greta thunberg, liam cunningham, rima hassan, and everyone else on that ship, thank you, and i hope you succeed. i really hope you succeed. you know what you are risking, and i wish for you to come back safely, having done what you set out to do.
for those who don't know, the freedom fretilla, a ship headed to gaza to try and get some aid past the israeli siege, just left with among its crew swedish activist greta thunberg, irish actor liam cunningham, and french member of the european parliament rima hassan.
the ship has already been bombed twice during previous attempts at approaching gaza.
my only hope is that if we make enough noise this time, israel won't dare bomb it with such prominent international figures on board, from fear of making them martyrs and turning the rest of the world against them.
so talk about it, post about it, and expect, demand their mission to succeed and their safe return 🙏
the only power we have is political and economic pressure at this point. ethics are out of the picture when it comes to the israeli government. so we need to make it clear that bombing this ship would be a declaration of war against europe.
There's something I need this fandom to understand about Martin Kartin Blackwood.
IS he an expert manipulator? Yes. Does he have some serious skills in using people pleasing and framing and psychology to his advantage? ABSOLUTELY. He is gaslight, gatekeep, girlbossing his way through the first 3 seasons and we LOVE him for it.
On the other hand, though, I feel like we don't acknowledge enough as a fandom how isolating people pleasing can be in itself. I ranted about this in the tags of another Martin post, but basically, the person you create to be palatable to as many people as possible becomes a wall. A barrier between you and the outside world. Yes, everyone likes you, but that comes at the cost of no one knowing you in your entirety because you don't let them see the parts of you that are harder to swallow.
Martin effectively trapped himself in his own web of lies, suspended 30 feet away from his own life. He's dissociated from it all from the beginning, which is what made him the candidate Peter chose in the first place. He was always slated for The Lonely as much as he was The Web.
That leads me into my next point, which is that MARTIN PRE-LONELY WAS NOT ENTIRELY DISINGENUOUS. I see so many people implying that Martin straight-up wasn't anything like he said he was in the beginning. Common fandom reading comprehension L. He really does like people, and he really does want to be nice. It just also happens that you don't end up people pleasing to those lengths without it having developed as a defense mechanism!
Take the wall I introduced earlier. You surround yourself in this persona and swallow your teeth to protect yourself from other people. Realistically, it probably started with his mother, who is implied in Canon to not have been kind to him. There's a 3rd partner to Fight or Flight that doesn't get discussed very often, and it is "Fawn." This is the people-pleasing response that we see him exhibit. Ultimately, what he fears is rejection, and therefore, he fears being alone. He's nice and kind and polite and swallows his teeth in order to keep people around.
Post-Lonely Martin is the other extreme. He has no energy to please anyone anymore, and it doesn't serve him. He is tired and angry and constantly stressed. He doesn't bother hiding his teeth anymore, and he's prone to lashing out. Post-Lonely Martin is when he's surpassed his limit. Post-Lonely Martin is burnout.
As someone who relates to Martin Blackwood very much, I can tell you that the quiet moments where he's not deeply distressed either way is where we see the real Martin. He still loves and cares in private, and we see that over and over. The love is real. He just doesn't believe he deserves it in return, so he tries very hard to be someone who does. To "make up" for it.
Got fed up with constantly changing the way I draw them so I made myself a ref sheet for how I envisioned Jon and Martin. Will probably do other characters at some point. Also have a bunch of my HCs written but in case my writing is illegible I’ll write them out under the cut. Might even add some extra lol
Jon
S1
- Bitchy (we all already know this)
- Looked up “professional mens hair” and showed the first result to the stylist. Then watched youtube tutorials for hours to learn how to style it
- Fussy about appearance. Actually has a skincare routine and a ton of hair products. Would never admit this.
- Carries a lint roller and hand sanitizer in bag 24/7
S2
- Pookie in his stalker phase ♡
- Stops taking care of himself. Stops straightening his hair and any sort of skincare (much to Nikola’s later disapproval)
- Sweats a lot
- Stops shaving but also can’t grow a full beard so it’s just kinda patchy
- Has a bit of a crazed look in his eyes even when relaxed (he does not relax)
S3
- Noticeably thinner
- Gray streaks in hair start to come in
- I don’t think this man wore a single article of his own clothing this whole season
- Glasses broke in the escape from Not Sasha, so he gets new ones
- New neck scar, courtesy of Daisy. Also his hand is fucked now.
S4
- Oh boy
- He’s my type I fear
- No longer needs glasses
- Eyes turn bright green and they reflect like a cat’s in the dark
- Doesn’t actually like the long hair, but keeps it in a poor attempt to hide his extra eyes. They kinda come and go, he always has three eyes at the minimum, but when using his powers more open.
- New scars from shrapnel in the Unknowing explosion
S5
- Kinda a bastard
- Martin cried while he shaved his head (“It’s so beautiful you just have to take care of it properly!!!”), but he got over it when Jon was still hot with the buzzcut
- Many eyes always, and now a bit of a dark aura always lingering around his two original eyes. Pupils glow bright green
Martin
S1
- How have I not seen more people draw him with a bowtie????
- Likes pastels but sticks to neutrals for the office to look more professional. Sometimes spices it up with a fun color or patterned bowtie, maybe even suspenders if he’s feeling really wild.
- He got his ears pierced at 18. It was one of his first true acts of rebellion against his mother. Loves wearing small but cute earrings as they’re a reminder that he has the ability to stand up for himself.
S2
- Gains weight from stress
- Is doing the whole “everything’s gonna be okay” act so he tries to keep up appearances.
- As he starts taking care of his mother more, his self expression disappears under her critical watch. Those earrings are the first to go.
- slouches a lot, constantly trying to look smaller
S4
- Babygirl can grow a beard
- You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful by One Direction starts playing
- White streaks in hair grow in
- The lonely causes a sort of ethereal stream of tears to continually pour out of his eyes from under his fogged glasses. They get kinda floaty when he uses his powers.
- The fog, naturally.
- Pupils disappear, iris turns very light blue (they were hazel before)
S5
- He’s so sassy and jealous and petty I love him
- Keeps the white hair streaks and light eyes, and his eyesight has worsened from his time in the lonely.
- Jon cuts his bangs… badly. But hey at least they’re out of his eyes. Gets encouraged by Jon to do all the things he wants to do with his appearance, so he continues to grow out his hair and starts stretching his ears. Doesn’t really focus on that once they leave the safe house of course.
areudirty
stormborns
gummygunk
blakekathryn
tangentwithtanner
