#hashtag daisy problems

[arti-cat]

local group paint doodles (ramblings in tags)

[oopsiedaisymae]

tumblr mobile you suck. why is a blog i blocked reblogging my work i wonder!

[jaydeemainmansblog]

Hey we have charge I think you're a stop let me call him it's official charges are comparing me to another white boy saying another white boy is better you know the funny part is I got about 10,000 white hair white skin boys in snow that will rip apart any one of your white hair white skin boys here on the beach most of all with that said she's describing my son

She's describing my nut job son

Anyways hashtag report let me see if I got this clear the second amendment rights in a car okay this c*** is trying to explain the differences of a black hair white skin single male driver versus a black skin single male driver in the cars.. this is why I hate these girls here in Pensacola and Jacksonville

No my my point is again every minute you know this The sciences of how much time when time is money how much energy I spent here and in these cities with black skin car drivers the excitement of the black skin man outside the car and inside the car the excitement of the black skin man inside the Dollar general and outside the Dollar general in the parking lot every one of these statements continue to to be able to rip on the excitement of the black skin men why don't you guys just let the Black skin Man be excited driving in cars I don't see the problem

Of a the second amendment writes in cars was pretending the people in the cars are talking to me so let me get this straight are you telling me that these black skin people in a cars are are cheering and chanting that n*****'s daughter....

No if if it is true if we verify that it was the excitement of these white skin men that provoked these black skin men to to follow me outside we will have no choice what to kill every black man I saw and see here and saw me here and Houston and Jacksonville it's protocol you know bow down Black skin Man the white boy want to fight black bow down Black skin Man the white man won the fight in the end there's nothing more that you guys can say if it is fear motivated that's your black skin men in Jacksonville fear this white cracker on the beach and excuse my language on the beach fear these white men on the beach

So are you telling me that these black skin car drivers are driving around cheering and chanting it's all about that n*****'s daughter and pointing at me your n***** daughter from Miami isn't as good as this n***** daughter here in Jacksonville...#report

No we called the incident in Houston again you know I'm outside all day so anything happens I noticed it immediately of you guys taking time off and then stop pretending to people the cars are talking to me and having black skin men on walk along the sidewalk pretending that they're carrying the statement while I look up and see all the cars mimicking and their mouths moving the same statement that you're accusing the black man of carrying in baton rouge 30 days off of me sitting it near the Morgan pretty or or near the Jerry Lane off of black skin man on the side of the road or pretending that they are carrying the statement you know it's a it's a sad Daisy the intentions of this behavior of your black skin man standing next to a white boy or a white girl outside okay or or a black boy or a black girl outside in Cincinnati he's making a statement not the cars carrying the statement pass driving past us of of how you guys took took 60 days off okay Houston and baton rouge to have black skin and walk past me and pretend that they're carrying a statement not not the cars carrying the statement and a quid pro quo here in Jacksonville of still having you know meet me sit in front of a store pretending at the people across the street at the Aldi's are carrying the statement and that's a car is carrying the statement.. yeah so so once again this is all about this is the cars carrying the statement the people in the cars pretending to talk to me on the side of the road but you took 90 f****** days off to have some black cement to sell some black skin men instead of next to me at the bus stop or or getting off the bus or or standing at the storefront next to me accusing them of carrying the statement when I look up and see the car driving by and still can see them the cars carrying the statements... How many times your cars said the n***** work that transgender's got a foul mouth I'm most importantly the white man and the black man love to throw around the world n***** I I insisted they throw around the word n***** more than he doesn't know more than the word b******* more than the word accident the n***** word is comes fluently and and every minute every second a car passing has that n***** daughter statement or that n***** word and I look up and it's a black car driver or a white car driver

[midnightswithdearkatytspb]

VelvetCardiganBucky’s Recommendations 2021: Week 9 | February 21st –February 27th

Welcome to week 9 of my recommendations, if you would like to be featured on a future list, I follow the hashtag #VelvetCardiganBucky, message me, tag me in your future works, or reblog this post and link to your story, one-shot, Masterlist, writing challenge, etc.

Be aware some if not most stories and writers on this list are meant to be consumed by an audience of those 18+. My blog is also an 18+ blog.

✨Page breaks are made @firefly-graphics✨

«Last Week

Week 10»

My Masterlist

My Fic Rec List of Mafia/Mob Bucky/Sebastian & Steve/Chris/Andy

Stuff I Posted This Week:

Run To You Moodboard » I made a moodboard for my friend's ongoing Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader story Run To You

Can I Have This Dance? » Steve Rogers x Reader — 4 times the reader asked Steve to dance with her, and one time Steve her.

Mr. FBI Agent Jimmy Woo Playlist » All he ever wanted was to belong, and now he does, alongside Monica Rambeau and Dr. Darcy Lewis. Karaoke is now 10x’s better.

You’ve Been Everything » Steve Rogers x OFC!Orchid Black — They haven’t shared a bed in months; the snap has changed them both. There is no one to blame.

Sam Wilson

One-Shots:

Great Day To Build A Treehouse by @bestofbucky » Sam Wilson x Reader — Sam Wilson sets off to build your guys sons a treehouse while determined to make you lose your guys bet who can go the longest without sex. Will he win or will you? After all, who can deny a shirtless Sam? | This was adorable yet sexy all at once and I want more please. There just isn’t enough Sam content on here. Thanks lovely for feeding my Sam side, along with some really good smut!

Skinny Jeans, Action Figures, and Baby Shark by @callmeluna » Sam Wilson x Reader ft. Alpine — You, Sam, and boredom are a dangerous combination. No Avenger is safe. | If you need a laugh, you have to read this, because I couldn't stop laughing while reading.

Stucky

One-Shots:

*Proud Popsicle by @firefly-in-darkness » Dad!Stucky x Daughter!Reader (platonic) — Y/N visits her Dads after her holiday with her partner. | This was honestly so adorable and Daisy, you made me tear up. I sort of wish it had never ended and I had more to read.

Serves You Right to Suffer by @mypoisonedvine » dark!Bucky Barnes & dark!Steve Rogers x Reader — a little fresh air never hurt anyone, right? | The smut in this is so good while remaining a really good dark plot to it. I got shivers quite a few times while reading this and I can’t help but wonder just where is reader and the boys now...

Bankrupt by @mypoisonedvine » dark!40’s!Stucky x Reader — Your husband’s gambling addiction quickly got him in hot water with the mob, and you by extension. When some debt collectors come by to settle what is owed, you realize that you have a lot more to worry about than money problems. | My third time reading this and it probably won’t be my last. The smut in this is just so intense and well written. Also it’s Mob!Stucky.

(Mini)Series:

Terrigenisis by @tuiccim » Steve Rogers x Bucky Barnes x Inhuman!Reader — After undergoing terrigenisis unwillingly your life is turned upside down when you are deemed too dangerous to return to life as a civilian. You are put with the Avengers team to train and rebuild. As you hone your powers and skills, you must also decide if you can find home and love again. Or is your curse to be a lonely wanderer forever? | This story has everything in it, animals, angst, fluff and smut. So it’s like the perfect story all wrapped up with a neat little bow.

Steve Rogers

One-Shots:

Points of Authority by @river-soul » Dark!Steve Rogers x Reader — After failing the required self-defense class Captain Rogers offers to give you one on one lessons. His methods are not what you expect and an impromptu session reveals his true intentions. [Violence, dubcon, bullying and fat shaming, 18+] | I felt personally attacked. 😉 As a plus-size girl all I could think was come at me sir, but at the same time I was like I just wanted to stay in bed and the reader was getting my vibes. So good!

(Mini)Series:

Just Say It And I’m Yours by @whisperlullaby » Steve Rogers x Reader — Steve is considering retiring from being Captain America. He feels like he lost himself through all the fighting and wants to get back to his roots. In comes Y/N who seems to be everything he needs in his life. They are fierce and dynamic but what happens when they get caught up in trying to be what everyone else want them to be? | This story is so good and unique. Becca you deserve all the gold stars for this seriously. I look forward to reading more.

Bucky Barnes

One-Shots:

Answer Me by @fuel-joy » Dark!Bucky Barnes x Reader — You get a scary phone call. You ‘re forced to play a game to win your freedom. Can you beat the game or will he win in the end. | Read the notes before reading, this is a little darker than I usually read, but I still really enjoyed this. I’m just glad I didn’t read this before bed. 😂

*To Love And Be Loved By Me @sunflowerxbarnes » Eros! Bucky x Psyche! Reader — The story of Eros and Psyche was quite literally the stuff of legends. When he lost her to the perils of mortality, Eros too lost himself. He wandered the world, lost and alone until fate gave them another chance. Will things be different this time around? Can Eros find a way to save his love before it’s too late? | This will make you cry tears of sadness and tears of joy. I fell so madly in love with this and I knew it needed to be shared with you all. Keep tissues close by.

Partition by @angrythingstarlight » Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader — Bucky comforts you after a bad day, and your boss learns why no one messes with his girl. | If there is someone I get excited about seeing post mob!bucky content it’s @angrythingstarlight and this one-shot was so good and the smut was hot! We are blessed with a part 2.

*Let Me Show You by @angrythingstarlight » Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader — You wanted to know what your mobster boyfriend did, lucky for you he’s more into show then tell. | Hi, yeah I needed to seriously cool down after reading this one. The smut is just really hot and I just don’t think I’ll ever be over this.

Drabbles:

*My Little Girl by @buckysnumberonegirl » Bucky Barnes x Mom!Reader — Bucky is the best man he could ever be not just for the woman he loves but for the little girl who captured her heart, and she has a big question to ask him. | This is just so fluffy and by the end I may or may not have shed a couple tears. Hormones y’all!

Say the word and it’s yours by @angrythingstarlight » Mafia!Bucky Barnes x Reader — Your mobster boyfriend rescues you from a long, boring day at work. Bucky alway said, “ask and its yours” | This was so adorable and loving, I would highly recommend it. Fluffy!MafiaBoss!Bucky Barnes FTW 🙌🏻

(Mini) Series:

Run To You 🪙 Ch. 7 by @bestofbucky » Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader — Mob boss Bucky Barnes hires you to be his bodyguard. | This keeps getting better and better, chapter 7, hit me in the feel whole the smut was just *chefs kiss* perfect.

Warm, Beating, and Frantic 🌸 Ch. 5 by @river-soul » Bucky Barnes x Reader — On vacation in Europe you’re kidnapped by a stranger who thinks only he can protect you from an unseen enemy known as Hydra. After months on the run, you finally escape. Years later you’re just starting to get your life back together when you accept a job at Stark Tower. The last thing you expect to see is your kidnapper, a part of the Avengers and going by the name Bucky Barnes. [PTSD and stalking] | You can’t help but feel so proud for the reader for going back to work and Bucky for going to therapy. Sam, he is just the best in this, so level headed. We could all use a Sam in our life. Please go read this!

