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT, MURPHY. Ahem.

I even love the callback to the drawing, because while I do think that was meant to be a manifestation of Clarke’s guilt, I kinda *love* that Murphy was offended by it? There is nothing cute or sentimental about this ordeal they went through and how vulnerable he was in front of her, because of her. Like, she might as well have drawn him in the tree and he would have the same reaction. So this isn’t a ranty part, that was the one solid point he made and I’ll die on that hill. :p

4 - Bellamy/Bullets/etc. And then he shifts into last season and the post-six-years-later stuff. He’s pissed about being shot, he’s *genuinely* pissed on behalf of Bellamy (who is less pissed on behalf of himself and mostly just wants out of this conversation), and how you feel about all that is however you feel about everyone’s anger at her about last season.

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Basically, up until that last part, you have Murphy going off on this *really* interesting riff that was directly prompted by his discomfort at being tied up/in chains, and how much of that sense memory is linked to Clarke for him. She’s the one who put him and Emori on the ladder until he begged and cried and his wrists bled, she’s the one who abandoned him in that tower in Polis learning A Lot about kinky chains, and 130 years ago when they were 17 years old, one minute she was yelling at him for something he didn’t do and the next he had Neck Trauma Forever.

And yeah, most of that wasn’t malicious or even fully intentional on her part. But they’re high among the things that shaped him most in his fucked-up life, and Clarke apologizes lots but she never said she was sorry to him for any of it.

His dislike for her is valid and comes from genuine pain! I like that there was some cohesive attempt to put all of it out there. But I think part of what’s happening with those awkward (1) and (2) points is that the show keeps stacking the deck “against” Clarke in a way that’s completely unsatisfying whether you like or hate her -- piling blame on her for dumb or poorly-argued reasons while *not* effectively holding her accountable & letting her atone for legitimate stuff.

#the 100 meta #the 100 #john murphy #clarke griffin #clarke x murphy #meta #awkward slytherin brotp #that boy's a fighter

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purplesurveys · 5 years

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A little F•R•I•E•N•D•S survey just because.

Characters Favourite character? I relate to Monica the most but my favorite has got to be Chandler. Favourite male character? Chandler by a long shot. Favourite female character? Monica. Man, three questions in and I’ve already got my biases established ha. Favourite non-main character? Probably Jack Geller. Least favourite character (main)? Joey. I was always too impatient for his dumb ass. He’s adorable though.

Least favourite character (not main)? EMILY for days. They wasted so many episodes and storylines dragging her ass through them. I also kinda hated Amy. Funniest? Chandler, and this is going to be unpopular: Ross. He’s funny when he’s not being a jackass. Sweetest? ...Chandler. That episode where Monica ‘freaked’ him out by pretending to book a wedding venue when it turned out Chandler loved the place and ended up proposing to her was the sweetest. Best looking? Rachel. Girl’s style was always on point. Most mature? Phoebe trumps them all so hard. She lived through the Civil War, World War I, lost her mom, lived on the streets, and did so many shady things before landing in that apartment of theirs – she’s a kook but she’s a hella smart kook. Most immature? Has to be a mix of Joey and Rachel. And Ross.

Most annoying? Joey had his annoying moments especially the episode where he tries to speak French!!!!!!!!! but I love all of them just the same. Relationships Favourite couple? CHANDLER AND MONICA Least favourite couple? Joey and Rachel when they got together. I liked the slow burn that preceded the whole thing, but when the writers mashed them together, the execution was just ughhhh. I hated Ross/Julie, Monica/Pete, and Ross/Emily too. Favourite couple that wasn’t a main couple? Oh oof, I guess I’ve listed them all there. ^ Couple you wish would’ve happened? Chandler and Rachel. Their cheesecake episode was awesome.

Best friendship? Monica/Chandler and Joey/Chandler. The two that had the worst friendship? Phoebe and Ross were the two that just clicked the least lmao. Ross was too serious and too nerdy and Phoebe was more liberal and very eccentric. They had that debate on evolution once which I found hard to watch lmao, and not to mention that Ross is the biggest baby in the group whereas Phoebe had to grow up earlier than all of them because of her awful childhood. Couple you’re surprised happened? Rachel and Joey, obviously. Overrated couple? Ross and Rachel. They’re so hyped up when in reality, they were on and off for ten deadass seasons??? It was stretched for so long that it’s very easy to lose interest in it. Most underrated friendship? Phoebe and Ross, I guess. They weren’t very close, but I remember how Ross got Phoebe a bike when he found out she never had her own. That gets overshadowed a lot but I found that episode very sweet. Phoebe/Joey is also pretty underrated. You and them Which character would you be? I’m already Monica. Which character would you wanna be bffs with? Rachel hahaha. Monica’s too high-strung, Phoebe’s crazy, I’d get annoyed with Ross’ bitchfests, Joey is a little immature for my liking, and I feel like I’ll eventually get offended by Chandler’s sarcasm, so I’d go with Rachel. Who would you date? Chandler. Who would get on your nerves? Joey or Ross. Who can you relate to the most? Monica AF. Organized, obsessed with weddings, obsessed with kids, loves spreadsheets, makes everything a competition, loves food, the mom of the group...all of this is me. Which character pulls on your heartstrings the most (gives you feels)? Chandler aaaahhhhhhhhh. Who would you makeout with? Monica. Show Funniest moment or episode? There’s a lot of em, so let me keep a list:

