#kelli deserved better

[punkeropercyjackson]

Treating the Pjo show as an inherent failure at an adaption of the books because they 'made' Percy white even though they also canonized Annabeth,Thalia AND Clarisse as black really speaks on the performative nature of old Pjoheads.So does them only caring about Beckendorf and Kelli to use him as a prop for their 'bi slutty himbo Percy' agenda and jokes about Luke sleeping with her and kicking Hazel out of the main cast and never including her in aus or queer/autistic/alternative headcanons.Lightskin Percy and stereotypical black guy bits are the blackest character y'all can take and transfem afrolatina Percy would have you hyperventaling.Boy shut up and name a black woman

[jenniferjareauprotector]

" you're like the daughter i never had. "

[swiftiesbuddie]

when buck has a conflict with another character, it's often painted that he's in the wrong and he always ends up being the one to apologize

you can make mistakes but still have good points and deserve an apology

but that's somehow never the truth for buck and he never gets an apology

(either that or the apology happens off-screen)

i think it would be great character growth for him to realize that he deserves to be apologized to

cuz i think quite frankly, he still has a shit sense of self worth

[manwiththemagic]

s14 kill me. s14 kill me.

I JUST WANT JACK TO BE HAPPY. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK FOR?? FUCK YOU WRITERS. AND CHUCK. AND THE WRITERS. JACK DIDN'T DESERVE THAT SHIT AND YOU KNOW IT. YOU LIKE SUFFERING HUH? WANNA SEE A LITERAL 2 YEAR OLD SUFFER?? HE MIGHT NOT LOOK TWO, BUT LETS BE SO FR HE ACTS LIKE A KID.

[meili-sheep]

I really, REALLY want to go off more on how Jason's red hair is part of a bad portrayal of a very complex character. A bad portrayal that plays into a classism that had unfortunately been an undertone of Jason's story.

But instead I'm going to talk about what makes Jason's Robin work for me. And that's because the majority of it, Jason being a happy hard worker, honestly trying to be a good Robin, shows us that given the chance and opportunity, people can and WILL try to do good. Saying that Jason was doomed to fail because he was aggressive, disobedient, and not a rightfully ANGRY CHILD whose adults had constantly failed him is a horrid reading of the character because, well, it does the opposite, and ultimately it reads like a revisionist history. Especially since we have not had another telling of Jason's time as Robin, we just have his original run, where he's just a kid trying to be a hero. So every attempt to rewrite that feels forced and well? It doesn't help or provide anything to Jason's character; it actually makes him a weaker character and boils down his complexity while playing into classist narratives. I'm not saying the more aggressive Jason can't work. It can but you have to do it right.

Now, what makes Red Hood's story work? It's that despite Jason's poor upbringing, despite when the adults in his life CONTINUED to fail him, Jason still became great. Maybe not wholly good but still great. He overtook a drug trade in such a short time and had BATMAN floundering. Had Batman questioning himself.

But this was NEVER Jason's destiny. Jason works for me because I've always read him as a source of rebellion against a world that's constantly failed him. He might have made bad choices, but it's always been because he thinks he's providing safety. The best Red Hood never has Red Hood thinking that he's the "hero." Red Hood has to be self-aware; taking that away from him making him impulsive and violent again takes away his complexity.

Red-haired Jason is an extension of this problem of boiling down Jason's morally complex position into something more palatable. An easy trope for Jason to fit into to justify violence to a child. Pre-Crisis Jason was blonde; Post was Black until they needed him to be a villain. Someone different. In New 52 and Rebirth, he's always had black hair, and always a more of an anti-hero.

I'm still holding hope because this is concept art. But it has me worried, not just that we are going to get more disingenuous "bad/violent Robin," but that it's going to play into an even LARGER problem of people not expecting more from Batman comics.

[thenameisgul]

Whatever you do, do not think about how all Kelly (and later Cas) wanted was for Jack to have a good, normal life and they both literally died for him, to make sure he was born and he was safe and loved and protected

but instead Jack never had a moment’s peace in his very short traumatic life until he gave up everything to save the world

and only found a measure of peace when he was back in heaven with both Kelly and Cas

whatever you do, don’t think about that

[stellarfire]

good morning y’all !! now that i’ve had time to sleep on the crossover… oh my god ?? and i mean that in the best way possible. this was everything to me omg

although there were some things i lowkey wish we could’ve seen (i.e., more kelly and voight tension, potential my miracle parallel with stellaride), not getting them honestly didn’t take away at all from how much i loved this? more thoughts below the cut bc i got very rambly (and spoilers i guess ??)

