#and neither is henry

[cosmic-walkers]

what the hell, was the relationship between henry and thomas in the tudors?? they are a trainwreck in the making T-T

[gutsfics]

so. i just watched most of the new quintonreviews Sam & Cat video and for Reasons i looked up both Goomer and Frankini on ao3 and theres only One Single Fic thats tagged with Goomer/Frankini. fucking criminal.

double criminal for it being tagged as "past Frankini/Goomer" bc the actual relationship focused in the fic is fuCKING GOOMER/DICE. BITING AND KILLING.

[funplexflip]

So Camilla's personality and overall character are very unclear since Richard high-key doesn't see her as a person, but I'm firmly in the camp of her being equally as nuts as the rest of the Greek class, if not more. Richard just can't imagine her being anything other than a darling cherub (and probably can't fathom the idea of a woman being capable of extreme violence, let's be real)

[mechadria]

im honestly still just as wary about the next season of the witcher even after the table read -

because it was never about liam's acting skills.

do i think henry cavill was a spectacular match for geralt?

yeah. but not only because of his looks or his acting: he GOT geralt and the witcher in general. he's a massive nerd who knows the franchise like he wrote it himself and was a big reason (not the sole, but a big one) that the show kept on track and was even somewhat faithful to the original material.

but i don't believe cavill did a regé jean-page and like. left to seek stardom or whatever. this was a passion project too for him, you could tell.

no, I'm wary of the future of witcher because of the higher ups involved.

so what DID the people who disagreed so hard with him he quit the project do? well, they needed a 7000 word letter from joey batey and the fanbase pleading just to allow jaskier to be queer like he (pretty much) canonically is. didn't need incentive from anyone to create fake gay motives for the worse villain of the story, though. didn't need incentive to completely ruin one of the most beloved characters of the franchise, or let his actor get harassed on socials after the swap without ever saying shit.

i do not trust that these people, who have proven callous, arrogant and ignorant about both the source material and the opinions of the fanbase (and have made some choices nearing bigotry) and who disagreed so heavily with the actor who knew the source material best are capable of producing a good season 4. liam or no liam. am i hoping he's a good geralt? yes, the series and other actors don't deserve to have their performance harmed by him. can it be as good as the seasons cavill was in? for the reasons cited above: fuck no.

[emblazons]

"Do you not see, Eleven?"

El & 001 + Mike Wheeler & Martin Brenner Parallels see also: Vecna' using El's trauma to manipulate(!) her ⤷ inspired by @heroesbyler & my own commentary (x)

[wonder-worker]

Thinking about Elizabeth Woodville as a gothic heroine is making me go insane. She entered the story by overturning existing social structures, provoking both ire and fascination. She married into a dynasty doomed to eat itself alive. She was repeatedly associated with the supernatural, both in terms of love and death. Her life was shaped entirely by uncanny repetitions - two marriages, two widowhoods, two depositions, two flights to sanctuary, two ultimate reclamations, all paralleling and ricocheting off each other. Her plight after 1483 exposed the true rot at the heart of the monarchy - the trappings of royalty pulled away to reveal nothing, a never-ending cycle of betrayal and war, the price of power being the (literal) blood of children. She lived past the end of her family name, she lived past the end of her myth. She ended her life in a deeply anomalous position, half-in and half-out of royal society. She was both a haunting tragedy and the ultimate survivor who was finally free.

[telling-tragedy]

some flirty winterpapen for ur dash + tweets

[borderlinemediocre]

Still don’t know why this photoshoot happened but I’m glad it did

[bylerposting]

I think that playground set is much more likely to be about Henry than it is about Mike's first time meeting Will mainly because that whole scene of Mike talking about the memory isn't so much about the memory itself, but about the choice that Mike made in that moment to ask Will to be his friend, and the choice that Will made in that moment to say yes.

That being said, it's interesting that Mike, a character with a childhood memory taking place on a playground that thematically represents choice, appears to have a scene on the Creel playground. A place relevant to Henry -- a character who was never given much of a choice in his childhood. I think we're in for something crazy here.

[fairyrona]

So, in s5 we're going back to s1, right?

In s1 hearing Will sing in the talkie was a beacon of hope. He's alive!

What if in s5 it's the opposite? the moment doubt sets in?

Personally I ain't expecting another "fast! what's their fav song??", but it would be expected for music to be used with a positive driving force. Motivating, inspiring, waking up some good memories.

However, making the villain use the 'good guys' weapon against them?

That's new.

Everyone having a break, occupying some room, Will scribbling in a notebook half-heartedly. Then a head turns in his direction. And then another one. Already faint chats stop mid sentence, one after the other. All noise but one tune die out.

