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No hate, just curious, why don't you like blue? I have mixed feelings about her myself. dw if you don't want to share.

You were right, I was expecting this and I’m excited because I’ve wanted to write about this for a while. I don’t like Blue for a couple reasons. Now this isn’t to say I don’t see the merit of her as a character, it’s just that I see a lot (a lot) of flaws in the creation of her, as well as how the fandom perceives her that really just rub me the wrong way. 

I’m putting my main problem here at the top (I copy and pasted so there’s a couple lines that might seem out of order, but cmon work with me here) and the rest under a read more, but there is still a lot of writing, which is primarily why it took me so long to write. Anyways.

Now, onto my real problem with her (and honestly, with the fandom). The fandom hails her as some kind of “fiery feminist”. Except she’s not. She is what I would consider, a fake feminist. Other than that one time she gets angry at that guy for catcalling her (which, I admit, is totally justified), she doesn’t really do anything remotely feminist other than accuse people of being sexist. Lots of times, for her own gain.

The time that angers me the most. THE most. Is when she breaks up with Adam. At one point she becomes angry at Adam for not telling her anything about his life. She says that she has to hear everything from Gansey. She says that because of this she could consider herself his friend, let alone girlfriend. This would be fair. Would be. If I believed at all that Blue wanted to be Adam’s girlfriend. This is a point in the book where Blue has already stated that she does not like Adam (her supposed boyfriend) and that she likes Gansey, another man. So…Blue, already admitting to herself that she doesn’t like Adam…is angry at him for not treating her like a girlfriend? Now, maybe this isn’t bad enough for you already, but another factor we should keep in mind, that most readers seem to forget, is that also at this point in the book, Blue has cheated on Adam. Remember that everyone, or did you just forget about it because it was “so sweet!” I don’t care if she said it was platonically, I don’t care if she just wanted to see what it was like. Guess what Blue? Kissing another boy (yes, even Noah) while you’re dating someone else, is called cheating on them! So, you’ve admitted that you don’t like the boy you’re dating and you’ve cheated on him with his friend, but you’re mad at him for not treating you like his girlfriend.

But here’s where it gets worse:

[About how Gansey and Adam went to a political gala]

Adam: ’Gansey knows because he was there.’

Blue: ‘Yeah, and why wasn’t I?’

‘Why would you be?’

‘Because you’d invited me,’

‘But there wasn’t any reason for you to be there.’

‘Right, sure. Because there’s no girls inpolitics! I have no interest. Voting? What? I forgot my apron. I think I ought to be in the kitchen right now, actually. My rolling pin-’

What int he hell? When did anyone say this was because you were a girl? What the fuck Blue? You want to know the reason you weren’t invited? Becuase you have literally never shown ANY interest in politics at all. This entire time. As a matter of fact you’ve rather condemned the whole thing with you’re whole “Gansey is an ass because he has money” bit. You’ve only ever talked about wanting to travel the world and study pygmy toads. Guess what? Ronan wasn;t invited either! You know why? Because he, like you, has never shown and interest in politics. How dare you turn this into a feminist issue because you are feeling left out and alone. Feminism is not a concept you can just pull out whenever you want to justify all your complaints. Stop dragging it through the mud.

Other than being “angry” the only indication we’re given that she’s a feminist is when one of the boys calls her one or when she uses it as a shield to defend her own shitty insecurities. For God’s sake she essentially slut shames her own cousin multiple times! She thinks she is vain and crass, not to mention treating her like she’s less because she likes to flaunt her body and has lots of boyfriends. When on the boat with the boys and Orla, she continually makes comments about Orla’s lack of dress (she’s wearing a bikini on a boat. oh the horror).

“She was still angry about the couch and the pool table and Orla’s bare midriff.”

“’Stop, Blue. I’ll do it,’ Orla ordered. Her pierced belly button was precisely at Gansey’s eye level. The silver ball winked at him. It said, Watch this, boys! ‘You’re wearing clothing. I have a bikini.’

Blue replied ferociously, ‘None of us can forget.’ If not for the sun, her voice would have iced the lake.”

And then she jumps into the water, purely because she’s jealous of the attention Orla is getting and purely because she wants to make Orla look ridiculous. Even Ronan comments on this when it happens. And this is all in one scene! There are countless other times in the book that this happens, and it is utterly unacceptable to see Blue hailed as a feminist icon when, in fact, she is anything but. There is no doubt in my mind that if I were to meet her in real life, I would punch her.

