#there was a ''complicated relationship'' comment

[nalyra-dreaming]

The most recent interview with Assad and Eric with Rotten Tomato has me thinking that maybe Armand and Daniel did not have a relationship back in the 70's. That it was just that one night. Assad's comments about Daniel not being able to love Louis like Armand could implies that he is jealous of Louis and Daniel and does not think Daniel is good enough for Louis. Also what Eric said about Armand underestimating Daniel, not realizing how smart is. Very different from the source material. It seems like we are seeing the beginning of their relationship. I was so positive Devil's Minion happened in the past but now I think it might be coming in the future. Was all of the Luke and Assad sightings just ship baiting us? I am excited for Eric and Assad but I wanted Luke and Assad too. Now I am sad.

.... I didn't read it like that at all.

Like, they cannot really talk about all that, that is something that needs to be remembered. Ep5 apparently is the past DM episode, and as said before, that will probably show the more horrific beginnings of the DM arc.

And I'm sure episode 8 will be cataclysmic for them, too.

I... am not sure that Eric's comments necessarily imply that nothing happened back then - I mean, even WITH DM happening 4 decades are a long time to change, character-wise. The Daniel in Dubai would of course be a very different one from the one back then - whether that would indeed be "just" the Daniel in the apartment, or if there was indeed a 12 year relationship (developing) there.

Also, I did not read the jealousy angle either. I mean, there is a lot going on. But it's way more complicated than that. Assad says: "Armand is terrified that Daniel knows Louis a bit more than himself - what he is very sure of is that Daniel can't love Louis in the same way Armand can."

Like... that's not jealousy? That's curiosity and insecurity, because Daniel is able to reach something in Louis Armand could not. Which... has to do with the interview/tale.

I don't actually see it much different from the source material, and in any case, we might want to wait to judge that until the season has run^^

#Anonymous #ask nalyra #iwtv s2 #iwtv #amc iwtv #interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire s2 #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire amc #iwtv amc #louis de pointe du lac #armand #loumand #the devil's minion #daniel molloy #devil's minion

[mikuni14]

Wandee Goodday - Ep 2

Dee and Yak are such an interesting couple: they both have unresolved love problems with other people, and yet together they have created a surprisingly normal and mature relationship that is based on honesty, openness, communication, clarity about expectations, personal freedom, sexual freedom, respecting boundaries. Dee and Yak are now in a place many couples never get to be! Of course, this may change the moment their feelings for each other begin to complicate this now comfortable situation. I'm a bit afraid of the appearance of a lack of communication, creating false scenarios in their heads, trying to keep a distance, or, ugh, noble sacrifice 😶 Please don't.

I really like how Yak tends to care for and help Dee. I also liked the scene when Dee dried Yak's head with a towel, it was very domestic and very "old married couple", simply nice and casual 💖

I really liked how Dee explained why he didn't want to kiss, how Yak didn't laugh at him or make a big deal out of it, and how elegantly he got around this rule by giving him a kiss that was much, much more romantic and amorous than kiss on the lips 😘😘 And I REALLY liked the fact that Dee, despite the his reservations and rules, did not protest at all about receiving the necklace and being kissed on the necklace once it was on him. But maybe he didn't realize the meaning of this gesture, after all, Dee IS very inexperienced, as evidenced by his 8-year-old crush, the way he behaves in clubs (😬) and the way he simply accepted Yak's necklace, which he never parts with and which is his even a sort of his trademark without a second thought 😭 Oh Dee… my sweet, sweet Summer child 😭😭😭

I love how sensitive Yak is to Dee's moods, how he always KNOWS when he's sad.

Ter's conversation with Dee and the way he behaves makes me lean towards one of the earlier theories, that Ter knew exactly what he was doing and he was seducing Dee. That it was just not too friendly behavior, misread by Dee. When Ter insists that Dee give him what he wants, he holds his hand tenderly and it is a physical manipulation like wiping his mouth earlier. I won't even comment on the world's oldest manipulation: "if you love me, do something for me" and I'm so relieved that Dee didn't give in to it right there. After the first episode, we debated whether Ter was doing it all consciously or whether he was misunderstood, but now there is no longer any doubt that Ter was manipulating Dee. Someone like him certainly would notice his younger colleague's infatuation, which he consciously fueled with gestures clearly associated with seduction, instead of creating distance. Plus, he could have said no to Dee in a much gentler way, without damaging his self-esteem or their relationship. This is very reminiscent of the situation in other series - My Ride, where the older doctor consciously kept the younger one infatuated with him.

