#kind of (?)

[craniumcrunch]

i’ve thought about this a lot recently — more specifically asking myself the question of, had any of the others reached out to misty, would she have accepted?

look at her relationship with walter. it started out tentative, with misty initially shying away from his advances in favour of seeking out nat. then in the compound nat forsakes her (in a sense) for lottie, and in their brief encounter shauna seeks to alienate her from the rest of the group. these are the seeds sown for the deprivation tank hallucination, wherein which her ‘perfect partner’ is one who accepts her exactly as she is. and i mean, walter can technically never fit the mould of perfect partner because he’s a MAN, but other than that he *should* check her boxes. and at a distance, he does! it’s not like misty only ever feels derision regarding him. there is a compulsion to be close to him because he is possibly the only person on the planet who cares (in his own weird way). vulnerability. a perceived, false connection, vastly different to all the others she’s formed — in which misty plays the role of the *pursued*, rather than the *pursuer* and it makes her so, so uncomfortable.

so that’s kind of what i want to talk about here. misty being the object as opposed to the subject. misty being on the receiving end of affection rather than its giver. one of the reasons her relationships just *can’t* work out is because misty invests 100% of her energy into the person she’s focused on and expects them to give, like, 7% back. and i think she’s afraid of doing things differently. i think that, secretly, she’s relieved when none of the girls call her up.

this rejection of care isn’t something we see her do with walter alone, bc then it could just be chalked up to *that*. no, when nat’s on the phone with her, back in s1, misty interrupts her before she can apologise. equally, she glosses over nat’s apology at the door. because these interactions are genuine, and misty spurns affection unless it’s something manipulated/controlled. that isn’t to say she doesn’t desire being cared for — it’s to say it’s a shallow desire, it’s her chasing an idea, like she does with romance/men.

also to do with how she subconsciously hates herself and actively pushes away anybody who emulates any one of her behaviours. case in point, walter, and you could even argue shauna — what with her stalking and their similar responses to lottie’s death and such. + shauna giving her that brief monologue at the end going like ‘you’re just like me’ and misty’s face going all blank. yeah, she’s figured out they’re a lot more similar than either of them originally thought a long time ago.

i have completely forgotten about how misty canonically spent 6 WEEKS in bed after nats death and literally none of the girls called or went to check on her #KILLINGMYSELF

[brodorokihousuke]

he's gonna gecha

[darkmistandodddreams]

this is so stupid but I was compelled by a higher power

[feverfangs]

For reference, this is what my banner looked like 😭😭

this is one of the funniest things ive ever seen because how on god's green earth did you make it all the way to my inbox and somehow miss the gigantic fucking hot pink banner of a guy being practically nose-fucked with a feather duster

[rodysrollerskates]

So uh!!!!! Women!!!!!!!!!!! Bok su!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!

[turtlecase]

@mangocurist this is the uuzam design i was talking about she’s finally out of my head,,,,, ignore how crunchy she is i drew her way too small on my canvas on accident

[missmeister]

The discord kitten/j

[otvramentiy]

Good afternoon. I have decided that I am founding a cult. Who would like to join.

[garbaet]

queen and tenna too I guess

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

Can we talk about how, among all the radiants, mistborn and otherwise stubborn folk in the cosmere, the only reccuring character who isn't invested who refuses to die as much as - if not somehow more than Cephandrius - is poignantly named "Dieno"

[paladinhearts]

Yall how do we feel about Mike with this song

It’s perfect cause he’s 14 in s4 I believe and the lyrics about toxic masculinity match up pretty well with Mike’s whole mentality that the way he’s acting is fine because this is how it’s supposed to be right? This is how a boy is supposed to act right?

I considered Juliet (also by Cavetown) for Mike too because its lyrics like “I wanna make, a colour that no one else has seen before, I wanna be so much more, I hope that she, Looks at me and thinks, "Shit, he is so pretty,” Something I can't believe” really tie in with Mike’s arc about feeling unworthy and wanting to be needed.

And Will with this song

To quote Will yes it’s sort of on the nose but the fact that he has a poster of the song on his wall drives me crazy it never leaves my head. It’s too good. Especially the lyrics right before the chorus “I try to laugh about it, cover it all up with lies” hello is that not s2 Will where he steadily tries to ignore Dart and all his visions until he literally can’t anymore. Plus again it ties into the sort of words Lonnie and bullies like Troy drilled into his head.

[occultbooks]

every time someone says “look how they’re looking at each other! they’re in love!” about a non-canon ship i just think of the kuleshov effect for a second but then i come to my senses and decide to have fun

[mochapao]

monster girls and monster souls

[everdeensmellark]

coriolanus snow projecting his insecurities about covey girls onto 15yo haymitch abernathy will never not be funny to me

[internetwerewolf]

Hang in there!