#i love wicked so much

[gingerthesnap]

i cant wait for the wicked movie to come out bc i want society at large to acknowledge and criticize on mass the story’s queerbaiting. it astounds me every time i see it how egregious it is. the two literally get two entire musical numbers together where they sing about their feelings. the entire show is about their bond. they keep staring into each other’s eyes. holding hands. trying to protect each other. hugging. i love wicked so goddamn much but i know it has caused harm to me thru its mischaracterization of a clearly queer relationship, its heteronormativity, and its erasure of the source material’s queer content. i wanna see it called out in a big way. when i first saw it i was a confused kid who didnt know she liked girls, and i latched onto wicked for reasons i didnt yet know. i deserved better, and now we have a lot of stories that thankfully Do represent these relationships better. i’m glad that wicked’s mistakes will be clear when it’s compared to them.

[lesbiten]

anyways jennafer newberry was a very cute glinda and lissa deguzman was an absolutely incredible elphaba and i love this musical so much

[synthbug]

First time drawing the sillies pleasce excuse the inconsistencies </3 ^_^

[tothestarsinvelaris]

okay so Cardan hides his tail because it gives away his real emotions. It makes him feel vulnerable, so he hides it away. and like, it can't be super comfortable to tuck it away all the time, but its better than having people use it against him. and when Jude is interrogating him, she first mentions the letter she found with her name on it over and over again - he's not really ready to admit his feelings for her, so he tries to redirect by bringing up his tail.

"Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don't you want to see it?"

Like, he is absolutely terrified of her (which he also had literally just said) nearly his whole family is dead, he doesn't want to die too, he knows she is capable of killing - and at this point he thinks she hunted Valerian down to kill him. and despite all of this, he's like 'let me offer you my most vulnerable and true self' but she doesn't quite get it bc she's also dealing with a lot and trying to process a lot.

and then by the Queen of Nothing, he has his tail out. his clothes are now cut in a way to let his tail be free. and its all because Jude has helped him see that sometimes being emotional and vulnerable isn't so bad. Even without her there with him, even with him horrified that he ruined everything because she hasn't responded to any of his letters - lets his tail be visible. And to quote him from How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories:

"Everyone finds different lessons in stories, I suppose, but here's one. Having a heart is terrible, but you need one anyway."

[mayunagioia]

I DEFINITELY DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR KYOJURO'S VOICE IN TODAY'S LAST EPISODE, OKAY???

GODDAMMIT UFOTABLE YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME UGLY CRY BECAUSE OF THAT SUNSHINE MAN 😭😭😭

I love him so much 🥺

[uneasyallyofthebody]

🩷💚

[devouringbodies]

Shed your knuckle velvet torn on my teeth

Will Graham (Apéritif) + Shedding Antler Velvet

[sweetvillainjude]

actually wild of holly black to write cardan’s arc so powerfully that I went from genuinely hating him and never believing I’d like him to thinking “ok so maybe he’s not awful ALL the time” to desperately rooting for him and furiously wanting him to be loved and happy over the span of three books. like tfota was WILD for doing that (and doing it so well)

[pyramid-heads-knife]

11/10 service at the Greenville movie theater. These guys genuinely deserve employee of the month. Or year, even. Went to the movie theater with my duo (the Mikaela) @bacondaddy

[gncrezan]

@chrysanthemumgames celebrates four years so here i am, forcing everyone to see all the various playthroughs i have ! thank you, as always, for a game that i adore to little pieces <3

(well to be more accurate i'm drawing 75 but still)

[hasthecityrearranged]

Reciprocating face touches

[wikitpowers]

someone: angels don’t exist

me: explain this then! 🫵🏼🫵🏼🫵🏼

[plisuu]

Breaking news: Tired husbands accidentally adopt a group of 8 disaster pansexuals while they try to fix the mess their stupid ex made of Thedas, more at 11

[snippets-from-my-mind]

"it's you i love. i spent much of my life guarding my heart. i guarded it so well that i could behave as though i didn't have one at all. even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. but it is yours." - cardan greenbriar to jude duarte, the cruel prince, by holly black

[cowtiekentos]

Zero The Assassin The Fangirl John Wick Chapter 3

[zinniax]

When Cardan tells Jude his heart is a worm eaten thing and it’s hers bc Jude is the worm that eaten/ captured his heart😭😭😭

Taryn tcp-“You know what they call us?” She demands “The Circle of Worms”

Cardan qon-“Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. But it is yours.”