#madamxpresident

[jq37]

Maybe I'm also being animal racist, but a current guess I have for oMaM is that the rabbit Sly saw at the docks was actually the newspaper photographer who seems to be spending a lot of energy documenting Sly's movements at this party, and the bad lighting/state of intoxicated introspection led Syl to make a wrong assumption. (Also did you ever watch Hoodwinked? Spoilers: the reporter bunny did it)

lol hey guys. So I've been fairly MIA the past couple of weeks due to my job trying to actively murder me but I wanted to pop in for a hot second to talk about where we are theory-wise at this point in the season.

First of all, to address the actual ask, I feel like Brennan must have known Longfoot would be suspicious due to ~animal racism~ and put him in as a red herring and now we have even more info to back that up.

I suspect that what's going on with the stuff in the manor is a version of the Pepper's ghost illusion which involves mirrors to do ghostly projections and look pretty darn good for an effect that was invented hundreds of years ago. If you've ever ridden Haunted Mansion at Disney, that's the effect they use to do the waltzing ghosts (fun fact, because the effect mirrors the objects it's used on and the Imagineers forgot to take that into account, all of the female ghosts are leading in the dance!) But that's just fluff, let's talk plot.

So last week's ep threw a LOT of suspicion on Sly with him literally being painted at the villain and Grant doing absolutely nothing to defend himself. And, I'll admit, it would be pretty delicious to not only have Sly foreshadow it earlier with his coy, "Why yes, it also could have been me," and also that Grant himself would have [REDACTED] Rekha a SECOND TIME (watch the Murder Mystery ep of Game Changers if you don't know what I mean--it's my fave ep). But I talked it over with my watch buddy @camwritery and I don't think Sly is actually a baddie. I think this is a double double cross (Lol a cross from Mr. Cross). Here's my thought process.

(1) Yes there's that stack of letters Daisy found in Sly's hand but those easily could have been forged. I'd like Buck to take a look at those since he has that rogue handwriting checking ability.

(2) Squire Badger specially said something was coming to F Sly up and Sly could tell he wasn't the mastermind. Fletcher would make the most sense as to who the mastermind actually is. Like, it wouldn't be so much a twist to the audience but it would be a big ass twist to the CHARACTERS who thought he was fully dead (for the most part) and I feel like that matters more than "subverting expectations" or whatever. It's possible we find out it's actually another party guest I guess (or more likely, that some number of them are involved as accomplices) but Brennan said last week we've met all the characters and it's too late to introduce a new person at this point. And Fletcher is such a through line in Sly and Daisy's stories, it would be weird to not go for the payoff.

(3) So Fletcher is alive. We know this. What would a dead but not dead criminal mastermind want? To ruin his arch nemesis, obv. So, how do you do that? Maybe you fake the death of some mouse to create an unsolvable murder to drive him crazy? And then maybe you work with the person who the fake murder pissed off (because of Sly's inability to "solve" it) to ruin Sly because that guy hates Sly now? And maybe you involve some element of faking deaths in your plan because a faked death is what was central to the original plot that made Sly's reputation and ruined your family? That's so convoluted but this is a guy who handcuffed himself to his enemy and jumped off a waterfall. He's clearly a drama queen and he has nothing but time.

(4) I think Sly has figured this out to some degree and he's decided that letting himself get captured is the best option for him at the moment. Like, he didn't protest at all. Which, yes, checks out to his laidback, posh casual persona but I think he knows that if anything happens to anyone while he's locked up then it casts suspicion on someone besides him or it means the "murders" have to stop because no one will kill anyone while he's not active as a possible suspect due to literally not being able to murder anyone. Speaking of--

(5) Yeah, I don't believe these are murders. All those dead bodies from the list? Badgers, corvids, horned animals. That's the badger fam and their spouses. And the one guy we "knew" was dead also doesn't seem to be dead (which Brennan seeded from the start with Conor's widow hearing his voice which seems possible if she lives so close and he was alive this whole time). I guess framing Sly for a full family murder or something was the plan? But that doesn't quite check out because presumably they'd un-die at some point and I feel like they wouldn't want to live under assumed identities in animal Bavaria or something. I know news doesn't travel fast w/o the internet but they're prominent people. News would spread I assume. Maybe the death faking was to make Sly believe he was crazy? Or to believe in ghosts? Messing with a genius's mind is I'm sure one of the worst things you can do. There's also Buck's Frankenstein theory which is a little out there but they were trying crazy stuff with electricity and dead bodies back in the day. Kind of a wild pull but cam sent me this about a Dr. Squires from the same-ish time period shocking someone back to life. It would be wild and now we have some alt explanations for the electricity but gotta explore all options. And this would Constance to call her dad a madman, lol.

