neonun-au · 2 years ago
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k, n, s, t!
K: what’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
veeeeerrrrrryyyyyy timely question considering the fic i am beginning to work on now haha. i have some issues with angst in the sense that a lot of it is just....sort of like exploitative trauma porn in a way. angst for angsts sake vs actually for serving a grander story. so i tend to sort of try and straddle a finer line with it in my own stuff !
there are two, i think. both end with an inevitable ending: death. but both in very different ways. one is a prequel to a fic that i have had on my blog since winter 2021, from what i once was, and it's sort of....leading up to what that fic is sort of dealing with (without really giving too much away). the other one, the one that i am actively planning and embarking on now, is one part relationship drama like...falling, loving, losing, and re-finding but all with the backdrop of the end of the world. so trying to find that person you love and recapture that before its all over. it's inspired by this song and i am quite excited to stick this one out ! (i think its gonna be a dokyeom fic also...so thats fun, cause ive never written him)
N: is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
i would like to just give all my ideas and thoughts to @97-liners and see her bring them to fruition because her writing is just deeeelicious. apart from that, nothing specific haha i just would like someone else to write nice big, well written fics for pentagon or onf (i havent either but.....i just want to READ them)
S: any fandom tropes you can’t resist
mmmm i dont think so. im very focused on quality and it takes a lot for someones writing to really pull me into a fic so there arent really any tropes that i go to regardless. there are some aus i have real soft spots for, like true slow burns, mafia, fantasy, historical...but those are far and few between haha
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
i dont know if theyre technically tropes but a LOT of things in smutfic really bug me and thats a big part of the reason i dont read much of it haha (apart from the fact that i just...im not really that hard of a fan LOL v soft). anything like...dom/sub dynamics (regardless of who is who i just think theyre misused and when they ARE used right, i just am not that interested in it anyway lol), anything hybrid, family aus, parent aus....i have no interest in them. that being said i will read most of these things if the writing is good enough to hook me regardless of the subject LOL
>fanfic ask game<
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badedramay · 1 year ago
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*petition for Mais to start a blog about digest novels and writers* What do you think of Nemra Ahmed?
hahahaha, i am most CLEARLY not well-read enough to be able to sustain that blog for long!
Nemrah Ahmed is a modern take on Umera Ahmed on steroids🤷🏼‍♀️ She pushes to the brink of and even breaks the willing suspension of disbelief and alongside the way, she copiously pours (again) her personal religious views all over the narrative. and once it became too obvious for me to ignore, I lost all interest in her.
just to be clear, i absolutely adored Mashaf when it was being published monthly. Beli Rajputan Ki Malka is something of hers I picked up out of a whim after being "smitten" by Mashaf and it further strengthened my belief at that time that i had found my new fav writer. but then Jannat Ke Patay started publishing. and ngl, it had me hooked for about half its run before the whole "reveal" happened and my immediate response was, "what the ever loving fuck?" and I dropped the book never to pick it up again. chalo theek hai hero ki herogiri ek taraf but blatant preaching like being hit with a spiked bat over the head was a little TOO much for me. novel padha hai, sermon nahin.
then Namal happened and OH MY GOD THAT BOOK!!!! *looks lovingly at the biggest book on my bookshelf*. that made me think ohkay, NA is back. she's back to being a fav. yeah sure the plot armor is still thick and the coincidences are still too convenient and urgh the preaching remains constant. I willingly ignored the first two and easily skipped through the last and ultimately got myself a FAVORITE book. what characters! what dynamics!! the portrayal of human emotions in all of their evilness is just *chef kiss*. not many Urdu digest stories can take their "good guys" to the brink of being bad like NA did in Namal and succeed. and succeed she DID! AND THE FARIS X ZUMAR "LOVE" STORY?!??!?! BHAYEEEE!! THE LAYERS!! THE COMPLEXITY!!! THE TROPES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not a perfect book when I critically analyze it but still a damn enjoyable one. sometimes one needs a completely out of touch of reality story like this to be entertained. although, I'll forever be mad at it for turning my fav badass Haneen into a mouthpiece of "achi ladki". like stfu.
khair, Namal got me excited for Haalim but lol. ek hi episode mein drop. too much hi hogaya. like TOO much. thoda bohat out of realm of reality acha hai yeh kya poora hi scifi bana diya. blah. didn't even bother giving it another chance. a twt moot tried to get me into Maala but nah. got the same vibes as Haalim. so yeah basically, NA enjoyed a good while as being my fav author but then she was dismissed from the position without any regrets :D
I also felt during Namal that NA adopts a lot of tropes from the west which she then dunks on. matlab, advantage bhi lena hai phir gaali bhi deni hai ke yeh sab kitna bura hai aur bass apni side hi best hai. that's the kind of hypocrisy i just cannot forgive :/
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dickensianstreeturchin · 2 years ago
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I'm reasonably sure it's at least a different TV Tropes user that keeps deleting the parts where different users point out the racist undertones to the first episode featuring the Taste of Athens than the one that believes all workers, especially those of colour, should be subservient to their bosses at all times, but that website is really starting to make me mad. But hey, can't say anything positive about Nate without being quick to say how much he sucks; can't say anything negative about other characters in the same bad faith reading as they do with Nate; can't point out clear double standards in the in universe treatment of characters. Now I'm getting it. Also, while I'm ranting about this (sorry), the idea that people can put whatever they want in the YMMV pages, but the way Unfortunate Implications require stringent citations that absolutely cannot be a blog post or something of the sort because it was being used for "nonsense" is deeply suspect. Just because an article has not been written on the matter does not mean that there is no racism.
