#clexa manipulation

[fatalfaeri]

Buffyverse AU & Requests Art Post

Just a small-ish post of my artwork. These are for personal use only; please do not alter or repost. Reblogs are fine, but credit me, please!

Born This Way (Zen Wood, Buffy AU) Angel or Devil? (Damon Salvatore, Request) Empty Beginning (Unknown F/Daryl Dixon, Request) Father, Tell Me Lies (Angelus & Aurora, Buffy AU) Fire & Ice (Zen/Aurora, Buffy AU) For You (Clark/Lexa, The 100, Request) Goddess of the Dawn (Aurora, Buffy AU) How Do You Talk to an Angel? (Zen, Buffy AU) Monster (OFC, Request) Credits: DaFont stock.xchng (now SCX/FreeImages) Apple & Cinnamon, Carpe Diem (my dead art sites) Daydreaming (dead site) Black Lagoon (dead site) Primordial Souls (dead site) Misplaced Moments, Belladonna (dead sites) Google

If you see a resource that's yours, please let me know so I can credit!

[gritandoengay]

I only come on this app like once every two or three months to reblog fan art of whatever wlw ship I'm currently hyper fixating on and then dip. I'm Old TM by fandom standards and have spent way too much time in the trenches of fandom discourse to have the energy for that again, I've done my time. I'm not here to write a lengthy essay defending Caitlyn and/or CaitVi - no, I'm here simply to share an observation:

Many of you Caitlyn and CaitVi haters are super predictable.

Y'all have been regurgitating the same talking points since fucking 2014. Might not be the same people (god I hope it's not), but it's the same. thing. every. time. Doesn't matter the genre of the show or what happens between the characters, y'all will trot out the same reheated arguments.

"Caitlyn is a fascist dictator and you are a N*zi if you support her"

Is just reheated "Lexa is a fascist dictator" and "Catra is a fascist dictator" and "Edelgard is a fascist dictator." I would argue that Caitlyn is actually the least morally grey of that group, but anyway, it's "curious" how all these properties have equally (or even more) morally grey male characters that get rehabed by the fandom while the wlw are irredeemable fascists that only N*zis would like.

"CaitVi is a toxic relationship, Caitlyn is a domestic abuser that physically beats up Vi all the time and/or manipulates her"

None of these points are supported at all by the text imo, but anyway, it's the same language used to describe Clexa and Catradora and god knows how many other wlw ships in shows with popular non-wlw ships that have very similar dynamics. Even compared to other popular Arcane ships, this accusation is super hypocritical given how TimeBomb beat the shit out of each other in season 1 and Jayce literally blasts a hole in Viktor's chest for plot reasons. I would also like to point out that the super harmful stereotype of lesbians being domestic abusers was born out of wildly misinterpreted statistics of domestic abuse in real life.

"JayVik and/or Timebomb is actually more queer than CaitVi"

Is just badly reheated pasta made from the same ingredients as "Makorra is actually more queer than Korrasami" and "Bellarke is actually more queer than Clexa" and "Hordtrapta is actually more queer than Catradora" and "Dimileth is actually more queer than Edeleth" and "Huntlow is actually more queer than Lumity" , the arguments are always just as nonsensical because there's just flat out no such thing as a same sex ship being "less queer" than any other ship.

CaitVi literally fuck, on screen, in a sex scene that has literally won a god damn award and went on to become the most captured moment in all of godman Netflix. Regardless of your opinion on the ship, that visibility is important. The fact that a whole theater full of people started screaming as loudly as a jet engine with executives from Riot to hear it all is important.

The final scene of the show is literally them snuggling in front of the fire place and promising to always be together. That's gay as fuck. So, stop embarrassing yourself with this regurgitated "X canon wlw ship isn't as queer as -" nonsense, which btw, is just an extension of real life same sex relationships between women not being taken seriously because society overall still centers men in romance and can't fathom a romantic relationship not involving a man. Y'all know you can't even debate me on this in fandom spaces because all I have to do is point at the number of mlm and f/m fics on ao3 vs the crumbs that big fandoms give wlw ships.

Now on to the excuses and disclaimers that are trotted out.

