#grapecase posts

[grapecaseschoices]

regional questions ...

i felt those who write their wayhaven in the us of a might enjoy this/find this interesting. here is the link on pinterest [with some other possible questions in the comments]!

[zemenipearls]

leianaberrie replied to your chat “Six of Crows: Jesper is dark skinned Netflix casting department:...”

@neonnecropolis @grapecase​ look like I said, I'm the first person to call white-washing/colorism out. (See: my posts about the actress cast for Raising Dion). And like I said I suspect that even if Jesper was full Zemeni, they'd still have cast him the same. I just think that in this case, there's in-story reason to have him be so light-skinned. I understand your anger/frustration about this. I'm just trying to give a "brighter side" perspective to this.

As a biracial person, I have been looking at the quite literal brighter, lighter, whiter side of this for years and haven’t seen biracial people who look like me. So yaknow? Fuck that?

[geekgirlsmanifesto]

And a Meme

Rules: We’re snooping in your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs and then choose 10 victims. Tagged by @grapecase

1. La Vie Boheme - Rent film OST

2. Faster - Matt Nathanson

3. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

4. Diamond Girl - Seals and Crofts

5. Our Dawn is Hotter than Day - Seventeen

6 Love Me or Leave Me - Day 6

7. New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran

8. Untitled Love Song - Henry

9. Crayon - G Dragon

10. Way Way Back - Matt Nathanson

I tag @countofcasualty and whoever wants to do this.  I honestly have no idea who even reads what I post.  :)

[fiddleabout]

grapecase replied to your post: The anon always asking about James here. Can I ask...

I agree with most of this. But I am curious, how was James a raging asshole in S2? @fiddleabout

(x) (x) (x)

basically tl;dr i think they made some incredibly sloppy writing choices without considering the implications of them, and those implications turned james into a self-centered, shortsighted, man with a need to punch things to prove to himself that he’s capable of doing all the things that kara danvers does with an inferiority complex masquerading as righteousness and heroism.  i very much don’t think that was the intent of his whole s2 storyline at all, but that’s still what they wound up doing.

[threehourstonevada]

grapecase replied to your post: So I finally gave in on Saturday and started Black...

I was wondering. and was going to ask if you’d started watching. she’s great. she’s partly why I restarted the series to continue it.

It’s been good so far (of course there’s been some narrative issues for me) and before I got to Madi, James Flint has been my number one. 

[laufire]

laufire​:

I was tagged by @boomheda​ (thank you!!)

List 10 Female Faves from 10 Fandoms and then tag 10 friends!

In alphabetical order, Because.

1. Buffy Summers (Buffyverse).

Originally posted by demetrapersefone

[Caption: Buffy in sunglasses saying, “Let’s face it: none of us are ever gonna have a happy, normal relationship.”]

2. Caroline Forbes from (Plecverse).

Originally posted by vd-gifs

[Caption: Caroline telling Jesse, “Whenever anyone tells me I can’t do something I prove them wrong.”]

3. Fire (Seven Kingdoms Trilogy).

Originally posted by fythesevenkingdoms

[Caption: gif of a black woman dressed as a nurse in period attire. It includes the quote “The phrase Someone ought to do something was not, by itself, a helpful one.”]

4. Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife).

Originally posted by supernatasha

[Caption: Kalida playfully saying “No.” and putting on sunglasses.]

5. Lyra Silvertongue (HDM books).

Originally posted by velvetmirrors

[Caption: drawing in gif form of Lyra sitting on the bench, holding the alietomether.]

6. Max (Black Sails).

Originally posted by maxannedaily

[Caption: Max in a bathtub, Anne outside sitting next to it, saying, “I built this from nothing. And none of it is real.”]

7. Nikita Mears (Nikita CW).

Originally posted by gilmoregeller

[Caption: Nikita looking down and pointing a gun to the camera.]

8. Rosita Bustillos (Wynonna Earp).

Originally posted by misterlightwoodbane

[Caption: Rosita in a bathrobe, with a broken bottle in her hand, saying, “If a girl wants to flash some thight,”.]

