#ooohhh trauma we really in it now

[lesbiandeancas]

remember when Sam and Dean disguised themselves as cps workers and Dean was like cps is bad bc it tears families apart and sam was like what if the families are better off apart and Dean was like no. No no no no no. The parentification of it all fr

[sidecharactersdomatter]

Thoughts I had during TGCF S1 Ep 3

-Previously on TGCF… and it actually recaps the first 2 episodes!

-It’s all about to come together…

-It is a ghost bride

-Zombie brides!

-Real Jerk move

-A 3D effect

-Didn’t know it a zombie apocalypse happened in Ancient Feudal China (I need to brush up on my history)

-Like moths to a lantern

-Well that trick didn’t last too long

-Oh so that’s how you stop an Ancient Zombie Bride Apocalypse

-Nice move, Pengtou, he is out cold.

-At least the mob isn’t splitting up

-Welp, now they’re grateful 

-The fact that he said he’s accepting donations, XL is really desperate, I can’t believe that quote was from the book!

-Wait a minute, he was an acrobat???  Xie Lian Pre 3 ascension life spinoff when??? (That’ll prolly never happen)

-More Naruto running

-That could explain the literal corpse brides BA DUM TSS Pun count: 2

-Well it does seem bad

-Man here comes the Bride Pun count: 3

-Nah, that was mostly Ling Wen

-Now that is an Azula level breakdown

-Seems like it Xuan Ji

-Oh another good animation

-Yep he sure had it coming

-Pei Ming sure knows how to pick em

-No Xiao Ying…

-They are not merciful with the body count in this whole series

-She was his friend

-Woah saved by literal divine intervention

-He looks just like Pei Ming

-Geez, Pei Ming this is why we don’t Ghost our Exes, Pun Count: 4

-Does anyone else think suddenly Pei Ming kissing Xuan Ji is a red flag?  No one, just me??

-Buddy, saying a woman should smile more often is obviously what you should not say to a woman (Has Pei Ming written the book, “How to offend Women in 5 syllables or less?)

-Honestly after reading the first 2 novels and watching the first few episodes of Season 2, Pei Ming is by far the most easiest Heavenly Official to roast

-Yep they totally boinked

-Horse ride

-Maybe Pei Ming should’ve let her down gently

-Man, Xuan Ji, maybe you should’ve heard of the phrase, “Plenty of Fish in the sea”

-Yeah Pei Ming’s definitely at fault to me

-That’s why we don’t break up over text Pun count: 5

-Yeah she is a mess

-Xuan Ji reminds me of that one scene in Avatar where Azula gets dumped by a guy at Ember Island

-OOOHHH Another shot fired at Fu Yao

-The way Xie Lian blinked when he realized he was still in the wedding dress XD!

-More foreshadowing

-The sound effect when Fu Yao rolled his eyes!

-FIGHT!  FIGHT!  FIGHT!

-Restoring faith in Ming Guang

-She was too young and kind…

-They didn’t make the disease look too graphic like in the Manhua

-Oh no Trauma

[theblogtini]

IF diana was still alive, how do you think she'll handle sussex drama?

Well for starters none of this would be happening. It all stems from her death and the trauma that Harry ignored for years and is now unable to heal.

But let’s say all this stemmed from some other thing - it wasn’t triggered by trauma and he really truly is just this crappy of a person.

Diana would. Be. Furious.

Period.

For all of Diana’s faults, for as much as she hated Charles and what he did to her, she never went after OTHER members of the family. Or even really went for Charles in any context other than their marriage. (Although I do think she alluded at one point to thinking he wouldn’t make a good king.)

Diana was loyal to the crown, and loyal to The Queen. Harry thinks he’s following in her footsteps by staying loyal to his grandmother/her memory, but in what he’s doing he’s harming the MONARCHY as a whole and Diana would have never stood for it.

And that’s before… ooohhh that’s before … we get to how much he’s hurting his BROTHER. And both his (Harry’s) children and William’s children. Diana would not have stood for her sons fighting but she would be ripping Harry’s head off for hurting her grandbabies and keeping them away from their family.

I also think Diana would have at first empathized with Meghan and maybe even found her to be industrious but eventually she would have been appalled at the absolute lack of respect Meghan has for tradition.

[koko-raccoon]

Teddy for the meme, of course!

OOOHHH I'M GLAD YOU ASKED !!!!

1: sexuality headcanon

Bi/Asexual/Pollyam curious? Like under the right circumstances he would be in a throuple

2: otp

LMAO no one in canon really because I'm /that/bitch. an oc/canon bitch.

I did like onesided Teddy/Helen I know she never liked him but his crush on her was just adorable it's not his fault she's the way she is

3: brotp

TEDDYLINDA TEDDYLINDA THEY'RE BESTIES WHO SHARE ONE SINGLE BRAINCELL

TeddyBob because when they get along its genuinely so cute teddy really is Bob and Linda's platonic life partner lmao

Also MortTeddy I miss when they were friends so much it was so fun 😔

4: notp

You're not gonna believe this babes but I do NOT like Kathleen I think she is so uninteresting like she was fine in the Helen Hunt but she should've stayed there.

5: first headcanon that pops into my head

He will info dump about everything to anyone but if you ask what his problem with Mort is he will say "its a long story I don't want to get into it." LIKE GIRL /WHAT/

6: favorite line from this character

FAVORITE??? god idk I really like "they're playing all the hits!" and "cars don't run on batteries idiot! they run on gas! and batteries! dammit."

7: one way in which I relate to this Character

We are both loyal ride or dies. Also have anger issues that most likely come from childhood trauma??

8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

Oh his pathetic desperate attempt to win back Denise in Sea Me Now 😔 I like that episode alot but she really fucked this poor man up.

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

cinnamon fave roll

[queerextremity]

(!CHUCKY SPOILERS!)

i finally caught some time to watch the season finale and it gave me a lot of flashbacks to how i watched the season 1 ending a year ago, being shocked just the same. i can and will criticize a lot of stuff that happened in the show, but it’s still the only horror project that’s able to give me nightmares sometimes and i do appreciate it.

this season has been questionable to me from the very beginning - i think the show got too carried away with the comedy, gore and bananas that it’s just hard to take it seriously. i legit don’t know how much more these characters can endure, because their lives are just constant spirals of trauma (that is also very similar from character to character - we have three orphans now, for example. i'm almost done with the brutal kills of the parents). when they get new friends, you know they’re gonna get killed. if they have a relative alive, you know they’re either gonna get killed or go crazy. i think the first season balanced it better. it sure was insane and gory and weird, but it still was possible to relate to the characters, their struggles and i was all there for the great found family trope. now they all just feel distant. not only from each other, but from the audience. i cannot bring myself to care deeply anymore, because so much shit happens to them that it's impossible to care for everything. you'll just explode. i just hate how chucky becomes one of these dumb slashers you watch simply to kill the time and scream "ooohhh yeahhh, he's gonna die now". you may argue that it's been like that, but i totally disagree, because the whole franchise always gave me some of my favorite protagonists ever. i just feel like this shows doesn't really care about anything besides gore anymore and it's not all i'm here for.

think about nica. the girl's literally my favorite horror character ever and the season 1 ending gave me nightmares. i still was excited to see what they do with her - that's what i always loved about the way nica's written: there's always a plot twist to her and she's never just one trope. but this season could've gone just the same if she had arms. the show proved its decision to be nothing but material for ableist exploitation. nica's barely a character, but she gets dozens of graphic scenes like ones with the mouth gag.

tiffany turned into joke a long time ago. i get that she never was a super serious character, because her introduction is "bride of chucky", which first turned the franchise into comedy. but now she just feels like a caricature of a caricature. everything about her's just so over-the-top that it isn't even funny most of the time.

however, i still enjoyed the majority of the season. most of the satire hits well, i LOVED-LOVED the mystery party episode, everything about gled&glenda is my favorite thing and i hope we get to see more of them as a doll. also lexi's addiction storyline was well-written and helped me get more invested into her character (which is rare for the season, as i mentioned)

s1 is still my favorite, because i'll forever be a nica/tiffany girl and the amount of great content it gave me is unmatchable. but it's my favorite horror show regardless <3

[itdobethatbitch]

More thoughts...I recently fought with my grandfather about swatting my niece's butt with stuff like fly swatters or a tennis racket. She is about 16, and has asked him to not do it.

Background: idk, it is just a thing to pat kids on the butt. Like if they are being silly or playing. It isn't weird when they are kids it is similar to being like ooh I'm gonna tickle you, ooh beat his butt. Ys know? Idk but both sides of my family play around like that. Point is it is with kids, like under 7 years old, not teenagers. And it isnt sexual at all.

While both sides of my family do this with kids, only my moms side of the family does it like as adults. I have had to talk to my mom and grandmother that it makes me really uncomfortable when she smacks my butt. For me it is bc of past sexual trauma, but whatever, it makes me very deeply uncomfortable. I feel gross. But like...they just keep doing it. Less often, but they still do it.

Now my neice is not living with her very awful mom anymore, so she is with us at our grandparents often. And I have seen the interactions between her and my grandfather. Now, I didn't stick up for myself a lot, I just dissociate and pull inward. But for her? Ooohhh my blood burned.

So I had a talk with him, I tried to be polite at first but when he waved me off I got so so angry. I told him that it was inappropriate and makes her uncomfortable and him, being drunk and angry, told me to shut the fuck up and go inside....anyway I got into it with him, and I plan on doing so as much as I have to.

I won't make a fuss about myself, but good God would I fight through hell for my neice. I don't want her to ever feel the way I do at that house...and I know she has sexual trauma of her own, not that she remembers or realizes it....her story is quite a long one.

Anyway, I'm just thinking about what I'm gonna do. Because we just don't talk about things in that side of the family. I firmly believe my grandfather sexually abused my mother when she was little. And despite the lack of clarity in my own memories, I believe it elwas him that touched me the first time as well. It just ties in with everything else that happened in those years.

Ugh family is so much

[ladykagewaki]

Ooohhh can I ask 30?

What do you do to feel at peace? TLDR Version: I don't believe in divine (or related retribution), and I am super duper introspective. I also make shorterm goals to get through tough times. Hm, well I need to preface this with the fact that while I was raised Catholic, but I am not at all religious now. In fact I officially left the church. Paperwork sent to Rome and everything. Letting go of this idea that the divine is keeping an eye on all of us has created a fairly peaceful foundation in my life. If I encounter a trauma or experience a negative senseless event, it is just some random thing that happened and I can skip a lot of confusion. No one is keeping score and we don't have to defend ourselves from a vague perma-evil. So I don't take sensless things personally. BUT WHY? There is no why. It just is. I'm just bopping along trying to do the best I can. And so my baseline inner peace is fairly unshakeable. It is what it is, no use wasting my energy on trying to justify or figure out "why". Life just is. Keep on boppin! With that said, in the immediate, I lean a lot on introspection. I have a tendency to isolate and really tease out my emotions and examine not just the feeling, but what is the source of that feeling? Have I felt this before? How did I handle it and how has this shaped me? Figuring out the source and level of familiarity, etc, allows me to control my emotional life. I can then create a path forward.

This all goes for good things too. When something great happens I also revel in the goodness. Have I had this happiness before? Have I become a better person because of it? Can I share it with anyone? then I settle those feelings down on that peaceful foundation to make it stronger.

So I guess it's just a preventative measure and has taken a lifetime of me learning about myself, focusing on objective truth, and a bit of goal setting.

[alwayshappyhoursomewhere]

💞 and/or 🎈!

(from the fic writer ask post)

💞 what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language? Characters and their relationships. The best aspect of fanfiction for me is being able to take characters I find intriguing or that I can relate to in some way,  put them in a situation that makes them confront their relationship with (an)other character(s), and see how they (re)act. I’m really not a plot-driven writer, in the sense that I don’t have the patience to make things happen unless they directly contribute to developing the relationship I'm interested in. I don’t like writing fic where things happen to people, I usually write fic where feelings happen to people xD (Hence why I suck at writing long stories that require good plot development in order to be good, although that’s also because I have the attention span of a fly and one shots are my friends). 🎈 describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change? I don’t think I can define my own writing style, because I’ve written (fiction) very sparsely in the last 10 years compared to what I used to do before. It makes more sense to say what I admire in (fan)fiction and what I ideally strive for: sparse but meaningful prose with intentionally chosen words, good pacing, sustained tension, good character building within a believable narrative frame. A focus on portraying emotions but in a way that feels restrained; emotions are conveyed mainly through characters’ actions and non-verbal cues rather than dialogue and/or exposition. 🦋what are you most insecure about when you post a fic? Everything lol. From overlooking typos to under/over tagging to will-people-think-this-is-stupid to that-other-writer-is-better-so-why-should-I-bother-to-post-this. 🌻 what makes you want to give up on writing? what makes you keep going? give up: losing interest, life being busy, and obviously limited reader engagement. We all say ‘I write for myself first’ but the reality is that we also want people to read our stories and let us know if they enjoyed them, which most readers don’t do even in the easiest of way (kudos!). I guess reader-only folks just don’t get it, how validation-starved most writers are and how motivating it is for writers when readers actually give a sign they’re enjoying a story. keep going: loving certain characters/ships/dynamics too fucking much and being unable to get over the brainrot in any other way; supportive readers/friends; being in small fandoms (they are a curse too, but small fandoms motivate me more because I know that if I don’t write the thing, there’s very little chance someone else will do it, and I do want to read the thing). 🍉in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life? (thanks for being so considerate, anon!) This is limited to my current fandom, but what I’m writing now reflects (in some ways) my experience as an aspec person who has been in a relationship for a long time (and doesn’t regret said relationship in the least) but that is only now starting to fully realize how being aspec has influenced that relationship and their approach to it (in good and bad ways). Re-engaging with fandom spaces has led to a lot of self-reflection, and now the discourse around aspec identities is much more nuanced than it was when I stopped actively being part of fandom a few years ago, which has led to a variety of 'ooohhh I get it now' moments xD

[brockachu]

hey y’all ever think about how the new narrative (at least in the league, and a little from some sabres fans) is that the sabres can finally get a true rebuild done, shaking off the haunted vibes from jack, but using what he was traded for. and it’s just like. he was supposed to save the franchise right? and there is so much budding hope in the sabres i’ve seen recently.

like some ppl are already projecting tuch for next captain. the sabres seem to be developing krebs pretty well & he’s def getting more play than he would’ve in vegas. they also have a 1st & 3rd round pick from the trade that could go so many ways to rounding out that increasingly youthful roster.

and the irony is that jack maybe did finally save the franchise. by leaving.