Watch Out For The Quiet Ones Pt. 3 by @eurynome827 » Sub!CollegeJock!Bucky Barnes x Reader — Things have been going good with Bucky and you, so why put a label on it? Also been Bucky has been so good for you that you decide to reward him for his good behavior | I know not the best summery ever done by me but I love this series Eury had blessed us with. (it has a masterlist!)

Synonyms For Hate by @rebeccccccaaa » Bucky Barnes x Reader — A true enemies to lovers ;) | I don’t think you can find a better enemies to lovers stories than this one. It’s got both you angst and just a little bit of fluff. (I can’t make a link so here’s the big click through!)

Lee Bodecker

One-Shots:

Watching You by @sweetkingdomstarlight-blog » Lee Bodecker x Reader — Fresh to town opening your own café across from the police town, you peak the interst of Sheriff Lee Bodecker, who knows you are just hiding something, he will find out just what it is. | I loved this, especially the readers' take no shit attitude.

Chris Beck

One-Shots:

Dorothea by @tinymalscoffee » Chris Beck x Reader — In which Y/N reassured Chris he can always come back home to her. | You can never get enough of Chris Beck or Taylor Swift, so when you put them together, you get this beautiful masterpiece. I can’t help but hope we might see them again for another song, if not their story ended just perfectly.

*Constellations All Around by @hannahshattuck » Chris Beck x Gender Neutral Reader — The freckles on your back make constellations that always guide Chris home to you. | The smut and the plot in this were just too good not to share.

Chris Evans

Drabbles:

The Word by @hangonimwriting » Chris Evans x Mom!Reader — Married for now for six months your daughter calls Chris, Dad for the first time, how does he take it, and how does he take the big surprise you have for him? | This was short and sweet. Just what I needed after a very long day.

Ransom Drysdale

(Mini)Series:

Murder, He Wrote by @what-is-your-backupplan-today and @/southerngracela » Dark!Ransom Drysdale x Reader — You’re sent by your asshole boss to do a review of a Celebrity Host Haunted Mansion, hosted by none-other than the arrogant, wild-eye browed actor Lucas Lee, but you’re worried you’ve missed the boat…that is, until at the last minute, an email arrives to say they can let you in on the last admission that night, which just happens to be Halloween… | I’ve had this on my need to read list for a while, I did read it and I just want more. The smut in this is good, you feel bad for Ransom, while still containing that dark fic feel throughout the fic so far.

Andy Barber

One-Shots:

To Build a Home by @river-soul » Dark!Andy Barber x Reader | Dreaming of becoming a mother through adoption, you finally concede defeat after a long two years. Devastated and alone, you let your guard down once your lawyer drops by to console you. [Stealthing, breeding, alcohol use and explicit sex, 18+] | If you are looking for something that will give you chills and has really good smut, this is the one for you. I sort of hope we get a follow up.

This Is A Shout To My...

Firefly’s Movie Challenge by @firefly-in-darkness — Due Date is August 31st, using characters from Marvel, Supernatural, The Witcher, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, and Henry Cavill, prompts a are a list of movies and rules are in the link with the list.

Kinky Charlie Writing Challenge! Hosted by @hotdamnhunnam — Due Date is April 1st, using a multitude of Charlie Hunnam characters and different types of kinks in the list provided. Check out the link for all the details! Congrats hun on the 1K! You deserve it all! 💗

[94monkeys]

I made these last night and if these weren't the easiest way to add some protein to a bowl!!!

As a holiday gift I received a set of This Little Goat spice blends (from Stephanie Izard, who is a Top Chef winner and a culinary bigwig in town) so I made the meatballs with the Indian blend—Black pepper, Cinnamon, Mustard, Cumin, Chiles, Cardamom, Star anise, Cloves. Very tasty.

It really is strange trying to work and keep the margins of an ordinary life while it feels like the world is falling apart. I'm like a character in a video game trying to collect flower pots or daisy petals while wreckage burns ominously in the distance. Just following up about the hashtags you wanted Janis!!! *apocalypse noise*

In the past 2 weeks my in-laws were exposed to COVID, my sisters were, my husband was. We had a bunch of snow the first weekend in the new year which has iced over, and my husband fell on some black ice (he's doing OK but ouch). Then yesterday our Internet and our power went out for several hours prompting the question of whether we further expose ourselves to COVID by seeking shelter (and get the power to do our jobs) or stay put and hope for the best. And today is the insurrection anniversary. I'm tired! I don't even have real problems and I'm tired!

I would just like to hold very still for a while until things calm down. Unfortunately, I apparently live in a society so I can't do that, so instead I'm procrastinating by writing this post.

[ellsey]

Agents of Shield Rewath 6x06 Inescapable

I KNOW WHAT THIS EPISODE IS SUCKERS

Legit I’ve rewatched it multiple times, so I’ll either have way too much to say or nothing idk

Jemma! Fitz!!!

Together at last yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

I love this happy reunion legit I want to cry so much

Hahahaha Fitz’s reaction at Jemma having seen the future

Fitz, honey, it was not worth it

Atarah is hair goals

I think Jemma is concerned about having every memory shared for obvious reasons

“Thought she’d never leave” haaaaaaaaahahaha Fitz has one thing on his mind

And it’s proposing marriage

PROPOSAL #3

We’re so blessed y’all

This is the most adorable mind prison tea party ever

BOO MONOLITHS

Sorry I am prejudiced against monoliths now

FITZ’S SCREAM AT SEEING WEE JEMMA SIMMONS

Jemma’s childhood room is exactly what i would expect from her

She’s really into butterflies yo

“I’m not afraid. I’m observing. From a distance.” Hahaha

And then Fitz’s little smile UGH

I WANT THIS BOOK

Well, not the Darkhold

“She’s 7.” “And a half” That’s so real though

Fitz is so ready to be a dad hahahahaha

“You’re back good don’t be mad” Hashtag they’re somarried

NOOOOOOOO Fitz doesn’t need to see this

I do understand how difficult this would be to tell Fitz about though, but also Jemma you didn’t consider this once during the year you were looking for him?

IAIN AND LIL DESERVE EVERY AWARD AVAILABLE GIVE IT TO THEM NOW

It’s amazing that it’s Coulson’s death that really breaks Fitz. Seeing himself, learning he had been married to Jemma, had a whole life he didn’t know about was tough, but I think he was already figuring out how he could get through it. Finding out about Coulson though?? That was the last straw.

THE ACADEMY AHHHHH

“Is it? You should see my room.”OK....I mean, whatever if that happens, I don’t care”

HAHAHAHAHA HE IS SO IN LOVE WITH HER

“Like a thick wall” Fitz knows he’s immediately in trouble here

Legit there is not hiding how buff Iain has gotten

The onnnnnlllllyyyyyyyy thing that mars this episode is that friendzone line, but everything else is so amazing I’m willing to overlook it

But like, you know how I can tell a man wrote this episode?

Yep

Also I recognize the healing power of that hoodie

Any excuse to get Iain to work those suits mmmm

Poor Jemma is having a panic attack

And then Fitz quickly progresses from “Simmons” to “Jemma” indicating his rapidly escalating concern

Well that doesn’t look good

YOU BOTH NEED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF THERAPY

Their mumbling going to meet Coulson is so amazing hahahaha

I love Fitz and Simmons but they really must have been holy terrors to have around

“She’s the part I’ll take last”

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP MY HEART

“YOU BUILT A ROBOT GIRLFRIEND” HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA 

This whole scene is so amazing but I can’t quote the whole thing

You’re yelling because you needed to work through all this Jemma

One thing I do want to talk about is this discussion they’re having about love and pain. The fact is all their pain came from the other person because they loved each other so much but couldn’t tell each other that. And that had probably been going on for years. I mean Jemma buried it deep with all her other problems and Fitz just straight up ignored it. So is it any surprise that their issues are now making out with each other?

Which brings me to my second point: knowing you need to share not only your joys but your pains. Again, Fitz ignores everything and pretends it’s not there while Jemma buries it all away. What will make them so much stronger though is talking about it. Knowing that the other person is going to save them or die trying in every instance. Get it all out there and talk about it!

This has been relationship advice with Ellsey. I am not qualified to give advice for anything, but I have been with the same person for 16 years ish, so I’ve got some long-term experience.

TLDR: Talk to each other. Share you feelings. Be in love. xoxo

“Fitz, we’re obviously made for each other.” *Fitz nods* I LOVE THEM

PROPOSAL #4

LET THEM KISS OMG UGH

“I have taken bold action” Yes you have bestie

“Embrace me” “Oh, I almost forgot, you’re a grandfather”

JEMMA ANNE SIMMONS NOOOOOOO

Awww Mack is so happy it makes me happy

Daisy stepping on Mack’s moment hahahaha

Ok this is already long, but I just love this episode so much. Absolutely genius storytelling weaving in and out of their memories like that. The only rating this episode gets is  ∞/10 on the Fitzsimmons scale. This is peak Fitzsimmons. I don’t know if it can ever be topped.

I’ve known since I started this rewatch what song I’d use for this episode. It’s basically my peak Fitzsimmons song, so I present to you “Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!” by Kishi Bashi.

[jonny-versace]

If you were producer what would you be doing on the show

• I'd chain Ryan up in the dungeons of itv towers, letting him out only to film (it sounds cruel I know but I'd let Daisy and his terrifying dog see him every other weekend so it's fine)

• I'd get coira off the farm (I think it was @scrapyardboyfriends who floated the idea of getting Moira into the pub again which I love)

• I'd move a whole family into the farm. Like fairly youngish parents, maybe two grandparents, three kids (toddler, pre-teen, late teenager). They seem lovely on the surface but they're hiding a dark secret.....

• a new business to replace the factory, maybe even like a small supermarket that causes grief with David's

• I'd give vanity some angst that sticks. Proper stuff not the nonsense they usually have

• I'd get Dawn away from Harriet and move her into the Vic/Ellis/Matty/Billy crowd. Dunno how old she is but whatever. There's all kinds of twenty something's shenanigans that go on, obv

• disaster at Home Farm, while there's like a big village wide event going on. Deaths aplenty (sorry Dan, sorry Bear, so long Graham, sayonara Jamie). Home Farm is ruined.

