#AND I'M BRINGING Y'ALL DOWN WITH ME

[eleanorfenyxwrites]

How the hell does Lan Qiren end up featuring so heavily in everything I write these days?? I have 4 main wips and he is like. The main point of 3 of them and he'll probably put in an appearance in the 4th here soon in a roundabout way.

Anyway this is my way of saying I'm working on You Are Of Their Ilk again lol (and Plans to Make, and the untitled LQR raises Jingyi thing, and I'm thinking about where to go next with Soldier Poet King too)

[nicojoe]

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[sweetycaramel]

Falling // A.S

[oimoi-op]

Love to see folks bitching about TROP because it’s not “lore accurate” or doesn’t look Tolkienesque or gives off WoT/GoT vibes while said folks are also making direct comparisons to the Peter Jackson movies of all things, like yes there are actual things to be wary of regarding the series but noooooo they just have to be clowns that bring up the fucking movies as though they were the pinnacle of faithfulness to the source material lol

[violetclarity]

cw homophobia & casual racism

highlights of my work day include:

one of my coworkers (who should know I’m queer bc she follows me on instagram and yet sought me out specifically to share this) coming into the library just after 8am to tell me that another teacher was asked by our acting principal to remove the pride flag* from her classroom because it was making another staff member “uncomfortable”

another one of my coworkers saying that she thought meghan markle was a gold digger and the only reason she felt sorry for her was “because of the black thing” but somehow not putting the pieces together that the media had primed her to dislike meghan markle specifically because she is black???

*I’m 99% sure the pride flag in question is one of those small hand-held ones that you would see in a pen cup, e.g. about 8 inches tall, we aren’t talking like a full-on regular flag sized pride flag here**

**it’s also extremely likely that the new CAMPUS MINISTER is the one who made this complaint in which case may she rot! in hell!

[sevarix-blogs]

feh banners are starting to get like smash fighter reveals. more people complaining and being downers than people enjoying it. it's a game y'all. your character will get added eventually. find the positives in the new banners instead.

[heffrondriving]

the btr fandom has kinda been hibernating lately again methinks, but will that stop me from continuously screaming into this hellish void of a dumpster fire blog and posting yet more absolute brainrot rusher content no one tf asked for????? hell nAH

[puppys-rhythm-heaven]

y'know i thought i knew what i was like. queer-wise. but noooooo i had to realize that i like guys sometimes. 😔

[prompts-adrien-sugar]

OK I'm gonna talk about a subject that's kinda touchy but really sincerely needs to be said.

Some people in this fandom i genuinely admire and like, but here's the thing. Some of y'all in this fandom can be a bit insensitive to allot of issues (racism, sexism, abuse, etc) and some still try real hard to act like you don't and it's honestly really f*cking trifling/concerning, cause like y'all act like y'all don't do that, and it really aggravates me.

First onto the problem with racism this fandom has. Y'all have no qualms going on and on about the evident whitewashing the show does to it's characters of colour at times like what they did to rena's model, etc(trust me i feel the same way at times but saying that mari is white bc she doesn't wear chinese garb etc is really concerning and feels really weird when white fans try to say this bc not allot of ppl who come from different cultures outward go and dress in their ethnic garb at home in all places (and honestly, whenever iusuallysee art of this it's fine but at times it comesoff a bit fetishizy(especially whenever someonetries to draw mari in diferent clothes and all they do is a "certain" style. and it's concerning that y'all have the opposite argument about sabine (even though i also i have qualms about that too.) but then getting angry when poc try to tell y'all to stop drawing characters a certain way (whitewashing (how funny how y'all go on about this and then do it in art or other media by lightening skin colour or changing features) or darkening the skin on a villain alligned character instead of trying to learn from those criticisms is in and of itself, a whole hypocritical mess bc y'all try to make some valid crits of the show but it all goes down the drain when y'all turn around and do this witchhunting/whitewashing bs. Then there's the fact that y'all salters almost always make alya the villain and chloe a support in a huge amount of saltfics without even seeing what kinds of connotations could arise from that. Like do you not see the problem in twisting the main character's best friend who actually has a personality of her own into the villain when she's black and making the lighter skinned bully the hero. At all.

