#oh here we go

[lilacthebooklover]

jon matteson characters family reunion. richie is ignoring everyone and blasting japanese nightcore on his airpods. roman is here and acting disgusted at the food while linda boasts about her kids (said kids are currently causing mayhem that will probably end in tears). paul has brought emma with him and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. boy jerry is trying to give him a pep talk on how to propose so he can "do the do" with emma (bj recommends a walk in the woods). the hatchetman bursts in at one point. daniel lost track of time and decided it wasn't worth showing up. gary is happy to be a part of something like he was with the wiggly cult but nobody likes him. wiggly watches for a while then shows up in human form to cause more mayhem, nobody knows who he is, why he looks like them or why he speaks like a toddler but he's freaky and may or may not be on the verge of murder. fun times.

[acecroft]

SUPERNATURAL 5.03

[teleserye]

BLACK SAILS, Season 4 Episode 1

[theiravshade]

[2many2winged]

i don't think I ever posted these guys

[ameliapodcast]

WE HAVE POLLS!!!!!

Please drop your suggestions in the notes and tags!

[shadowxamyweek]

Hey Amy sweetie, not to interrupt your breakdown but uh. Shadow is on his way back because he forgot your fortune cookies

Go splash your face with cold water or something girl.

[There's a pause, and then, Amy screams. She scrambles to put the lid on the ice cream and chucks it in the freezer before rushing back to the sink to scrub her face.]

[monstrumpuella]

[soul-wanderer]

I just realized that one of the things that have been bothering me (apart from certain people in the Marina fandom lacking boundaries and moderation) is the fact that oftentimes Maya’s and Carina’s relationship is labeled as “relationship goals”, which is also kind of ironic, given the sheer hatred Maya keeps receiving for being traumatized and mentally ill.

The point is, I don’t think their relationship was ever meant to be anything close to perfect or have a role model function, which is why it is concerning to label it as such.

Both of them entered this relationship with a lot of emotional baggage, especially in regard to their own families (especially their fathers). On top of that, they both didn’t really talk about said emotional baggage for quite a while and refused to get professional help for it, too. And then we have the fact that they disagreed on topics that were highly relevant for their relationship: marriage and children. In the end, they still get married and Maya even agrees on having kids, but if this were a real relationship, this almost certainly would go wrong in the long run, and it’s just not realistic that Maya would change her mind so quickly, just like their wedding was extremely rushed. And that is not even taking into account that Maya cheated on Carina with Jack and that Carina still ends up being friends with Jack again.

Fast-forward to more recent struggles, and we once again see a lack of communication between the two of them. Carina preferred to talk to anyone but Maya about her marriage problems and Maya just completely shut off, which is understandable but doesn’t help their marriage at all.

And I am not saying that their entire marriage is completely dysfunctional, because there definitely are beautiful moments between them, but in the end my argument still stands that the writers weren’t going for a beautiful, picture perfect, functional relationship.

And that’s okay!

They decided to show a relationship that had a less than ideal start, with two people who come with a lot of baggage that they refuse to talk about and fail to resolve in healthy ways a lot of the time. They often need a metaphoric explosion before they come to their senses and realize they cannot go on like this. Their relationship is deeply flawed because they are deeply flawed. And that’s just what relationships are like, sometimes. But I still wouldn’t suggest that anyone take their relationship as an example for what to look for in a relationship, because in real life this would almost certainly fail or lead to some sort of toxic trauma bonding, and I’m not sure anyone would want that for their own relationship.

That being said: The main issue seems to be the discrepancy in what demographic this entire storyline was written for and the demographic that is a big part of the actual fandom. As someone who grew up with Callie and Arizona as the main queer couple on TV, I know what it’s like to see a dysfunctional relationship and overlook the dysfunctional parts because that’s just the little representation you get, after all. There’s a considerable gap in the positive and healthy representation of queer couples for younger folks, and it’s showing. I personally don’t need or want positive representation, because I am at an age (oh, here we go) where I quite enjoy messy and realistic representation. Because I know when things are messy and problematic.