• Kim loses everything. I'm not sure how wealthy she actually is, I assume she's a millionaire, but I think it'd be interesting to see her knocked off her perch and have to struggle with the rest of the village

• Millie gets lost in the kids closet because she's awful, Andrea discovers her sapphic side and engages in a hashtag steamy affair with Rhona

• split chaddy. Maybe Chas has an affair, maybe with the new husband up at the farm with the dark secret....

• Seb comes home, natch

• robron have many many children, have all the tropey plots (illness, stalker, near death etc), antis send the office hundreds of complaints because they're in every scene, we don't care.

• they also get a cat because they're cat people

• Ravenclaw Robert and Hufflepuff Aaron become canon somehow. Maybe they drunkenly take a sorting quiz or whatever. It's a special double episode

• they eventually buy HF at a rock bottom price (they're rich, shush) and turn it into like a halfway house for runaway/needy kids

• Val makes a shocking return, causing huge problems for a recently reunited Eric and Faith. Faith and her eventually become besties

• Nate reaches a point that he becomes so inanimate he literally turns into a statue

• generally a character driven show, no more than four plots an episode, pizza parties every last Friday of the month

[swshadowcouncil]

It’s pretty ironic in retrospect that when the Sequel Trilogy began, there was a large pushback from racists and bigots that a black man and a woman couldn’t be the protagonists in the newest trilogy of Star Wars movies. People were honestly trying to boycott it because a white guy wasn’t the protagonist.

Now years later, the trilogy has come almost full circle with people refusing to see Finn as the co-protagonist of the ST or John Boyega as the male lead. I mean, if we want to look at it deeply enough, some people don’t even think Rey is the true protagonist, but Kylo is. It’s rather funny, in a sad way with the lack of self-awareness, that there are so many fans of the ST (Sequel Trilogy) that have forgotten, or don’t know, that originally there was a giant pushback for these heroes not to be the protagonists, yet years later, fans are echoing the intent of these people without realizing it. Finn has been sadly the biggest victim of this ironic mess. From being one of the central characters in all of the marketing, merchandise, advertising, and basically present and in full view of everything ST related, to slowly being forcibly pushed way into the back and made small enough on posters, merchandise, and media coverage at times that you actually need to zoom in or hunt down a trusty magnifying glass to find him.

The problem has extended from the #boycottstarwarsvii movement on social media in response to Boyega’s casting in 2014, to Lucasfilm (LFL) allowing multiple artworks to be created with Finn excluded, placed in the back, or smaller than the supporting characters, to the EU stories where he is sidelined, depicted as a joke, or generally just treated in a way that would make any sane black person, or person in general, go “Yikes!”. This isn’t an easy conversation to have, nor is it something many people even know how to approach, but from the perception of many fans, especially black fans and other fans of color, this comes across as pretty racist at best. So, without further delay, let us begin.

#BoycottStarWarsVII

Friendly reminder, when people bash the idea of Finn being Force Sensitive, you make this guy smile.

Yeah, I’m not going to sugarcoat this, John being cast as Finn, the male lead/protagonist, alongside Daisy’s Rey, the female lead/protagonist, was met with a LOT of backlash. For those who don’t remember, or just weren’t following the TFA like a lunatic like other losers (me), there was a hashtag going around, #BoycottStarWarsVII, which if you couldn’t tell from the title, was for the boycott of TFA. The main reason for this all circles back to John Boyega being the lead that had many bigoted racists in their feelings (translation: mad).

How bad was it? Well, let me just show you:

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These are the ones I can actually post. The others I have kept/found I won’t be posting due to the content in them being beyond disgusting. This was all over the place. Racists were rejecting the idea of a black male lead in Star Wars tooth and nail to the point of demanding people to boycott the newest movie.

So, how did the boycott go?

If you look closely, you can see Bob Iger’s tears of joy next to the dollar signs

Yeah, it failed on every level imaginable!

Something interesting about it though was that while some people were speaking up about the racist treatment that had been thrown at Finn:

You’re a good man, Trevor Noah. Thank you.

Others had remained silent on it completely. There was an odd amount of radio silence on how the public was treating Finn and his actor John Boyega, and looking back on it now, when there is still a great amount of pushback against the character and actor, I can’t help but feel that silence was a choice, rather than ignorance. Which brings me to the main topic of this very article:

#WhereIsFinn?

The #WhereIsFinn movement was created by fans of the character who started to notice something…odd. Now, I can’t actually pinpoint the first moment Finn’s erasure had started, but I do remember the most prominent and famous one that many in the community still remember to this day, and that was the Chinese Poster for The Force Awakens.

Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again

Oh, this kriffing poster! Years later and my blood still boils like Anakin’s did on Mustafar! Now, I’m not pointing any fingers at any one individual at Lucasfilm, yet I highly doubt that if Rey was made smaller than a BB-8, or if Kylo was taken off of the poster, whoever said yes to this would have had the same response. Finn was made significantly smaller on the official Chinese poster for TFA. Now, for those reading this who don’t know, racism against black people isn’t just an American thing, I know, surprising, right? It’s something that happens everywhere, and movies with a black lead don’t usually do well overseas. So, someone made Finn smaller, and it somehow slipped through the cracks. A one-time thing though, right? It was a mistake and it’d never happen again. Lucasfilm would never try to make the co-protagonist of the sequel trilogy smaller or treat him with disrespect…right?

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Well, I guess that’s one way to avoid the Chinese poster situation. Just make him small by default

Rian, turn on your location. I just want to talk.

Johnson…just…why?

The longer you look at this image, the more you likely will want to die inside.

Don’t worry, guys. We got rid of the black character for now!

I’m like 85% sure the Nines (TR-8R) is making these with Phasma.

Well this is just erase. Not much to say about it. Finn’s not even here, I guess he wasn’t in TFA or TLJ.

I don’t know if making Finn smaller than Poe, and shoving him behind Chewie, is an accurate depiction of who were the protagonists of TFA

Just…why is it always Finn?

No, for those of you wondering, Finn isn’t allowed to even win the fight. BB-8 does and Poe lectures Finn.

Okay, why is Poe constantly being made bigger than Finn? Would this be approved if he was made bigger than Rey? Did someone sell their soul to Papa Palptine?

It sounds petty, but notice Rey and Kylo aren’t being made small, Poe, who’s not the co-protagonist, is made fairy decent sized, but Finn again is placed behind him and smaller.

Yeah, it’s been a LONG few years

Some of this is official artwork, some of these are posters, others are book covers, the backwards tux is how Rian Johnson thought Finn couldn’t dress himself, the leaky bacta suit was included in the film, etc.  These are far from the only times Finn has been made small or been made a fool of since post-TFA Star Wars, but I wanted to give some type of understanding to what’s going on. Now, I know some people may be wondering: “Well he’s there. What’s the big deal?”

Well, to understand what it’s a big deal, you have to understand how Finn originally was marketed and depicted.

  Regardless of your views on if Finn is Force Sensitive or not–which, if you’re doubtful, let me shamelessly plug another article I wrote about there being two awakenings in TFA (click here)–Finn was always presented as the male lead of the ST: heroic, brave, and important to the story. The idea of him being just as important to the ST as Rey, or the antagonist Kylo, wasn’t something that people scoffed at, which is a stark contrast to how things are going now.

Through these last few years, there has been a trend of individuals trying to remove Finn’s importance from Star Wars, whether it be by depicting him as smaller than characters he’s narratively bigger than, leaving him off of posters and artwork, depicted him as a joke in various forms of media like comics or books, or even just cropping him out of pictures completely. There are even attempts to make him seem less important on Wookieepedia or TvTropes.com, and it’s having a domino effect with how the powers that be see the character. Disney and Lucasfilm are businesses at the end of the day, and like any business, they do what’s best for them first and foremost. If certain fans and media go out of their way to erase, sideline, or mock Finn, then Disney and Lucasfilm will not try to course correct it, but rather let it continue or make less content for the character. Then fans of the character get less interested in content regarding Finn, and the cycle continues.

At first, many didn’t think much of it, yet as time went on, the number of instances that it seemed people were going out of their way to depict Finn as a supporting character or sidekick were starting to pile up. Its honestly become a trend now that if new content is coming out that has to do with the sequel trilogy era, you might as well play bingo for one of the ways Finn will be depicted.

We have him pushed to the back, looking like a supporting character/sidekick:

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Finn is once again in the back, with lighter skin for some reason???

Finn once again is made smaller and has lighter skin…okay

How are there 3 different versions of this cover and Poe’s head is still orbiting Tatootine while Finn is smaller than Darth Vader’s will to live?

Is Phasma the one green lighting these? Is she still mad?! She’s probably alive! Nobody is ever really gone, remember! Maul does!

If that’s not your flavor, then we have The Rise of Skywalker media coverage, which consists of basically Rey and Kylo, with article writers that seem to forget everything about the last two movies and can’t remember that they’re not on Archive of Our Own anymore.

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The Journey to Rise of Skywalker really isn’t doing too hot for anything Finn related, if you couldn’t tell by the giant orbiting space station that is Poe’s head on the cover for Resistance Reborn. In Spark of the Resistance, Finn isn’t even in the book, sent off on some subplot with Chewie that likely we’ll never hear from again. Maybe he went back to Canto Bight to free the slave children instead of the horses. Side note, whose idea was it to have the former slave child of two decades (Finn) not even comment on the slave children at Canto Bight? Oh…yeah, never mind. There’s also Resistance Reborn, which is again more about Poe than anyone. There’s even a scene where Poe has to tie Finn’s tie because he doesn’t know how to do it, and so many people are now flashing back to the backwards tux.

At this point, I can already hear that person who always appears in discussions about Finn saying “Who cares? He’s just a supporting character who was a janitor. John isn’t the male lead”

First of all, go jump into a Sarlacc pit!

Second, let’s talk facts:

Huh, Finn sure does have a LOT of screen time for someone that doesn’t matter. Oh, well. Maybe, he was there for moral support.

As of both TFA and TLJ, Finn comes in 2nd to only Rey, while having 15 more mins of screen time than Kylo. In fact, in two movies, Finn has more screen time than Han or Leia had in their first two OT movies. Hell, Finn almost has as much as Obi-Wan did in his first two PT movies and Finn lost around 16 mins of screentime because he had the most deleted scenes out of TLJ. 7 deleted scenes if you’re curious. No, I don’t know why, beyond the fact that one of them had more Canto Bight in it, and yeah, that one should have been cut.

See, that’s the funny thing I’ve never understood about people saying that Kylo is the real co-protagonist and male lead, or that Poe is bigger narratively than Finn. Finn still has more screen time than Kylo in both TFA and TLJ and Poe isn’t even in the same league as Finn’s screen time in either of his two film appearances.

