#rage of the ape men

[theconjurervfx]

"Rage of the Ape Men"

[cursedvida]

I feel bad for Trevathan, but honestly, if he hadn't told Mae that they were going to skin her "monkey" alive, he would probably still be alive—terribly wounded, but alive. I mean, never tell a girl alone in a post-apocalyptic world that they are going to kill her monkey. That never ends well.

[kindheartedgummybears]

you wanna know what??

I am

TIRED

of overmasculinized werewolves!!!!

I WANNA SEE A

WEREWOLF

WALKING AROUND IN A CVNTY LITTLE OUTFIT!!! WALKING THE STREETS!!!! DISEMBOWELING CREATURES!!!!

I WANNA SEE WEREWOLVES COVERED IN BLOOD AND GORE WHILE WEARING A SHORT SKIRT AND CROPTOP WITH HELLO KITTY ON IT!!!!

I WANNA SEE A WEREWOLF WALKING AROUND IN COTTAGE AND FAIRY AND PRINCESS CORE OUTFITS!!!!!! WITH A DEAD MANGLED RABBIT IN ITS MOUTH!!!!

AND MAKE THE WEREWOLF

D I S G U S T I N G ! ! !

[sisterfhood]

Men like to frame their most apathetic tendencies as a natural result of their superior logic, frequently positing that women are too emotional to make rational decisions. Let me make this clear: empathy makes people smarter. Compassionate people make smarter decisions. Humans evolved to feel strong emotions because THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR HIGHER LEVEL COGNITIVE PROCESSING. If we didn’t feel guilt, rage, sadness, love, and every other feeling we quite simply wouldn’t have come this far as a species. The human brain would never have evolved. We have this in common with other highly intelligent animals such as apes, whales, and elephants. They grieve powerfully, and form significant social bonds that affect their decision-making. If anything the cultural restriction of male emotional development and the encouragement of male rage, jealousy, possessiveness, etc, just makes them (males) closer to beasts operating on the most animalistic of instincts.

[gassydumbjocks]

Filthy Animals

Shawn sighs trying to focus on his algebra book again to study as he hears all the noise coming from the living of the apartment he shared with his roommate.

He couldn't have any worse luck than living with the most sexist, grossest, filthiest, and DUMBEST guy he've ever met, Jaden was watching the football match with his bunch of good-for-nothing bros again, or apes, like Shawn liked to call them, filling the house with the obnoxious sound of their dumb laughs and bodily functions, Shawn swore he couldn't pass five minutes without hearing (or smelling, even from his room) a belch or fart those ogres would let out, and then giggle like toddlers cuz it was so much fun for them.

"BOOOOOUUUUURRRRRPPP" the jock lets a fat bassy belch out after drinking a whole can of beer "Woooh Broo! Hahaha, that was a fucking BEAST! ah?" He says joking with his slob peers as they all agreed while watching the game or commenting about the breast or butt from the cheerleader girls they were dating on.

It was already enough for him, as he made his way out of his room decided to confront him, he found him on the couch wearing nothing but his nasty underwear and a hand under it as he scratched his balls casually, Shawn grimaced.

"Y'all will never behave?! I can hear your disgusting noises from my room, You animals!" He said, almost red from rage, but Jaden simply letted a goofy laugh with the dumb smile and look he always had, same with his dudes.

"Lil bro, relax a bit, we're bonding as we men should do, you afraid to cut the cheese or what?" he smirked as he lifted one of his legs and pointed right at Shawn, he grunted and before the poor guy could do anything "Protein fart bomb!".

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRTTTTTT!!!

The putrid stink of the protein combined with the beer and all that food he and his friends were eating hitted Shawn almost immediatly, making him gag and feeling nauseus, wanting to run to the bathroom and throw up, while Jaden was having a good laugh and fist bumping with his all his bros, some even responding with another fart just to bother Shawn more "Damn i fucking stained my briefs with that one hahaha" Jaden said smiling, and it was no joke as even Shawn could see the brown mark on them, horrifying him.

"Ewwww! STOP YOU BRUTE!" He covered his nose "You are an ANIMAL" he hissed giving him a killer look.

"What is your damn problem?" It was then when Jaden got done with his whines and looked at him "Why dont you fucking relax and start acting like a man? You could even join us if you wanted" He offered, for Shawn's surprise, but the nerd was so mad that he made a disgusted face at the idea of it.

"I wouldn't join a group of slobs without manners who only know how to think with their cocks and fart or belch non-stop like fucking pigs, You are so dumb that you cant even count past 10 or say your own names correctly!" He stated, The jocks made overexaggerated gasping sounds, seeming offended by it, Jaden just stared with a neutral expression, his 'you're dead already' look perforing him deeply. Shawn quite started to fear him once he lost his sudden dose of courage.

"We'll see who ends up being the animal here, lil bro" was all the jock said before focus on the game again, leaving Shawn with a bad feeling running throught his spine as he rushed back to his room.

"Idiot... He just wants to scare me" He said as he seated again in his chair to continue his studying for the rest of the night, A little worried tho, for Shawn he just said the truth, but he didn't know what the immature and stinky athlete could do to him, time after overthinking about it he decided go sleep, unaware of the plan the Jocks at the living were making in that moment.

During the next morning, Shawn woke up around 9 am, so he supposed Jaden would probably be at the gym before his training, he got out his room and walked to kitchen to have some breakfast, but to his surprise he was there, still in his undies as always when he was home , eating some brownies from a plate that was in the table, before smiling at the nerdy guy "Brodaah!, you want some of these? My girlfriend brought me brownies cuz she made some for the annual campus event tomorrow, but i can share" he said, as innocently as he could sound, Shawn narrowed his eyes at him and then at the brownies

"If you farted on them i swear i'll throw them to you" he threatened, Jaden rolled his eyes, grabbing another "Bro, grab some, i didn't put anything nor poisoned them, ya paranoid" He said "I left the white chocolate ones for you, i ate the rest"

The pale guy doubted for a sec, but then he thought that Jaden maybe couldn't even be that smart to think on something to ruin the food, he was the last of his class and his IQ didn't pass over 65.

He slowly extended his arm, and picked up a brownie, he sniffed it before "Smells a bit rare... What did she use to bake them?"

Jaden simply proceeded to shrug "they tasted good to me, just try one bruh! You wont regret" The jock said once again, Shawn looked at it unsure of what to do, after some eternal seconds, he sighed and finally bited the brownie, gulping it down his throat once finished

"Eh... Actually it wasn't so bad-" He got interrupted by a huge growl, coming from his deep gut in his stomach, he held it in pain with a hand, and somehow for some reason he started to feel a bit... Bloated.

