#‘mostly a drama’ clarifies a lot though ty

[macchiatogf]

succession is about how logan roy, the ceo of waystar roy co. (which is basically the equivalent of FOX in this universe) is getting to the age where he needs to appoint one of his children to take over his company. but he's a dick and he thinks all of his kids suck in their own unique ways so he doesn't really want to. and it's mostly a drama with comedic elements to it.

ooh okay thank u! i posted that like midway through watching the first ep and could Not figure out what to expect in terms of tone esp given. all of the succession content i’ve seen on my dash vs the contents of the first episode. LOL

[theheightofdishonor]

Teen Wolf triads are something that can be so personal, so here’s a list of my faves 

Scott/Stiles/Allison

The OG trio. The gang that dies together might not stay together, but they’re still iconic.

Scott/Stiles/Lydia

Any Scott/Stiles/X dynamic is brilliant, but few more than this one. These three have been there since the beginning and they’ve gone through so much together. There’s no Teen Wolf without them. 

Scott/Stiles/Derek

They were the driving force in S1&2 and had some absolutely iconic moments together. Hate that there wasn’t more of them after that. 

Scott/Derek/Isaac 

Mostly based on S2/3. I was very invested in Isaac’s struggle to pick between these two. 

Scott/Stiles/Isaac

This triad’s dynamic completely changes between S2 and 3. In Season 2, Isaac, as part of Derek’s pack is a slightly antagonistic figure and it’s very much Scott&Stiles vs Isaac but in S3, Scott and Isaac grow closer while Isaac and Stiles erm, don’t. It’s very fun to watch. 

Scott/Isaac/Allison

My ot3 and the only trio on this list that I 100% ship. 

Isaac/Erica/Boyd

Ayy, it’s the OG Hale Pack aka 3 teens bonding over being thrown headfirst into something they weren’t prepared for and Derek’s horrible leadership. Isaac should’ve ran away with Erica and Boyd for solidarity’s sake. 

Chris/Allison/Isaac

Chris’s struggle between hating Isaac for dating his daughter and wanting to adopt him is hilarious. One of my favourites. 

Scott/Melissa/Isaac

 Who didn’t completely melt at Isaac joining the McCall fam? The scene where they’re ‘guarding’ Melissa was so cute. As a bonus, it made Stiles’s animosity towards Isaac that much stronger. Will forever hate that this trio was more or less non-existent in 3b even though I love Chris/Allison/Isaac. 

Derek/Cora/Peter

The non-dead Hales. Why oh why did Cora have to leave? Their family dynamic was great. 

Allison/Lydia/Cora

I know they only had a couple scenes as a triad, but there was so potential. We love antagonism with underlying sexual tension. And ofc, the only thing better than 1 terrifying badass that can secretly be super sweet is 3 terrifying badasses. 

Derek/Isaac/Boyd

At one point, the only non-dead members of the Hale Pack (TW quickly amended that). I always think of the S3a Loft scene where Boyd and Isaac skip school to protect Derek. Despite how awful of an alpha Derek’s been, they still care about him and he cares about them (as actual people and not just betas that he needs for power like he did originally)

Derek/Allison/Lydia. 

Yes it’s my 5th s3 based trio in a row, but can you blame me? This is 100% based off the classroom scene in 3x02. 

Allison/Lydia/Jackson

Although Lydia and Jackson were both awful in S1, their friendship with Allison and their immediately taking her under their wing was beyond precious. Additionally, it combines both the asshole-who’s-soft-towards-1-person- dynamic (jydia w/ allison) and assholes-who-secretly-care-about-each-other (jydia) And ofc, the underlying tension due to Jydia’s disdain towards Scott and later, Jackson and Allison’s experiences/knowledge of the supernatural. 

Malia/Kira/Lydia

Comedy gold. Their scenes speak for themselves and we needed more. 

Liam/Mason/Corey

Their S6a dynamic is sooo underrated and should’ve been given more screen time. I loved watching Liam and Corey struggle to get along for Mason’s sake because they want him to be happy. It was all very wholesome and one of the few things that made 6a worth watching. 