Further, John’s Finn represents something not seen in the Star Wars franchise ever before – the first and only black lead of any Star Wars movie let alone trilogy. Lando and Mace Windu didn’t exceed 10min of screen time in any of their films, and Ahmed Best’s Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace was severely reduced and nearly erased following the toxic backlash that drove the actor to contemplate suicide. And while James Earl Jones’ voice of Darth Vader is a timeless and iconic addition of black voice acting to the Star Wars franchise, Finn, and Finn alone, represents something more as a leading face of the concluding arc to arguably the most successful episodic series in cinematic history.

The real problem here is that there are people in the Star Wars community that just don’t want Finn to be the co-protagonist, the irony of which is amazing since it’s just the TFA boycott all over again. For every time someone says that Finn is the co-protagonist of the ST, there will be someone there to comment that he’s not. Kylo is, or in fact, Kylo is the SOLE protagonist of the ST and Rey is below him. So the irony that originally racists and sexists were boycotting the ST because they didn’t want to have a woman and a black man as the protagonists, have now turned into “fans” in general claiming that the true protagonist of the entire sequel trilogy is Kylo, the white guy.

Ironic indeed, papa Palpatine

Now, people putting Kylo above Finn isn’t the only cause of Finn’s erasure. As you can tell above or in recent merch or artwork, Poe is being depicted in front of Finn, bigger than him, more heroic, etc. Now, there is no problem with Poe getting more of a spotlight. But when every single thing that comes out is constantly depicting Poe, a character who is at best a supporting role that was upgraded to the status of one of the main characters in TLJ, as bigger and narratively more important than Finn, who dominated the marketing for TFA and still has more narrative presence in the trilogy than Poe, it comes off as colorism at worst and biased favoritism at best from LFL. Recently there’s been a drought of actual Finn content that treats the character with respect or even content at all with him in it at all. Meanwhile, the EU for the ST is practically filled with Poe to the point of arguably oversaturation for some. Now, I like Poe and I like Oscar, and maybe others can’t see it because they’re not used to colorism, but as a black man myself (Kenyan-Brazilian to be exact), I’d be lying if I said that elevating a white-passing Latino man of color like Oscar’s Poe while slowly erasing a darker-skinned Black man like John’s Finn doesn’t look like clear colorism on LFL’s part from the perspective of many black fans. For black fans, it seems like there is a constant battle to remind people of Finn’s status in the trilogy while everyone is trying to put Kylo and Poe above him.

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Since 2016 when Finn’s erasure started to take place, people on social media have been trying to bring attention to this problem, yet they’ve been met with others in the fandom ignoring them, or suddenly saying it doesn’t matter and changing the topic. In fact, recently, while even more people have been trying to bring attention to #WhereIsFinn, the #WhereisRose tag was created. Not only was it picked up by Nerdist, but major social media accounts agreed there was a problem with how Rose (who, mind you, is a supporting character) wasn’t on the initial merch, but were silent about the co-protagonist being shoved in the back behind Poe, made smaller, or not being present in the marketing in the same levels he was at the start.

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I’m not knocking you for trying, Nerdiest, but it’d help if you also talked about #WhereIsFinn that has been going on since 2016.

It’s actually ironic that OP has never touched on Finn’s erase or his placement in the back…

The thing about #WhereIsRose is not that it’s a bad thing to bring attention to the fact that Rose isn’t in the TROS marketing or merch, it’s the fact that these same people who are fighting for what they feel is an injustice, are totally ignoring the blatant racism and erasure of what’s going on with Finn. The difference is, some of these people aren’t even overtly racist, but they are against the idea of Finn being the co-protagonist. So this erasure of him isn’t seen as a bad thing, it’s seen as what should be. For instance, there is a vocal shipping community in the Star Wars fandom that has ironically been echoing many of the same things that the bigots did when the ST began. Only instead of the bigots who said “Finn shouldn’t be,” you have shippers saying “Finn isn’t” whenever it is said that Finn is the co-protagonist, or the male lead, etc, etc.

Another puzzling aspect of #WhereIsRose, is that if the objective co-lead of the trilogy is getting sidelined, or artistically segregated into tiny portrayals with the other black characters, what hope is there to give a supporting POC character proper justice and representation? In fact, we’ve seen the result of successfully gaining attention for #WhereIsRose without any thought or consideration for #WhereIsFinn.

Take for instance this The Rise of Skywalker art (below), which segregated the black characters to be much smaller than Poe, and left out Rose. After the artist acknowledged #WhereIsRose backlash, the artist then added in Rose, placing her in front of the other black characters. In doing so, the art now further segregates and minimizes the black characters behind Rose and under Poe. The artist has yet to acknowledge the #WhereisFinn trend pointing out the artistic segregation even though they were quick to acknowledge the #WhereisRose trend AND act upon it.

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Approving artistic representation such as that above spells out an extremely negative portrayal of ALL black characters, since not a single one of them could break a bigger feature than Poe – a secondary supporting character. Regardless of the artist’s intent, and without their responding to or acknowledging the #WhereIsFinn trend – it sends a message of favoritism and apathy at best, and accurately portrays colorism and anti-blackness at worst.

You see, that is in of itself is part of the reason why #WhereIsFinn even exists. Finn’s erasure is coming from all sides at this point, and only certain fans even care about it or recognize it, most of them being fans of color who are openly getting ignored or mocked. I’m not saying it has to be #WhereIsFinn vs #WhereIsRose, but if you think the lack of Rose merch is a problem and gives a voice to the racists and sexists, and see ZERO problems with Finn’s erasure and sidelining over the last few years, then there is a severe problem with how you are seeing the world and its problems with race. No, it is not right for a black man to be the co-protagonist, be on equal footing with two other white characters, then years later be placed in the back of everything or not even shown at all. There is a problem with this and people need to see it. No one is saying that we shouldn’t ask about Rose, regardless of if she is a supporting character or not, but all we are asking, and by we, I’m now referring to myself and many black fans at this moment, is that the same type of energy be used to help defend Finn and John Boyega from the racist treatment that has been going on since 2014.

People stood up for Rey, people are standing up for Rose, yet whenever it is time to stand up for Finn, no one does a damn thing. All many fans of Finn are asking for is that the same effort people give in fighting sexism or racism against other characters, they do the same for Finn.

But to be the devil’s advocate, for once in this argument, let me tackle why #WhereIsFinn isn’t picking up the same coverage that #WhereIsRey did get and #WhereIsRose is now picking up.

People. ARE. TIRED.

There is nothing more disheartening for a black fan, or a fan of Finn in general, who really wants good content for the character, than to be met with a comic that projects the negative attitudes that the fandom has for Finn by calling him a janitor in the description or having him scream “fear my mop!” while dirty water drips on his shoulder as Kylo stares him down. Regardless of Canon already debunking multiple times that Finn wasn’t just not a janitor, but rather one of the best cadets that the stormtrooper program ever had, seeing Finn depicted as a joke or a sidekick just makes fans and non-fans of the character not want to even consume his content. No one wants to see their heroes constantly made to look bad, and that’s something parts of the community and LFL do at times, which has a domino effect on how people absorb Finn content.

The second reason, that is in relation to everything we’ve talked about, is that Finn barely gets good, solo content made for him at all. There aren’t even many people championing for the character to be seen anymore because of the fact that all attempts to bring awareness to this problem, have fallen on deaf ears. There isn’t an “FN-2187 comic series or novel” that is used to flesh out Finn’s life and suffering when he was in the First Order while providing world-building for the FO and its characters. There isn’t a “Finn’s journal” that helps dive into the character’s inner POV and feelings throughout his adventure. In contrast, there has been a decent amount of solo content for Rose, Rey, Poe, and as of recently, Kylo, yet we still have nothing for standalone for Finn that’s detailed and personable.

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The comics that come out give fans of the other characters have moments like this:

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As Finn was being lectured by Poe, the fandom cheered because it looked like Poe was in a Jedi Robe.

A Rey comic that explores her abandonment issues before leaving to find Luke’s fish nun island

This one IS a Kylo comic, where he’s doing backflips and screaming ‘Your God is dead”.

Hux’s comic, that dives into some of his past trauma and his nightmarish adventure with Kylo “I haven’t showered in a month” Ren

Poe doing his best Captain Kirk impression as he dressed like Spock

And Rose and Paige remembering their sad childhood

Snoke’s comic that is basically a Kylo comic featuring Snoke

Phasma just being Phasma

Rey kicking names and taking ass

General Princess Space Mom and Rose. No jokes here. Move along.

While what little Finn fans get looks like this:

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First image of we see of a comic featuring Finn, is him getting wrecked by some steroid using alien. Spoiler alert, he doesn’t win the fight and he’s lectured after. Yay!

After years of trying to make it clear Finn wasn’t a janitor by citing Lucasfilm’s own canon, Finn’s comic description calls him a janitor, shows a preview of him playing with a mop he doesn’t know how to use. Why? Who the kriff knows

It’s rather hard for people to feel anything but disappointment for this character they cared about because of how he’s been handled, and that disappointment is having a negative effect on how everyone in the community, media, and even Lucasfilm treats Finn.

This character means something to people:

This character is an inspiration to many black fans, not just because he’s the lead in one of the biggest franchises in all of cinema, but because he’s someone who was oppressed by a system that enslaved him and chose to be better, to do the right thing, and stand up for what’s right, regardless of what the cost of it was to him. Seeing so many people at LFL, in the Star Wars community, and in the media not only refuse to treat the character with any respect, but also act like he deserves disrespect, is heartbreaking to many many fans of Finn who relate to the character, regardless of their skin color, age, or gender.

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It doesn’t matter what you are in this world. We all want the same thing in life, and that’s to feel like we belong. This article isn’t being written to target anyone, it’s not being written to start any fandom drama. The reason this article exists is that there are a lot of fans not getting their voices heard when it comes to trying to fight for Finn, and we want to give that voice a platform. We want people to hear them because this message is important. FINN. IS. IMPORTANT. He’s important for reasons of representation, he’s important to people who want to believe they can change their life for the better, and he’s important to the story of this trilogy. All we’re asking, all anyone is asking, is for him to get the treatment he deserves from the media, community, and LFL. That is why people are asking where is Finn.

  “Finn could not simply be a sidekick or key ally in the story; he needed a story arc of his own. For the first time, The Force Awakens offered a Star Wars film in which two characters, not only one, are undertaking the Hero’s Journey.”

