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nikolajrostovs · 22 days
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if no one else will make adelaida ivanovna thirst traps then i will
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abysmal-eve · 4 months
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My favourite problematic bisexuals 🩷💜💙
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anglerflsh · 6 months
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Hegel enjoyers will see sets of threes in history and lose their minds anyways the Giurisdictional State is a thesis the Legislative State is its antithesis and the Constitutional State is the synthesis
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wonder-worker · 23 days
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"The feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist being appointed as the day upon which the coronation of the king [Edward V] would take place without fail, all both hoped for and expected a season of prosperity for the kingdom."
-Excerpt from the Croyland Continuator / David Horspool, "Richard III: A Ruler and Reputation"
Even though Edward IV’s death was unexpected, after twelve years of peace there need not have been too much of a sense of foreboding about the succession. The great dynastic wound from which the Wars of the Roses had grown had not so much been healed as cauterized by the extinction of the House of Lancaster. There was no rush for London, as had happened in earlier, disputed successions. The royal party didn’t set out from Ludlow for ten days after hearing the news of Edward IV’s death, while Richard took his time, too. And the new king had [his mother the dowager queen and] two uncles to support him: his mother’s brother, the sophisticated, cultured, highly experienced Earl Rivers; and his father’s, the loyal and reliable Duke of Gloucester, to whom Edward IV had entrusted unprecedented power and vital military command.
... [Richard of Gloucester] had achieved his goal by a mixture of luck and ruthlessness, and if he made it appear, or even believed himself, that destiny played a part, this only made him a man in step with his times. Modern historians have no time for destiny, but sometimes the more ‘structuralist’ interpretations of the events surrounding the usurpation can come close to it. When we read that ‘the chances of preserving an unchallenged succession were . . . weakened by the estrangement of many of the rank-and-file nobility from . . . high politics, which was partly a consequence of the Wars of the Roses and partly of Edward IV’s own policies’, it is hard not to conclude that an unforeseeable turn of events is being recast as a predictable one. But without one overriding factor – the actions of Richard, Duke of Gloucester after he took the decision to make himself King Richard III – none of this could have happened. That is, when the same author concedes ‘Nor can we discount Richard’s own forceful character’, he is pitching it rather low*.
Edward IV had not left behind a factional fault line waiting to be shaken apart. Richard of Gloucester’s decision to usurp was a political earthquake that could not have been forecast on 9 April, when Edward died. After all, Simon Stallworth did not even anticipate it on 21 June, the day before Richard went public. We should be wary of allowing hindsight to give us more clairvoyance than the well-informed contemporary who had no idea ‘what schall happyne’. This is not to argue that Richard’s will alone allowed him to take the Crown. Clearly, the circumstances of a minority, the existence of powerful magnates with access to private forces, and the reasonably recent examples of resorts to violence and deposition of kings, made Richard’s path a more conceivable one. But Richard’s own tactics, his arrest of Rivers, Vaughan and Grey, the rounding up of Hastings and the bishops, relied on surprise. If men as close as these to the workings of high politics at a delicate juncture had no inkling of what might happen, the least historians can do is to reflect that uncertainty [...].