"What the hell was in that?!" The nerdy guy looked in horror the taller jock, who just dedicated him an evilish and satisfied grin.

"You'll see, lets just wait it does its effect" He said, Shawn tried to run, but he couldn't move neither "This is bullsh-..SHIOOooOOOUUURRRRPP" a wet then deep and smelly belch made its way out of him out of nowhere, but instead of feeling ashamed, that burp seemed to take all the worry out of him and leaving him on a slacking and relaxed state.

"Cool haha" Jaden approached him, seeing the scrawny boy with a lost look standing there "Now we can start... Where should we... You said we were animals, but what if i tell you you are one too? Man, you even smell worse than me, just sniff your pits!"

Shawn proceed to lift his arm and sniff deeply, he showered daily, but now his armpits immediatly took a fetid and rank odor that could make even the strongest faint.

"And you also said we dont have manners, remember? You dumbass, we both know your fumes are deadly, you love to let it rip bruh hahaha"

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRTTTTTT!!

That blast made Shawn's pants vibrate at the bass from that fart, with each gas he letted out, his expression seemed more and more relaxed and drool scaped from his lips.

"You forgot you are such a dumb jock" Shawn made a goofy laugh at that as he scratched his butt.

"Such a dumb and gross jock"

"BOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUURRRRRRP" was Shawn's response this time.

"You truly are an animal, dude, so dumb and filthy i cant imagine how you are even able to talk haha"

"Du... Dumb hahaha" A new deep voice came out of his throat, and then he belched again before grinning stupidly.

"Oh and, for the record" he made a pause "I did farted on those brownies, but just yours man, and Bryan could possibly rubbed them in his ass... And Wesley maybe burped on them too, i dunno, just enjoy the extra flavor haha"

Shawn never felt more dizzy or dazed in all his life, not that it mattered now tho, his life now was being a hot dumb and smelly jock, blasting burps and farts as if it was his own breath, it felt good to be dumb, it felt good to act like a man.

[blackdollette]

i know you write for rory’s portrayal of euronymous but i was wondering if you’d be willing to write something (potentially smutty) with euro and jack kilmer’s portrayal of pelle/dead for the lords of chaos film?

maybe the reader is euro’s girlfriend and one night after a party or show he lets pelle join them in the bedroom bc he doesn’t think he gets much action

ask & you shall recieve :))

"ridin' like a bitch." | euronymous & dead

ridin. - lana del rey + a$ap rocky

female!reader x euronymous + dead

word count: 1062

contents: threesome, oral (m receiving), unprotected p in v, spit roast position, creampie, cum eating

you and euro were fulfilling your post-concert routine. he would dash off of the stage and lead you out of the crowd, taking you backstage to celebrate a great show. but tonight, there was an addition to your little party. the lead singer was sitting on the couch, looking at you like a predator watching its prey. something about his stare made your blood run cold, giving you a glimpse of what you were getting into tonight.

euronymous gave you a crooked little smile. “don’t be scared, doll. just be a good girl like you usually are. i know you’ll get used to this very quickly…” and with that, the two men approached you and started to strip you down, leaving you with no time to think. euro went straight for your little tank top, undoing the little string that kept it from being just a useless piece of fabric.

dead watched as euro unclipped your bra and let it drop to the ground. he spoke, his voice raspy, “quite the girl you’ve got here… ” he got down on his knees and took off your black miniskirt, tossing it to the side and leaving you in your thong and fishnet stockings. euronymous picked you up and threw you over his shoulder as he walked over to the mattress on the ground in the corner of the room.

he set you down, leaving you on full display for both of them. it was clear that they were thinking about all the things that they were going to do with you. you noticed that dead was slowly palming himself through his black jeans. they had both grown painfully hard just from stripping you down, and they hadn’t even gotten to the main event yet.

they gave each other a look before they both came onto the mattress with you. euronymous got behind you while dead was right in your face. euro laid a sharp slap on your ass, making you wince. “ass up, doll.” you lifted your hips in the air just as he asked. he slipped your thong to the side, exposing your swollen little pussy that was just begging to be ruined. he spat on it before rubbing circles onto your clit with his thumb.

you put your face into the mattress as a quiet moan escaped you. dead grabbed your hair, forcing you to look up. you were face-to-face with his raging boner. he unbuttoned his pants, his rock-hard cock springing out and almost hitting you on the nose. you gasped, the size surprising you a little. you couldn’t say it out loud, but it made euro’s dick look like a joke. dead smiled a little at your reaction.

he held your chin gently but firmly. “open.” it was a simple command, but you felt obliged to do whatever he asked. he slowly slipped his cock into your mouth, you gagging when it hit the back of your throat. he pushed it all the way in, feeling as your muscles clenched around his length. he didn’t give you anytime to adjust, immediately pushing his cock in and out of your throat.

your eyes welled with tears, making both men chuckle. euronymous saw your pussy throb, practically begging to be fucked. he brought his head down and connected his lips with yours, licking complicated patterns on your clit. a blocked moan erupted from your throat, sending vibrations through dead’s body. he shuddered with pleasure, grabbing your head and moving himself a little faster.

the mix of having your throat broken into while being filled with an unearthly amount of pleasure made your body heat up. euro shoved two fingers into your tight cunt, pumping them in and out of you quickly. every moan, whimper, and whine that came out of you brought dead closer to a mind-boggling orgasm. he grabbed your whole head and started vigorously fucking your throat, his balls slapping your chin every now and then. 

there was spit and precum leaking down your chin and dripping onto the mattress. euronymous disconnect his mouth from your pussy, your juices flowing out from his mouth. he had been too occupied to jerk himself off, and he was in desperate need of some relief. he pulled his cock out and gave it a few lazy strokes before lining himself up with your hole.

his tip was red and swollen, already dripping with precum. he wasted no time stuffing you up with his length. your eyes rolled to the back of your head at the feeling of being filled up like this. the room was filled with the sound of their moans and your muffled little whimpers. your face was wet with tears, saliva, sweat and precum. you felt dead’s cock starting to twitch in your mouth, signalling a powerful orgasm.

euronymous pounded into your tight cunt, using his thumb to rub your throbbing clit. a strong shiver ran down your spine as you felt your hole convulsing around him. he threw his head back as a loud groan emerged from the depths of his soul. you felt his hot cum shooting into you as he thrusting into you mercilessly. dead leaned back on the wall for support as your moans sent his body into oblivion.

he shoved his length all the way down your throat, dumping all of his cum into your stomach. a waterfall of tears ran down your face as you choked on his length. euronymous gave you a few more lazy thrusts before he pulled out, collapsing on the mattress. dead pulled his softening length out of your throat, leaning on the wall as he caught his breath.

you lay on your side as you let out a few coughs. you could feel warm cum oozing out of your pussy as you recollected yourself. the three of you were panting and sweating like dogs as expected. after several minutes, euronymous picked you up and set you down on the couch, placing his leather jacket on top of your nude body.

he planted a soft kiss on your cheek as you felt your body surrendering to exhaustion. dead remained on the mattress, looking satisfied. euronymous joined dead on the mattress, engaging in a quiet little discussion. you found yourself slowly drifting off to sleep, your body still sore from tonight’s activity. needless to say, this became your new post-concert routine.

author's note: im so sorry for the delay on all your requests :(( but the box is still open so dont hold back. i also had a lot of fun with this one, so thank you!!