“Each of these archetypes appears in the Hero’s Journeys of Rey and Finn – but not always in the same way or with the same character in the respective storylines. This makes The Force Awakens an interesting study in the use of archetypes.The Hero, of course, is the central protagonist of the journey. In Rey’s adventure, she is the Hero; in Finn’s adventure, he bears that mantle and Rey fills a different archetype.” – Tricia Barr

Thank you for reading, and may the force be with you…Always.

Where is Finn?: The Erasure and Sidelining of a Star Wars Protagonist #StarWars #WhereIsFinn #WheresFinn It's pretty ironic in retrospect that when the Sequel Trilogy began, there was a large pushback from racists and bigots that a black man and a woman couldn't be the protagonists in the newest trilogy of Star Wars movies.

[johnfaa]

Ok I know this is not the reason why y’all follow me, but I just gotta get something out of my chest.

I wanna talk about RuPaul’s Rigga Morris Race.

More specifically, Shuga’s elimination, which they glossed over SO STRONGLY they didn’t even mention the online uproar on the Reunion -- which they usually do, just check previous reunions. Ru always mentions controversial eliminations.

Anyway... Clearly, it was nothing but Rigga Morris. No sane human being would look at these two groups on the video and say Shuga Cain was the bottom two performer. And selecting the “weakest link” in both teams would ONLY make sense if both teams had been equally strong (or equally weak)... Which, clearly, was not the case.

Shuga’s elimination was SOLELY based on producers’ decisions, not performance. Which, granted, is important, but the complete and utter disregard to her performance is nothing short of unfair. The reason why Shuga was in the bottom was simply because she wasn’t loud enough.

The opposite (the favoritism) can be seen with Silky and Vanjie (FYI I’m not talking about them as individuals, I’m talking about production, I’ve got nothing against these queens and they don’t make the decisions on the show, so hashtag no hate). They might both be big personalities but performance-wise (runway + challenges) they are below other drag race girls in their season that left earlier (again, I’m talking about their performance IN THE SHOW, not outside of it).

I think before the release of the season, producers really thought the audience would engage and like Silky (since they were propelling her for the finale since episode 1 and she WAS a fan favorite during the promos of the season!)... But as we can see from them #teamsilky retweets, it didn’t work out as they expected... I don’t think producers were ever so wrong about something before.

But the season was already done and wrapped.

When I watch reality TV I expect to be lied to, but not so blatantly. The only thing missing was a narrator like in Pushing Daisies on that episode: “And then the judges proceeded to say how poorly Shuga Cain had performed. (They lied)”.

Drag Race has always been a rigged reality show (like ANY OTHER) and that’s not a problem, the problem is when it’s so damn rigged not even the editing can actually convince us to go where the plot they created wants to take us.

TL;DR: Shuga Cain deserved better. Disappointed but not surprised. I only hope she shines through post-Drag Race, much like Trixie Mattel. She’s incredibly funny and an AMAZING lipsync performer, which surprised me. Not to mention her fashion sense is ON POINT.

Kudos for this robbed queen.

[empathicstars]

roosterteeth’s rage quit → sentence starters (pt. 2)

warning for offensive language! feel free to edit anything in any way to make it work! pt. 2/?? (pt. 1 here) 

❝ What the hell is the difference between a shark and a zombie shark? It fucking eats you anyway, who gives a shit! ❞

❝ They got a fucking hashtag for this? ❞

❝ You move slow as shit! ❞  

❝ Ooh, I have a knife. I’ll fucking stab the shit out of you. ❞  

❝ Is that a shark? The music’s kicking on, so I think that’s a shark. ❞

❝ Well... I just flashbanged myself. ❞  

❝ Arg, mateys, where’s your shit? ❞

❝ Goddamn, this makes my brain wanna fucking explode, fuck. ❞

❝ You’re just waiting to die, and the second you’re fucked, you’re boned. ❞

❝ I’m fucking bitches up like it ain’t nobody’s business. ❞

❝ Fun fact: go fuck yourself. ❞

❝ Alright, bitches, let’s crawl our way to success. ❞  

❝ Goo goo ga ga, bitch. ❞  

❝ Alright, I’ll -- I’ll waste 19 minutes trying to fucking set some stupid fucking joke up. ❞  

❝ Were any fucking lightbulbs installed in this house? ❞

❝ I’m gonna get killed in here. I’m gonna get killed in the dark. ❞

❝ I’m assuming this is going to be one of those things that fucks my mouth but sounds great doing it. ❞

❝ Confirmed, it’s semen, Half-Life 3 confirmed, the wall’s made out of semen. ❞  

❝ Don’t fucking try to wedge yourself in the hole, shithead. ❞  

❝ Oh, my God! Language. ❞  

❝ It’s a fucking odd place to be buried but, y’know, whatever. ❞  

❝ Eat shit, you stupid shit-eater! ❞  

❝ Fuck your shields, fuck your laser beams, fuck your bullets, fuck your... your carrots. ❞  

❝ So you’re just driving down the street, you see this fucking thing behind you. You’re gonna fucking floor it, right? Like, I’m going through red lights. ❞  

❝ And now we’re -- I have no fucking idea. ❞

❝ Stay on the road, dude. Stay on the road. Don’t worry about it. ❞

❝ You wanna beat the shit outta me? I’ll be swinging by Pluto in, like, five minutes. ❞  

❝ Dude, space sucks. Why does everyone wanna go to space? You go out, you leave your house, you barely get six miles, and you get fucking beaten to death! ❞  

❝ Y’know, these are the problems. These are the problems to future technologies, y’know? You gotta get used to it. Everything doesn’t work out great immediately. ❞    

❝ I’m gonna detect my knife into his spine. ❞  

❝ Fuck you, galaxy, you fucks. ❞  

❝ Go go go, run away. Oh my God, oh my God. No, I didn’t do it, nobody saw me. ❞

❝ Did my fucking feet drown? Is that what happened? ❞

❝ Sorry to ruin your bearskin rug or whatever the hell it is a thousand times because my fucking blood is being splattered all over it. Look at it! It’s ruined! ❞  

❝ Fuck you, you smug piece of shit. ❞

❝ God, I hate sports. ❞  

❝ You’re not a goddamn airline pilot. ❞  

❝ They’re just wrecking me. They’re just killing me! They’re fucking Nancy Kerrigan-ing me! Are you seeing this? ❞  

❝ Lay you the fuck out. First goddamn worthwhile thing I’ve done. ❞

❝ I am now going to soak in a fucking bathtub filled with ice until I cry myself into a fucking frozen coma. ❞  

❝ Oh, boy, I love math. ❞  

❝ I’m not sure what I’m exactly piloting, it seems to be a small . . . thing? ❞

❝ Start me on threat level red, I don’t wanna start in daisy pink. ❞  

❝ Watch out, everybody. We’ll shape your asshole. ❞  

❝ Almost got fucked, but I didn’t... story of my life... ❞  

❝ What do I do? There was 98 fucking snakes! That was like, Indiana Jones’ worst nightmare! I was totally boned! ❞

❝ This is a clusterfuck of fuck. ❞  

❝ I don’t know, I think we’re dealing with giant fucking ants, asshole. ❞  

❝ There’s foul play involved. ❞  

❝ I’m like a fucking goldfish. I do the same thing over and over again. Why am I not learning my fucking lesson? ❞

[toyboy-molloy]

Sherlolly and number 7

7. fake relationship au

| also on ao3 | the prompt list |

this is one big cheesy, cliché yuckfest but honestly #sherlolly mood

It started with flowers and chocolates, sentanonymously to her workplace; bouquets piled high with her favourite flowersfrom daisies to hibiscus and the finest Belgian chocolate. There may have beenno distinctive indication as to the sender but Molly was no fool. This was why,when Scotland Yard’s finest arrived that morning, she was huddled over a microscope,running all sorts of tests on a halved chocolate truffle.

“Everything alright, Molly?”

The pathologist turned to the Detective Inspector,a wild look in her eyes, “Greg, thank God. Look, I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’timportant. Could you run a check for me?”

Sherlock and John, who’d taken up position atthe consulting detective’s preferred microscope, paused to listen as Greg tookout a notebook.

“Yeah, sure, what’s their name?”

“Pete Truman. He…was arrested six years agoand was serving time for assault in Leicester. I just…I want to know if he’sout yet,” the way she was wringing her hands had Greg biting his lip, pullinghis phone from his pocket.

“I’ll run him through the system,” he saidbefore leaving the lab, his phone pressed to his ear as he spoke to hiscolleagues.

An awkward silence descended on the room.Molly turned back to her results, finding the chocolates clean; she wasn’tsurprised if she was honest. Paranoia. John was the first to address the elephantin the room.

“Er, an ex, Molly?”

After a moment, Molly took a deep breath andfaced her friends – it was for the best that she explained, they’d only worry.That, or Pete’s mangled corpse would end up on her morgue slab if she’d keptthe information to herself. Who knew when it came to them two.

“He was my lab partner in Uni. I thought hewas my friend but…that wasn’t how he saw things. When I told him I was movingto London for work, he was hell bent on following me,” as Molly explained, sherecalled her relationship with Pete – how overly sweet he was, how reluctant hewas to let her out of his sight. Towards the end, he’d virtually become her shadow.She continued, “I told him he’d misunderstood and he turned nasty. He gotdrunk, trashed my flat and got into a pretty vicious bar fight. After he gotsent down, he promised he’d find me and ‘make things right’. I haven’t seen himin years but if he’s the same person…he’d never have forgotten. He was neverviolent to me,” she hastened to add at the look on their faces; the morgue slabending was looking more likely the more she spoke. She ran a hand through her hair,“I can’t go through all that again. What am I going to tell him?”

“Tell him to sod off,” John nearly shouted,gesturing angrily, “you don’t owe him anything.”

Molly shrugged, “I’ve tried. He’s not the sortof man you say no to.”

“Tell him you have a boyfriend.”

Both Molly and John swivelled to stare insurprise at Sherlock; the two of them had almost forgotten he was there. He washuddled over his microscope, working on his latest case – Molly had simplyassumed her tedious problems were beneath him.

Shooting a confused glance at the army doctor,Molly answered, “I’ve tried. He never believes me.”

Silence fell once again, the detectiveapparently delving into his mind palace. John and Molly shared another glance,the former shrugging briefly. Minutes passed until, finally, Sherlock openedhis eyes and rummaged in his pocket, retrieving his phone.

“Angelo’s. Tonight, eight. Can you managethat?”

“Erm…” Molly blinked, taken aback by thesudden change of direction the conversation had taken, “why? What do you mean?”

