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I didn't feel it was appropriate for me to add to that last post but it's related so - Please, for the love of God, learn to manage your own emotional responses to media on your own.

Maybe it's because I started reading horror at a young age, but I learned pretty quickly that if a book is too heavy or graphic or whatever for you, it's alright to recognise those feelings, and either stop reading it entirely, or take a break. Do something that helps you calm down. Re-engage with comfort media. Give your pets a lil kiss.

It's not a moral failing on the author for a book to upset you. It's not a moral failing for you to be upset. It's just a fact of life we all have to learn to cope with.

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Ah, yes, it's all coming together

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1. People are allowed to like whatever ships they want. Liking a problematic fictional relationship isn’t going to hurt anyone in real life. 

2. People like these types of ships because there’s something appealing about someone seeing you at your absolute worst and still loving you anyway. 

3. Giving a villain a sympathetic back ground isn’t about justifying their actions but about making the audience sympathize with them and realize how easily we all could turn into those people if we had lived under the same circumstances.

4. Tag your posts properly! Would you want to see a reylo post pop up in the anti-Reylo tag? No? Then afford us the same curtesy!

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one of my absolute favorite things about Loki and Sylvie is how they meet and then they just - can’t stop touching each other at any given moment

it doesn’t matter whether the touch is initiated by Loki

or whether it’s Sylvie who initiates it

these two are always, always finding a way to touch one another

when they’re saving each other

or not. for example after alioth had been tamed and they still strolled towards the citadel holding hands.

or how they scooted closer and closer to each other under the blanket. not to mention the gentle shoulder bumps that made Sylvie’s entire face light up

 or the kiss and the lingering hand caress down to his chest

and the tender neck touch during her enchantment attempt, even though she didn’t have to touch him like that

it’s a long list, but one of my favorites is probably this “yeah we’re gonna die but at least we’re gonna die looking into each other’s eyes and holding hands so I���m fine with that” moment. for them, in that very moment, even death was okay because they had each other and that was all that mattered.

no wonder “if you love me (really love me)” is their song

my favorite couple of touch starved gods who are completely mad for each other. can’t wait for season 2, these two legit won’t be able to keep their hands off each other

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writing rant about smut lol you've been warned

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not to bash on the regular tropes in fanfiction, especially the smut writers out there, but where's the reality?? I'm kinda tired of seeing characters fuck and somehow the whole experience just works out?

yes it's common to have a balance of communication and, you know, have your characters enjoy the experience or whatever, but I need to see that nitty gritty. some angsty miscommunication, the awe shit this isn't gonna work, the sheer awkwardness of two bodies in proximity though living two entirely separate lives and functions. Where's the I only decided to sleep with you because I'm horny but oh shit this person has some serious problems; Or "I can fix him" but with a good fuck instead. I'll go grab a cigarette and leave right after. Like, that's pretty messed up, right? But it's reality.

Does this make sense??? Or is this just a niche in the fanfic writing community I'm just not seeing?? Can character development really expose itself in those vulnerable situations with our characters, or do we just wanna see them fuck and be happy or something?

I guess it comes down to the writer, and what you're using the fic for.

I think the goldfinch fandom did a pretty good job at addressing how real life is, ie. knowing Boris would probably never see Theo again, and after their fanon few good fucks post-amsterdam, it's off to kitsey and new york.

And I've read some dabihawks fics that are pure filth but, it's poetic in its own twisted way. Which makes sense when you bring together two such tortured characters and expect them to be able to connect on a level so intimate.

I've only read a handful of fics (I won't tag them unless they wanted me to lol) where the authors really addressed their characters issues and, yeah, fuck, they DONT love each other enough to make the experience worthwhile, and it's all beautiful because it's fucked up.

I'm done- I'm done for now. If this didn't make sense yes it did.

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Cowboy Bebop (1998)

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cinema • favorite gothic dresses

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We may

Frozen Live at the Hyperion

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James Norrington (Jack Davenport) in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

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You can’t just follow me into fire! You don’t want me following you into fire? Then don’t run into fire!

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james norrington

mine honor is my life; both grow in one; take honor from me and my life is done.

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There was a time when I would have given anything for you to look like that while thinking about me.

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He fancies you, you know.

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i don't know how else to explain why Sylki(e) isn't morally wrong, so here's a metaphor an analogy:

alternate/branch timelines are like McDonalds. each one is a different McD's location.

each McD's has its own Manager ("a Loki").

Loki and Sylvie are just two different Managers at two different McDonald's.

they are not the same person, but two unique people filling the same role ("a Loki") in each of their universes.

shipping Sylki is not selfcest.

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I would never forget you. (Crimson Peak, 2015)

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Crimson Peak (2015) Game of Thrones (2011-2019)