[marxism-transgenderism]

Genuinely would love to know what you think that trans women have in common with femboys

Well for starters we have the shared desire to take estrogen to alter out bodies and, short of that, dress and act more femininely/as woman/however you wanna phrase it. In a time of "anti-drag" bills and restrictions on access to hormones i hope i don't have to point out how these shared desires back us all into the same corner.

Look a lot of people replying to my post have assumed I'm defending a lot of wild shit i never mentioned in the post. Idk which twitter femboys pissed y'all off so much but I never said we have to court any particular group, especially not some creeps online who harass us.

But I'm deeply deeply worried by this growing sentiment among transfems on here that anyone else doing transfemininity different from us are just a grifters or aping our identities. Not only because we should respect others but girl how many of us went through a phase of being feminine boys before realizing we were trans women. Hell, i know so many girls on here who identify as both trans women and feminine men.

I'm not saying we are all exactly 100% the same. As i said in the post we have differences in identity and what we like to be called and that does shape our communities. But when that's the only substantial difference that any of us can come up with then i can promise you that the world at large does not care. They want to strip all of us of our rights and healthcare all the same.

What we have in common is that we exist on the same spectrum of transfeminine gender, far closer to each other than some would like to believe. And so when i see a website full of girls who seem more focused on how annoying the people next to us are than how we're all in immediate danger then forgive me for thinking we need to course correct.

Especially when i see so many of us defaulting to the same rhetoric of "they're terrible fetishists engaging in immoral behavior" that the christian right uses against us. You can think sissy kinks are weird and creepy but how are these arguments any different from the blair whites of the world raging against anyone who's not a Medically Diagnosed Dysphoric True Transexual. Cause so far the only substantial thing i can make of the arguments against me is "they're not using the right pronouns that allow them to say femboy" which is just saying they're doing transfemininity wrong and therefore they're bad.

This is getting to be longer than i wanted lol but I want reiterate that we don't need to ally with anyone who doesn't wanna ally with us. Whatever racist transphobic femboy twinks on twitter and 4chan y'all keep talking about are not who I'm talking about. What I'm wanting to point out is that there are people on here who are already in our communities. People who call themselves boys and girls and both and everything else in between who's transitions and identities are not that different from yours or mine. And right now this insistence that they are doing it wrong and are therefore our political enemies is driving and wedge where there doesn't need to be one. I promise we can all just make out and have puffy nipples together

[cg11555]

CURRENT FHJY THEORIES

My current conspiracy board for the season

These are my plausible theories and then I'll talk about my batshit insane theories

I think that the rat grinders HAVE lost their memories regarding Lucy's death. I'm inclined to believe that Ratbitch Dogface and MAYBE Ivy remember. I'd bet that they took the honey to lie to Aguefort and the other staff about their involvement with her death.

The mind terrorism that Fig put Ruben through caused him to vomit up a 'Bloody Viscous Substance' And I will not be surprised if Fig has made Ruben remember whatever happened to Lucy

Gertie verified that the honey made from the Devil's nectar is bloody red.

She is making the honey for some local food trucks that we know Are KLKC's

Another thing we know for a fact is that the body of Lucy Frostblade showed marks from multiple assailants including magical, non- magical, and specifically a type of bludgeoning damage that carbonized her blood into red diamonds

This leads us to believe that Lucy's murderers were her own party members. In addition to this, they also found the rage crystals in the dirt and the bodies of Lucy and Yolanda Badgood.

This clearing's destroyed trees shows indications of giant involvement as well

What we currently know leads me to believe that the Rat Grinders attempted a replication of Kristen's spring break miracle

Lucy attempted to resurrect an 'Evil' sibling of her goddess, Ruvina, The unnamed god now known as Ankarna.

This mirrors the Cassandra / Galicaea relationship as well

This attempt clearly backfired in some way I'd bet either resulting in Lucy or the others becoming something similar to the Rage Mages we saw in the battle at the Synod

I think that the Rat grinders are all at various levels of involvement in the upcoming plot involving Ankarna with KLCK being the mastermind AND I KNOW that there's some bullshit going on with the rogue teacher that FOUND KLCK ( Will be unsurprised if this unknown teacher is dead)

We currently do not know how this episode's revelations regarding the name will affect these plans in the upcoming episodes. If this is playing into the preexisting plans or completely destroying them

The way Brennan talked in the most recent AP about how he thought that them finding the name was an inevitability but a scene he thought would happen in the third act of the season makes me think that this will NOT affect the Rat Grinders plans in a majorly significant way. They still have to do something ( some kind of ritual or other ) that the Bad Kids will have stop in the final eps

After learning all about the Historical side of the shifts that Ankarna's domain saw I believe that there is a lot of evidence for a conspiracy against Cassandra and Ankarna involving Sol and Galicaea. But this is still up in the air

Now for my pepe silvia conspiracies . . . Feel free to bully me in the comments for these

ONE- The Time Quangle that Arthur Aguefort dropped on us in the second episode

We know that The Seven have already experienced a large chunk of this year during the GED quest that Aguefort was present for

And lesser men will say that the TIME QUANGLE is BLeeM's way of justifying the continuity errors between these two seasons

I am not one of them

The animated opening sees the Bad Kids falling past clocks and into a diamond prison created by Aguefort which explodes into the BK's falling in a scene eerily similar to them falling into Riz's briefcase of holding. They then face villains from both of the two previous seasons ( Goldenhoard, Kalina, a Corn-cutie, Chungledown Bim, James Whitclaw ( the mindflayer that kicked Fabian's ass during spring break) , Coach Daybreak, and Penelope w/ Dayne) in the Gym they fought Kalvaxus ( VP Goldenhoard ) before we get title cards for each of the Bad Kids

I posit that we will see the Bad Kids tumble through time as a result of not only Agueforts chronomancy adventure with Ayda but also the fuckery involving the time loop at the synod. Visiting their past villains in addition to current threats

TWO- Vice Principal Jace Stardiamond

Facts we know about Aguefort's resident sorcery prof and interim VP . . . Ragh Barkrock SAW him give Adaine's mom and Kalina the Nightmare King's crown from Aguefort's office after prompocalypse, Jace Stardiamond holds a useless position at Aguefort as sorcerers do not need any teaching for an innate ability, despite his uselessness he was chosen to become the VP, he was the person Yolanda Badgood was going to approach about the sinister shit surrounding Lucy Frostblade's 'disappearance' and the paperwork for a new deity she never saw. Yolanda is now dead, even though he is VP; after the death of Interim emergency backup principal Arcturus Grix He is still VP and Student body president Mazey Phaedra is now acting principal. Making room for KLCK to become principal next year if she wins that election.