However, that does not mean that there is no hope left for this relationship. If they both! go to therapy and make amends, they might as well find ways to a healthy relationship. It’s fine if they do, it’s fine if they don’t. Again, the writers have done a remarkable job at portraying a realistic relationship - and sometimes realistic does mean messy and dysfunctional and problematic, and I hope more people are able to acknowledge that in the future. And by the way, that doesn’t mean that you can’t ship problematic couples - heck, I do it all the time, but it does mean that sometimes we need to use our critical thinking skills and not sugarcoat behaviours that weren’t meant to be healthy in the first place. Thanks for coming to my ted talk about problematic relationships!

[chaosfaery]

continued from x. | @thesweetsanguine

Lilé’s eyes smouldered like scorched embers as Luciano’s demeanour shifted… and then the fire vanished, replaced by a playful innocence as she lay in bed.

Oh, he wanted to play? Who was she to refuse such a command? It would be terribly bad manners!

“I don’t know what you mean, Daddy,” Lilé replied, with those wide blue eyes she knew Luciano found highly amusing. “What problem? I’ve been in bed all this time. How could I have caused a problem from here?”

[droughtofapathy]

[rosenfey]

cannibals? in my fallout???

[theirloveisgross]

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[lactucat-art]

I drew a little comic a while back about Bruno's unhealthy copping mechanisms but I never finished it. Will I finish it someday? Maybe. Will I color it? Probably not. But I really like this panel because I could practice the whole family so I wanted to share.

Finals are close so I don't have much time but maybe someday I'll post the whole thing.

[hehosts]

“ Let's make a new world. ” for goro!

castlevania: nocturne prompts. accepting. // * @vonerde !!

❝ a new world, ❞ he mirrors. he stands with his back to her at the window, staring out into the vastness of a creation not his own, but a reflection of what he wants to see. from this side of the wall, they are in his office. through the glass, her garden lies just beyond. go over the wall. ❝ a new world. hm. ❞

for a moment, he is silent, as if considering. ❝ this new world of ours, ❞ he starts, ❝ i'll make it for us — of stars and dust. ❞

that is how it will come to be, just the same as the earth. their little parlor tricks (their pocket dimensions) are something else entirely.

is that what she wants? a new world? ... or a new place to play?

(to hide! his office has become too crowded these days.)

❝ tell me, pet, should i have it swallow the old one? — or are you asking for another garden? a private place, tucked away? unreachable to all ... but two. ❞

[shadowxamyweek]

*dusts off magic wand* hope this shit still works...

Magic Anon time! Shadow and Amy can't lie for three asks each!

And to kick us off:

What are you twos biggest fears? And not like water or heights, the more metaphysical kind.

Amy: What?

Shadow: What is this nonsense?

Amy: No idea.

Shadow: Do you know them?

Amy: I mean, no? They're an anon?

Shadow: This is idiotic. What kind of-?

*Amy squints to read the letter*

Amy: 'What's your biggest fear?'

Shadow: Finding out I am immortal in the sense of being unable to die, and watching one by one as everyone I love dies around me.

Amy:(౦‸౦)

Shadow:(౦ロ౦)

Amy:... Um-

Shadow:（xロx）

Amy: Oh Shadow...To make it fair, ask me the question.

Shadow: No.

Amy: Do it.

Shadow:*No.*

Amy: CHAOS, SHADOW-

Shadow: DAMN IT, ALRIGHT! 'WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?'

Amy: I'm... I'm- oooh this is hard- I'm afraid... that I'm a horrible person, and that- that I'm lying to everyone and I don't even know it.

Shadow: You are a *wonderful* person.

Amy: Ha.

Shadow: Evidently, I can't lie right now, and me not answering is apparently also not an option, so I am telling you, honestly, as much as I-... I hate this... you have to believe me when I say you are a wonderful person.

Amy: Oh... oh, okay (´｡; ᵕ ;｡`) M-maybe this won't be so bad after all.