Not all who wander are lost

Mainly about The Walking Dead, but some other things might pop up.

[stretfordender]

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. - Johan Cruyff [1947-2016]

[tarascarol-deactivated20190616]

Daryl Dixon - Driving a manual transmission Jeep. 4x02, Infected

[memoriesinatrunk]

I’m also fairly certain that the truck from season 1 was a manual.  Not to mention that both Merle’s bike and his new bike are manual transmission.  I realize that it’s different from a car, but it’s the same principle.  A man that knows how to work on cars, and he fixed them at the prison, knows how to drive a manual.  He’s a hick, hicks drive stick.

The writing team makes such huge errors, contradicting things they’ve already written, which is so frustrating.  They need to hire a PA or someone to go back and check things for continuity.

[fairiesmasquerade-deactivated20]

This drove me CRAZY last night. We’ve seen Daryl driving a stick shift since Season 1.

SEASON 1

Like… How the hell did they figure the redneck of the group, who rides motorcycles & fixes cars, suddenly can’t drive a stick shift?

This is one of my biggest issues with the show - the lack of continuity - and it’s become a major issue since Shim Peas took over. (FYI: my phone keeps auto-correcting Gimple to Shim Peas, so I’ve stopped trying to fix it. Shim Peas = Gimple) It’s become blatantly obvious that they don’t give a fuck about who these characters are or how they grew organically on the show’s earlier seasons. They just want the wow, the dramatic moments, and are satisfied with shoehorning these characters that are NOT their comic counterparts into Shim Peas’ favorite comic storylines.

It’s boring, it’s predictable, but worst of all its sloppily done.

[ravenesque2]

Shim Peas sounds pretty much like your phone knows what it’s doing!

[fairiesmasquerade-deactivated20]

@ravenesque2 AHAHA RIGHT?! 😜

[pirate-stella]

like stick shift driving is hard at all LMAO

[killerchickadee]

Good fucking god, it’s been what, 4 or 5 days since that girl at work got mad at me, and she’s still acting like a bitch. Like I walked in and she walked past me, and I smiled…. And she rolled her eyes and gave me a disgusted face.

Like you’re going to be a mom, it’s time to grow the fuck up.

I feel like I need to say something, but I think that might just make it worse, even if it’s just a manager I talk to.

[lovesdaryl]

When is she due? (It’s a question of time, really?)

[killerchickadee]

Like OCTOBER. So I have to deal with this shit for 6 like months.

[lovesdaryl]

But if she is due in October she will be off work in August?

[killerchickadee]

America, honey. She’ll probably work right up until she has the baby, unless a family member is willing to help her pay bills. We don’t get paid maternity leave. Or any maternity leave, really.

[lovesdaryl]

Good grief, giving birth at Target. :-/

[killerchickadee]

Oh no, this is at the other job. Target wouldn’t be so bad because I mostly work alone there, and don’t interact with anyone except on break. At this job when it’s slow we’re all hanging out at the register. And even when it isn’t slow we’re all in each other’s space.

[lovesdaryl]

GAH, this is terrible. :-(

[pirate-stella]

No maternity leave? And silly me was thinking 3 months was a bit short. 

God bless Europe.

[killerchickadee]

I think technically you’re allowed to take up to three months off. But it’s unpaid and most jobs hassle you about it. A lot of women only take two or three weeks off.

[pirate-stella]

In The Netherlands 3-4 months, fully paid

[killerchickadee]

Good fucking god, it’s been what, 4 or 5 days since that girl at work got mad at me, and she’s still acting like a bitch. Like I walked in and she walked past me, and I smiled…. And she rolled her eyes and gave me a disgusted face.

Like you’re going to be a mom, it’s time to grow the fuck up.

I feel like I need to say something, but I think that might just make it worse, even if it’s just a manager I talk to.

[lovesdaryl]

When is she due? (It’s a question of time, really?)

[killerchickadee]

Like OCTOBER. So I have to deal with this shit for 6 like months.

[lovesdaryl]

But if she is due in October she will be off work in August?

[killerchickadee]

America, honey. She’ll probably work right up until she has the baby, unless a family member is willing to help her pay bills. We don’t get paid maternity leave. Or any maternity leave, really.

[lovesdaryl]

Good grief, giving birth at Target. :-/

[killerchickadee]

Oh no, this is at the other job. Target wouldn’t be so bad because I mostly work alone there, and don’t interact with anyone except on break. At this job when it’s slow we’re all hanging out at the register. And even when it isn’t slow we’re all in each other’s space.

