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winterpower98 · 2 years
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I watched the the Monkey King Reborn movie with Kai, Rhy and a few other people!
Here's my reaction to it!
(Obviously contains spoilers for the movie)
If people would like to see the movie, here’s a handy link to where you can watch it free with subtitles
Primordium!?! Wasn't his name Huandi or something?
Is that him?!? Oh no it's just Tripitaka, fuck you
Excuse me!? MY demon!?!
Ah there is our emo boy
Hello what that tongue do?
Look at that statue, look at that background ( I did gush about the backgrounud and character designs a lot so I cut them out of this reaction for the sake of not being tedious)
Rhy: Why did they gave him eyeliner? Me: Why NOT
Everyone in VC: Get his ass
Oh no this is the part with the ugly bugs designs, oh no
Sir don't hit the grandpa
Kai: Sir you're already immortal Me: Does it look like he cares!?!
What the fuck- drugs!?
He actually looks concerned!?
NOW he's angry. Don't touch his monk
Kai: Come and murder Wukong, go boy
RIP to the tree and the babies
With the TONGUE why???
Ah yes, the damsel in distress is back again
Kai: Gay baby jail
I'm still not over the Primordium name
Why did they gave him this... Mafioso walk????
Did we already forget about the horse?
Kai: Fucked up deer Me: HOLY SHIT they're eating each other!?!
Demon: No salamander is this ugly Me: DAMN BOY
WHEEZE
Strike one! That’s a knock-out boys
Kai: Sir you have no eyeliner, how do you hope to win?
*baby fruit appears*
Everyone in VC: BABY
Kai: Why does it look wet?
Rhy: DO A SPLIT!
Kai: Learn to fly!
Me: I mean, he is a golden cicada so
Everyone in VC: You're a dad! Boogy woogy woogy!
Sandy tries, at least he tries to be nice
All of us: we love Sandy, he's so nice On screen: *Sandy about to die by demons*
Rhy: Father? I apologise. Father? I apologise
Kai: THE CHILD IS SAD. COMFORT YOUR BABY
we really went from zero to 100% fast
Kai: Do they keep the teeth? Do they keep the sharp teeth Me: That is important information
Kai and Esmermint: Is Tripitaka baby? Is baby Tripitaka?
Look at that happy father smile
AH The fucking staff back in the ear!
Everyone: AAWW! Papa! A Dad!
Esmermint: He really is moist father now
Wukong: *does the eye glow thing* Everyone: ooooOOOOO
Excuse me was that a growl? Excuse me?
He's covered in dust, no more moist baby
Diety: you're still so handsome! Wukong: *loses grip on the staff: Me: That's gay Kai: That's fruity
Me: The baby is going to die Rai: We all die sooner or later Kai: You're not special
Yeah
Telling Wukong to ask for help is not going to work
Hello DBK's girlfriend
LOOK AT JIN AND YIN They're going to die so bad
Kai: Human form? Me: For the monster fuckers Esmermint: He do be looking fine tho
Baby: I do like being called Fruitie! Kai: Me too Me: WHEEZE
Wukong: I'm an evil demon Me: Press X to doubt
Me: Look at these bros Esmermint: Me and the bros
PIGGY DADDY!?!
No please
Hello!?! Bajie about to wreck ass
More monkeys!?! Hell yea- Why are they so ugly!? Why are they bald!?!
(two types of people when Primordium appears on screen) Rhy: Daddy? Sorry. Daddy? Esmermint: Let me see this ugly man!
Rai: Me next! Me next! Me: WHEEZE! NO!
No please, this hurts! The poor baby!
Kai: Stop, he's not going to die Me: I mean, I know. But consider: I don't care
Kai: Moist baby c'mon! Esmermint: Stop, it's scared Kai: Die bitch!
Sir please
*baby starts to cry*
Sir please
Oh hi Trip! You missed a lot! You’re a grandpa now
*Tripitaka dies*
Kai: Buddha I don't feel so good
Me: Hello? What is this Dragon Ball Z bullshit? Kai: Yeah! Clip his toenail! Esmermint: The baby is moisturizing
I don't feel so good 2, electric boogaloo
I swear, if my "on fire Wukong" design becomes canon I'll scream
I SWEAR APOLLO
I know this song! This is THE song!
Rhy: Don't put on a shirt, just, keep it off
Me: W H E E Z E
Kai: Wack him like a fly!
Kai: I wish that was me Me: KAI Rhy: I wish that was me too Me: GUYS
Wukong: I have a soul Kai: And you're made of lava Me: And you're smoking hot
Someone: Herobrine Me: Who the fuck said Herobrine!?
Me: Is the horse still at longevity mountain? Rai: He's just vibing
Ah yes, the gay is back
THAT'S HOW IT ENDS!?!
bastards
Kai: There's the horse! Rai: Horse! Me: Ah there's the fucking thing
-extra scene-
Kai: Bring the baby back Me: Nah she'll just bring back the tree
Cheeky ape!?!