(*The author who Horspool is referencing and disagreeing with is Charles Ross)
#wars of the roses#edward v#richard iii#edward iv#my post#I'm writing a post on this topic but I have no idea when I'll finish it so I figured I should post Horspool's epic analysis#or should I say epic takedown? <3#friendly reminder that Richard's usurpation happened primarily and decidedly because of Richard's own decisions and actions#we need to stop downplaying his singular agency and accountability by casting the blame on others#most of all Elizabeth Woodville and her family but also the bizarre interpretation of historians like Ross and Pollard (et al)#who somehow hold Edward more responsible (through a 'structuralist' view as Horspool says) even though that literally makes no sense#also friendly reminder that actual contemporaries did not view Edward V's minority as a sign of worry and potential discontent#quite the opposite - they expected him to have a prosperous reign. which made sense since Edward IV left his son a far more stable#country than any former minor king (and most other adult kings tbh). The irony is that it was his son's usurper who benefitted from it.#also I added Elizabeth Woodville to the list because Edward V himself specifically said that he trusted the governance of the country#'to the peers of the realm and the queen' as quoted by Mancini (likely relayed to him by John Argentine)#and this is supported by evidence. After Edward's death the Croyland Continuator substitutes Elizabeth's role in the council#for that of the King: 'the counsellors of the king now deceased were present with the queen'#we know Elizabeth presided over all the council's decisions and initiated proposals (the size of her son's military escort) on her own#She was clearly the one with the most authority in the council (who were described as being present with *her* not anyone else)#Hastings made demands but he couldn't enforce them at all (and was in fact worried). It was clearly Elizabeth who had that power.#She was likely going to play a very prominent role during her son's minority and imo it's problematic to assume otherwise#(Lynda Pidgeon assumes otherwise but she's based her assumption on objectively false information so I don't think we should take her#seriously)(see: she claims that EW lacked influence compared to her male relatives in royal councils when EW HERSELF WAS IN ROYAL COUNCILS)#That's not to go too far the other direction and claim EW tried to dominate and tactlessly exclude others - we know she didn't#The impression we get by this first council and by Richard's own actions indicates that she Richard and Anthony would likely#work *together* when it came to governing the realm#I do find it frustrating when people disregard the fact that based on the impression we have she would've had a very visible#and powerful role
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I can only apologise for the person I will become when we get the full scene of Bo-Katan lounging on the throne.
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seancamerons · 6 months
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OMG YOUR SEMMA COSTUME, I CAN'T <3
thanks! i had a blast. 🌸💕💐
#asks#simonspiervsthehomosapiensagenda#💌 tysm for the ask!!#the hair was a dauntng task to say the least#i got a lot of compliments on the 12 dollar shein (18 when all was said and done)#i diyed it#it was a fun night#pt 2 on tuesday - tomorrow night the curlers are going in#sleepsleep and then showtime#hairspray bump it from 2009 and then the makeup#lots of glitter#like 3-4 babies breaths from dollar tree purple roses and lots of cursing my hair for being problematic initally and a lot alot alot of#backcombing and with all that - my hair is gonna hate me this week#i got a lot of compliments tho even if not everything registered#i got a girl saying she thought i was a bridesmaid (half true)#i had one calling me a prom queen (valid)#i had one saying looks like my bridesmaids dress from my best friends wedding 30 40 years ago (there were young and old guests at this venu#i got about 3 people who were like OMG#or when they'd ask i say well it's supposed to be#then i get the questions lol#casual fans all “i didn't know about this emma or sean i knew about drake tho” or “i wasn't allowed to watch that!” or they started late#like post next gen boiling point#they couldn't believe it was from shein either#bc it didnt look bad to them#it was so much fun though#hopefully the tuesday halloween night will be smoother sailing dressing up#so excited!#pictures to come#:)#i mean barbie was popular queens and scary things are the norm but a random girl from a random episode from a canadian series
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milf-harrington · 2 years
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sometimes you just have to sit in an outfit that reminds you of your blorbo and rant about that bitch that wrote harry potter to feel better about your day
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stinkrascal · 2 years
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brooooooooo i hit 200 pages for the brie/vlad backstory reprisal wtf!! hopefully i’ll finish this thing very soon and then i can finally start taking screenshots again!! and then i can FINALLY post this story!! and then once this story is done, i can FINALLYYYYYY go back to posting the straud legacy!! <3
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19burstraat · 5 months
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ketterdam dashboard simulator
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who up boeking they canal
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I can't believe some of you log on here and thirstpost about barrel vagrants. it makes me so sick. these men are the very pits of society and have never honoured ghezen a day in their lives. there are so many other young men who make their living in a reverent way. have some dignity.
#ghezen #inghezenssight #ghezenhonouring #churchofghezen #handofghezen
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omg HOW is kaz brekker winning this he's SO problematic he's not even good for the economy he killed members of his own gang and kidnapped councilman van eck's son
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cranky coz your gang fell apart aren't you
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guys is this a mandela effect or what bc I SWEAR this painting used to be in the university district art museum, I literally saw it this week??? but I went today and it was GONE?????? there wasn't even a plaque?? guys pls I'm so confused why is everyone acting like this is normal for ketterdam? do priceless antiques just VANISH? am I being gaslit?