[lovesdaryl]

GAH, this is terrible. :-(

[pirate-stella]

No maternity leave? And silly me was thinking 3 months was a bit short. 

God bless Europe.

[thespoilingdeadfans-deactivated]

Tonight! Episode 6.14 “Twice As Far”

Eugene is a real ball biter

Denise gets a killer headache

Daryl reunites with his BFF (crossbow)

[merelei]

At least we can celebrate Eugene finally getting to second base…

[thereadersmuse]

[pirate-stella]

tnx but ni tnx for spoiling

[thereadersmuse]

I tagged it: twd spoilers.

As I always do.

I am sorry you got spoiled but on my blog, I post spoilers under tags that are easy for people to block if they don’t want to see them and I have for years.

[pirate-stella]

It just showed up on my timeline. But nvrmind, I 'll just avoid tumblr for the whole season.

[thespoilingdeadfans-deactivated]

Tonight! Episode 6.14 “Twice As Far”

Eugene is a real ball biter

Denise gets a killer headache

Daryl reunites with his BFF (crossbow)

[merelei]

At least we can celebrate Eugene finally getting to second base…

[thereadersmuse]

[pirate-stella]

tnx but ni tnx for spoiling

[rickey-dickey-grimes-deactivate]

OTR I won’t lump an entire fandom, because the support Richonner’s got from a lot of other shippers were really nice, but I’m sideeyeing some of the others because honestly if that was Carol and Daryl on that couch, I don’t think anyone would be concerned about Carol’s dignity, time jump or any of the other stuff whether the arc from hell happened or not. Don’t kid yourself. If Caryl happened first I would have definitely been cheering and supporting a fellow ship that has been waiting decades to see their favs get it on. I think its really crappy how some people are trying to rain on the parade just because its not their ship. But whatever. 

[queenohair187]

I hate to disagree but there absolutely would be lots of folks crapping on the story if and when Caryl goes Cannon.  Some of them will take great delight in shitting on it every which way they can.  Perhaps we should all take the high road and just let the haters wallow in their own crap.  It is never going to happen on here but yeah there is no way in hell Caryl gets a pass not even a little bit.  Look at all the crap thrown because Carol fans miss their favourite and suddenly that is the worst thing that could ever happen.  Or maybe some people would just like to see their favourite on screen.  Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could all have the story told the way we want.  Not going to happen though 

[raptured-night]

In this case the OP is addressing the fact that it has been a select few members of the Caryl ship that are attempting to tell Richonners how they should feel about Richonne becoming canon, when if the shoe was on the other foot (for all the protestations otherwise) we do know that those of us who have shipped Caryl for years would be thrilled for an episode that finally validates what Caryl shippers have known all along and solidifies them as a canon couple. Moreover, most Caryl shippers would not at all be pleased if Richonne shippers had jealously come into the tags to tone police and tell us we should feel ashamed for enjoying it “because pseudo-feminist reasons” that come from an understanding of the characters involved that is undeniably inferior to our own because we’ve dedicated years to writing meta about the ship and observing those characters carefully. 

It is patronizing and even problematic in some cases. I’ve seen some blatant cases of “benevolent racism” (as one author who is a WOC wrote about in an article discussing her experiences shipping Richonne) via white feminism that seeks to entirely dismiss or get around acknowledging the reasons that Richonne is so significant to some of its shippers. In other instances, I’ve seen people who are upset Caryl has not happened completely fail to just acknowledge that they have a human emotion and envy Richonne becoming canon before Caryl (something people like Sanja have been very classy about navigating) and proceed to be very negative and petty when Richonne just happened a week ago (seriously some people started telling Richonne shippers how they should feel as soon as the spoilers were released, and many jumped right into shaming Richonne shippers the very night of the episode by telling them their ship was like “bad fanfiction”). They’re making what are basically “shame” posts, and they try to hide behind backward language like, “Oh hey, I mean, good for them, but I’m just saying if it were Caryl I wouldn’t want it to happen like that. But it’s whatever…” so that when they’re called out for spreading negativity and raining on the Richonne parade they can claim they meant well (it’s Chandra75 type behavior). 