Anyway, this series is so much fun, so many pretty boys, and when I see Dee and Yak together I have two reactions: 1) 😍💖🥺💞✨🔥

and 2) officer! these two right here, please arrest them, they're so fucking dumb 🤡

#wandee goodday #thai bl #bl drama

[laurelwinchester]

jeff davis has been desperately trying to kill derek hale since the first season so i’m disappointed and irritated but not necessarily surprised that he finally followed through on that one. i am kinda surprised that he accidentally gave derek and stiles an inexplicable child though. that was a plot twist i did not see coming.

#everyone keeps saying they destiel'd sterek but this was so much fucking weirder #obviously the eli character was meant to be a replacement for stiles but instead it kinda looked like something else was going on there #and i HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION #like derek's inexplicable child (whose mother was NEVER mentioned) had stiles' personality #he played lacrosse #he literally had stiles' jeep #he and derek were close to sheriff stilinski #there was a ''complicated relationship'' comment #i'm pissed about what was done to derek #it's mind boggling that they gave this character a peaceful happy ending with a child and a real life after so much suffering #only to kill him BY FIRE #in front of his son #but.......they accidentally gave derek and stiles a whole ass child and i think that's honestly the funniest thing i've ever heard #i haven't even thought about sterek in years but i'm honestly obsessed with how hilarious that is #anyway the disclaimer is i haven't actually seen the movie and will not be seeing it because...why would i #but i was given an extensive play by play and then verified everything i heard through various sources #(because i was certain i was being lied to) #and....out of everything i heard this is the part that made me literally choke on my drink #the funniest thing to happen in 2023 #bullshit death but somehow accidental mpreg #honestly that tracks #teen wolf: the movie spoilers #teen wolf spoilers #derek x stiles

[sir-adamus]

Raven's semblance is so telling about her character

the facade of the tough disaffected bandit leader crumbles completely under it - it's bonds to people she cares about. it's hard to pretend like she doesn't care when her literal superpower is defined by how much she does

but you can read deeper than that - cos it's defined by those bonds, you have to wonder about the original utility of that power was; what in Raven specifically led her to develop Kindred Link as a Semblance - to be able to open a portal to someone she cares about anywhere in the world? not necessarily the reasons why and how she uses it, but why it manifested like that

was it a desire to protect? a plea for safety?

or a cry for help?

#RWBY #Raven Branwen #Raven is fascinating because of how in denial about her own fear she is #and she's made comments implying she's been used for her semblance before #so there's a lot of potential for her having a very complicated relationship with this aspect of herself #but the portals can be read in so many ways #she uses them to check in on her loved ones #but she can use them to run away to someone safe in a bad situation #or open a portal so someone can come through to her aid #getting some more exploration into that is something I'm looking forward to

[formosusiniquis]

There's something about the idea that every adult that spends more than ten minutes alone with Steve Harrington is instantly enamored with him 

The King Steve era house parties don't get broken up by the cops anymore. Steve is too far from his nearest neighbors for a noise complaint and the cops who would do it like Steve. They know they don't have to worry about any underage drinking and driving incidents after a Steve Harrington party because anyone who doesn't have a DD just crashes at the Harrington place, it's not like they have to worry about getting out of there before his parents get home.

His teachers can't help but let certain things slide. Excusing a middle school Steve's tardiness, the Harrington house is such a long bike ride away from the school and the bus route doesn't reach the grounds of Loch Nora. High School Steve's grades are average at best and his attention drifts, but his questions if poorly worded are insightful at heart and if you catch him away from the friends he tries too hard to keep he's polite and willing to spend time discussing his school work. By senior year they're excusing his tardiness again, they all know he has to swing by the middle school on his way over; and his forgetfulness too, two concussions in as many years it's a wonder he's not worse.

Joyce Byers, who by all accounts should hate this boy who fought her son and belittled her family, already has a snag in her armor thinking about a little boy who used to bike to Melvalds all alone for more milk and the sugar dusted cereal his mother didn't like him to have. Has her walls damaged by Jonathan coming home with a Christmas present they both know Nancy Wheeler even in her middle class glory couldn't afford. Has the adoption papers ready to be notarized when that same little boy, just a little bit bigger, offers to cart her Will around town since he knows she and Jon are busy and he has nothing better to do; really, and Will is the only one that ever says please or thank you.