(6) Grant/Sly has a lot more info than us with all those maddening redacted texts so it's very likely he has some long game happening we know nothing about. I wondered if he might have known about Fletcher for a while--when Daisy revealed he was alive he was surprised but I don't remember if he was surprised that he was alive or if it was ambiguous and it might just be that he didn't tell her. I assumed he didn't know at all (because I feel like that's what Brennan narrated in episode 1) but I need to go back and check.

(7) At the end of the day, D20 is a show that rewards love and friendship over betrayal and the like. This very much could be the first season with a real betrayal but I'm kinda skeptical. Sly could just be a big faker but he seems genuine to me. Also, what would his motive even be here? This doesn't seem like his style and I don't know why he'd do this.

(8) Lars failed their check on purpose and Ian saw full puppydog earnestness. Sly if you've been a bad guy this whole time and Lars didn't know, bitch I'll kill you

(9) Not really on topic but I want to note, Daisy's find of that second trick portrait makes me thing my theory was correct and there's a third somewhere. I wonder where.

(10) Even less on topic but the "Show Her Your Butt 2: Electric Boogaloo" sequence last week made me spit soda everywhere and I think that should be acknowledged.

[goldcliffgfs]

@madamxpresident​​ submitted to podcastprincess:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21840085 

I would apologize but apparently no one else was going to write me thousands of words of incredibly premature fitzrain fluff, so

first of all, sorry for posting it like this but i can’t post the actual submission for some reason?? 

second:

i literally teared up reading this lmao.....it was SO CUTE and i was hooked before i finished the summary because of the line “the crepe was delicious but you were exquisite” 🥺 you did a rly good job on their characters!! specifically want to mention that rainer writing in her own blood was metal af, and argo talking to fitzroy and bringing up the L word was Very good. 

tysm for sharing!! if you posted it to tumblr too i’d be happy to rb it for you!

(also if anyone reads the fic be sure to leave kudos and/or a comment if you enjoyed it 💗)

[likeawildthing]

Draco malfoy is a werewolf... true story one of my best friend's older brothers actually created a website dedicated to this theory (dracomalfoyisawerewolf(.)com) and both of them are VERY impassioned and defensive about its plausibility to this day

that’s intense on multiple levels. as an aside, i hope i one day have enough conviction for literally anything to make an 888 word (i checked) website about it

update: i read it and it could be plausible tbh

[jlyarts]

Prompt (if you want): captain america zimbits where Bitty is the unlikely super solider candidate and jack is the hot/intimidating foreign training officer (bonus for shitty being howard stark???)

HELLO YOU JUST COMBINED TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS HELL YEAH

Based on this scene 

And also bonus featuring shitty

(in which the super soldier serum did work but didnt change how bitty looked)

[savrenim]

madamxpresident replied to your post “[[MOR] I’m also amused re: grad school that my hair is literally the...”

Tie a bandana like a headband and put the knot at the top or use a wide headband. Keeps the crazy bits of curl off your face and makes the messiness seem more purposefully artful. Also french braid half of it or put it in two french braids if it's long enough-- a fellow short curly haired person

fair, right now it’s only, like, 3 inches long if I’m holding it out straight? so french braids are definitely out, it’s also way too unruly to force into braids when it’s short

[laurxnts]

So I don't know how our experiences will differ since I struggle a lot to write while I'm depressed, but being on antidpressents has really helped me on the motivation side of things (just sit down and write!) and also in feeling good about my work or like my writing is worthwhile. I wouldn't say my creativity or emotional sensitivity has been dulled in any way (the emotions are more positive, but they're still there!)

see, mine is kind of the other way around. I mean, when I’m in a depressive episode I really struggle to write too because all my motivation is gone, but because all of my writing stems from my need for catharsis and the fact i went through something really traumatic when i was a child, i’m worried that if my pain/trauma is dulled by my meds then my creativity might also be dulled because I won’t need that outlet/catharsis that my writing is so dependent on? My writing is always based on trauma related things so I wonder if I started to feel more positive all the time, I might not be able to write like that anymore. I don’t know. 