When Caryl becomes canon (I say when over if because I do still believe the chances are good) you can count on the fact that people who are ageist and people who wanted Daryl to stay single or be with someone else will flood the tags with their negativity. I’m sure many in the Caryl ship will be there to point out all the reasons why their nit-picking is petty and comes with an ulterior motive underscoring all the objections to “how” it happened (because let’s be honest the real objection will be that it did happen). However, at this point, I am disappointed to see some people from one ship I love are genuinely being petty towards people from another ship I love for those same reasons and making hypocrites of themselves in the process. 

[leonstrenton-deactivated2017121]

I see nothing wrong with saying I wouldn’t want Caryl to happen in this or that way. I just wouldn’t. I also wouldn’t want them to bang on season 2 a little after meeting each other just like Gleggie. Does that mean I hate Gleggie and think their love isn’t real? No. It’s just my opinion. About my ship.

If they’re not my OTP does that mean I’m dismissive of that relationship? No.

I just don’t see that as bashing the shippers or the ship. Obviously after many years shipping them I have kind of idealized thing in my head ways it could happen or how it should happen. I do realize it could be completely different.

I think it’s a stretch to say we would be glad Caryl happened no matter how it happened though. There is probably people like that and that’s great but it isn’t everyone. The one thing I agree with about this post is that I think that some Carylers are going on the Richonne tag with posts that are bordering on passive agressive saying that they need Caryl to happen….Well,obviously, that’s what we want,like,you don’t need to go on their tag to say that.  Try to keep the criticism out of their tag. Just because it became canon doesn’t mean people can flood their tags with so many negative stuff. 

I just try my best to keep criticism I have of the writing on my own blog and out of ther tags. Because they deserve to have their moment.

[caryler]

Talk about telling others how to feel!!  If you’re not happy about the circumstances surrounding Richone going canon then you’re wrong and all sorts of nasty things are implied about your character.  It’s disingenuously trying to shut down any and all opinions that differ.  

I never once went and mentioned any of this on a positive post.  Only discussed it with others who agreed.  That didn’t stop some with differing opinions to come on my blog and tell me I was wrong for feeling the way I do.  

There’s no one way to love Richonne or Michonne and nobody is under any obligation to like the shit TWD writers just flung at us.  I can appreciate the significance of Richonne and how deeply personal it is to some fans….which is why I haven’t “rained on anyone’s parade”.  I’ve made a point not to out of respect and to let those who are happy celebrate.  But I will discuss my disappointment with the shitty way it went canon as much as I want on my blog and responding to like-minded posts.  Y'all can keep the BS guilt trips.  They don’t work on me.  I know who I am, what’s in my heart, and what I stand for.

[chrkrose]

I stayed out of this discussion for a long long time, but I can’t anymore: can we please stop saying that is like Carylers are being shitty all the time, when I see thousands of Carylers being supportive of Richonne, even the ones who doesn’t ship it? And yeah, people have their right to feel what they want regarding to the canon. I will never go to a post where people are celebrating Richonne and state my opinion, I won’t shit on anyone’s parade, because you guys deserve to be happy, and Richonne is real, they are in love, and they are canon, nobody can’t take this away from you.

But if a person comes to my blog asking me something, or if I see a post that I agree with about it, I’ll answer and I’ll reblog it. It’s not being shitty, and it’s definitely NOT racism. I hate this implication, because I’m a WOC and I feel extremely offended of people using this argument just to validate their POV above others, when this is not what we are talking about. A lot of us are fans of Michonne, a lot have her as one of our favorites, and people throwing accusations like racism all around sometimes have no idea what this is about and what is to suffer this kind of thing.

Honestly, speaking for myself now, I’m tired of seeing this kind of accusation thrown against us when I was one of the many people who defended Danai from assholes saying the most horrific things, who stated very clear my dislike of AB and her privileged view of the situation. And if we are going to call out people, so let’s also include Richonners who stated that they wish Carol dead because she was stealing moments from more important characters, that wished Carol dead because she isn’t even on the comics anymore, who said that It was unfair MMB having a cover over Danai, who went on posts of fans celebrating it to ask where Danai was, who reblogged posts at the time of JSS saying how much Carol was the focus and that it was tiring to see it, who stated that MMB didn’t deserve the praise she got…

Let’s also talk about all of you who shit on Daryl all the time, even when the subject is not even about him, and how when anybody talk about Rick and their dislike for him, it becomes a subject of “us shitting on Rick just because we didn’t want Richonne to happen and this is racism” or that we are wrong about what we think, but you are right about Daryl and that we are delusional in shipping a character problematic like him with our favorite.