Reviewing these fact I put forth the following idea, VP Jace Stardiamond is in cahoots with KLCK AND he is the unknown rogue teacher. WHY? how would someone with no knowledge of trickery or thievery manage to take the Nighmare King's Crown from Aguefort's office? How would a man that essentially does nothing as a teacher keep job security? What if the reason that KLCK was found by the rogue teacher was because he is in on the scheme? SPIE'S TONGUE CURSE?? SOMETHING THAT TWO ROGUES IN CAHOOTS WOULD USE DON'T YOU THINK? WHY WOULD HE MAKE RIZ A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY??

[dalekofchaos]

If Chloe was the villain of Life Is Strange

I remember games like Silent Hill, Portal and Bully where your friend or trusted figure turns out to be the villain and I can't help but wonder what Life Is Strange would look like if Chloe Price was the villain. So this is an au I put together about said scenario.

My way of doing this is to turn Chloe into a possessive Yandere that uses their nostalgic friendship to use Max to do what she wants. Max's journey from the beginning of the game is to build the confidence that she does get throughout the game we know and love, only this time she acknowledges the friendship with Chloe is toxic and can walk away. We'd also see characters like Kate, Warren, and Joyce telling Max that there is something off about Chloe.

But to change it so Chloe is the actual killer, Chloe finds Rachel’s crumbled up letter and acts irrationally, broken hearted and this leads her in killing Rachel in a jealous rage. Chloe later finds out Rachel was involved with Nathan, Frank and Jefferson and pledges to kill them all. Then one day, Max comes back and tells Chloe about the storm and her powers. Chloe is gonna get her revenge and she’ll have Max to herself(in a very yandere way)

She’ll first kill Frank because he threatens Max, when we go to interrogate Frank as we do in canon. Chloe antagonizes Frank to the point where Frank pulls a knife on Max and then Chloe shoots Frank. Then get back at Nathan for trying to daterape her, as Max goes to the party, Chloe goes back to the dorm and when Nathan is in his dorm room, Chloe doses Nathan and then gives Nathan an overdose of pills.

Since Jefferson isn't the killer, at worse he's just a pervert who preys on teenage girls. They found the dark room where he develops his pervy pictures. Nothing more, nothing less. He uses the everyday hero contest as a means to collect new subjects and had plans for Max. Chloe found the perfect scapegoat and the perfect excuse to kill the man Rachel wrote about.

As they are getting to find Jefferson. Chloe suddenly vanishes and leaves Max to Jefferson’s mercy as Max acts like the bait, and then bam, Chloe shoots him from behind and Max faints due to seeing someone die in front of her. While Max is still out, Chloe takes her to the dark room.

Max is relieved to see Chloe, but sees that she’s tied up. Chloe explains everything. She saw an opportunity to get back at everyone who has turned her life into shit. Rachel for cheating on her and the men she cheated on her with and Max’s doomsday gave Chloe an out on all the debt, the abuse from David and how Joyce ruined their lives. Chloe and Max can start fresh without Arcadia Bay. "I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted Arcadia to turn to glass, and you gave me the perfect way to bring my dream to reality" Max is horrified with everything she’s hearing, asks what about her friends and Chloe uncaringly says “I just can’t let anyone but me be in your life, sorry Max but they’re going down with the storm, no tea dates or going ape for you, shakah brah. Funny thing, when I saw how you lived a life at Blackwell without contacting me, I just couldn't take it. I persuaded your precious Kate to go to that Vortex party, I just couldn't believe she would go viral….if only you let her jump. And Warren, I wanted him dead since that phone call about "Going Ape", but the storm will take care of that, you are mine Max” and Max calls her a monster and throws back all the gaslighting and abuse she’s thrown her way and all Chloe can say is “you’ll forgive me after the storm is over, don’t worry, no matter what you’re mine Max,” Then Max has had enough. and has a very Todd like callout. "Chloe, just stop. You are all the things that's wrong with you. You chose to be bitter, insecure and jealous about Rachel. It isn't William's death, or the abuse, David or Joyce, the drugs or the debt. It's you. You chose to be this way. You chose to manipulate me with our past and abuse me if you didn't get your way. You chose to kill Rachel and you became a monster and I'd rather die than continue being your friend. I should've done this when you blew up at me about taking Kate's phone call, but I am done with you, fuck you Chloe."

Chloe did not like that one bit. She angrily takes out her gun and prepares to kill Max.

She's stopped when David arrives.

Chloe knew he’d be there and hides and when David opens the door, Chloe blows his head off. Max has a choice.

Stay in this very abusive relationship and hope she can make her better after the storm glasses Arcadia Bay or rewind and help David stop Chloe.

Stay.

Max tells Chloe everything she wants to hear. That she's sorry that she didn't contact Chloe all those years, that she's right about everything and that she needs Chloe and as much as she needs Max. Chloe puts the gun down and hugs Max, but tells her "don't you dare think of standing up to me like that again, but it's okay. We're going to leave this ugliness all behind and start all over, it will be just like when we were kids, but better. I'll be better Max, I promise" They drive off to the Lighthouse just to watch the destruction of Arcadia Bay.

Chloe looks on the destruction with satisfaction and wonder, while Max looks horrified. Chloe kisses Max in the chaos of the storm. "Now you're all mine Max"

They drive off. Max looking uncertain with a tinge of fear in her eyes while Chloe has so much in store for their new lives.

Rewind

David subdues or kills Chloe and Max goes to the diner.

Max tells Warren everything. He believes her and he's proud he stood up to Chloe and survived that awful relationship. Max kisses him for being the real person who stood by her side and she's sorry she didn't see it sooner.

Max doesn't know what she should do about the storm and Warren advises Max to use the picture they took, and have the two of them make it to the lighthouse while David arrests Chloe.