Hopper, who largely left the everyday police work to the other officers, didn't interact with Steve much until the Upside Down business started. He's ready to add Harrington to the list of kids he'd die to protect the second the bloodstained boy cracks open a bleary eye from the Byers' sofa. Concussed and happy for it since it meant the youngest ones were safe.

Claudia Henderson has decided that the law has little to do with family. She's seen too many young men in the hospital grieving loved ones they can't see while parents who don't care make decisions for the dying. Steve Harrington is hers now has been since he did her Dusty's hair. The Sinclairs only let Erica roam the mall on her own on days they know Steve is working. They know no matter what Erica and Lucas promise the two of them aren't staying together. There's something rotten in Hawkins, and the kids don't whisper as quietly as they think they do. They know there's something they are missing, but they don't need to know everything to know they can trust the boy who put himself bodily in front of their child to protect him. Karen still occasionally mourns the loss of Steve as a son-in-law but the fact that he still drives Mike around even on his surliest days, she couldn't ask for more.

Wayne Munson lasted the longest. A product of night shifts and a powerful wariness around anyone whose tax bracket exceeds his by more than one jump. But he knows the kind of skittish that Steve is, remembers an eight year old boy with eyes he hadn't grown into who used to skitter away from a sharp tongue or raised hand just the same. Even then all it takes is sitting next to Steve on a rare night off, the game fuzzing in and out on the TV, listening to him softly explain the rules of it all to his boy relating it back to the ones of that dragon game Eddie likes so much and he's gone. Steve's a hard worker, a wage slave as much as Wayne these days, seems wrong to begrudge him just cause the house he's kept at is a little bigger than theirs. There are worse boys to have as future in-laws, even if he is a Cubs fan.

The only person who doesn't seem to get the memo is Richard Harrington. So rarely around his own son he isn't swept up in the charm. Richard and Stephanie Harrington make their way back to Hawkins, unannounced on a Tuesday. The sleepy morning hours are still lingering when they make their way into the house, through the foyer, and onto the kitchen; following the sounds of crooning oldies. Richard has long thought his son a disappointment, too lazy to get into college and too spoiled to leave home, catching him dancing around the kitchen like a fairy with some trailer trash punk is really the last straw. He lets the wife he wishes he didn't have make some asinine comment to this freak that's in his kitchen, and turns to the child he never wanted to say, "I want you out, I won't have a queer living under my roof."

Stephanie and that long haired bastard both rear back like they've been slapped. While Richard is forced to watch as the son he's neglected straightens up, every ounce the man every other adult on Hawkins has watched him become, look him in the eye and say, "It's not your house, it never was. Grandpa Otis left it to me. So if you've got a problem with me or my fucking boyfriend, you can get out of my house. Looks like you're already packed."

That empty house gets emptier as Richard, alone, takes the furniture he paid for and the clothes that lingered in the closet; but it's quickly filled with the hand-me-downs of everyone who has ever fallen for that Harrington charm. They're all too happy to help Steve fill what's his.

#steve harrington #stranger things #stranger things fic #steddie #steve harrington hc #wayne munson #joyce byers #chief hopper #jim hopper #steve harrington's parents #i find steves mom to be fascinating and i genuinely think she really loves her son #i think she saw her boy happy in the kitchen with eddie and immediately wanted to meet him #maybe made a comment about eddies hair like mother like son #i think theyre relationship is extremely complicated but i think push come shove her son will always beat her husband #i couldnt think of a good way to work the buckleys in here but they also think steve would be an excellent son in law

[grimxark]

Get a room

#sorry this whole scene is so fucking gay? for no reason? #this and Optimus’ comment on his ‘complicated relationship’ with ss 💀💀 #I just think these men are women #anyway #megatron #Optimus prime #earthspark #megop #they speak #maccadam #SORRY!!!!!!

[smoresie]

shepherd has been dealing with a lot of strange emotions

could it be something going on with him? No all of this, is because of that man. The Dealer..

