if it werent for the many artists i follow and funny videos i find on tiktok i wouldve deleted it ages ago jfc
I really don't understand why people think Harringrove being the biggest Stranger Things ship is weird or unlikely.
The majority of the characters are minors which makes older fans not want to focus on their relationships. The canon older couples don't have the best chemistry other than Nancy and Jonathan who are the third highest ship on AO3 anyway along with actually being a couple in real life.
Jim and Joyce are great and have amazing chemistry but a lot of people in their 20s and 30s don't relate as much to parents in their 40s pushing 50. (Obviously some do because they're fifth most popular but still).
Even if you don't like Billy or the ship itself you have to admit they have great chemistry, as well as, their whole story arc in S2 being a nod to 80s homoerotic bullying which is everywhere in 80s media. Along with narrative wise a lot of wiggle room for fans to explore and build apon and Steve being a fan favourite but lacking in the characters to ship him with department.
All of this combined with a lot of people finding Billy quite relatable and a great vessel to project personal issues or problems it makes complete sense that they're the top ship and have been for so long.
We got 5 skins this year, nice! Trying to get a second hunter was kinda a lost cause from the start bc of Joseph's popularity in all servers shfjsjdk
So we're getting Joseph, Luca, Norton, Patricia, and Tracy.... a pretty good selection imo
So, earlier I had stated I was donning my tin foil hat? Well, I think it’s time to let that baby shine, so let’s get crinkling! I shall put it under the cut since I’m rambler! >:3
I had had these thoughts before, but I saw a post once upon a time that literally made the idea reemerge from the depths of my scattered little brain.
Basically that thought was: Is Solas a spirit that has taken a form much like Cole has, albeit in a completely different circumstance?
There are three things that make my mind whirl with this concept and has me going, “Wait, wait! That makes sense! Are they seriously--? Waaaait!” I’ll go down the line.
1. Solas’s intimate knowledge about the nature and purpose of spirits.
Obviously, Solas is an expert on matters of the Fade due to that fact that he created the whole realm in the first place. However, there’s something more..deep in the explanations he gives and how passionate he gets when spirits are looked down on or misconstrued. I mean, yes, in the time of Arlathan, spirits were part of the world and were common place, so it would stand to reason that most ancients elves were intimately tied to spirits. But Solas...it seems like more to me. He pinpoints the nature of a spirit almost immediately, he can sift through their cryptic meanings with relative ease (i.e. Cole), and the way he speaks at times is like he’s detecting the flow of person’s thoughts or emotions. He’s even, calm, thorough, and it’s how I imagine a spirit of Wisdom would speak. It’s a shame we didn’t get to hear much of his friend’s speech patterns because it would have been cool to compare.
2. How Solas often times consoles or relates with Cole.
Solas and Cole’s relationship has always been a point of fascination for me. I love listening to the dialogue between them and trying to piece it together without looking it up because it’s amazingly profound. I also have to ‘Awww..” when Solas actively tries to help Cole acclimate himself to the physical world such as this banter sequence:
Cole: It's brighter here. Glittering. Glaring. Glinting. I can't...
Solas: It's a mild tremor in the Veil. Nothing to worry about. Focus on what is here, in this world.
Cole: But... what is here?
Solas: Feel the ground, the breath in your lungs, fabric rustling against your skin.
Cole: (Breathes.) Thank you.
Solas: It's nothing. It can be overwhelming for anyone.
The way Solas guides Cole through this moment of panic and anxiety practically screams to me: “He can do this because he’s felt this sensation before.” It could be simply that after awakening from Uthenera that Solas had a similiar experience as the moments in which Cole feels overwhelmed, but the fact that Solas pinpoints the exact reasoning behind Cole’s discomfort is mind boggling to me. Again, it could be just that Solas can detect distortions in the Veil since he created it, and therefore, it’s practically his magic, but the speed at which he responds to Cole’s nervousness is immediate--subconscious.
3. (This is the big one for me) Cole’s one line of dialogue in Trespasser.
"He did not want a body. But she asked him to come. He left a scar when he burned her off his face."
This. This line had me going, “Wait. What?! Hold on, hold on! What?!” Let’s break it down.
He did not want a body.
