#anyway. anyway. I hate this house I hate this season I hate it I hate it I hate it

[the0doreslover]

courting season

duke!theo x fem reader | bridgerton au

a/n - Hi guys! i’m back, i really like this one, and it’s heavily inspired by queen charlotte

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if there was one thing you hated more than the extravagant balls, and your overbearing mother, it was the marriage season. Hundreds of desperate girls in a rush to sign away their freedom to the first man who responds to their excessive eyelash batting.

You had been out for a full season already, not to say you hadn���t gotten proposals… no definetly not, you had been getting plenty, your proud mother could not stop raving about how ‘mr everidge, had personally come to court you’ well unfortunately for your mother, and poor mr everidge, you had been quick to awkwardly decline his ‘stroll in the park’ and excuse yourself from the house altogether.

“We will be hosting a ball”

you nearly gave yourself whiplash to turn and face your mother, who had a smile on her face as she entered your room rubbing her hands together

“please mother, please tell me you’re not being serious?”

“ Oh my darling, i’m being so very serious”

“please tell me what i’ve done so wrong as a daughter! why do you love to punish me?” you asked sitting up in your chair and turning to face her fully.

“it’s for your sister, because she, unlike you, wants me to throw a ball in honour of her coming out this season”

after countless months of begging your mother, your younger sister had been allowed to come out this season. she felt quite the opposite about the marriage season, and she, unfortunately, was included in the category of girl, who excessively bat their eyelashes to sign away their freedom.

“yes mother you are right, she, unlike me, so why do i have to attend”

your mother gave you a sharp pointed look resulting in you turning back to your embroidery and sighing to yourself

You could list everything you hated about this hellish season in one go. Unfortunately, later though, as you were currently standing at the door greeting ‘potential suitors’

every now and then, your mother would join in, and discreetly put a hand on your lower back to straighten your posture

Your sister was loving it, she was opposite you, with the biggest smile on her face, God you love her, but you just want to step on her, after all, you had just gotten out of your own ball.

once the music started, and you were relieved of greeting duty, you had much more chance to hide yourself, so you settled on watching in a corner next to the drinks.

every time your mother would make eye contact with you, she would nod her head towards a random man and the dance floor, which you politely smiled at her and shook your head.

your sister had already danced with two different men when the door to the ballroom opened, while everyone had turned their heads, you took your opportunity to slip out of the room and into the garden.

The murmers and chatter was thankfully loud enough to mute the sounds of the old wooden creaky door you had chosen to escape out of.

Maybe you could go away for a little while, it’s not like you’re really needed at this ball anyway, everyone who had needed to see you had already seen you.

As it was dark, it took you a little while to find a wall, short enough for you to scour over.

here goes nothing

you kicked your heels off and placed them neatly just in front of the wall.

you tried, with the little movement your dress gave you, to reach high onto the wall to pull yourself up. Once you added your feet onto the wall, despite the rough painful surface of the wall, you were actually making progress

You just need to do that a few more times

“what in gods name are you doing?”

Startled, you felt yourself drop from the wall, though quickly you managed to balance yourself

you turned around to find the source of the voice, praying to god it wasn’t your father, or your uncle, or god forbid, Mr everidge.

instead, you were met with the sight of a man whom you didn’t recognise. He was dressed too plain to be somebody important, maybe he was a servant, he wasn’t wearing an overcoat, and his hair wasn’t meticulously gelled into place, like all the other ‘gentlemen’

“i am trying to escape” you said plainly, before turning back towards the wall and trying to find the point you had used to pull yourself up before.

“may i ask why?” he heard some sort of amusement form in his voice

“no, you may not”

he hummed

“but if you want, you can assist me in my escape”

“but madam, whats in it for me?” he walked slightly closer to you

“i’m thinking, once i can get into that little jagged bit, all you must do is give me a slight boost and i might be able to make it” you said, ignoring his previous statement “do you understand what im saying”

“yes ma’am, i understand” he nodded

“okay, when i say go, ill grab that rock, and you push me”

he nodded

“ready… set… go”

you jumped for the rock, but nothing happened, there was no boost

you looked down at the man again “where was my help”

he simply shrugged “i didn’t feel a desire to help you”

“well, i feel a strong desire to fire you right now”

“fire me?” the man asked

before you could respond, you heard the dreaded voice of your mother coming towards you.