Fruitie Look at this fucking father
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I almost didn’t post this because I really just wrote it on a whim after my Dad Tim & Uncle Rhys shorts made me wonder what it’d be like for Tim if Jack had another kid. So, here’s a snapshot take on that idea! 
Tim wondered when the bizarre life he was living had become normal to him.
There was the whole being a doppelganger working for the world’s biggest psychopath part of it, of course. But if you’d told him years ago he was going to be, essentially, a nanny for the psychopath he was a doppelganger of, he would’ve laughed in your face.
Now, he just scooped the beer he’d been drinking off the coffee table and tossed it up on the counter where kids couldn’t reach. He kicked his dirty laundry under his bed and took a quick look around to make sure nothing of imminent danger was left lying about. 
He’d been horrified when Jack accidentally got Nisha pregnant. Even more horrified when Nisha decided to keep the kid. The last thing the galaxy needed was a mini Jack/Nisha running around.
The horror had grown to an overwhelming amount when Jack decided to use Tim to look after the kid when he was too busy to do it himself. 
Tim had absolutely dreaded it, waiting for the kid to get old enough to use him as a punching bag or torment him the way Jack did. No way the offspring of Handsome Jack and Nisha Kadam would ever have a kind bone in their body. 
There was a knock on the door and Tim called out a lazy, “Come in.”
The door opened and in bound a small boy who was a disturbing mix of Jack and Nisha. His tutor followed behind him.
“His homework,” the tutor said, handing a folder to Tim. “I had permission to take him on a bit of a field trip today, so he never napped. I’d either let him sleep an hour now, or else start that homework early and let him go to bed earlier than usual.”
“Jack’s got him for bedtime,” Tim said, taking the folder. “If he’s cranky by then, it’s not my problem.”
The tutor shrugged and left Tim’s apartment. Tim tossed the folder down.
“Liam!” he called as the boy took off for the kitchen. “Come start your homework.”
It was a minute before Liam reappeared with a juice box and a small bag of chips. He shook his head at Tim, thick black hair tumbling across his forehead.
“Nu-uh, Uncle Timmy! I gotta see Angel! I gotta!” He shot Tim his wide-eyed look, which seemed to work on every adult except Tim. “Please. I gotta.”
Tim pointed. “Homework. Or it’s my ass your dad will beat.”
He abandoned the wide-eyed look and instead settled for an imitation of Jack’s stern look. “I gotta see Angel.”
“Nah, kid,” Tim said. “You gotta do your homework.”
“I’ll bring it,” he tried. “Please, Uncle Timmy!”
Tim sighed heavily. But Liam didn’t get to see his sister often, and he knew Angel was probably his only sane family member.
“Fine. But you don’t get to throw a fit later when you’re tired and you have to finish your work,” Tim said, snatching the folder up, knowing full well that Liam wouldn’t touch it while they were visiting Angel but needing to try anyways. “Let’s go.”
A bright smile broke out on Liam’s face, so happy and pure. Tim hated that he still held out hope that the kid would be better than his parents someday. 
But Liam launched forward, throwing his little arms as far around Tim’s waist as he could. “You’re the best, Uncle Timmy!” 
“Yea, yea,” Tim said, taking his hand and leading him out of the apartment.
They went to the nearest fast travel station. Tim set it for the Bunker, being one of the only people authorized to fast travel there now that he was so often in charge of Liam.
It had been horrifying to learn Jack was going to have a child. Even more so to learn that his baby with Nisha wouldn’t be his first. 
But Tim had adjusted slowly to Angel. As they flashed inside her chamber, he was heartbroken but used to the sight of her and the Eridium injectors hooked into her body.
This poor girl. Tim tightened his hold on Liam’s hand, wondering if he could secure a better fate for Jack’s second child.
“Timothy,” she said in surprise. “Liam.”
“Angel!” Liam released Tim’s hand to run forward. “Angel, I went on a field trip today!”
“Did you?” she said, so easily able to hide the jealousy she no doubt felt. She was trapped here, doomed to die without Eridium, while her little brother got to experience the world. 
Liam nodded eagerly. “Uh-huh. We went to see skags! But they were, um, they were...d...d...d-something.”
“Domesticated?” Tim offered.
“Yea!” Liam was nodding eagerly again. “I got to see all kinds’a skags and stuff. And- And there was this one guy and one of the skags bit him.” He laughed at the thought, Tim and Angel sharing a look. The signs that Jack and Nisha were getting to him were glaringly obvious at times. “He started cryin’, like a baby.”
“Well, it probably hurt,” Angel said. “You shouldn’t laugh at people when they get hurt. It’s mean.”
He ignored that, still laughing. “I petted one! They felt all weird and gross.”
“You pet one,” Tim said. “‘Petted’ isn’t a word, kid. This is why you need to do your homework.”
Liam ignored that, too. “And there were baby skags! Mr. Wilson let me name one!”