starting with stellaride bc they’re my lovelies, obsessed with literally all their scenes. the intro? perfection. stella telling kelly to be careful without knowing she would be the one in the most danger the whole time? o w. “stella kidd, report back right now”? O W. and the more i think about it, the more i’m almost kinda glad we didn’t get the my miracle parallel? i mean sure, the absolute emotional gut punch would’ve done wonders, but there’s something that feels so much more intrinsically them about refusing to say goodbye to each other (namely stella refusing) and instead maintaining that fierce hope that everything would sort itself out and they’d be back together. on top of that, their little reunion with kelly being like “let’s get out of here tonight” like YES please go on that goddamn vacation now you two deserve to go to cancún something awful. what we did get may not be as heavy of a punch, per se, but at least to me, it hit all the same, and my god was i a lowkey mess hearing kelly’s message to stella being what she told him that morning😭 “we gotta make the time” what if i collapse huh then what

i think this has the potential, judging by the promo as well as this article, to be such a good segue into them finally getting into the real deep conversations and i’m really curious to see how it plays out over the rest of the season. i know some people think there could be a “but…” to this, but even if there is, i don’t think it will be as major of one people might worry it could be. that said, will it be an easy path? definitely not. i know we’re about to get some semblance of drama before the end of the season (and i’m prepared)😭 but all things considered, we’re heading in the overall right direction !!

secondly, plouch. oh my god plouch. i haven’t gotten more emotional watching this show in so long than i did last night watching those two. mouch talking to trudy before she went under for surgery? nobody touch me i’m STILL recovering from that one😭 christian stolte the actor that you are WOW, he put 200% into that and it SHOWS

thank GOD tho she lived holy SHIT i was fucking petrified ripley and lenox were gonna come out and say she didn’t make it omg

just as i predicted too, burzek gave me emotional damage !! ruzek refusing to say goodbye and being insistent he would be home for dinner ?? letting mak pick it ?? the way kim literally BOOKED IT to him at the end and he picked her up ?? i can’t stop watching that it’s so so perfect😭

stella and ruzek was such an incredible duo too, i need more of them asap actually. the way they balanced each other out and relied on each other and just worked so seamlessly as a team by the end of it, despite not being super familiar with each other? SO GOOD

what stella did to duffy when he had her at gunpoint??? first off i’m stunned that happened i wasn’t expecting that shit literally at all and god was i living in fear for a few moments there. but secondly, i’m floored omg, STELLA KIDD THE WOMAN YOU ARE. we all knew how badass she was before this, but that was something else. i think i just fell in love with her all over again but i digress

also one last thing, pascal’s reaction to stella not answering ?? i could go on and on about kelly’s obviously but pascal’s honestly caught me by surprise considering how frequently they’ve butt heads this entire season. the genuine concern ?? OUCH. there’s hope for them yet !! seeing that side of him, even if brief, was a good emotional punch. that mf truly does fascinate me as a character. will be thinking about that entire sequence for a while

i won’t keep yapping; i think all of that about sums up what i can manage cohesively LMAO. was this crossover perfect? no, but you truly can see just how much love and care and effort went into this entire thing from everyone involved. and i think as much as i do love the infection crossover, i gotta say, i think this one takes it as number one for me. i will be watching all three episodes so many more times

one chicago my beloved <3

[dearreader]

dear reader by taylor swift is by far one of her best songs and feels like it’s in the same vein as antihero and yet no one cares about her like i do

[vvizzerd]

Beefe Skelly

[imbadwithprofilenames]

I will never get over how Kelly gave a whole speech about not being able to be there for Jack but being able to build the crib

But then Jack didn't get to use it once.

[jenniferjareauprotector]

It's me and my overhated female characters vs. the world

I collect misfits like Pokémon

[charliework16]

saltburn (2023)

[earthherbsandlove]

crowley deserves smut fics too.

[cancerian-woman]

Do u think what Kelly Donovan did to Tyler counts as SA

he was 17 and very drunk and she was a grown woman

I’ve seen people say it doenst count though like huh

Tyler being disliked in the fandom ties into how they feel on what happens to him. Kelly Donovan was the adult in the situation and 100% took advantage. Tyler is the same age as her children to really put it in perspective. She should’ve refused and controlled the situation. She is an adult, there is no excuses.

People say it doesn’t count because Tyler consented to it. Tyler’s a male, she’s an older woman so it should be seen as “sexy.” Sexual assault isn’t taken very seriously by the TVDU fandom because TVDU never wants to call it as it is. They rather sweep it under the rug.

Marcel and Rebekah are another example of when the woman needed to set boundaries versus taking advantage of the male. It’s Rebekah though and no one wants to call her a groomer but she looks like one when Marcel met her as a child and has had feelings for her since then. In none of Marbekah scenes with child!Marcel does Rebekah ever refuse Marcel’s advances. Katherine assaulted Stefan but that is glossed over.

Women are just as capable of being sexual predators.

[jackmkelly]

that headcanon u dont play about (smalls’ name is annie)

[captainoates]

Oh hey…. Here’s one of the most beautiful women you’ll ever see.