#shannon says

[anamariamauricia]

Friday I experienced an earthquake, today I experienced a solar eclipse.

[shanscript]

if anyone is still here, anyone at all. may your dreams be sweet & your nuts be bustin

[shnnn]

this next week or so of work will surely end me.

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Leverage Redemption S02E05 The Walk in the Woods Job.

[watchyourbuck]

There’s some people on Twitter saying that if Eddie were to have a queer storyline he’d necessarily have to come out as bisexual because otherwise it would be like – and I quote – shitting on Shannon and Chris, and I just wanted to come in here to say that that makes absolutely no fucking sense. I don’t think anyone here has ever doubted the love Eddie has for Shannon, even after her passing. Particularly after 7x05, with the context of the now canon catholic guilt, Eddie being gay (not that I think he’d label himself anyway) would complete a puzzle for him. This man was brought up in a catholic home, with catholic teachings, and I can tell you from experience that most of those schools intervene in every aspect of your life and not just your studies. He has said it himself that the reason he married her was because she was pregnant, which again, is a very common catholic view of life – and I’m not speaking deprecatingly – but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love her, or his son. Eddie loved Shannon, he would’ve given her life for her, and I also know he never used her as a beard, nor has he done that with Ana or Marisol. He’s never used any of the women in his life, and in fact, he actually broke up with Ana the second he realized his heart wasn’t in it. Eddie Diaz is a good man who’s had to unconsciously and subconsciously hide parts of himself, and even though all we can do is speculate about his sexuality, his coming out as gay would not destroy his family, it would actually only strengthen it, considering he’d be more comfortable being who he is, regardless of who he’s with.

[lucyshypemaster]

honestly, kotlc lol

[therapized-eddie]

[princington]

ocs guide to babeasitting

[carica-ficus]

A thing I really, really love about The Roots of Chaos series is how Shannon just completely refuses to incorporate internalized homophobia into it, even though, logically, it would make perfect sense to do so.

Shannon made a world dependent on bloodlines, but instead of making heterosexuality a norm, she gracefully avoided it. In any instance when she introduces an LGBT character, she provides a simple, yet very effective explanation as to why this doesn't propose a problem to their heritage at all.

Sabran marries and gets pregnant, but ultimately ends up with Ead and their relationship works out.

Wulfert's parents are two Lords that had children through former marriages, so they have a secured heir.

And probably the most interesting take is the Priory itself, especially with Tunuva and Esbar who are both in love with each other, but have decided to have children with men in order to serve their community. Their relationship is never hindered by their need to lay with a man. There is neither jealousy nor misunderstanding.

Shannon basically doesn't offer a single opening for the reader to question why homosexuality is so normalized in her world because, in the end, it doesn't really matter. LGBT characters are a crucial part of this story and Shannon eradicates any potential opportunity to undermine their existence.

It's refreshing. It's enjoyable. And, most of all, it's satisfying.

[bookwyrminspiration]

KEEPER MOVIE NEWS REAL AND TRUE!!!!!

[anamariamauricia]

if i had a nickel for every time ali dowling played a character who is married to a man named louis and has a son also named louis i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[goldengalanthus]

smol

[shnnn]

okay so leather straps on my soft wide hips may or may not be the best looking and feeling thing in this world.

[greasegifs]

BETTY RIZZO

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies - S01E01 (2023) Grease (1978)

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Leverage Redemption S02E06 The Fractured Job.

Bonus using Parker as a springboard:

[theunmappedstar]

will still NEVER be over the fact that kotlc was rejected by so many publishers solely because sophie is a girl. they were convinced the series would never take off because no one would be interested in reading about a female hero.

and this isn’t speculation - shannon admitted on a tour stop i attended that this specific rejection was said to her face. they blatantly admitted that they would not accept, much less offer, a book deal with shannon because her main character is a woman. a fictional main character being female can determine whether or not you get your book published - and that is crazy.