I’m tired of seeing us painted at the bad ones, when I saw on my dash all the time the other side being shitty towards us for the most variety of reasons. So what about each one stay in their own lane and not come at the other telling what it is and how to feel? Because the same way I know there was and are assholes Carylers out there, there are Richonners as well.

[thereadersmuse]

Honestly, I agree I got to see first hand the type of lash-back you get if you write a detailed - painstakingly careful - post about the writer’s choice for timing about Rick and Michonne not being my favorite because I felt it wasn’t the right time for the audience (it clearly was the right time for Michonne and Rick) but I personally didn’t feel like it was the best time for the audience. And hooooooooo I got told I was a Jessick shipper, racist, caryl shipper bias, unused to seeing a black woman and and white man together, and the whole 9 yards when that wasn’t what it at all!

Just because my opinion differs doesn’t mean I am any of those things!

[chestertonsfence]

When/if Caryl goes “canon” then, yes, some Carylers are going to be entirely uncritical of the depiction and will be over the moon, just as many are entirely uncritical of the depiction and actions of the characters now.

However, many Carol/Daryl fans are now - and have generally been, for several years - more inclined to look at the show from a more meta direction.  These fans - and I count myself among them - tend to examine and discuss elements of the show both in conversation and in fic, and it’s very likely that once the ‘ship does go canon, we will continue to apply a critical, examining eye, whilst simultaneously cheering ourselves hoarse.

People can do this, y’know - be supportive and make suggestions for improvement at the same time.  Not every discouraging word is to be feared or hated.

I happen to agree with @thereadersmuse on this (and I don’t agree with her on everything) - the slow growing relationship between Rick and Michonne has been awesome to watch, and last week’s ep was as perfect a milestone in that relationship as one could ask for - excepting that the spacing of the ep - right after the loss of the Andersons, and the several month hiatus - made the timing off for the viewer.  I don’t know how to fix this issue, but I agree it’s there.

[pirate-stella]

it’s a goddamn tv-show, fiction. I just don’t get why everybody gets so upset over this.

Really....

[pirate-stella]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttGgIQpAUc)

Check it out. This frigging amazing, hypnotising video by De Staat.

[pirate-stella]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtkX0TqWc3g)

Saw these guys last friday. Awesome!

[pirate-stella]

When you read a fan fic you just hate, but you won’t tell it because you don’t want to hurt people...

[kaywat2000]

Have you ever sat in a parent teacher meeting with a bunch of moms and you? thats terrifying

Norman reedus when ask what scares him (via kaywat2000)

He’s right, though.

(via lovesdaryl)

Very right, I avoid that meetings.

[pirate-stella]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dLmSVcyxtw)

So happy, less than a month to visit their concert!!

[spn-destiel-enthusiast]

I won tickets to the season premier of the walking dead

So I won two tickets to the walking dead season 6 premier in Madison Square Garden in New York City! I’m so excited!

[grey-haired-queen-bitch]

congrats! :D

[spn-destiel-enthusiast]

Thank you so much! :D I’m over the moon!

[grey-haired-queen-bitch]

And I envy you so much xD

[spn-destiel-enthusiast]

Haha awe. I will admit this is an awesome early birthday present! :D

[grey-haired-queen-bitch]

I think it will be an awesome experience for every TWD fan! :D Please, try to document that moment if you can!

[spn-destiel-enthusiast]

Oh most definitely! And I’m going to! I’ll write an entire post on my experience! :D

[grey-haired-queen-bitch]

Very good, thank you! ^_^

[onedayyoujustchange]

CONGRATS!

[lovesdaryl]

That is so awesome, enjoy it!

[pirate-stella]

I’m so jealous (just going to NY would be great. Attending the premiere is awesome). Congratulations!

[ninelives2]

What’s Happening & What’s Going On

Hey Caryl fans! Looks for some fun fanfiction needs to fill your hiatus? You should see what’s cooking at the Nine Lives Archive:

• The Nine Lives Caryl Round Robin is off and running! Two fabulous teams, each with their own theme, have banded together to bring us the full spectrum of Caryl feels. Team Fluff proudly presents the wonderfully sweet What’s In A Name?, while Team Angst tries to destroy our souls with Seperari (dividus).  