“What’d you call it?” Angel said.
He was basically vibrating with excitement. “Angel! I named her Angel!” 
Tim and Angel shared another look. He could tell she still held out hope for him, too.
“That was really nice of you, Liam,” she said softly. Tim couldn’t quite read the expression on her face; it might’ve been pain, or sadness, or love. Maybe it was all of them. He looked away rather than suffer trying to interpret it.
“They made her a collar with her name on it!” Liam said. “I’m gonna ask daddy to give her a bodyguard so she’s always safe.”
Tim closed his eyes, clenching his fists. He hated his own hope. He hated it so much, because he knew this boy’s kindness would never survive.
Angel had to take a moment before speaking again. “I hope she gets to grow up strong and see the whole world.”
“I’m gonna take a picture next time we see her. Mr. Wilson said I can see her again!” he said. “I’ll show you the picture.” He hesitated, looking anxious. “And maybe daddy will let you come see her. I’m gonna tell him she’s named after you. So maybe he’ll let you come with me next time.”
“I would love that,” Angel said, because it was honest and it was kinder than the reality of telling him why she couldn’t. “I really would, Liam.” 
He pressed his hand to the chamber enclosing her. She pressed hers to it as well, so little separating them, so much separating them. His hand was so tiny, swallowed up by the image of hers against it. His bright blue eyes met hers, their most striking shared feature they’d inherited from the man who kept them apart. 
“Tell me more about your trip,” she said, only the faintest tremor to her words. “I want to hear everything.”
His smile was huge. He went on and on about his trip and everything he saw, sometimes getting so excited that he’d repeat himself. But Angel never pointed it out, and neither did Tim. They let him carry on, swooping in with questions when he seemed ready to stop talking.
Finally, though, his lack of a nap caught up with him. Tim was sitting on the ground, and Liam went over, crawling into Tim’s lap as his yawns grew more frequent. It wasn’t long before he fell asleep.
“Please, Timothy,” Angel said quietly, her eyes fixed on her brother. “I have no chance. But he does. Look out for him.”
“I’m trying,” Tim said, looking down at the small child in his lap. 
“When dad told me Nisha had a boy, I was so happy. It meant he would never share my fate,” Angel said, looking away from them both. “But he can use Liam in other ways.”
“Angel,” Tim said. “Did you pick his name?”
Angel nodded. “Yes. Dad let me pick his name.” She gave a weak smile. “He hated what I chose. But I just...It means ‘protector’. I want...I want him to be a force of good in the world, Timothy.”
She could’ve been, too. But Jack had locked her away and used her for his own selfish gain.
“I’ll do everything I can to keep him from being the fucking nightmare his parents are,” Tim promised.
That earned a surprised laugh from Angel. “Thank you. I wish I could take care of him myself. I’m glad Jack chose to trust you with him. You’re a good man.”
“That’s debatable these days, but I’m at least a better man than Jack,” Tim said. He bit his lip. “I can, uh, bring him here more often. If you want.”
That look in her eyes he couldn’t read again. “Yes. Thank you, Timothy. I would like that a lot.” 
They fell silent after that. Angel watched her brother sleep. Tim thought about how unfair the world was.
He’d seen Jack interact with both his children. Tim believed Jack did love both of them. But Tim also believed that when Jack loved something, he felt compelled to break its will so he could control it. After all, a thing could never leave him if he shackled it to him.
Tim and Angel did not wake Liam, even when Tim’s legs fell asleep from the position the little boy was in, and even when Jack called to see where they were. Waking him meant bringing him back to Helios, back to everyone who had a plan for him, who wanted to chip away at his kindness to make way for cunning and cruelty. 
Angel wanted to tell Tim everything, but she refused to put him at risk. She knew it would all be over soon; she would betray her father and help the Crimson Raiders defeat him. Jack would die, and so would she. She only hoped Tim fled with Liam and raised him.
Handsome Jack had stolen freedom and any hope of a normal life from Angel. She would not let him do the same to her brother.
So they sat in silence. It was the calm before the storm, and they knew it. But there was nothing to do now, so Tim stayed beside Angel’s prison and let Liam sleep, the only comfort he could offer the children Jack had damned. 