[catracorner962]

Beautiful Children Ch 7

It's been five years since Horde Prime was defeated. Two years since Catra and Adora got married. Magic has been brought to Etheria, but all is not well. On a mission to destroy the last of The Brotherhood of Prime Catra finds an orphan magicat among the ruin. Now she and Adora must decide if they are ready for another adventure all together. Adora is ecstatic, Catra...less so. Through their decision, both must revisit childhood memories, some more pleasant than others.

*Warning: Violence, themes of childhood abuse and trauma.*

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“Mama!” Finn kicked, tail swishing wildly. They reached for Catra with tiny little claws. The adult magicat stepped backward, hitting her hip against the table.

“Mmmmaaaaa!”

“I really think they want you,” Bow encouraged.

Why would anyone want me? Catra scrambled, bewildered. Still, Adora, her best friend, her lover, her wife, held the magikit out to them, her blue eyes shimmering with optimism despite their argument.

Finn screeched, limbs trying to frantically extricate themselves from Adora’s hold. Catra reached out and took them, heaving a reluctant sigh. She rolled her eyes, though a warm swell grew in her chest, brimming with a light-hearted feeling.

Ignore it Catra, you can’t sustain this. Finn is little, of course they attach to you. They’re a magicat, they’re just recognizing someone of their own species. It’s instinctual. They don’t love you, and you can’t love them. You can’t.

Finn bumped their head into Catra’s, headbutting her with a bubbly giggle.

“Ooohhh!: Bow squealed,

“Don’t say it.” Catra’s ears flattened. She jostled Finn on her hip, then looked to Adora.

If Finn does want me to be their mom….I…

Finn grabbed a fistful of her brown hair, stuffing it into their mouth and drooling, content. Their head fell against her chest. They cooed happily,

“Mamamamamama,”

Then that...that changes everything.

“This changes nothing,” Catra snapped, Adora only shook her head, scowling. She glanced around the room, the floor to ceiling windows and vaulted buttresses suddenly too large, too vast. She needed to flee, to get away, to find somewhere small and dark and hidden.

“Catra, are you..?” Next to Adora Sparkles looked at her concerned, purple hair shining like the royalty she was. Catra’s tail fidgeted.

“Mama!” Finn exclaimed, thumping their hands against her chest. They grabbed one of her ears trying to pull it into their mouth.

“Finn, don’t do that,” Adora scolded lamely. Still dazed from their argument.

“It’s fine,” Catra mumbled. She grasped the little wrist with her fingers gently, easing them off. Finn babbled, kicking against Catra’s legs but they didn’t cry, so she considered it a win.

“I only want what’s best for Finn,” Adora started again, though her anger tempered.

“So do I,” Catra answered, leveling with her. The words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. “I just, don’t think that’s with us, with me,” she corrected.

Even as she said it, Finn gurgled, their little mouth biting and puckering at her shoulder, trying to either kiss or suckle.

Shit if I know, I don’t know anything about magikits. Or magicats…

“Finn seems to think you’re doing just fine!” Bow piped up between them. Bless his heart, he was trying to make her feel better. Catra rolled her eyes.

He’s not wrong. Finn wants you, look at them…

Finn’s little teeth poked at her skin, their cheeks rubbing against her.

“I think we should...all get some fresh air,” Adora offered, Catra couldn’t argue with that.

Better not run into Kyle Rogelio or Lonnie snooping around. The guest rooms were on the other side of the castle, but Kyle always did have a penchant for wandering around aimlessly.

Outside, amid the moonlit gardens of night, Catra plopped Finn down among the grass. They giggled excited, trying to get all four limbs under them. Adora laughed, her smile lifting Catra’s spirits as it always did. However briefly.

Adora’s smile was the thing Catra adored the most about her wife’s appearance, and the thing that had set the fire of jealousy through her at Princess Prom all those years ago. Adora, laughing and smiling with new friends. Even as children in the Horde Catra took every chance she could to make Adora smile, and resented anyone else with the ability to make Adora laugh like she did.

“They're getting so big!” Bow rolled around on the ground beside Finn. He plucked a string of grass and held it before the magikit’s wide eyes. “Do magikits walk on four legs before two?”

“How the hell should I know Bow?” Spite rose inside Catra once again,

Guess I’m going to have to spell it out for them, again.

“The Horde didn’t exactly embrace my cat-like tendencies. If I walked or ran on all fours Weaver would threaten to declaw me again, or beat the snot out of me until I walked upright.”

Bow’s face crumpled, even Finn’s grabby little hands and joyful babbling didn’t stop the archer’s face from falling. He stared at Catra in terror.

“Get a grip, Arrow Boy.”

Finn pounced, much to Bow’s surprise, the magikit launching themself at his bare torso with enough force that Bow rocked backward, Finn’s little claws clamping down on him, tackling him to the dirt.

“Hahaha! Easy there Arrow Boy! Finn’s going to kick your ass!” Catra’s chest swelled with pride, watching Finn proceed to try and tear at Bow’s exposed tummy with their tiny claws. It filled her with inexplicable joy, a giddy rush of admiration and levity she was unaccustomed to.

Except for our wedding, and when Adora gave me her pin...when I approached Scorpia and hugged her after the engagement.

Catra’s smile grew wider, she self-consciously raised a hand to cover her lips. Looking out over the twinkling stars and the silver flowers among them.

“Finn! Easy there! Finn!” Adora bent down, trying to disentangle the magikit from their prey. Bow only rolled over, taking Finn with them.

“You’re so fierce! Such a fierce magkit! Ohhhh you got me! I see the light!”

“AAAAhhhhrr,” Finn attempted a growl,

“Ohhh, you’re so adorable when you're trying to maul me!” Bow allowed the little magikit to nibble at them. Catra smirked, her eyes flitting to Adora who gave her an apologetic smile.

I’m the one who should be sorry, her shoulders slumped. Trying to pawn Finn off like that, out of fear. Psh, like they’d even like living with Kyle Rogelio and Lonnie.  She watched Bow squirm and scream as Finn leapt again, rolling and leaping onto him, then growling and giggling and doing it all over in an endless loop of energy.

You could have this. You could choose this.

You want this.

No, you can’t. You’ll only fail them in the end.

Catra watched Finn ready their stance, waiting until Bow was trying to get himself up and then lunging forward, this time clinging to his back. Bow shrieked for real and fell down once more, rolling just in time to not squash the magikit beneath them. She let another laugh spill out, just a little bit.

“Hey,”

Adora’s fingers against the small of her back nearly startled Catra, her tail puffing out for a moment.

 “It’s okay,” she rushed to reassure, as Adora drew back. “It’s okay I was just...distracted.” Adora nodded, her hand sliding around Catra’s waist.

“You don’t have to choose, I’m sorry. I never should have made you choose.”

“No, you were right. I shouldn’t have gone behind your back.”

Adora’s perfumed scent drifted through Catra, her wife’s unique smell, mingling with the pastel purple lilies and moonlight. Sparkles and Arrow Boy’s trademark smells were also there, and Finn’s too of course, fresh and milky.

Glimmer teleported, grabbed Finn, then sparkled away to reappear a few feet away, the magikit howling with laughter.

“I know we didn’t have the same childhood,” Adora started carefully.

Catra sighed, pinching her eyes shut, the light of happiness in her chest shriveling.

“Spare me the speech Adora, I’m too tired for it right now okay?”

“I’m just saying...I’m scared too. I've never done this before either. Our childhoods were different, but neither of them were easy. But we could do this together, if you wanted.”

“Thought you said I didn’t have to choose.”

Something clawed at her leg, little pricks.

“Hey you,” she smiled down at Finn, who looked up at her happily, their tongue trying to form more words. Their ears perked, little fangs gleaming.

“Mama!”

Their tail thrashed from side to side. Catra eased, scooping them up.

“It’s late, let’s get you to bed and maybe just maybe you’ll sleep through the night. Little hellion.” Finn only babbled some more, their tiny claws kneading into Catra’s thin shirt. Adora’s hand slid around her waist while they walked, grounding her.

“I’ll see you both tomorrow. The meeting with Scorpia, Entrapta, Kyle Rogelio in the morning, please don’t be late again!” Glimmer called after them.

“That’ll depend on Finn,” Catra replied over her shoulder, terse. Still she couldn’t help a smile from tugging at her lips as they felt the magikit’s comfortable weight in her arms.

---

“Adora, it’s just a piece of paper, you don’t have to…”

“For the honor of Gray Skull!”

Catra pressed Finn tight against her chest, one hand shielding them from the luminous white glow that filled the hall. Adora, now Shera, eyed the paper suspiciously, sword out.

“Mamanbrafjg?” A little drool bubble popped as Finn attempted to turn their head towards the glowing magical woman. Catra let them, trying to quell the high blush rising in her cheeks.

“Adora, it’s probably a page from one of my sketchbooks, let me see.”

“Catra! Don’t!”

Holding Finn with one arm she ducked under Shera’s mighty sword and plucked up the folded piece of paper. Claws flicking it open revealing curling swirly lettering, frantically jotted down in uneven script.

Dear Adora and Catra, Sorry about the dinner. Lonnie didn’t mean anything by it. It was really nice to see you both. We are so happy for you. I know we weren’t a family in the Horde but we were all children together and it’s just really nice to see that you two made it...after the war and everything. Your baby is really cute. Even if you don’t want them. Anyway I know I”ll see you tomorrow at the meetings but I wanted to let you know that Lonnie is sorry for whatever trouble she caused, even if she doesn’t show it. Love, Kyle

“Huh, I didn’t know Kyle was literate,” Catra muttered, looking over the words several times. Finn reached to grab the paper, she held it up for Shera to take a look.

“I don’t buy it,” Catra quipped, watching Adora’s expression soften.

“I think it’s sweet!” Adora cooed, “I know you and Lonnie have a...complicated relationship but, this is nice of Kyle.”

We were all children together, the sentiment of it echoed through Cata more than she liked. It was true. They were all kids, trying to survive in a brutal regime. Like anyone they had tried to adapt, each in different ways. Rogelio had the advantage of his parents being Force Captains, he survived by finding Lonnie and Kyle and sticking to them, assuming the “strong and silent,” persona. It worked. Kyle made it by being the butt of every joke and the victim of every prank. It was cruel of course, but it gave him safety, security, a place among the cadets. Lonnie lived by her smarts, competent and efficient, not as stand out stellar as Adora but definitely not a failure like Catra. Lonnie survived by her generally good fighting ability and her dedication to strategy and their platoon. Never a Force Captain officially, but basically a captain among their year of cadets.

Adora survived by, well, being Shadow Weaver’s golden child or, as Catra had finally come to reckon with, by being Shadow Weaver’s perfect sacrificial lamb.

And Catra? Catra didn’t know yet if the little scrappy magikit she used to be had survived at all. Though she was slowly realizing, through all of Finn’s antics and silly roughhousing, through her art in the early morning and Adora’s cuddles at night, that maybe there was more of her left than she thought.

“It was still nice of him to write it,” Adora prompted, turning back into her normal form. Catra shrugged.

“I guess. Come on, let's get this kiddo to bed before they claw my face off.”

She watched Adora place the note on their bureau and pull the ponytail from her hair. Heat rose in her cheeks once more at the sight of those golden tresses. Cascading down her shoulders.

“Mama!” She turned to Finn, still in her arms and smiled.

“I keep telling Adora she’s going to lose all her hair if she keeps yanking on it like that. But does she listen to me? No. It’s stupid too, see how pretty it is when it’s down? She should just wear it like that all the time!”

Finn blinked slowly, nuzzling against Catra’s chest.

“I’ll try to get them down,” she muttered, doing her best to sound grouchy about it.

Catra made her way from their room to Finn’s, Adora had set it up with Glimmer shortly after they took the little magikit in. The “temporary,” nursery now featured a fountain, a decorative mobile, toys, a plush rug, rocking chair and heaps of toys from all the princesses. Even Mermista had given Finn a toy fish. Catra adjusted Finn in their hold, swaying back and forth, looking out the large window.

The moon cast silver shadows across the room, enveloping her and the magikit in cool light. Fin’s eyes gleamed in the dark. Brilliant and glowing blue, reflective. They clutched Catra’s finger in their grip, sucking on her finger fervently, mumbling to themselves.

Did my parent’s ever hold me like  this?