9. Ruby (Supernatural).

Originally posted by so-get--this

[Caption: Ruby waking up in a new body in a hospital asking, “Who do I have to kill to get some french fries around here?”.]

10. Yalena “Dutch” Yardeen (Killjoys).

Originally posted by andyoudoctor

[Caption: a distraught Dutch screaming to Khlyen, “I want you to stop making me feel small.”]

tagging: @avacrwder​ @punishandenslavesuckers​ @bebewrites​​ @obijuanjabroni​ @doortotomorrow​ @nectargrapes​ @eizagonzalezs​ @missbrunettebarbie​ @findsilver​ @bea2me​ @hearthouses​ @ghostsinthesheets​ @grapecase​ and anyone else who wants to do it!

[rosemcvrs-blog]

grapecase replied to your post: Hi, I saw you liked my post about James. Here are...

Ty!

yw! :)

[chiliconsharls]

Hi, I saw you liked my post about James. Here are some options for twitter: grapecase(.)tumblr(.)com/post/160455143717/ james-olsen-is-a-hero-from-the-moment-he-came-on . If you cannot make this one, there is also this one: yujiro1964(.)tumblr(.)com/post/159698160490/someone-should-organize-a-twitter-trend-for-james

heeey, thanks for letting me know, i dont know at which time exactly does the episode air (i dont live in the US) but if anyone would hit me up when it does so i can put a tweet out there i would gladly do so :3 

[musicofthenight321]

Hi, I saw you reblogged my post about James. Here are some options for twitter: grapecase(.)tumblr(.)com/post/160455143717/ james-olsen-is-a-hero-from-the-moment-he-came-on . If you cannot make this one, there is also this one: yujiro1964(.)tumblr(.)com/post/159698160490/someone-should-organize-a-twitter-trend-for-james

Ahhh i just saw this but thanks!

[briankinney-givesashit]

the rules: without naming them post ten gifs of your favourite tv shows and then tag ten people

gratefully tagged by @thefancyspin

(i would also like to say this was REALLY hard for me. and also 1 made the list cause its what i’m currently watching with the fam in quarantine, if you can guess which one i’ll be impressed) 

i am tagging(only if you want to and haven’t done it of course)  @tkandbuck @emmarosethinkstoomuch @angee1011​ @grapecase​ @pastelwitchling​ @theforeignsoil​ @rafarobron4ever​ @loftdreams-winterskiss​ @whattarush​ @bizarre-transmission​

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

Hello! Would you mind boosting this post grapecase[.]tumblr[.]com/post/160455143717/james-olsen-is-a-hero-from-the-moment-he-came-on about a twitter trend for James starting soon? Thank you!

I just reblogged it! i hope it’s not too late! - Mod A.

[amyprestons]

Hi, I saw you reblogged my post about James. Here are some options for twitter: grapecase(.)tumblr(.)com/post/160455143717/ james-olsen-is-a-hero-from-the-moment-he-came-on . If you cannot make this one, there is also this one: yujiro1964(.)tumblr(.)com/post/159698160490/someone-should-organize-a-twitter-trend-for-james

i don’t have twitter but boosting for my followers!

(although actually…what if i got twitter just to trend this…quick someone teach me the ways of tweeting)

[grapecaseschoices]

okay but what's up with this?

relating not having to use pheromones:

[grapecaseschoices]

what are the names and ages of the verda daughters?

[grapecaseschoices]

@grinningjackal asked me about what scents my detectives would be as candles. i got really extra with it before i realized they actually meant actual candle scents and not some romance novel drivel. so! i decided to research, as i know nothing about candles scents.

in the end of this i now know next to nothing about fragrances. but i hope this will be interesting. i found it kind of fun. Since I tend to get long, I decided to break this down and give each character their own post. And unlike the engagement ring 'series' I will finish this one in a week. Hopefully. Maybe in a couple of days! [Also, this will have 0 sources attached bc I forgot to save some but I do have a few if you want them!!]