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stadhall-clerking
guys I'm so sorry I've been MIA :( I found out that my landlord was using my rent on the staves rather than fixing my black mould problem so I pushed him out the window and told the stadwatch he must have fallen and died because he wasn't honouring ghezen and got away with it. anyway I think maybe the black mould explains the dirtyhands/sturmhond fic I was writing sorry :( but I WILL finish my fairy queen of istamere meta post once I've moved into my new lodging
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dregsconfessions follow
SUBMISSION: sometimes I lie awake thinking about the time I fell down an entire flight of stairs at the slat when kaz was at the bottom, and he just stared at me (still lying on the floor), and then asked if I'd changed the beer kegs at the silver six yet. GIRL NO?!?!?!
#submission #dregs #dirtyhands #admin comment: laughed so loud my upstairs neighbour threatened to shoot me
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ADMIN NOTE: if the razorgulls don't fucking stop sending anon hate to this blog we'll tell dirtyhands n he'll send you your own IP address back
#see what happens you hack job seagulls
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kerchtourismboard
it's us, the real kerch tourism board, here to tell you what we're putting in the new summer season pamphlet. we got 1) three pages all about kaz brekker that end up being more of an advertisement than a deterrent 2) list of slipperiest spots in the barrel where you will fall over and get a concussion when ur drunk 3) top 10 ways to get your wallet stolen by a child in broad daylight 4) paintings of the komedie brute 5) advert for sten's stockpot 6) map of public toilets
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kerchtourismboardreal follow
we are not affiliated with any degenerate impersonator accounts who claim to be us. we are the only real kerch tourism account.
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grafcanal smells like piss and you should bite everyone you see wearing the mister crimson costume
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it's all 'fuck sten's stockpot' and 'I got food poisoning from the special at sten's stockpot' until you realise you don't have the money for cilla's fry, and then you come CRAWLING back to the loving arms of sten's stockpot and our special. you fucking traitors. you'll be back! you'll all be back
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what's in the special sten's stockpot
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it's a surprise ;)
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nah I thought this was the real stens lmao
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bert smit you still have 45 kruge to pay on your tab and if you don't cough up we'll send our debtors to break your legs
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my grisha girlfriend who still wears a kefta and says things like 'nikolai lantsov is a bastard': ugh they're still debating whether or not the council of tides should be able to control kerch shipping, I hate inter-country politics
me: I think I hauve the queen's lady
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punkeropercyjackson · 1 month
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It's finally here!!!
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Graphic design is my passion LMFAO but as i said i would do a while back,i've created a masterpost of all the Jason Todd content that's worth your time!This is rather long but he's existed since 1983 so!!
Base edit is my little sister @mayameanderings and tagging @coffeemilkcatz and @nanaonmars since they said yes when i asked if they wanted me to!Let's dive in then!
Batman 408-426,Detective comics 568-582,Superman annual 11,New Teen Titans 18-31,Blue Devil 19,Action comics 556 and 594,Batman Annuals 10-12 and Batman(The cult)for pre-reboot Robin!Jason my beloved
Nightwing Year One 101-106,New Teen Titans 55,Nightwing 10(1997)and Legends of the Dark Knight 100 for Dick and Jason siblinghood,Gotham Knights 34 for the short story of him and Alfred and Detective comics 790 for Bruce telling Cass about him as it takes place on Jason's birthday
Lost Days aka the Red Hood prologue
Under The Red Hood(2010)-The original comic is good in it's own right but the movie is leagues better written(Rare comic book adaption exception lmao)
Robin 177 and 182-183 for tha actual Tim and Jason beef instead of 'replacement' and 'enemy to caretaker' bs
Azreal:Death's Dark Knight 3(Can't give commentary on this one since i don't know Azreal like that,sorry)
Red Hood and The Outlaws(2016).Unlike the Utrh comic vs the Utrh movie,the original Rhato has nothing positive like the reboot
Not TECHNICALLY Jason BUT Duke is his favorite brother and Stephanie's the only Batfam girl he's truly close to so you should also stan them since he'd want you to /lh
Red Hood:Outlaw for the confirmation that Red Hood loves black women from infinity to infinityyyyy(meaning his love interest Dana Harlowe is introduced and featured as an mc in this run)
Urban Legends 1-6 for his return to the Batfam-Messy tbh but i do enjoy parts of it!