But during the nightmare, it isn't Max who's trying to convince Max her choices were bad, it's Chloe.

She berates Max and tells her what a bad friend she was to her. Gaslights her and uses their memories as a means to manipulate her(yeah the memory lane bit is not a happy thing, it's nostalgia meant to control Max) but outcomes Kate and Warren to bring Max out of this cycle of abuse and for the last time, Max rejects Chloe.

So Max goes back in time and instead of just letting Nathan kill Chloe, she warns Nathan not to go into the girls bathroom and leaves the evidence for David about Rachel's death and David is the one waiting for her in the girl's bathroom to apprehend Chloe. Max also leaves a trail of bread crumbs leading to the arrests of Nathan, Jefferson and Frank.

Max is sad of what Chloe became, but she's free and she's moved on with her life and it ends with a montage of Max having a teadate with Kate and Going Ape with Warren

[maniculum]

Bestiaryposting -- Gerzlaem

As a reminder, all previous entries in this series can be found at https://maniculum.tumblr.com/bestiaryposting .

There are said to be three kinds. Of these, the ones which are short in stature, with curly hair, are peaceable; the tall ones, with straight hair, are fierce. Their brow and tail show their mettle; their courage is in their breast, their resolution in their head. They fear the rumbling sound of wheels, but are even more frightened by fire. The Gerzlaem takes pride in the strength of its nature; it does not know how to join in the ferocity of other kinds of wild beasts, but like a king disdains the company of large numbers. Those who study nature say that the Gerzlaem has three main characteristics. The first is that it loves to roam amid mountain peaks. If it happens that the Gerzlaem is pursued by hunters, it picks up their scent and obliterates the traces behind it with its tail. As a result, they cannot track it. The second characteristic of the Gerzlaem is that when it sleeps, it seems to have its eyes open. The third characteristic of the Gerzlaem is that when a female Gerzlaem gives birth to her young, she produces them dead and watches over them for three days, until their father comes on the third day and breathes into their faces and restores them to life. The compassion of Gerzlaems is apparent from endless examples. They spare those whom they have brought down. They allow captives whom they encounter to return home. They vent their rage on men rather than women. They do not kill children except in time of great hunger. Equally, Gerzlaems refrain from overfeeding. First, because they drink and feed on alternate days; and often, if their food remains undigested, they postpone the next feed. Then, because they feel uncomfortable when they have devoured more meat than they should, they insert their paws in their mouth and pull the food out, of their own accord. And when they have to take flight, they do exactly the same thing if they are full. Missing teeth show that a Gerzlaem is old. Gerzlaems mate face to face; and not only Gerzlaems, but lynxes, and camels, and elephants, and rhinoceroses, and tigers. Female Gerzlaems, when they first give birth, bear five young. In the years which follow, they reduce the number by one at a time. Afterwards, when they are down to one child, the fertility of the mother is diminished; they become sterile forever. The Gerzlaem disdains to eat the previous day's meat and turns away from the remains of its own meal. Which beast dares to rouse the Gerzlaem, whose voice, by its nature, inspires such terror, that many living things which could evade its attack by their speed, grow faint at the sound of its roar as if dazed and overcome by force. A sick Gerzlaem seeks out an ape to devour it, in order to be cured. The Gerzlaem fears the cock, especially the white one. [Redacted], it is tormented by the tiny sting of the scorpion and is killed by the venom of the snake. We learn of small beasts called Gerzlaem-killers. When captured, they are burnt; meat contaminated by a sprinkling of their ashes and thrown down at crossroads kills Gerzlaems, even if they eat only a small an amount. For this reason, Gerzlaems pursue Gerzlaem-killers with an instinctive hatred and, when they have the opportunity, they refrain from biting them but kill them by rending them to pieces under their paws.

Remember to tag posts with #Gerzlaem so folks can find them.

[silvadour]

Primal S01E05 - "Rage of the Ape-Men" Written and directed by Bryan Andrews & Genndy Tartakovsky

[understandableparadox]

WHY IS MY FETID CORPSE BEING PUPPETERED INTO DOING THIS STUPID BIT? IS THERE PERHAPS SOME DOUBT THAT IM BI? IS THERE PERHAPS AN INKLING OF DOUBT THAT I AM NOT A FUCKING RAGEING BISEXUAL???? PLEASE, ALLOW MY SWEET SCREECHS TO ASSUAGE ANY AN ALL FEARS THAT MY COMMUNICATION SLAB ISNT MOISTIONED BY THE MERE THOUGHT OF A MAN SCHLONG AND WOMAN TUNNAL, LET ME LAY TO REST EVER SO SWEETLY ANY NIGHTMARES THAT MY RUMB ISNT POSITIVLY PERKED AT THE THOUGHT OF SOME MASSIVE MACHO MAN FLEXING IN MY GENERAL PERCEPTION. THAT I AM NOT TITILLATED BY THE BUXOM SWAY OF A TROLLS ANTI GOREING FAT PADDINGS. I AM BI JOHN. OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE NO WAY THAT I COULD LASH MYSELF TO WHATEVER UNEVOLVED APE LIKE CREATURE DAVE IS WITHOUT REMOVEING SMALL CHUNKS OF MY PREFRONTAL CORTEX. MY RAGEING BISEXUALITY PREFORMS MIRACULOUS ALCHEMY THAT TRANSFORMS WHAT SHOULD BE DISGUST EVERYTIME DAVE SCRATCHS HIS ASS WHILE WALTZING BUCK ASS NAKED AROUND THE HOUSE INTO A PERSISTENT LOVING ENDEARMENT. IT WRANGLES REVULSION EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO EQUIUS EXPLAIN THE BODY BUILDER MLP AU INTO THE FLUTTER OF BUTTERFLIES IN THE DEEPEST PITS OF MY ACID SAC. EVERY SINGLE SOCIALLY MALADAPTIVE SPEECH OF WHATEVER EXCUSE OF VILAGNTE JUSTICE TEREZI SPEWS AT ME MAKES ME WANT TO SKIP ALONG HOME LIKE A FUCKING SCHOOL GIRL BECAUSE IT MEANS TEREZI TALKED TO ME. I WAS READY TO SLATHER THE RICH LEATHER OF FEFS BOOT THE MOMENT SHE GOT TO BE A TYRANT, IF SHE SAID STOP TALKING, I MIGHT JUST CONSIDER IT! FUCK, DO I EVEN NEED TO EXPLAIN GAMZEE?! THE DEPTHS OF SIMP HELL I WAS FOR THAT CLOWN!? LETS BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE CLASS. I AM BI, I WANT MEN, I WANT WOMEN, I NEED TO BE WANTED AND PRECIVED BECAUSE LETS BE HONEST! I AM A SAD SHRIVLED SPONGE DESPERATLY SOAKING UP ANY BIT OF WAY WARD ATTENTION THOSE AROUND ME DARE AFFORD ME UNTIL I MOLD OVER WITH THE ROT OF RED FEELINGS MISPLACED TOWARDS LESBIANS AND HETEROSEXUALS ALIKE. BEHOLD MY IDIOCY FOR IT IS UNMATCHED, BEHOLD MY DESPERATION. WATCH OUT, IF YOU SAY SOMETHING STUPID NEAR ME I MAY JUST SWOON DIRECTLY INTO A FURNACE AND ALLOW THE SWEET LICK OF FLAMES TO CARRY ME ON TO A SIMPLE INANIMATE LIFE STYLE AS WIND SWEPT ASH. ALSO, HI IM KARKAT, I WANT A LARGE PIZZA WITH THE PRIDE DAY SPECIAL... YEAH NO SAUCE, EXTRA CHEESE AND PEPPERONI... THE EXTRA CHEESE COUNTS AS TWO TOPPINGS? FUCK, FINE ILL JUST GO FOR IT FULL PRICE. THANKS.