Andy

Erkan was a struggle because there are so many scents I felt could exhibit different parts of him, but from what I gather they don't seem to go together. I wanted to show Andy the introvert, Andy the loyal dog, Andy the vengeance seeker, but also Andy who is loyal and loves to garden and will make you spaghetti if you show up at his house in the middle in the night because being a loyal dog means loving that much. I wanted something to display he is driven, observant, distant, but also selectively warm. Ugh. Greens [grass] don't seem to blend with florals [lily] much? But apparently Jasmine goes with everything? It was giving me a headache. In the end I settled on four for him [when I initially was going to do 2-3]. I don't know if it would smell good, but

Tobacco, Musk, Ozone, and Jasmine.

I picked Tobacco, for obvious reasons. He's a smoker, lol. I picked Jasmine because in most lives Andy is a florist. And I felt ozone and musk had a certain je ne se quois that fit him. There were other scents that have certain vibes - like Tonka is a sweetish-nutty wood smell that a sort of charming, intriguing vibe ... apparently - but I liked that in the end, I managed to pick scents that I feel are in relation to Andy. [Though I REALLY wish I could bully Rum and/or Coffee into this but that felt too much].

Tobacco: Apparently does NOT smell like cigarette smoke [I don't know if I'm relieved or disappointed by this]. It seems to be categorized as a 'dry wood', but I've seen it placed under leathery/distinctive and regular wood smell. It is stated, in various sites, as sweet. And I've even seen it called a 'comforting' scent --this checks off that selective warmth aspect. It is also described as a scent that is 'masculine', invoking bravado, sexiness, mysteriousness, etc. I chose it for Andy because the fragrance seems to bring to mind a kind of edgy [roflmao!] vibe, ambition, yet quiet strength. Definitely the type of scent that you want flowing in your room if you want to give off 'wears expensive suits 24/7'. Like, dang that bih successful!

Jasmine: Jasmine seems to have it's own musky undertone but another reason it is delightful is because it has a bright vibe that - from what I read - definitely made me think of something akin to fresh cut grass ... something heady but delicate at the same time. Like a fragile, lonely man. I'm just kidding. Haha. Like a murderer who ears white suits. I've seen Jasmine associated with an alluring, gracious vibe. I picked it for Andy because it was connected to the words of decisiveness, sophistication, and empatheticness.

Ozone: I picked it because it has an 'atmospheric', kind of icy smell.. Andy is distant, introverted. That's as deep as I went with that one lol.

Musk: I considered going with white musk, because from what I gather is when it loses it's floral scent it just sorta smells fresh and clean. And I felt that would be a good mix with the ozone and jasmine --- however, though I liked the idea of one scent transforming to something else [maybe showing a true face?~] and Andy is clean in his attire, and he certainly presents himself as someone worth knowing [to have lingering around~ as it were], I decided to go the earthier way. Plus musk and tobacco seem to blend well and give off that smokiness~ I'd probably go with a more woody flavor of musk, something still fresh but more straightforward? IDK. I stopped looking into it ANYWAY, musk also evoke thoughts of warmth [lol], intensity yet reliable, someone enigmatic. Like tobacco it also gives that Boss vibe~

So, I feel an Andy candle is definitely the type of candle you would light on while studying for some intense test, get your head in the game while also not revving up your anxiety -- or maybe in the office of a CEO wert lmao.

[grapecaseschoices]

does anyone have any if recs?

Preferences

Genres

High fantasy!

Urban Fantasy!

I don't mind sci-fi. It isn't my biggest preference but big ups if it has to deal with personhood [like Fallen Hero (an if) or KillJoys (a show)].

Romance is a must.

I actually enjoy normal human [ie not urban/low fantasy] contemporary or slice of life. But strangely I am not feeling that right now.

Demographics

If there are five ROs at the LEAST two need to be characters of color [I usually say three but I am desperate]

But it goes up by one, it isn't a ratio. Meaning. Ten ros doesnt mean only four are characters of color, but rather if there are six ros now three of them are characters of color. Seven, four of them. And so on.

I'd prefer if there were nb ros [any pronouns of their choice] on the roster, but if not at the VERY LEAST there should be an option for MC to be nb

Polyam [... obviously not a must or I would get nothing, but it is a preference].

No demo needed, but if there is none I would prefer a blog that posts author updates regularly, please.

And that is it. Thanks.