She tried to remember a time before the Horde, before the barracks and the drills and the back of Shadow Weaver’s hand. She tried to recall any semblance of a lullaby for a soothing pat, any scent of warmth or love that was not from Adora. Nothing. Only darkness. There was rain and wind and Hordak’s red eyes, then Adora’s pudgy baby face. Those were her earliest memories. Adora.

Catra cleared her throat, shaking her head from those memories. She leaned down, breathing in Finn’s scent as they quieted, but still blinked up at her. Their slit pupil eyes stared up at her. Those eyes reflected hope, the possibility of a future. A promise, one Catra would try to keep and treasure with all her broken-still-healing soul. Those eyes held a promise. What promise was that, Catra could only guess. It was different from the sacred one she shared with Adora. Different, but similar.

I promise to try and love you, even if I get it wrong sometimes. And no matter what else,  I promise not to be like her.

She thought, leaning down and, making sure no one not even Adora could see, she kissed the velvet fur of Finn’s ears.

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“Catra, what’s wrong?” Adora stirred beside her. Catra held her breath, still half tangled in their sheets.

“Is it Finn? The Brotherhood of Prime?” Adora started to sit up, Catra placed a hand on her shoulder, easing her down.

“It’s fine,” she whispered, “Finn’s asleep. Everything’s fine, but I have to go away for a few days okay?”

This had the opposite desired effect. Adora shot upward, eyes wild,

“Go? Go where?! Is everything okay?”

Catra kissed her cheek, brushing some hair from her wife’s face.

“I’ve been thinking about Kyle’s dumb letter okay, I just need to go find some answers. I’ll be back in a few days. I promise okay?”

“Answers? What do you mean? Where are you going? We’ll go together, we can bring Finn, we’ll…”

“No,” Catra cut her off, then regretted her severe tone. She took Adora’s hand in her’s and squeezed, kissing her knuckles.

“I’ll be back soon okay? I...I need you to trust me on this okay?”

Adora looked at her, eyes trying to discern her face in the dark. Catra almost laughed at the effort. Instead she felt her wife’s fingers trace her face, cupping her cheek. Adora nodded, though Catra could clearly see the creases in her worried brow.

“Okay,” she felt her wife’s hot breath against her face. “I do trust you, but I worry.”

Catra’s heart inflated, she rubbed Adora’s arm,

“Don’t worry about me dummy. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

“You really have to leave now?” Adora murmured sleepily, still stroking her face.

“Yes.”

“Is there anything I can do to make you stay?”

Oh Adora, sweet summer child. You really set yourself up for that one.

A vicious grin made Catra’s fangs gleam in the dark. She turned her head, licking Adora’s fingers.

“Well, I can think of a few things,” she whispered.

Adora laughed, snorting. Her fingers on Catra’s face became intentional and precise, she slid another digit between her lips.

“But then I have to go,” Catra whispered, breath heavy. She had to commit now before she lost the ability to form words. Which was getting increasingly harder with Adora leaning forward and kissing her neck.

“Of course,” Adora sucked on her neck, shifting and turning over in bed to pin Catra down beneath her. Catra shivered with pleasure, hands gliding up and down Adora’s shoulders and down her sides. Adora kissed her, over and over, gradually lower and lower down her chest to her stomach, her belly button and lower still.

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Afterward, still dazed in a fog of  all things Adora, Catra forced herself to sit up, kissed Adora on the cheek and slipped out of bed.  She passed Finn’s room, but they were fast asleep.

“I’m doing this for you, got it?”

She leaned down and kissed Finn’s nose before grabbing her whip, and leaping out the window.

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[fundeadasylum]

Was I the only one who felt the ending of Great Pretender was a bit...disappointing? I don’t even know if that’s the right word I’m looking for...

Spoilers for Great Pretender under the cut.

It kind of had the same problem BNA did where all of this other stuff had never been established and then it was really shoved into the ending. Putting aside how ridiculous it was, because con shows like this are ridiculous and that’s what makes them so fun.

But suddenly we were introduced to this new character we were supposed to care about but never had time to because we had, like, four or five episodes to get to the know them. On top of that we were also supposed to care about Laurent to the same capacity that we care about Edamura. But this wasn’t Laurent’s story, it was Edamura’s. But now it suddenly is Laurent’s storry and its been Laurent’s story this whole time and we were supposed to care about that?? But the show?? Never gave us any indication that we should? It never indicated that it was anyone’s story but Edamura’s. You can’t change the main character in the last half of the show, what the hell.

ALSO.

Edamura had a fantastic mental breakdown in the finale.

His character went through a great arc of development and he suffered a severe trauma that both his dad and Laurent put him through. That breakdown was deserved and visceral and impactful. It was a culmination of everything he’d been going through finally boiling over, of Edamura finally putting his foot down and having enough. It was really, really good.

But nope. It was fake. It was all an act. It was bullshit.

That was so disingenuous to his character. That was such bullshit. He had to deal with becoming a ch*ld traffick*r, he had to deal with the thought that he’d killed his friends, he had to deal with killing someone for the first time in his life. Sure, he turned into a person he probably despised, but after literally being betrayed and manipulated by the people he thought he could trust, why wouldn’t he stick with something he knew was consistent, something he had control in. He didn’t have anywhere else to go, as far as he knew, and honestly, the Director of the trafficking ring had been the person who was nicest to him in like literal years. I don’t blame him for staying with her.

And you want me to believe that he just. Is totally okay with working with Oz and Laurent after what they did to him!? Are you kidding me!? They emotionally abused and manipulated this kid, they ruined his life and forced him into a life of crime when he was trying his hardest to get out of it. Just so Laurent could get his petty fucking revenge. Which ends up NOT MATTERING AT ALL and negates THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE DAMN SHOW with that stupid post credit scene!

Speaking of things not mattering. We all knew the whole “you screw up, you get left behind” mantra was bunk, obviously. But they kept trying to hammer it in. In fact, it was the whole reason Dorothy was supposed to have died in the first place! Because they screwed up! Those were consequences for their actions! That was the lesson! This whole show, there’s been this running theme of Edamura messing things up but either they still manage to pull it off or someone works his mistake to their advantage or something. It really emphasized Edamura’s honest character (even if some of those actions were??? like giving James the original painting??? why???? did you do that????) and made the moment of him getting Cynthia and Aby killed all that more impactful. That was a huge blow for him, because that was the one time there was no coming back from that screw-up. He’d fucked up so bad that he got people killed. Which led to his drastic change and growth as a character. And it was really, really good! There needs to be consequences for character’s actions to matter or make an impact on the story! And it was obvious that Edamura still had some kindness in him. He genuinely seemed to care about the Director and had a mother-son bond with her. That was really important. He literally didn’t have anyone else!

Oh, but, no it was all an act. He didn’t react at all when he found out his friends were alive because he’s cool now. Oh yeah he’s totally fine with working with Laurent, uh huh, sure, okay. Fuck the hell off.

God, I could carry on about this for literal hours. I’m so disappointed.

TL;DR

- No one had time to care about Dorothy. We know nothing about her except she was a bubbly conartist who loved Laurent.

- Laurent was suddenly the main character the whole time, not Edamura, whose story we had actually been watching. That is not a “twist”, that is bad writing and bullshit.

- Edamura’s breakdown in the finale should have been real and was well deserved. Even if it had resulted in his death, it would have been very poignant.

- The post credit scene negates the point of the existence of the entire show and ruins any emotional impact whatsoever. There is no rewatch value--or any value at all--when you render the show pointless.

- There were no consequences. Ever. At all. The “good guys” always won and never suffered any losses. 

- Everyone’s just supposed to forgive Laurent and Oz because TTnTT Dorothy died because they messed up and ooohhh nnooo it’s so sad, look at my tragic backstory, feel bad for meeee wwwaahhhh

- Laurent and Oz emotionally abused and manipulated Edamura and everyone is just okay with that???? Hey, dipshits, there’s a con artist rule and it’s “YOU DON’T CON YOUR OWN TEAM”.

TL;DR 2.0 - Great Pretender is only good if you don’t watch the second season.

[ressyfaerie]

Fic request; (sorry if this isn't a personal headcanon of yours) Kai comes out as nonbinary & the team are largely accepting. Tyson takes longer than the rest to understand and pesters Kai with all his questions & general Tyson-ness. Doesn't have to be shippy but would be a nice bonus!

Oh I love this! I’ve read about someone's headcanon being Kai as nonbinary! As someone who also struggles with their gender identity this will be fun to write! I’m excited! But I understand this can be a sensitive topic for some people, so I’ll throw it into a readmore. It’s not my personal headcanon but writing this will be interesting and fun! I’m adding some Ressyfaerie flare so I apologize if it’s not exactly what you imagined! <3

The team had noticed Kai’s subtle attempts to experiment lately.

Wearing clothes that weren’t his normal style, the most surprising was the almost crop top Tyson immediately pointed out. Ray noticed the extra makeup he occasionally wore under his blue shark fins. His dark coloured clothes would occasionally be more pastel. He went to a school across town, so they didn’t see him most of the day; regardless they still noticed a change in his attitude. With each passing day, he became more comfortable with himself.

Today started off as any ordinary training day in the dojo. The team showed up after school and huddled waiting for Tyson who generally showed up late. Kenny opened his laptop in the corner, Hilary showed up with snacks attempting to bribe the team into showing her new blading techniques. Max and Ray stayed close, talking strategy or gossiping about what happened at school. Today Max wore a frilly green skirt overtop of white leggings.

“Hey! I was wondering where that went!” Hilary gasped when she saw it.

“Sorry Hil!” Max shrugged with a smirk.

“When I said you could borrow my clothes I didn’t mean keep them in your closet for a rainy day!”

“Hehe, sorry. I’ll buy my own, I’ll give your stuff back.” She glared at Max, “promise…”

They heard the door open. As good teammates they had all memorized the way their friends did everyday things, opening doors, walking, you name it.

“Here comes grouch of the year.” Max groaned.

“He’s been a lot better lately, give him a break…” Ray patted Max’s shoulder.

The door to the dojo slid open, Kenny looked up from his computer for a moment, “hey Kai!”

“Hey Kenny.”

Kai gave him a look that might have been a smile… or a judging glare… Who could tell at this point.

“Oh! Kenny smiled while pointing at Kai’s hand, “pretty colours!”

“Kai, I love them!” Max bounced over and grasped one of his hands inspecting the nailpolish. “Did you do them yourself?”

“Y—yeah… thanks.” Kai gulped.

Ray looked at them over Max’s shoulder. “Blue and red, good choice, any special occasion?”

“No. I just like doing them sometimes. It… makes me feel good.”

“Hey that happens to me too!” Max’s eyes shimmered.

“I haven’t worn nailpolish in public yet…” Kai looked to the ceiling and looked back down to the group. “I know it’s not normal.”

Ray chuckled, “it’s normal Kai.”

“What is normal anyways?” Max let go of his hand.

“You make a good point.” Kai nodded his head in response while looking at his hand.

The door to the house flung open, they could hear someone kick their shoes off and groan.

Tyson…

They all knew it was Tyson, but Kai worried about him. He was painfully aware that Tyson would have something to say about his new look, even though Tyson enjoyed doing much the same things, he always had to point it out!

The door to the dojo was thrown open, Tyson burst through, “hey guys!” Tyson grew a huge smile while looking at his friends. Then he looked at Kai and his mouth grew into a gasp.

Kai rolled his eyes.

“Look at you, Kai! Someone has been working way too hard to be a pretty boy lately!”

Kai sighed, and Max knit his eyebrows.

Max whispered in Ray’s direction, “I think I get it...”

After a while they drifted into their work. Kenny and Tyson analyzed something on his computer. Hilary badgered Tyson to show her a new move. Kai fiddled with Dranzer in the corner, Max nudged Ray, and they made their way to Kai.

The two of them sat in front of Kai, the hardwood creaked under them. Kai knew they wanted something, but remembered he was trying to be… nicer lately.

“What’s up?” Kai lowered the tiny screwdriver he was working with.

Max smiled at him.

“What is it?” Kai asked again, this time with a bit more attitude.

“You know you can tell us anything right, Kai?” Ray was pressuring him.

“Ray!” Max swatted his shoulder gently.

“Look, I’ve been uh…” Max folded their hands together fiddling with individual fingers. “For lack of better words, gender hopping for a while now. So I guess… What I’m trying to say is… I get what you're laying down.”

Kai blinked a few times, surprised Max picked it up so fast. He wasn’t sure if he was ready… but he knew his friends, he could trust them.

“I uh.” Kai started, then laughed a bit, “wow.” He fiddled with the small screwdriver on the floor, “you just… right on the money, Max.”

Max dropped his hand on Kai’s thigh. Kai wasn’t huge on touching yet, but Max wanted to give him some form of comfort.

“I’ve been thinking for… quite some time.” Kai started, he rubbed the back of his neck before continuing. “About my um… gender identity.”

The room grew quieter. Both Kai, Max, and Ray were aware the rest of the room picked up on the serious vibe and were listening in.

Max went to say something, but Kai continued.

“I know it’s more than what I want to wear, or makeup or nailpolish. Anyone can do that stuff... It’s more than that. That’s why I’ve been thinking so much.”

Max put both hands on Kai’s leg. Kai grinned.

“I think… I might be non-binary—” the room was quiet, “I’m not one-hundred percent sure but—”

Max cut him off, “it’s fine Kai.” Their face practically glowed from how proud Max was of Kai. “You don’t need to give us a list of reasons, we trust you.”

“Thanks.” Kai let a grin slip out.

“Wait, Kai, you’re gay!?” Kenny gasped.