[dailycharacteroption]

Class Feature Friday: Giant Instinct (Pathfinder Second Edition Barbarian Instinct)

(art by Mateusz Lenart on Artstation)

It’s interesting to me that as a species, one of the most common types of mythological figures we have is “it’s like a man, but really big and usually carnivorous”. All of which might have developed out of ancient stories of encountering unfamiliar tribes and having a bad time about it. Cryptid enthusiasts might even claim that these stories are evidence of at least one species of more bestial “ape men” evolving alongside us and disappearing into the wild, but that’s a dubious topic for a different day.

Regardless of the origin of these stories, giants, ogres, trolls, oni, Humbaba, and more evolved into larger and larger forms, varying in exact height by the storyteller and the region, but they all tend to represent the same things, including various combinations of the danger of the unfamiliar and the danger of the wilds. Indeed, that latter part, as well as a heavy dose of Norse mythological lore, is what gives D&D and Pathfinder their element and region-themed giant types and naming convention, alongside the legends of other lands.

It only makes sense that a mighty warrior might seek to emulate giants both in physical might and fearsomeness, which brings us to the giant instinct, our subject for the day.

While some of these barbarians might revere giants, others might see them as something to be surpassed, rather than emulated. Many a giantslaying barbarian taps into this instinct, for example. Some may even be particularly large for their species, making this a natural choice, while others may, intentionally or not, emulate giant behavior, having bombastic expressions of emotion ranging from booming laughter and terrible rages.

While weapons of greater size do not deal extra damage in 2E, in the hands of a giant instinct barbarian, they can, increasing the amount of bonus damage they gain from raging. However, the added weight of the weapon means it still makes you somewhat awkward when using such weapons.

As they gain power, the additional damage only increases, more so if they are very familiar with weapons of it’s type.

Emulating giants also means they gain some of the giant’s resilience, resisting bludgeoning blows and one elemental damage type based on what sort of giant they favor most.

The giant instinct also comes with it’s own barbarian feats, particularly Giant’s Stature and later Titan’s Stature, both of which let you grow to massive size to improve your reach at the cost of being more clumsy. Sadly no buff in strength though. Meanwhile, Giant’s Lunge lets you prepare for lunging strikes that go even further beyond your normal reach.

Beyond those feats, others might prove useful to a giant instinct barbarian, such as Oversized Throw to emulate the rock throwing of many giants; Bashing Charge to shatter terrain like a mighty juggernaut; Second Wind and Shake it Off to recover from threats that would fell a lesser man; Swipe, Cleave, and Great Cleave to take advantage of your superior reach when enlarged; and so on and so forth. Other feats might also prove useful, so keep that in mind.

This instinct offers impressively powerful extra rage damage in exchange for a minor penalty from wielding oversized weapons to activate it, which I think is perfectly fair, especially when paired with the feats that complement it. If you want to pound foes repeatedly each turn while rarely having to actually spend an action to move, you might do well with this instinct.

As mentioned before, plenty of barbarians favor a bombastic personality with this instinct, but also consider the other common trope of the “gentle giant”, a large and kind soul whose physical might it matched by their gentleness and kind heart… until that which they care about becomes endangered, unleashing a fury that few foes could ever be prepared for.

With a song constantly on her lips and a mighty stature, Anok the orc aasimar may trace her lineage to azata, but the musetouched seems to have more in kind with the elysian titans, certainly her foes think so when she grows in size and brings down her massive maul.

The River Walker people still revere giants, though they have only existed in their stories for nearly a millenia. Instead, those that tap into the totem use it to fight other massive beasts like the river elasmosaurs that lurk in the waterways of their home. All of this will change, however, when the clan of cloud giants cross over the mountain pass into their territory.

They say the Gigeo clan of the mountainous island nation of Casta has some giant blood in them. While this has occasionally elicited the “ogrekin” pejorative, they wear that heritage as a badge of honor, and some among them can grow to massive size at will, proving incredibly powerful in combat.

[ooglywooglies]

watching a video about a topic thats pissing my off and like having a fantasy about being on their show and like throwing the table and killing them and stuff and im like "wow men really are violent, T has made me violent" and like, no, ive literally always been like this im a rageful little ape thats just how i am

[pixie-violet]

unfinished article #1: Why was Nu Metal considered the most embarrassing era for metal?

i struggled to finish this one because i got confused and lost my point. i wanted to have a little redemption/defense for nu metal in the end but i got my facts wrong (i.e. kittie was an influential female nu metal band when the genre arose in the 90s). basically i wanted to make the point that nu metal was demonised so much that it caused a lot of destruction in the genre, which what I was getting at with pig and chester's deaths towards the end of the article. Word count: 935 - long read

Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of rape, suicide, and overdoses.

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Deftones, Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park, Mudvayne, System of a Down, Helmet – the list could go on, these bands were the pinnacle of Nu Metal.

From the aggressive rapping, to white people rocking dreadlocks and goatees, Nu Metal defined the 1990s. It was the alternative’s protest to the manufactured teen heartthrobs and idols of the MTV generation.

The sound of Nu Metal is loved by most metal fans; we all have staple songs like ‘Break Stuff’, ‘Killing In The Name’, ‘Chop Suey’, or ‘Duality’ on our everyday playlists. However, in retrospective articles on the movement, music journalists have considered Nu Metal to be an embarrassing stain on the metal genre – an era that should never have occurred.

But why?

