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theshadowrealmitself · 9 months
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I’m on some weird side of TikTok that hates Gwen for some reason and I’m terrified of looking on tumblr and seeing if that’s just the majority opinion, but anyways my thoughts on it:
So most of the videos I’ve seen on hating Gwen are about her “not being there for Miles” and because “she didn’t tell him”, and I don’t think those people watched the movie because
1.) Gwen joined an organization. An organization with rules. An organization with rules with tracking technology. There’s no way that they would’ve been okay with her just visiting Miles. Yeah she visited other Spideys, but those Spideys were a part of the organization.
If they had caught her visiting Miles for no reason, which they would have most likely noticed immediately, if not because of the tracking technology, then because of Jessica checking in on her often as her mentor that vouched for her, she could have been kicked out of the organization. Which for Gwen meant going back to her universe where she’d either be homeless and on run from the law, or just in jail.
There was no way she could have just visited beforehand, and they most likely had her on strict rules on not contacting him too (because this is an organization that tries to prevent the multiverse from breaking down, there’s no way they didn’t have strict rules), but the second Gwen was able to go to his universe, the very first thing she does, is stop by his house.
In fact, her mission is a second priority to her, she just leaves a tracker where the Spot is going to be, and then focuses on spending time with Miles.
2.) She tells him, then what? Either he accepts it, and just,, waits for his dad to die, knowing it’s not an event that he’s allowed to change (to their knowledge), or he fights against it, which would be the natural instinct of a 15 year old hearing that a loved one they’re close to is about to be killed, which would then put his entire universe at risk.
You heard them, they can fix Pavitr’s timeline “if they’re lucky,” most likely if Miles saved his dad and his universe started collapsing, they might not be able to save it, then he doesn’t just lose his dad, he loses everyone (if they let him join the society, would he be able to if his universe goes or does he go with it?)
Yeah some of the Spideys have some suspicions on whether or not interfering with the canon actually does cause a universe to collapse, but the only for sure facts they have is that Miguel fucked with a universe’s canon and that universe fell apart, it’s too risky to test it out on a hunch, and y’all wanted her to still risk it? knowing that there’s a 50/50 chance Miles still tries to save his dad and accidentally takes down his whole universe???
Now we as the audience have different information, and we’re pretty sure Miguel is wrong about the canon events, but you gotta think about what the characters know in universe, and what Gwen knows is that a Spidey wouldn’t want to just sit back and let a loved one die, and that screwing with canon might cost someone waaaay more than just one loved one
So Gwen not telling Miles anything and not visiting him wasn’t actually her flaws in the movie, yeah we felt betrayed that she did that, because it’s from Miles’ pov and Miles felt betrayed, but just because we wished she had done something different, doesn’t mean that her actions were wrong
Tragically, knowing what she knew, her mistake in the movie wasn’t “not being there more for Miles,” it was actually being there for him and visiting him, instead of avoiding him and focusing on her mission to capture the Spot, because if she had done that, then she could’ve stopped him before he started screwing with the multiverse
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weirdwildwonderland · 2 months
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I know ppl downplay certain siblings trauma a lot but let me just reframe everyone’s for you based on the seasons
1) imagine the person you love the most sending you 185828282 miles away for 4 years to live on the moon. Completely alone. When you get back you find out that all the samples you put so much work into didn’t even get read or taken out. The person who sent you there tells you later that he put you there to guard the most precious thing in the universe but you can't help but think that he sent you up there because you died and came back looking like a monster. He left you on the operating table for two months and when he saw you again he couldn't even look at you.
Imagine being a little kid and being told you’re not special. And then living with 6 other people who are constantly praised because they’re more special than everyone else. Imagine them 30 years later still talking about you behind your back and blaming you for everything that went wrong.
Imagine being 12 and being so restless to see the world and to see what you can do that you go somewhere no one’s ever been. And it’s hell. And no one comes to save you. You think about how you saw your family dead in those first days. And it haunts you for those next 45 years.
2) imagine being transported back in time. You have powers that can kill people. And since you’re from the future you have history books on your side. You have the power to stop one of the most famous assassinations in history and prove to your dad (who’s alive now) that you’re GOOD. That you’re not the impulsive emotional crazy mess he always said you were. You just want him to love you, because whether you want to admit it or not, you want his love and validation more than anything else in the world. You don’t prevent the assassination.
Imagine having to witness all the stupid things your brother does. You just want to give up sometimes but you literally can’t. So you put up with his attitude and stupid justifications and you never get to hug those 5 other people that you miss so much. Your brother says that ghosts can’t time travel. You don't get to say goodbye to him. Even though you hated him sometimes he had a good heart and you miss that good heart all the time.
3) imagine going through brutal racism and dehumanization every single day. Not knowing if your husband is alive or in jail or not. Constantly on alert. Your husband is the only thing keeping you from losing it. And the thought that your daughter will be there when you get back. You didn’t get to see her before the first apocalypse. You failed her as a mother and she died that night not even hearing your voice. Your brother was on the phone for you. You leave your husband for her. It’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Except she isn’t there.
4) (speculation) you used to be immortal. You got really sick one time from walking barefoot in a field and from something you smoked. You got shot by a spear gun. You came back. You can drink however much you want. You can get run over by a bus and you heal in half an hour. Now that you don’t have your powers it’s different. Everything is terrifying on a new level. Salmonella from the canteloupe and liver poisoning from the alcohol and flu from your brother's new kid. The clorox wipes smell like a security blanke and you can't get close to anyone anymore. Not even your sister. Not even your niece. And it makes your brother sad. You don’t smoke anymore and you’re so, so quiet. No one notices. You’re finally quiet.
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fuzziemutt · 7 months
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On Miguel and Motivations Behind his Behaviors Towards Miles
An analysis point I haven't seen much around (<- says the man who never looks in the tag) is the idea that Miguel was trying to be the very thing Miles could blame when (in Mig's eyes) he's unable to save his father.
Miguel's main motivation for his actions across the board are in his most iconic line:
"I don’t always like what I have to do, but I know I'm going to have to be the one to do it."
This line is very defining for him because it's reflected on how Miguel shoulders the responsibilities of the Spiderverse and any unsavory actions it might have to take for whatever reason. He alone makes the decision, the action so "no one else will have to" feel that guilt*.
*which I should note. Comic book Miguel is very much noted to have severe guilt with being S-man ("No, with great responsibility, comes great guilt!") but constantly states "he has to do it because who will?". Being S-man isn't a freeing thing for him... It's an obligation, a way for him to "atone for his sins" (from the man with severe Catholic trauma).
However, his need to be the one to "make the hardline decisions" out of guilt isn't the only influencer in his actions towards Miles.
Because another important note about comic Miguel is his biggest trait in all his relationships: he is the scapegoat.
From his mother, to his father(s), to his ex-girlfriend, ex-fiance, and even his brother himself. Miguel is always a means for people to escape blame. He is always a means to place responsibility to "fix it" because only /Miguel/ can fix it* for them (wow his oldest sibling disorder is showing).
*Gabriel, his brother, is seen multiple times demanding Miguel to "fix" the situations he finds himself in such as getting his girlfriend out of jail as Miguel "owes it to him" for working with Alchemax.
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Furthermore, Miguel is seen having /quiet/ anger responses towards how others treat him; i.e. when Dana, his then-fiance, comes to him after talking to Tyler Stone, (later known: his bio father) who is untrustworthy and whom also Dana is cheating on Mig with (this fact is unknown to Mig at the time too), Mig is notably upset yet never raises his voice, he keeps his anger to himself and quiet.
This allows others to easily project onto him- Dana then projects her own view of what Miguel must be feeling in the next panel (which- she is often severely incorrect in her assessments as stated by Miguel himself in several instances of self-reflection)
And thus, Miguel has every intention to allow himself to be the scapegoat for others as long as he lives. Especially one Miles Morales.
Because Miguel is not happy preventing Miles from saving his father, he almost cries about it, he /wants/ to comfort Miles the whole time. He doesn't like what he has to do.