Honestly the whole thing seems like a train wreck! They're deleting edits that point out that there could be racist undertones with the whole Taste of Athens front desk experience?? It's wild that they don't even want to consider the possibility, not even just saying that they don't see it that way, but deleting it entirely 😞
You brought up another thing that really gets me. So many people I've seen say something good about Nate and then immediately follow it with "but of course he's evil and awful and i hate him." And also the posts where they say they want Nate to get blown up or something absolutely unhinged and then turn around and say oh but Nick Mohammed is such a good actor, really makes me hate him i mean Nate. As if that's what Nick was trying to accomplish. And as if every Twitter post he makes doesn't have at least one person saying "stfu nate" or similar sentiments. Clearly the irrational vitriol against this character is affecting people's interactions with the actor himself, why would you want to feed into that rhetoric??
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lover-of-trash-and-people · 3 years ago
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im angrier this time? netflix shadow and bone s1e7 re-watch (substituting alcohol with iced coffee this time) (oh, also, spoilers)
yes jesper shooting ketterdam cards title card omg I straight up forgot that this was the darkling backstory episode we all know I love bin bons as much as the next person but um can we petition to never see the flashback darkling look again I kind of love Luda but I find the entire backstory kind of unnecessary even though I get why they did it okay mr. barnes king of micro-expressions alright fuck you show makers with you breaking my heart showing me how the Grisha have had to go through this countless times that they have their plans memorized oy dumbass otkazat'sya man you speak the darkling's name with some respect alright I've got to accept the tricck they use against the king's men is pretty cool omg you fucking bitch this is exactly why people say acab I've seen people say why couldn't he have broken his bonds and killed them before they killed Luda and I truly believe a) he didn't want to kill unnecessarily and b) Luda's life was at stake so like I get it okay so I don't like the 'just mortal' thing they brought it to sort of drive darklina soulmates agenda home because lmao that is not why okay I get Baghra's points but I don't like her, she like made more sense in the books her position on merzost is true to the books but like her pacifist stance is not the same and it just doesn't make sense okay I like the poc tidemaker in their company the score when the king's men soon to be volcra confront the darkling is impeccable that blast of darkness that we see spread outwards from him was very cool dunno how I feel about him hyperventilating and the fold flowing from him like an inky black liquid god, the score when baghra asks alek 'what did you do' is so eerie and beautiful that transition was on fucking point HOW IS KANEJ IS SO ON POINT I SIMPLY CANNOT the Inej Jesper bond is so beautiful I love it okay I love and hate how they refer to Inej's horrible time at the Menagerie so briefly and yet try to add so much impact to it omg why is Jesper about to make me cry cut to Malina huddled together? okay, show god I hate how the amplifier storyline is so incredibly poorly developed the stag is so beautiful I can't 'maybe there's another way to do this'?! again with the sgegehshshsjsjs I hate it here, fucking explain it at least okay fine the shot of Alina lighting up as she touches the stag and smiling with the soft violin in the back was beautiful now time to say bye to the stag and cry I guess okay I love zoya, she feels very authentic to book 1 zoya with maybe a few tweaks we love to see a man with plot armour uwu okay Alina my fucking queen taking out the arrow would cause him to bleed out faster why would you do that the dumbassery okay alek you overdramatic bitch I LOVED THE LIGHT SHIELD lmao I'm gonna cry at how nasal and supervillain-y the Darkling sounds when he says 'you can't save them all Alina' like okay king maybe that line could have better delivery I'm so sorry I love you so much I'm still a BB stan 'you've lost too much blood' maybe if you wouldn't have taken the arrow out you dumbass 'you said you wouldn't hurt him' nobody said that Alina but I get it you've been through a lot you're obviously not thinking love the cut, she's always cool 'miss starkov' you're in tsarist russia stfu ono I'm not prepared for this Kanej scene I need several minutes they're so perfect 'Jesper fixed your cane' I see you writers thinking they're clever omg Amita shivering from the cold babe I'm so proud of you you're so incredibly cool I love his little jaw movements before he says 'you were right' and her composing herself before turning around due to the shock of hearing these words from Kaz's mouth okay we've all talked about the voice break when he says 'she's real' so I will not dwell on it but it was beautiful the little head bend after he says 'and you' as if catching himself before saying 'and jesper' yes sir that was very convincing AAAAAHHHH IT'S HAPPENING I CAN'T COPE yeah okay fuck you I'm crying Kaz's expression at 'I can't go back to the Menagerie' being literally 'I can't believe
