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there are literally so many books in the world and they just keep writing more and i’ll never be able to read them all. devastating i feel like throwing up
On top of fanfics too 😭😭😭
I have a breakdown over this issue at least once a month. Yet keep adding more fics and books to my list
Who am I kidding. I wanna be in love. I wanna be loved. I wanna be trusted and cared about.
Buck: One day I wanna be a dad.
Chimney: But you already are a dad to Christopher?
Buck: Christopher is not my son?
Christopher, writing in his journal: Dear diary, today marks the day I was disowned by my own father.
Looking through your Ao3 bookmarks and seeing that little “This has been deleted, sorry!” is like finding a gravestone, but the writing’s too worn down to read what it was standing for anymore.
What were you, Bookmark #336… What stories did you tell? Which words were it that once left a mark on my soul? *touches my laptop screen like it’s text from an ancient ruin*
Cowabummer.
In defence of Jess Mariano
Man, I feel so bad for Jess Mariano.
Re-watching the show recently I actually can’t believe how unfairly he is treated.
Especially after Luke kicks him out and he is literally homeless. Like, how scary that must’ve been for him.
I know he fucked up with school and everything and Luke was trying his best, but then when he comes back to get his car and even when he’s living in NYC, Luke is so mean to him!
He’s trying! He has a job as a messenger! He has a roof over his head! What more do you want from him? It’s a start isn’t it?
And like, I know its kind of an ongoing joke that he’s portrayed as a bad boy, but literally the worst he does is steal a gnome and doesn’t go to class (so he can work and earn his own money, which I’m sure growing up with his mum, is probably important for him to have financial independence).
I just think its so strange how Lorelei is all “oh it makes me sick” when Luke first tells her about Liz not wanting to take care of Jess and then straight up gives him no understanding when he acts out.
And by the way, when Jess asks Lorelei if shes sleeping with Luke, it’s rude but its also totally valid! She is talking about Luke in this really really adoring way, it really does seem like there’s something going on (because there is, feelings wise).
And its also so unfair that Luke gives him a hard time about attending Liz’s wedding. No one seems to see things from Jess’s perspective, how horrible it must’ve been to grow up with an immature and self involved parent who dragged you around to live with her boyfriends who sound like horrible people.
Even I find Rory hard to watch. I know it was hard for her that he didn’t communicate with her and then just left, but to have no understanding whatsoever?
I guess she is pretty young. It just seems a miracle he was able to grow up and make a life for himself despite no one seeming to be on his side.
(I guess Luke always was, like still giving him the money etc and advice and a place to sleep when it was cold, you could argue he was just have a frustrating time in his relationship with Jess at this point.)
Still not over a whole town of adults made it their mission to bully a teenager. It’s crazy cause some of the worst things that Jess did were pranks (like a teenager) and prioritize work over school, which says a lot about how he was raised before he came to live with Luke. Also he’s a TEENAGER!!!!!! Was he the best boyfriend? No!! But again a teenager with not role models. A mother who’s been married so many times and openly admitted to being on drugs when she was pregnant Jess, (so we know she an addict) plus things that Like said or alluded to about his sister before like that about her before aaaaaaJess was introduced. Come off, alludes to a very unstable shopping lifestyle in childhood Jess) but so much hate for a teen just doing the best he could with what he knew. Still, my favorite character in the show and showed the most growth.
Just watched Gilmore Girls again, and everytime I watch it I fall for Jess more each time! Just when I think I'm getting over Jess Mariano...nope I hit a relapse, you can't not love Jess!! I don't think I've had a crush on a fictional character as much as Jess Mariano...Why is Milo the most attractive guy ever?!
being a person is so weird bc i’ll be like “i wish my brain was kinder to me esp when i’m already having a hard time,” and then i remember that i’m my brain and i have to be kinder to me and that nobody else will do it for me
Season 1 vs. Season 5
When you finish reading a really long fic and don’t know what to do with yourself
Nathan Miller + “you have GOT to be kidding me”
Quora Reshare: Why did Daenerys burn down King’s Landing in Game of Thrones S8E5?
Oldie but goodie. Another possibly being reshared again here. Kelsey
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The key to Dany’s decision wasn’t in the scene when the bells went off and she snapped and started burning everything.
It was in the throne room when Tyrion was trying to talk her out of destroying the city.
Tyrion: “The people who live there. They’re not your enemies. They’re innocents, like the ones you liberated in Meereen.”
Dany: “In Meereen, slaves turned on the masters and liberated the city themselves the moment I arrived.”
Tyrion: “They’re afraid. Anyone who resists Cersei will see his family butchered. You can’t expect them to be heroes. They’re hostages.”
Dany: “They are. In a tyrant’s grip. Whose fault is that? Mine?”
Tyrion: “What does it matter whose fault it is? Thousands of children will die if the city burns.”
Dany: “Your sister knows how to use her enemies’ weaknesses against them. That’s what she thinks our mercy is. Weakness.”
Tyrion: “I beg you, my queen —”
Dany: “— but she’s wrong. Mercy is our strength. Our mercy toward future generations who will never again be held hostage by a tyrant.”
Tyrion then begs Dany to call off the attack if the bells ring, i.e. if the city surrenders. She nods and seemingly agrees.
Everything Dany does in King’s Landing is telegraphed here. She tells Tyrion what she’s planning to do and why.