But Miguel has come this far (ensuring everyone's safety) and he can't let Miles make the same mistakes he made. Because to Miguel, he tried to alter his story and tried to fight what he didn't even know what would become the canon theory.
Yes, there are circumstances, there could be exceptions*, there's a possibility everything will be alright but Miguel /does not/ know this. He didn't know about canon theory or what would happen to Gabby then. All he knows now is that he flew too close to the sun and killed billions of people, and now, he doesn't want to allow Miles to "play god" and find himself with no home. It's "better" to be safe than sorry as he'd say <- through gritted teeth and tears.
*Whether the canon theory is true or not is not really important in this reading. The theory is just meant as a metaphor for whole vs one, risk vs caution, and the suffocation of fear-
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So Miguel does what he doesn't want the others to do. He plays the scapegoat, the guy you can put all your anger towards, the thing you can blame when it just doesn't work how you want it to, and focus all your hatred on instead of yourself.
He doesn't order any of the others to throw the containment field at Miles (they didn't even know he was going to), he doesn't order the others to talk about the canon theory (also because he's reminding himself about why he's asking a kid to let his father die and to remind everyone of Mig's own faults- takes the blame as the sole destroyer of worlds despite us knowing Gabby's dimension isn't the only one that's collapsed thus far and strictly by Miguel's hands), he even leads majority of the apprehension of Miles himself.
Hell, he even lets himself be the scapegoat for why Gwen and Peter B don't visit Miles. We don't know enough about that conversation to say how much Miguel said "no, don't see him" but he sure isn't trying to fight* any possible allegations of how that conversation went either via clarifying /what/ it was he said.
Lastly, Miguel's control issues really appear in these interactions even, in this choice. Because, Miguel is taking on the choice for others because he thinks he can control others' grief if he just "does it 'right' for them", and that's just not /possible/.
You can't choose the how and when for others, you can't "fix this" for them, you can't make sure no one ever gets hurt because you'd rather someone scream at you for stopping them or taking the choice from them, than for them to experience something that's an inherent part of life and mature and grow from it.
To receive that "just punishment" that you're always seemingly striving for because you care so deeply about everyone and everything yet can't comprehend that others might care for you as well.
You can't keep suffocating others in your own fear, Miguel.
"And all this time, /I've/ been the only one holding it all together."
Yeah, Miguel has severe issues, he's projecting onto this kid, he majorly fucked up this interaction, but I feel Miguel's insistence on placing any and /all/ blame onto himself is a very vital piece of his character that we shouldn't ignore especially in analysis.
+ Another note of Comic Miguel's character: Miguel is very prone to allowing anyone to say literally anything to him. He's called horrendous things and he /never/ denies these things. He never tries to make anyone believe otherwise because Miguel agrees with them-
-Yes, he's Gabriel's slimeball brother who's arrogant and egotistical and a jackass and impossible to work with and a terrible, no-good son. Because no one has ever said one nice thing to Miguel O'Hara. They've only praised Spider-man.
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Danny Phantom (and technically optional crossover) Prompt
Imagine, if you will, a not-aging Danny Fenton. There’s about a dozen ways to do this, but in this case—Danny still has a human lifespan, he just looks human (though, I won’t argue against any immortal Dannys). As Fenton, he’s just stuck at fourteen. Phantom, being a ghost whose appearance is based on what he sees himself as, does look older. By this point, he’s probably retired from superheroics—I just find unphased and jaded 18 year old Danny to be hilarious. So, he’s just like ‘I wanna go to college’.
So he does. He just. Always looks 14. His hair grows, he can build muscle, and he can definitely have dark eyes—but otherwise? Short ass 14 year old. He constantly has to prove that yes, he’s the real Danny Fenton, and no, this is not a scam. He eventually has to get meta-specific paperwork filled out—no need for the genetic test if the power is fairly obvious. (Of course, it’s possible to do this AU as not crossover, but then you’ll have to do the legwork of making it less odd that someone has superpowers, and whether that means everyone knows he’s Phantom, which might change some of the issues. It also doesn’t have to be DC, for instance, you could use Marvel or even My Hero Academia—ultimately, up to the writer.)
Anyways, he gets his degree(s), enters the workforce, and by the Ancients is it hard to be taken seriously. Even people who see his paperwork and know for a fact he’s a full fledged adult are just like, aw, poor kid, can’t even reach the top cabinets without stretching or climbing. So, while he could just keep being the most qualified 14-looking-adult, he’s quickly getting sick of it. He can’t even be a school teacher, none of his students will take him seriously! Not even the younger ones, cause even the other teachers aren’t respecting him.
There are about… three options available to him, up to whoever wants to pick up this sort of prompt.
1-he gets into acting or modeling. Or perhaps, stunt acting. And everyone is just a bit unnerved about how absolutely none of the nonsense seems to get to him, and he’s just… a little *too* bendy sometimes. He’d make a great scare actor, if he wasn’t terrible at scaring people.
2-he goes into the work force as Phantom in a cheap wig and terrible contacts. Half the time, he forgets at least one contact. Cue mystery of who the hell this guy is, because, for ONCE, someone actually paid attention to the paperwork and knows that he DOESN’T look like THAT.
3-he tries to get work in a slightly more remote position, where his colleagues are few to none. Of course, that is, until some hero or another such professional has to meet him in person, and gets one hell of a shock about who their expert on the computer has been all this time.
There’s of course the undercurrent of Danny’s experiences as a teen hero, so sometimes absolutely wild situations show up, and his stories are like, super weird. He thinks at least SOME of his experiences must be universal, and they’re… really, really not. The outlandish stories don’t help the whole ‘not taken serious’ thing, but then they turn out to be true. Bonus points to rogues or ghosts showing up to say hi and everyone is like WAS THAT A FUCKING DRAGON?! And Danny’s just like ‘yeah she was a beauty pageant coordinator in my hometown, we kept in touch. I helped put her brother in jail’. As if that did NOT just raise more questions than before.
Of course, use or don’t use what you want (such as, he does keep a public-ish position, or he just goes full villain to prove a point, or even somehow starts working undercover at schools and summer camps for xyz reasons, whether or not the Justice League finds him, what his degree(s) weee even in, etc etc), I just think that Forever Teen Danny stories are interesting.
Basically… it’s reverse Shazam, haha.
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paganminiskirt · 3 months
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I love the third therapy appointment where Michael asks Dr. Friedlander if he believes in pure evil, referring to Trevor, and then rattles off some of the horrible stuff he’s been doing since Trevor re-entered his life to prove the point. Michael admits that violence feels good, that he’s a “hypocritical f*ck” and that doing these things is making him feel bad about himself… all for Friedlander to prevaricate to keep Michael talking, telling him that he needs to bulk-buy more sessions if he ever wants to fix himself, continuing to hurt people while putting money in this psychologist’s pocket. He outright encourages Michael to obsess over his inadequacies, actively making Michael’s mental state worse so he’ll keep coming back, right after hearing him admit that he’s been committing random acts of violence - and then he laughs about the fact that Michael’s crimes make it so he’ll be able to pay him in cash. He’s killing people! And his doctor thinks it’s funny!
Friedlander ends the session suggesting that Michael is “a weak pup who was weaned too soon by an angry mother,” reminding us of the language Mike used when he called Trevor a “sick puppy” - as well as of something much darker about Trevor, the most overtly Freudian character in the game. His incestuous relationship with his abusive mother gets brought up constantly, with special emphasis placed on the contrast between how frightened Trevor becomes once his mom reappears & how domineering he is with everyone else. He’s tough with everyone else; he’s weak and docile with her.
So naturally, the little boy/dog language gets reused when Michael’s own issues with intimacy come up in the therapy session, and he calls himself a “good boy” for abstaining from cheating on his wife. Later on in the story, Trevor mockingly says “daddy’s been a bad boy” when Michael calls his family to apologize in front of him; and that isn’t the only time Trevor invokes the “bad boy” label! He uses it on the “reprobates” he captures for Maude in the bail bonds missions, men he’s also in the habit of intimidating with the prospect of sexual abuse in prison, the same kind of abuse that would’ve taken place between him and his mother.