Stiles/Scott/Liam

Aka the best part of S4.Their dynamic is so fun and well-balanced and infinitely better because they’re a triad. You’ve got Scott and Liam figuring out their mentor/mentee relationship with Stiles co-parenting and preventing the Scott/Liam dynamic from turning unhealthy. (Liam and Scott’s S6 dynamic veered way too close to parent/child for my taste. They need Stiles to balance it out) It’s also hilarious how quickly Liam accepts being aggressively adopted by two idiots who are barely older than him. And Stiles takes so easily to playing older brother/co-parent. It’s adorable. They’re adorable. 

Erica/Allison/Lydia 

Very similar dynamic to Allison/Lydia/Cora due to Cora and Erica’s similar personalities but also not, which has a lot to do with Allison and Lydia’s reactions to Erica’s weaponized feminity. Also, there’s a lot more history between these girls and I want to know everything about what Erica thinks of Lydia after going to school with her for years. 

Sherriff/Melissa/Chris 

Of the top of my head, I can only remember that time where they were trapped under the Nemeton and that’s simply unacceptable. 

Sheriff/Noshiko/Melissa. 

It’s a crime that this triad never got scenes. Especially after the Sheriff tried to arrest Kira. I know Melissa bitch slapped him but I wanted to watch these two badasses gang up on the Sheriff together. ( the Noshiko/Melissa dynamic would be so iconic.) 

Victoria/Noshiko/Melissa

Another triad that never shared scenes (obviously because Vic is dead) but their power would’ve been off the charts. I want to make a joke about milfs, but I’ll refrain. 

The Yukimura fam

Seemed appropriate since my last two also included. Noshiko.I love family dynamics and the Yukimuras are no exception. The attraction of this triad, for me, is mostly the dynamic between Kira and Noshiko and how Ken navigates between them. They’re also a trio that we didn’t see nearly enough of in S4 and 5. Like seriously, where were they? Noshiko’s on the dead pool, but she’s barely mentioned. (on a mostly unrelated note, how is the 900 yr old Kitsune worth less than a girl that just found about her kitsune powers?)

Derek/Allison/Scott

I don’t need to explain this one. The angst, the drama, Derek projecting Kate onto Allison and Allison trying to murder Derek and their evolution to reluctant allies with a good dash of Scallison and Scott navigating his own difficult relationship with Derek. Aka the complicated, tension fraught trio we all loved/should love. ( ok, I kind of explained it)

Derek/Scott/Liam 

And here we have a two for one deal; two mentor/mentee dynamics in 1 triad. People much smarter than me have written about this trio in extensive detail, so all I’m saying is that Derek’s that one uncle who occasionally comes around and gives somewhat helpful advice. 

Braeden/Malia/Scott 

Braeden and Scott were great in S4. Braeden and Malia were great in S5. Scott and Malia are pretty great when they’re not in a relationship. Combine, and you get what had to be a kick-ass triad that’s sadly never canonly shown together (I think)

Melissa/Chris/Isaac

Not actually featured in the show, but Isaac deserves all the parental figures and I want to witness the surely epic custody battle between Chris and Melissa. 

Malia/Scott/Peter

That this trio is on here is actually pretty funny because I hate both Scalia and the forced Peter/Malia bonding in S6. But I loved the scene where Peter warned Malia not to fall in love with Scott because a) he has absolutely 0 right to advise her on anything and b) because of the history between Scott and Peter. In a way, a relationship with Malia is just another thing tying Scott to someone that’s repeatedly caused harm to him and his friends and was the initial cause for all the pain he’s suffered in the last couple years. I just find this dynamic worth exploring. 

Malia/Derek/Peter

The Hales 2.0. Derek and Malia deserve to bond over unwillingly being related to Peter, that scumbag. 

Malia/Stiles/Peter

Stiles and Peter are so fun together and Stalia is my jam. Throw in an antagonistic Malia and Peter relationship and they’re entertaining as hell. Much more lighthearted than Malia/Scott/Peter.  