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bisexualdaemon · 3 years
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I came to some realizations after Azriel’s bonus chapter.
a) it took place in the middle of the book, not the end. This was also relatively close to the time where Elain kept stating that she wanted a human mate, not a fae.
b) I think Azriel is extremely desperate for love. Do I think he feels some sort of attraction (whether sexual or romantic) towards Elain? Yes. Do I think that he’s also just extremely needy for love after seeing his two brothers find their mates in quick succession and now he sees his chance to find a partner himself after lining after the same girl for 500 years? Yes.
c) Azriel needs to fix his damn self because I don’t like the fact that he said he hadn’t thought further then bedding Elain when she seems like a sweet girl who has a whole lot more character exploring to come (or at least I hope so). Also dislike how Lucien respects Azriel and the 2 seemed to get along quiet well throughout the book, yet Azriel was ready to legit kill Lucien who is an absolute gem to me.
d) I find it interesting how the bonus chapter started with Elain and Azriel and ended with Gwyn and Azriel. Might be foreshadowing, might be a build up for angst, idk.
e) I can’t wait for that necklace re gift to blow up in Azriel’s face.
f) I don’t like how Elain is treating Lucien. It may be the fact that she doesn’t want to accept that she is now Fae and has a Fae mate, but at least talk to the man or at the very least be civil to him. Lucien is one of my favourite characters and that dude just can’t catch a break. I’m not saying she has to accept him (because no man is entitled to Elain, she is her own woman and should be treated as such) but don’t string my poor fox boy around. And especially don’t entertain the idea of sleeping with another guy under the same roof as him. Either reject him or talk it out with him.
g) there are so many different ways these next books can go but my main concern is how sjm is gonna find new worldly conflicts (not romantic ones because holy shit we have enough of those) because it kinda feels like the storyline is just being dragged a bit.
h) I’m a Gwynriel shipper but I’m not completely opposed to Azriel and Elain getting together. As long as Gwyn and Lucien don’t get fucked over (especially Gwyn considering her past with men) and both Az and El don’t have to sacrifice integral parts of their characters to be together then I’m cool with it.
I really liked ACOSF and there are so many different paths that the storyline could now go. We got 2 different cliches that could be done too lmao. SJM is a talented writer and I do want to see all my favourite characters get a happily ever after and while I’m excited to see what’s to come, I can’t help but be worried that I might be let down. This series is a great one, but it’s going on for a while. I sometimes feel like it should have just ended after ACOWAR, but I still have faith in the next couple of books. I also wish that this fandom wouldn’t be so nasty when it comes to something as trivial as ships, but oh well! Sorry for the ridiculously long ask, but I had so many thoughts about that bonus chapter!
okay okay so I’ve been on my phone for a couple days and when I read this I was like WOW THIS NEEDS A FULL KEYBOARD RESPONSE BECAUSE SEVERAL POINTS WERE MADE--
first off, I totally agree that this stuff is just discourse and like no one should be fighting or like idfk sending weird death threats over ships or the simple fact that they liked a book or a chapter like it’s not that deep it’s just speculation let people like what they like....but back to the Az bonus chapter...
I specifically want to talk about points B, C, and F. 
B-- so I think you’re so right about Az being desperate for love. like he’s gone so long feeling that unrequited shit for Mor and before maybe it wasn’t a big deal to him because his brothers were seemingly unattached too. but now that Rhys and Cassian are both mates and fucking head over heels for Feyre and Nesta, I think he’s feeling his separation from that happiness acutely and it just seems like star-crossed fate shit that there should be three brothers and three sisters (as cheesy as it feels and sounds and how trope-y it is) so maybe the lust he feels for Elain is just that base need to feel SOMETHING in the face of what he can see and hear and fckn *smell* at the River House and the House of Wind every damn day. and Elain is frankly an easy target. she’s quiet with a sense of humor and a fuckload of trauma....she’s someone for Az to be gentle with and nurture. and when he says “maybe the cauldron was wrong” like you feel the pain and resentment there...that the other sisters were seemingly made for his brothers and he should be left out. I feel bad for him but at the same time....
C--DUDE WHAT THE FUCK ABOUT KILLING LUCIEN AND HOW EASY IT WOULD BE....like that’s some Class A territorial fae bastard shit right there...not seen since the likes of Rowan Whitethorn (though in truth I do love it on him but he was that way for AELIN, HIS MATE)...I don’t think Sarah breathed life into the idea of the cauldron making a mistake for nothing, but I also just don’t think she belongs in the Night Court...all those comments about how much Elain would love Spring Court and sunshine and light....I’ve said this before but the Court of Nightmares solstice scene where Cassian basically calls Elain plain in her Night Court black dress was a huge yikes for me. like the Night Court clearly dims her spirit. it doesn’t fit her aesthetic, you know? anyways I’m getting off track...Azriel’s preoccupation with Elain right now from his POV seems almost entirely sexual so maybe like rethink that bro. 