Task Force Z for him and Stephanie being a vigilante team and it has a prelude,that being Detective comics 1041-1043
Unkillables and Joker:The Man Who Stopped Laughing for Jayrose goodies and more of the above
Gotham War if you feel like turning off your brain to look at good art and laugh at dogshit writing
Red Hood:The Hill is his current run and when our queen Dana comes home from comics limbo!!!
The following is a misc list that's not required to include in your Jason knowledge but HIGHLY recommended you do just for fun!
Tiny Titans 23,29,33,39,45 and 47,Bombshells 46,60 and 62,Bombshells United 18-24,Lego Batman:Family Matters,A Death In The Family 2020,Batman:The Adventures Continue,Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5-6,The Doom That Came to Gotham 2023 and The Teen Titans Go episode 'The Best Robin'(Pre-Reboot Robin Jason rights!!!).Also look up 'Nobody cares about Tim Drake' if you don't know what that is,you'll love it
Jason also appears in the Lego DC Super Villains games that i highly recommend as well especially because my girlfriend is a mega fan of it and i don't know much about Lego Batman 3:Beyond Gotham but please avoid the aformentioned original Rhato,Red Hood:Outlaws and the Gotham Knights game as they feature extremely problematic writing not limited to but including racialized misogyny and ableism and do disservice to Jason himself anyway so you wouldn't want to consume them to begin with if you want to like him.I have mixed feelings on the Arkham Knight and Injustice games series' but they are objectively fairly good so i wouldn't say no to giving them a shot to see if you like them
And for the finale we have Wayne Family Adventures-Definitely a good read but to be totally honest it does Duke DIRTY and it sucks so much of DC to have marketed as his series to not only not follow through at all and make it an ensemble cast instead but ALSO deprive him of his actual characterization and story to make him a demure weak black boy stereotype.I won't judge you at all for liking it if you decided to read it or have already but kindly keep this in mind and consider joining me and my mutuals in our rewrite of it to give our Signal of Hope and Chaos the writing he deserves or at least support us through likes and reblogs!Happy Jason readings and have a good day💕
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hotvintagepoll · 2 months
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Nancy Kwan (The World of Suzy Wong, Flower Drum Song, Tamahine)—Nancy Kwan is my faaaaave like you don't understand!! watching her dance in her beautiful chic boudoir in flower drum song—the GRACE of it, the STUNNING BEAUTY. she is everything i've ever wanted to be and more. theeee most beautiful woman of the 60s i don't care what anyone else says! my queen my icon my legend!!
Simone Signoret (Casque D'Or, Les Diaboliques, Room at the Top)—Oscar-winning Simone Signoret! One of her signature roles was Casque d'Or (Golden Helmet), a Belle Epoque prostitute famed for her gorgeous blonde hair... but also! The jawline! The gaze that Sees through you! The steel! <3
This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.
[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]
Simone Signoret:
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"Sensual, intellectual, irresistible"
Nancy Kwan:
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"askgdshadlg women"
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"2 Golden Globes. Was in 15 movies to 1970 and many more after."
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"have you seen her? she’s beautiful and love her so much. she also did ballet before acting."
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"She was one of the few Asian American starlets of her time, she is graceful beautiful and she had to work a lot at making it big under the circumstances (20th century Hollywood)"
"Ok, this is super niche, but movies for Asian American girls growing up in the 80s was limited. Nancy Kwan is really freaking gorgeous and, while her character in Flower Drum Song is problematic nowadays (i heard she cried when asked to do the lingerie scenes), having an Asian American woman on screen with her own prerogative+agency was formative."
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ctitan98official · 3 months
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Posted 1/18/24
Updated 2/15/24
Hi, I’m Cody! Welcome. (Yeah, that Cody. I stupidly deleted my @ctitan98 account, so this is my new one!)