"I can't be misogynistic I'm a woman-" Yes, yes you can. If you think that only conservative women can suffer from internalized misogyny, boy do I have years of working in leftist organizing spaces to dispel that notion. If you think that fandom spaces are somehow immune to misogyny- lol. Lmao. See the above point about mlm and f/m fics on ao3.

"I can't be lesbophobic/biphobic I'm literally queer -" Yes, yes you can. Both intersect with misogyny, and see the above point about misogyny. You can be a biphobic lesbian, you can be a lesbophobic bisexual, you can even be a biphobic bisexual and a lesbophobic lesbian. Wild, I know, thank the cis- heteropatriarchy.

"I can't be racist because I'm a POC -" Yes, yes you absolutely fucking can. I also have other news for you - despite how much some of you fuckers want to pretend Caitlyn isn't East Asian because of racist assumptions of what East Asians should look like and/or be depicted like in media, she is, and she's important rep, especially in a time when anti-East Asian (and Asian in general) bigotry has been rising in Western countries. No amount of "ACAB BLM Free Palestine" tags in your profile will make you immune from being racist. This leads me to a related point -

Y'all love to scream about wanting more rep with sapphic woc, but then when that rep comes, you tear it down or center other ships. Korrasami is toxic, CaitVi is toxic, Tanthamore is boring, Lumity is fine but I prefer Huntlow, etc.

Furthermore, the only, and I mean only time that black sapphic characters will be mentioned will be to prop them up as good rep vs whatever wlw you hate, but then when I go to those black sapphic character's/ship's Tumblr and ao3 tags, nothing! It's a ghost town! Those characters get paid dust by both wlw fandoms and the people using them as props to hate on other wlw characters! This is definitely a call out to wlw fandoms too btw, I have yet to see a ship with a black sapphic character explode in popularity, and that's on us too.

So, what is the purpose of this rant? Well, I know that most people that read it will dig in and further entrench themselves in their hatred of Caitlyn and CaitVi, but I'm hoping that at least one person genuinely re-examines that hatred and where it might be coming from. You don't have to like Caitlyn or CaitVi, you can criticize the ship and the characters. But if your criticisms and hatred are almost beat for beat the same accusations that have been thrown at wlw ships in even wildly different shows and contexts, and/or you excuse male characters and non-wlw ships with similar dynamics, then it's time to do some soul searching.

Anyway, this has already been long enough. I'm doing policy advocacy with local LGBTQ organizations and will go back to working on that. Whatever your opinions of Caitlyn and CaitVi are, there are fascists out there in the real world to fight.

[clexmas24]

Hey everyone! Clexmas is right around the corner and will begin on the 16th of December this year, hope you’re ready! 

Clexmas is all about having all things Clexa that jingle with the holiday spirit. Reblog or send this post out to anyone you think will enjoy it! As a reminder here is how you can participate below. And our theme list for this year. 

How To Participate: Fanart, fanvids, fanfics, moodboards, photo manipulations, fic recs, anything that jingles Clexa with a Christmas/Holiday theme - let’s see it!

7 Days of Clexa: This will be 7 days of Holiday/Christmas themed posts. Reblog Share Repeat!

Send out ideas/prompts to your favorite writers and artists! Don’t forget to tag! 

#Clexmas24  #7DaysofClexa

Dec. 16 - Day 1: Home for the Holidays

Dec. 17 - Day 2: Naughty or Nice List

Dec. 18 - Day 3: Under the Mistletoe

Dec. 19 - Day 4: Snowed In

Dec. 20 - Day 5: Holiday Traditions

Dec. 21 - Day 6: Secret Santa

Dec. 22 - Day 7:  Free Day

[pamrak]

hello! hope youre having a great day! ive been following you since clexa days and i wanted to start watching gl tdramas because of the gifsets youve been making/reblogging recently but i have NO idea where to start, do you have any recs on what to start with? Thank you!

hiiiiii nonny! thank you, today's truly been a lovely day, can't complain. hope yours is going well too! and oh gosh, clexa days, that's so long ago 🥰

soooo i would definitely recommend starting with something that's finished so you're not going through the same torment the rest of us are, which is waiting a week between each episode 😂

However, if that doesn't bother you then my number 1 recommendation is to start with Us, which has become my favorite and most beloved Thai GL series.