you think I'll ever let that happen' you fucking idiots I hate you and how much you love each other you are disgusting David so much so as breathes I love him Him saying 'Im going to place this around your neck' comedic genius David looks so sad my baby angel it's not your fault get that man's true name out of your mouth Starkov you're not supposed to know it let alone say it in front of other people aleksander this is the first time I've truly disliked you, you fucking asshole, Alina my love please don't believe him (why am I saying it like I haven't read the books and watched this already) LUKE HAVING ACTUAL TEARS IN HIS EYES AS HE PLACES THE ANTLERS AT HER NECK WHY IS HE SO GOOD AAAAAAAAA I didn't notice Ivan slowing her heart on my first watch, is that to reduce the pain ouch I am even more sad now okay Jessie you did it again Emmy time for all of these people okay the violin being sad and terrifying this is so good Luke being sad, Jessie literally crying I fucking can't do this anymore 'this is my power' 'but now I control it' really? that was the best you could do at this scene that is meant to have this great of an impact? him sort of pushing her down made me even more upset I'm so mad right now Freddie's microexpression with the eye when Inej says 'Jes has a point' Jessie looks so perfectly shell-shocked, I love them so so much the prosthetic's so gross, I love it so much DAISY HEAD IS THE PERFECT GENYA I WILL ACCEPT NO COMPLAINTS She brought me to tears and I love it Alina pointing out the Darkling's role in Genya's circumstances this early on, we love to see a well deserved call out it seemed very unlikely to me that Kaz would agree to go home empty handed but I do think it would make sense to cut their losses at a certain point I love the Kribirsk camp sets far too much, they seem to have literally leapt out of the books the darkling coming to see Mal seems very fanservice-ey and not at all adding to the plot in any way but I love it Archie bringing that youthful brashness to Mal that we all know he would have is wonderful mal calling the darkling 'shadow man' lmao I'm gonna cry 'you are a child' yeah Alek babe it's best you don't talk about that Alina is of the same age as he is I wanna go to Ben Barnes' school of nose acting because god damn Archie perfectly bringing to life Mal's realisation of the impact that Alina's immortality will bring to their life together oof sir you don't understand how perfect it is that Ben's eyes are actually that dark 'you'll wish you killed me here' it's okay honey you lost this one the Crows being the Crows I love them can we please have Jesper wearing the Zemeni man's red suit be a stepping stone to him wearing fancy clothes of outrageous colours like lime green and orange in the six of crows timeline because the fans will lose their shit and you know it Inej looking fucking fabulous in her suit I can't Kanej smiling at their crazy little bi son's antics okay can we talk about Milo literally saving the day because writer's room im looking at you you're a bunch of crazy mfers and I love you but I also hate you also I get that Mal's a tracker but would he actually have food in his pocket I know this joke has been made before but like Mal pretending to be asleep after waking the guard up is every teenager pretending to be asleep when their parents come to check on them in the middle of the night omg it's the scene those beautiful gauzy curtains at the door of the tent, I want them so bad 'you are special' he says standing stiffly at the door with a creepy inflection why am I suddenly an anti wtf I want his kefta so bad though 'my parents' I love that the show added her losing her parents to him as well because well it makes him even more villanous in her eyes doesn't it no matter what she might have felt for him uwu first fight as a couple (I'm kidding please stop) I love Jessie as Alina so much darkles don't even go off comparing being Grisha to being half-shu you can't compare experiences of being the other that interchangeably yes baby call him out on his
hypocrisy man I'm so conflicted like I understand his motivations and his story so well but like how is this helping okay but Alina's expression changing ever so slightly at him saying 'you and me' stop breaking my fucking heart assholes why is Jessie breaking my heart more on this watch than Ben did on the first one I knew it before he said it but I still gasped when he did on my first watch the little head tilt after he says it still with tears in his fucking eyes man I love this show this was the most devastating break up I have ever experienced and I will not accept any counter arguments okay actual villain time we love to see it sir please don't erotically remove her cloak you have long lost the right again I knew it before they said it but them saying it had me screaming WHAT A GLORIOUS EPISODE
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allkinds-oftrash · 3 years ago
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Ya girl is watching the latest HSM series ep and Imma live blog it hshshs and will add my reactions under the cut so it doesn't end up a long post. Anyways, let's goo:
AHHHH THE MORNING SHOW WITH GINA AND EJ WE LOVE TO SEE IT
They really said we're gonna let life imitate art with Nini and Olivia huh
Ricky was SUPPORTIVE??? Damnn I really thought we gonna get a classic Ricky tantrum....
But also wow sir that sounds salty and should definitely talk to someone abt how you're feeling...A therapist maybe 👀
I know we needed to contextualise how Ricky felt abt the song but I really wanted to see Nini's interview in full!!