Requests are currently: Open!
READ MY GUIDELINES FIRST PLEASE! I only write gender-neutral or AMAB reader!
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Blog Rules:
18+ Blog: Minors DNI with ANY of my posts or follow me! (You will be blocked). ALL characters I write for who engage in NSFW acts are written as 18 or older. NO exceptions!
I will NOT write r*pe, inc*st, p*dophillia, b*stiality, or ANYTHING problematic. NO pro-shipping!
This blog is a POC, LGBTQIA+, indigenous/native, disability, health/illness, pro-choice, body type/size, sex worker, and neurodivergent safe space. Hate will not be tolerated here.
I do not support genocide or ethnic cleansing of any kind. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Fuck off if you disagree.
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The Characters I write for (RE8 is the focus of this blog)
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Gimme Some Lovin': RE8 royal and military AU (On hiatus!)
Alcina Dimitrescu
Alcina Dimitrescu Part 2
Alcina Dimitrescu Part 3
Donna Beneviento
Donna Beneviento Part 2
Mother Miranda
Mother Miranda Part 2
Bela Dimitrescu
Bela Dimitrescu Part 2
Cassandra Dimitrescu
Cassandra Dimitrescu Part 2
Daniela Dimitrescu
Daniela Dimitrescu Part 2
Mia Winters
Elena Lupu
RE8 memes, shitposts, edits, etc.
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Jill Valentine
Claire Redfield
Ada Wong
Alex Wesker
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Bela Dimitrescu
Cassandra Dimitrescu
Mother Miranda
Donna Beneviento
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Larissa Weems
Morticia Addams
Marylin Thornhill/Laurel Gates
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Alice Cullen
Rosalie Hale
Esme Cullen
Leah Clearwater
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Emma Swan
Regina Mills/Evil Queen
Ruby Lucas/Big Bad Wolf
Mary Margaret/Snow White
Belle
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Natasha Romanoff
Wanda Maximoff
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Miranda Priestly
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absolutebl · 4 months
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Out of curiosity (and because I just saw you’re going through Pit Babe), what do you consider the most cursed/batshit BLs out there? I doubt very much anything in the world will top an honest to fuck omegaverse show. But, still curious.
10 Most Batshit BLs!
Fun fun fun. I'm going with shows that I enjoyed but were just truly BONKERS. In no particular order. Also remember I have different expectations of the different countries, i.e. Chinese and Taiwanese BLs are just generally more unhinged than say, Korea.
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1 Advance Bravely
WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY SO HOT?
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2 My Esports Genius Brother
What is going on and why so cute?
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3 The Takumi-Kun series
No one knows what's going on - them, us, production, but it started everything, anyway.
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4 My Day The Series
What is going on, why so hot and so cute?
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5 Because of You
So much all at once, how many pairs and how many languages? Is it hot? Is it cute? Who knows?
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6 HIStory 4: Close to You
Cheesy cute v problematic hot = whiplash.
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7 My Lascivious Boss
Okay but what, fine but what, but.... what? Cuuuteeeee
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8 Gen Y 1 & 2
There is an interpretive dance love offering of sponsored products to the female queen bee of campus. I am not making a joke, that is an actual scene in this show.
Gen Y the series the original trash watch & Gen Y 2 - The Glorious Trash Watch Reborn
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9 KinnPorsche (yes I said it)
Yes but think about this show. Three different storylines and couples, the contrast between harsh, cheesy, camp, cute, and hot. It's ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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10 To Sir With Love
DEATH GLITTER
Need I say more?
MOAR?
Laws of Attraction
My Dear Gangster Oppa
My Engineer
Manner of Death - This one was kind of hilarious since I spent most of the show trying to figure out what it wanted to be and if is was actually BL, but to be fair, so did it. Actual title? MurderY 
Oh My Sunshine Night
Secret Crush On You
TharnType - TharnType 2: 7 Years of I Can’t Even - serious trash watch
Why R U?
What Zabb Man
Y- Destiny
Honorable mention to currently airing:
Pit Babe - currently trashing here
The Sign
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dark-mcu-ship-tourney · 4 months
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Hello!