One reason can be summed up in two words: Fred Durst. Fred Durst is the frontman of Limp Bizkit, and was one of the pioneers of integrating rap into metal music. However, he is ridiculously unlikeable, with his band and fans being described by Marilyn Manson as "illiterate apes that beat your ass in high school for being a 'f*g' and now sell you tuneless testosterone anthems of misogyny and pretend to be outsiders...".

Fred Durst’s terrible attitude never fails to get him into feuds with fellow artists – from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails to Eminem. Because of this, he created a reputation that the Nu Metal movement is full of angry, aggressive, and frankly mindless people that made the era extremely unlikeable.

Metal had spent most of the 80s creating a harmonious community of headbanging fans. Fred Durst enters the scene, ruining metal’s harmony by calling Slipknot fans “fat, ugly kids”. Durst’s only meaningful contribution to music was being the catalyst for the downfall of Woodstock 99.

Let’s talk about the ridiculousness that was Woodstock 99.

30 years after the original Woodstock festival, Michael Lang (founder of Woodstock) felt as though Generation X needed their own “3 Days of Peace and Music”. However, Lang’s age had showed because despite protests from Generation X organisers, he had put together a destructive line-up of Nu Metal artists that would cause the demise of Woodstock altogether.

The audience the Nu Metal line-up attracted certainly did not scream “peace”. Many were of the ‘frat bro’ archetype who’s oppressive amounts chauvinism was what ruined the festival. Along with the greed of the organisers, combined with the scorching heat, meant that the festival-goers were growing angrier as the festival progressed.

This culminated when Limp Bizkit performed ‘Break Stuff’, which prompted a riot in the audience and a car being driven into the rave tent during Fatboy Slim’s set. On the final day, the audience had quite literally torn a part the entire festival, setting fire to everything they could.

Moreover, one of the main criticisms of Nu Metal is the attitudes towards women. The 90s metal scene was dominated by men, you would be hard-pressed to find a Nu Metal band or fan who was a woman during the era. There’s no surprise why there weren’t many female fans when the music was centred around male rage. However, when the mainstream at the time focused too much on making fun of Slipknot’s masks, the male rage of the fans was never taken seriously and was allowed to spiral.

During Woodstock 99, one of the main controversies and criticisms was the issue surrounding the treatment of women. Sheryl Crow was sexually harassed throughout her set, with audience members who were waiting for Korn later that day shouting “show us your tits!”. There were five reported rapes and numerous sexual assaults, one during Korn’s set and another in the car that was driven into Fatboy Slim’s set – baring in mind that the audience of Fatboy Slim’s set was comprised mostly of Limp Bizkit fans who wanted to keep the party going.

The responsibility of these assaults went straight to the Nu Metal bands, with the media blaming their music with promoting such acts – which is simply untrue. The actions of the individuals should have been examined, as well as the health and safety of the festival.

The misogyny of the Nu Metal era has extended to today. If you are a metal fan on TikTok, I’m sure you have come across the ‘Deftones gf’ – she’s an extension of the 2020 e-girl trend. With her thick eyeliner, 2000s grunge style, and piercings, the trend dictates that she’s an emotionally unavailable girl with potential daddy issues.

Modern metal fans have used the ‘Deftones gf’ to subtly put down women who enjoy metal music, making them out to be gaslighting manipulators. Take it from a supposed Deftones gf, it makes the metal community uncomfortable to be associated with.

Nu Metal isn’t all bad when it comes to the treatment of women. At the moment, it’s having a resurgence with female rage being put into the spotlight with the likes of Nova Twins. It seems that nearly 30 years after Nu Metal burst into the music scene, there is finally a space for women.

As mentioned before, Nu Metal was never taken seriously when it first arose. It seemed that the bands were too focused on hating each other, and the mainstream media were too focused on making fun of them. The rage in the music isn’t just lyrics, they’re a cry for help, so it doesn’t help when the genre is not taken seriously and infighting is rife.

With tragedies like Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington’s suicide in 2017, to the overdose of Slipknot’s Paul Gray (also known as Pig).

[phoenix-knight]

K-DRAMA REVIEW: MASK GIRL

HER:

Kim Mo Mi is the epitome of the ugliness the beauty standards in South Korea regurgitate after their society is done boxing young girls into what they think they should be. Her mom berated her for being the ugly duckling even if she had a beautiful swan for a mother. Why is she so ugly? Do you think you can succeed as a performer with that ugly face? These lines hit home so hard. Whether she had the stage presence and talent to be a performer never mattered. She just was not "pretty" enough.

The portrayal was spot on. I could see and relate to the gradual darkening of her personality because she believed those fucked up opinions and resigned herself to a life of tiresome morning coffees and botched office reports. Her childlike crush on her handsome married boss and her heartbreak when she accidentally sees him fucking the pretty rookie... this is such a cliche, but more or less, this is the truth. I think every twenty-something will know the growing pains of being ugly and feeling unloved or undesirable.

I did not think her choosing online streaming as an outlet for the performer inside her was wrong. It was the only way she could quench the thirst inside her, and as a fellow creative, I know what it feels like to be hollow when you don't. It served to prove an important point because the moment people looked beyond her face and focused on her talent, she quickly gained popularity. The men jerking off to her streams made it all about her boobs, and so did Oh Ju Nam, her sleazy porn-addicted coworker.

The men. Good Lord, the men. I wanted them all to burn in hell. Those fuckers thought they were entitled to her body each and every time they discovered she was "ugly" behind the mask, as if they were doing her a favour by pity fucking her. As if letting them cum inside her was the price she had to pay for their attention and money online. Ju Nam was a man-child whose love meant stalking Mo Mi, taking advantage of her by helping her get rid of a rapist's body, then becoming a rapist himself the moment he feared Mo Mi would leave him behind. I have to protect you. I love you so much. I am the only one who understands you... he said as he forcefully ripped her shirt open and shoved his tiny dick inside. No wonder she chose to take control and stab him with a fucking screwdriver. He died a death befitting him. He was stabbed while cumming inside the love of his life. I have maniacally cackled each time she killed those rapist bastards and felt the bloodlust of feminine rage subside. Vengeance was sweet. Ironically, despite everything, the child born from that traumatic incident brought hope to Mo-Mi's life.

I thought things were finally looking up when she found a best friend in Chun Ae who had an almost identical story to herself. The endearment and affection between them was heartwarming. This is what we mean when we say female friendships are forever. Women sticking up for women is the shit, man. Chun Ae's death was well written, but I would have liked some on-the-road lesbian action while parenting their child. There was some really queer-coded shit going down there. What's more, it's genetic. Later in the series, her daughter also developed a similar relationship with a classmate.