Not gonna wax poetically about it (again) 'cause I actually did that in a different ask just yesterday (even though I totally could 😅), but in short - it's gorgeous, it's so well written, it has beautiful and complex characters, the love story is as intimate, domestic and wonderful as you can possibly imagine, the main pairing have the most amazing chemistry and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

It's currently airing and new episodes come out on saturdays, and you can find it on Youtube (and kisskh), and here's the trailer for it.

My highest recommendations for Thai GLs that are finished would probably be Pluto and The Secret of Us, and I suggest starting with either of the two.

Pluto is truly a drama in the full sense, with all the twists and turns and everything that comes with a drama series, the main pairing are played by Namtan Tipnaree and Film Rachanun, who have amazing chemistry and played their parts wonderfully.

The rest of the cast really works great alongside them and the story is about Ai-oon, the "disappointing" twin sister of Ob-oo, who ends up taking her sister's place (and her gf😅). Don't wanna spoil too much so i'm being really vague here, but expect to laugh, and possibly cry, a lot.

You can find Pluto 100% free here on youtube as well as here on kisskh.

The Secret of Us is a gorgeous drama that follows the love story of Dr. Fahlada and the ex that broke her heart, Earn. We see them reconnect and reignite an old flame that never really went out and the drama is full of silly, loveable, funny, sometimes heavy moments that are beautifully portrayed, and played by one of the industry's most popular and most successful gl pairing, Ling Ling Kwong and Orm Kornnaphat (they're also known as lingorm).

The first 3 episodes are on youtube, however you can find the complete series up on kisskh (free).

There's (can't believe I'm about to say this, what a glorious time to be alive) a bunch more finished Thai GL series that you can jump right into as well, here's a lil list for you (trailers and links included) mostly off the top of my head:

GAP trailer - office romance between the CEO and an employee (youtube ep1 'cause they have playlists for each ep 😩, kisskh) - the first gl i ever watched, the queen GL 😅- currently the most viewed gl series on youtube

Affair trailer - the title kinda says it 😂 but it's actually childhood friends to lovers with a lot of bumps along the way (youtube, kisskh)

Blank trailer - the love story of two women who have a sixteen year age gap between them that i actually really love a whole bunch (kisskh; not sharing the youtube link 'cause we're boycotting 9star studio)

Petrichor trailer - mystery/thriller/romance drama following the love story of office Tul and forensic doctor Cherran and it's awesome (kisskh)

Reverse 4 You - time manipulation powers meet lesbians! (it's awesome, i LOVE it) (youtube, kisskh) - trailer - there's also a currently airing GL that's set in the same universe, also with time manipulation powers, called Reverse With Me - trailer (kisskh)

23.5 trailer - highschool romance/secret admirer (youtube, kisskh)

The Loyal Pin trailer - a period drama following the love story of princess Anilaphat and Lady Pin (youtube, kisskh)

Apple my Love trailer - office romance/secret admirer (youtube, kisskh)

Mate trailer - childhood friends reunited and turned lovers (youtube, kisskh)

Love Senior trailer - college love story (with a lot of ups and downs) (youtube, kisskh)

Not a Thai drama but definitely a must-mention is a Taiwanese drama, Fragrance of the First Flower, which I've been going absolutely crazy over and highly recommend it as well! It's gorgeous, it's complex and nuanced, and currently has an amazing 2nd season airing. Trailer for S1 is here, S2 here, and you can watch it here.

Another must-mention is Friendly Rivalry, a korean GL drama (if i see another person say it's queer baiting i will go on a lil' murder spree 🔪) which I totally went insane over and will be a little feral about, for another couple of months at least. Trailer's here, and you can watch it here.

I'm missing a couple GLs here, I'd have to check my list of favorites, but I also suggest checking @girlsloveupdates pinned post for an extensive and great list of GL Series and all relevant updates.

This got extra long and I'm a little sorry about that (but not terribly so), hope it'll be helpful c: if you wanna come ask about anything or just shout your thoughts/impressions at me, I'd love that! Thank you for your ask and hope you have a wonderful time watching!

me, gently cradling every new gl series enjoyer:

[andreal831]

For all the main TVDU ships, what ship do you think they’re most similar to in another movie/show?

I couldn’t think of a better way to word that, so I have no idea if that makes any sense. An example would be darvey in suits = chenford in the rookie

This was kind of hard to think of, but I did my best.

