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making this a separate text post so people who don’t wanna see the gifset again can see my response :D

@randomfigures @lesbo @dadnetos @larabeee

i respect your opinions; i shouldn’t promote my favorite show this way, i do have my own ulterior motives because i would love to gain viewers for b99 because it’s got tragically low ratings. i suppose i was trying to make the point that it shouldn’t be automatically blacklisted purely based on the fact that it’s about cops.

i clearly have a different view of the definition of propaganda. in my head, propaganda is fear mongering, ie, anti-semetic (read nazi) or anti-japanese (read japanese internment camps) and similar glorification and acceptance of abhorrent behaviors and beliefs. i recognize that in this political climate, cops shouldn’t be glorified in any way. simultaneously, i believe it’s important to see good cops (i’m sorry to stick to that good cop/bad cop viewpoint but i do believe the 99th precinct’s detectives are good guys with strong moral compasses) calling out a bad system. i would like to point out that holt’s goal has always been fixing the corruption and immoral practices in the NYPD by rising in the ranks; i equally respect terry for refusing to let the blatant racism of a beat cop get swept under the rug for political reasons.

the corruption the show focuses on primarily regards superior officers (the chief of police, the commissioner, a widely respected - ugh - FBI agent, another respected - double ugh - lieutenant, a deputy chief, a prison warden on a power trip). in my head, bad cops are usually beat cops - people who figured hey let’s do six months of training so we can have a lifelong power trip. i recognize that just about everyone instinctively feels guilty and anxious when they see a cop car in their rearview mirror and have always figured that officers get a major thrill out of watching traffic slow to a crawl based on their presence on the road.

personally, i don’t have a problem with detectives, generally speaking. but your typical police officer - and i’ve had more than one very negative experience dealing with them based on my gender, my skin color, my age, automatic assumptions that the company i kept made me guilty by association - is as likely to be an asshole as a decent person. possibly more likely.

i see where you all would consider the gifset to be pure propaganda. my way of looking at the world is obviously different from yours, and that’s entirely okay. brooklyn 99 isn’t a perfect show. but it is a show about a single precinct composed of detectives with pure motives. it’s worth noting that there are 50+ precincts in the NYPD (77, according to a march 2017 article), and that when they do interact with another precinct, the detective from said precinct plants fake evidence. the 99th precinct is a tiny part of a horrifically bigger, screwed up system. it doesn’t represent the NYPD or the police/justice system at large.

anyway. we all have our opinions, but it would be great if we expressed them in more positive ways. i appreciate feedback and commentary and constructive criticism. i spend time and thought on these gifsets, i’m a sensitive chick who takes things too personally, which makes tumblr a dangerous place for me to post original material that makes any kind of bigger-picture statement.

i probably shouldn’t bother responding to the negativity, but i’m not a person above accepting said feedback/commentary/constructive criticism. so, please don’t mock or invalidate something i’ve created for the purpose of representing a fandom i adore and, yes, trying to sway non-viewers. it’s not my place to do that, i doubt it will sway the opinions of people who hold the opinions stated by the above blogs and others, but it’s hard for me not to fight for a show with such an uncertain future. also, i’m not trying to call out those people who commented negatively by tagging you guys - i just want you to know i’m directly addressing your words.

thanks if you took the time to read this.

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Poor Komasan... I can imagine how tight his situation is.

[daylighteclipsed]

randomfigures said: Yeah… For a while I was all like ugh I hate Regina why is she still alive, but after a while she grew on me. She is one of my favorites now.

whyworrybehappy said: yeah I was never a fan of regina (and i’m still not) , but she does get better by the end of the second season and in the third season and yeah snow’s never ending “we have to give her a chance” just makes me go GAAHHHHH

I like how they gave her a backstory and it was tragic and unfortunate and everything and now its obvious the only person she loves is Henry, but that doesn't excuse the fact that she's done really evil things to so many people, which include murder and fates worse than murder, and she's only going to keep causing problems as long as she's alive

[daylighteclipsed]

Hey man, I'm a senior this year too, and I was wondering how you are dealing with the stress of college apps?

To be perfectly honest, I don’t know. If I start to feel stressed and overwhelmed by college, I just go to a trusted family member and they sit down with me and help me work my way through things until I don’t feel as anxious about it anymore. I also use my in general techniques about talking myself out of a panic attack, like telling myself its going to be fine and I have plenty of time to get them done and feeling anxious won’t kill me, it’ll pass, etc…

Talking to teachers you trust helps too, or guidance counselors. In English class right now we’re starting to write practice college application essays that will be graded so we know what to do for the real thing. Some colleges don’t even require an essay though, like I applied to WVU already and they don’t require anything except the form filled out and passing grades.

If you’re worried about other things like an interview, I would say just practice, practice, practice. If the anxiety is too much though, try to apply to schools that don’t require an interview.

I wish I had more to say, but I’m just as new to this as you are; I hoped that helped some! :)

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randomfigures said: I think it is Lydia. The girl is wearing the same dress that Lydia is in the scene about Stiles’s bat I think.

no, if you look closely the outfit is different

if its malia than that is to be expected I guess doesn't mean I have to love it but they said stalia was going to happen so

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i-am-a-child-of-theonetrueking said: I like a good blend of dialogue and flashbacks.

gregking117 said: Dialogue for me. Doing it subtly requires significant amounts of skill, and creates a more enjoyable reading experience overall, because you’re getting all this information without feeling like you’re at school being lectured

randomfigures said: I think foreshadowing is the way to go. Flashbacks can work, but there has to be something that makes it unique otherwise it seems like a cop-out. But foreshadowing is more subtle and makes a reader more involved.

tempcst said: foreshadowing is probably the way to go bc its more exciting for the reader unless the flashbacks are super interesting but try both n see which seems best to u

Yeah...I'm going to stick to revealing mostly through dialogue, but if it gets to a point where a flashback might be necessary, I'll try it to see how it flows.

This is going to be a painstakingly slow writing process ah geez

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This is how you address a post you disagree with!! Thank you. I shouldn't have captioned it 'lol cop propaganda' without doing more research than I did (bc I did!!) Your points are super valid and I appreciate your presentation of them. My flaw is in thinking of b99 as a great character show bc I truly don't think of it as a cop show, sounds illogical but I'm not always all that logical. Thank you your points are great and enlightening. You're awesome.

making this a separate text post so people who don’t wanna see the gifset again can see my response :D

@randomfigures @lesbo @dadnetos @larabeee

i respect your opinions; i shouldn’t promote my favorite show this way, i do have my own ulterior motives because i would love to gain viewers for b99 because it’s got tragically low ratings. i suppose i was trying to make the point that it shouldn’t be automatically blacklisted purely based on the fact that it’s about cops.

i clearly have a different view of the definition of propaganda. in my head, propaganda is fear mongering, ie, anti-semetic (read nazi) or anti-japanese (read japanese internment camps) and similar glorification and acceptance of abhorrent behaviors and beliefs. i recognize that in this political climate, cops shouldn’t be glorified in any way. simultaneously, i believe it’s important to see good cops (i’m sorry to stick to that good cop/bad cop viewpoint but i do believe the 99th precinct’s detectives are good guys with strong moral compasses) calling out a bad system. i would like to point out that holt’s goal has always been fixing the corruption and immoral practices in the NYPD by rising in the ranks; i equally respect terry for refusing to let the blatant racism of a beat cop get swept under the rug for political reasons.

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