The episode with the quiz

Joey putting the pieces together about Chandler and Monica

“Ross hasn’t worked in the museum for a year” “Monica and Chandler aRE LIVING TOGETHER” “Ross married Rachel in Vegas anD GOT DIVORCED, /AGAIN/” “I love Jacques Costeau” “I wasn’t supposed to put beef in the trifle” “I wanna GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

Ross spelling out F-I-N-E

They don’t know that we know they know they now

Saddest moment or episode? Monica finding out they can’t have kids, Phoebe having to part with the triplets, Erica almost giving up on Chandler and Monica because they lied, and the final goshdarn episode. Moment or episode that melted your heart? When Monica made Thanksgiving dinner, only for Joey to ruin it because Monica had to answer the phone, then when Chandler told on Joey, she was like “I don’t care, the adoption agency called and we’re having a baby” :’( Best episode/moment? I can think of so many depending on what kind of episode you’re asking for, but the first ones I can think of off the top of my head are the quiz, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s resolutions episodes, and the one where Chandler and Phoebe pretend to be into each other to see who breaks first. Cringiest moment? A lot of Season 10 stuff was cringey just cos everything felt forced by that point. I also didn’t like the scene where Chandler was checking out their home-sitter’s bra because Monica was convinced she was stealing from her wardrobe lmao. Oh and the one with Ross’ list about Rachel. OH and Joey failing so bad at French. They def had their cringey moments lmao. Worst moment/episode? The one where Pete decides to be a UFC star(????) was so fucking random. There’s also an episode that shows their alternative lives - Monica was still chubby, Phoebe was a bitchy executive...I forget the rest because I’ve only seen it once cos the whole thing was pretty pointless. Best season? The ones in the middle. Best quote? “It’s an electric drill. You get me, YOU KILL ME” or “Gum would be perfection.” Joey Best trait? He’s adorably clumsy and he’s also pretty confident. Worst trait? He has his creepy tendencies, he doesn’t share food, and he’s too stupid for my humor to appreciate him. Who should he have ended up with? Definitely Phoebe. Was he just a player or a sweetheart? Meh. He was a player. If Matt LeBlanc couldn’t play him, who should’ve? Chandler His best season? I’m not familiar which season it is but it has to be the one where he decided he was going to marry Monica. Chandler was always the most insecure out of the six who had a lot of childhood issues and as a result, was perpetually afraid of committing and being serious and actually being an adult. Deciding that he knew he wanted to marry Monica is such an underrated pivotal moment for him. Funny or annoying? FUNNY. Why did he have trouble with girls? Because he’s so awkward. If Matthew Perry couldn’t play him who should’ve? Best trait? He really cares.