F--okay yes, while I don’t think Elain is “beholden” to anyone and no male should feel entitled to her or be FIGHTING BLOOD DUELS OVER HER WTF???? I do agree that she has treated Lucien pretty much like shit. she hasn’t tried to understand the situation or the history (at least from what we’ve seen) of the mating bond and how neither of them chose this. like Lucien is as much a victim of the situation as she is, he just has the benefit of understanding what it means in fae culture to have a mate and the pain it causes to reject it. like she just avoids him instead of out-right saying no so he’s just being strung along. like let him go if you don’t want to be with him. and while Lucien has made some shitty decisions (I will never forgive him for his complicity in ACOMAF), this kind of pain shouldn’t be his punishment...like Rhys wouldn’t have to deal in absolutes with Azriel if Elain would just MAKE THE DECISION because then it’s not a challenge for Elain. it’s Elain making a choice, just like they’re fond of allowing women to make in the damn Night Court. my problem with Elain has never been with her femininity or her perceived lack of personality (which is canon now pls) it has always been with her lack of action and the inner circle enabling her to sit and do nothing--EVEN WHEN SHE MIGHT WANT TO. yes I’m talking about that moment where everyone is all up in arms about “exposing” Elain to the darkness of the dread trove and all but throwing Nesta to the wolves...I screamed when Cassian was like “BUT NESTA SHOULD???” ugh pissed me off so much. 
anyways clearly we both have a lot of feelings lmao I will scream about this series until I die I s2g 
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trashy-greyjoy · 7 years
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Could you please list why I should read adsom. And what would you rate it as??? I really want to but I just something to get my lazy ass to do it!
of course! anything to make more people read it!!!! strap in because i have a feeling ill get carried away.
As ratings go, I’m biased because this is my favorite series of all time, like my holy grail, reread when I’m sad, recommend to every person I meet favorite series. So overall I’d say 5/5 as a whole because it’s just so good and I really do love it. But if I was gonna break it down by book and try to not be as biased I’d say ADSOM: 4.5/5, AGOS: 4/5, ACOL: 5/5. 
(But I know Delaney read them too and she liked the second book more than the first so it’s all relative, it just took me the longest to read AGOS)
I don’t know how much you know about the plot, but the gist is that theres a world where there are 4 different parallel versions of London all with varying degrees of magic.
Red London: lots of healthy magic to go around
White London: magic is dying and people are killing each other for it and it’s sick
Grey London: no magic; basically its our world
Black London: was destroyed by its own magic years ago
And the story follows Kell, who is a rare type of magician called an Antari that can travel between the London’s using blood magic. Yeah, blood magic. It’s tight. But one day he smuggles something back he’s not supposed to and all hell breaks loose. (EDIT: the magic system is based off the elements kinda like Avatar: The Last Air Bender. Most people control one, some 2, rarely 3, and then Antari’s control all 4, plus blood magic like an Avatar would)
The main reason you should read it though I would say is the characters, and their relationships because damn. I’m the kind of person that tends to appreciate characters over plot and this is one of the books that has some of the best written characters that are so dear to me, while also having a great plot! Like I’m not kidding when I say I love every single member of the core four (who I consider to be Lila, Kell, Rhy, and Alucard) almost equally and I’d die on a hill of them. So to break it down:
Lila Bard: My baby. My queen. Basically if Kaz Brekker and Inej (from SoC) ever had a baby in the future and she picked up some of Jesper’s sarcasm you’d get Lila. She’s a thief from Grey London with an affinity for knives (like lots and lots of knives). She’s tiny and will 100% fight you. Also, oh yeah she’s gender fluid and pansexual so isn’t that fucking amazing. Seriously tho I love her
Kell Maresh: My poor, tired, royal son that just wants to live his life. He’s one of only 2 known Antari in existence, from Red London. Adopted son of the royal family. He really loves his brother a lot. Has a permanent scowl. He’s precious.
Rhy Maresh: Kell’s adopted brother. I LOVE HIM. He’s a huge flirt, and likes to be as dramatic and eccentric as possible, but in reality he really just wants to be a good king some day. He’s been through it a few times. BISEXUAL BEAN.
Alucard Emery: He shows up in book 2. A pirate privateer for the crown. He’s amazing. Can you tell I love all these characters? But seriously he’s also had a hard time. He and Kell really don’t get along. He loves his cat. No confirmed sexuality, but the boy is faaarrrrrr from straight so do with that what you will.
+ Holland Vosijk: Honestly one of the most morally grey characters, Schwab has such a talent for writing them. But he’s such a conflicting character and he’s so hard to describe, but I’ll just say I changed my opinion about him like 18 times reading the series. He’s the other Antari, from White London
Also the relationships, platonic and romantic, are so well developed. Like they feel so organic and amazing and I love all of them and it just feels right. All of them feel so right. Like it’s not an OTP unless they first meet when she robs you and leaves you bleeding in an alley.
Some plot points include: a stone containing an unlimited source of pure magic (but its actually evil), sociopathic albino twins totally down for torture and murder, a magic tournament, pirates, a floating secret (black) market place, and an all out war for the magic of the world.
I hope that worked for getting you motivated. It’s so good It really is.
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basaltdriver · 7 years
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(SPOILER ALERT): ACOWAR and how more of everything is not necessarily better
A Court of Wings and Ruin was so much, and yet not enough.
Parts of it were really good. I liked Feyre’s antics in the Spring Court, and how she had agency and control, how she orchestrated everything and played everyone against one another. But once she left Spring it seemed that all disintegrated. And I had a problem with how Feyre never truly faced or cared about the consequences of her actions at that court. 
