I'm Fifi (she/her). I'm 23, an avid reader and a nurse. I’m a practicing Hellenic polytheist so sometimes I blog or reblog about my religion or practices. I am also very politically active so I frequently post about Palestine and US politics. This is mostly a fandom blog tho.
Supernatural (i am a wincestie. If you don't like, idc)
Harry Potter (mostly next gen and Marauders, fuck jkr)
Young Royals!!!
Sense8
Heartstopper (tv + graphic novels)
I make lots of fandom-related playlists, which I post sporadically. My speciality is really long chronological playlist following the development of a ship. I also write fanfic, mostly 9-1-1, so find me on Ao3 if you want.
i feel like a lot of fandoms pride themselves on being gayer than the source material but have they considered being less racist and less misogynistic than the source material as well . could be revolutionary
Summary: Buck and Eddie have both slipped into old habits, and it’s been causing problems. They haven’t fought like this since the lawsuit. It’s not affecting their work, but Bobby’s fed up. He sends them to couples therapy. Well, he calls it “mediation,” but let’s be honest, it’s couples therapy.
Featuring: couples therapy but they aren't actually a couple yet, miscommunication, jealousy, buddie divorce arc 2.0, Eddie's moving to Texas and Buck is sleeping around about it
keep reading for a snippet :)
fifty minutes left
“Who wants to start?” The therapist is sitting across from them in a large black chair, her hands folded in her lap and a soft, professional smile plastered on her face. She looks like Buck would imagine a therapist looking, wearing a white shirt, made out of some shiny, smooth fabric, a dark blue cardigan over it, so long it touches her knees, and gray slacks. She’s in her fifties with long dark, greying hair and glasses that sit primly on the bridge of her nose. “I’m Dr. Vyas, but you can call me Pramita,” she’d said, as she shook both of their hands in the waiting room and beckoned them back. Her accent is clear and lilting and her voice low and elegant.
When neither of them open their mouths to speak, she raises her eyebrows, eyes flickering between them. “Maybe by telling me why you’re here?” She encourages.
Buck shifts uncomfortably on his end of the couch, looking down at the floor. He can see Eddie out of the corner of his eye, unmoving, his arms crossed over his chest. He waits for Eddie to say something first but when he doesn’t Buck speaks up, impatient and wanting to get out of here, “Cap sent us.”
“Why?”
We had a fight in the parking lot , Buck thinks, but he doesn’t say that. He just shrugs and says, “He’s overreacting. We’re fine.”
Eddie scoffs lightly from next to him, making a sound for the first time since they’d entered the room.
Nico is the son of the DEAD. He interacts with souls, and talks to the ghosts of people are already DEAD.
Will is a healer. A war medic. Death is basically where he WORKS IN. Anyone in the medical fields knows you will be experiencing death. Seeing the process of death.
The moment where people leave the living world. And experiencing the grief that follows after seeing someone die.
That is death.
Nico represents the beauty of death. The aftermath. Knowing the soul/ideas and ambitions of the person's life. The person that roamed this world. The voice of someone's life. The memories. What is left of that person.
Will represents the uglier side. The reality of it. The moment someone's string of life goes silent. The moment life leaves, all is left is the corpse. The shell of someone you used to know.
Hence why solangelo's view of the underworld is SO contrasting.
It's black and white. Because both represent different sides. SEEN different sides. They're so similar yet so different at the same time.
Solangelo is the start AND finish of DEATH. Will represents the START of it. Nico represents the END of it.
Two sides of the same coin.
The literal bridge between life and death.
One starting point and one end.
(And if you think about it. If you switcharoo them. Nico can also represent rebirth. And Will represents the end of life, because he's both of that. Maybe I'm stretching but fuck it. They're practically making a circle. The cycle of life and death.)
“Nico Di Angelo is a token gay! His coming out scene sucked!” babes I’m BEGGING you to remember 2013 gay characters were not allowed in children’s media.
Lemme say that again: In 2013, it was expected that gay characters would be censored in children’s mass media.
Remember Korra? How she and Asami had to settle for ambiguous handholding rather than a kiss? That was fully a year after House of Hades came out. Nickelodeon said No Gays, the Children™ can’t handle that. Too risky. And people said man that stinks, but that’s how these things go in 2014 America.
Gay marriage was literally still illegal in the vast majority of US states. As of October 8th, 2013 (House of Hades release date) Gay Marriage was only a thing in thirteen fucking states. California had only legalized it that year.
Gay people were still very much on the fringes of society. It was an acceptable political position on both sides of the aisle to be against the existence and equal rights of gay people.
Nico was legitimately a landmark character in queer representation. To my knowledge, there wasn’t before an openly gay main character in a bestselling ya/middle grade fantasy fiction series. It simply was not a thing. They didn’t exist. They weren’t allowed to exist.
I remember people crying. Finally. It was a watershed moment. Kids all across the world finally got someone who represented them. It was such a big fucking deal. And it was controversial!!! Not for the reasons it is today, but because people thought gay kids having representation was inappropriate.
Is Nico’s coming out a great scene? No, these days it leaves a lot to be desired. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure Rick wishes he could change it. But the fact that’s the case is a wonderful reflection of how far we’ve come.
All of your gay heroes in children’s media have Nico Di Angelo to thank. It was important, and good. It deserves to be celebrated, even if we’ve progressed past it since.
Honestly, y'all, I'm begging you. Take the time to think and learn for yourself. Even if it's just something casual like knitting or cooking. Exercise your brain. It's important.
If you use Duolingo, maybe don't anymore? The company is moving to be "AI-first" and is using AI to generate their content. Meaning, AI is now generating your language lessons.
They announced that they were going to use AI for this a while back but now they're annoucing that they're getting rid of the contractors reviewing the AI generated content. So, very soon Duolingo is just going to be AI generated slop that might not even be correct.
For alternatives, I'd recommend checking with your local library. For instance, mine offers Rosetta Stone for free if you have a library card.
I have found there is a way to nuke my duolingo account from orbit and god they don't make it easy, putting instructions here for anyone else who would like to. I am unsure if it's possible on mobile (already uninstalled the app on mobile) but I'm pissed off enough + suspect that they might pay slightly more attention to account deletion en masse rather than app uninstalling en masse. also I cannot see myself ever using this bs again, so...
step 1: log onto duolingo.com
step 2: there's a sidebar on the left. mouse over "more" and then "help."
step 3: scroll down the list of frequently asked questions to the "account management" category. click on "how do I delete my account an access my data" and then on the link to "duolingo data vault."
step 4: hit the big red "erase personal data" button. do not be swayed by the crying owl. he cares not for you, only for your data.
step 5: they should send you an email to whatever account is connected to your duolingo account. you can tell which email it is based on the spam you've gotten for the past several years reminding you to maintain your streak.
step 5.5: if you have a super duolingo subscription or got suckered into their free trial that does not cancel automatically, cancel that separately, they explicitly state that they will keep charging you even if you do not have an account which tracks for the company duolingo is now
step 6: find the email, click on the link listed after "delete my data link"
step 7: wait 7 days. you cannot get your data deleted any faster than this, but you can cancel it during this 7-day grace period.
step 8: apparently it will take "up to 23 more days" to delete your data entirely. pat yourself on the back. you're free now.
jokes aside, I'm still on step 7 myself, but I cannot see myself WANTING to undo my account deletion even if I could, so... for anyone who's confused about how to do this but wants to, hope this can help.
and on a final note, fuck gen ai all my homies hate generative ai.
if you’re ever worried about your fic being ooc just remind yourself that once a year the show itself decides they get to write every character completely ooc and then air it as the season finale so ur literally fine