“i have been looking, everywhere, for yo-” she cut herself off as her gaze flickered to the man behind you

you thought she was going to tell you off, especially as you were out in the garden, late at night with a male servant

she curtsied

your eyebrows furrowed, why was she-?

“duke theodore, it seems you have also strayed lost from the party, your parents have been looking for you for quite some time, please forgive me if my daughter has said, or done anything to offend you”

your head whipped to the man next to you, then you slowly curtsied.

“Don’t worry Madam, i assure you, your daughter has done nothing of the sort” he laughed

“i am glad to hear that. Well, shall we get back to the ball now?” she asked, her gaze changing slightly as she looked at you, as if to show her seriousness

you nodded slightly

your mother walked ahead, while you were in line with the duke

“i’m sorry for earlier” you whispered to him, eyes trained forward

“Not to worry, i enjoy getting fired by pretty ladies”

[cantpickyourgenre]

the opening of 911 season 9 should be about roommates. They should call it "Domestic Miss" or something equally corny. There's something wrong with one of Ravi's buildings, that Buck has JUST moved into. It's the one Ravi lives in too. So after months of not living together, Buck & Eddie are cohabitating again. For Reasons it's...weird this time. They're being too polite with each other. Too awkward. They both keep buying groceries until the cabinets are overflowing. They sleep in sleeping bags on the floor because they both feel bad about taking the bed. Buck keeps burning the eggs. Eddie accidentally uses Buck's toothbrush one morning & he panics about how to tell him. It resolves when they answer a call from a newly living together couple where one is stuck in the spare bedroom because they've been going in there to watch a trashy reality show & smoke weed without the other knowing. The other had PROMISED they had fixed the door, but they were lying because they tried to fix it & couldn't. They realize they've been hiding from each other out of fear of having a fight & that it's unhealthy. Buck & Eddie both apologize. Eddie: I'm sorry, I accidentally used your toothbrush. Buck: Oh. well that's okay. I like that. Anyway, I'm sorry I moved into your place again. Also can we just share the bed, I'm pretty sure I'm burning the eggs because my body is too sore to move quickly. Ravi is off to Maddie & Chim's. And he's just...unbelievably good with kids. He's still annoyed he lost the rock, paper, scissors to Buck about staying at Eddie's, but also, he really enjoys hanging with Jee & Robbie. Chim is loving it. His kids are happy, he gets some time alone with Maddie, great! Maddie hates it, but feels selfish for hating it. She just wants Robbie & Jee to like HER best, okay? Their arc is resolved when they come across a dad who broke his ankle by spying on his wife & the nanny at the park because he wants to know why the kids like them best. Ravi apologizes for hogging the kids, Chim assures Maddie that even Uncle Ravi with his ventriloquism ability could never replace her. This ends with Robbie smiling at Maddie for the "first time". Ravi is about to say he already did that, & Chimney gives him the death glare. Meanwhile, Athena is staying with Hen & Karen while she looks for a place that feels right. Athena keeps accidentally cancelling recordings of Karen's show when she's watching her own & Karen keeps using up all of the orange juice before Athena gets any. Hen is "caught" in the middle of their non-fight, & her panic about the potential of a fight between them is making everyone feel more on edge than any roommate growing pains. Hen goes home & is like, "I'm sorry I kept you from working out your own issues, I just really wanted this to work" and Hen & Athena are posted up on the couch, laughing with wine, going "Hen, we were never fighting. You imagined that. Stop captaining us, we don't need it." Then the last scene is a cabin in the woods & you hear two people bickering. "I said I was going to cook tonight!" "Well sorry I didn't want stale bread and cheese whiz for dinner...again. Pass me that red pepper please." "Who do you think I am? Your servant?" "I miss Buck, he would've passed me the pepper. eagerly." "He sounds like a brown-noser" "He really is sometimes. It's nice." "Oh great, well, why don't you have him come and be your little gopher then?" "I CAN'T. You KILLED me, remember?" And then slowly they zoom in on a woman, she has a gun in a holster, and she's fiddling a little too expositionally with an FBI badge. and she's just like, "Would you TWO SHUT UP? I've brought literal rival mob bosses to safe houses who complained less. You two are by far the worst roommates I've ever had, and I went to Catholic boarding school." And then the camera pans to Bobby and Moira behind a counter, glaring at each other. Moira: Oh yeah? Rival mob bosses? Together? That really happened? Bobby: Yeah, Agent Davis, that doesn't really make sense. Perhaps you're exaggerating. Episode ends.