She allowed herself to become beloved--holy, adored by the Spring Court’s people and warriors. And then she just left them all behind without half a thought, to be slaughtered by Hybern, all to spite Tamlin. This was not the same Feyre that gave her jewelry to a water wraith during the Tithe in ACOMAF. It was so out-of-character for someone as humane as Feyre to turn her back on all of those fae and let them die at Hybern’s hands. Especially when later on in ACOWAR, she risks hers, Elain’s, and Azriel’s lives to get some random human Child of the Blessed out of the Hybern war camp. Especially when they fight a whole damn war about it.
Half-baked character development and inconsistency were the main problems I had with the book. The other thing was the menagerie of new characters that were flashed by us so quickly, I can hardly discern one personality from the next. I liked Helion-- I found Rhys might have modeled a lot of his personality off of the High Lord of Day-- but the other High Lords were forgettable and didn’t contribute much to the plot besides more bodies. There was the Autumn Court boys-- and who the hell is Eris? What did SJM want from this character when she wrote him? If he was an abuser, if he allowed such terrible things to be done to Mor, how dare she now try to write him as a potentially sympathetic character? Eris gave Mor some bullshit about her not understanding the circumstances around which she was brutalized... Just, screw that. I refuse.
I did like Jurian more than I was expecting to, though-- he was an interesting character. Drakon and Miryam and Nepherelle (is that how it’s spelled) seemed cool but uncompelling, and we hardly got to see more than their faces. Really, this book needed to be pared down a LOT. It was such a large-scale plot that it could never have been adequately contained in one novel (hence the spinoffs). Yet, with almost everything, there was little to no closure. You did not come away from it remotely satisfied.
Also SJM really did a number on her characters. Allow me to elaborate on a few of our faves:
Lucien: He’s given more depth here. I actually like what SJM did with him here by letting his character flesh out more, except having him ghost out for 85% of the novel just to conveniently return at the very end, and to also give us no resolution about him and Elain, was just a jerk move. Also, why did no one tell Lucien “Firedick” Vanserre who his real father is? Why was this MAJOR LIFE-CHANGING PLOT TWIST just casually floated and then never mentioned again? Who the hell does that???
Tamlin: Also, relegated to play the cliched role of “bitter abusive ex-boyfriend” up until the very end where he is suddenly given all sorts of character development that was, quite frankly, completely uninspired. We’re supposed to believe he was spying on Hybern this whole time???? And then just be chill with the absolute lack of closure between him and Feyre, with the fact that throughout this entire novel he and Feyre don’t have a single decent, honest conversation? Nope. Just, no.
Rhysand: I will always love Rhysand. But he was not the same cunning, driven High Lord that orchestrated Amarantha’s downfall and helped Feyre crawl out of her darkest days. No, now he was... petty. Weak. He never confronted or challenged Feyre on her mistakes or bad decisions, never pushed her to be better the way he did in ACOTAR and ACOMAF. Feyre didn’t really ever push back against him when he made completely avoidable mistakes, like when he hurt Mor by bringing in Eris. It’s not like I don’t like that they are gentle with each other and cherish one another-- I love that about them-- but there was nothing between him and Feyre but a lot of blind validation, which is not healthy. They acted like they were both scared to anger the other one which is, like I said, not healthy. 
Every instance where Feyre was given control or power seemed tokenized (like that time she sat on the throne in the Court of Nightmares-- pretty and bold, but without depth.) And speaking of tokens, lets go to my next character:
Mor: Goddamn it. Just, damn it. Mor deserved better than this. We all wanted more representation from SJM, okay-- not at the cost of the story’s integrity, but more naturally incorporated representation-- but this is not what ANY OF US meant. Mor deserved better than to become the Token Gay with no other purpose but to be sad and gay and sad about it. It was so random, and such a limp excuse for what was going on between her and Azriel (really? she dragged her heels for 500 years because she didn’t want to admit her feelings or upset Az’s fantasy about them being a happily-ever-after story? really????) The brave, strong, fearlessly honest Mor we got to know in ACOMAF is missing here. And it is a damned shame, because I loved her so much.
Nesta: I will be honest here; I was never a Nesta fan. She was just too cold and sharp and unnecessarily mean. As an older sibling myself, I could never quite reconcile her decision to put her youngest sibling in harm’s way just to spite her father, when any other person would go out of their way to protect their siblings. Her protectiveness for Elain I always found laughable when she wouldn’t even get off her ass to help them when they were mortal and destitute-- no, she let her baby sister risk her life for them all instead. Such an unflattering contrast to Cassian’s unswerving loyalty. I found her fickle and bitchy, and I didn’t think she deserved Cassian at all. Yet, in ACOWAR, she did earn some respect from manning up and finally taking on some damn responsibility rather than just being a whiny, bitchy nuisance that nobody wanted to deal with. I also enjoyed her camaraderie with Amren. 
Elain: Deserves all of the happiness in the world. Just let her plant the world into a giant garden, damn it!
