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let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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if i look back, i am lost
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Sweet Seals For You, Always
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One Nice Bug Per Day
YOU ARE THE REASON
祝日 / Permanent Vacation
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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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@runaway-foxes
Hey I’m sorry why does the brown character need a “redemption arc” for parroting a rumor after being insulted but then excuse the white character for literally egging the guy on with racist insinuations. Like yeah what he said was kind of messed up especially for the time period but like the white guy dug his own grave and laid in it full stop. Where’s the call for the redemption arc there?
Why are you acting like Alastairs didnt called two women whores and wasnt racist towards JAMES?? He mocked him for his demonic heritage, called him GOAT EYES, made his life in school a living hell and got him kicked out in a prank that killed another student. He was racist!
I understand if you dislike Matthew, but Alastairs DOES NEED A REDEMPTION ARC and if you had any love for him, you would wish for it
I’m not saying he doesn’t need one, I’m saying why do we put so much pressure for him to have one when there’s hardly even a whisper towards Matthew owning up to his own horrible decisions. People just be like “poor baby oh my” and all that when he needs to take responsibility for his own actions. He doesn’t and hides behind pinning Alastair as responsible an hiding behind his drink as a way to get out of it. He heard the rumor about his mother once and then went off and decided to interrogate his mother using a magic potion behind her back. Yes, for the time period, when a rumor about a “loose woman” goes around people jumped to believe it since woman were believed to be one small step away from promiscuity, but come on. Everyone just seems to forget that his own actions caused the consequences, and the fact that he said some horrid things with malicious intent to Alastair directly led to the situation.
The fact that hardly anyone calls for him to have a redemption arc where he owns up to his own issues meanwhile it’s basically expected that Alastair grovel and beg for forgiveness is really unfair and frankly representative of the fact that people like to excuse when the white boys do something bad but absolutely shred women and poc when they do something bad as well. It’s happened so many times at this point we should know better.
I like Matthew, and I like Alastair. I actually like them more than James and Cordelia. They’re both extremely interesting characters, but they have both said and done awful things that need apologizing for.
Did you seriously just say that Alastair was racist towards James? James, a white person? Yeah, he’s part demon, but that’s not the same as all! You’re talking about Alastair being “racist” when Matthew is one if the most racist characters in tlh? Did you just conviently forget Matthew’s bullying?
And do you remember Will calling women whores and just generally being sexist?
Alastair didn’t get James kicked out of school, he didn’t even start the prank that lead to James leaving.
You’re being completely hypocritical and racist when you hold Alastair to a much higher standard then Matthew and Will.
For real, I almost mentioned Will literally prompting Tessa to sleep with him because she’s a warlock and “can’t have kids” so it’ll be fine. She got seriously (and reasonably) pissed at him and he never once apologized for it. He also got punched in the face by Jem for going to a drug den because he was sad uwu, but everyone seemingly forgets that happened too.
I wanted to be somewhat fair with the racism accusation against Alastair so I didn’t say anything before but let’s be real here: you simply can’t compare the fantasy racism against James to real racism against Alastair. James is a white kid who got to go home to a loving family, and if he walked around in the streets of London he’d be absolutely hunky-dory. Alastair, who basically functions as the head of the house because of his alcoholic father, wouldn’t be able to walk the streets of the entirety of Europe and half of North America without getting odd looks or racist comments. James has a much easier time finding his pocket in society, and even gets fawned over by all of the eligible girls in London (as seen in CHoG), meanwhile Alastair and Cordelia are constantly counted as the odd ones out and worry about how people view them simply because they’re so visibly different from most of the pasty Londonites.
I didn’t read most of the Shadow Market stories but I did read CHoG and see the synopsis and frankly what Matthew has said and done is leagues worse than what Alastair has done. Matthew, however, is shirking responsibility and villainizing Alastair further (why not villainize the one who started the rumor? sus) and acting like what Alastair has done is so unforgivable his own sister would stop loving him. And people are like “MATTHEW BB IM SO SORRY”. Like come onnnnnnn.
The Raven King, chapter 16
everyones posting their piece for the @giveyourbacktome-zine and i wanted to join in so heres my 10 page monstrosity i loved working on this project thank you for the opportunity!! <3333
Andrew Minyard’s Life Advice and Other Wisdom
Flattery is uninteresting and gets you nowhere.
Innocent until proven guilty fails on an Exy court.
You’ll start having more success when you ask for things you can actually have.
A man can only have so many issues.
You can’t cut down someone who’s already in the gutter. You just waste your time and mine.
Don’t have to anything.
Reap what you sow or burn the field down, the choice is yours.
What people want to think of me is not my problem.
Revenge is a motivator only for the weak-willed.
You cannot barter away the same thing twice.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Don’t say stupid things.
Everything ends.
Survival tip: no one likes a smart mouth.
request: Renee wrapping her hands before sparring
every saint has a past and every sinner has a future
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Please, if you're doing Blackout Tuesday, use that tag because the BLM tag looks like this right now
hi I'm really sorry for how awol I've been, sorry that this isn't likely the blog you followed me for anymore!
Kavinsky: *dies*
Adam Parrish: that’s so sad alexa play gasolina
Dakota Johnson Has a Stressful Encounter with Balloons in a Game of Pop Quiz | Marie Claire.
#be proud of yourself╰(◡‿◡✿╰)
I’m sorry, Sophie
Redd, having done nothing yet: I love this island! Everyone’s so generous and trusting.
Isabelle, over the loudspeaker: ATTENTION ALL CITIZENS! There is a SHADY-LOOKING fox with a TACKY-ASS boat selling artwork that HASN’T BEEN AUTHENTICATED. DO NOT ENGAGE!
the foxes: yeah you kind of dressed like a criminal when we first met haha
neil: are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you
neil likes to fuck around with how he talks about history just to piss kevin off. the other day he earnestly referred to the 1930s as ancient history and kevin went absolutely fucking feral
neil: “hey kev, what was the name of that guy that was assassinated to start wwi?”
kevin: “do you mean franz ferdinand?”
neil “nah… right time period, wrong guy. oh! william shakespeare! that’s who i’m thinking of”
kevin: “i should have left you in arizona”
neil: fun fact, did you know napoleon killed at least 7 people
kevin, weighing the pros and cons of being alive:
andrew: fascinating
aaron,who is also an instigator at heart, from across the room: you know, he’s not wrong.
GIF MAKER POSITIVITY MEME ☆ day three → pastel
“One day, you’re gonna meet someone who appreciates you for who you are. I mean, there’s seven billion people on the planet. I know one of them is gonna climb up on a moon for you.”