[piecesofanita]

Never in my life have I seen a more incompetent man than George Russell. If he keeps this attitude up I'm going to root harder for a divorce because Bertha deserves better than someone who bolts at the first sign of trouble.

Every time there has been an issue Bertha has never involved the kids but George has done that and embarrassed Bertha in front of them and the household staff. She is always showing up for George even when she's mad at him or when they are fighting but George has never done the same. He calls her social calendar useless because he's on the cusp of an endeavour that will change the country's course but in the same breath asks her to use her social wit and connections to aid his business. So he only talks to her this season when he needs a favour otherwise he is shouting at her and telling her he is the man and head of the house. To me that's a very patriarchal statement and where I come from the next thing a man will utter is that you should submit to him.

This season just ruined his character for me. He is being arrogant, impulsive and downright silly. Making bad business choices that will impact his family’s life without telling his family. Thank goodness Gladys is married because at this point the great George Russell can’t afford to pay a dowry for his daughter. There's more to say about George because when it comes to helping his children he is never there and Bertha is the one who picks up the pieces at the end of the day and it’s unpaid labour because they are so freaking ungrateful and blame her for everything bad that happens which is unfair.

This woman has given her blood and sweat to her family for over 20 years and they don't think anything of it because it isn't monetary. Hello?!!!! Blame society and the men who created the unequal scale. The world is their oyster but we see how men handle conflicts and hardships on the show and it’s nothing to write home about. Bertha has been standing on business for years with her high-heeled heeled boots and not making her problem everyone's own. She wasn't the one who made a Gladys a love match promise it was George yes the failed at keeping g his promise but blames Bertha for it. Bertha’s view on marriage has always been clear from day one.

The whole issue was George's fault because he made that promise without asking his wife and did nothing to stop the marriage because deep down being a duchess is a good thing. If the Duke was introduced to Gladys by George we all know Gladys would have given him a chance from day one. Even before season 3 Hector has shown interest in Gladys.

Anyway the thing is George did nothing to foster a good relationship between mother and daughter because he was always the good cop or good guy so it didn't bother him. It’s also very silly of George to think that the stakes for marriage between men and women are the same and that women can not marry for love alone because there is a lot more that goes into marriage than just feelings. Women are trading their entire lives and losing their autonomy so they can’t just marry the first boy who tells them they love them. It doesn't work that way for women.

I just hate it when a man blames everything wrong on the women in his life, especially his wife. Talk about your issues George and fuck it out.

There's a whole lot more I could say about George and men on this show and how it’s a mirror to reality even in this present day.

If you think about it George moving to the Union Club while Bertha is in a different country is the sum of what George is doing this season. His only act of "rebellion" (so to speak) against Bertha is moving out of the house when she's not even there, when he doesn't have to face her reaction or protestation, and judging from the trailers he's back to his home office at least next episode when she comes back. It's an act of spite that doesn't help Gladys or Larry at all. And the only reason George gets to be part of the Union Club in the first place is Bertha's efforts to elevate their family's social position, since in s1 he tells Charles Fane he isn't considered good enough for gentlemen's clubs. If they do admit him now, it's because of Bertha. He's still benefiting from what Bertha contributed to this family while telling himself he can't stand her anymore, which makes it even more ironic.