Sebby you're so cute I do wanna see yall do DEH
Shjshshs not the rights not being available for another 5 years 😭😭
I dunno how they're in great shape and closer to the Menkies Gold after not having a single proper rehearsal, but go off Miss Jenn
Omg honestly Kourt's costumes are always amazing and on point Imma excited to see it
Kourt is such a simp we love to see it
Carlos is so pissy this episode we love to see it shshhs
Also love the way Seb calms him down and keeps him nice it's such a funny dynamic
"We had 20 people make our Belle dress over 50 hours" Okay North High shut the fuck up
I'm calling it now the reason North High knows so much is cos Howie is the leak and Kourt has been unwittingly telling him. The way her phone keeps going off as they discuss how North High knows everything is really good foreshadowing if my prediction is right
Also like her phone went off just as Carlos said "How did they know that?" THAT'S PEAK FORESHADOWING
If Howie ain't in North High, I dunno what Tim is doing
GSJAGSHAH KOURTNEY MAKING ABS FOR EJ I CANNOT
"I have abs" We know sweetie
"I PADDED THE THUSH FOR YOU" "AWW THANKS KOURT I NEEDED THAT" THIS INTERACTION IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS SO FUNNY!! I love that it is now canon that EJ has abs but no butt love that for him
Okay but like damn these costumes are great!! North High can fuck right off with its high end ones I just wanna see lowkey homemade costumes by students; I'd watch a Broadway show if I wanted to see professional costumes okay
Damn Carlos has killer eyesight clocking in that mask in the trunk
GINA BBY DON'T SAY THAT AND HAHSGSH NINI NUDGING HER WAS SO FUNNY
Nini's little look over at Gina was like "Omg you guys my girlfriend is so cute and dumb" GINI STANS HOW WE FEELING?
Miss Jenn don't be that naive, your boyfriend probably put them up to it
That Insta page is prophetic with their timing tbh; all the info is a leak obviously looking at your Howie but like the timing of it all. Those kiddos don't know that they are discussing the stolen mask at this exact moment (Kourt has put down her phone after Carlos snapped at her so Howie doesn't know they are talking abt it rn)
"We don't dance with the enemy" *cuts to her dancing with Zackey later*
SEBBY WEARING THE TEACUP COSTUME OMG HE'S GOING MAKE SUCH A CUTE CHIP (yes I am still mad Seb/Joe was robbed but Imma fangirl over the costume anyway)
Wtf why does North High look so expensive - they are literally in the same district as East High right??? How did they get this much funding
North High is a very artsy and rich for a public school; they should have had Nini go here instead of YAC tbh (like this campus feels like what YAC should have been) NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERESTING STORYLINE
Seblos' dynamic IS ON POINT THIS EP I really love my bois so much and their back and forth is hilarious
Shhshs DIANE who loves volleyball and North High okay I totally believe it
WHY ARE RED AND ASHLYN SO KINKY EVERY DAMN EPISODE TIM THESE ARE UNDERAGED CHARACTERS STOP IT
Shshsh we love Gina knowing herself and practicing self control by volunteering to be the lookout
Omg yall listen to Carlos and stfu they are so lucky no one saw or heard them yelling Wildcats
Oh no no no no no Miss Jenn you gonna get sucked in; this is gonna be so messy
Omg I saw someone post about this scene before I watched the ep YALL ARE RIGHT THAT BOI HITTING ON GINA IS SO FINE Babes go for that one, not EJ
NOT THEM FAKE DATING UGH E W TIM STOP MAKING ROMANTIC PORTWELL A T H I N G I honestly do not understand how some of yall can ship it romantically knowing Sofia is a whole underaged babey and Matty is a whole ass grown man - like I get the appeal of the Wonderstudies getting together and they do have chemistry but the irl age gap is creepy and outweighs the appeal of shipping them romantically
As I always say; Portwell/Wonderstudies should be a BROTP not an OTP
Ugh Brotp Portwell would have clocked Lily right away; romantic Portwell making googly eyes at each other isn't helping anyone
Living for Nini getting the recognition she deserves - I really like her solo arc this season she's so much more interesting without Ricky tbh
Aww Kourt you simp I love her and I'm so happy she's happy I wanna be wrong about Howie being a North High kid
Where is the mask??