Suddenly, he was on his feet and at her side,smiling almost triumphantly at her, “well…” in a matter of seconds, Sherlockhad cupped her neck and leaned down to kiss her tenderly, capturing the moment onhis phone with his free hand. Swallowing hard, Molly opened her eyes to findSherlock smirking at her, “you have a boyfriend.”

He swept away, leaving her gobsmacked…not thatshe was complaining. Not at all. John, however, took slightly longer torecover; he quickly closed his mouth and awkwardly shuffled after his friend,wondering what the hell had gotten into him.

Molly couldn’t stop staring at the Twitterpost Sherlock had made after the bizarre snogging incident at Bart’s. The image– on his account under the handle @consulting_detectiveSH – was accompanied withthe simple caption ‘smitten’ followedby an emoji of a heart. He’d even tagged her, @barts_mhooper, and added the affectionatehashtags bestsnog and workbreak. Smiling, Molly placed herphone in her bag and looked around the restaurant – happy diners milled about,chatting and enjoying their meals. Angelo’s staff flitted between tables,filling orders and conversing with customers.

Molly glanced at the door nervously, taking aswig of her glass of wine; she’d arrived early, having rushed home after hershift, changed into a simple red dress and hurried out. Sherlock was yet toarrive, or Pete for that matter, and she just hoped the former would make itbefore the latter. Thankfully, five minutes later, the detective strolledinside, with Rosie Watson balancing on his hip.

“Sorry I’m late,” he was saying, placing Rosieopposite her Aunt; the youngster looked pleased to see her, if a little tired.Molly was about to greet him in return when the coat came off; it wastremendously unfair that Sherlock Holmes managed to look mouth-watering atevery opportunity. He sat close to her, close enough to rumble into her ear, “anysign?”

Molly swallowed, finding it immenselydifficult to concentrate, “n-not yet.”

Rosie, who’d been contentedly sucking herthumb, pulled a menu closer and perused the options; it didn’t matter that she couldn’tunderstand the writings, Angelo had her usual order of bitesize spaghetti bolognesememorised. Molly was busy watching the windows, studying passing taxis for thefamiliar blond hair and- and…

“Sherlock…” Molly sighed breathlessly, her visiongoing blurry as Sherlock continued to suck at her neck in the most heavenly way,only humming his acknowledgement into her skin. She forced herself to focus, “w-whatare you doing?”

He mumbled something about keeping upappearances or having to make things look genuine, Molly didn’t really care.She just didn’t want him to stop. Somewhere at the back of her mind, she knewit might help if their intended target was on the receiving end of thespectacle. It didn’t take much for that thought to disappear for good, Sherlocknipping at the spot below her ear to be exact. It took all of Molly’s willpowernot to moan, or slide her hand up any higher from wear it was resting on hisknee.

Not even the clearing throat of Angelo’s headwaiter was enough to stop the detective’s actions, “would you like to…orderanything Mr. Holmes?”

“S’getti!” Rosie exclaimed delightedly,giggling as the waiter winked and made a gesture of disgust at the nauseatingdisplay of her aunt and uncle.

“I-I think you’ve made your point,” Mollyreplied in a voice that definitely didn’t sound like her own. Rosie waswatching them curiously, sipping from her glass of orange juice the waiter haddelivered. Sherlock finally removed his lips from her skin, raising an eyebrow.

“Do you want me to stop?”

NO!

“I have work tomorrow,” she said lamely, herhand still firmly in place on his knee; Sherlock merely chuckled and resumedhis previous ministrations as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

They were interrupted yet again not tenminutes later by the arrival of Pete, a tall, skinny, balding ex-con, a far cryfrom the long-haired blond student Molly knew in Uni. The woman on his arm wasshorter with should-length red hair, her eyebrows raised as she viewed the performanceSherlock was reluctant to cease. He had no choice when Molly stood to hug heruncomfortable looking former friend.

“It’s good to see you, Molly,” Pete smiledgenuinely, holding her hands gently between his own. He looked well and not atall what Molly had been expecting at all. He glanced at the neck-sucker and thebored child, smiling, “…looks like we’ve got a lot of catching up to do.”

They took their seats opposite, forcing Rosieto shuffle round and hide shyly behind the elbow of her uncle. Pete introducedthe woman as his fiancée, Martha Kirk; they’d met through the prison’s pen palsystem and struck up a relationship almost immediately. Relieved didn’t beginto describe how Molly felt.

“I’m so happy for you, Pete.”

The man smiled at his lady, intertwining theirhands before looking back at his former crush, “so, come on, what about you andyour…” he briefly glanced at the neck-sucker, who appeared in deep thought, “husband?Newlyweds if I ever saw it.”

Molly bit her lip, preparing to come clean, “well,not exactly…”

“Three years strong, actually,” Sherlock pipedup, linking fingers with Molly, meeting her gaze and brushing away a strand ofhair for good measure. He kissed her knuckles, adding softly, “everyday feelslike the first with Molly.”

Molly was sure her eyes were as wide assaucers when Sherlock had pressed his lips to her hand, but his final words hadrendered her completely speechless. There was something about him that told herhe meant it. Before she could properly function and tell him she felt the same,Martha reached over patting their still joined hands.

“Never lose that, love. It’s so rare.”

Sherlock caught Rosie’s eye and noticed theyoungster smirking at him as if she’d just won a bet; knowing her father, sheprobably had. At that moment, holding Molly’s hand as the waiter took theirorders, he couldn’t find it within himself to care.

“We didn’t have to lie to them,” Molly wassaying as they strolled down the street, clutching Sherlock’s coat tighteraround her shoulders. Sherlock said nothing, balancing his sleeping nieceagainst his chest. Molly breathed in his scent, smiling to herself, “he’sgetting married, right? It’s pretty clear he’s not interested in me in theslightest.”

“Mmm,” was the only thing he said and Mollyvowed to drop the subject until they’d reached Baker Street.

She was determined not to leave withoutanswers. They’d had a surprisingly pleasant evening, swapping stories with Peteand Martha, laughing and drinking like old friends. The thought and effortSherlock had put into each little detail of their supposedly fake relationshipwas far too detailed for her to simply forget about. He’d covered everythingfrom his crime scene proposal, private wedding and even the birth of theirnot-daughter, Rosie, who was thankfully fast asleep against her uncle’s arm bythen. When they’d reached Baker Street and handed Rosie back to her long-sufferingfather, Molly accepted Sherlock’s offer of a nightcap. Once safely inside, shedecided to have it out with him.

“Are you going to tell me what all that wasreally about?”

He stepped closer, removing the glass of winefrom her grasp, replacing them on the coffee table, “I think you know perfectlywell, don’t you?”

“Every day feels like the first…” she repeatedbreathlessly as he tugged her close, resting his forehead against hers.

“Always.”

[jodiecoma]

forest, daisies, have a great day xoxo.💖💗💖💗

Omf I’m deceased this is the first ask I’ve received I feel like I need to celebrate or something holy fuck Sjdjsjsj

daisies: Where would you rather be right now? Why?San Francisco tbh. One of my best friends moved there two(ish) years ago and I really miss that bih.. we go way back and we used to catch the bus together cause she lived like 10 minutes away from me. Anyway I jUST WANT TO HUG HER ANd go on afternoon 7/11 runs with her again

forest: Share 10 facts about you. (Omfg this is so broad I’m struggling skdjsjs)1. I play golf. Competitively. Not unlike a 70 year old white man. (‘:2. I’m more outgoing irl than online for some reason idk3. I don’t really understand how Tumblr/social media works? E.g. I never understood the point of hashtags until VERY recently. (Omf I’m actually 70 wtf)4. I am SO bad at science and math. I don’t do any sciences (bio, chem or phys). BUT. I wish I knew more about science and technology type things yaknow? like how did they calculate the speed of light, how did people just randomly realise “oh gravity is why we’re not floating away” it just blows my mind5. I REALLY want to be invited to do a TED talk at some point in my life6. I’m hesitant to put a label on my sexuality until I’m actually sure (I go to an all girls school and we’re known as “the gay school” in the Sydney area because quite a lot of people in my grade have come out as bi LMAO) I go through wiLD mood swings where I think about a guy friend and I’m like “I could TOTALLY be straight”. BuT 6/8 of my crushes have been girls and I find that my crushes on girls tend to last longer so.. who knows 🤷‍♀️7. My fam and I were robbed a while back when we all were at school/work so now I make a habit of hiding valuable things in my room… problem is. I have the worse memory. E.g. after I came back from a two week holiday in China I couldn’t find my drivers licence, my credit card or my house keys 8. I don’t really like to open up to people because I constantly worry that they’ll judge me or they’ll screenshot the messages and send it to other people so I keep a diary type thing that’s 60% me talking about weird shit that interests me and 40% me documenting myself in the midst of a gay panic 9. I go off on tangents in my head sometimes while I’m talking to someone. So I’ll literally drift off mid sentence because I’m preoccupied with whatever else I’m thinking about. 10. I used to play the piano before I switched to guitar BUT. 1) I want to get back into piano 2) I wish I’d gotten into drums instead of guitar

Omf sorry if this was too long but tysm anon this really made my day

[sillyandquiteawkward]

oooooh boy! im already gay for lana. please, tell me more about my waifu.

well i guess, shes around 20-23, looks more like her mom than dad. she still likes flowers but the flower in her hair is a fake daisy from some prewar flower arrangement. she very no nonsense and sharp around the edges. hashtag problem child, but she isnt stupid. everything she does it pretty thought out and calculated, so shes not reckless at all, just mischevious. she is also Super Petty. like. modern au, shes constantly posting shit she does on pettyrevenge

[smallpersiankitten]

Monster Lover

Read the archive link here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/12195630

(Before we start. Hi! This piece is heavily inspired by Piers Anthony's "Zombie Lover." If you haven't read any of his books about the world of Xanth, I really suggest you do. They're delightful and witty and probably some of the first few books I read that legitimately got me into adult literature (Classic literature doesn't count).This isn't technically part of the Must Love Animals Universe so you could read this without reading those stories. I hope you enjoy.)

You couldn’t believe how exhausted you were as you continued to hike in the forest. It was really pretty, you had to admit and you had plenty of time to admire it as you took many stops to catch your breath. You probably would have been more rested had you not stayed up super late chatting with your crush.

You hadn’t planned on it but the minute he asked you if you were free for a video chat later this evening, you just couldn’t say no. As soon as you got home, you had spent your entire evening with your head in the girly magazine you had stolen from work. You highlighted and circled all the beauty and seduction tips. And then spent the last 45 minutes before the call putting on extensive make up but at the same time trying to make it look as natural as possible to get that “just woke up look.” At 8:30 at night.