• We’re in the midst of our 2nd annual Summer Survival Series, which is basically our part to keep the positive Caryl feels alive during hiatus. Our current challenge is Smutfest! You have to be registered on Nine Lives to participate, but all are welcome to read! Submissions are due June 27. You can read the full challenge rules here. Want to participate? Sign up for Nine Lives membership here.

• June is Featured Flashback Month! Come over and check out the current featured stories, nominated by members of the archive as the some of the great highlights of Caryl fanfiction. (A full list of all the stories promoted specifically for Featured Flashback Month will be posted on June 29.)

• Once a month, one author and one reviewer are spotlighted by the Nine Lives members in our Member of the Month program. It’s been a great way for people to discover new authors, learn more about their favorites and show support and love for each other!

• The Nine Lives Chat Room is open for registered Nine Lives members 24/7 as a safe, troll-free space to gossip about all things Caryl! 

• Once a month, we host a Writers’ Chat in the Nine Lives Chat Room. Each month we present a different topic, many times to help us all improve our writing or just give authors and readers a chance to discuss their different methods, preferences and head canons. Chats are hosted the 1st Thursday and 2nd Saturday of each month. Times vary, so keep your eyes peeled for upcoming announcements! Anyone is welcome to join in the Writers Chats, whether you’re registered on Nine Lives or not.

• For the McReedus fans out there, Nine Lives is one of the only places that hosts McReedus fanfiction. If that’s your jam, this is the place.

• For newer authors or even those more experienced who just want a second opinion, several members have registered to be betas for our members. You can check out our beta team here.

• Nine Lives is one of the only places that supports and promotes Caryl/Carol/Daryl related activities all over the fandom. You can find the Events tab on our main page to see what’s happening where. If you have a challenge or event that we haven’t talked about, tell us about it via our submit page here on tumblr or come talk to one of the NL Admins: FM, Ikkles or Subs

• Many authors post works special for Nine Lives that you won’t see on any other fan fiction site. Want to find them? Just come explore!

More and more exciting events, challenges and activities are headed your way from the Nine Lives Archive, but the best part? DAILY. FANFIC. UPDATES. All brought to you by the amazing talent within this fandom! Nine Lives: a safe haven created by Caryl fans FOR Caryl fans. So come see what all the fun is about!

[equuleus86]

Yes we have all of the smut fics. Come and read!!

[teamhugsnjugs]

Featured song of the week

Hello boys and girls,

A new week, a new featured song of the week.

For the Nine Lives Round Robin we compiled a Caryl playlist filled with fluffy, romantic and smutty songs (not so much smut in there yet, but we’re open for new recommendations).

Visit the Hugs n jugs playlist on Spotify, hit ‘Follow’ and get notified when new songs are added.

Happy listening & happy writing.

Caryl on

Stellamare

3.

Nothing else matters – Metallica (1981-present)

Sent in by Vickih

Lees verder

[pirate-stella]

Tagged by Equuleus86

1) Why did you choose your url? 

The name Stella is remotely connected with my real name but is has been my nickname on numerous discusion fora, online games and blogs. Pirate because I used to play some kind of pirate’s game online and it kinda stuck with me. (plus the avatar is cool)

2) What is your middle name?


I actually have 2. Germaine and Julia

3) If you could own a fairytale/fictional pet what would it be?


a dire wolf from GoT

4) Favorite color?


Blue

5) Favorite song?
 

That’s cruel, making me pick one favorite song. There is so much great music out there I love. My favorite really depends on my mood of the moment. For now let’s go with Tonight by Jett Rebel. Or, no, Space Oddity by David Bowie. Or maybe Just breathe by Eddie Vedder? 

Oh, I give up.

6) What are your 3 favorite fandoms? 

I never been part of a fandom before so I would say TWD, TWD and TWD. I’m kind of a groupie for disaster so I really come here to eat popcorn and look at all the drama.

7) Why do you enjoy Tumblr?
 

see question 6. And in real life I know nobody who watches TWD (apart from my husband). So when I wanted to gush about Daryl’s biceps I had no choice then to turn to the internet. Tumblr was the only logical place to go. 

8) Tag 9 blogs you love (they have to do all 8 questions too) (let me add: if they want)

Hope this isnt your tenth request. nursekris927, leigh57, youjustchxnge, upsgirl88, axelrocks92, darluvscaryl, lapookie, persephone-proserpine

[pirate-stella]