They were tough with everyone else; they’re weak and docile now that they’re going to jail. Michael’s tough with everyone else; he’s weak and docile with his family, at least in Trevor’s eyes. The familial bonds that are meant to be an escape from the criminal life become enmeshed with the life itself, one form of exploitation interchangeable for another.
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And jesus, the little face-journey Michael goes on if he chooses to accept Friedlander’s advice. I don’t think for a second that Mike buys into this, that Friedlander has unlocked some grandiose epiphany by telling him he needs to get his temper under control/spend more money on therapy. You can see it sink in, that this person who occupies a trusted, intimate position of power within an epicenter of American culture is just as big of a crook as he is, taking advantage of Michael’s mental and moral weakness for his own gain like a parasite. (Or a dog picking on a puppy. Or a big man assaulting a smaller one. Or a parent exploiting their child.)
But in a perverse way, it’s still exactly what Michael wanted to hear. Michael does take Friedlander’s message to heart. He just accepts it as what it is, rather than what it’s advertised as. He takes to heart that everyone is like him, in some way or another, and that the only way to reach the upper echelons of society is by being like this, whether you’re willing to admit it or not: that if he didn’t take advantage of people himself, he’d still be sitting there getting taken advantage of, with no possibility for benefit or reward. He takes to heart that he’s not that bad. His behavior isn’t that unusual. He’s got no choice, when you think about.
If Michael’s doctor is like this, then it becomes that much easier for him to convince himself that the whole world must be like this, the privileged and the downtrodden, the sacred and the profane. And what are him and Trevor? They’re dogs, tossed in a sack at birth and left to gnaw their way out or drown. At least they’ve got an excuse.
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silverskull · 1 year
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The Rookie 518 specumalation...
SO. MANY. THOUGHTS.
UC Chenford is like, my absolute favourite thing, and seeing Jake and Sava again…. Urgh, it’s bringing back all the memories of last summer (the good parts, obvs - the theories and the creativity and the craziness…)
I don’t usually like to speculate on episodes - I just like to let them happen. No point getting bogged down or upset if things don’t happen the way you’d like, and as a community, we can often get caught up in little details that just make us mad at one another 🤯.
THAT SAID, I have no problem doing *fun guessing*, or wondering how certain teasers connect. And since we have a hiatus and this is my favourite subject, let’s go down the rabbit hole…
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I actually originally thought they may have taken the clips of Lucy’s interview in the station from last year’s Real Crime ep, but I checked and they did not (different lighting and angles). This is a part where I’m not majorly interested in guessing, but perhaps they do not interview Tim at the start, to keep up the fear factor, so Lucy is interviewed on her own. Followed by her and Tim interviewed at her apartment when it’s revealed he’s not dead. Or perhaps he’s there beside her and it’s just cropped. Not a spec to worry about either way.
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Who the redhead is with Tim and Aaron, or why there’s a puff of smoke, I have no idea. But Tim looks good.
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NOW.
This is where it gets interesting.
I think Jake gets out of jail (see barbed wire and “this is a high security” sign), and that the lovely image we’re all fainting over is actually really Jake and Sava, not UC Tim and Lucy, or any version of Dim and Juicy. I’m interested to see if Jake has lost weight too, or if his fling with the waitress in Vegas is brought up…
There are a few possibilities here, but I think, basically, there’s an issue between Jake and the guy we see him beating up in the alley. I can’t tell if Jake is really dead, or if the death is a setup by LAPD (if it’s a setup, I want happy Jake and Sava in the sunset afterwards 🌇). It could be some kind of triple cross con, where they pretend they think Tim is dead, but it turns out to be fake Jake. Meanwhile, real Jake is safe somewhere and he meets Sava at the end. 
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Anyway, he’s probably really dead (which is very, very sad 😭) and the story we’re left with is Lucy going UC as Sava to figure it out. Meanwhile, real Sava is bopping around on her own, devastated by the death of her OTL. (‘Bopping’ and ‘devastated’ should not be used to describe the same moment of time for a character, but here we are. 🤷‍♀️) I think Lopez and Harper take her into the station to tell her about Jake’s death and, maybe, put her into protection for Lucy to go UC.
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I think Sava on the bench meeting Beard Guy is actually Lucy, and I can’t be fully sure if Beard Guy is also Alleyway Guy. Possibly. But surely there are more characters involved.
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The spoken lines are cut up all over the place. Listen with good speakers, don’t watch the picture, and you’ll hear it. I’m not fully convinced that just because “Tim just disappeared” sounds slightly English means it’s Sava. When Lopez and Harper meet (probably) Sava in the beginning, she doesn’t have an English accent there. 
Because of that, I have no inkling whether that’s Lucy or Sava. The only thing is, at the porch, she has her phone out, and the Lucy in the car crash does too. That’s obviously to facilitate the footage for the documentary, but I’m feeling slightly more like it might be Sava because of that.
I don’t know at what point the car crash fits into anything. I can’t tell if it’s Lucy or Sava, and the clothes and hair don’t match any of the other images we have of her. I think something hits her from behind while she’s on a video call, and I think she might be in the front passenger’s seat, but that’s all I can tell from that.
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OKAY OKAY, NOW.
The most interesting bit! (According to me!)
What the hell is that massive house?!
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There’s no way it’s Jake and Sava’s, so it might be something to do with Alleyway/Beard Guy (slash Jake’s murderer?!). It’s unlikely to be connected to the redhead lady scene, because Tim no longer has his vest on, and the neighbourhood looks entirely different. Either way, Tim and Sava/Lucy are not alone in there.
When Tim finds the secret door, someone is filming (perhaps Aaron’s bodycam/Sava’s phone?) and a third person appears in front of Tim - you get a split second of their hand. So it’s not like he’s hanging out alone, babysitting a grieving Sava, however interesting that might be.
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My (second!) favourite thing from this promo was something I missed entirely on every other viewing, until I took the screencaps for this essay. THERE’S A HIDDEN ROOM FULL OF TREASURE. Or something. Probably something more boring, like notes, or art, or a dead body.
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Maybe Jake was involved in some sort of heist for this stuff, got killed, LAPD got involved, Lucy goes UC as Sava, while Sava helps out on the LAPD side. Something goes wrong for Lucy (car crash?) and the team have to follow their own leads. Sava gives them this house address and they find the secret passage, but Tim falls through some sort of trap door. He may find the secret room on his own, or maybe they find it together.
Add to all this that set decorator and gentle spoiler man, William DeBiasio hinted that one or other of Chenford are in danger in this episode (just trust me - the tweet tree is too big to repost at this stage!), and the remaining one is worried about them. Because we hear “Tim just disappeared”, and because nothing bad has happened to him so far in the series, I’ve been assuming that the bad thing would happen to him. But really, it would make more sense if it happened to Lucy (back to the car crash/UC issue).
And then it would be Tim taking care of Lucy at her apartment. And since we see the cameras when Sava arrives at the station, Lucy's uniformed interview could be before the op takes place, while the interview at her apartment is afterwards.
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Eric Winter was also asked in a cameo message why Lucy would do a documentary about UC, and thus broadcast her face to any potential criminals. He said “it’s all explained” in the episode.
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Myself, I have a constant little racket in my head that reminds me “light drama, light drama, light drama”. The Rookie is not a very serious show, and we let a lot of inconsistencies slide. I’ve been letting the True Crime episodes exist outside reality, and just don’t think very deeply about how they affect the ongoing plot. I also love the True Crime episodes, and I cannot understand why people don’t! (You are completely allowed to not like them, I’m just letting you know where I stand!)
So with Eric saying Lucy talking in public about UC is “explained”, I’m wondering if something happens… like she gives up on UC? I’ve not been one of the people who thinks she dislikes it. I never got that feeling from her character. But maybe something in this episode changes her mind; or maybe I’ve been misreading her feelings.