Edit: Also pointing out that George moving out of the house when he and Bertha are fighting contrasts the fact that during their fight in s2, Bertha was determined not to involve their children or anyone else in it, and still showed up to help him in his luncheon with Henderson but now George is declaring to all their staff and neighbors that they're estranged.

[ideologyofone]

I am 99.9% certain Caitlyn is the one who breaks things off with Vi

In the pit fighter clip, Vi is clearly spiraling

She’s heavily drinking, sleeping in a closet for an apartment, has 0 regards for her safety or wellbeing or anything really

And I’ve seen a lot of people say Vi has a ton of reasons to spiral that don’t even have to do with Cait, which is so true but

She’s not having hallucinations of those things. She’s not hallucinating Vander or Mylo or even Jinx, she’s hallucinating Caitlyn

She sees her in the crowd dancing, she sees her in the Kiramman crest flags (hanging in the undercity for some reason? 🤔)

And we also see this guy hanging out with Vi at the bar and basically taking care of her, is one of the enforcers from Caitlyn’s squad

So while Vi does have a lot of reasons to spiral that have nothing to do with Caitlyn, whatever happened between them was the last straw

Caitlyn leaving her, is what finally breaks her

[alltimefail]

As someone who lived in a home where it was not safe to be queer but their first love was their same-sex best friend, I really cannot emphasize the importance of characters like Charles Rowland enough. As someone who deals with shame from years of self-hate, repression, happy-masking, and being called a "Token ally" by even my queer friends while feeling wrong wrong wrong about it, and being the kind of person who just didn't "Look queer enough" or whatever the fuck arbitrary, exclusionist rhetoric people would casually hurl about, I just really can't believe we have a character like him.

He's complex and deeply scarred and I've never cared about a character like this before. I've never felt so "Seen." I can't wait to save this show because seeing him heal will be like a balm on my heart. His character arc is completely unique and handled with such care that it brings tears to my eyes.

That's all. I am just so deeply thankful for & emotional about Charles Rowland tonight.

[letoscrawls]

corlys and rhaenys?? 👀

can you believe i'm living my life without them

[dino-my-knee]

more house md sketches i did while on call with an equally gay individual (ref included under the cut)

[flashbastardsramblings]

Anne Bonny and Mary Read are what Eve and Villanelle could have been and should have been if the writers didn't HATE us.

[d3adfish]

[archonofdivinity]

House of Cards 2x02: Yes, the bathroom scene focuses on Frank's emotions… there's a reason.

I feel like when people possibly try to discuss the bathroom scene of 2x02, a comment comes up stating that this is about Claire's trauma. Frank should not be the one comforted here, he should not be the one in focus here. And I agree.

But what I don't think people get is that this focus on Frank is vital to the episode and both of their characters, especially later on. There is a reason Frank is so centralised in this scene despite the fact the one who is revisiting trauma is Claire.

Content warning for rape. Spoilers for this episode.

The context: At a gathering to commemorate two people, Claire runs into her rapist from college, Dalton McGinnis. He's one of the two being commemorated and it's obvious that he hasn't forgotten what he did to her. In fact, he revels in it. After their encounter, Claire walks out to the bathroom and Frank, confused as to her departure, follows her.

In the bathroom, Claire tells Frank - not directly but through him inferring her comments - that McGinnis was the man who raped her. Frank, furious, is about to walk out of the room and attack him, arguably to try and kill him in front of an audience, when Claire stops him, telling him not to make a scene. Frank throws a lamp and stares at a wall, with Claire quietly comforting him.

Two things to note.

Frank's emotional response is violence - his first ever interaction with Claire alone in the show leads this to happen out of sight of her. I think this is obvious from his behaviour that there is personal trauma linked to this, possibly from his own abuse as a child. His seemingly over-the-top reaction is thus very par the course for him. Not to mention that Frank is now aware that the man he will be pinning medals to was the person who raped his wife. He is naturally going to be upset.

Claire's own emotions in this scene. I’ll expand on this.

You’re probably still wondering then why Frank gets so much focus in this scene. Let me explain.