#the dealer #buckshot roulette #oc x canon #the two have a bantering sort of relationship #the dealer esp likes to comment on how shepherd gets around him #he knows shepherd wants him bad and is mostly waiting for him to make a move #shepherd is complicated in the head #just let the addiction entity into ir heart bbgirl #you'll feel a lot better

[literallyaflame]

Is it normal to feel Jewish even if you’re not?

why are you asking me, a culturally Christian gentile from the heart of the Bible Belt, this

#anonymous #no shade i’m genuinely confused #is this a copypasta #am i being pranked #the honest answer is ‘idk maybe depending on the circumstances’ #a lot of ppl have complicated relationships with their culture and spirituality #and because i do not know your situation i cannot meaningfully comment on it

[fiovske]

the thing abt mizu is that she is extremely non-binary in such a genderqueer way that she has homoerotic energy w men and extremely sapphic energy w women.

#i know this is gross simplification bc mizu's relationship to womanhood is quite a few layers of complicated #bc she has never been allowed to be human let alone woman in a society where mixed race is seen as a greater condemnation than womanhood #and a lot of her dressing up as a man is to save herself from the reach of said misogyny which wont let her be addressed as a woman #but sure be dehumanized as one. #but it is funny to think of how homoerotically charged her interactions w taigen are. as opposed to her interactions w women. w akemi. #i have not finished the show yet i've still quite a few eps to go. but god her being mixed race has been so incredibly isolating. #she struggles w intimacy she feels like she has to do everything alone bc who in the world wouldnt hate her? would not turn her in for coin #her easily clockable ethnicity has challenged both her ability to live w womanhood #and be a part of womanhood in a society where women are treated so poorly. #anyway this is a joke post simply to comment on how mizu's chemistry w taigen is as opposed to mizu's chemistry w akemi #i'd beseech you to not take it seriously. like i said. its a gross simplification. and this is a joke post. #im watching blue eye samurai and the art style is pretty cool

[babydarkstar]

ummmmmm i dont like going to the beach anyways bc it’s hot and makes me feel like im going to pass out and die but i’ll be going regardless which made me realize since becoming a hairy woman im going to have to deal with my mother providing her own commentary on my body hair. so that’s epic

#like idc it’s just annoying. i stopped putting my self worth in her hands a long time ago #i just wish she woukdnt comment on my body at all #i have such a complicated relationship with it anyways #i try to dissociate from it as much as possible actually #esp since like. being assaulted #that one is hard to get over lmfao.

[liquidstar]

man forget all the murder maids and murder rabbits and murder caves. the most fucked up part of re:zero was when the royal selection camps were having a peaceful dinner together (title of the chapter is literally “peaceful dinner”) and ferris decides NOW is the best time to confess, and crusch just awkwardly smiles, and ferris is like “IM KIDDING! JOKING! IT WAS A JOKE! LOL!” and everyone else is sitting there like

#re:zero #i would have killed myself no matter what #forcing subaru to reset the timeline to keep me from embarrassing myself #especially since it was his comment that prompted the interaction #he'll know to keep his mouth shut this time and not comment on the nature of other ppls complicated relationships LOL #but also the fact that wilhelm was the one who pulled ferris aside and was like. hey. dial it back. #imagine an old man telling you to your face that youve got no shot. id kill myself no matter what #its amazing that crusch bought that it was a joke too. i sure as hell didnt.

[janesemel]

Trastamara girls born after 1485 can’t cook. All they know is charge they phone, get abandoned by they father, eat hot chip, have complicated pseudo sexual relationship with male authority figure, twerk, and lie. (About their virginity.)

#the complicated relationship comment is about Mary & Chapuys/Catherine & Diego Fernandez #but if you’re one of those Phillipa Gregory girls it could always be about her and Henry VII :3 #oh and you know who else? Mary and Cromwell #gotta throw Hilary Mantel a bone #thomas cromwell #mary i of england #katherine of aragon #eustace chapuys #diego fernandez #ferdinand ii of aragon #king henry viii

[freshmangojuice]

Kochanski could not accept a different version of Lister to the one she had known in her universe.

Lister, however, easily accepts the different versions of Rimmer he meets.