“No...” Kai now worried that it was too soon.

“Kenny! Non-bnary is a gender thing not a sexuality thing!” Max educated his friend as best as possible in the short timeframe.

“Ooohhh , sorry.” Kenny blushed. “I’m not quite… on the gender train yet, but I’m trying.”

Kai gave Kenny a soft expression, “Thanks, Kenny. I appreciate it.”

Tyson turned around, Kai’s heart fell in his chest, “wait… So you’re not a boy, Kai?”

“What are your pronouns!” Max squealed over Tyson’s remark.

“Um.” Kai hadn’t really thought much about it, “like, anything really. He or them? I know you like them Max but I guess…”

“You don’t mind if we call you a boy?”

Kai shrugged, “I don’t feel like… dysphoric about it. Just that you guys know how I feel when you think about me… I think… that’s all I want.”

The room grew quiet for a moment. Max didn’t want to press the situation, but everyone had more questions.

“Do you experience a lot of gender dysphoria?” Max felt the sweat form in their palms, and relieved some of the pressure from Kai’s leg.

“Sometimes.” When Kai admitted it, he felt his shoulders become light. “But I think it really lines up with my trauma. That’s why… I’m still unsure. But I wanted you guys to know.”

“Thanks for telling us.” Ray patted his shoulder.

“I’m glad I did.”

Kai’s words rang through the dojo.

It was Tyson who got up first.

“Anyone want anything to drink? I’m going to go get a soda. Kai, you want anything?”

Kai was unsure what to think, he stared at Tyson, lost for an answer to a basic question.

“It’s not complicated. I’m not asking you to pick a gender or anything, just what to drink.” Tyson’s words seemed almost... angry.

Max ripped their hands away from Kai and spat towards Kai’s rival, “Tyson!”

“Whatever. I’ll get water I guess.” Tyson threw his hands in the air and left through the door outside.

“What is his fucking problem?” Max grimaced.

“He was never this upset when you came out.” Ray side eyed Max.

Ray and Max pushed themselves off the floor ready to go confront him. Kai got up, placing his arm in front of them.

“No, I think I should talk to him.”

Are you sure, Kai?” Ray wore a worried look.

“Yeah. It’s about time we talked.” Kai made his way to the door, opening it and sliding it shut behind him gently.

Outside the sun had just set. The backyard was veiled in twilight. The other side of the wooden deck across the gravel Tyson shut a door behind him, carrying a can and a bottle of water. Kai hopped off the dojo’s floorboards and felt the gravel crunch under his feet. He made his way to Tyson.

Tyson saw him, and sat on the edge. Letting his feet dangle while he looked over the yard as Kai approached him.

“What’s up?” Tyson raised his eyebrows and smiled sarcastically, then went back to a neutral expression.

“Are you okay?” Kai looked him up and down trying to find out what the problem was.

Tyson handed him the bottle of water with a friendly gesture. Kai took it, and unscrewed the cap, he chugged it.

Tyson opened the can, the only noise other than bugs and the slight splashing of fish in the pond.

“You know…” Tyson took a sip, “I like makeup, dresses, and nailpolish as much as the next guy. But I’m not like you guys.”

“That’s okay.” Kai sat beside him a few feet away. He leaned against one of the wooden beams, “we never said you had to be.”

Tyson scoffed slightly, “I get Max, I do. But you’re such a manly guy. Why?”

“It’s hard to explain if you haven’t felt it yourself but… It’s not just about wearing more… feminine things. There’s a mental aspect to it. And besides…”

Kai used his water bottle to gently bash it against Tyson’s leg, “I’m not that manly.”

“I’ve seen you in a suit…” Tyson shook his head while grinning.

Kai took a breath, “why does this upset you so much? You never had a problem when Max announced his gender reveal—”

“A thousand times.” Tyson finished his sentence.

They both laughed.

A few insects jumped off the pond and reflected the setting sun in their fluttering wings.

“Why does this upset you so much?”

“First of all, I’m not upset. You can do anything you need to do, Kai.”

“If you’re not upset, then what are you?”

Tyson gave him his full attention, the eye contact made Kai’s hair stand on end.

Tyson wasn’t answering, so Kai continued, “I’m still the same person I’ve always been. Nothing has changed, but now I can be more comfortable, and true to who I am.”

“I know that, and I’m proud of you.” Tyson shook the can in circles with one hand.

Kai was starting to lose patience now, “so what the hell is up?!”

“Nothing.” Tyson avoided the question while staring into the distance.

“There’s got to be something if you’re acting like this—so what the hell?”

“It’s fine, Kai. Let’s just forget about it—”

“No.”

Kai was stern, making sure to stay true to his emotional truth.

“Excuse me?” Tyson layed down the can with a loud thud.

Kai threw the water bottle beside him, still holding on to it, his whole body stood still in a white anger.

“You’ve been picking on everything I’ve been doing lately, pointing out every change, in my personality or appearance. You’ve been hypersensitive to me changing, now you have to tell me why!”

Kai’s intense words made Tyson raise his voice louder.

“Because! It’s so annoying! I was so confident in my sexuality but now—if you’re not a boy then I guess that doesn’t make me fully gay like I thought and now I have more soul searching to do! And that pisses me off!”

They challenged each other for a moment, until… Tyson noticed what he said, he could feel his face going red, and he drank out of the can while turning away trying to hide his expression.

Kai wasn’t sure if he heard him right, but what else could he have meant?

“Tyson…”

“Shut up.”

Kai let go of the bottle, it fell and rolled away from them, ignoring it he pulled himself closer to Tyson.

Tyson leaned away, his body felt like it was on fire out of embarrassment, he just wanted to turn and run.

“You don’t have to put yourself in a box. Just live. Figure it out as you go. That’s what I’m doing.”

Kai’s voice was—as always, honey to Tyson’s ears. Tyson shivered, unsure what to do or say.

“It’s alright, Tyson.” Kai wore no expression, but Tyson knew everything he wanted to express.

Tyson stared down at his blue and red nails, smiling at the colour choice.

“I’m proud of you for telling us about your gender Kai… and I’ll support you anyway I can.”

“Thanks, Tyson. That means everything to me.”

[yourdorkiness]

My Opinions On Jujutsu Kaisen That Literally Nobody Asked For

I finished binging the Jujutsu Kaisen manga in 48 hours. I am having some expresso, because I’m depresso.

Here’s a Sad Stitch to show you how I feel.

(And of course, warnings for discussion/ranting/kinda meta on the Jujutsu Kaisen manga below the cut, so please read at your own discretion!)

Sukuna is truly a Bastard™, along with Mahito. 

I just- *cries in Shibuya Arc aka PAIN*

*Pulls out megaphone* Nanamin. 

That’s all folks. Thanks for reading, have a nice day!

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Ugh, NANAMIN 👏 WHAT 👏 A 👏 MAN 😭 😭 😭 😭 I became a certified Nanami stan once I saw the tired business man aesthetic (plus, his words about how work is shit? Truer words have never been spoken), and his little speech about adults and responsibility, how children no matter their circumstances are still children, and should be given the opportunity to act as such. Because, YES, FINALLY, A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WITH THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL aka the voice of Kenjiro Tsuda

Anyways, I love how the Jujutsu Kaisen manga shows that adults can handle things, and that is A-OKAY!!! If Jujutsu Tech follows the Japanese school system, Yuji is a first year in high school, so he’s probably 15 or 16 years old, way too early to go through Shibuya level of trauma (though, I think anybody is too young to have to go through what happened to Yuji in Shibuya). 

Children should have the privilege to be children. That doesn’t mean coddling, it means that children should have plenty of time to experience new things, enjoy being a child, and I’m so happy Nanami says this! 

In conclusion, Nanami deserves happiness and a vacation to Kuantan 🥺

YOSHINO JUNPEI!!! He and his mom deserve happiness, they’re both precious beans. I didn’t even realize Junpei was dead until 5+ chapters later. But it was too late, for I had already gotten attached!!! *cue curse worthy screeching* 

I was so excited for Junpei to join Jujutsu Tech, too! I had this whole headcanon of Junpei being HAPPY again, talking about movies with Yuji, interacting with the other first years, him seeing Panda for the first time!!! The thing was, back then, it wasn’t headcanon! I thought it was going to be facts, until Gege said ‘lol, you thought, peasant’, before spitting on any hope of mine for a happy Junpei.

(On a completely different tangent, I would be SO psyched if I got to meet a talking panda, we could act out all of “Kung Fu Panda” together, especially the chopstick scene, and maybe we could go to a zoo, just to mess with the zookeepers about a honest to god PANDA walking on its hind legs around the zoo)

‘If Junpei had lived’ is a phrase I think about a lot, and I think that is why the “Young Fish and Reverse Punishment” arc  was so crucial to the story and yet so tragic. 

Junpei has so much potential to be happy, and then he didn’t get the happiness he deserves. It really sets the tone, the high stakes to the whole manga, for we see the amount of damage a curse inflicts on somebody who could be in a situation like Junpei. 

As the readers, we understand the reasoning behind Junpei’s ideology, sympathizing with him as we see what horrible torment he has to go through. That very first scene of this arc, where the bullies made him eat the cockroach and BURNED HIM WITH A LIT CIGARETTE, and the teacher who saw all of this happening, JUST TURNS AWAY!!! It was haunting. But finally, finally, we get a light at the tunnel for Junpei in the form of our lord and saviour, the cinnamon roll of cinnamon rolls, Itadori Yuji. HERE is a person who is able to connect with Junpei, who wouldn’t dismiss how Junpei’s circumstances or feelings. and then Junpei dies.

(look at this cute face, how could you Mahito?!)

Also, the symbolism in the opening? The Junpei fish ENLARGING??? HNKDJSFLJDSF JUNPEI NOOO-

Also ALSO (sorry this is the last ‘also’), did we ever learn if Junpei was a sorcerer, or was he a window that possessed enough talent to summon a shikigami? I at first thought Junpei was a window, since he was able to see Mahito, and was hoping that we’d get a more detailed explanation of what windows actually do. (Do they just wander around Tokyo, or wherever they live, and act all ‘La Dee Da, just living my regular, normal life, oOOHHH is that a special grade? Tell that to the sorcerers, maybe I’ll get a bonus!’ Is their life basically a demented version of Pokemon Go? I have so many questions-)

All the villains were well written, and had super cool character designs. My top three villains other than Sukuna, my top three villains are Geto, and Mahito.

Geto’s backstory in the Hidden Inventory arc was so incredibly written, I especially liked the way Gege wrote how Getou’s righteous ideals gradually deteriorating throughout the Hidden Inventory arc as he realizes the depth of the curses of humanity, the dark hatred the “weak” hold towards things they have no understanding of. (i.e. Riko’s death by the Star Religious Group, Haibara’s death, and finally the villagers ignorant treatment and abuse towards Geto’s twins, Mimiko and Nanako, beating and imprisoning them for “causing” the deaths of the villagers) Geto’s chilling charisma and the reasoning behind his actions as a villain makes him a top tier villain in my eyes. 

As for Mahito, I love to hate him, and that why I think he is a great antagonist. I guess I’ve just been seeing a lot of villains that because of their tragic backstories, the readers or characters sympathize with them and rationalising their actions, turning the villain into a flaky antihero of lesser impact. It’s very refreshing to have a villain who is just pure evil. 

I think that Mahito fulfilled his purpose as an antagonist very well; his twisted ideals on the worth of human life foiling Itadori’s own ideals of giving others a “proper death”, the curse making Yuji continuously adapt both physically and mentally to defeat him. Physically, by learning new spells and techniques to defeat Mahito, such as the Black Flash (and possibly his own cursed technique! The weird “Past That Never Happened” in the fights with Choso and Todo), or mentally, by questioning his ideals, such as what exactly is a “proper death”, after Yuji had to kill the transfigured humans. 

(Ew look at this worm.)

Some Honorable Mentions of Good Villains IMO: Jogo, because I find his ideals of curses, who stem from the true emotions of hatred and fear, being superior yet suppressed by the emotionally faceted humans is definitely fascinating, and eerily reminds me of Geto’s hatred towards non sorcerers.  Dagon was pretty cute in his Cursed Womb stage, and I really liked Hanami because the eldritch environmentalist aesthetic is pretty coolio  👌 .

How do Inumaki children learn to speak if all the adults barely talk, only saying inane words like “salmon” and NOT ACTUALLY meaning “salmon, the fish” but an adult secret code for a definition that you might not even know?? Or do the adults just charmspeak the kids, like “SPEAK small child, and have full language comprehension, O tiny ball of pudge!” and boom! Babies talking in complete sentences, maybe understanding weird adult customs. Will the child know when then adult actually mean salmon, the fish, and not the code word salmon?

Let’s assume that Inumaki clan children from learning to speak to four or six years old will be able to speak normally until the clan technique sets in (because that’s when the jjk wiki says cursed techniques kick in). How do you explain to a toddler: “Hey sweetie, happy birthday, have a present! Oh, by the way, those cool tattoos of yours mean that you can’t talk normally to anybody anymore, EVER. Only using these specific words as code to mean these specific meanings, restricting any chance of normal interactions with non-sorcerers if by some inane chance you DON’T want to become a child soldier jujutsu sorcerer. Welp, guess you have to become a jujutsu sorcerer now! Make sure to restrict your choice of words, you could kill somebody! Have fun playing with your Legos honey, welcome to adult life.” Like, EXCUSE ME? 

You can’t tell mw a four year old is expected to understand that (or didn’t kill somebody by accident via cursed speech. That MUST have happened at least once). 

