i think a lot about the phrasing of this monologue. melanie could have said "it stayed because i let it" or "because i needed it" and absolved herself of some of the responsibility for her actions by framing herself as a passive participant, detached herself from her actions and emotions and agency during her time as an avatar of the slaughter, but she doesn't. she admits that it felt good to hurt people. that she enjoyed it. that she chose to let her anger out and use it to do harm when given the opportunity, that she actively made the decision to embrace it rather than resist it. that despite knowing how bad it was, a part of her still misses it, even now. misses the power it gave her over others. misses the feeling of being in control. in a story where personal agency and the lack thereof is as central as it is in the magnus archives, it's simultaneously sympathetic and sickening to hear someone candidly admit that that felt too good to want to stop, no matter the cost. it stayed because i wanted it.
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Louis never saying "I love you," to Lestat for 30 years yet casually saying it to Armand after a year and a half and directly after denying they're companions in front of their peers, and Armand never apologizing to Louis for over 70 years but apologizing to Daniel twice after a week and a half and only after arguing that he doesn't even really need to...
Something something it's easier to say something you only half mean than to say something you mean so much it would tear you in half trying to get the words out.
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Stephcass batfam AFTG AU
guys. i haven't thought this through at all so bear with me but. batfam AFTG au!!!
THINK ABOUT IT OK kevin is damian and obvi bruce is wymack— i don't even need to say it you can see the parallels-- which makes the Moriyamas the Al Ghuls. Babs is Dan, Dick is Matt, tim is allison (the rich kids lol), and i can’t decide for renee and seth… maybe Helena for one? she doesn’t really match either of them, but maybe Maps for Renee, Helena for Seth (sorry and rip Helena). if anyone knows more about Helena/Harper/Carrie/Bette/etc and think they fit lmk! Betsy would probably be Dinah since i think she’s had a few arcs as a therapist? And if you ignore the abby x wymack thing then Alfred could be Abby
and who is neil you ask? CASS!! i love cassie it's so perfect, the wesninskis are the Cains obviously, maybe cass ran away after her dad killed someone in front of the al ghuls (and, unknown to Cass, tried to sell her to the Al Ghuls to be The One Who Is All) and became a runaway with shiva OR after Cain forced Cass' own first kill she runs away by herself, like in the comics. Instead of damian (kevin) scouting her, it's babs (Dan) getting her into the Bat Cave Court!!
Then she moves to Bruce’s and meets The Monsters (the demons? vampires? vampire bats?); Damian (kevin), Duke (nicky), Jason (aaron), and (drumroll please......🥁🥁🥁🥁) Steph (andrew)!— BARE WITH ME bare with me okay some inconsistencies in character are gonna happen here
Jason and Steph are, obviously, twins separated as babies- but they're fraternal twins, so they look pretty different and are different sexes. Either Willis or Sheila could be Tilda, but whichever pair of parents they had couldn't afford/didn't want two kids so they gave Stephanie to the foster system, causing her to be in and out of foster homes until she was placed with Crystal (Cass) and Arthur Brown. black mask or arthur/cluemaster could be drake :(
Duke, their cousin, wants them to make up but doesn’t know how to (ignore nicky’s advances on every man that breathes, i love him but that does not apply to Duke here lol he is not making moves on anyone here— they are his family). Steph doesn’t consider either of them family, only damian who she protects is family to her.
Then the upperclassmen move in once school starts! i’m throwing the gendered rooms out of here cause it doesn’t fit so Cass shares a room with Seth, Renee (maybe helena and maps? still undecided), and Tim. The Monsters/Vampires/Demons have their room, and Dick and Babs share.
yeah 👍 i have no more comprehensive ideas anymore but feel free to add!
this probably way too niche but whatever. if you’re in one of these fandoms join the other one too!!
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I think we need to talk more about the fact that Richie just like killed someone, cause like wtf happened after that
Did the body just like dissappear?
Did someone find it?
Did they try to cover it up? I don't see why they would, it was very clearly defense
Did they figure out it was Richie?
Same thing with Bev, let's acknowledge the fact that she killed her dad; except I think she said she was gonna run away at the end of the fist movie? So that atleast kinda explains what happend afterwards, but even then it was very clearly self defense
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Having believable conflict in a friends to lovers relationship does not equate to enemies to lovers. I need the hashing everything out to make this relationship remotely believable and even more cute and strong. Pining one-sided crush to suddenly in love and married without any discussion of MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF HISTORY is just boring and a poor foundation of any relationship. Violet would not approve.
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