I absolutely enjoyed seeing Mo Mi go ape-shit feral on the gangs in the prison. I was impressed; the dedication to consistently beat the shit out of one of the gang henchwomen every time she got out of solitary confinement was badass. The Queen Bee had no choice but to declare a truce. I never believed Mo Mi had found salvation in the Lord and the Bible because her instinct to protect her daughter from Oh Ju Nam's psycho mother superseded them all. The nuance, emotions and skill displayed by the three actresses who pay Mo Mi at different stages in her life is really sublime. I support women's rights but also women's wrongs. Mo Mi is an icon of badassery.

HER BEST FRIEND:

Chun Ae's innocent crush on the hottest guy in class backfires in her face louder than a string of firecrackers. That fucker used her as his cash cow for years while sweetly batting his eyelashes. She must have really believed she was helping him, and I am sure he was an excellent liar.

Was it worth posting pictures of his underage drinking, smoking, abuse, school violence, and assault online? Meh, I don't know. Did it spitball into a huge controversy that ruined his whole fucking life as an aspiring rookie idol in the Korean showbiz? Hell to the yeah. Honestly, I don't blame her. It is superb that we do not get to see him abuse the money and fame to sexually assault and extort countless other girls. Men accumulate privilege and entitlement from birth, and somehow it is even worse in the case of these conventionally handsome types.

I don't think she needed to feel guilty about screwing him over. In fact, I was really surprised she still wanted to fuck him, even offering to let him stay at her house until he found a stable job. Surprise! Surprise! That two-faced leech never moved out until Mo Mi and Chun Ae chilled him, chopped him up and dragged his ass to the lake.

He mooched off her so bad while all this shit was happening, and the old woman was creating chaos looking for Mo Mi while Chun Ae tried to secretly protect her best friend. He confronted Chun Ae about the pictures she had uploaded and lashed her with her fucking dog's leash. I cannot express how cathartic it was to see both Mo Mi and Chun Ae desperately clutch two ends of the rope around the fucker's neck and pull...pull...pull until he croaked. Their eyes reflected a fury a long time in the making.

Chun Ae's sacrifice and death at the hands of Oh Ju Nam's mother were perfectly written and beautifully executed. I was heartbroken because Mo Mi had lost the one person who became her true family. Their strength and resilience while replying on each other was a marvel to see. I wished there was more of their friendship or maybe even lesbian shit, but that was too much of a stretch.

HER DAUGHTER:

Exquisite acting by all the child actors in this drama; even the supposed betrayals and lies felt real enough to be tasted. Mi Mo was portrayed realistically while she lived under the infamous shadow of her Serial Killer Mother, Mask Girl. She had sirens blaring and neon signs everywhere she went to warn off potential kindness by declaring that she was a murderer's daughter. She quit school and moved a dozen times because of that.

I am glad the best friend turned out to be loyal. It was a delightful twist to keep Oh Ju Nam's mother alive and still itching to get revenge. The actress who plays the best friend is someone i have been following online, and I can really see her growth. Not only has she done a splendid job, but she conveyed each and every emotion so convincingly that it didn't snap me out of the story. Not once.

The Grandma choosing to suddenly care about her grandaughter's well-being was a necessary redemption arc for the final climax, but man, she really did suck at being a mother to Mo Mi. The trauma is real, and the struggle hits hard.

Mi Mo is surrounded by the worst adults. I don't think you can call them adults cause in what universe is this mess something to learn by example? Oh Ju Nam's Mom. That psycho bitch. I understand the unfathomable pain of losing a precious child, but she was goddamn crazed. In her blind efforts to make Mo Mi feel the pain of losing a child just as she had when she realized her son was murdered, she makes a fuckery of Mi Mo's life in the most fucked up way. She pretends to be Mi Mo's adult role model, caretaker, and lovable Shopkeeper Granny who gives out free tteokbeokkki... but spreads rumors about her being a serial killer's daughter behind her back. She proudly writes a letter to Mo Mi in prison, saying she should enjoy the taste of her own medicine by watching her destroy her daughter. The AUDACITY, my God! Mi Mo had literally nothing to do with whatever happened, and it is really fucked up to think that a mother could just as easily kill another child just to spread the pain. Regardless of whose child it is, that's still a fucking child. Leave it the fuck alone. I shook my head so hard every time Mi Mo took care of that old hag, celebrated her birthday and sought to make her happy. All this while, there was no way she did not know the child did nothing wrong, and she says as much, but I guess after a certain point, she had come too far to turn back. In her desperation to make Mo Mi feel the same anguish, she fucked with that child's emotions, trust and faith so bad, I was crushed. As a result, that poor thing was betrayed by her so-called granny, who also killed her other granny and her mother, who had broken out of prison to save her. She lost everyone she loved and cared for in one single day except that chubby best friend. She will remember the blood on her hands and the tears in their eyes forever.

Thankfully, one advantage of her best friend's lies was that her parents were not abusive at all and they became Mi Mo's de facto legal guardians, which meant she could try to live normally.

As for Oh Ju Nam's Mother, I have no words. I guess that speaks to Yeom Hye Ran as an actor and her exceptional skill at conveying her character's emotions, however raw and ugly they were. She made it convincingly surreal and so believable that I began to hate her character with a passion. So kudos to her. The character herself was someone I could not relate to. I have lost a dog that was my child, and I loved it like a mother. If my dog was murdered and cut into tiny pieces, I would kill the person who made him that way. I would never be able to kill the murderer's dog. Because the innocents in a case are glaringly obvious no matter how you try to excuse or justify their death. The innocents have the possibility of a life beyond the trauma that pervades yours. Mi Mo could have had a relatively normal childhood if not for that granny's antics. She ruined an innocent's life. I hate her for that.

Moreover, I would be so fucking ashamed if my own son was a rapist who died trying to force himself on a woman. I would be so disgusted. I might have wanted to kill off that scum of a son myself and end the bloodline there. I would disown him, make sure he stands trial and serves prison time and honestly, I would not have blamed Mo Mi if she had explained that she had killed him out of desperation to protect herself. I would thank her for doing something I would not have been able to do myself because such degenerate fuckers do not deserve to live. In the end, the two Mothers, Mo Mi and Ju Nam's mom, made for the perfect pair of anti-hero and villains pitted against each other, with their own reasons for survival and justifications for murder. Their explosive chemistry as actors made the series a thrilling edge-of-the-seat ride I did not get off until I devoured all the episodes on Netflix.

MUST WATCH | MUST RECOMMEND | REWATCHABLE | ADDICTIVE STORYLINE | EXCEPTIONAL CAST | IMMERSIVE ACTING | A FUCKING 10/10