OHMYGOD THESE KIDS COMING IN LIKE A HORROR MOVIE
Lily really wishes she was Jesse St. James huh; you could never Lily so stop
Andrew Barth Feldman and his cute little French accent I love him so much
Hnng Miss Jenn gonna get manipulated by this hoe. Omg wowow Zackey really is a hoe, making out with another girl before the show THE AUDACITY OF HIM SAYING MISS JENN WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH I WILL THROW HANDS WITH THIS MOFO
Wait the kids didn't steal it BUT WHAT IF ZACKEY DID
Ssjsgfajhdfg I CANNOT WITH ANDREW'S ACCENT but I can't tell if its really bad or really good but I'm also confused why didn't they just cast a French person as Antonie shshhs Antoine is adorableee and a little shit the best type of character
Lily is so annoying b y e sis bye and Olivia Keegan is talented I just wish they didn't make her character such a cartoony villain type
"How about if we bop to the top" SEBBY I LOVE YOU AND NEVER STOP BEING SO CUTE I SWEAR and Awww Carlos called him Honey I am s o f t
Hnng why do these fools are really gonna give into North High calling them chickens
OHHH NO SHE DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT ABOUT ASHLYN FUCK A DANCE OFF I AM ABOUT TO THROW HANDS WITH A 16 YEAR OLD
"She told us not to dance with the enemy. She's better than this" No Sebby, she's not *cuts to her dancing with Zackey* AND OMG THE WAY I SAW THIS EDIT COMING BEFORE IT CAME
Ooooh I like this song wayyy more whatever the mess The Mob Song became (when I first heard it drop on Spotify yesterday) Around You is such a great song musically and lyrically very relevant to these two and gosh I love their voices together
They have so much chemistry damn, go home Mike (well he technically has oop) and Mr. Mazzara
YES YOU DO MISS JENN YOU ALWAYS HAD IT
Oh god this is the scene from the trailer; she's gonna make a move on Ricky isn't she?? Leave him alone Lily he doesn't need a 3rd girl to be confused about he needs a therapist
Lily shut the fuck up with quasi; STOP TRYING TO MAKE QUASI HAPPEN
"I love Nini's song" Sure, Jan.
...Okay yes you should have called him out but don't bait him LIKE THAT oop there's the scene from the trailer
Ohmygod is Andrew Barth Feldman gonna hit on Ashlyn
Okay this is so cute but also I am VERY annoyed with the way this show handles its characters like they aren't relevant or important unless they get into a relationship or a love triangle?? That's such a shitty way to give out screentime and arcs to characters. Is it not enough to develop the characters on their own and strengthen their friendship???
HUH TIM why you so obsessed with compulsory heterosexuality??(well also homosexuality for Seblos but they are the only ones I'm not annoyed with their relationship cos its a hella big step for Disney to have a gay couple and their relationship isn't in our faces or overshadows the plot and its just spinkles of cuteness every time they interact - they are honestly who Rini wishes they were; besties in love. They are a couple that Tim should be taking notes from; leave the relationship drama in the background, focus on the theatre and friendship aspect of everything)
My mini rant aside; this is a very adorable interaction between Ashlyn and Antoine.
"TOM HOLLAND ON STILTS" GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE WITH THAT COMPARISON I AM SCREAMING ANTOINE THAT'S SO FUNNY
This is so funny he keeps picking out the hottest guys of the group; as if he himself isn't the French version of Big Red they look super alike ngl shshsh
WHY YOU RUIN IT WITH THAT ANTOINE I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU
Drama between Antoine and Red is already spicing up shshsh I cannot
Why are you so dramatic with the shuffle Lily gtfo of here...also this doesn't make sense?? She wasn't even on a BATB playlist; what if a non BATB song came on ahahah
Good to know they aren't big fans of The Mob Song like I am Awww EJ you cutie, okay I will appreciate the OG Mob Song just for you
OH WAIT HE PROLLY LIKES IT COS ITS A GASTON LED SONG TIM GIMME THE EJ SOLO I DESERVE IN THIS NUMBER
I'm being robbed of Gaston for the last 7 eps I at least deserve an EJ solo for compensation
The way the set looks straight out of Broadway but also like omg the blue lighting and fancy stage gave me intense flashbacks to that Glee episode where Vocal Adrenaline sang Bohemian Rhapsody
RICKY STOP BEING SALTY AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND LIKE A NORMAL PERSON
OMG THE SUBTITLES SAID ITS HOWIE SINGING AS THE BEAST I FUCKING CALLED IT
Howie you hoe you gonna break my girl Kourtney's heart
Yeah...still not a fan of Antoine's Dance Remix
Yall know Gina would kill the dance number if she wasn't wearing that fit
Okay but it's Gaston led song WHY DOES EVERYONE BUT EJ HAVE A SOLO IN THIS SONG??