Haylijah and Deckerstar (Lucifer)

I think this one goes without saying. Lucifer and Elijah have a lot of similar characteristics. They both are deeply problematic and do terrible things, but they don't want to be that person. While Hayley and Chloe are both intelligent, badass women who don't deal with other's bs. In both these ships, we have men who are used to getting what they want being challenged and they love it. I could definitely see Deckerstar being a AU of Haylijah.

Freelin and Kanej (Shadow and Bones)

Both these ships start out fairly problematic. Freya kidnaps and holds Keelin against her will, while Kaz essentially has to buy Inej and treats their relationship as nothing more than a contract. Both Kaz and Freya, because of their past trauma, are unable to allow themselves to truly be with the other, forcing Inej and Keelin to essentially give them an ultimatum. Both ships need each other despite how independent Kaz and Freya pretend to be.

Marbekah and Clace (Shadowhunters)

Not only do both ships have weird incestual undertones, but they both go through their ups and downs due to familial alliances. Jace and Rebekah for a while both struggled to find their footing in their romantic lives with their family (Klaus and Valentine) manipulating them away. They both have to learn to choose themselves and their loves over their family. It doesn't help that both of these ships' families are so entwined that it's hard to separate their relationships from their family drama.

Klamille and Clexa (The 100)

Both Klaus and Lexa both viewed themselves as rulers who thought love was a weakness. They were ready to go to war and kill anyone who stood in their way until a smart, blonde entered their lives. Cami and Clark are both from different worlds, Clark was from the "Sky People" and Cami the humans. Clark and Cami convince their significant others to see humanity in their people.

Kolvina and Supercorp (Supergirl)

Both ships meet with one of the partners concealing their true identity. Kol was hiding who he was to get close to Davina, while Kara was hiding that she was Supergirl to protect her identity. Despite Davina and Lena being hurt by the betrayal, they grow to understand it and still care for the other. While Kara and Kol both have the advantage of strength, Lena and Davina don't mess around when it comes to being protective. They may not have the physical strength, but it doesn't stop them from using their talents.

Jaiden and Malec (Shadowhunters)

Both ships started out as star-crossed lovers, Alec was sworn to fight demons like Magnus, while Aiden was taught not to trust vampires like Josh. Despite this, they have one of the purest ships in both shows. Them standing up for their love, despite people not fully accepting it, helps bridge the gaps between the factions.

Stelena and Bangel (Buffy)

You'll never convince me that Stelena wasn't based off of Bangel. Even how Stefan sees Elena and "just has to know her" is similar to Angel following Buffy to Sunnydale in order to protect her. Both Angel and Stefan battle their inner demons. They become monsters when they give into vampirism, but they are "cursed" with a soul that torments them. Elena takes on some Buffy characteristics when she begins to learn to fight vampires, but really it is her compassion and ability to see Stefan through his vampirism that makes them most similar.

Delena and Darklina (Shadow and Bones)

Of course, both these ships are enemies-to-lovers. Similar to Damon and Elena, the Darkling is the first person to make Alina feel seen with her powers. Or at least he makes her believe that, very much like Delena. The Darkling becomes a mentor to Alina, making her feel that he is the only one who can guide her, just as Damon, because of the sirebond, is the only one who can guide Elena through her transition. Both ships don't necessarily bring out the best in each other, rather they fall into the darkness together.

Bonenzo and Peraltiago (Brooklyn 99)

While these two shows are completely different genres, these two ships remind me of each other. You have the sensible, intelligent, badass woman who is used to having to take care of everything on her own and the goofy, charming, but intelligent man who will do everything for the woman they love. Enzo and Jake teach Bonnie and Amy that they don't need to be so independent. We get to see them finally be able to rely on someone in their life and it allows them to relax. They truly bring out such good sides of each other.

Steroline and Olicity (Arrow)

These ships are both friends-to-lovers, or more accurately, partners-in-crime-to-lovers. Both were incredibly slow, slow-burns that seemed to not be a possibility early in because of the canon source material. But they were each other's best friends. They trusted each other more than anyone. Oliver and Stefan struggled with their own darkness and Felicity and Caroline pulled them back.