Then again, it may be as simple as - someone uploaded her picture online (at the crash, or somewhere else public). Or Sava was broadcasting the whole thing (and that’s why we keep seeing her on her phone). So Lucy’s face (as Sava) is already out there, and it doesn’t matter in the context of this documentary.
--ETA-- Jake's clothes in the sunset gif are, I think, exactly what he was wearing when Tim and Lucy arrested him, giving more credence to the Jake & Sava theory.
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--end ETA-- ANYWAY.
As you may be able to tell by now, I am super, super, SUPER excited about this ep. Some of my favourite bits of everything are going to be in it, and the only cherry that could make it even better would be some form of Chenford kiss. Imagine, less than one season on from 422, and I’m feeling deprived that we haven’t had a kiss in the last few episodes (goddamn that bug the actors got after 512……)
Now that I’ve typed this thesis, watch someone drop a new promo/spoiler that completely negates the entire thing.
WOOHOO, FANGIRLING.
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prolifeproliberty · 2 years
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I'm not going to be completely uncivilized like some people here. Help me to understand your views. What if a ten year old child is raped, and the child would die due to birth and pregnancy? What's your stance on trans men? Are you adopting kids who were put up for adoption? Are you funding formula shortages? I don't think that consent to sex equals consent to pregnancy. I'm pro choice, and I want to engage in normal discussion, because blatantly attacking pro choicers does nothing.
I appreciate the civility. I really do need to update a frequently asked questions page though to cover some of these.
- “What if a ten-year-old child is raped, and the child would die due to birth and pregnancy?”
First, if a child (or anyone) is raped, the rapist needs to rot in jail. Maybe the death penalty - that’s a conversation we can have, but it’s not currently the norm. What we shouldn’t do is punish the preborn child worse than the rapist, since the preborn child is not responsible for the circumstances of his or her conception.
In your question you set a premise that “the child would die.” There are no situations where the outcomes are that clear. There are certainly significant risks for a young child who becomes pregnant, but the pregnancy is by no means a death sentence. With proper medical care, the child can be monitored for signs of complications, and the baby can be delivered early by c-section if needed.
There’s a very sad article on Wikipedia called “List of Youngest Birth Mothers.” Reading it will break your heart. The youngest girl on there was five years old. Five. But she delivered a living child in 1939 in Peru, with very limited medical care access.
All of the children on the list are under 11. In so many cases, especially since many of them are from before DNA testing was a thing, the rapist is never identified or convicted. It’s awful.
What it shows us, however, is that with proper medical care there is no room to say “the child will die” as if there’s no hope.
In a situation where a child has been raped and is pregnant, there is no trauma-free solution. Abortion will traumatize her, as will giving birth. However, some rape survivors who give birth actually find it healing and empowering - but we can’t know whether they will feel that way until it happens.
What we can do is take the path that has less death, and that’s the path of not killing preborn children and doing everything possible to protect the lives and health of both of the children involved.
What saddens me is how many people think that the “easy” answer in these cases is to kill an innocent child.
- “What’s your stance on trans men?”
I believe that biological sex is determined at fertilization, and it’s not something you can change, even with hormones and surgery. What saddens me is how many young people have become convinced they are transgender because either A) they don’t feel comfortable in their body (and who does during puberty and adolescence?) or B) they don’t feel they fit into some arbitrary cultural standard of how men and women are supposed to act. A woman who doesn’t like wearing dresses or doing feminine things isn’t suddenly a man - she just has different style, tastes, and interests. Telling her she needs hormones and surgery because she doesn’t “fit in” with cultural norms is horrifying.
- “Are you adopting kids who are put up for adoption?”
There are two different conversations here: adopting from foster care and adopting newborns whose mothers chose adoption prior to giving birth or shortly after.
In your question, it sounds like you’re talking about babies being placed for adoption by their mothers as an alternative to abortion. There are currently long, long waiting lists for those children. It’s hard to get accurate numbers, but some estimates say as many as 2 million couples are waiting to adopt newborns at any one time.
Meanwhile, there have been around 1 million abortions a year for the last several years. There are about 100,000 children in foster care who are eligible for adoption. So those 2 million couples could adopt every single child who would have been aborted and every single child in foster care, and there would be 900,000 couples left waiting to adopt, not accounting for couples adopting sibling groups.
What stops all the children in foster care from being adopted is a combination of red tape and stigma. Children in foster care tend to have higher levels of need because of the trauma they’ve been through, and some couples feel ill-equipped to handle that.
I say all of this to explain that there isn’t a lack of adoptive families. I’m not in the best position to adopt, and you don’t need me to be. What we need is better education and support for couples adopting from foster care.
Also, for mothers who choose adoption for their child before or shortly after birth, there is no foster system involved. They can choose the adoptive parents and the child goes directly to those parents.
- “Are you funding formula shortages?”
I’m assuming this question is asking what I’m doing to help parents struggling to find formula. I donate to pregnancy resource centers which provide formula as well as diapers, baby clothes, and other resources to the moms they work with.
I also share resources like La Leche League for those moms who could potentially breastfeed but need support in doing so. Obviously there are many situations where breastfeeding isn’t possible, but it’s my hope that if those who can breastfeed do, there will be more formula available for those who have no other option.
- “I don’t think consent to sex equals consent to pregnancy.”
Here’s the thing - If you willingly engage in an activity that puts a vulnerable, innocent human at risk, you are now responsible for that vulnerable human’s well-being. Sex has the potential to create a new human life, which is inherently vulnerable and needs protection and care. If you engaged in sex, you are responsible for that human being’s circumstances, and therefore for that human being’s protection and care.
But setting that argument aside, it’s wrong to kill innocent human beings, no matter how they were conceived. The choice isn’t whether to be pregnant, it’s whether to commit an act of violence with the intention to kill a human child.
I would invite you to familiarize yourself with common abortion procedures and how they are performed, as explained by OB/Gyns who are also former abortionists. These are acts of violence against children, and we cannot allow them.
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spoookydoesart · 2 years
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Please let me have this. The concept of Jervis is so good even though his comics aren’t…great…..and writing a Wonderland-loving weirdo as a Wonderland-loving weirdo just sounds fun. So, I guess you’d call this my…
• JERVIS TETCH Headcannons / Interpretation •
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Jervis Tetch- or, the Mad Hatter- was a once respected neurologist turned criminal. Unassuming at face value, he creates chaos through his backwards intelligence and hypnotism, molding Gotham to fit his vision of ‘home’.
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Jervis was a neurologist, studying the subconscious. He was lonely, with few friends as a result of his social anxiety and awkwardness, but otherwise lived an average life.
This loneliness would bubble up into desperation, driving him to begin his criminal career before he would dawn his alter ego- the result of an unreciprocated crush on his coworker. He’d inconspicuously use hypnotism to make strangers steal gifts to impress her with, the small scale and lack of traceability leaving Jervis guiltless. But eventually his crush would catch on, refusing his gifts and eventually demanding he never talk to her again. In a panic, he would hypnotize a group of bystanders into stealing a large sum of money, which accidentally lead Batman straight to him. Batman would find Tetch begging for the woman to willingly leave Gotham with him, promising anything she wants with the stolen money.
His intelligence and fondness for mind control would land Tetch in Arkham Asylum, which was more than a shock to him. Of course he knew he was risking jail time, but Arkham?? He didn’t think anything he was doing was THAT bad! But now, he was sitting next door to some of the Gotham’s worst villains, amongst their ranks! He could never live a normal life again…. He didn’t want linger on those thoughts, escaping through one of the few distractions he had at his disposal- a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He reread and escaped from the reality of the Asylum so often that it soon became his most important influence and, in addition to acclimating to his criminal status, resulted in the creation of his alter ego- the Mad Hatter.
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Jervis is deceptively non-villainous- pleasant, soft-spoken, and chipper. He enjoys “helping” others, and has moments of ditziness and anxiousness. If you had met him on the street unknowingly, you’d likely think he was just a well meaning eccentric with his head a little too far in the clouds. He does, however, have an awful temper, and is also quick to shift blame away from himself.