It’s good to hear that the anti depressants have helped motivation and haven’t dulled emotional sensitivity though! I was getting worried that it might kill my creative spirit. Thank you sooo much

[gh0stbear]

I'm setting up an appointment with a neuropsychologist to talk about my dozen brain problems, maybe see about getting an autism diagnosis (if that is j  fact what I have). Shoutout to @madamxpresident for the help! 

[sxpositive]

Diction/informal typing style. Things like using erratic capitalization or untraditional punctuation to convey tone, plus certain slang words I don't usually hear irl

i feel so much on the slang words. and my notes for class if i write them on the laptop are just so tumblr sometimes. 

what is one thing you took away from tumblr and now use in your everyday life?

[prongsyouignoramus]

madamxpresident

 Looking back at art I posted last year and I want...

I just went through my writing tag and had the same reaction… it’s normal for creators!

I know I know it shows Ive grown and blah, its just reallly cringey

[likeawildthing]

More about a treehouse than a tree, but my grandpa is an amateur carpenter and he promised my mom for like her 10 bday that he'd build her a treehouse which he finally did when I was a kid. It was in a v tall walnut tree in the backyard of my grandparents new house and we used to beg to sleepover in the treehouse. The roof only covered enough room for one (MAYBE) two sleeping bags. Anyone who didn't fit under got stuck sleeping on the porch part and having walnuts fall on them all night.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS amazing omg 

“which he finally did when I was a kid”

i love that he finally did it, and that you had a space that was just yours. how did you decide who had to sit under the porch part - rock paper scissors, rotation, or seniority rules?

[filthymudbloods-archive]

madamxpresident replied to your post “madamxpresident replied to your post “watching magnus openly flirt...”

Malec is really the only thing that makes the show worth watching tbh. And Simon's sass

i literally only started watching bc of gifsets of the malec kiss lol

[hanguangji]

READ SIX OF CROWS! It's a little gory but the characters are SO AMAZING it's taking over my life (also would you mind rating @blue-warren, my sideblog? Thanks love)

omg thank you I will definitely check it out!

madamxpresident

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[sxpositive]

They say eyes are the windows to the soul. Tom Riddle once had brown eyes girls (and boys so inclined) would melt in. As he chipped away at his soul, his eyes slipped from chocolate to blood... (if you could rate @blue-warren I'd appreciate it!)

url: 7/10 (don’t understand reference)icon: selfie/10 mobile theme: 7/10theme: 7.5/10 pages: /10 (pages would be great to see)following: not rn but I appreciate everything on your blog | I am now! | of-bloody-cource | FOREVER AND EVER AND EVERheadcanon: violently disagree | I don’t see it | maybe | I could see this being true | absolutely | YOU’VE REVOLUTIONIZED MY LIFEresponse to headcanon: I think this is exactly what happened to Voldemort in regards to his eyes. As his soul and humanity broke down his appearance went with him. 

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[laurxnts]

Hey love I voted to stay bc your url is is just lovely but tbh laurxnts is also great and laurent in general is my precious golden son and I am so glad you love him. (Also would you mind rating my sideblog @kazbrexker? My main is a mess lol)

thank you asdfghjkl laurent is my precious golden son too i love him s o much My Boy 

blograte for kazbrexker:

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[pinesonfire]

Okay but imagine Stan losing all his memories and then remembering the ones from THE WRONG TIMELINE (come on that's season 3 right there. Fix the anomalies while trying to get Stan to remember the twins)

Oh god you’re right, SHIT THAT WOULD’VE BEEN AWESOME