Parkwood and Percabeth (Percy Jackson)

While Percy Jackson is still in the early seasons, if you've read the books, you know where it is headed. Parkwood even looks like the book version of Percabeth. But it's not just the looks. Liv is similar to Annabeth in the way she doesn't trust Percy at first. Percy has to prove himself to her. But once he does, Annabeth would never let anything happen to him. Liv is the same way with Tyler. The start was rough, but once she is loyal, that's it. Tyler, like Percy doesn't always come off like the most intelligent person, but he really is. He is loyal and brave and would do anything for those he loves. The ships are both based in trust and friendship.

Thanks for the ask! Let me know if I missed any ships <3

[taschas-clexafix]

Blue met green

Green met blue

Some things happen in every timeline in every universe. For Clarke & Lexa they always fell in love.

Sometimes they'd be enemies first but the tension. My gawd the tension! It was always there. Intense gazes and opposing ideas. Push and pull. Magnetism. How could they not give into it?

"You think our ways are harsh, but it's how we survive."

"Maybe life should be about more than just surviving. Don't we deserve better than that?"

"Maybe we do."

A step closer & a flutter of surprise. Lexa's lips capture Clarke's. It's almost a desperate plea to the universe, like Clarke is Lexa's only hope. This kiss changed everything.

Sparks set fires ablaze in the hearts of so many artists. Countless drawings, stories, gifs, edits all created because of the absolute perfection of this one kiss.

Clexa first kisses are like nothing else. In every story it hits hard and keeps that flame alive. ♾️

I have seen Clexa meet as kids and promise to marry one day having cute innocent first kisses.

I have seen Clexa struggle to meet over and over slow burn and angst leading to a first kiss so powerful it makes the story. Even their kisses in straight up smut are top tier because we all love them so much we put so much into it.

I've seen them fight and love so hard. Grow old together. Break up and return to each other. Finding each other over and over in the most normal and crazy ways. I have loved and will continue to love Clexa for all of time. I have a fic that's been on pause for a very long time but I'm trying to get back to it. This fandom is everything and I love that we are celebrating 10 years of Clexa 10 years since that first kiss changed everything! Thank you to everyone for creating new things and putting together compilations!

Fav manipulated gif added:

Sneak peak at the first kiss in my unfinished paused story:

Many many close call kisses...

And for the millionth time, the moment comes to a shattering halt with a knock on the door. "Fuck" Clarke can't help but whisper.

She is desperate to kiss Lexa. She needs to kiss her more than she needs air. Lexa is desperate too, almost enough to ignore the knocking especially after Clarke's reaction to the interruption. "I know, Clarke."

Lexa pecks Clarke's cheek quickly before answering the door...

>>>

They are alone, actually alone. No chance of anyone or anything interrupting them

Again the moment feels so inevitable the force of magnetism drawing them closer is the entire force of the universe. It's unstoppable and they both want nothing more than to give in. All the close calls had them both desperate. Their entire beings ached with this desire.

Blue met green and in a flash lips connected to lips and the world around them faded.

[butmakeitgayblog]

Ooo canon meta question! Do you think if GodLexa was actually LexaLexa at the end instead of some random God (idk I never watched it except thru tumblr) and the ending was left kinda up to the audience intrepetation about their future, would clexa fans feel differently about the l00?

No

Not after 307.

Not after the shit JRot and company pulled.

Not after they specifically went into queer safe spaces and told queer fans that they were "paranoid and crazy" and "should seek help" for not trusting them to not kill off Lexa, because they said they wouldn't! How could we even question that?! *Stares at the fucking camera* Not after them pretending to be mad over "leaked" scenes from their love scene getting onto the internet when we all know good and goddamn well they leaked that shit themselves to fucking bait us into watching live for maximum shock and pain. Not after they did everything within their power to trick Clexas into watching 307 live, touting it as such an amazing episode and literally begging everyone on Twitter to ~not spoil such groundbreaking work~ for others, only to kill her literally 2 minutes after finding happiness. Like seeing her die was some kind of ultimate prize. (Special shout out to Clexa Archive for posting it The Second it happened. Absolute OG MVP move.) And not after luring fans to Vancouver to watch the finale being filmed to show them that YAYYYY Lexa was there!!! Giving them false hope that she would be brought back somehow, only to kill her a-fucking-gain.