Adam sums up my point in The Raven King quite nicely:

Blue: “It’s amazing, really, how this seems to be about you instead of him.”

Adam: “Funny, because I was about to say the same thing.”

And to the people that I can just see telling me that it’s sexist to hate Blue for being an asshole and not Ronan. The reason I don’t hate Ronan is because he doesn’t lie. He’s not trying to pretend he’s not an bitch. Blue hides her bitchery behind feminism and “fieriness” and honestly, I am so done with it. Feminism is getting dragged through the mud in literature and ultimately it will hurt the feminist movement. Don’t model yourselves after Blue. She’s not an icon and she’s certainly not a role model.

tl;dr Blue is an unrealistic character and a fake feminist who uses feminism as an excuse to act like a bitch to people. Plus, she treats Adam like shit.

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a trc-adjacent playlist, capturing the soft vibes of rural virginia

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just a quick note- no trans person has ever said “did you just assume my gender.” trans people are very aware of how their gender and physical appearance differ and that visually one might assume that they are a man/woman when they are actually not. that’s kind of the whole idea of gender dysphoria. 

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please help me escape arranged marriage

my name is naima and i’m an eighteen y/o somali lesbian in desperate need of help. over the past few months i have been under the impression that my family is warming up to the idea of me not being what they want me to be. unfortunately this is not the case and i believe the only way out is to escape as they have now resorted to basically treating me like a prisoner and promising me to a man instead of letting me go to university as they promised. i have no funds of my own and to even think of escaping and surviving the first few weeks i desperately need money. i have to use ko-fi since it’s the most anonymous of ways and my father has found out what i do online before (i had to remake my tumblr). despite everything i do not wish any harm on them. i simply want to part ways. i don’t have a lot of followers but if any of you is willing to help i will forever carry you in my heart.

ko-fi.com/princessnaima

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let’s leave the trend of reblogging edits only to say something rude about them in the tags in 2017 mmmkay ?

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Everyone in Infinity Wars gonna be complaining about how hard these last few years have been for them until Thor rolls up with no hair, no hammer, and one eye. 

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i hate my life i’m in a history class full of theatre kids and this week we’re learning about alexander hamilton and

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Therapist and patient in the media: therapist sitting cross legged and in uniform,"so tell me. How have you been feeling"

Me and my therapist wearing pajama pants, having just snuck into the back room to get coffee, my therapist, throwing herself into a spinny chair: "whaddup syd, spill the tea"

depressed kids in the media: I don’t wanna go to therapy! I don’t need help! I’m not some specimen for you to dissect!

me, rollin up to my therapist’s office and collapsing in relief: what is UP my homeboy I fuckin missed you,, hope ur ready to hear some Bull Shit that fuckin happened to me this week

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Plus??? That person, who is an actual ADULT, like 21, tracked down the hotel finn was staying at and waited outside for him and yelled "that's so rude" when finn couldn't stop to talk.

in regards to the video of finn not stopping to talk to his fans, please keep in mind that he is 14 years old, and likely has strict rules from his security regarding when he’s allowed to stop and talk to people. in addition, please remember what it was like to be his age. he’s probably got a lot on his mind. he could have been having a bad day. we literally don’t know. that kid works himself to the BONE for his fans and yet they have the audacity to act like they’re owed anything from him when they see him in his everyday life. “imagine being so heartless that you can’t stop to say hi to the fans that made you famous in the first place.” more like, “imagine a celebrity owes you anything just because you happen to be a fan of them.” leave him alone.

tl;dr — finn wolfhard is not required to stop for his fans and shouldn’t be called heartless when he doesn’t.

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I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend, but turns out I’m actually a pretty damn good babysitter.

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I may be a shitty boyfriend, but… turns out I’m actually a pretty damn good babysitter.

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A contribution to this beautiful fandom

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stranger things meme: [1/8] episodes | 1x06 - the monster

[What are you kids doing with all of these?] - Monster hunting.

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STRANGER THINGS — Season 2 Final Trailer

Coming October 27th, 2017.

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Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.

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character aesthetics: andrew minyard

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Don’t look at me like that. I am not your answer, and you sure as fuck aren’t mine.