First the Beasts led it (Howie sounded better than Ricky ngl), then the Lumieres (their voices worked hella well together; I always forget what a talented singer Frankie is THEY NEED TO GIVE HIM A SOLO SONG) and now the Belles are going at it (Ashlyn's voice is superior)
BIG RED BEING JEALOUS AND SALTY IS SO FUNNY ITS LIKE A PUPPY BEING ANGRY I CRI
...Did anyone really win, Lily??? STFU
CARLOS IS RIGHT AND HE SHOULD SAY IT
Oooh I did see someone talk about this when the Rose Song dropped last week, apparently its illegal to add songs to a musical you're doing for a school play; I really thought the show would brush past that irl rule but I guess they are playing into it
THE WAY EVERYONE TURNED TO EJ FOR THE SPORTS METAPHOR I AM D Y I N G AND HIS FACE WAS GOLDEN! ITS LIKE THAT LISA SIMPSON MEME SHHSHSH
Okay Nini is being a little pissy about leaving her song out of the show and its a little selfish to wanna keep it at the risk of being disqualified but I also understand why she's hurt
Everyone is dog piling on her right now being against her idea and it feels like they are being against her song and her herself instead of them not wanting to be disqualified. Also like she poured her heart and soul into the song after Miss Jenn lowkey rushed her to write it. So I can see why this feels like a rejection of her and her song and why she's so hurt rather than her seeing the big picture right now
It doesn't help that Ricky said the final blow causing her to walk off
Okay maybe Zackey gets some rights for being chill and wanting the kids to be peers
THIS MOTHERFUCKER I KNEW HE WAS SHADY Also the way I gasped even though I predicted he stole the mask halfway through this ep shshsh
Stab him Miss Jenn STAB HIM
Bitch why you so threatened by East High if yall have such a Broadway-esque show planned??? They honestly should have stuck to the Little Mermaid; I really wanted to see the aquarium
"It's just a song Ricky" "A song can mean everything" Do you get deja vu? Anyone else getting intense flashbacks to Jan when DL first dropped and all the drama happened 👀
YES PLEASE STAY CO ANCHORS Gosh I love them so much esp once you take the romantic connotations out of their interactions
ROUGE GRAND I'M SCREAMING
I love this long take of checking in with everyone's relationship status (still hate how romantically focused this show has become but still a cool shot)
I K N E W IT I WAS RIGHT
Okay but like looking at Kourtney's face I have never wanted to be wrong so bad GOD I HATE IT HERE I really think he likes her and I hope they work it out
Nini setting up her own music acc feels like when Olivia rebranded her whole IG to be just for her music stuff - love this for both of them
AHHHHH SHE'S NINA NOW YALL
I know everyone loves her as Nini but like I have always loved the name Nina and it really suits her to be honest also shows how she's growing up now and kind of leans into the lyric "I won't be confined to your point of view" from The Rose Song because Nini is the nickname Ricky gave her so it shows that she's outgrowing him too and I love that for her!
Overall thoughts; they really crammed all the North High drama into one ep huh. Personally would have liked it if all of this was spread out throughout the last few episodes; like different hijinks for every episode. I'm just a big fan of properly setting up the overall arc over the season instead of patching it together closer to the climax/end of the show. Cos now it lowkey feels like two different seasons - 2A felt like The Rini/Rina Show esp with YAC storyline and whatever was going on with Rina and now 2B is finally feeling like what this season should have been all this time
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nineteensixtieschikadee · 7 years ago
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Jon Targaryen Confirmed // Personal feelings on R x E "annulment" situation
To be completely fair, this post will touch base on topic of “shipping” however, the overall main topic of this discussion is about the overall theme of Human Complexity. Just to make the fandom aware and stfu x)
I have a lot of feelings for the recent reveal of the new episode of Game of Thrones. On the one hand, I’m so fucking overjoyed that Jon is not a bastard Targaryen but in fact a true born–like what he has always wished for. On the other hand, I’m am somewhat disappointed of the show’s handling of the reveal.
I mean if you couldn’t already tell, I’m literally the biggest R x L shipper and I will always stan them no matter what. However, as a hardcore Song of Ice and Fire book reader, I am kinda disappointed on how the show runners decided to handle the whole R x L x E complexity and storyline. Don’t get me wrong, I really do wish and speculate that R x L did secretly get married and I hope we get this canon in TWOW. However, what I dislike about the show’s handling of this situation is the immediate disposal of Elia Martell. Let’s get this right: I don’t ship R x E. I don’t ship two people who weren’t in love with each other. However no one can deny, that Elia Martell was not that important. Real talk, she was in fact just as important because without her, there would be no complexity in the whole R + L = J storyline.
One of the major things that the general audience of Game of Thrones frequently forget, is the main theme of human complexity. Book readers already understand this because GRRM has frequently and vocally stated that there is no point in writing a story if it’s characters are not in conflict with itself. Whenever I go onto the R X L tag on Tumblr, I always find myself baffled because I see “ship-wars” everywhere. Especially in a big loving fandom like GOT, it amazes me that one plotline can split us. So many of you guys, whoever you ship, do not understand the main theme of GOT//ASOIAF. All you care about is calling Rhaegar an ass, or Elia deserving better or Lyanna being a hypocrite; just because it threatens your ships. Which is highly unfair because it disregards everything that the book series is for and it erases the complexity of these characters. Which is what the show has done. It has simplified the whole complexity of the R x L x E storyline and erases the complexity of it’s characters, while making a fan fiction out of it.
In the books it is stated over and over again that Elia Martell and Rhaegar Targaryen were not in love with each other. They did love each other, however it was only platonically. They were very close companions. Nevertheless, in the book the World of Ice and Fire, it says that despite not being in love with Rhaegar, Elia was still happy. Their relationship was platonic as R had married her out of duty. Though he also loved her enough that put a strain on him and his father, for the Mad King did not like Elia and made racial remarks to her. Though this fact is only one part of the whole R x L x E complexity. I am and always will be a firm believer that R & L were in love. Though I will always admit that Elia played a part in their story too.