Many say he isn’t ignorant to this perception, with debates whether or not he knowingly plays up his personality to manipulate others. Generally, the people who know his history don’t typically respect him, but also don’t put down their guard around him. After all, there is no arguing his use of hypnotism and mind control, and the wacky schemes that are difficult to crack because of the nonsense logic that only he finds sense in.
The Mad Hatter has two main goals:
Make Gotham into a Wonderland. Causing general chaos, really. What he means by this isn’t clear (perhaps intentionally) as his schemes can be inconsistent. However, it’s usually with two underlying themes- regaining control, and not being alone.
To kill Batman. Ooooh he wants him dead. Jervis blames Batman for the loss of his old life, and sees this more that anything as a service to the people of Gotham, protecting the “innocent” from having their lives ruined as well.
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Hello! I've been admiring your writings for a while now ♡. I don't know if you're taking any requests rn, so I'm sorry if requests are closed.
But if you're accepting requests, may I ask for some Enemies to Lovers with Itto x Fem!Reader? Like, the reader is friends with almost everyone in Inazuma but she does not get along with Itto at all... Until she sees some people throwing beans at him, wanting to harass him and she just can't take it and goes absolutely feral to protect him? Can be angst, fluff, smut, whatever you prefer, I like it all. (But I really do enjoy a heavy angst with happy ending)
OMGJAHDHAKTHISMAKESMESOHAPPY!!!
This actually made my day 🥺 TYSM I’m so happy that you like my work <3
I tried my best with your request, but I’m not a very good angst writer 😰. I hope you like it though. I had to do a lot these past 2 days but still wanted to write something for you.
A/N: Since I was operating on limited time periods I couldn’t find a way to specify (Fem! Reader) without making things take a “different” turn, so it had to be gender neutral.
(If you want to request in the future, you can check my profile and at the top it should say “Askbox Open” or “Askbox closed”)
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Summary: You and Itto don’t always get along as you don’t always agree with his different methods. One day however; upon seeing someone throwing beans at him, you snap.
Warnings: Not proofread/Slightly rushed (Sorry)
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You were always the kind of person that helped wherever you could; whether it be delivering things for different shopkeepers, baking things for the elderly that resided in Konda Village, involving yourself in planning events and festivals with the Tricommision. It was no wonder to other people that you bore the title “Y/N, leader of the (l/n) gang.”
You were well liked and always got along with everyone in Inazuma. Everyone except the infamous Arataki Itto and his gang. Both you and Itto had different methods of doing things. While you knew to plan accordingly, safely and legally, he rarely did. You would get your requests approved to have your events in certain areas while he didn’t even apply. You detested his carefree nature as well as the oni’s ability to always get away with his (unintentional) antics. “He never takes anything seriously!” you would always say.
This was the start of your rivalry with him. Whenever crossing paths with each other, you’d always shoot him a passive aggressive look.
One day, you were out picking lavender melons on Yashiori Island to help Ayato win the hotpot game when you heard something that sounded like sobbing. You turned a corner and were met with the sight of Itto curled up in a fetal position, crying with beans scattered around him. A young girl with short blond hair and a white dress hurled another fist of the same beans at the poor himbo. You didn’t know what exactly was happening, but you did know that those beans seemed to be physically hurting him. You dropped the basket of melons in your hands and jumped at the girl, tossing the bag out of her hand.
“What are you doing?!” you asked, glaring at her menacingly.
“Oh no! Sneak attacks didn’t work! We need to think of another plan!” said something that resembled a small floating fairy.
The girl pushed you off as she and her companion ran off to find shelter as you picked up the dropped basket. You were about to go back and finish your melon picking but something big pinned you down with an enormous hug.
“Thank you thank you thankyouthankyou!” shouted Itto, his arms squeezing around your rib cage so tight you thought your lungs might pop.
“No- Problem…” you managed to gasp in between the breaths you were able to take. A few minutes later, he let go.
“As thanks for helping me, you wanna join me and my gang for a party later?!”
“No thanks. I’m quite busy,” you reply, brushing the dirt of your attire. You frown. “I’d rather not get thrown in jail.”
“Pleaseeeeeeee!” Itto begged, glancing down at you with puppy eyes.
You sigh.Your rival offering you to a party?! He must be planning something, and you needed to know what. “Ughhh, fi-“ you didn’t get to finish before Itto picked you up and slung your body over his shoulder. The melons fell once again onto the ground.
“Great! Trust me, you’ll have lots of fun!”
At the same time while you didn’t like the giant oni’s way of things, it suddenly dawned on you that some people were just clueless at heart. And now that you were sitting down and talking with this guy, learning more about him, you can’t help but feel yourself relax. It’s not easy being as organized and prepared as you are. Being at Itto’s gathering (that was probably illegal) made you feel like you could just let down your guard a bit.)
“No! I hate him! Get a grip Y/N!” You pat your cheeks, shaking your head. You stand, about to grab a glass of juice when you’re suddenly met with flaming eyes. Your stomach feels weird and your heart rate picks up ten fold.
“What is this?” you ask yourself, unaware that you’re staring at the red and yellow orbs.
“Ha, you blinked!” Itto laughs. You’re snapped back to reality when he pats your back roughly. A little too roughly that you almost lose your balance and fall.
“I got to go,” you say. Not even waiting for a response or saying goodbye, you speed walk out the entrance.
On the way back to your living quarters your eyebrows furrow as you think about what just happened. It can’t be. You hate him. You loathe his existence. You refuse to let yourself have a crush on the leader of the Arataki Gang; your greatest rival.
Might make a part 2 depending on how many people want me to write one.
(If you want a part 2, comment “Beans.” )
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haleigh-sloth · 1 year
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Hi. So please please do not answer this if it’s a trigger for you and do take care of yourself, but did Endeavor rape Rei? The new episode seems to really place emphasis on the way he looked at her when he wanted more kids, and it seems like that’s how the animators wanted you to read it. But I don’t like it. It feels like it doesn’t fit Endeavor’s arc - he’s never called on it, he doesn’t end up in jail or have any consequences, and Rei doesn’t treat it as something that happened. I’m dumb and have a hard time reading between the lines so I was wondering if you had any thoughts on this.
I don't really know what to say.
The idea of marital rape being a part of their circumstances is not new information.
This is not subtle in what it implies the circumstances of Natsuo's and Shouto's births were:
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Just so we're clear--violence and force do not have to be present for it to be non-consensual.
I don't really want to go into detail about how it's non-consensual because I've already talked about it here, and so has @redphlox here.
But I'll say that it's not new and it does fit Endeavor's arc. Simply because...it's always been there. The anime didn't drop this on us, we've always known.
Endeavor doesn't get called on hardly anything btw. I mean, look at canon right now and look at peoples' initial reaction to Dabi telling his story. Nobody really cared, and the ones that did initially faced it with denial and despair at the thought of having to let go of their ideal Endeavor. Jeanist? Literally does not care, at all. Hawks? It's more complicated than simply "not caring", but really and truly, from Touya's and other peoples' perspectives looking in? It looks like Hawks doesn't care, regardless of what we as readers know about Hawks that the characters don't.
But if we're talking about this issue with their marriage specifically, Rei is not about to call him on anything, even though she has the right to. She entered the sham of a marriage and brought kids into a family that had them for just, awful reasons, maybe except for Fuyumi--not that it matters. Rei feels guilty because of this, as she's there taking responsibility for her part in the family's problems.
Honestly, it is a very testy subject because at the end of the day, this aspect of their past is just not focused on afterward. We don't have much internal narration from Rei (yet), and Endeavor isn't written to think on this. The very obvious implications are there, but I don't expect Hori to give it focus outside of the flashback later on as the story progresses. The purpose of showing it in the flashback was to portray how sinister and disturbing their entire situation was. It's just overall very, very fucked up.
There are cultural things to consider as well. While I don't cite laws when discussing what's abuse and what's rape and what's what, I can say that the reason a Japanese character is not thinking on this may be due to Japanese laws surrounding this anyway. The law itself means nothing to me personally, because it is what it is whether it's "legal" or not. But possible explanations as to why it's portrayed a certain way do exist.