Azriel: Also deserves all the happiness in the world. I would be perfectly fine with it if Elain bunked the mating bond with Lucien and she and Az wound up together instead. I think they make a good, well-matched pair, especially with how Az is so fond of her (he gave her Truth-Teller! The blade he’s never given anyone!!!). Also, for the love of all that is sacred, just let my poor Shadowsinger get over Mor already. Please.
Cassian: Deserves to have whatever he wants, whenever. Honestly, give my Illyrian baby everything the world has to offer. I never want to see him hurt again. He was injured far to many times in this book. My heart broke for him.
Tarquin: Needed to be in this book as much as Tamlin needed to be out of it. Really, he got, like, four pages of direct interaction. That’s it.
Okay, I have more (I have SO MUCH MORE) but this was long enough for now. I’ll leave you to read and stew.
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Episode #6: “because Sweyn’s Baddies are COMING” - Jones
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My bitch ass glasses broke so I’m more than happy to be doing a challenge that requires my ears. Maybe wil my eyesight so poor my hearing will get better to compensate who knows. Even if we lose I’m in a Gucci spot to survive.
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Tribal was a success. With the first tribal done I’m happy trust is built and I can stop being paranoid.
With that said I think I’m in a good position going forward as I have an alliance and we’re probably reaching a merge or a swap soon.
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my plan of action for my tribe since we legit havent got Anything on the doc yet (me n michael have an excuse..) is to make it seem like im doing more than i am. oh im gonna work on it soon! i’ll do this soon! like its all about seeming like im contributing.. when i aint LAMDKNDG
me n michael made a f2 altho it breaks my heart to say its just for the sake of my survival on this dumbass tribe.. theres no way malik flips on me and with michael as my f2 i can essentially force him to flip on danielle if he wants to stay which is like perf rn since i dont really trust her..
i miss my close allies tho lol. like ryan is my #1 n its unfortunate he isnt getting a chance to make more bonds considerig we need those bonds for his idol to make a big move.. hopefully mercia loses again and wes goes tho? it evens it up to 6 sweyn vs 6 mercia and i think itll swap again before merge and hopefully ill be with ryan/rhys/jones :)) my social game is good rn i think.. i just gotta lay low with physical and downplay strategy so im never the target. hard w/ these personalities tho. X
SOOO THIS CHALLENGE IS FUCKING HELL!!! U KNOW WHAT WOULD BE BETTER? IF OUR WHOLE TRIBE FUCKING DID SMTH!!
like im actually gunna go fucking mad.. its songs. yah its hard to identify bc theyre distorted and overlapped but theres no excuse not to get at least artists.. or even one song. malik n michael can barely do that.. LIKE YEAH I HAVENT DONE THE BEST BUT IVE GOT 2 SONGS THERE RN AND IDENTIFIED NICKI + XTINA SO! BLOOP! im gunna kill myself.. poor dani. its especially painful knowing ill try to get her out if we lose LMAOAOAOA but i mean.. (: oh well!
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This challenge can litterally chomp on a dick. No. I hate it. I dont want to do it. Like BEGONE.
Honestly its so hard, and like i dont listen to pop so im struggling with it. Hopefully we win, but I feel safe if we go to tribal.
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At this point I am so upset because I feel useless because all the ones I know have been picked and idek if anyone took my suggestion seriously. If this round ends my game, I’m going to be so upset!
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We’re pretty much fucked unless a miracle happens
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I've been a bit nervous about my position and stuff in the game and I'm trying to catch up socially with a lot of people and stuff. I'm doing what I can on a five person tribe and hope I can work on hard on getting as far as I can in this game. I have a feeling we merge next round so that could be cool. I wanna make it far as I can this game, I'm trying to be active but UTR so hopefully it works.
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WE WON FIRST PLACE AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WASNT A FUCKUP WOOOOOOOOOOOOP WOOP I’ve been talking to David more and I helped out a lot with this challenge so I’m hoping he won’t want me out next time we go to tribal.
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THREE IN A ROW, BABY. Feels good to not have gone to tribal since Jose's elimination. Also an added bonus that I basically carried our tribe to win today, not a big deal, LOL.
Also, with the reward, I've now got a vote steal advantage. This is HUGE for me. I have a group of people I wanna work with in this game and if this group is down in numbers at any point, this vote steal can come in handy.
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that challenge was a damn mess but i'm just glad we made it out alive. sad Canute lost though ugh i'm sending all of my positive energy to Scott so he can make it through.... hope we merge next round that would be cute; i'm ready for more action in this game
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im gunna kill my self . :) WE LOST. AGAIN. :) NOT MY FAULT. AGAIN.
n now i gotta deal with fucken awkward 2-2 tribal lines when i have a f2 with michael and a love for malik.. but bc dani is good at challenges her ass wont go and thats so annoyin but u can bet ur ass ima try somethin if i have to bc i dont trust malik to keep me safe vs her whereas michael will.. if i have to flip on malik i will
why me tho like im a good person. i dont deserve this. why couldnt i be on a competent tribe. LMAOAOAOA.
