#fandom queue

[butterflydm]

more thoughts on 3x05 & the 3x06 sneak peek

I have a messy collection of thoughts about Moiraine after seeing the sneak peek. I'm going to stop cleaning them up and just let them be messy.

While I do understand Moiraine needed a night off her duties to grieve for herself... the narrative is really going to punish her for it.

For twenty years, she's chosen duty over everything. For this one night, she chooses her personal life instead, and that happens to be the same night when Lanfear's manipulations are able to tip Rand over far enough to kiss her -- in part because of the truths that Moiraine has withheld from Rand about how far Lanfear (and Moiraine) was willing to go to try to force Rand to follow the path that Lanfear (and Moiraine) wanted him to follow.

In the sneak peek, Lanfear says that Moiraine has been avoiding her since Rhuidean (keeping herself awake with the One Power, maybe?) and pokes Moiraine about how she is failing to keep their deal, because Moiraine is meant to help keep Egwene away from Rand.

That puts Moiraine's concern over Egwene's bruises in 3x02 in a different light. Even at the time, it seemed a bit strange that even as she was urging Rand to channel, she was telling Egwene how the OP was going to make Rand dangerous and warning her about watching out for the signs of his madness -- now, it seems that she was following Lanfear's playbook. It's nothing untrue, because Moiraine can't lie, but leaning on the fact of channeling leading to madness now seems like a clear attempt to try to urge Egwene away from Rand, as requested by Lanfear.

This appears to be an additional deal that Moiraine and Lanfear have made, beyond what we saw them make in 3x01. They've had more conversations since then. Conversations, perhaps, that Moiraine left Lan out of. Deals made in dreams.

And what Lanfear does here is meant both to further implicate Moiraine in Lanfear's actions against Rand, and also as a test to see if Moiraine will dare to act against her and tell Rand (I'm guessing).

So... in 3x01, Moiraine allowed Rand and his friends to be attacked by Lanfear (which almost resulted in Nynaeve's death), but I think Moiraine likely believed that her deal with Lanfear was successful in splitting up the group (because she wasn't privy to their private discussions). She thinks it worked.

Now, Lanfear has given Moiraine notice of another "surprise" for Rand. And Moiraine has to make a choice. Does she tell Rand or does she allow Lanfear free rein?

The thing that Moiraine has never been willing to understand about Rand is that being honest and open with him would have gotten her so much further than all this manipulation and deception. Say it plain, so that I know it's true. That's what Rand wants, and he has told her that very clearly. But manipulation is what Moiraine understands, and it's what she genuinely believes works (I think the events of 3x01 only made her believe more strongly that manipulation was the path with Rand, unfortunately).

She's already lost one chance to be honest with Rand post-Rhuidean, prioritizing her personal goodbye with Siuan over revealing the truth about Lanfear. If she'd told Rand about what she saw in the rings -- and if she'd told Rand that Lanfear was behind the attack in the inn, that Lanfear was the reason that Egwene, Perrin, and Nynaeve were all gravely injured and needed healing... he would not have kissed Lanfear in his dream that night. Zero percent chance.

An understandable decision on Moiraine's part. She's been selfless for so long. It's very understandable that she wanted one night to be selfish.

But it has already had consequences.

I hope Moiraine takes the chance to be honest with Rand before it's too late, and before Rand finds out the truth from someone else. Before more people get hurt because of Lanfear, and because Moiraine stood aside and allowed Lanfear to act.

[teamvanessacloud-fandoms]

Scorpio Kardia Enjoys Alcohol

( This is just my opinion and headcanon. )

Look at his face.

Why would he be so excited about going to a tavern if he’s not there going there to get alcohol? Unless he’s there for food, entertainment, and lodging. Plus, he did say that he wouldn’t let Sasha drink too much which tells me that he planned to drink alcohol and get Sasha to drink with him as well. Unless he’s joking but I highly doubt it since he has the mentality of a kid.

So, why didn’t he drink you ask?

Well, he got scolded by Calvera, the tavern owner, and that probably dampened his mood.

Also, since he has the mentality of a child, his goal of getting alcohol disappeared when he got jealous that Sasha got free food and he didn’t. But, he didn’t take that much off Sasha’s plate which tells me that Calvera’s scolding probably bothered him a lot and he’s sulking.

[butterflydm]

#I've seen midnight mass I'm pretty sure this is how it works (via @elizabethrobertajones)

you finally confess your attraction to the hot priest and he's like "oh darling, I thought you'd never ask" and proceeds to bite your neck and turn you into another catholic priest

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[rockspider556]

Authors who post like this are so deliciously unhinged. At this point it’s not even a fic- it’s a literary hostage situation, and i am ✨sat✨ ☕️

[aphwaph]

my arcane book arrives tomorrow!!

[butterflydm]

#I think romance works for me when it's... when it's part of who the characters are and who they're becoming#and so it follows that it has to be specific to them#like. here I am 20+ years later still randomly remembering how Pacey bought Joey a wall you know?#I want the gestures and the fights and all of it to be very *them* (@ironworked)

My taste in romance has less to do with how romantic the relationship actually is (though that is a bonus) and more to do with how interesting I find the dynamic between the couple. Which is why fluffy vanilla romance usually bores the hell out of me. I want to see how these characters dramatically affect each other and fundamentally change each other and their individual understandings of the world!!! I want to see a beautiful tie-in between the romance and the themes + messages of the story and how it all builds to a climax!!!

[nataliabraginskaya]

The biggest confidence boost is knowing that even my shittiest fanfic will be 10,000% better than any AI generated bullshit

[lislemons]

naruto characters as posts that remind me of them pt 2 (please don’t murder me for the shisui one thanks)

[paperstorm]

Nothing wilder than being on the outside of a popular non-canon ship (the kind that's taken deathly seriously not the kind where people are just like 'hehe what if they kissed') where as far as you can tell the entirety of the appeal seems to be a bunch of people being like “friends don’t do that!!!!!!!!” but the thing they're doing is like … being nice to each other. Spending time together. Occasionally making eye contact, the dirty sluts.

[ariadne-mouse]

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[jolapeno]

imagine being fucked so good by francisco morales he has to slide his fingers into your mouth to keep you quiet. his nose close to your cheek, hot breath on your ear, whispering how good you feel, how he’s going to fill you up. your spit and moans are slick and dripping down his wrist, every inch of you is glistening, as is he—your back almost sealing to his chest as you grab a fistful of his dripping curls at the nape of his neck. you're tangled with him, knotted in heat and urgency, everything around you both thin, fever-warm, dense with breathless need. with another thrust, your lashes flutter closed. a moan so sweet, it escapes around his digits, slipping into the air, the same air stained and saturated with sweat, sex and the sinful sounds of skin slapping against skin. then he groans, emitting a low, wrecked sound. you feel it everywhere, spreading fire as you clench, throb around him.

[butterflydm]

#occasionally i cycle back to asking:#WHAT WAS THE FUCKING POINT? (@eidetictelekinetic)

Escape From The Happy Place Aired 5 years ago on February 20, 2019

Who gets that kind of proof of concept?

[wolfsnooze]

🌙💤to the moon & back

[restinsodaroni]

Can do! ✨

It’s in Sun’s code to get 100% into character lol

[braisedhoney]

fighting back? against who? they're so happy—they've been waiting for you.

you are wonderful. don't you know that?

bonus: they play sims together :)