They used her time and again in the show, referenced her and tried to bait back viewers with mentions and flashbacks and drawings and whatever other manipulative bullshit they pulled. Having God!Lexa not be Lexa-Lexa was just the final slap in the face of 4 long ass years of them treating us like shit. It was the period on a sentence that had already long been written.

I think the only thing that might've been different would've been the new and fun ways the fandom took it and ran with it and turned it into something 1000× more brilliant and heartfelt and interesting than whatever piss poor writing job they'd have come up with, because that's what we always do. But do I think it would've changed the overall sentiment? No. Not for Clexa OGs at least. Not for the ones who lived through that shit. Fuck them, fuck JRot, fuck that entire show. I'm glad it's dead. The only things about that entire shitshow that'll be remembered in the longrun are Lexa, Clarke, and Clexa. Because of us, the fans. The show itself will fade into obscurity and be forgotten. As it should be.

[deliahscrush2003]

Hello, I don't know if you are still alive or if you still use this account

I would like to know if you plan to continue the FF into the anomaly on ao3? I hope so, it's difficult to find good time travel fix it themed fics but this one is more than incredible, I love your way of writing I really hope to read you again soon, goodbye

P.S: English is not my language, sorry for any grammar or spelling errors

Hi there !! Sorry for the late reply !! I've answered a similar ask from another eager reader wanting a continuation and I would like to reassure you that I do plan to continue the series. It's NOT dead. Just...sleeping.

Right now, I'm focusing on my WIP Teen Wolf fic series, Breathe for Me which is the project I'm most passionate about right now. Into the Anomaly will have her time again but while we're waiting, I've encouraged other writers to take inspiration from the general premise to spin their own takes and fics from it.

I have noticed the shortage of Time-Travel Fix-Its for the fandom [which is surprising considering how Season 6/7 introduced canonical time manipulation/differences], but I have noticed a few Clexa writers take a similar spin, but not really for Bellarke.

I am aiming to compile a fic rec for Bellarke/the 100 fics tho if anyone is interested but until I'm done with Breathe for Me, Into the Anomaly will remain on hiatus, sorry to say.

But if you have questions or ideas or feedback about the fic or the show in the meantime, please feel free to drop another ask! I love talking to you guys, swapping ideas, learning different headcanons and interpretations ( mourning Bellarke :(( ) so you're welcome anytime!

Keep an eye out on my blog @deliahscrush2003 for updates and announcements, and hope to hear from you again sometime!

[me: trying to revive my brain when it comes to Into the Anomaly]

[me: THE READERS NEED YOU! I NEED YOU!]

[kizo2703]

I don't know how would Clarke we knew ever forgive Lexa after all the shit she dragged her through, let's suppose it was some attempt of jroth and kimshum to create some kind of a "grounders paradise" for poor clexas 🤣 before everything crashes down in 3x07. Lexa was Clarke's "true love"?

After she was kidnapped, held imprisoned for a week, abused, gaslighted, and manipulated, Clarke finally agrees to kneel in front Lexa in public. There is no "I forgive you" in canon. They only live next to each other for the next two weeks with the big puppy eyes doing nothing else.

When Pike starts his shitshow in Arkadia and Clarke goes there, we're getting the most romantic Bellarke scene in the show! Like what the fuck, jroth? Will you finally make up your mind what you want?! Hakeldama was definitely NOT goodbye, so where are we? Of course it had to end as Bellamy being an ass, but OK who cares.

And so we're getting to 3x07 when Clarke has to leave Polis, and she has goodbye sex with Lexa. There's no ILYs… How the fuck did those TWO weeks turn into the "I love her, Mom" in 4x01, or "love of Clarke's life" in the end?!

All in all, a big, BIG load of crap.

the raccoon coochie took me out. I don't think I will ever see how Clarke forgave her so quickly (especially with the time jumps in between their time together in polis when clarke gets kidnapped and swearing fealty is a week and I think there was two? three more idk?) and "fell for her" then drank the bullshit of the "flame being destiny"

i am never going to see lexa as anything other than a shitty stupid ruler whose death should have been a traitors death as she betrayed both clarke and her own people at mount weather- she spent so much time giving her army a pep talk getting their blood going then going lol jk nah we're off (I have been saying this since 2016 fucks sake but lexa never lifted the bounty she put on lincoln who stayed behind at mount weather either and Clarke was there for weeks... oh wait how would she have known?... did anyone volunteer to stay behind with Clarke at polis because lexa is not a good influence? and if so why not?... i know why the stupid romance with the added culty elementss that really become apparent with hindsight wouldn't have happened then)

considering that we know how much clarke can hold a grudge — it took charlotte dying & murphy going through literal hell before she could even attempt to forgive them for what they'd done to the people she loved — but lexa basically abducts clarke & holds her against her will after all of the trauma of mount weather & it's forgiven in two weeks?