This could mean one of two things. First, it could simply be referring to the fact that Solas did not want to be awakened from Uthenera--that he wanted to continue to exploring the Fade and believing that what had transpired was but a dream to be reflected in it. OR it could mean he didn’t have a body to begin with--that he was a spirit that manifested, much like Cole, because something resonated with his purpose so much that he decided to form physically. What that purpose was or is, I’m not sure, but it has something to do with the next line:
But she asked him to come.
Assuming that ‘she’ is Mythal then it would lead one to believe that she ‘summoned’ Solas for a specific reason. Was it for justice? Revenge, as Flemeth stated? Or was it simply to be bound? Because the next line:
He left a scar when he burned her off his face.
This I believe refers to the vallaslin. I don’t believe we know precisely if Solas himself had vallaslin, but this insinuates he may have and it might have been Mythal’s design, which again, points towards the last line that states Mythal asked Solas to ‘come’. Had she branded him once he took a solid form? What were her plans for him? Did she take advantage of his purpose, whatever that may be? Wisdom or his namesake: Pride? Is it linked to what will happen in DA4 since we still aren’t sure what Mythal precisely wants? Is she using Solas for something darker or grander?
Did she warp a spirit into perceiving themselves as elven to achieve something before she was murdered?
I mean, if we really wanna jump down the rabbit hole I could ask: Is it possible that a person, a solid person, could be made into a spirit? If Solas isn’t a spirit, could he have been made into one or did he himself do so, like how Cole made himself human?
Tin foil hat. Tin foil hat. Thank you for crinkling it with me. Again, I could be over analyzing the fuck out of this and misinterpreting a lot of shit, but there’s something going on and, of course, it’s all about Mythal. What the hell does she waaaaant?!
its gotten back to that point where i feel awkward/self-conscious after a dnd session lol
I am in love with spencer reid and don’t know if I wanna kiss him or be him 😔
Society if the Bad Batch opening scene just used some new Jedi characters or maybe brought back one of the Gathering younglings or something
Right when I think I know the extent of the problematic elements in the media I consume...
your antagonistic/manipulative characters should make nonpologies like ‘well i’m sorry you feel that way’ or ‘well i’m sorry you were surprised’ or the suchlike
watching all the c!wilbur apologists struggling on my dash rn... yeeesssssssss. dance, my jesters, dance.
wholesome sibling communication? wholesome sibling communication
The start of the car ride was silent, the radio a barely audible mumble. The awkward hushed air created an unbearable weight on her shoulders. Even reaching for the volume would’ve made her collapse.
“So, uh… sorry,” Jax started, rubbing the back of his neck. “I didn’t want to just stop coming over, but…”
“I get it!” She smiled - her fake one - and looked out at the road. “It’s fine.”
After she settled back into her seat, he sighed. “It’s not fine. I wanted to at least give you a good excuse. My therapist said that it would be best to take a break from seeing you, but never gave me advice on how… so I just avoided you guys.”
“It’s fine, Jax. I don’t hold it against you.”
He scoffed, an irritated smile creeping onto his face. “Well, you should. I fucked up.”
“Okay, and?” she asked. The question was genuine, but it still hurt. “It’s not like you murdered anyone. Did you?”
Shiloh was expecting the joke to just fall to the wind, but her brother laughed. “Only half a dozen people for my honor.”
His deadpan humor was a welcomed addition. She’d missed him too much for it not to be. “As long as you never get caught for it, I think I can let it slide.”
Basically "you are racist" is the card used in this fandom to have every right. It doesn't care if it's not the truth, the magic word was used. They did fanfictions lists, they did posts where bullied people, they did posts in August and also in these days after TTT and... Now. Nicky and his culture for them is so stereotyped and it's okay if you don't care about Italian issues, because... who cares, there aren't important issues! Belittle, c'mon ✨ Italian culture, a nation with issues? It's wHiTe so basically they don't do research, they think THEY KNOW. Instead they are careful and good with Joe's culture and traditions. It's funny because instead TOG is written so well in the movie.
don't be ashamed of loving your comfort characters; they're your comfort characters for a reason. as long as it isn't harmful, no one has the right to demean you for something that brings you happiness/helps you cope.