Which is why I’m pissed that the show decided to go with an “annulment” of Rhaegar and Elia to further simplify this storyline. Historically and logically in a Song of Ice and Fire, annulments did not fucking exist. It did not exist in this story and story wise, it doesn’t make fucking sense for Rhaegar to split with Elia in order to make Jon legitimate. I’m sure that GRRM would make Jon a legitimate Targaryen only because it fits so well with the story; and that if he were a bastard Stark and a bastard Targaryen, there honestly would be no point in the story, and it makes the whole R x L x E storyline less complex. Grrm is all about story and character complexity, which is why an annulment doesn’t make sense. It lessens the complexity of these characters, and it makes me love R x L even less.
The reason why I stan and love R x L so much is because of how complex they are. I love them so much because we barely know anything about them except for the stories that all these unreliable narrators tell us. They are ambiguous, intriguing, and mysterious. In the story, an annulment doesn’t exist because the faith of the 7 is a recognized religion and the only way for one to be recognized as “split” would be if your spouse had died. Or if it was unconsummated. Technically. The whole complexity of this marriage is due to in fact that Rhaegar was married Elia as he could also have been married to Lyanna. For this to work, it would have been a polygamous marriage.
This is where we get into speculation territory, so these are my opinions only. I ask that we have a respectable discussion underneath this post:
I really want to believe that R x L were married. And ever since the end of a Dance of Dragons, I have been shipping Rhaegar and Lyanna. That was years ago though, before the whole general audience was aware of this whole R+L=J theory. Tbh, ever since the whole reveal became semi-confirmed I’ve been annoyed because everyone jumped to conclusions about all these characters and it erased everything unique about them. I want to believe that R & L did in fact get married, however R was married before to Elia. This creates a contraction to the theory but it also makes everything more complex. Which is why I disagree on the whole annulment fan fiction thing going on. It lessens everything about the story. If it was canon in the books, I would perhaps be a bit more accepting, but it hasn’t happened yet. And I doubt an annulment will happen.
Elia is seen to be as kind, and most importantly, smart. She wasn't just a "delicate flower." She was Dornish. she was a viper. She was intelligent and politically smart too. What people seem to forget is that Elia was in fact also aware of the Prince that was Promised prophecy. It is part of the reasons why she and Rhaegar married. And she understood that. That’s why she attempted to give him 3 children, but only succeeded with two. She could not give a third because it could’ve killed her. She too, along with Rhaegar attempted to fulfill this prophecy. But she couldn’t help fulfill a part of it. I don’t want to go much into detail of my speculations, in fear of causing another fandom war here, but Elia was smart. She was good, and she was gentle. And kind. And witty. And clever. She could have been cunning too if she tried. And there would be no way in hell that she would allow Rhaegar to dispose and humiliate it her like the way he did, if by some wide speculation that she wasn’t in on it too. Which makes it even more complex. I’m also a firm believer that R x L did get married, however under the faith of the Old Gods. Elia and Rhaegar married under the faith of the 7. Which is also plausible in making Jon legitimate, considering the polygamous marriages ended with Baelor the Blessed. It also makes it again, even more complex.
Like I said, one of the main themes of ASOIAF is character and story complexity. Jamie Lannister is one of the easiest examples given of character complexity. Did Elia deserve better, yes she did. Though that doesn’t mean she wasn’t as innocent as everyone claims her to be. She is neither good nor is she bad. She’s complex. And possibly the most because we don’t know anything about her. That goes for Rhaegar too. People praise him, but also call him an ass. Without fully taking consideration of the theme of human complexity. He was neither bad, nor was he truly good as well. The same importantly goes for Lyanna. Everyone knows that Lyanna was strong, fierce and wilful. She didn’t want to marry Robert because she knew that he would never keep to one bed. “Love is sweet dearest Ned. But it cannot change a man’s nature.” which in turn if she married Rhaegar, it would make her a hypocrite. Which is why it makes her character even more fucking complex. Unless by some chance, Elia for unknown reasons gave her regards and allowed Lyanna and Rhaegar to get married under the Old Gods. Either for love or to fulfill a prophecy, whatever.
The fact that we don’t know almost anything about these 3 characters leave them to be the 3 most complex and important main characters of the story. With Rhaegar being the most complex of the complex. Which is why I disagree with the annulment in the show. The fact that they chose to dispose Elia like that, to make things simpler, annoys me. Because without Elia, there would be no story. Rhaegar and Lyanna only make up half of the song of ice and fire story. Without Elia, it would not be complete. There would be no story, there would be no complexity. There would be no Jon Snow. Without Elia, what theme would the story have without her. There is an importance of Elia’s character, and the fact that even Elia fans wants to imagine this character as only sweet and innocent. It takes away from her character complexity. It takes away from the story complexity if you only imagine one character as one defining quality. Rhaegar is not innocent, nor is he evil. Lyanna is not as honorable, though she is not a coward. And Elia is not as innocent nor is she as favorable. She is complex. And that’s what I love about ASOIAF. Because of it’s theme of human complexity. And how it handles the story. Human complexity is heart of the story and it is the most important aspect of GOT.