This is all an elaborate way of saying please give us Inumaki backstory, I’m very curious.

Anyways, thank you for reading my post, and I hope you have a nice day!

[nat-20s]

MEDIA THAT I RECOMMEND YOU CONSUME INSTEAD OF SUPERNATURAL FOR BOTH HEART AND HEALTH BROKEN DOWN BY TYPE OF MEDIA AND WHY YOU MIGHT LIKE IT IF AT ANY POINT YOU, LIKE MY POOR POOR SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SELF, WERE INVESTED IN THIS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE FIRE OF A SHOW

with apologies to anyone on mobile who’s readmore function APPARENTLY doesn’t work

(I haven’t watched supernatural for at least five years and, given any sort of luck, I will never do so again, do not @ me)

hello babes. I am talking to you know bc I keep seeing supernatural, unironically, on my dash, and I think we can all do better. I see what’s happening and I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU3i_o5Xd4g

Supernatural is fudge stripes. You are Megan. We can fix this.

So a list of alternate things that I think are overall better written/characterized/just generally more enjoyable that might scratch some of those itches:

TV SHOWS

Good Omens

okay look if u were on tumblr last year u probably already watched this show but like. If u haven’t, it’s only six episodes babe and there’s a large enough fandom that u can go down a fanart hole for days on end

Basic summary: the antichrist has reached that lovely young age where he’s supposed to bring about the apocalypse. An angel and a demon who have decided that actually they like the world as is, thank you very much, try to stop the end times. They’re not very good at it though, which makes for a comedy of errors.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: theologic (mostly christian) exploration/parody/imagery without inherently being a religious show. Fighting off the apocalypse narrative, which I think pretty much always goes hard as hell, but that’s just me. There’s a gay angel who’s socially awkward. There’s a fun very British demon. Touches on the hierarchies of heaven and hell, with framing Heaven as a bureaucracy and blurs the differences between angels and demons.  Pining. Tenderness. A deep nostalgia for 80s music, though in this case it’s specifically queen, and who doesn’t love queen. Main character has a weirdly strong bond with his black vintage car.  Satan is (sort of) fought.

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Gravity Falls

sometimes...things that are kids shows...with a set story and a predetermined ending...are better

(also this isn’t relevant to any of what I’m talking about but I really appreciate that Gravity Falls specifically went against the thing that most begged me about ATLA aka that a 15 year old girl would be like yeah I’m into a 12 year old boy because the 12 year old boy has a crush on me and I apparently don’t get to really have a say in this. How does that make sense.)

Basic Summary: Twelve year old twins Dipper and Mabel go to stay with their Grunkle Stan for the summer in a small Oregon town called Gravity Falls. Turns out this town is filled with all sorts of strange phenomena that they often have to confront, work around, learn about, or befriend!

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: The core focus of the show is a close sibling duo, but like It’s obvious that the siblings actually like and love each other and while they have their spats it’s still incredibly clear that they deeply care about each other even with their differences LIKE SORRY SUPERNATURAL YOU CAN’T JUST TELL ME THAT SIBLINGS CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THEN THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME FIGHTING AND LYING TO EACH OTHER AND GENERALLY ACTING LIKE THEY CAN’T STAND EACH OTHER’S COMPANY BUT THEN OOOHHH YOU CRY ON TOP OF THE HOOD OF A CAR EVERY THREE EPISODE AND SUDDENLY THEY’RE SOULMATES OR WHATEVER

Anyway. Yeah. GF has a solid sibling dynamic. Monster of the week that builds up to greater over-arching plot. A little bit of body horror, you know, for humor. Fair amount of meta humor playing with the tropes of the genre. A Good Ol Big Bad that tries to pit the siblings against each other. Have to fight the apocalypse (you’ll see this point on like a good half of these recs, I really like ‘what are we gonna do about Armageddon’ media). Interesting creature design. Planned, satisfying ending (which supernatural absolutely does not have, but I still think if it had ended with the season 5 finale like it uhh  pretty obviously was supposed to, that would sort of counted. Don’t revive shows that have clearly already told their stories kids.) Tie in media that gives you some fun extra stories when you miss the characters. (yes I read some of the supernatural novels when I was a c h i l d, yes I’m pretty sure there’s one or two of them still buried somewhere on my laptop, no I don’t wanna talk about it.) Older father figure (?) who owns a tbh kind of shitty shop. Both already in place and found family.

It’s a good show, and it’s two seasons. John Mulaney Voice: I dunno it’s 40 episodes

MINI REC ALERT! (mini recs are basically things that I’m not gonna go into detail about for whatever reason [probably either due to i’m not familiar enough with it OR I just don’t like. Have a bunch to say about it in regards to how it will scratch the itches presented to u by spn] but still seem like a Good Watch)

Mini Rec: Over The Garden Wall. Spooky Kids Media! Episodic! Miniseries so you can watch it in like 2 hours! Cool ass Animation! About two brothers encountering said spooky stuff! Big Bad tries to pit brothers against each other! Might haunt you for the rest of your life! Check it out!

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The Haunting of Bly Manor

I think about this show every goddamn day of my life. (Also not relevant but Greg Sestero makes a brief cameo in it and I was like hi greg my friend greg!)

Basic Summary: An girl named Dani, while staying in London, decides to take on an Au Pair job for two young children, an older brother named Miles (age 10) and the younger sister Flora (age 8) at the spoooooky and mysteeerious Bly Manor, and she gets far more than she bargained for.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: Okay so supernatural doesn’t actually do this but I know I KNOW why we let ourselves be queerbaited in 2012. Four words for you: CENTRAL! GAY! TRAGIC! ROMANCE! You want some pining? Some tenderness? Some LOVE? Some dealing with internalized homophobia but no, like, actual violent onscreen homophobia? HAVE I GOT THE SHOW FOR YOU. If ur favorite episodes where the ones that make you sob (for me it was kevin’s death on god), I recommend this show. If you wished that supernatural literally ever had consequences or perma deaths or didn’t retcon major plot events like every five goddamn episodes so that there could be some exploration of like grief and trauma through the lens of/ higher stakes of horror, I recommend this show. If you really do stay up at night picturing a supernatural that wasn’t made by dumbass cishettie white men hack writers but was actually allowed to have Dean and Cas be in love over the course of the show so they could have like actual development and not the most homophobic gay reveal of all time, I recommend this show. Hell, if you just want a banger ghost story in general, I recommend this show.

As for what they actually have in common: horror setting/aesthetic without actually being all that scary most of the time. A strong sibling duo, though they’re not nearly as much of the focus of Bly Manor. Found family. Strong themes of grief. Questions of what turns someone into a monster (and done much better) An actual, much better noble sacrifice done out of love. Escalation of stakes until there’s a big final confrontation. Semi-big bad trying to tear this family apart. Found and pre-installed family. Sad orphans.

Watch this show. Vibe with me. Cry with me. Yell at me about Owen Sharma

MINI REC ALERT!

Haunting of Hill House- spiritual predecessor to Haunting of Bly Manor, though they’re not actually the same universe/story. However, it’s made by the same dude and has a shared aesthetic/sensibilities/some of the cast. This is only a mini rec bc I haven’t actually seen it, but I’ve heard good things and that it, while much more heavily leaning into family dynamics, has similar themes of exploring Grief and Trauma through ghooossstttsss.

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Community

Okay I know that this may seem like a Wild rec considering community is a school sitcom with basically Zero paranormal elements but just like. Hear me out. And no this isn’t just because I think it’s a realy good show and I want more people to watch it, though that is a factor. If I was just recommending comedies that I think are good and more people should watch regardless of them serving as a replacement for supernatural I would demand you all go watch Galavant and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I’m gonna demand it anyway. Everyone go watch Galavant and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Now back to your original program:

Basic Summary: A group of students at Greendale Community College form a Spanish study group, and things quickly go Off The Fucking Rails in the best way possible.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: All right I’m gonna be real honest this rec is for all of my (correct) bitches who’s favorite episodes of Supernatural were French Mistake, Changing Channels, and/or Mystery Spot. You think if Supernatural would’ve been fucking fantastic if it had been a committed comedy instead of a CW melodrama that occasionally landed some admittedly really fucking funny episodes/concepts, Community (and the movies on this list) will gently take you into its loving arms and give you everything you desire. It’s about the Meta comedy. It’s about the discussion, exploration, and subversion of common tropes within the format. It’s about the grand use of group/ found family dynamics in order to max both the goofs and the heart. It’s about fantastic callbacks. It’s about having one of the few “asshole with a heart of gold” leads I can actually stand because. You know. Growth. It’s about the INCREDIBLE genre and  pop culture parody. Which genre do they parody, you ask. All of them. They parody all the genres. The glee parody episode is a fucking masterpiece of television. If you don’t want to watch a show that features a Halloween party where everyone turns into zombies and the ABBA discography blasts in the background, you can stop reading right now, because I can guarantee you won’t be interested in a damn thing I have to say.

MINI REC ALERT: The X-Files. I’ve also never seen this but a: everything I’ve seen out of context has been fantastically weird and delightful b: it appears that there’s a general consensus that Scully and Mulder are one of the only valid straight couples so it’s probably pretty fun and c: let’s all be honest. Supernatural was already basically an x-files rip off, it had like half of their original writers swiped from the x-files crew, I’m pretty sure if you liked especially the first couple of seasons of supernatural, you’re gonna like the X-files.

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Subcategory: TV SHOWS ( A WHOLE TWO OF ‘EM, OR MORE LIKE ONE AND HALF IF YOU WANNA GET TECHNICAL) I’M SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING FOR THAT COCAINE HIT OF PURE UNADULTERATED UNCUT 2012 TUMBLR NOSTALGIA

BBC Merlin

Yes, I know the show ended in 2010. Yes, it still provides that 2012 Tumblr nostalgia. 2012 Tumblr is a feeling, not an actual time period.

I love this stupid show. I plan on rewatching it all over the month of January. I harbor a deep amount of fondness for it. It’s why every time I see literally any depiction of Merlin I get just so fucking excited, and why I’ve consumed as many ridiculous Arthurian adaptations as I have (side note: my two favorite other ridiculous Arthurian legend adaptation are Avalon High, a DEEPLY silly DCOM that is required viewing to level up friendship with me, and The Kid Who Would Be King, which is the only movie that I think truly understands the comedic potential of playing a King Arthur Adaptation mostly straight but everyone in it is 12. I’m not sure it intended to be as fucking funny as it was, but again, they’re all middle schoolers. I have never been more jealous of an actor than I was of the 22 year old that got to play a 16 year old dumbass Merlin who was sometimes also Patrick Stewart and did all of his magic with ridiculous hand gestures That should’ve been me that should’ve been me that should’ve been me. Also Sword in the Stone by TH White is pretty good, because Merlin knows germ theory in the fantasy 400’s and he just uses it to be petty mostly. Also listen to High Noon Over Camelot by The Mechanisms. Also Also I tend to prefer family friendly adaptations because they don’t have the uhhh. You know. Incest and sexual violence of the original legend. Love to Not have that shit!) Whether you watched it initially and are due for a rewatch, or you’re intrigued enough by the concept of the show to watch it for the first time, you should join me on this wild wild ride.

Basic Summary: You know who Guinevere, Arthur, and Merlin are, come on. BBC said let’s make em all YOUNG let’s make em SEXY let’s make em FAMILY FRIENDLY and let’s make magic REALLY SEEM LIKE A THINLY VEILED ALLEGORY FOR BEING GAY BUT TO THIS DAY IM NOT SURE IF THAT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT WAS. @ THE BBC MERLIN CREATORS WHAT IS THE TRUTH BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME INTERVI-

Basic Summary but like a bit more helpful: A BABY version of Merlin (and by baby I mean like 20 year old.) is sent from his small town to the big city the Kingdom of Camelot to find his destiny. Staying with the town physician and friend of his mom’s, Gaius, he ends up as both his assistant and personal manservant to Prince Arthur. But in a kingdom where magic is punished with death and the prince seems hell bent on getting himself into situations that are going to kill him, the young sorcerer has his more than his share of work cut out for him.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: Primo supremo queerbaiting. Like, yeah, okay, it’s queerbaiting, you know it’s queerbaiting, but you watch some of the scenes and ur like okay. I know why I let this bait me. Obviously with a modern show, I would expect more, I would expect better, I would raise my standards, but I gotta admit. Some of these scenes are fuckin compelling as hell, and the subtext is like barely sub. Monster of the week shenanigans. Some awful CGI creatures but like a charming awful. Like the kind of awful that tells you their very limited budget was more focused on cool swords than realistic creatures. Episodic stories build into a more overarching plot, with things getting darker in season 4/5. Shitty father that end up eating shit and while the son of said father is rightfully conflicted and upset over the death it’s cathartic and victorious as all hell for the audience. Multiple hot evil women, and I love hot evil women. There’s also nice hot women, which is a bonus. These women don’t all immediately stupidly die, so that’s a nice change. Also like a LOT of sarcastic humor and shenanigans if u like Sass Merlin is there for u personally name a more iconic line than “Oh I’m sorry, how long have you been training to be a prat, my lord?” AND THAT’S IN THE FIRST FUCKIN EPISODE brilliant amazing fantastic show stopping. Also you know those like dumb hijink episodes where like Dean was possessed by the spirit of a dog or some shit? You bet your bottom fuckin dollar BBC Merlin has those kinds of storylines. Also I know some people go to spn bc it had that HUGE fanbase and like BBC Merlin’s fanbase is still SURPRISINGLY poppin even though it’s been a decade since there was new content so like. Have fun!