He was impressed or at least he said he was after being 15 minutes late to the video call. But hey! It’s the thought that counts. You flirted and he flirted back and by the time you were making plans to meet up again, it was nearly 1am. One of the last things he did say was how much he enjoyed girls taking photos in nature.

Hence why you were here. In the forest. He invited you to a get together with some friends in the woods and what perfect way to surprise him than to take a forest photo of your own. Or at least a better one than Brittany.

She had posted one of her sitting on a tree, her hair braided finely into a handmade necklace of daisies and lilacs as she looked out at the rising sun. She was just so fucking perfect and even though you were straight, you couldn't help but feel a slight girl boner for  her. Even after she hashtagged it with #soblessed.

Your crush had not only liked it, but wrote “You're so cute! Can't wait to see you 2nite!” Argh! You know you were being ridiculous and it was probably due to the fact that you were about to start your period. Damn you hormones for making you so emotional. Why did you wear a skirt?!

You were getting sidetracked. You only had a few hours left before the party at the cottages and you couldn't risk showing up without having posted one nature photo of you. You scouted for the perfect spot.

You really didn't want to climb a tree. It would look like you had copied her. Plus you didn't want to get sap in your clothes. You walked past a particular opening only to stop and double back. “Woah.”

You almost didn't see it at first as the low hanging willow leaves acted as almost a veil to the small opening before you. You gently pushed it aside to enter. Moss covered rocks surrounded by a collection of brightly colored wildflowers existed before you. It was rather quiet as you wandered inside, the only other sound was the crunch of wood as you stepped on a broken, weathered sign.

You pulled out your phone and broke out into a smile. There was just the right amount of natural light filtered by the leaves, to set you up for a perfect shot. You spotted a rock large enough to be a bed that was covered in thick moss.

“Maybe I could go for a like sleeping beauty motif thing here,” you contemplated. You climbed onto the rock and lied down, expecting the surface to not look as soft as it appeared.

To your surprise, it was. “Oh, this, this isn't actually too bad.” You settled in before pulling out your phone. Right. Photo time. You posed and smiled as sweetly as you could before snapping a bajillion photos. You flipped through them deleting almost all of them until you found a few that were the closest to what you wanted. Looking innocent and naughty at the same time? Yeah, that was kind of physically impossible.

Not that you weren't a little bit of both. Sure you had taken dicks and gone down on more than a couple of them but you hadn't taken any up the butt so did that make you slightly innocent still? Yes? No? Fuck it, you were so going to get a better photo than Brittany if it was the last thing you did.

Finally, a lucky photo was snapped and you were soon choosing a filter for it. You paused on one that looked like it put a colorful crown of flowers on your head and quickly tapped it. Well, well, look at you. You were starting to look like quite the forest princess there. Your eyes lit up and darted to the little description box. Yes. Forest princess had a nice ring to it. You tapped eagerly on your phone’s keyboard, fitting the caption “Forest Princess” just underneath your shot before posting it online.

You waited, constantly tapping the refresh button. You went to hit it for the 27th time when you stopped. He had liked your photo. Your crush had liked your photo You let out a muted squeal and scrolled down. He left a comment! A comment.

“You’re so beautiful! Tonight can’t come fast enough. <3”

You unmuted your squeal and kicked your legs in the air girlishly. “Ahhh!!! He said I’m beautiful!  He put a heart next to it!” You clutched your phone to your chest. “This, this is the best day ever!” It felt like you were in high school all over again with butterflies in your chest and your voice jumping an octave or two into unintelligible jumble.