The scene that ties this together as a parallel is the bedroom scene. This is a scene where Claire gets to be herself in a safe place, a safe environment, and address the trauma to herself. “Too little, too late?” I’d argue that it’s the right place actually. She doesn’t have to fear being hurt in her home unlike a bathroom in a public venue.

Here she tells Frank her feelings about what happened and a contrast is presented to the audience. Claire's stoicism versus Frank's emotion. Claire as a whole is a very stoic character in contrast to how angry Frank is. Near the end of the season she gets a moment to cry over the Walkers only before once again becoming stoic again. Claire is not as emotional as her husband and she does this for a reason - to keep others from harm.

You think I don’t want to smash things? I know what that anger is more than you can imagine.

This emotional stoicism also relates to her trauma and she says as much herself.

I strangle her, Francis, so she doesn't strangle me.

But when this contrast becomes clear is what she says after this.

I have to. We have to. The alternative is… it’s unliveable.

It doesn’t make sense in this context to be talking about something else. The “we” is her and Frank. This conversation is her parallel to the bathroom scene, what she wants to tell him after everything that happened then.

She is telling Frank that he needs to suppress things like she does, and not let similar situations devour him in turn. His anger in the bathroom was devouring him, and he needs to control it, to prevent it from consuming him and making him do something reckless. We know this is possible for Frank, he fully had the intention on killing McGinnis. It’s possible given everything Claire is trying to prevent Frank from doing something needlessly reckless to help her, which will end up only sabotaging him in turn.

It’s also her way of addressing McGinnis himself. Frank and Claire have worked hard to make it to where they were. If Frank was to do something reckless - i.e. let his anger take control - then it would ruin everything they had worked for, especially in Frank's case. McGinnis has already ruined her life, she doesn’t want him to ruin the man she loves the most as well.

That’s why she tells Frank it was better to suppress his emotions about the whole affair. Partly to avoid letting it devour him completely and partly to prevent her abuser from winning.

These two scenes combined together are all about suppression. If Frank's anger hadn’t been emphasised, this effect wouldn’t have worked at all. Claire is trying to get him to understand her view in her own way. If he reacts again like how he did in the bathroom, it would kill him. And that is the last thing Claire wants.

[flysafepapi]

after the scene we got of otto telling aegon that viserys did not choose him, and that he's only on the throne because they scene, combined with the fact that after his anger and rage about jaehaerys fades, the guilt will set in because he wasn't there either

i am on my knees begging for a scene of aegon going to visit viserys in the crypts or wherever his resting place is, or the remains of his room where the destroyed miniature of king's landing or whatever, and start talking as if viserys is listening, asking him everything he never asked when he had the chance, like "why didn't you love me, what did I do so wrong, all I wanted was your approval and you never saw me, what am I supposed to do now, please help me"

[devotioncrater]

once i start taking pole dancing classes and once i begin to work out regularly, it will be so over for everyone

[seilon]

seriously i don’t think people with Cars understand how isolating and debilitating summer weather is for people without cars. i debated for like an hour whether or not to go to a coffee shop to do classwork for a few hours because I haven’t left the house in like 4 or 5 days and I don’t have a desk and staying in bed all day is a depression death trap. and ended up not going because it’s 97 outside and the exhaustion from walking the combined 25ish minutes to get to the bus stop and from the bus stop to the shop in this weather (not including the trip back) is not fucking worth it. im just sitting here kinda taken aback by the thought that people who drive can just choose to go to a place on a whim. and go there in a fourth of the time a bus trip takes. regardless of weather. i love public transit for what it is but in a car-centric country jesus christ does relying on it tank your overall quality of life

[floral-hex]

woke up at 4am feeling the weight of my life crushing me, so I’ve been sitting out in my car for the last couple of hours because I just need. to. be. somewhere else.

[starrishly]

happy anniversary to "watching and dreaming" !! 🎉🫶

actually cannot believe it's been a year since toh ended im getting emotional 😭

[meandmy100blanketsagainstheworld]

just finished e6 of the bear s4 im actually rlly enjoying it so far