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calzonekestis · 2 years
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Setting aside the fact that some teens are sexually active - lets say Chrissy is not one of these teens. She’s above the age of consent, and teens sleep with other teens - it happens - but let’s just table that for a moment.
Idk why people would assume she and Eddie automatically would become sexually active? Even if Eddie is not her first time, even she’s not saving herself for marriage… (which lets be real - she was raised in a conservative Christian family, and was terrified of her overbearing mother… it is possible) like idk.
Like yes it’s gonna be Hot when it happens, but I don’t know why people assume they would just… automatically fall into bed with each other?
After that forest scene, you think that Eddie wouldn’t prioritize her comfort? Be respectful? That he wouldn’t put it off until she was sure? I don’t think he’d be in any sort of rush.
They were in middle school together. If he was actually held back twice, he would have been was in Grade 8 when she was in Grade 6.
So he was willing to wait six years just to talk to her again, and only did so because she came to him.
He never approached her in that time, due to his own shyness and not wanting to be creepy or make her uncomfortable. He probably didn’t want have her feel like she owed him any sort of friendship - just because they Kinda hung out once and he Never Forgot about it.
Like. He knew he wasn’t entitled to jack shit, and was just crushing on her from afar. That lil smitten dude, who didn’t even really know her at that point - would never ever push her or rush her to get physical.
Like, I honestly think a slow burn relationship is more likely for them if we’re being honest? Considering his own confidence/self worth stuff he’d have to work out, and her with her trauma. They’d support each other through it, but I think they’d not actually Speak or Act re the feelings for a bit.
Perhaps they aren’t officially a thing for A While after they graduate, long past Chrissy’s 18th birthday.
Again, age of consent in Indiana is actually 16 - it’s a red state, so. Make of that what you will. Whether or not we think it should be raised, if that’s too young… like…
Even Chrissy was 17, and wasn’t about to turn 18, and they did just start going at it like rabbits?
Eddie wouldn’t go to jail for it, whether or not you approve of it. She’s free to boink anyone she wants.
And honestly I think that when It does happen, Chrissy would actually be the one to initiate.
I don’t think it would even occur to Eddie to try and Go There until she explicitly communicated that she was ready and willing and wanting.
And if you think he would, or that he wouldn’t think she’s worth waiting for then. Again sorry not sorry, I can’t help but judge your perception of Eddie?
If no one is getting hurt and there is nothing illegal happening and everyone is safe and consenting party who is able to give informed and enthusiastic consent like… leave it alone? It’s not your business?
That’s how I feel in real life, and… I hate to break it to you, these two aren’t actually real. They’re fictional.
No we wouldn’t want to normalize or romanticize anything that Is improper (this isn’t) but… I’ll just say it.
The twitter hater crowd is putting more energy into trying to policing a fictional ship between two legal consenting parties than they do protecting actual teen girls from actual creeps who actually do take advantage of them and like.
To quote that one TikTok - you’re gonna sit here and tell me that I’m wrong?
They be 17/19 - 18/20... and they’re Not Real People.
If you got all this energy, maybe channel it into advocating for actual real live flesh and blood teen girls who are preyed upon by scummy older men.
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weirdo09 · 6 months
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i know that he’s always lying because my stepdad says that when he has an issues with me, he comes to me. he doesn’t, he goes n rats me out to my momma THEN comes to me. he loves having my momma handling me because she will traumatize me and just act like everything’s fuckin normal. she will treat me like less of a person because I FORGET but ofc he doesn’t understand that because he always leaves it to her. when i need somebody, they always leave. like prime example, he came to me talking about some crumbs, he really acts like those itty bitty crumbs makes me a slob or something. i can’t forget to do anything or just not do it right away LIKE A FUCKING DOG without getting scolded, i’m not a pet i’m not a butler i’m not a fucking caretaker so stop acting like i am
you literally love that my momma verbally abuses me when ya wanna escalate the situation by telling her. YOU MAKE EVERYTHING SUCH A BIG DEAL just to say that it isn’t when my momma already went and verbally abused me n made me cry but you did absolutely nothing. you just sit there or go to another room. don’t you dare say that i can always talk to you or that you love me because you don’t. if you did, you wouldn’t enable my mother TO BEAT ME UP when she found out on her own that i was queer and wanted to date a girl. you wouldn’t enable her to yell at me loud as can be when i don’t do something the first time but you do, you do.
don’t say that you love me and can protect me WHEN YOU CANT EVEN PROTECT ME FROM MY OWN MOTHER she’s hurt me so many times and you know what she does to me because you always say that she’s gonna be aggressive with whatever she does. SHE DOES IT BECAUSE YOU TELL HER SOMETHING AND SHE MAKES IT A BIG DEAL you love that she does that because you don’t actually love me, you just don’t. you were never a father figure to me because you can’t even act like a father to your own children.
you enable the woman in your life that you chose to be with to treat me like shit just because and you let her and expect me to just accept it because she’s my momma. no, no you just hate me being happy and not being your little dog and servant/maid. that’s all, y’all never fucking loved me and it shows. someone who loves you would never just sit there and let you be in pain, suffer alone just to say “i love you but you need to do better.” you act like that’s normal, like my momma’s supposed to beat on me n taking things away because that’s holding me accountable? (her words, not mine) no, holding me accountable would be like telling me what i’m accountable for and helping me register that and move on from it.
all y’all did was traumatize me and make me relive that every goddamn day whether you realize it or not. you don’t want me to have my own life because i’m nothing to you, i’m literally nothing but you only like me because i clean for you, i have to obey your every word and if i don’t do something the first time, my momma has to come in and yell at me because you can’t. you’re literally her enabler, if i told someone have the shit you did, y’all would be in jail and i’d be foster care. but i ain’t gonna do that because my momma made me so nice that i would actually feel a bit sad if i did ever tell someone and the chain events happened.
just know that you’re a part of my trauma, you’re a part of the reason i can’t speak any kind of way without expecting a hit, you’re the reason i can’t even be fully happy because what if the one i love the most in the whole wide world actually sees just how messed up i am and leaves me? you’re the reason i can’t bring myself to trust men older than me, you’re the reason i close my door at night, you’re the reason i’d lock it some nights (can’t now but i feel like he did something) you’re the reason i might lose the one person i care about all because you’re mad about some crumbs i left on the counter and decided to talk to my abuser about it who may or may not take my phone and beat me just because.
good job, replacement …..
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I decided to play the Underwoods, because I wanted to try out the more realistic drinks mod, and a more adult poker table mod, and I like them for the townies’ drama (including autonomous proposals that are likely to be rejected!). I may incorporate townies in a new hood, if I ever make a new one... I would like one with my own townies, because there are these great mods now, like baby face templates... I really have no time for another town in TS2 though, to be honest…
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I rolled the Underwood family would get a counterfeiting machine from the tavern [Crime Does Pay ROS]... I guess some shady emissary was visiting their tavern, and they enjoyed it so much that they presented the machine to their host. Without going into details (because it’s rolling for every single day, whether they get caught), I rolled it would be Wilhelmina who would use the machine, she would get caught, and spend 5 days total in “jail”… She ended up getting 500$ (rounded down and put in her wallet) just for using the machine once… Because the next time she tried using the machine, she set it on fire and the machine burned down. Thankfully nothing else besides the machine was engulfed in flames, because it was further away from everything else. She was attempting to get a dowry of 800$ and get married off, because she can’t trust her ever growing family. Sadly, she failed to get the amount of money she needs, and she got scared of the fire and the perspective of spending her life in “jail”, so she came back home. She also might have run away, as she realized the toddlers her mother had given birth to were only half-siblings to her. She’s a Family sim, so she probably doesn’t like it that her mother’s reputation might not be as pristine as she thought.
I don’t really have a jail yet, so I just put her in the nunnery. While Wilhelmina was there, she painted a portrait of the head nun and she helped with the garden a little bit, as I wanted to make her do something productive for the community.
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Meanwhile on the home lot I had the worst time aging up the twins from babies to toddlers… and on the birthday night the ghost of Constantine decided to finally show himself... That was a crazy night.