#red dwarf #imo it says more about lister as a person rather than a comment on the qualities of the relationships or anything like that #because for kris it was a big complicated and traumatic deal losing her lister and being stuck with a different one #and the rimmer that lister knows the best isn't the original one anyway he's a hologram. an approximation. #and then the hologram goes away and he's with the nanobot resurrected version. #and at first he's like oh you're the old one. the one you used to be. so he SEES a difference. these are clearly different people. #but then it's like nothing's changed. he treats him the same #and then the hologram comes back again and he's got to be different somehow too but they just go back to being bunkmates like it's nothing #and when you look at all the listers in skipper that rimmer meets when they learn he's a rimmer from a different universe #they're all like oh alright hi rimmer! #like???? it's so easy for him #not to mention how well he gets on with ace #I think no matter what. no matter what version of rimmer he's with. he's just glad it's rimmer #also I'm something of a lister/kochanski shipper. I love a tragic romance. so do not take this as a dig against kris bc I won't like that

[justanawesomeowl]

Im silently on twitter these days, and the amount of casual hate Joe Alwyn gets... amazing

I get that you prefer Taylor loves her life publicly (it gives us more content to obsess over), but disrespecting her choice of having a private relationship? Like, come on! She's old enough to know how she prefers to live her relationships: if that's publicly or privately it's her choice!

Having a private 6 year relationship was not Joe's "fault", but her choice as well. I'm sure that after this last few months we can all agree that if she had wanted she would have done otherwise

There's also the fact that everyone adored him (except the Gaylors) while they were dating and everyone is backstabbing him now. I get that we're swifties and not whatever his fans might be called, but it's sooo lame. Like, you can be happy for your friend after a break up and recognize that their ex was good for them at the time / not trashtalk them

#Taylor swift #Joe Alwyn #I don't know I saw a tweet a few days ago about how Joe was never at things and it just... #She can live her life however she likes. And her not wanting to live at the fishbowl for a bit was okay #I'm sure that relationship had its flaws and challenges but I don't like the evilization of Joe #I'm sure my view is unsurprising as I always hate when celebrities lose their privacy #Taylor's relationship to privacy is soooo complicated... like your have her songwriting being biographical and her being bigger than life #But there's also her views on paparazzi and fans (miss Americana) her comments on interviews and the fish bowl metaphor...

[acebabecd]

My personal headcanon is that Dorian and Orym got closer between EXU and C3 and seriously discussed having a relationship, but agreed to pause on it until the Zephra mission was over, then the universe decided to throw a bunch of other stuff at them in the meantime

#cr3 #dorym #i think mostly the serious discussion would have been /because/ of the mission #bc it brings up a lot of heavy complicated emotions for orym #especially involving his husband #and trying to find who murdered your husband and father while pursuing possibly the first relationship since his husband #would be kind of a lot to deal with #and robbie made a comment on 4sd about dorian keeping a distance from romantic tension he had in the group #and dorian purposely keeping a distance to protect both their feelings would make sense with that

[distant-screaming]

A recurring idea in MLC that is shown again and again, in different ways, is relationships being strained without either party at fault.

The first and most obvious one to me is Wen and Alan. Neither of them are at fault, both of them still care about the other, but - circumstances have changed. Wen isn't in love anymore. That's it. It's not something that's dependent on either of them (though with Alan and Wen there's this really interesting look into what exactly it is that you love about a person and how that works in parallel to personal growth, but I digress).

Then we have our favourite uncle nephew relationship - the way the difference in opinion between Li Ming + Uncle Jim is portrayed is just so... nuanced? They both love each other but neither of them will back down from what they think is right. And neither of them are wrong, not as such. (As viewers it might feel like it, maybe because we relate to one viewpoint more than the other, but in reality both of them are valid.)

The relationship between Jim and Gaipa, Li Ming and his mom - I would even go so far as to say Heart and his mom can fit into this category too, though to a somewhat lesser extent. (I have enough Thoughts about Heart's family to write a whole essay sjfkdk.)

Anyway. I don't want to make this too long but I absolutely adore the idea that's being reiterated over and over again, that there isn't always a 'bad guy', it's not wrong vs right every single time. The sort of humanity that is shown in MLC is so so good, I love it so much.

#distant screaming screams into the void #mlc #moonlight chicken #alanwen #li ming #uncle jim #messy relationships my beloved!!!! #i didn't even touch on jimwen because i don't think i have enough of a grasp on their relationship to comment on it but like. COMPLICATED!!