He's humming absentmindedly. A word or two every now and then.

...

"What's that song he's singing?"

"Guys..."

"Will?"

"Where did you hear that song?"

"What song?"

"The one you were just humming?"

The one that was playing on the radio.

"It- It was just playing on the radio?"

...

"...There's no radio here."

And nobody knows if it was just the connection, the memory somehow making it's way into Will's mind or Henry deliberately showing everyone that he's there. He has him.

But then?? Wouldn't it be stupid, losing his spy? Why would he do that, it couldn't have been on purpose!

After that it comes falling apart. Mistrust and doubt. Confusion and chaos.

Well, he played us the last time!

(I am of course talking about Victor's safe song, Dream a little dream of me)

[smol-soop-spoon]

thinking about richard seeing the scar on his stomach every single day for the rest of his life, being inexorably reminded of the day everything fell apart.

It's interesting to see how they were almost all scarred by this year they've spent together: Camilla's foot, Charles' bite scar during the bacchanal, Richard during the winter break and on the day Henry killed himself.

In a way, Francis' suicide attempt almost seems like a way to even things out, joining in on their fucked up little friendship symbol - some people have friendship bracelets, but they'd rather brand it into their flesh. Also the fact that at the beginning, only Henry was visibly scarred, and now here they all are, following in his footsteps.

[justabiteofspite]

I need art made of the final battle with my Durge wielding the Giantslayer and Astarion with the Titanstring calling out their number of kills to each other as they fight their way to the brain a la Legolas and Gimli in Helm's Deep.

[squash1]

happy father’s day to declan lynch and blue sargent. it’s hard work holding everyone together. but they do it semi-successfully with varying level is antacids.

[civilization-illstayrighthere]

[belethlegwen]

The Stranding - Chp 69 - The Girl With Two Captains

Ayyyyyyy nice

Here, please enjoy this late night (for me, at least. I like to do this in the mornings usually but today has been a rollercoaster and I felt like I had to do something) update of Melanie, Henry and Daniel working through the aftermath of their Surprise Naval Operation.

Again, not doing this on any kind of schedule, everything is still semi-madness over here, but... I felt proud of what I've managed to accomplish today. Wanted to share something with y'all.

Much love, take care of yourselves and each other as much as you can <3

~ Belle

[freetobeeyouandme]

The thing about the Mindflayer lore in ST is that everything keeps contradicting itself. The First Shadow is apparently like "The Mindflayer possess Henry, it's an evil alien, it's in charge, Henry is just a pawn." and that makes sense with Dustin's S4 comment that Henry's the "five star general opening gates for it"...except Henry tells El/Nancy that he shaped the MF into the spider creature we know it as, and we know it actually does look like that from Will, so that seems to be true? And then Will says it's weird to know that the whole time it has been Henry that he's felt....as if he agrees with what he's been told by El/Nancy/the others and as if that suddenly makes things make sense?

And sure maybe the MF wants Henry to think he is in charge and Will might not be able to identify the thing he's been feeling and so simply believes when he's told that was Henry. After all they did make a point of how Dustin is usually right and has a knack for conceptualizing the supernatural (except Dustin keeps getting undermined by Steve who is right also. Dustin and Robin crack the code but Steve figures out the Russians broadcast from Hawkins, Dustin says he knows where Skull Rock is, but Steve leads them there, Dustin calls Steve stupid for suggesting Vecna is a vampire but he's right Vecna is a vampiric figure!)

But then why introduce Henry at all, when in S3 the MF already had personal beef with El and it was implied (or at least I interepreted it that way back then) that it was because she foiled its plans and closed the gate on it in S2. Then S4 goes actually maybe that was the moment Henry realized he was dealing with El and that whole thing was because of what happened in the lab back then. So what is the point of the Mindflayer?

Especially when in S1/2 the Mindflayer/Demogorgon/hivemind aren't being portrayed as evil aliens but as alien animals? Like yeah the demogorgon is a vicious predator but it's being compared to a shark, Jancy lure it with blood, it's hunting! And then in S2 they make a point of how the Lab is hurting the gate by burning it to keep it from spreading and so the hivemind burrows underground and then when Will is possessed and sends those soldiers to their death he says it was because they were hurting the hivemind (i don't remember if he says "it" "him" or "us", but the point stands). And Dustin is able to form a bond with Dart because that's just an animal! If you treat it kindly it will not attack you!

So it's like, who is in charge, Henry or the Mindflayer? Who is being used? What even is the Mindflayer like we're still not sure on that, are we?

Anyway I think I might just give up and say it's both and neither. Try to make sense of that