#repeated failure

[ofswordsandpens]

I'm sincerely very happy for anyone who is enjoying the show but every time I see takes that the show has improved the book characterizations or that the book characters are underdeveloped in comparison to the show...

[bizarrelittlemew]

the saddest line in the trailer

at first I was too distracted by Stede's plunging neckline and gold earring to fully realize why this kept nagging at me but:

"I've been a failure my whole life."

and the way he says it:

as a matter of fact, because he fully believes it – it's an integrated part of his self-image

to comfort someone else (presumably), meaning that even though it is sort of similar to Ed's "I'm not a good person" from s1e6, this scene doesn't seem to be about Stede getting comforted – he is just throwing that line in there

with the follow-up line of "It's not so bad once you get used to it," because he is used to being called a failure by everyone around him, even when he was a kid, so much that he doesn't question it

and yeah, Stede fucks up a lot and can be a bit air-headed/naive and overestimates his abilities (Stede's super high confidence vs. shit self-esteem is a central part of his character), often to the detriment of himself and everyone around him, but his biggest "crime" growing up was simply that he was different and didn't live up to the norms of masculinity. and this is what caused him to be made to feel like a failure by the world around him.

(putting the rest under the cut because I have a lot to say apparently lmao ⬇️)

idk it is just so sad that after everything that happened at the end of season 1, he still echoes his father's and the Badmintons' words when talking about himself (and his own "I'm not a pirate, I'm an idiot" from s1e1). he still has a lot of growth to do.

and while it's good that he embraces his own shortcomings (and I hope he stays a loser in many ways <3) and the show reinforces that you don't have to be perfect to be worthy of love/that you are worthy of love just as you are, it is just. idk SO SAD to hear him say that about himself so earnestly

but do you know who doesn't let Stede self-deprecate?

THIS GUY, FROM THEIR VERY FIRST DAY TOGETHER

from telling Stede he isn't such a terrible pirate (at least he's alive), to not letting Stede call his own ideas stupid, Ed likes Stede for who he is WHILE not letting him talk bad about himself like that.

now we can't know who Stede is talking to in the scene in the trailer, just that it is someone with long dark hair:

and it could be someone else (to me it doesn't look quite like Ed's hair, but the quality/lighting makes it difficult to tell), but if it IS Ed, it has the potential for him to (once again) go against Stede's negative self-talk 😌

I am so interested to see how this scene plays out and I REALLY hope we get a scene mirroring the bathtub scene (even if it's not this one) but with the roles switched ✌️

[gin-juice-tonic]

do i have the willpower to only nap for 2 hours this time

[thewritingowl]

Danny, in his teen angst era: What's the worst that can happen? I die? Been there, done that, not gonna do it again.

Bruce, who has been spending the past two weeks reviewing the footage of Danny being vivisected: I--

[literalite]

new insane guy just dropped

[rivalkieran]

save data corrupted

[sophiethewitch1]

Its currently may 18, my birthday!

So what better way to celebrate than draw WWWreader experiencing the worst birthdays of her life two times LMAO

omg dude happy birthday!!! i hope you have (had maybe) an absolutely fantastic day!!!!! ALSO URGHKDJSGBNKSDGBSDGHKJB CELEBRATING.... AND YET I'M BEING GIFTED SUCH AMAZING ART.... nnnnnnnghhh thank you once again!!! also yeah the fact that she had to go through this twice lmao get fucked <3

[so-i-grudgingly-joined-this-site]

I don't understand why there's so many posts presenting creativity/creating art as this beautiful, loving, poetic relationship, when the majority of my experience with creativity better fits the metaphor of a toxic booty call

[dormont]

thinking about that one person in the pmd tag a few years ago who was like "if you like gates and super you're an IDIOT who only likes them for nostalgia" like. what. first of all who fuckin cares if somebody likes something for nostalgia it's no big deal. and secondly who's to say you don't like rt and explorers for nostalgia? they came out first after all.

[cypheragent]

actually kind of really obsessed with the fact that louis DOES have more power and agency in his relationship with armand than he did with lestat. and yet. and yet. well let's just say soulmateism persists

[four-color-words]

Yes, I love the Hawks and Thanagar as a concept. Yes, I also can't stand Carter Hall. I contain multitudes.

[dazai-mackerel]

guys im cunty !!

[lunar-years]

i'm still thinking about Keeley because well, duh. but how did the writers manage to be so consistent with her problems/flaws throughout all three seasons and yet still never address them?!!!

[the-moon-loves-the-sea]

My kiddo officially got a couple of long-needed diagnoses today and we’re all very happy.

[cringesnail]

I'm so proud of Etoiles for introducing some change in his routine. Instead of spending 3 hours in a dungeon he's spending 3 hours trying to craft something

[dontwanderoff]

just feeling this desperate sense of like. guilt? that the kids maybe didn’t learn anything since i took over as teacher? and i know there’s more nuance to it than me simply saying that i failed them, but it sure fucking feels that way trying to get ready for reports rn and in depth analysing their writing and their maths results and so on