Cynesige really wanted to see the ghost of his father, as he’s a Knowledge sim, but it almost killed him… I decided to move the grave to the cemetery after all, because ghosts of sims who died by drowning are just the worst, since they leave puddles everywhere and destroy everyone’s environment need.
Algernon was so fed up with having to clean he just went to the tavern not so much to earn money as to get a break from it all. Wilhelmina was not there with them to help with toddles and all the cleaning, so there was only Vivian and Cynesige on the lot most of the time.
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There was a fire… There was a flood [caused by a ghost]… It was a pretty disastrous house to play, and I wanted to say that it was quite hard to play this family this round, but at the same time... Algernon somehow reached perma plat when he was still a teenager. It happens pretty rarely in my “historical” hood, so I was wondering what made him so happy… It must have been reaching max art enthusiasm as a child, and WooHooing before he even became an adult. This is one of the reasons I don’t really like playing TS2 hoods for too long – the kids born in game have it just way easier. But we’ll see, maybe it was just Algernon. He got his last trait on age up and it turned out to be Ambitious.
Yule is a Capricorn – 8 Neat, 6 Outgoing, 3 Lazy, 9 Playful & Nice. He’s an Inappropriate Perfectionist, and Bot Fan [which makes no sense in medieval times, but maybe he’d like to do some robot station stuff, woodworking or something of that sort?]. His One True Hobby is the same as his mom’s, and it’s Cuisine.
Gwenllian is a Cancer – 5 Neat, 6 Outgoing, 7 Active, 4 Serious, and 6 Nice. She’s Dramatic, Excitable, and Hot Headed. Her One True Hobby is Fitness.
It took them a while to learn everything, but the todds managed to learn all the needed skills and the nursery rhyme.
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They ended up with 5,048$, but I bought them a poker table and an outhouse, so they would be at 5723$. Since they started with 3363$, they earned 2360$. They dug up just a rock. I am not calculating Wilhelmina’s illegal income – she’s keeping it secret.
1000$ – rent.
708$ – tax.
= 1700$ to the Royal Family.
236$ – tithe.
= 300$ to the Church.
They are left with 3,048$. I will have to get them some beds or move someone out next round, as this family is getting too big for me…
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caffeinatedopossum · 7 months
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I just got a service dog! There’s someone who does passion project service dogs, and they are in a rush to sell them due to an unexpected bill so I got her at a discount. She’s not fully trained, but that’s okay! And she hasn’t don’t service work in a couple months, but she sensed my craycray and immediately reverted to it when she met me. I’m in love. I feel so relieved… but I also feel really stupid and dramatic. I look okay and really well functioning and I’m currently in an upswing but I feel it cycling down again, and I want to do everything I can to avoid being hospitalized again. I feel like she’s more ESA, except that IS my disability. Like I get extremely paranoid and will behave bizarrely when under perceived threat, and just having a dog, who looks a little off (she’s not very cute traditionally + looks gruff lol), and might be a deterrent really makes me feel like I can go outside and do things. Ofc she does a few other things, like alerting so I can determine if I’m hallucinating again, and most importantly making a barrier with her body to keep people from touching me (trapping me :c ).
Nobody knows the extent of my PTSD and psychosis, so I feel like everyone thinks I’m being impulsive or trying to cheat the system. I feel embarrassed about it, but I just feel so much relief now and safe. Especially if I were to end up in a hospital? My paranoia always skyrockets initially and being able to have her with?? It may not seem like it from the outside but I really think that’ll determine life or death for me, or if I end up in jail from a reaction to being afraid. I won’t react like I need to proactively protect myself or flee the state (Again…). Ugh I’m so relieved I could cry.
I work with emotionally turbulent people and she’s trained to put herself away when others/strangers get angry. So that makes me feel like I could bring her to work and not have her in danger and I can! Feel safe there too! And cope if I start getting triggered! (I work in a home environment so it’s not my clients that I’m worried about, we go out a lot so it’s the same fears as when I’m in public in my free time)
I don’t know who to tell or talk to about it who wouldn’t judge me and think those things so thank you c:
Aww that's awesome! I'm so happy for you c:
people can be really dumb when it comes to disability, like idk why the average person thinks it's their duty to judge whether or not someone else is disabled enough to deserve things that help them. Where's the justice in that? I honestly think everyone should have things that help them forever...? With no judgment. Who does it help to bar people from the things that would help them? Certainly not disabled people like myself
Sorry that was kind of a rant but yeah I also think an underestimated part about some disabilities is just how unpredictable they can be- I might be able to do something for weeks then unexpectedly have a flare that prevents me from doing it for any amount of time. So yeah, even if it seems like you're not struggling with stuff sometimes, I get how hard it can be to not know how long that ability will last
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storiesofsvu · 1 year
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Happy thursday.
fair warning, if you care about svu spoilers at all, make sure you're staying FAR away from social media until you've watched it.
WOOF
spoilers under the cut for all three l&o's and not really for CME, but just some minor thoughts
Thursday Thursday… here we go!
As usual Ayanna looking like a fucking bomb snack in her suits
Ian doyle get your crusty ass face off my fucking tv. Like, im literally writing Emily fic as I’m watching organized crime, this is NOT THE TIME.
Okay, not surprised the snitch is already dead.
Ah… and we’re back to the sleazy casino manchild. Amazing.
The more we find out about jet, the more I love her.
Wait… bobby’s MARRIED??!? Did we know this already and I just forgot or is this new information? Or is the new info just that he’s married to a mob boss’s niece?
Okay also…the mob boss woman was in the once upon a time in el barrio svu ep.. that’s where I know her from…
LOL to Jamie little white kid freaking over the food and bigger LOL to them having a giant pile of containers to take with him…
Murphy’s accent keeps slipping in and out which is weird cause the actor is irish… then again, if he’s been living in the us for that long it probably does that anyways
The girl playing Rika has defs been on svu before… but im not complaining… she’s hot.
Yeah she was in s19.
Bobby’s such a lil cutie.
“I deserve a lot more than that. But you’re going to spend it on me. Dinner, maybe some jewels…”  “buy you a house if it means I get to come home to you.”  ….things to file away for future fic inspo….
Jet… omg.. I love you.
Okay… but like… jet was being flirted with by a KNOWN gangster ,one who clearly wanted more time with her, whether that is pure intention or not (cause out on the street he did seem a bit genuine, esp once murphy showed up) and like, yes I get that she’s a cop, but WHY would she be left to walk to her car alone late at night. Like, im not talking police escort, but at the very least a “security” from the club or a bartender or anything like… there are some bars that don’t let their service staff walk to their cars alone….
Okay, im actually invested in this arc…  weird.
Now we’re onto mothership. Will I pay attention or will I focus on the prentiss smut I’m working on? Only time will tell!!
Shouldn’t this be a special victims case?
Cops walking up to a suspect muttering “don’t run, don’t run, don’t run.” Will always be hilarious to me.
“these Zumba classes are not working…”  “…I did all the running.” LOOOL that is some quality partner banter. Love it.
I literally just said “where tf are this kid’s parents.”  Like… he’s under 18..
God this is one of those cases that just has curveball after curveball…
Wait… barba upped a case to reckless endangerment and rita’s response was “really, now we’re talking felonies?!” but now RE means no jail time?? Brb while I go google some shit. Okay… It looks like its first degree vs second degree. I’ll accept that.
Samantha maroun and rita Calhoun go on shopping sprees together and I will not accept notes on this. They’re both always so colourful.
I feel like this case would be a super hard one to take to trial… like that jury is gonna be deadlocked no matter what, it would so likely be a mistrial.
Damn these lawyers are fucking smart and know their shit. Good job.
Holy FUCK another curveball. Damn. This is old school writing. Bless.
 Okay, svu time. I don’t know if I’m prepared. (and not because I ship it…)
Still cant get over that Oscar papa is a fucking TWINK
Awwwee sonny… sweet sonshine. I fucking miss you. Wish you were around more often.