Worst trait? He hates himself and uses humor to mask everything lol. Ross Best trait? He’s a sweetheart and looks after the girls the most. Worst trait? Immature and cocky as fuck and loves to kiss his own ass. Which of his gfs/wives do you like best? Rachel. Funny or annoying? I’m split. Everyone hates Ross but he’s actually pretty funny to me lmao, but only when he’s not being sexist or trash. If David couldn’t play him who should’ve? Smart or dumb? Academically smart, pretty dumb in life. Phoebe Best trait? She’s highkey the most mature of all of the friends. Worst trait? She can be a liar. Weird or awesome? She can be both!!! Best song? Either the Santa song (”Rachel and Chandler, hshsshhshsh handler!”) or the shower song (”And tegrin spelled backwards is nirget”). Both slap. Best relationship? That guy from Minsk, David. That highkey should’ve happened. Did she have a better friendship with Monica or Rachel? Tbh Rachel. Monica’s very...analytic and Phoebe doesn’t care. Total opposites. Did she really wanna get with Joey or was it all a joke? It’s all a joke, but I wouldn’t be surprised or offended if they ended up together in some alternative universe. Did she really hate Ross? Probably aspects of Ross, but not fully. Rachel Was she secretly a bitch? She was openly a bitch lmao. Best relationship besides Ross? I hated all of her boyfriends. Probably Joey. YEA I SAID IT Best trait? She grew up so much in the show and I’m so proud of her <3 She went from fully dependent on her dad’s credit cards to getting her dream jobs and being a really good mother and ugh, I just feel for her. Worst trait? She was still the biggest baby in the show. Monica Best trait? She’s the mom of the group. Nothing better than that. Worst trait? She was overly competitive sometimes. Put together & organized or a stressed mess? Definitely put together and organized. She was also stressed, but she was never a mess. Would you find it hard to live with her cause of her cleaning issues? No, we’d be the same more or less. Was Richard too old for her? Yes. Richard knew her since she was little, which makes it worse. Short or long hair? Long. Do you think the fat jokes are funny or mean? Mean, but then again they were jokes of their time so idk why people today are being SO LOUD crying foul over it. More questions Were they on a break? Yes they were. I will defend this to my death. They were on a break after that very bad phone call and Rachel immediately invited his dude-friend over without thinking of Ross. Ross had every reason to be with a girl. Was Gunther weird or kinda cool? He was cool. I loved that they kept him as a recurring character.

Should it have ended sooner, later or when it did? They ended it perfectly. Some elements of season 10 already felt inorganic and unnecessary, but if we didn’t get the last season then we never would’ve seen Chandler and Monica’s twins and Rachel getting off the plane. I’m fine with the way they ultimately paced the show. Based off looks, who of the six would’ve looked best together? Chandler and Monica.

#survey #surveys

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realtalk-princeton · 6 years

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Winnie P, do you like the history department? What are your plans after graduation?

Response from Winnie P:

Yes! I love it! There is real personal attention, but also a big enough department to mean there’s people there no matter what you’re interested in.

History can be looked at as a major from two perspectives:

I’d say at least a solid half the department is not that interested in history, but they think it’s kinda cool and they’re planning on getting jobs where their major isn’t particularly important. History is a good department for that, because it’s not very hard to do well, and you get to take all engaging, fun classes that you like for your required major classes (versus being econ or something – here you only have to take those finance classes you really can’t go without). If there’s nothing you’re particularly passionate about it, but you think it’s kinda interesting, history is not a hard department, and will be mildly engaging. There is a lot of support provided, especially now that I’m writing JP (going to bootcamp hosted by the department this weekend, for example), so you will never have to struggle on your own.

The other perspective is for people that have specific interests. Personally, I actually fucking love history. There are definitely other kids like that too, which is great, since the department provides a great opportunity to get to know them. Anyway, if you are really passionate about it, the department is great. I have the most specific, ridiculous interests sometimes (for example, I am absolutely in love with Saint-Just (a figure in the French Revolution) who I have written around 40 pages about so far for Princeton and will be writing another essay on him this semester, because I turn any class related to France (except the ones I can turn into an essay on revanchism) into an essay on him, and I know TONS about him now, hmu if you want to discuss literally any book/article written on him, I’ve read it), and history is so great at providing people that care about such things and can help you learn more about them and cater to your specific interests in the work you do. The support system is strong and definitely exists, but honestly I haven’t taken that much advantage of it, so can’t comment too much. We are definitely rich af and willing to cater to anything, which is amazing. There are also tons of events/talks through the department that I love. I think there’s also networking/career opportunities probably that I just don’t pay attention to, so I can’t comment on them.

Post-Princeton, I’d like to get a fellowship and go overseas for at least a year or two, but even if I don’t get a fellowship I’d try to do that through another organization.

Ultimately, though, I want to come back and go to graduate school, probably to focus on Russian history (though it’s possible I’d do American, or French). I am not 100% sure on if I would want go from there into academia or some kind of government sinecure public service job related to my European interests (but I’m a little jaded there, so maybe academia, haha). But also sometimes academia seems like a bitchfest, so maybe I’d just go teach high school history at a comfy midwestern school near where I live now. I’m not completely decided, obviously, but I really want to go to graduate school, no matter if it doesn’t end up being totally useful to me later in my life, because I love studying history. A few of my favorite history professors have been really helpful with that (I really only have 2 of the 3 people I need for a req, but hopefully my next JP/starting thesis work will get me a third), since they obviously have experience with graduate school and academia, and they’ve talked to me a bunch about this kind of stuff, so I guess I have used the history support system. Anyway, this is really broad, if you have any specific questions, please let me know!!!

Response from an admiring contributor:

@WinnieP your passion for history is wonderful and refreshing!

Response from Winnie P:

aw shucks thanks :)

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