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Doctor Who but Specifically the RTD Era

Look I’m not here to say that the first four seasons of reboot doctor who are the only good doctor who or inherently better than all the rest (though the RTD era is my favorite personally) BUT when ur seekin that sweet sweet superwholock frenzy nostalgia, this is the ‘who’ that is being referred to. Also like. Stan 9. We should all collectively stan the ninth doctor. Chris Eccleston, the Objectively Best Famous Chris, deserved better.

Basic Summary: An immortal alien that goes by “The Doctor” travels across time and space with a variety of different companions, often to try and save the day or fix a (sometimes self created) mess. It’s distilled campy sci-fi with a family friendly tone that has made me cry on several occasions.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: Monster of the week that, you guessed it, builds into bigger overarching plot style narrative. Fighting off the apocalypse, but like every couple of weeks because worlds are in danger a LOT. A semi-tragic romance that made people go absolutely buck fuckin wild bc pining n shit. Wamen, but they aren’t fridged. (actually for real though none of the main women die and I just think that’s really fun and flirty even though I could go on a COMPLETELY SEPARATE rant about the injustice of one of the character’s ending YES season 4 is my favorite season and one of my favorite pieces of media ever and I am currently actively recommending it to you  YES im still fucking pissed over how it ended YES we exist) Specifically, a Wonderful and Very Excellent woman named Donna who goes on a spa trip that doesn’t end up going very well. That seems like a highly specific example, and it is, but it did happen in both shows. (Also, to anyone that continued watching SPN after like idk season 9 what happened to Donna? I always liked her and I know she became a recurring character so like DM whatever probably injustice was the end of her story line pls and thank you) I’m also extra specifically recommending for Supernatural Fans and also The World At Large:  Season Four of Reboot Who. I rewatched it last year and it still goes so fucking hard. Donna Noble is the best character in existence. In regards to the appeal for SPN, personally I think the best part of SPN was when people who are soulmates went on adventures and tried to save the day and it was a good mix of banter and sincerity AND GUESS WHAT’S BASICALLY THE ENTIRETY OF SEASON 4 OF DOCTOR WHO. It’s so good y’all I wish Everything was about soulmates going on adventures and trying to save the day.

OKAY TV SHOWS DONE TIME FOR M O V I E S which I don’t have nearly as many recs for but uhh here goes

What We Do In The Shadows/ Shaun of the Dead

I’m lumping these two together bc my reasons for recommending them are largely the same, and I would call them tonally similar enough that if you like one you’ll probably like the other

Basic Summary (Shaun of The Dead): Uh-oh! London’s had a break out of some of that good ol’ zombieism. Shaun and friends decide to hunker down in a local bar, but they have to get there first. Will they survive? Will they fuck up some zom zoms? Who’s to say?

Basic Summary (What We Do In The Shadows): Some vampire roommates dick around. I think there’s technically, like, a plot, but it’s really just about some vampires Doin Their Thing. Vibin.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: This is kind of similar to the Community recommendation, in that supernatural had the opportunity to be one of those things that was both a parody of a genre but also just a really good example of the genre. WWDITS and SotD are both those things for vampire and zombly movies, respectively. Have the aesthetic and some of the themes of a horror but is not actually all that scary. Horror Comedy is a god tier genre and I don’t know why it’s not more widespread. Fun monsters/cast of characters in general, so at least one person in it is probably going to make you go “oh gender” ya know? With SotD you have the fantasy power trip that comes with like any piece of media that involves hunting monsters. With WWDITS I go “yep that’s how bisexuals dress” and I Will Not Clarify which character I’m talking about.

MINI REC ALERT: All of Taika Watiti’s filmography. Thor:Ragnarok is one of like 3 marvel movies that I consider genuinely fucking fantastic completely independent of the MCU and my own tendency to be like “hurr bdurr I love. Superheros”. For the one that is most tonally like Supernatural But Significantly Better and Written By Someone Competent I think I would say try out Hunt For The Wilderpeople. It’s got a reluctant curmudgeonly father figure and I KNOW some of you motherfuckers were so invested in spn when you were like 16 bc you had daddy issues. This is a callout post for my friend [REDACTED], who I should text to watch Hunt for the Wilderpeople, actually.  

MINI REC ALERT X2!!!: Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I’ve never seen it but it has both Winona Ryder AND Keanu Reaves so like. Goth bi rights.

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Happy Death Day (and Happy Death Day 2 U)

happy death day was one of those movies that I saw the trailer, went “eh”, heard other people say it was great, watched, and went holy fuck this slaps. Not nearly as much of a slasher film as the trailers implied if im remembering the trailer correctly

Basic Summary: Our main character Tree keeps waking up on the day she was murdered. The day resets every time that she dies. That’s right, it’s a time loop storey babey!!!!!!!!!!!

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: If you were anything like me you were foolishly lulled into supernatural for way longer than you should’ve been on the promise that the characters would idk like grow and change and become better and learn lessons and some of that would be through the power of receiving love and kindness. You know. Like how good writers would do it especially if their main characters are kind of dicks that really should make some changes. Well, Happy Death Day fucking delivers on that promise in SPADES. It’s about growth! It’s about change! It’s about making the active decision to become a better person and putting effort into doing so! There’s heavy themes of like grief and trauma and acknowledging them and facing them head on in order to move on and the negative consequences of refusing to do so and just trying avoid it until it goes away. There’s a romance that makes my dumb little self do the pleading face emoji. Tree is also one of the only good asshole with a heart of gold characters. I also think media is improved by having at least one character that is a Good Good Boy (note: Good Good Boy character does not have to be a man.) and Happy Death Day has Carter. Oh on that note: Tree Voice: I’ve only had character for (the same repeating over and over) a day but if anything happens to him I’ll kill everyone here and then myself. Also the movie is funny so like hell yeah.

that’s all I got for relevant movies right now

BOOK RECS

jk i’m illiterate. Everyone should feel free to go ahead and add their own suggestions for this section The best I can do is uhhhh I think y’all would probably like Mira Grant’s novels, particularly the Newsflesh stories, bc sibling dynamics. Also the book The Haunting of Hill House is really good. Ballad of Black Tom slaps? There’s of course the Good Omens novel that the show was based on. I’m about to recommend some podcasts after this section which will include to Welcome to Nightvale because of course it will and the tie in novels for that slap, especially It Devours!, and I’m pretty sure they work as stories even if you know nothing about the podcast. Also also I think you should read “The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers It’s not thematically similar to supernatural at all but it’s one of my all time favorite sci fi novels and only like four people have read it which is a goddamn TRAVESTY.

Anyway yeah that’s it that’s all there is. Onto the medium that is like books but I can fold laundry or cook while consuming their narratives.

PODCAST RECS

Okay so this is getting uhhh wicked long so I’m gonna limit myself to only three full blown recs and a

mini rec

Alice Isn’t Dead

Fuck me running this show is so good. Literally hands down my all time favorite (and scariest!) horror podcast. Mamma mia, that’s a good fuckin story. The Book version is also good and has fewer Weird events but some further character development so I recommend them both.

Basic Summary: After her wife Alice disappears mysteriously, Keisha takes up a job as a long haul trucker, traveling all across America in order to find her, but ends up finding so much. Pursued by a deadly creature she calls The Thistle Man, the stakes of her journey are raised.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: okay so I have a lost of bullet points of things that appealed to me specifically about supernatural and how no other shows covers all of them which sucks bc it means I basically Yearn for a show that’s supernatural but good. Alice isn’t Dead, however, hits the most of these bullet points AND is so fucking good. It has monster hunting. It has stopping a cataclysmic event BUT also discussion of the cyclical nature of events such as these and how the fight never truly ends but you can make some fucking progress nonetheless. It has a central gay romance that’s actually a central gay romance. It’s the ONLY show on this list that really hits that the weird and dark underside of americana vibe but specifically the americana of not like suburbs and shit but that eerie haunted feeling you get when you’re hours into a late night drive on open roads with no civilization around and an expansive sky and it just Seems like something should be watching you. Have you ever been out for a walk at midnight and encountered a deer and you looked into each other’s eyes and it felt like it was telling you a message that you couldn’t possibly hope to parse? Have you ever felt an incredible sense of deja vu eating in a restaurant you couldn’t have possibly been in before, because you’ve been to a thousand diners a thousand times just like one, and there’s an incredibly sense of homogeneity even though you’re 2000 miles away from anyone and anything that could possibly know you? Have you ever traveled to an area that seems to be stuck in a bubble of time, the only thing that shows any evidence of having aged past 2006 being yourself, and you wonder how your cell phone even works around here? THAT’S the spooky americana I’m fuckin talking about! Messed up road trips! Too much goddamn space! America is scary because it’s big and Filled With Things but also Not Enough Things! Fuck yeah!!!!! That time bubble fuckin EXISTS in Wyoming the most recent song on the radio I heard was fuckin Hey Soul Sister!

Also has a thing where like are there even good guys and bad guys in a conflict or is it all just one umbrella nightmare that you’re trying to stand against in anyway possible (u kno..like how the overarching structures of both heaven and hell were kinda fucked in spn? No spoilers but similar shit be happenin in Alice Isn’t Dead). Exploration of what makes someone into a monster, like how do you go down that path? Also this is the only show on this whole damn list that southern gothic music really suits it so points for that.

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The Magnus Archives

You know I had to do it to ‘em.

Basic Summary: Jonathan Sims has just become the Head Archivist at the Magnus Institute, a “research” “facility” that looks into paranormal/esoteric/unexplained phenomena.

John Mulaney Voice, Again: Nobody knows what the archivist is going to do next, least of all the archivist. He’s never been in an archives before, he’s just as confused as you are.

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: Oh fuck this document is over 5k long I said I wasn’t gonna do this hhhhh so lipton lightning round: Slowburn Gay Romance but Actually Canon, Monster Hunting but Hey What Even Is A Monster Anyway, Acts Somewhat like a Loosely Connected Horror Anthology until it DOESNT, Little Things Build to Bigger Narrative, Characters Be Goin Through It (On God These People Need Therapy), Trying to Prevent/Fix The Apocalypse (X2!!!), Smug Asshole Big Bad,  Horror as a Metaphor For Various Shit, Basically if you thought that the Men of Letter concept slapped and you think it should’ve been the whole damn show including being Deeply British you would probably really fuckin like TMA. Also if ur like the ideal piece of media is a horror tragedy but also like it’s a wacky sitcom but also also fuck cops. U will like tma.

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Welcome to Nightvale

IF ANY 2012 TUMBLR FANDOM DESERVES TO MAKE A MASSIVE COMEBACK AND BE EVERYWHERE AGAIN AND ABSOLUTELY FLOOD MY DASH IT’S WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE WHY DID WE ABANDON THE SHOW THAT TREATED US THE MOST KINDLY DID YOU KNOW THAT EPISODES 108-110 ARE THE BEST FUCKING BUILT UP NARRATIVE REVEAL THAT I HAVE WITNESSED IN MY LIFE DID YOU KNOW THAT IT CONTINUED TO BE REALLY FUCKING GOOD AFTER MOST PEOPLE STOPPED LISTENING DID YOU KNOW CECIL AND CARLOS ARE MARRIED AND THEY HAVE A DOG AND A TODDLER NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE GAY PODCAST PROTAGONISTS CECIL GERSHWIN PALMER LOVE OF MY LIFE ELDRITCHIAN CHEERLEADER AND CERTIFIED BIMBO KEEPS FUCKIN WINNIN BABY. DID YOU KNOW THAT CECIL THINKS PEANUT BUTTER IS A ROCK.