Welcome to the Problematic MCU Ship Tournament!
This blog will pit 64 different pairings against one another. All of them are in some way “problematic”- some feature a minor and an adult, others feature incestuous pairings, others still simply have questionable or potentially abusive dynamics. Many ships combine elements of more than one.
Each day, 4 polls will be posted pitting two different ships together (for a total of 8 ships per day). You are free to vote in as many or as few of these polls as you’d like.
This blog is explicitly pro-ship and anti-censorship, and obviously features dark themes. If this is a point of discomfort for you, you are free to block this blog, I don’t bite. Hate towards anyone (and anything unreasonably rude about ships or characters) will not be published and users that send it will be blocked. Nothing explicit will be posted to this blog, regardless of the ship, so minors are free to interact if they so wish.
The bracket below shows all the ships that will be posted, as well as their first opponent. After the first round has been completed, the diagram will be updated and all of the winning ships will be pitted against one another. You can also find a typed list of all ships under the cut, for users that can’t or don’t want to read my terrible handwriting.
May the odds be ever in your (ship’s) favor!
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All First Round Ships:
1. Morgan Stark x Harold “Happy” Hogan
2. Morgan Stark x James “Rhodey” Rhodes
3. Morgan Stark x Tony Stark
4. Morgan Stark x Pepper Potts
5. Scott Lang x Cassie Lang
6. Frigga Freyrdottir x Thor Odinson
7. Vision x Billy Maximoff x Tommy Maximoff
8. Wanda Maximoff x Billy Maximoff x Tommy Maximoff
9. Maria Stark x Tony Stark
10. Howard Stark x Tony Stark
11. Obadiah “Obie” Stane x Tony Stark
12. Tony Stark x Peter Parker
13. Peter Parker x Harold “Happy” Hogan
14. Tony Stark x Harley Keener
15. America Chavez x Dr. Stephen Strange
16. America Chavez x Wanda Maximoff
17. Odin Borson x Thor Odinson
18. King T'Chaka x Prince T'Challa
19. Xu Shang-Chi x Xu Wenwu
20. Marc Spector x Stephen Grant
21. Thor Odinson x Rocket Raccoon
22. Thor Odinson x Groot
23. Peter Quill x Rocket Raccoon
24. James “Bucky” Barnes x Rocket Raccoon
25. Adrian Toomes x Peter Parker
26. Dr. Otto Octavius x Peter Parker
27. Dr. Curt Connors x Peter Parker
28. Steven “Skip” Westcott x Peter Parker
29. Dr. Stephen Strange x Peter Parker
30. Quentin Beck x Peter Parker
31. James “Bucky” Barnes x Peter Parker
32. Steve Rogers x Peter Parker
33. Thor Odinson x Loki Laufeyson
34. Loki Laufeyson x Sylvie Laufeydottir
35. Princess Shuri x James “Bucky” Barnes
36. Princess/Queen Shuri x Namor/K’uk’ulkan
37. Thanos x Nebula
38. Thanos x Gamora
39. Thanos x Loki Laufeyson
40. Thanos x Tony Stark
41. Clint Barton x Kate Bishop
42. Clint Barton x Lila Barton
43. Carol Danvers x Kamala Khan
44. Monica Rambeau x Kamala Khan
45. Stephen Grant x Khonshu
46. Jake Lockley x Khonshu
47. Marc Spector x Khanshu
48. Arthur Harrow x Ammit
49. Xu Shang-Chi x Xu Xialing
50. Princess Shuri x King/Prince T’Challa
51. Billy Maximoff x Tommy Maximoff
52. Wanda Maximoff x Pietro Maximoff
53. Peter Parker x May Parker
54. Queen Ramonda x Princess Shuri
55. Queen Ramonda x King/Prince T’Challa
56. Peter Parker x Ben Parker
57. Marc Spector x Jake Lockley
58. Stephen Grant x Jake Lockley
59. Natasha Romanov x Yelena Belova
60. Gamora x Nebula
61. Odin Borson x Loki Laufeyson
62. Frigga Feyrdottir x Loki Laufeyson
63. Peter Parker x Carol Danvers
64. Peter Parker x James “Rhodey” Rhodes
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Thinking about my last reblog and how Baldur's Gate 3 character creation kinda fucked with my perception of paladins in the bg3 setting (it's specific version of the Forgotten Realms at least)
Since paladins don't get to select a deity at CC, I got the impression that paladins who's oath was not sworn before any particular god were more common than they really are.