You felt yourself grow sleepy as the excitement began to ebb over you. You had a few hours before the party. It wouldn’t do you any good to stay up and get there early only to pass out. Maybe a tiny nap here wouldn’t hurt. No one said there were bears in this part of the forest. And you were pretty secluded so you doubted anyone would jack your shit. You snuggled into your mossy bess and felt yourself drifting off to sleep to the sounds of the birds and nature.

~~~~~~

You awoke to the feeling of suffocation, sending you into an immediate panic. You resisted the impulse to flail as you woke up fully. You opened your eyes only for them to widen in surprise. Something was on top of you, pressing you against your makeshift bed. Oh my God. Was a bear trying to eat your face?! The absence of pain and the prolonged pressure against your lips clued you on to the fact that you weren’t being eaten. You were being kissed.

Who was kissing you? And why weren’t you stopping them? Maybe, it was a kinda nice kiss, maybe not as soft as you liked but for teeth, you really couldn’t complain...hold up, teeth? What in God’s name were you kissing? The realization that it was something inhuman propelled you to act. Your hands quickly shot out and pushed your “attacker” off of you.

You sat up and quickly felt yourself over. Your clothes were still on. Good. You turned your attention to the intruder. “Hey, buddy, what the fu-fuck…?” Your words died in your throat as you stared at the figure in front of you.

The first image that came to mind was a prince. A prince in shiny armor. Of course, the image was shattered the second you realized that the prince was nearly 8ft tall. And he had no skin. You probably should have stated that second fact first. It just seemed the more disconcerting of the two. Holy shit, it was a skeleton.

The skeleton cleared its throat and attempted to speak.

“WHAT ARE YOU?” You beat him to it.

The skeleton stopped and grinned. How did a skull grin? “I’m a skeleton.”

“No shit,” you gasped. “Why were you kissing me?”

“Oh!” The skeleton appeared to blush. How did he do that? “Well, I figured that would be the best way to wake up my future bride!”

“You don’t wake up total strangers with-BRIDE?” You croaked.

He nodded. “Well, yes, I must admit, I was really worried when I came here that I was going to find some really frumpy looking Monster but this is a pleasant surprise indeed. Even though you are human.”

“I-uh, what? What’s wrong with me being human?” You asked.

“Oh! Nothing. Well, not to me. Maybe to others that could be a problem! But definitely not to me! I just don’t meet many humans, much less a member of royalty!”

“A member of royalty?” You echoed.

“I assumed being a princess meant you were royalty?”

“I-what makes you say that?”

He nodded and pulled out a cellphone. “This is your royal portrait, yes?”

You looked at the phone. “Is that my cell phone?! Give me that!” You snatched the phone from his grasp and stared down at the picture. It was the photo you had taken for your crush. Now shared over several different mediums. The words “Forest Princess” taunted you back as the skeleton continued.

“Yes, your majesty. Your followers really love you. You have at least 500 likes.”

“500? Did you say 500 likes?” You echoed disbelievingly, scrolling down. “I’ve never gotten that many likes before,” you muttered.

“You are quite popular. I don’t see your crown anymore. Is it made of magic?” Your picture had spread like wildfire. There were people you didn’t even know commenting from everything to compliments to phone numbers to links to their own pages. And the number was continuously growing. You shook your head. Focus.  

“Hold up, no, no. I’m not...There must be a mistake. You must have me confused for someone else.”

“You were sleeping here in the Grove of Love, weren’t you?”

“Well, uh yeah, just to take a nap.”

“So you understand.”

“Understand what? What are you talking about?”

“Didn’t you read the sign?”

“Sign?”

“Hmm. Let me see if I can-there it is! It must have fallen off the entrance.” The skeleton realized, reaching down and freeing the wooden sign you had stepped on earlier. He cleared his throat (again, how) and read outloud: “When a woman wants to marry, she sleeps in the Grove of Love. Only a being of good appearance, character and breeding can enter. If he chooses her, he kisses her awake.” He chuckled.

Your eyes widened. “Marry?” You quickly stood up and ran your fingers through your hair. “This-this was a huge mistake. I didn’t see the sign! I was just taking a nap!”

“Oh. Well, live and learn, I suppose. Now come along. We have a lot of planning to do.”

“No! I can’t marry you!” You tried to slide toward the exit only for him to step in your path.

“I will marry you and make you Queen of the Monsters.”

“Queen of what?”

“Monsters. What I am.”

“I thought you were a skeleton,” you couldn’t help but add.

“Well, yes, but a skeleton is a type of Monster.”

“I’m confused,” you admitted.

“Don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of time to learn all about our customs on our honeymoon,” he assured you, attempting to place an arm around you.

You dodged that fucker like a snake. “No. There won’t be a honeymoon! Because we’re not getting married!”

He shook his head. “I’m afraid it doesn’t work like that. Once you have decided to let someone marry you, you can’t just back out of it. That’s very rude.”

“I didn’t decide to marry anyone! You forced yourself on me!”

“A peck on the lips isn’t forcing myself on you.”

“It is when they’re unconscious!”

“I-ah, I suppose you’re right. I’m still getting the hang of this true love kiss thing. Here let me try again.” Before you could react, he pulled you into another kiss. And this time it was smoldering, not smothering. You felt your knees grow weak and you unconsciously clutched his shoulder to steady yourself as you saw fireworks. By the time he pulled away, you were practically dazed.

“Woah.”

“I was hoping to hear that. Now come along.” He swooped you up bridal style and walked gingerly out of the grove and into the forest.

You blinked. “Wait, I don’t-we can’t just plan a wedding like that!”

“Sure we can. I have lots of hardworking subjects!”

“What would my parents say?”

“They can come too!”

You were running out of immediate arguments. “I don’t even know your name!”

“Wow, how awkward. I really should introduce myself before I start passionately smooching beautiful women. I am the Great Papyrus, King of the Monsters!” He nuzzled the side of your neck. “We are going to have quite the adventure!���

No doubt about that.

(I originally planned for this to be a one shot, but if you guys like this, I could probably continue it)

[ellsey]

Agents of Shield Rewatch 5x17 The Honeymoon

I just want it noted that this episode was way less honeymoon-y than I wanted

And probably less than Jemma and Fitz wanted too

“No trouble with the straps this time.” “We’ve come a long way” AWWWWW

They really have though what a delight

:( Poor Talbot

Well it didn’t take Ruby long to catch up with them

It also didn’t take Daisy long

Deke came back to watch over Daisy...which means he’s obviously not following orders but honestly who is at this point

Oopsie Deke got shot

Bad luck surviving an apocalyptic wasteland only to get shot here

Mack is understandably not happy 

Literally Fitz right now:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“After you better half” WHY COULDN’T I HAVE HAD THIS WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER EXCESS DRAMA

Piper and Mack are going to patch up Deke? Whew boy.

Oh yay the Russian robot again

“I should have stayed in my cell” I mean...what a mood

May seems really mad, but I think she’s more anxious

OMG SHE SAID IT OUT LOUD SHE LOVES HIM

But also that’s like the most May declaration of love ever?

That looks like the machine Phillip J. Fry froze himself in

Ruby has a lot of feelings, but are they real?

Well Hale kind of had that coming

Poor Talbot is trying to keep it all together but it’s hard to see this

Noooooooooo Elena

I’m glad she finally told someone that they need to let Coulson die though

Man nobody is having a good time today

“We have a rule.” “We never leave each other’s side anymore.”

Umm I have some bad news for you guys.

Fitzsimmons have become freaking action heroes geez

“Nonesense, I’m protecting England from evil robots with the man I love.” Hashtag honeymoon goals

Well Elena took care of that problem

Deke is soooooooooooooo high right now hahahaha

High Deke is not wrong, Daisy is very pretty and smart

Nooooo the Terrible Two are here

Fitz is going to choose Jemma every time, so I’m not surprised by this

Daisy did a very good thing here

Oh noooooooooooooooooooo 

Just when you thought you were safe from Hydra brainwashing

This kind of felt like a set-up episode, but there were still some amazing moments. First of all, PHILINDA!!!! Definitely 10000000000/10 on the Philinda scale. That was amazing. We are also rating high on the Fitzsimmons scale with 5000/10 for their cute banter. Also, while Deke was kind of a bad Lemon Boy for not following orders, I’m still giving him a 50/10 on the Good Lemon Boy scale because high Deke is my favorite Deke. Piper and Mack get my Best Instructions Followers Award for just reading and fixing Deke? 

My song for this episode is “I Don’t Wanna Lose My Love” by Echosmith dedicated to all the Shield couples out there just trying to get by.

[tomdwilliams32]

‘I Don’t Have the Answer’: Spike Lee on Race in Trump’s America

Politics in America has always fundamentally been about two huge, fraught topics: race and class.

Don’t believe it? Just think about how in the span of just eight years the same country elected Barack Obama, the son of an African-born father, and Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate developer from Queens who parlayed racial and economic resentment into a seat in the Oval Office.

In the run-up to the Academy Awards, POLITICO sat down with an artist who has plumbed the depths of these topics over a 30-plus-year career: Spike Lee. His 22nd feature, “BlacKkKlansman”—which tells the true story of an African-American police officer who infiltrated the Klan in the 1970s—is up for six Oscars, including an historic shot at Best Director.

In a rollicking and unfiltered interview, Lee sounded off on Trump, the State of the Union, America’s moral reckoning with the racism of the past, and whether movies can make a difference. He didn’t offer much hope—“my job is to show what the fuck is happening,” he told us, not to offer Hollywood endings—but he gave us a singular perspective on being black in Trump’s America. Excerpts lightly edited for clarity:

POLITICO: There’s a scene in “BlacKkKlansman” where the Klan members are watching “Birth of a Nation” together and having a great time. When racists get together like that in 2019, what are they watching?

Spike Lee: They’re probably still watching “Birth of a Nation.” I mean, it’d be on the down-low…

POLITICO: Yeah—America has come a long way since the time of the film, but it’s not like racism has gone away. Look at what happened in Charlottesville. So clearly you wanted to make it clear the problem is still very much with us.

Spike Lee: Well, it never went away. I was not one of those individuals who was hoodwinked or bamboozled into thinking that when my brother Barack Hussein Obama put his right hand on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible there would be a magical moment and we’ll enter the post-racial world. I wasn’t going for it. Hell no. I do not believe that for a second. Another lie, another false narrative. Because if that’s the case we wouldn’t be in the world we are today and you could say that a lot of stuff is a reaction to eight years of president number 44 in the White House. Plus, there was some shenanigans going on in the voting in Florida.

POLITICO: Wesley Morris wrote this interesting piece about race and the Oscars in the New York Times—you read it, right?

Spike Lee: A great piece.

POLITICO: So I’m curious: What do you think of the argument that the elites in Hollywood really only feel comfortable putting up films about race that aren’t too edgy? I think about Morris’ point about “Do the Right Thing.” That was a movie that didn’t have much of a happy ending, right?

Spike Lee: It was. It was hard. That was a tough movie. It was obviously not easy. But whoa, whoa, whoa, listen, there’s different categories, right? The nominations were Danny Aiello for Best Supporting Actor, and he lost out to Denzel for “Glory.” And then I was nominated for best original screenplay. So those were only two.

POLITICO: And this is a much bigger deal because you could be the first African-American to win best director.

Spike Lee: We’ll see.

POLITICO: But what did you make of what Morris says?

Spike Lee: Oh, I mean, he was very analytical. He broke it down and, you know, he made you understand why we’re saying what he was saying. And made comparisons between “Driving Miss Daisy” and another film that’s nominated this year as well another film that’s not new this year.

POLITICO: You were on Colbert last night and you were talking about how you were nominated and it probably wouldn’t have happened if the Academy hadn’t diversified…

Spike Lee: Well it’s two things, in order. The first was your sister, April Green, with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, combined with another sister, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who was at that time president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Those two things together really forced the Academy to open up and diversify. So April and Ms. Isaacs should take a bow anytime any person of color is nominated because what they did was crucial. “Moonlight,” “Get Out”—none of us would be winning nominations if they hadn’t opened up the voting.

POLITICO: So spinning that towards just U.S. elections in general, do we need to do the same sort of thing? Do you think there's a sort of analogy there?

Spike Lee: It’s not about opening up the voting—it’s like, stop suppressing people’s vote. Voting for an Oscar, or for an award, is not going to change the world. One of these guys up here [points to Capitol Building]—like, don’t people understand this guy has the nuclear code? Hopefully they gave him the wrong one, but we vote, and people get into powerful positions that affect our lives.

How many people no longer have loved ones because of the Vietnam War, or any war? Weapons of mass destruction, or some bullshit, people are dead. People lost loved ones because that bullshit was a lie. They knew, they had Colin Powell going in and lying. I mean, they put the brother in a tough space. [Laughter] They had him jammed up. But they all knew that was some B.S., and people have lost loved ones behind some bullshit. Some straight-up shenanigans.

POLITICO: Bamboozling.

Spike Lee: Right. I mean, people will be watching “Bamboozled” tonight.

POLITICO: So, what is it gonna take for people to understand that blackface is a no-go?

Spike Lee: It wasn’t cool, Al Jolson doing it in “The Jazz Singer.” It wasn’t cool, Judy Garland doing it. Mickey Rooney, Bugs Bunny, it’s just wrong. So I don't want to hear about it, where someone’s alibi is “Well, it was the eighties.” That is no excuse. And it just goes to show you how entrenched racism is. It’s embroidered, it’s sewn into the flag by Betsy Ross. It’s part of the DNA of this country. And in my opinion, I don’t think we're going to move forward and acknowledge the shaky history this country has. This country was built upon the genocide of Native Americans and slavery. That’s the narrative that's the true foundation of the United States of America. The founders of this country owned slaves. I mean, let’s be honest. How old was Sally Hemings? She was 14! Thomas Jefferson. Why are young kids still being taught that George Washington chopped down a tree, and when confronted with it he said “I cannot tell a lie?” Why are young kids being taught about Christopher Columbus? Christopher Columbus was a terrorist. How could you discover people? Like, you show up and you discover somebody? You discover the land and the people? Again, these, “In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” or however the rest of that shit goes. They make kids recite that shit. People are being taught lies, and what’s really been something that I found out, that if you tell a lie right up here [pointing at Capitol Building] and keep telling a lie, people start to think that’s true.

POLITICO: So if people are telling lies, but then they learn the truth, do they get a pass? Like this governor in Virginia, does he get a pass, because now he may have learned something?

Spike Lee: Three words: Hell to the naw. [Laughter] Two words: Hell no. Not H-E-L-L. H-A-I-L. HAIL, no. Let me put a little Virginia on it, a little Virginia sauce. Hail no! [Laughter] It’s interesting that all this happens in Virginia, the cradle of the Confederacy. And let me make it deeper for you: This year, 400 years ago, the first slaves were brought on the James to Virginia—1619. And we need to start talking about that.

POLITICO: You did a press conference in Cannes, in which you called the president of the United States a “motherfucker.”

Spike Lee: Oh, yeah. Did you count ‘em? It was more than one.

POLITICO: Yeah. So, that was a moment. Do you think there’s anything he could do to fix what happened in Charlottesville, what he said about it, and all the things he’s said since?

Spike Lee: I appreciate your question, sir. But how can a person fix what he said in Charlottesville, when he [previously] said Mexicans are rapists, murderers and drug dealers? I mean, the vile language he’s used about human beings … Did you see the thing last night [the State of the Union address]? Check this out—several times throughout the night, they stood up people who were survivors of concentration camps, they had somebody who landed in Normandy on the beach—as he said, the greatest battle of all time. The last time I checked, the Germans were occupying France. … That footage in Charlottesville? Those people were wearing and waving swastikas. So, there’s a disconnect for me. Because what [Trump] said last night, with who you introduced, it does not connect with me that you did not denounce those neo-Nazis, you would not denounce the KKK. You would not denounce the alt-right. He didn't do it. And it’s been my belief that the president of United States of America, the most powerful man in the world, who is at the helm of the cradle of democracy, should speak for our nation against hate. He didn’t do it. That’s going to be, when all this shit is said and done, of all the fucked up things [Trump] said, that's going to be at the top. That’s the first one historians are gonna go to.

What we did so skillfully in the film was show the contrast between what he’s saying and what we’re seeing. And then, to show the real life David Duke, the former grand wizard, there [in Charlottesville] and saying, ‘This what Trump’s talking about, to take America back’? Then we see an act of homegrown, red, white and blue, banana-split terrorism. Homegrown. A car turned into a murder weapon. Speeding down a crowded street and murders Heather Heyer.

POLITICO: You called her mother.

Spike Lee: Well, I wanted to, for permission. And I mean, [Trump] was very disrespectful to her. I don’t want to get into it, but he didn’t do right with her.

POLITICO: How do we heal as a country?

Spike Lee: Well, here’s the thing, though. And this is the biggest criticism of “Do the Right Thing”: “Spike Lee, he didn’t provide the answer to racism! To prejudice!” That was 1989, and I’m not going to start in motherfucking 2019. That’s not my job.

POLITICO: What is your job?

Spike Lee: To show what the fuck is happening. And hopefully, through dialogue or whatever, people see what the hell is going on. But I will not sit in front of this microphone staring at the Capitol Building and tell you that Spike Lee has an antidote to cleanse the world of hate, and racism. I won’t do that. It’ll be a lie. I don’t have the answer.

Derek Robertson contributed.

Article originally published on POLITICO Magazine

from Tom Williams Blog https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/02/07/spike-lee-interview-race-america-blackkklansman-2019-224822