Basic Summary: Welcome to the sleepy desert town of Ņ̶̏ight V̶͚̰̮͗̔̊̊ale! Community radio how host Cé̵̟͚͕̗̞̙͂͑̽̄́c̵̤̼̞͈̪͓̍̽̋̚̕͜il Pǎ̵̧̨̢͚̻̈̂̄̇͐̇̊̀̆ͅl̶͚͎͕͉͖̬͓͑́̐̒̍̿̈́͢͜͝ͅm̸̧͙̟̖̠̳̬͋́͋́͌̚̚ͅȩ̙̖͎̖͂́̒͐͜͞r̢̢̛̰̻̮̺̩͙̼̈́͋̀͘ is here to k̠̠̰̦͙̯̥̎̄̆͌̎̀̿̔̌̚ê̷̢̬̥̞̩̯̘͒̽̈̓͐̂̔̍e̶̡̝̗̺̫̪̜͆̓̿̈͌͌̆͒͞ͅp̵̹̗̬̼̠̬͙̏͐͐̉̅͊͊́͟͞ͅͅ ỷ̛͙̞̦̦͖̑̉̌̎͞͡͡͝ͅo̧̧̥͎̻̥̲͇͋́́̔̈͌͞ǔ̸̬̯̫͇̦̮͕̤̲̯̽̔̀̔͆͋̈́͘̚ up to date all the local happenings, including w̸̢̢̢̧̡̡͍͖̻̳̹̼̼̰̬̭̱͔̲͙͍̰̠̥̺̝͖̺̖̼̮̼̞̳̞̜͉̤̯͇̖̳͖̠̙̺̲̤͇͈͚͓̮̭̱̭̩͚̟̥̬̟̻̝̼̖͚̘͐̆̅̂̃̈́͆͊̉̏͒́̈́̋͗͑̄̉́̐̌́̿̌͛̾̎̊̾̃̈́̉̔̍̐͛̕͘̚͜͜͠͠é̵̢̡̧̨̨̡̧̨̡̛̹̥̥̞̮̯͙͈̻̝͓͖͙̦̰͍̖̜̲̰̞͎͈̭̯̳͕̗͓͈̭̫̼̯̪̞̯̰̲̘̭͎̪̱̗̝̝̞̤̱͉͙̯͎̬͎̙̜̗͉̩̦͕̪̳͇͙̺̙̰̠͚͎̜̠͔̬͎̺̣͕̜̊̓̃̐̂́͂̎̐̾̔̽̀̉́̍̊̂̿̎͂͐̎̐̄̍̔̋̐̃͗̈́͂̀̒̊̎͘͘̕̚̕͜͝͝͝͠ͅͅa̸̡̧̡̡̨̡̨̛̛͙̣̘̳͎͖̥̝̟̱̩̥͙͉̝̲̙̮̩̩̹̱͔͎̥̹̻̜͚̭̬̳͚̤̙̖̯͎̱̫̞̪̻͖̱̞͔̭̻̺͚͚̯̬͓͓̳͇̳̦͓̞͈̮̤̭̣͉̲̞͚̘͗̆̃͌̅̍͊̓̈̇̌̒͊͑̊̏̊͌̈̓̿͗̒̏̒͊͒̏̃̎̒̀̅̾̍̀͘͘͜͝͠ͅt̵̢̡̨̧̧̛̛̛̯̤͓̘̻̤͓̪̰͔̪̝̫͎̻͔͈͎͔͙͕͈̰͓͍̀̏͒̆͋̈́̈́͂̔͋͆͂̅͗̍̆̍̆̔̑͊̏̈͒́̽͊́̿͂́̓͛̽͐͌̌̐̈̇̃̓̆̍̅̃̔̚̕͜͝͝͝ͅͅh̸̨̨̡̢̢̡̢̧̡̧̢̡̨̡̭̜̬̬̙͕̗̙̻̯̠̘͙̻̥͉͚̼̗͚͇͉̰͍̥͉̗͎̬̫͖͉͔̼̮̯̞̫̬̟̻͉̖̙̥̫͖̬͚̟̜̭͇͎̭̘̝̲̤͕͎̰̭̗̯̮̤̙̙̯͍̞̭͚͔͎̞̹̲̟͉̩̭̖̱̠͍̺͈̟̩̋̆̈́͆̍̆̄̏͜ͅͅȇ̸̢̢̨̨̧̛̜͍̺͎̬̪͙̻̝̣͓͈̺̩̳̟̲̠̣͈͎͎͈͉̙̪͖̳̺͇̹̊̍͊͑̿͊̌͛̿̓͊̾̀͂͛̉͆̾̽͆̈̏͛̊͛̍̈́̇͋̔͂̑͐̂̿͊̽͑͘̚͘͝͝͠͝ͅͅŕ̵̨̡̨̨̢̧̡̧̨̘̟͙̦̲̲̪̦̙̼̠̳͚̞̦̞͖͚͇̳͖̲̭͕̜̫̳̖̙͖͉͎̘̘̤̠͈̬͕̝̻͚̥͍͕̠̥͙̙̪̖̯͍̘̘̲̣̹̜̪̲̭̟̮̫̖̤̰͔̩̩͉̲͚̟̝̦̬̪̘̬̮̱͔̻̦̼̃̐̂͋̐̅̋͒̉͛́̅̈́̒̒͆̑̆͊̒͒̀̍̈́̍͌̍̏̔͋͌̒̍̌͛̓̈̂̐̕͘͘͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅ ̶̢̡̛̠͇̹̯͕͍̻̟̼̼̈́̊͋��̨̩̱̗̙̱̥̜̬̫̜͎͉̺̣͓̟̯̱͖̣̞̠̝̥͍̲̳̙̠͔̹̘̲̲̻̖͜͜ą̵̡̧̟͕̬̳̜͈͈̳̝̜̣̬͔͈͈͎͉͍̯̟̞̺͎̝͇̰̥͖̬̯͙̤̬̼̲̦̯̭͓̠̺̳̱̰̮̎͋͆̈́͌͆̎̉̓̇̐͋͋́̃̉̈̄̏̓̉̿̅̒̉̒̉͂͛̄̀̇̒͊͛́͊̎́͆̌̆́̌͂̈́̽̋͛͗̑̊̀́̍͊̌͆͊͐͆̅̒̊̉̾̄͛̑̕͘͘͘͘͝͝͝͝͠͠͝n̸̡̛̛̛̛̛̙͎̬̦̠̼͓͈̝̾̍͑͛̅̒̾́̌̍͛̇̋̇̓̏͛̔͛̈́͆̿̌͐̿͊̿́͒̍̃̀̈͐̐̆͐̉̒̂̉̀̅̇̾͋̍͒̋̈̌̿͒͐̍́͗̀̌̌̚̕̕̕͘̚͘͘̚͜͠͝͝͝d̴̡̢̢̛̛̛̺̠̳̬͎̞̲̣̲̱̳̪̹͉̝̠̱̗̙̫̠̹̼̙̝͉̲̟̮̙̙̮̻̹͈̦̙̞͚̜̙̖̞͓̙̭͉̃̽̌̅̔̾̈́̒̽͑́̒͋̓̈́͆͋̽̒̃̽̋̐͌͂̍͑́̽̋̍͗̋͗͂̅̽̈̈̾͐̄̃̕̕͜͠͠͝͠͝ͅͅ ̵̡̡̢̛̛̗͚͍̺͇̲̳̯͓̰͍̙̮̙̜̟̞̣̼͕̝͔͙̺̫͈͈̠̻̘̱͍̦̭͔͈̤̺̗̮͕̦̞̘͍̯̻̝͓̤̳̫͔̩͉̬̈́͋̈́̐͒́̔́́̿̓̆͐̎͆̇͒̄̈̿̓̑̾̏̔̿͊̌͆͒̒͊̓̅̓́̔̅̀̀̀̃̿̂̑͂͆̅̎̾̏̓̂̈́͛͌̇̾͌͐̈̂̆͐̅̓̍̓̃̆͗̃͛̏̒̌̀̅͊́̽̐̆̿́̌͘͘̚̕͘̕̕͜͜͜͠͝͠͝͠t̷̢̥͓̄͗̾̄̅̚͜r̵̨̡̨̧̧̢̛̛̛̛̛͍͙͚̥̱̞̜̦̜̼̺͉̠̬͎̰̻̜̼̫̤͓͖͖̤͇̞̥̖̈́͊̆̓͊̑̑̋̒̈́̔̆͆́̐͛͑͊͋̇̈́̓̑̍̏͐͛̽̋̎͑̃̈́͒̇̂̇̌͂̀̍̊̇̓̋̈́̌̏̕͘̚̕̚͝͝͠ǎ̴̡͓͓̯̘̥̱̱͖̦̺͓̘͉͖̞̟̦͈̜̥̰̘̞͈̦̠̼̯̙̭̼͚̟̖̲̠̝̜̐̅͆̏̈́̍́͂̃̾͑̓͋̽̄̾́̾̆̾͒͋̎͂̈́͘̕̕̚͜ͅͅf̷̢̡̡̧̢̨̡̧̢̢̧̡̧̫͖̖͇̲̫̮͕͉͓̩̪̳̹̩͎̖̟̤̤̲̟̪̫̻̻̖̟̦͉̼͎͖̭͍͖͎̖̳̳͙̜͉̝̘̺̖͚̙͉͕͙̯͖̞͚̮̲̻͉͙̺̭͓͎̤͙̦̦̺̯͕̜̰͍̳̙̦͉̪̥́͋̓̅̀͋͐̀̄̊̆̉̒̐͒̀̏̈̇̊̉̆̐̏̾̀̀̓͛͆̍̾͗͌̀̄̔͒̀̍̈́͆̔̒̑̏̍̏͆́̾̐̂͋̂̔̂́̓̓̌͌̉͛́̒̐̽̏́̑͊́̌̆̂̑͋̇̈́͌̑̿̅͗̚̕͘̕̚͜͠͝͝͠͠f̴̨̨̛̹͌̂̓͌͛̀͑̾̓̍͗̽͆̉̊͗̇́̍͌̊͐̔̈́̊̇͆̄̃̑̕̕͘͘͘͠͝͝͝͠i̴̧̡̢̢̧̢̨̨̧̧̧̛̛͎̗̳̦̘̙͓̦̙͔̜̼̘͇͇̺̭͉̠̩̟̤̥̘͙̤̩͔̪̱̻͈̪̼̼̞̠͎̟̹͕̻̭̤̪̲͕̟̺̻̻͖͕͚̣͇̖̰̝̩͈̤͕͇͕̝͙̙̪͔̗̫͇͎̙̲̲͖̗̘͉̲̣̤͎̔̐̆͒̄̈́̀̎̃̃̅͆̌̈́̽̈́̅̈́̑̄̇͒͐̀̐̀̒̍̀̓͌͗̓̽́͗̓̎͂͛̅̑̔̀͛̈́̽̾̃̊͊͆̄̍͑̍̆̌̾͗̄̊̽̉̅̆̀̎̀͑̿̎̋̄̆̃͐̾̏͛͒̍̋̅͘̕̚̕̕͜͜͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅc̷̛̛͚̝̻̣̞̓́̃́̀̃̓͗͌̂͛́̒̊͑̓͆̇̈́͑̏̆̀͌̑͂͂̄͌̉̔̋́̎͒̿͗͒͛̇͛̿̎̍̕̕̕͝͝͝͝͝ ̴̢̧̢̡̨̢̡̨̡̢̢̛̺̘̹̯̤̩̘̯͔̞̟̬̠̣̟̻̥̜̤͔̥͕̠̥̞͎̗̩̱̮͉͔͎̲̯̱̙̜̥̳̮͔̦̣͖͔̜͉̗̪̳̹̦̤͇̣̙͕̯̫̖̝̼̹͍̠͎͓̗͎̦͓̲̯̱̠̰͇̮̹͔̝͉͙̹̜̹͈̹̥͖̣̳̲͖̓́͌̈́̈́̀͌̄͂̌̾́̍̔̊̓̿͋͂͋̈́̋́́̒̓̀̒̃͂̀͑̐͛̆̆͒̈́̅̿͊͌̍͗̌̌͆̂͌́̉̏̒̓͊̾̒̓̋̽͐̏̾͘̕͜͝͠͝ͅͅr̸̨̢̛̪̞̬͓͔̥̤̣͔̭̥̙͉̦̗̠̳̩͙̂̈́͑͑̿̋̓̀͋͆̋̕͝͝ë̴̢̡̨̬͈͉̖̞͔͎͓͖̼̘̬͕̰͈̥͈̝̩͎͉͉̫̜͚͕̤͔̟̯͓͎̟͙̜̭̩̗̮͎̗̤͇̝̩͎̜̺̯͕͇̝͎̯͙̖͙̮̗̮̘́̑͑͛̂̅̄̌̽̓̒̾̿͆̏̏͐͛̾̂̃͑͆̅̄̿͋̅͂̈́̽͋͒̎͐̒̓͆̌̉͑͊́̀̈̾͛̋͑̋̎̈̀̽̀͊̏͘͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅp̴̧̧̡̢̢̢̛̛̛͚̟͓̖̭̪̻̪̲̬̥̙̥̰̼̹͎͕̪̞̮̺̰̬̘̫̤͉̦͙̮̖̙̹̻͔̖̮̲̞̣̻̜̠͇̬͚̱̦̼̲̮̀̂͌̍̈̒̍̋̌̏͐̓͛̉̂̈̀͑̈́͊͗͋͗́̂̎̎̃͆͒̅̑̇́̈͐̾̀̔̒̉͑͒̅̓̈́̋͋̀̍̄̿̌̀̉͆̇̔̈́͗̋̄̓̇͗̎̉̆͊̒͗̚̕͘͘̕̕̚͜͜͝͝͠͠͠͠͠ͅͅͅơ̶̢̡̧̨̡̛̛͔̦̼̰̠̯̰̟̲̣̜͙̲͙̪̱̱͕̺̪͈͉̺̻̙̥̲̩̲̩͔̠͚̩͓̞̠̯̟̫̣̗̦̰͉͚͙̺͎̼͖̥̙͈̯̲̝̞͎̻͕̮͔̰̖͔̭͙̩̼͔̫̹̘͓͔̜̘͍̍̅̄͋͑̋̍̊̉̄̈̽̈͐̀͌͐̆͊͂̐̋̃̎͆͛̐̀̂̿̈́͂́̈̌͐̇̀̒͋͑͐́͌̐̇̊͆̀͂͋̏́͋͆̏͗͂͑̂̓̽͘͘̚̕̕̕̕̚͘͜͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅr̴̨̨̨̧̨̛̘͕͈͔͙̠̬̯̩̗̰̗̬̦͈̗̝̣͓͓̟͕͙͈̠̘̻͓̭̝̘̦̦͓̭̘͙̻̙̼̩̰̝͈̱̝̱̬͉͙̣̖̮̲͈̙̱̩̣͕̦̰̮͔͈͓̙̮͍̳̟̠̞͎̱̣̰͕̩̝̲̝͐́́̍̈͐͋̐̑̌͋̓̈́̈͗̿̈̈́͗̑̚͜͜͜͜͜͝ͅͅţ̴̢̨̧͇͉͎̣̬̣̝̗̬̹͇̮̞̈́̐̌̇̈́̌͊̐̅̂̌̂͒͌́̈͌̂̊͗̍̿͑͋̎̓͂̀̎̎͒̾̏̒͌̃̄͋̌̾̍̈́̐̏͑̊̍͑͆̉̓́̆̌̾̓͊̊̈̑͘̚̕͘͘̕͝͝͝͝͝s̴̢̢̡̛̬̹͚̻͉̦̦̣̦̠̜͕̤̳͓͙̟̬͕̘̦̿͗̉̏̒͆̓̄͊͌͛͂͑̒̃͛͘͜͝͝!