the clarke they established & the clarke they wrote falling in love with lexa are two completely different people & now actual clarke is still suffering for the 2 day romance she had when she was 18 defining the rest of her adult life which is just. so incredibly tragic for her character & does nothing to help lexa's. for all lexa is supposed to be clarke's "true love": lexa has left clarke nothing but a legacy of grief, betrayal, emotional manipulation & pain. lexa's legacy took clark's heart, her soul, her daughter.

i swear if one of clarke's friends had been allowed to stay with her, people who also suffered due to lexa's betrayal at mount weather in having their literal blood marrow harvested like blood bags, the relationship wouldn't have happened. because clarke, being so devastatingly self sacrificial, wouldn't have kicked that brain into action until it's her loved ones in the crossfire.

[dontcha-wanheda]

Day 3: Monster Madness 

[clexmas24]

Clextober 2024

Hey everyone! Time got away from me and I didn't really get around to planning anything for Clextober this year but I noticed we had someone share a post and I figured what the hell we could still do it and just have the rest of October towards Clextober. This year we will do 31 prompts for Clextober. Post anytime this October. We will not have a set week. So pretty much anything Fall or Halloweenish I will reblog. Sorry for dropping the ball this year. How To Participate:

Fanart, fanvids, fanfics, moodboards, photo manipulations, fic recs, anything that screams Clexa with a spice of Fall/October/Halloween - let’s see it!

Don’t forget to tag!  #Clextober24

[kizo2703]

There's really nothing why anyone outside clexa/🍍 cult should be kind to lexa. She manipulated Clarke until the last moment and then betrayed her and made a deal with the Mountain Men for 60 grounders Bellamy had already released from the cages and was leading them out. But at least she is portrayed as a true Grounder - ruthless, manipulative, dishonest. Evereything she is (suddenly!) not in S3. As for MM - do you remember what Maya said - everyone in the Mountain knew what was being done and where the blood was coming from. And as she said "everyone was guilty" (except for the children).

Accidentally tripped my way back into my t100 obsession, and am once again begging everyone to remember that Clarke didn’t just mean irradiating Mount Weather when she said “what I did to get them here”. Of course she means that part, but she also means killing Finn, letting the bomb drop on TonDC without warning anyone besides Lexa, even leaving the 47 behind when she was forced to escape in order to get the rest of the Delinquents a real rescue, lying to Bellamy about Octavia being in TonDC, telling Bellamy to. his. face. that it’s worth risking his life to take down the Mountain with the Grounders, and any number of other specific wrongs Clarke would 100% feel she had done. Bellamy’s “what we did” is unbearably kind, and does not even pale as an example of their partnership and love for each other, but he is only thinking of one part of Clarke’s enormous guilt to bear. As is his right. He did just help her commit genocide, he’s not going to be on top of his game (understanding Clarke), nor is he going to necessarily see many of these burdens the same way Clarke, in her special brand of self-deprecation, would.

It does feel as though we as a fandom focus on the same thing as Bellamy. Fair. Genocide of the entire Mountain is certainly going to be more devastating in the way of guilt than lying to Bellamy about Octavia’s safety, or even killing the boy she loves/loved. But Clarke spends much of season 2 either battling for a voice at Camp Jaha, forcing Lexa to take the alliance seriously, or trying to find any way to reach the 47 and get them all out safely, and she has Bellamy and any number of allies and friends alongside her for much of the journey, but the choices she makes for the 47 are largely still hers alone, especially once Bellamy goes into the Mountain. She has many reasons to feel guilty, and not all of them are choices she and Bellamy made together, so his support, while meaningful, doesn’t actually encompass all that is haunting Clarke.

[jennifersminds]

imagine how tired i am.