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loavesofoaves · 7 years ago
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GOT 7 x 06 rant
Got busy and didn’t write a recap, but basically everyone with common sense has already dragged this episode through the trash, so do I really need to heap my two cents on top? I guess the thing that I find the most SHOCKING is how many people I know—people who have read the books, who consider themselves feminists, who read a lot in general—are still salivating over GoT and excusing its gaping plotholes and poor characterization. I honestly think everyone is so in love with the meme culture and hype that surrounds the show that they don’t want to actually have to think about it.
So yeah, I am salty and bitter. I’m salty and bitter that one of the greatest fantasy deconstruction novels has this shit show of an adaptation. I’m salty and bitter that D&D can get away with their lazy, poorly planned, misogynistic agenda. I’m salty and bitter that this show receives little to no scrutiny while well-written, feminist, lbgtq-friendly, thoughtful shows get picked apart or cancelled. My beef isn’t that GoT is popular; I’m bitter that it wins Emmys and is considered high-brow television. It hasn’t been for years.
Shoving aisde the ridiculous logistics of this episode (which everyone has already picked apart) [like how fast it took Gendry to get back, how Daenerys got a raven and was there in only a matter of hours, how only the red coats and Thoros died, how Jon survived and didn’t got hypothermia]...
I guess here are the top 5 things I’m most mad about:
—What they have done to my beloved Stark sisters is unwatchable. Arya has turned into an asshole dudebro from the westeros.org forums who blames Sansa for everything because of one letter written under duress that even Cat and Robb knew was forced. “I would’ve let them kill me.” BITCH YOU WERE TYWIN’S CUPBEARER. It’s not that this will never happen in the books that has my raving (although it certainly won’t), it’s that this subplot doesn’t even make sense by the show’s canon. Also, did Maisie Williams forget how to act this season? She just walks around with that same asshole tone with her hands behind her back and I’m like, this isn’t Arya???? And I actually laughed out loud when she had a bag full of rubber masks from the Halloween store. Like my mind is blown on how stupid and contrived this subplot is. Let’s just kill Littlefinger and be done with this pain. You girls deserved better then an entire season of arguing over petty things. And I deserve better than to hear how this show “empowers” women when it gives its female characters bullshit storylines like this one.
—Jonerys. Just. Jonerys. Mark my words, between this and D&D romanticizing Jaime/Cersei, there will be a rise in incest, or at least the idea that it should be socially acceptable. But from a purely narrative standpoint, I just cannot suspend my disbelief that based on a few conversations over the course of three episodes that this is a love story. Plus, it doesn’t help that there’s no chemistry and this relationship has to be proven by other characters making it happen. I’m not mad that Jonerys is happening (I fully expect it—or Dany x Aegon—to happen in the books); I’m mad that people think that this is the ultimate love story in this show when these characters barely know each other. I think people just wanted it to happen so badly they’ll accept whatever, even if it’s poorly developed. (Guilty as charged when it came to NaruHina in Naruto.)
—God does this show love to shit on my boy Sandor Clegane or WHAT. I had my hopes up because he had one of the few in-character and watchable scenes of this season in episode 1, but it’s so sad that such an interesting character has been reduced to comic relief. Between invalidating Gendry’s trauma over being sexually assaulted, having no respect for Thoros’ death, spending a scene talking about DICKS with Tormund and just being an idiot in general like WHO is this asshole and WHY is he here. Also wtf at him responding to Tormund by saying “I hate gingers.” Like, is ginger even a CONCEPT in Westeros? As Tormund himself put it, it’s called “being kissed by fire” (and was it just me or was he hitting on Sandor? I could be behind that as long as it got him to STFU about Brienne. Yet ANOTHER ship that everyone needs to stop blabbing about when it has no development beyond Tormund being a fucking creep. But I digress.) But more importantly, saying he hates gingers is a LIE (hello Helga Pataki?). Oh and can we talk about how his fear of fire seems to fluctuate based on whether D&D think it will be “dramatically satisfying” or not?
—Why was GENDRY even there? Bringing this character back has had even less payoff than Sandor, especially when neither of them have mentioned their relationship with the Stark sisters. And why is he known to be the fastest all of a sudden? He just really didn’t develop in any way, so it begs the question on why he was brought back at this time.
—And speaking of thankless roles...Benjen. Joseph Mawle must be so confused but whatever, it’s a paycheck. Not only was his coming out of nowhere to save Jon so contrived and ridiculous, but his death had no meaning because he is just a plot device at this point. Fucking Viserion has had more screentime and development. And no time for Jon to reflect “my uncle who I’ve been looking for for YEARS is actually alive (sort of) but then he died” or for Daenerys to reflect on her baby dying because SEXY INCEST. Ugh. Gag me.
One more episode but at this rate, season 7 is even worse than season 5 imo.
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