Next onto the sexism (funny thing is its funny how both sides play into this). First we have how the fandom treats Marinette and Adrien. When mishaps happen to Mari, the salty part of the fandom tends to jump up and say that either her classmates are always laughing at her and more complaints that don't make any sense because if y'all have actually watched some parts of the show even, any scene when marinette has a mishap happen to her in front of classmates you'd see they're not laughing at her, but with her. (and you'd think that the nyc special would show y'all that the wouldn't laugh at her accidents or problems if she's in genuine distress.) Then we have the minor villains Felix and Lila with how the fandom still holds onto this merit that canon felix is a good person underneath a cold persona (now this could've been truefor pv!felix or fanon felix and i don't hate him, it actually the opposite, i kinda want to see what other moties the character has in store for us.) what i don't like is how some parts of the fandom put him on a better merit than lila when we don't even know his full character just as yet while we've already gotten to know how shady of a person lila is.

now finally onto the abuse aspect. i saved this one for last bc this is a touchy subject for me at times, in any aspects i can name bc here's the thing, this fandom loves to either: make claims that a certain character (adrien) is not facing any sort of abuse bc he's a guy or that he shouldn't be taking it or he should stand up for it (or worse saying he deserves it and saying that gabriel/lila should continue with it?! looking at 4 or more certain salters who have been getting on my last f-ing nerve with that) and i'm just like please stop and think about it for a second. And i don't want to hear the "it's a tv show" angle which i've heard way too many damn times bc If you were in a situation like that and it starts to escalate, how would you feel if someone online was making fun of your plight online over an over like a damn broken record player hmm? Cause i relate to adrien on a few aspects of his life and seeing y'all repeat the same cold takes about how he could just leave, or how chat blanc can't happen bc gabriel isn't like that is frankly, all too worrying bc i have been in that place and so have many others and seeing y'all say that gabe/lila/nathalie are all morally better bc of certain struggles they face is another hypocritical thing that some of y'all salters need to address bc y'all would rather say these people behave better than an abused kid.

[thewanderingtrumpeteer]

having a job rn really is the weirdest culture shock ive experienced in a while

[harristops]

Welp at the end of the day the pride can’t play favourites so if Erin’s playing better then they should play Erin. Yes I love ash but the pride need to make the playoffs…. Both Erin and ash can get the job done but ya the team has been more dominant when Erin’s in net….this narrative kinda sucks but it is what it is

Lmao you want to get murdered don't ya?? To be honest tho I would love to test Erin against a team like the Reign bc if the Pride somehow play like a fire is lit under their ass when she's in net then she should be in net. Again, goals win games, not saves. If the Pride rely on Ash to keep them in or they refuse to bring more offense when she's in net that sucks but then maybe changing GKs is it. It's not a Ash vs Erin thing it's a how the Pride play overall thing. The truth is every game the Pride has played with Erin in net - they have won or drawn and played like they wanted to win. With Ash, that same fight is gone. Same can be said from individual players. Krieger had a game tonight. Even MDH was really good. Syd fantastic as always. I have no idea what happens to them when Ash gets in goal but it sucks because she deserves better and she's not getting the Erin treatment when she's in net and the Pride need to fix it ASAP. Ash deserves to make the playoffs and win with her team with all she's done but they cannot seem to find a way to find goals when she's in net.

[scotty-nobody]

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[charmedpruehalliwell]

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[allpromarlo]

you cannot sit here and tell me that olivia rodrigo isn't the biggest disneyplant out there yet

[robinsnest2111]

I'm not a writer at all and I trust my English writing even less than my German writing but my brain gave me a chickles dream so I had to try and write it down. Enjoy?

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Pickles still didn't know how he did it but he convinced Charles to let his paperwork be just paperwork for a while and spend some time with him and the other guys in the living room. After a while, something didn't feel right though. His usual robot-like facade had suddenly gained an off edge since the last time Pickles had looked over at his manager.

Just as he was about to call out to him and ask what was up, Charles shot out of his seat and quietly rushed out of the room.

Now concerned, the drummer followed him into the kitchen where he found him sitting at the table, tense as hell, trying to keep his breathing under control but visibly losing that fight.

For a second, Pickles felt like he was frozen to the spot, standing in the doorframe, watching Charles struggle to breathe properly. After shaking himself out of that moment, he approached his boss and asked him what he could do to help.

He finally looked up and Pickles could see the panic in his eyes, the silent plea for help.

"Inhaler", he managed to press out.

"Office?"

Charles gave him a curt nod, "desk."

And with that Pickles was out of the kitchen, racing towards the band manager's office. He threw open the door, his vision zeroing in on the bright inhaler on the otherwise plain desk, grabbed it and made his way back to the kitchen.

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The others did notice first Charles and then Pickles leaving the living room but didn't pay it much mind, too engrossed in their discussion/friendly bickering. After a while they got hungry and wandered into the kitchen on the hunt for something brutal to snack on and walked in on their drummer quietly talking to Charles, sitting on two of the chairs, facing each other, Pickles' hand gently resting on their manager's shoulder.