There's technically a "Paladin of X" tag in game for dialogue, but the ONLY way to get it without mods is to also take a level of cleric and select a deity that way.
So when I made Alice as essentially a renegade paladin whose oath was sworn before no one except through her own conviction and fervor to self-actualize (she's Oath of Glory in canon) and that manifested divine power anyway, turns out that's really weird and uncommon in setting where most paladins swear an oath before a deity, and thus presumably are bound to tenets dictated by said deity (or the order of paladins they belong to, whether that reflects the true will of the god or not)
This is, in my defense, NOT how it works in tabletop 5e, where paladins select an oath but are not required to pick a deity (they still can pick one like many characters do, even those with no levels in divine casters). Giving a paladin a deity is more a nod to tradition, but RAW you're free to hold an oath without following a faith, just like you can be any alignment regardless of your oath (except maybe oathbreaker. BG3 even turns that on it's head by making it possible to be 'Good' as an oathbreaker, even restoring your oath, which isn't a thing in tabletop unless it's to repent for breaking it but without going full oathbreaker subclass)
Enter the most prominent paladin in Baldur's Gate 3, Minthara
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She originally swore her oath of vengeance while in service to Lolth, to seek out and eliminate the enemies of the faith in Menzoberranzan (essentially part of the Lolthite Inquisition). This, by the way, is why she's so insightful when it comes to the other companions; it was literally her job to get good at reading people to find out what their deal was.
Her crusade against the enemies of Lolth led her and an army of House Baenre soldiers to Moonrise Towers, but instead of putting an end to the Absolute cult, she was captured, tortured for days, her soldiers killed or enthralled, and finally tadpoled and made to turn all that religious ferver and devotion towards serving the Absolute.
For this failure, Lolth abandoned her. As a Lolth-sworn drow (a problematic term basically made up for bg3 but works here) losing Lolth's favor is the most devastating thing possible, and there's almost no chance of going back. After being released from command of the Absolute by the Prism, she was, spiritually, alone for probably the first time in 250+ years of memory. Unless you come from a religious background only to lose faith later in life, you can't imagine what that's like (I don't ftr, but this is how I have come to understand it based on @spiderwarden's analysis)
And yet, despite this severing from a god that works Her way into every facet of Udadrow life, her oath endures. She remains a faithless (really faith-orphaned), but still undeniably spiritual paladin, bound to an oath that, for now, has her carrying out the same objective that sent her out of the Underdark before—destroy the cult of the Absolute, and seize that godlike power from those who control it.
When you rescue Minthara after romancing her in act 1, she says "You came. I prayed that you would, but there are no gods left for me." That raw-as-fuck line also spells out her current relationship to religion; IF a god would have her, she would be devoted. She even calls out to Lolth who, if the Spider Queen were to somehow take her back, she would in a heartbeat. With none answering her, she has no one but her savior, Tav/Durge, and their companions (whom she is now oath-bound to help whether she likes them or not)
And her natural inclination is to channel all that hurt, all that resentment and humiliation at being left with no divinity to know and to be known, into abject RAGE. Though she doesn't show it, I believe she is angrier and meaner NOW than she's ever been in life. That's why she talks about spitting on a shrine to Lolth, why she disapproves of offering tithe to any god at the Stormshore Tabernacle. Why she wants to BECOME a god, to become Absolute.
Hate is love betrayed. And I believe she had a LOT of love for Lolth.
Anyway this started as me musing on the spiritual nature of 5e paladin oaths in bg3, and kinda turned into character analysis for Minthara. Still, as the game's biggest example of a paladin who no longer serves any god but still commands divine powers to ⚔️SMITE Evil⚔️ by her oath, I think it came around in the end.
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