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𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝙳𝚁𝙾𝙿𝚂 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙲𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙱𝙰𝙶𝚂. 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 -- 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙱𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁, 𝟸𝟻, 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚂 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙵𝙰𝙲𝙴, 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙶𝚄𝙽 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚁𝙸𝙾.

RIO OF NBC’S 𝐺𝑂𝑂𝐷 𝐺𝐼𝑅𝐿𝑆. canon ambivalent, mostly not spoiler free. loved by ink

𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 • 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 • 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝

#pinned.

faceclaim poll pls n thank u xoxo

#im at work so i apologise for the shitty images and croppy #*cropping #im doing my best :(

hey, is manny problematic or something?

hiya !! yes, i was recently let know that he is, indeed, problematic -- please see this post for reference ( i include a few links ) -- & i just can't bring myself to use the face of someone who holds those sorts of views, i suppose. i had no idea until i received the ask in question, but apparently it's a bit of an ' open secret '. hope that explains things, lemme know if it doesn't !

#im bummed about it because like. he MADE rio who he is #but i feel like continuing to use his face #would - to me - be as though im like #' i know he holds shitty beliefs but im still gonna prop him up here ' and that's just something that i find i cannot do for myself #it just like . wouldnt sit right w me.#so yeah ! hope that clears things up

ill be making a poll later w fc choices be on the lookout for it <3

#question is now do i finish s4 or do i just go feral

did they cancel gg bc i found out abt manny ,,, feels that way im js ,

#maybe i manifested this and idk how to feel abt it #BUT :) thanks to y'all giving ur fc suggestions #and now w this news #i feel .... Good abt just #writing rio and making him completely my own #everyone say thank u @maverick for letting me know abt it All #anyway gonna settle on a fc and redo all my posts / slides etc #i wont delete writing but like ........... anyway -#will probs take a couple of days bc im busy this wknd #but hmu if u wanna plot or smth

officially diagnosed with bell’s palsy. left side of face totally paralysed. i have a long road to recovery ahead of me (and probably won’t get 100% again), & ngl am so glad right now that i’m working from home so no one in the office has to see me like this.

#sorry if this seems inconsiderate to anyone #but my anxiety means i hate having any reason for people to look at me #and i’m going out to dinner w friends on saturday #and seeing as i can barely eat … that will be a struggle #anyway !#i’m on disc but i suggest reaching out urself if u wanna chat #bc i’m v much … inward today i guess #love u all drink water please #going to log into either chris or thomasin or declan on mobile fyi

Ink! I love your page but please note that Manny Montana is transphobic!!! he shared a story on his instagram about a trans athlete about Fallon Fox and the event happened 2014 but Manny shared it recently to stress gender segregation among athletes! If you search up Manny Montana + transphobic, it should appear but I just wanted to let you know! I was excited to see you write Rio because he is such a powerful character but unfortunately, Manny is trash.

hi angel ! first off, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. i did a little digging & found this, & this --- absolutely terrible. & to think it's an actor on a show that, in my opinion, handled isaiah stannard's transition so well that they wrote it into his story arc ( rather than recasting the original role ) . . . ugh. i had no idea. please come off anon so i can thank you personally ! this is what i get for not having a look at instas etc, huh. seems like the rio role is pretty cursed : this is just the cherry on top of the compounded issues that basically boil down to writers & actors don't want rio on the show any more. anyway, what does that mean for me moving forward ? well i'm so glad you are / were excited to see me write rio, but now i'm in a bit of a situation ! part of rio's allure, as it were, is the depth manny himself brings to his portrayal. originally written as an absolute stereotype, i think his portrayal surprised everyone ! obviously, therefore, that's hard to, like, separate. so ! i have a few different option, & i would love people to weigh in with their opinions. i'm going hiking today so i won't be able to get to them for a bit, but please blow up my inbox, replies etc with your thoughts. happy to make an anonymous poll if preferred !

options :

• recast with a new face claim. on one hand, this is a blessing as it gives me more options now regarding young rio fcs. rio's ethnicity & age is never stated in the show, as he's the ' mysterious latino gangbanger ' ( ugh ) so there are multiple latinx faceclaims for me to choose from, & i can rewrite his ' background ' ( that he's never been given ) to accurately reflect that. if anyone has suggestions, please let me know ! i'm looking for someone who fits ' the vibe ' --- which i feel is one hard to grasp, unfortunately. basically - recast & make him completely my own, i suppose.

• go iconless. obviously this is the easier choice, but i feel like i would still probably be seeing manny in my head, & there'd be no imagery posts to reblog ( everyone knows i love my img posts :( ). also i rly like icons idk

• leave this blog to collect dust. easiest option & unfortunately one i'm very good at. like i said, manny's portrayal of rio is what makes him special, so i'm already a bit :| on , like , playing him now knowing the actor is transphobic, because he's what drew me to the character in the first place.

• i thought i had a fourth option, but my mind is blanking. let me know your thoughts, & once again i sincerely thank you for bringing this to my attention. i really would like to thank you privately ! i honestly had absolutely no idea, & i'm so disheartened, disappointed, & frankly disgusted. if the show has a fifth season i don't think i'll be watching. it was on thin ice for me anyway & rio was the only reason i continued. i still love what manny brought to the bare-bones character he was given but , i can't in good conscience use a faceclaim that has shared a post calling a trans woman ' essentially a man '. it mightn't have been his words, but he clearly stood by what they said enough to share it.

#ooc ans.#transphobia /#thank you thank you thank you thank you !! i'm so upset i had no idea

ARE U KIDDING ME W THIS UR PORTRAYAL IS PHENOMENAL. u put so much more thought into rio than the show ever did and every hc just makes me more sure that ur rio is the canon one and whoever that mf was in the show was just fake

beep beep how’s my portrayal ?

no exaggeration, you are going to make me cry !! i just , don't vibe w rio post s2 for the most part ( parts of s4 r like what he used to be ) so to read this ,,,,,,, u bless & flatter me. KSJHFKSJ show rio fake rio huh . incredible

#shut UP im so FLATTERED tf #ooc ans.#ans meme.#save.

is there anything you can't do? just curious. i know nothing about this show, but i do know that you are so talented and so good at writing everyone you put your pen to, that i'd legitimately follow you on any blog at this point. you put so much love into your portrayals and your writing always leaps off the screen. you do such a fantastic job in all things creative, and i'm so excited to write with you, anywhere, everywhere. always a yes <3

ANONYMOUSLY TELL ME YOUR HONEST OPINION ABOUT ME. I CAN’T REPLY/COMMENT, JUST PUBLISH.

#"i'd legitimately follow you on any blog at this point' don't say that i have like 8347236 blogs #i cannot be TAMED #but also like wtf right back at u ???????? hello ????? ur making me BLUSH #ooc ans.#ans meme.#save.

u are actual sunshine and always a blessing to my dash ! u make it such a lovely environment and i'm very unfortunate to have u as my friend. ur just a wonderful and bright presence my words cannot adequately describe 🥺 / definitely anonymous

ANONYMOUSLY TELL ME YOUR HONEST OPINION ABOUT ME. I CAN’T REPLY/COMMENT, JUST PUBLISH.