Stiles/Malia/Lydia 

To clarify, this has nothing to do with a love triangle and everything to do with how their personalities play off each other. It’s one of those trios where together, they’re either terrifying or absolute morons. 

Stiles/Cora/Derek

Admittedly, my version of this is very Sterek+Cora and the hilarity of Stiles and his attraction to Hales but it’s also 3x snark and you really can’t go wrong. 

Scott/Stiles/Melissa 

It’s Melissa and her boys 1.0. This woman is by far the best parent on this show, and I love the specific dynamic among these three. Melissa might not always like Stiles, but she cares about him and there’s the mutual understanding that they both adore Scott and would do anything for him. Also, Mel being exasperated by the dumbass duo is always funny.  

Kate/Allison/Chris

Lowkey another custody battle because Kate and Chris do fight to be the bigger influence on Allison This is such a tragic trio to me, and the lesson here is basically that sometimes love isn’t enough. Chris and Kate both genuinely love Allison and she loves them too but can’t have both and at some point, she has neither. Kate and Chris care about each other, but that’s not enough either. In the end, they all lose each other. There’s no happy ending for them, at least not with each other. 

Derek/Stiles/Peter

Stiles just has chemistry (not necessarily romantic) with all Hales and this trio really shines through in 3x01 and in S3 in general. “Chess is Stiles’s game” asgdhfjgh. I wanted more of that very specific dynamic. 

That was a hell lot longer than I thought it would be, but what can you do. Feel free to tell me your own opinions in the tags/comments.  

[lordofsunshadowandsailor]

story (and sexuality) replies

I might have rushed in bringing a gay sex scene so early into the story. 

No comments on certain sequences, and having lost followers among Simblrs (pornbots who have committed suicide, too?) since I have concentrated on LoSSS are a message I am listening to...   But I still want to write this story. Sex, basic and ugly and not the least romantic as just shown, is what first brought Alvar and Tobio together. In a time of great repression and criminalization of their sexuality, it bonded them -- but their relationship has also evolved so to survive the Great War, as we have already seen. I explore more of it in the replies below.

Sorry if I offended some sensibilities, but I did feel this was needed to lend nuance, depth and flaws to the characters.

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “story replies”

Oh I have read it? Well, I must do it again. If you could PM me a link to where it began please because my finger can't take the scrolling! :p Also, ty for the link to the pants from Lady FB, you gave me an idea that I could perhaps make some bulge pants - but like, HUGE!! :D Also, interesting thoughts on Tobio and his dreams. Looking forward to seeing more from his adventures in suppression soon :D :D x

I have already sent the link, haven’t I? Hope everything is alright with you, haven’t seen posts from you in a while!

willky12 helped me clarify the interpretation of Tobio’s dreams -- I hadn’t seen all the symbolism in it myself. And when you read the latest updates, you’ll see that his adventures are no longer in suppression :)

simcatcher replied to your photo “It’s complicated for them, we all know it. Especially with her...”

Well it was worth waiting to say the least ;b !

Thank you, I’m glad you like it.

danjaley replied to your photo “What was that?” Tobio heard one of the scholars ask, as his own and...”

I was so worried they'd get caught! And even with the danger not yet completely over, Alvar is drifting away into greek daydreams! I love how the perspective is shifting.

simcatcher replied to your photo “What was that?” Tobio heard one of the scholars ask, as his own and...”

That was close !

It would have been a tragedy if they had been caught! Buggery was a crime back then -- they’d be sent to jail, and treatment included options like chemical castration or lobotomy (thanks God for them, death penalty no longer applied!), even if practiced in privacy... Alvar and Tobio were risking a lot by doing it in public -- though I’d say Alvar would get around it easier than Tobio. The aristocrat might return in shame to his family and country estate, but the scandal would be mostly suppressed. As for Tobio, he depends on his reputation to build his career, and a career is everything he has got... I hope to have brought this sense of danger, but also that of the urgency and rapture carrying the boys to commit such a dangerous act...