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THANK GOD WE WON IMMUNITY if we lost I probably would’ve spontaneously combust Bc I love??? My current tribe??? I love Madison too and It sucked we voted her out Bc I actually adore her but she wasn’t doing a lot. I just love this tribe and if we had to vote for each other again I’ll lose my marbles. Maybe we can work more together going into merge if we get there? I hope so, because Sweyn’s Baddies are COMING
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Well, we lost once again and I’m upset about it. The challenge was super hard for us and we struggled. It seemed like everyone wasn’t really putting in all they could as they just said “I forgot” I was like oh!! cool!! This tribal, I’m not crazy worried right now. I trust Scott a lot at this point because he doesnt have a reason to lie to me by telling me that I’ve been holding up the tribe because... I have been. I think the move this week is to vote out Malik. We’ll see whats going on but I really think we might be doing that this week. Hopefully there’s a merge soon because I need to fucking be by myself!!!
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My ass is for sure on the line tonight. I know that  Malik is targetting me for being weak and all that so rn I’m just trying to get Scott 100% on board with voting me and Malik 100% certain that he is safe with me just in case there’s an idol and maybe if I’m too in my nerves and scared I have no qualms with throwing a vote on dani incade of a tie
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You know what they say, another week safe, 
That one didn't seem so easy,  partially cause I sucked at it and mainly because I sucked major balls at it. But hey Mo and David saved our asses so yeeeeeeeeeeee boi. And not only that we also got reward but not really cause the only thing I got was a jpg image, and so did Felix David and Mo according to them which means either one of them is lying or Wes has it. Either way I guess it's not the end of the world.
So now Canute is going to tribal I wonder how that is gonna play out, a part of me wants Dani and Michael to be safe but another one wants rocks but at the same time another one would be jealous cause I wouldn't be a part of it and I could use some rocks in my life. Either way that's it for now folks now if you excuse me Felix wants to kidnap me and introduce me to the spooky facebook wikia comunity, spooky shit indeed.
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So WOOOOOOOO this is the first tribal of the season that i'm not attending which is amazingggg and feels so good to finally have a break!! Plus like I honestly LOVE my tribe rn bc everyone is so iconic and fun and we even made a charlie's angels thing bc its so iconic... ugh love them BUT if it came down to tribal I think I would be okay still since i've really worked on rhys and we have a 3 dude gay guardians alliance of me, rhys, and ryan even tho im not even gay but they dont need to know that... my boy scott is in tribal rn but i hope he comes out okay!!! if he doesn't well oops idc bye bitch but if he does then yay!!
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Tonight I am absolutely terrified I think the votes are gonna be on Malik but you just never know so my best plan is just to hope for the best and campaign to stay I’m not just gonna sit back and get eliminated especially this close to a merge situation where I know I’ll be in a good position to make it far.
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im legit gunna die im so nerv and i shouldnt be. LIKE. I TRUST THAT MICHAEL HAS MY BACK. AND MALIK ISNT VOTING ME. SO IT SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GO. BUT I DONT THINK THAT FOR SOME REASON. all i can think of in the back of my mind is what if michael and dani flip on me and its 2-1-1.. but theres nothing i can literally do bc if i vote michael and stay our relationship is gone lol
ughhhh i should just be positive but its so hard bc even if malik goes.. i feel awful LMAAOAOOA but like. uhm. yes ): i feel awful
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Scott as much as I like the guy I can for sure see he lets his emotions dictate how he plays and while that’s not necessarily bad it’s difficu when you’re trying to blindside someone and he could just run and tell Malik so the nerves are here and out to play hunny
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My thing is I think it’s is going to go to rocks. Which is why we were worried about that when linus left but it’s real. Dani we don’t wanna vote each other, hell everyone says they don’t want to vote me which is always weird for me to hear but if that’s true good if they’re all voted me then nasty.. but I don’t want to vote Dani and I definitely don’t want to vote Scott..so that kinda leads to Michael which I don’t want to vote either but I have reasons: the main reason is the past couple of challenges he’s done the worst in, and if we need to survive incase there’s no swap or merge then we need all the strong members here.
I feel a bigger bond with Dani and Scott vs Michael who I feel is cool but I don’t feel we’re clicking on a better level. And it’s not even a tribe thing it’s literallt what I feel could save us from tribal, and how don’t i know if Dani and Michael won’t vote me out right after Scott leaves? So basically what’s happening is it’s likely going to be a 2-2 on Michael and Scott, and I’m not changing my vote. So I’ll likely go to rocks and lose but that’s ok. I did my best and it could be a stupid move but I don’t wanna risk Dani and Michael voting me out if we lost again, because I’d hope Dani wouldn’t but you never know. So rocks here we come!
Malik is voted out 3-1.
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