Shared elements with supernatural that you might Vibe with: Honestly, probably bc Nightvale and Alice are by the Same Dudes, a lot of these points are the same as Alice Isn’t Dead, but it’s less scawy and more funney. Also hits the “horror, but make it kind of a sitcom” vibes. Doesn’t have the same road trip vibes, but DOES capture the exact weirdness of South Western USA, so I’m still giving it “fucked up americana” credit. If you’ve never been to New Mexico ur like this is an exaggeration clearly no desert town is subject to like ACTUAL cosmic horror and unexplainable sights but I’m telling you New Mexico is just Like That. (I highly recommend visiting the land of enchantment if you ever get the oppurtunity it is a deeply odd and wonderfully unsettling experience.) Look man it’s gay it’s a horror comedy cecil has a wonderfully soothing voice and it hates capitalism so fucking much like oh my god so much what more could you want.

MINI REC ALERT: Wolf 359! I have nothing deep to say about this I just like it and my gut tells me that y’all would enjoy it too I know there isnt much for physical descriptions in the show but I know in my heart that the main character is so so pretty and so so stupid. I KNOW yall like some himbos that experience character growth.

Okay since It’s my party and I’ll speak if I want to rapid fire list of podcasts I just like and want more people to listen to even though I’m behind on like all of them shhhhh: The Penumbra Podcast, BomBARDed, Dungeons and Daddies, Stellar Firma, Wonderful!

SONG RECS

okay these aren’t like replacement recs or anything they’re just really good and I almost certainly would have put them on some sort of supernatural playlist in 2013 but I don’t, like, have a good playlist for them now so I’m subjecting y’all to them also they all have the youtube link for ease of access

Woah There Kimmy-  Felix Hagan & the Family

Devil’s Backbone- The Civil Wars

Blood On My Name- The Brothers Bright

Awake O Sleeper- The Brothers Bright

The Bottom of the River- Delta Rae

Old Number 7- The Devil Makes Three

The Bullet- The Devil Makes Three

In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company- The Dead South

Bartholomew- The Silent Comedy

Pomegranate Seeds- Julian Moon

Curses- The Crane Wives

Tongues & Teeth -The Crane Wives

OKAY THAT’S IT! THAT’S ALL FOLKS! FUCK!

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my thoughts on captain america: civil war (2016)

wow i haven't watched this movie in a while everyone looks so different

okay yeah, start the movie with bucky being tortured why not, it's not like i feel bad enough for him already

seb... babe i love you but who made you say отвечач instead of отвечать (okay okay, i'm just joking i know it's a small pronouncation mistake)

steve&nat teaching wanda how to watch her back during a mission is so cute (also wow, my queen has come a long way since this movie)

"he's cute go on pet him" SAM STOP PQJDOWBDIW

i feel like rumlow could've been used more in these movies why did they just kill him off like that

"who's the homeless person on the couch" i love howard

"if that's true you'll be a great man someday" and he did become a great man howard, he did, indeed

tony feels guilty about sokovia, wanda feels guilty about lagos and bucky feels guilty about his past. give them a break marvel

zemo switching into his own accent as soon as he got the hydra agent tied up lmao

"compromise where you can, and where you can't, don't. even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. even when the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree and say no. you move." sharon believed that with her whole heart and look what they did to her now I'M MAD

"staying together is more important than how we stay together" and she gave her life for them at the end no matter how much she didn't want to go

THE KING HAS ARRIVED (we miss you chadwick)

''we have orders to shoot on sight" meanwhile bucky: oooh lemme get some plums

ok so caramel chocolate bars are bucky's favourite, that's good to know

awww bucky couldn't even control his strength in this movie (throwing people off the stairs, hitting them with bricks, punching the shit out of them) and now he is barely even using his metal arm bc he's scared of killing people AWW MY BABY

i swear to god if sam wasn't there to save these two's asses all the time *eye roll*

oOOHHH THE CHASING SCENE WAS SO GOOD

when bucky grabbed that motorcycle we all felt something right?

i remembered how much it broke my heart when rhodey said "congratulations sam, you're a criminal"

vision cooking for wanda is still the cutest thing in this movie

"so you like cats" SAM

the fact that they were so scared of bucky that they had to put him in an extremely protected capsule thing... THE POWER HE HOLDS

"pregnant?" "uh, definitely not" and a few years later we see morgan wearing her mother's helmet WHY AM I MAKING MYSELF CRY

i love how steve was actually about to sign the accords until tony mentioned wanda

i forgot how much i wanted to punch zemo in this movie, he was literally so desperate to find bucky that he had to turn 7 billion people against him

"let's talk about your home, not romania, certainly not brooklyn no" well, we have some news for you zemo

the look on bucky's face when he sees the notebook and how he immediately starts screaming after hearing "рассвет" hurts my soul

BUCKYNAT BUCKYNAT BUCKYNAT

sebastian looked so ripped in this movie holy moly

wtf he really is like a death machine he could've easily killed steve in that helicopter scene

OH I FORGOT THIS WAS TOM'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE MCU WTF

"it's so hard for me to believe she is someone's aunt", "we come in all shapes and sizes you know" AUNT MAY I ADORE YOU

"i retire for like what 5 minutes and it all goes to shit" well he's not wrong

"move or you will be moved" ayo always steals the show with one line (tfaws spoilers guess?)

the scene that started it all guys "can you move your seat up" "no"

"thinks for thanking of me" SCOTT LANG IS A TREASURE ALRIGHT

"suit up" YEAH AND DON'T THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES SHARON WILL PAY FOR BRINGING YOUR TOYS

when the craziest thing happened in the mcu was spidey joining the avengers ah good old times

the airport fight was sooo good omg

i love t'challa is just like ''just lemme kill barnes i don't care about your white nonsense"

"i didn't kill your father" "then why did you run?" UHMMM I DON'T KNOW SIR MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CHOKE HIM BEFORE HE HAS A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF??

scott's "hohoho" will never not be funny for me

this movie got me so hyped up for a possible buckynat storyline dude i'm still mad, they had such potential

peter getting scared of tony approaching him shows how hard their job actually is i feel so bad for them

vision accidentally shooting rhodey OH MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS

and wtf did sam do tony for fucks sake

zemo calling the hotel from moscow so they can find the body in the bathtub lsndjsbdjs he's such a diva

avengers getting treated like criminals is still pissing me the fuck off

"you better go get a bad cop cause you're gonna have to go mark furhman on my ass to get information out of me" OKAY MY FAV SAM WILSON LINE

zemo killing all the winter soldiers instead of waking them up is a great way to show his ideology actually

"there's a bit of green in the blue of your eyes" well that sounds poetic

i don't know which is worse: seeing tony watching his mom killed, or the amount of guilt bucky must've felt in that moment, or the way tony managed to keep his cool until he realized steve acted like he didn't know the entire time AGH IT HURTS

"i remember all of them" and that look on his face SEBASTIAN STOP

the fight between steve&tony&bucky was actually one of the best scenes in the mcu in my opinion, especially when bucky's arm gets destroyed (seriously tho, watching the way he pushes tony into the wall, trying to rip off the arc reactor with his metal arm and the fury in his eyes agh i love this scene)

aww zemo deleting the voice message of his wife before attempting to kill himself broke my heart

i remember crying in the cinema watching steve and tony beat the shit out of each other... my friend who's never seen any of the mcu movies before was looking at me like i was an alien

bucky still trying to protect steve by gripping tony's foot i- HE LOVES STEVE SO MUCH

oh when tony lifted his hand to protect his face with that terried look, he thought steve was gonna finish him

i!!! wanna!!! die!!!

"are you tony stank?" stan lee we miss you, you beautiful man♡

"i've been on my own since i was 18" having multiple illnesses, and probably mental ones as well, steve only had bucky on his side. he was the only one who always got his back, making sure he was okay, always protecting him. so he knew he had to do the same. bucky was the best friend he ever had.

soo, this gave me enough trauma for today. i think i'm gonna go cry until the next episode of tfaws.

[mingi-bubu]

Watch “Love O2O” with Me!

Episode 14

^-^

sind wir wieder hier!

this episode summary is v interesting

“Nai rescues Yiran at the party and she mistakes it for attraction.  Nai invites Weiwei’s roommates to dinner, and runs into Yiran and Nai’er.”

who the fuck is nai’er

did i jsut miss that??

but anywasy

i have my water, i have my mogu mogu, im lightly falling asleep

as my boy who raised that tiger from when it was a cub mark lee would say, lezgeddit

we open with the #Squade making their way back into the dorm while weiwei is studying at her desk

also i love that printer i think my friend has it in green

they studied all day in the library

i wish i had the same efficiancy that weiwei had wehn studying

ugh i love this outfit on september

please

thats a lot of game noises

alksdjfalsk draggg september im weak

his childhood trauma

OH MY GOD

MIRROR FISH SAID IM OGING TO END THIS MANS WHOLE LIFE ALKDJFASLKDJ

wowowowowow

he looks so cute all angry in his glasses and everything uwu

sisi came for erxi’s life alkjdflaskdj

what’s happening on the forum

oh shit chanel is really grody

ai chanel

im sick of this girl

and now we cut back to the banquet

what is she wearing oh my god 

interesting

awww good nai gets a meeting with the ceo himslef T.T

girl he aint gonna look at you

oh their notice board is soo cool

why would you post a report card

erxi

thats a bit of a fruity question

shes really strong for a single person

oh my god

hes really gonna spill wine on her???

oh

no he just said that her uncle is looking for her

oh noooo

aint no one here know a damn thing

girl

honey

aldskfjskd nai really do be teasing them

shuttttt upppppp im sick of the flirting

i do love the twisting of the telephone cord tho

miss those days

jalksdjfaskl wei2 is incredible

chanel’s weibo was hacked

oh damn they really do be posting everything

he deleteed the goddman ranking post

they were on the phone for like 5 minutes,

tops

which of the #Squad

kodak king shit just then

septembarms

i hate myself

hmmm things dont seem to be blowing over

oh my god erxi told him

shes so dramatkicc

she

asked him why he hasnt taken them out to eat im saksdjf;laksdjf

SHE SAID TO MAKE IT TODAY

SISIIIII

she looks so cuteee

vip dot com

pretttyyy

im so weak at the #Squade having bought xiaoling and her boyfriend matching pjs

i forgot that he was supposed to take them out to eat in the first place

kadjfl;aksdjf not how the unfocused camera gave her no ankles

god they really do like putting sunshine on him

ooohhh she looks cuteee

where are

there they are he :]

shes so skinny jsus

hes wearing his ripped jeans again im

he really didnt open the door for the rest of the #Squade huh

a jeep cherokee

ok wow

alksdfjal;skdjf she really does get put in place by one word from him

i do hate it

oh no

chanel is shady i dont trust her

aalskdfjasd he really is just saying things huh

i’d slap him for acting like i cant do things for myself

erxi really be doing things

she is going to desert the ranks

no shes just being ajdlfksjd

“yet”

she doesn’t manage his finances “yet”

shut the fuck up im

its nice to see someone here has a conciuos

why not jsut have all of them walk togerejarkjwakelj;flkewja

he went :)

sisi looks so cuteee

damn wei2 is just as cunning as nai

chanel stop poisoning her

ooohhh nana just sent her the thing that chanel posted

aint nobody in this joint trust worthy huh

ajsdlfkasdj she is going to tell erxi to stop being greedy

what is a jin?

aldfkjasd congeeeee

wow erxi is loud

nai really ust alsdkfjal;sdkjfas

xiaolinnnngggg im in lvoe

erxi has no poker face

DAMN SISI SAID AINT NO LYING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

he is sooocjaidsfjapowiejr

he went puppydog eyes im

nai: : ]

jadlkfjasd she has to represent im so weak

at leasat they really said no drinking and driving love that for them

bitch just fucking kiss her then if youre goinna stare at her like that

shiiitttt

she lied to protect yiran

oh just in case it was false

he is contemplating

and says hes not gonna let it go

i mean yeah of course hes upset for real

his jawlineeee

E W she really said her motivation is him

granted that last part was in her head

but still

isnt he living at the dorms???

what the fuckis going on

kis??

kisse???

no we jest OMG HE JUST INVITED HER OUT FOR DINNER WITH THE #SQUAD

I LVO EIT

y’all have been going steady for  a minute babe

kisssee???

no just a really awkward hug

like

juses

shes literally just leaning onhim

not even hugging fast

not at how i rolled my eyes

she is STILL NOT HUGGING BACK???

SHES LITERALLY LEANING IT LOOKS LIKE THIS

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i hate the directing in that moment

nai in that outfit im love it

what does that mean

marxism

lacking what???

im so confuse

OH

OH MY GOD

THATS WHY

I

I HATE IT HERE

but anyway thats the end of the episode

perhaps watching this everyday isnt the best idea bc now im getting annoyed with aspects of the characters

that could easily be fixed if any of them were to assert their boundaries

but anyways

thank you for reading!!!

stay safe and stay healthy <333