As of Alvar drifting away into Greek daydreams... It will become clearer by the end of the chapter why he constantly evades to his dreams of Grecian ideal. And he might be doing it very often along the story. @danjaley You’ve given me the clue when you said the scene with Death was surrealist... I’ll try to apply Surrealism to most of the story, since it matches the time period too!

simblu replied to your photo “Tobio knew nothing about Greek Love, and would never learn anything of...”

And now I grow more curious about Alvar's background..and he is the one I feel the most for in this scenario

Though Tobio holds the perspective in this chapter, that started when his house was invaded early morning by Alvar holding a prostitute boy in his arms, Alvar is actually the focus of the story... So I’m glad you feel for him. His relationship with Tobio has started in rather bestial terms, as we see here, but it has somehow evolved to last, and continue since both of then have survived the Great War. 

I’m just touching the surface and introducing some of Alvar’s themes, that we will develop later. I hope I can keep your interest in him!

tyrellsimsoficeandfire replied to your photo “Rather rashly, he was opening an irreparable breach in the...”

Oh I love how greek everything looks! Beautiful. And it's nice how you manage not showing too much

The intention is always to remain far from the obvious -- both in terms of images and words --, especially in the sex scenes. It is what it is, but it does not have to be gross. Explicit words and images do not interest me, both as a writer and a reader. I tried to imprint a cadence alternately poetic -- Alvar’s POV -- and a bit more crude -- Tobio’s, with both his religious and scientific background, leading him to a double disgust with the act and with himself.

I love how Greek it looks, too! Though this is more a Victorian interpretation of the Classical Greek ideal, and sometimes a bit kitsch even.

simblu replied to your photo “Enlarged, their expanded bodies uncomfortably constrained in the...”

The disgust Tobio feels saddens me..

Like I have just written above, his disgust is with himself, with the act  -- that he reads quite crudely in its physicality --, with Alvar, who has so thoroughly (shamelessly, in Tobio’s opinion) surrendered, repeatedly reaching a climax that is not just bodily emissions -- while Tobio’s consummation is pretty much just that. Physically placated, Tobio feels the more guilty, as his soul has not been touched by any dimension of the act.

I have even considered making him throw out after sex, but I thought it was overboard, since he is at least to some extent satisfied, and already worried about getting caught, wishing to just get rid of Alvar.

simblu replied to your photo “Enlarged, their expanded bodies uncomfortably constrained in the...”

I do not like to see Alvar degraded by this. :(

I’m sorry. I wanted to bring in this, another side of Alvar to make him more nuanced, and flawed, since until now we have seen him quite heroic, having survived the War, in his nobility role, perfectly dressed and behaving as Lord Phallihurst -- no longer Lord In Reverse, or the Little Lord --, straining himself to save a moribund boy, fighting Death with conviction, ordering his employee around... As a young man of 19 years old, he was quite different...

But Alvar himself does not feel degraded. He’s been used by Tobio? Immersing reality in the dimension of his romantic fantasies, that are a sort of emotional/psychological protection for him, he was enjoying Tobio’s assault... Feeling fulfilled in being filled. Surrendering can be so relaxingly pleasurable to him, who has always mastered the art of being impeccably perfect. 

hyperkaos replied to your photo “Though Tobio did not immediately withdraw from inside Alvar, their...”

Wonderfully told as always. Quite sad that Tobio does not find himself able to come to terms his desires.

Thank you dear! I hope you did see my reply to your explanation of your other comment, that I had not understood.

It’s hard for Tobio, with his religious background. He has lived in constant struggle his whole life, for all those years -- and these are the first minutes after his first intercourse... We have to give him time to sleep over it -- to absolutely abhor and reject what he has done, or to start coming to terms with himself... We’ll see!

simblu replied to your photo “Though Tobio did not immediately withdraw from inside Alvar, their...”

I too find it sad that there is not love here..

It is a sad first time for Tobio, so clandestine and brutish, and probably Alvar has never experience anything so raw and lowly as well... But the scene is not over yet, and I’ll soon bring its conclusion. We have to keep in mind that they do have a story together, that has survived the War even... If it is not love, at least strong it is, whatever it is called... In fact, theirs was called “the love that cannot say its name”. If it cannot be called love, can it still be love?