[hushthots]

Clextober Day 12: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

pose - @sim-bubble @something-wicked-sims | Lot - @mychqqq-blog

[so-sick-of-17]

The 100 fandom is a mess. Glad I got out off there when Lexa died. Support Arryn. Believe survivors.

[xenaisnumber1]

While friends to lovers is my favorite troupe, I love enemies to lovers as well if done right. The problem is that so many writers are terrible at writing enemies to lovers, especially m/f couples.

My favorite couple is Lexa and Clarke from the 100. One of the few things the show did right was Clexa. Because they're two leaders from warring groups who are desperately trying to save their people while preventing as much bloodshed as possible. You know they're good people who do love each other but have to make difficult choices as leaders (and of course they got screwed over because of a bunch of shitty male characters, one of which is treated like a hero on the show)

As well as Catra and Adora from She-ra. They start out as friends but then become enemies for a while. And through the show, you see why they are fighting. They were both raised by Shadowweaver, who emotionally and physically abused Catra leading Catra to believe no one cared about her, and who made Adora believe she had to sacrifice herself at the drop of a hat to show her worth. But eventually, they confront Shadowweaver about what she did to them and then are able to repair their relationship because of it. And Catra, like Xena, started her redemption arc by doing that one good thing. So we get this interesting arc with this character outside of the romance, which makes Catra feel like her own character.

But by God, the number of horrid m/f relationships that are pushed as good. Of course, there's the snake and his abuse of Asami and Korra. He's not only horrid to them, but he was trash to literally everyone except Lin. Probably because it would be too unbelievable that Lin wouldn't rip his balls off if he treated her the way he treated everyone else. Almost all his scenes are of him bitching about something someone is doing. He sucks the life out of every scene he's in. And he does nothing to make up for what he did, the female characters just immediately forgive him, like always happens with trash male characters and of course he's hailed as a hero by the characters for doing jack shit.

But even worse was the horror show that was Kara and Mon-el. The show moved to an abusive network and they immediately dumped the black male love interest because their relationship was too "boring" according to the trash writers then introduced the slave owning prince who "sleeps" with his drugged "subjects". He comes to Earth, gaslights Kara for not trusting him because he's a Daxamite, emotionally manipulates her into dating him, continually attacks her when she calls him out for his horrible behavior, breaks into her apartment to again emotionally manipulate her into taking him back, does nothing when she's getting beaten to a pulp because he doesn't want her to know he's the slave owning prince. And what happens when it's revealed that Kara was right to never trust the slave owning trash? He's forgiven, of course. Because he's a trash male character in Hollywood. And what does the trash do when his trash mom shows up to take over Earth? He tells Kara to let her cousin fight his mom and possibly die instead of Kara. He certainly didn't offer to fight his own mother to show he's changed because he hasn't. And then they ship his ass off to the future, she gives up her life as Kara Danvers because of the trash despite her identity as Kara Danvers being incredibly important to her, has her treat other characters like trash because she didn't know if the trash is dead, then they being him back from the future as a hero who has all of Earth worshipping him. Guess he feels like he's home agai, huh?. Oh but the best part is when he makes out with his wife in front of Kara without an ounce of remorse, then starts harassing Kara after she tells him to leave her alone, crying about how he loves Imra then turns around and tries to make a move on Kara. Finally, she acknowledges he treated her like trash, but he's still portrayed as a hero and gets sent back to the future with the wife he confirmed he doesn't love.

And I just have to point out that people ship Rey with the genocidal maniac to show how disturbed people are.

But do you know another trend I've noticed with these three ships among others? How all these female characters have other male characters who are actually good, but the female characters are appearantly more interested in the abusive men. Kara dumps Jimmy for the slave owner and shows no interest in Brainy, a canon love interest from the comics, or Winn, another male character she rejects. And then Korra and Asami have the choice between the trash or a nice guy like Bolin, and they choose the trash. And Rey kisses the monster instead of Finn, the black male love interest who treats her well (and who, according to Abrams, was going to be the love interest until Disney decided to put her with the monster to pander to freaks). Hollywood doesn't hide its mission to brainwash girls into believing abusive men are desirable.

I sometimes can’t believe we live on the timeline in which the same person who will say that Korrasami was a bad and underdeveloped relationship even though it was most developed in the series will also say that Zutara should’ve been canon even though Bryke has said they never wanted zutara to be canon