Wow… timing.. Seriously? We couldn’t even get sonny in the room?? He had to zoom in? wtf?!
This aint the first time a perp has threatened her son.. like.. she aint fucking around anymore
Also… the fact that they were *actually* going for noah is terrifying and makes it like, so much more worse?!
Fuck.. Velasco… ive missed you…
A phoebe mention!! Can we see her again pls?
Still haven’t decided if I like Bruno or not. Wouldn’t be mad if he joined the team cause lort knows they need a bigger squad. Also really liked that other Bronx detective
Okay.. note on the commercial break… they’re making ANOTHER magic mike??? Is channing tatum that desperate for money??
LOL the “let me call you amanda from now on” line followed by “alright well tell carisi I’ll be home late.” Omg. Fin. Best one liners.
“all you white boys look alike to me” LOL.
Bruno my man, why TF you carrying around that much cash?!?
Yes… THIS ONE! The black girl detective from the bronx. I want more of her.
HANDS! Joe.. jfc calm yourself
Churlish! Okay… imma try to remember that name
….im assuming we’re not getting any muncy in this ep
YEESSS VELASCO playing dirty fake UC (well… kinda…) this should not be as hot as it is…
OH MY GOD ARE WE ACTUALLY IN COURT?! IT’S A FUCKING MIRACLE.
Man… testifying/prosecuting/being on the jury in a gang related case like this, like, my anxiety would be through the fucking roof for the rest of my life…
Im over here still trying to figure out just how dirty joe was playing? Like, if he was gonna go that bad why do it in front of a cop he doesn’t know that well. Like yeah maybe he has a hook with mcgrath but im just wary of shit rn. He’s not that ballsy….
Okay, this isn’t the first time that liv has made threats like this, and it wont be the last.
Yeah.. still so confused about joe… like he *knows* what he’s doing…. Right? Like at first I lowkey thought it was the two of them playing good cop bad cop like liv & Elliot used to back in the day.
“that an invitation?” DUARTE WOW WAY TO BE FUCKING BOLD (would probs prefer that to eo tbh)
Theyre flirting your honour
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??!!! ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME?!!? I legit wish you could see my face rn. WOW SVU WAY TO FUCKING GO DARK THERE IS ONLY 10 MINS LEFT OF THIS SHIT AND THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIALS WOOOWW
 Are you fucking with me???
Wow… okay.. noted… pray for anyone named Mike on SVU
(but is he actually dead..  or is this gonna be a witsec thing?)
I WAS JUST STARTING TO LIKE HIM DAMMIT
Oscar’s got mommy issues… that checks
Okay well they prosecuted him for murder so… duarte’s dead… wow..
Her new apartment is gorgeous
Did we really have to go all dutch tilt for this scene?
LOOOOOLLL omg that promo had y’all fucking freaking your shit out and it turned into nothing. God bless. So proud of liv for saying no, that she can’t. like, not only did unstabler bring it up at a time that she was probably hella vulnerable, feeling the relief that she/noah were finally safe, like that’s gonna have her releasing emotions she didn’t even realize she was feeling. And then on top of that, someone, a friend.. a flirtatious friend maybe? Coworker? The SECOND person she’d worked closely with named mike be murdered a moment after she left their side, holds herself responsible. Like that is NOT the time to try to fucking kiss her my man. That is the time to wrap her in a hug, tell her that things will eventually be okay and let her cry into your shoulder, a light kiss on the head at most. Jfc. Read the room.
circling back to duarte.. they SERIOUSLY couldn't bother paying molly for like a half day of work to be in the waiting room? he was her captain.. she would be there...
ANYWAYS.
Uh,… CME summary?
Episode was meh. Like literally meh. I have basically zero good or bad points about it. AJ’s kids are so grown up now. JJ looks hot af as usual, and gay af, like the reboot really said “okay, jj is also gonna be secretly gay, don’t tell will”. Sick of the will they wont they with will being sick/dying, lets not tease this shit anymore. Also sick of the wardrobe dept giving Prentiss the exact same shirt in like 4 diff colours to wear and that’s it. Also please let Emily say fuck again. Also JJ. And Tara. Let the women swear pls. it’s not fair Rossi got the first like.. three… let’s hope next week is better!
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hey darling omg!!! *squeezes you*
im so curious about your pokemon series!! youve got me hooked! a couple questions for ya.
1) fave character headcanons and why??
2) any top-tier whump tropes you absolutely adore??
3) currently so into enyo's storyline!! what are some things youve truly enjoyed writing throughout it and some things you found a little trickier??
4) a certain evil researcher;)))) never ceases to amaze me with her simultaneous wickedness and complexity. is there truly hope for her?? are there any peculiar motives that you want to talk about regarding the direction her character has taken??
5) overall, what would you say keeps enyo going and persevering through so much??
6) are there any future pokemon species you plan on writing for?? why??
no pressure to answer all of these!! just poppin' by to ask for whenever you've got time.
enjoy the rest of your day!! a heart for you in our colors!! hehe💙💕✨love you.
-lina!!
Hellooo!! *squeezes you back*
1) Enyo liking the smell of Lavender. You suggested it at some point and it’s been in the back of my head ever since. Also Olivia/Lidia/Sarah is autistic and she and her brother got really into this one show about a mad scientist (it doesn’t actually exist I made it up) and to this day she has a tendency to copy the mannerisms of the main character in that show. The Trio (Keyo, Ana, and Cheri, for those who don’t know) collecting moms is also pretty funny. As for canon character headcanon favorites, Cyllene (Pokémon legends arceus) is such a mom figure and I love her so much.
2) Burns. Fire. You probably have already realized this but burns. Also it’s less fun for me if whumpee’s on their own, I like character interactions. Defiant whumpee. Make em angry. Make em spiteful. It’s very fun to write And to read.
3) It took me a while to get her backstory worked out. Also it took me a hot minute to figure out whether Whisper (her wife basically) was dead or not
4) At this point, she’s so far gone that Rewriting Time’s the only way to really. Fix it. When the thing with Enyo and the group happens, Lidia had been in jail for like 18 years for being Literally Horrible during the Hisuian story. She had been spiraling deeper and deeper into rage, and there was no coming back from that for her without something big happening to shake her worldview and change her mindset. (Currently debating which should be the catalyst for rewriting time, either Enyo has enough and starts illusioning to look like her brother to make her feel bad or she gets what she wants, kills her parents, and then realizes it wasn’t worth it because she hurt so many people and Pokémon that she’s become just as bad as her parents. Maybe both?) As for the direction she’s taken, she started out as “ooh scary scientist lady I need for plot in Hisuian”, became “scary scientist lady who’s trying to copy the moves of Pokémon with technology”, and then I was like “Why is she like this? What happened to make her act like this? Why isn’t she nice? Why does she do these things? Something in her past made her think it was okay, so what was it?” And then her parents came to mind, and I realized she hates them so much she wants to use the copied moves to kill them. And she wants the hisuian zoro’s malice-fueled attacks for that. And that’s when she became a complex character. She hated her parents so much that she decided to destroy them, but on her way to doing so, she became them. She wasn’t meant to be this complex, she wasn’t meant to be a tragic character, but one thing led to another, and she became my greatest fear: turning into the people you hate the most. Every character I have comes from a piece of me. Lidia is my rage, my thirst for vengeance, and my fear of what will happen if I let that consume me. And to think she started out as just some random evil scientist! It’s fascinating to reflect on.
5) She needs to protect her family- she knows if she gives up, Lidia will end up going after.. probably Cheri first, and she can’t let that happen. She’s fiercely loyal to them, and she would die to make sure they were safe. Or stay alive in the face of impossible odds, like what’s going on with Lidia.
6) Mmmmmaybe? I know in any Pokémon story I write, there’s always gonna be at least one zoro involved, it’s happened since I was little haha. Zoro are the best Pokémon in my opinion. But I do have this one story on the back burner about a girl who rescues Pokémon from bad trainers, there’s only One zoro in that one so far hsjddjkf
Love youuuu ❤️🥰😊
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