Everyone’s made a big deal about how Dany’s never gone after innocents before, but that’s the point: To her, the people of King’s Landing aren’t innocent because they didn’t immediately and openly throw themselves at her feet when she showed up. She tries to frame it in the way of “help those who help themselves,” but the truth is that what she really wants is the same sort of crowd-surfing, slavish devotion she had in Slaver’s Bay. She wants people to want to “liberate” themselves for her. She wants their love. (And of course, she is literally unable to differentiate between a slaving society and a feudal one; Westeros isn’t perfect, but expecting it to function like Slaver’s Bay did, just goes to show how totally out of her depth she is.)
Additionally, Dany seems to view the people in King’s Landing as a sunk cost or lost cause. It’s not her fault they’re there, it’s not her fault they’re hostages. It’s worth it to her to go scorched earth on them — and surely they deserve it, right, if they can’t even be bothered to liberate themselves? — and in turn this level of brutality will ensure, in her bent perspective, that such brutality won’t be necessary in the future. Weirdly, her idea of “mercy” here reminds me of Joffrey saying he gave Ned the “mercy” of a quick death — it’s completely warped. She has more inclination to be “merciful” to future hypothetical generations (ones who will grovel and scrape and know their place, hmm?) than to a living, breathing one that’s already here but not quite grateful or devoted enough for her liking.
So now the battle is won and the bells are going off and Dany snaps and starts burning. It’s a punishment — how dare you make me actually go through the effort to capture this city instead of throwing the gates open for me? If anything the surrender itself seems to have angered her, because … if they were going to surrender so relatively easy anyway, why didn’t they do it earlier? To her, they probably wanted it both ways: Fight her (how dare they) when she attacks, but then expect mercy and the chance to surrender when the fight goes south. It’s punishment, and it’s also almost a ritual purification by fire (ice preserves, fire consumes) — she’s destroying the unworthy, impure, insufficiently grateful capital and her idea of mercy is filling it in the future with people who won’t be “held hostage by a tyrant,” with absolutely zero sense of irony on her part.
But yes: If you want to understand the root of what Dany did, it’s in this scene in the throne room. This is where she lays out her mindset and explains why she’ll do what she does. The rub is that she seemingly agrees to Tyrion’s request to stop if the bells go off, and then reneges on it.
If only Luke had been able to communicate with Jess about WHY he was skipping school... WHY he was working multiple jobs—talked to him like he did in the boat about his relationship with Rory—it could have made all the difference. Jess was far from stupid. He didn't expect anyone to pay for him to go to college, even if he had wanted to go. He didn't even presume he'd be able to stay at Luke's long enough after high school to get on his feet. He worked jobs to get a car that was just enough to get around, so he could get more work. He was trying to prepare to support himself. At that age, he knew how to get and keep multiple jobs without anyone's help because he'd always had to scrape by without being able to count on his mother to be able to provide, or to not pick a loser who was going to steal everything they had. He was used to subsistence, and had no reason to believe life was going to treat him differently. — He did not expect Luke to continue to provide for him. He wasn't counting on being allowed to stay indefinitely. He thought he had to pay his own way, all the way. But Luke didn't see that, know that, or understand that. He saw his nephew's sense of responsibility—OVER-responsibility—as rebellion. Not as a scared kid who had never been able to really, truly depend on anyone in his whole life; and was only barely starting to understand the fact that he could count on his uncle.... even what it meant to be able to count on him. Instead, Luke did the exact opposite of teaching him to trust. He stole his car and kicked him out. I love Luke Danes........but I want to retroactively sit him down and have a very long talk with him about Jess.
When I say I hate the good girl bad boy cliché I mean I hate when it's a violent guy with daddy issues and a woman who is desperate to fix him even though he makes her cry five times a day. But give me a cheerful optimistic doe eyed girl and a guy who seems dangerous to everyone but is actually a big softie, especially with her and I'll ship it till the end of time.
I don’t like bad boys. I like defensive boys that’ll put his guard down around the people he trusts/love. THAT’S the trope I’m here for!
Dear Fanfic Authors, PLEASE stop deleting your stories! The number of times I have browsed my AO3 bookmarks, just to find several stories marked as deleted, makes me sad thinking about it.
People love your story. Yes they do. Especially when so many have taken care to give it kudos and add it to their bookmarks. So while as an author I understand wanting to distance yourself from old writing, for whatever reason, please remember others love that story and will be sad to see it go. It could have meant a lot to them.
So instead of deleting, please consider pressing that ORPHAN button. That way the story is no longer associated with your AO3 account or username (the story will now say written by Orphan Account) but the people who cherish your story can still enjoy!
EDIT, since people are getting mad:
I am not demanding anything from authors. I’m an author myself with several fics posted. All I’m saying is to consider it. Repeat, I’m not MAKING you do anything.
I have a story with almost 500 likes and 200 bookmarks. Am I a fan of my writing from 6 years ago? Not exactly. Will I delete it? No, because I know it would make my readers sad.
You don’t have to orphan it if you don’t want to.
So don’t come here on my post and call me freaking entitled for speaking my thoughts. I’ve orphaned several of my works already. However, I understand orphaning isn’t for everyone and respect each authors decision.
Last but not least, on a happier note, go comment again on those bookmarked fics you love!
As a reader I love when I get an update saying I’m going to be deleting this so then I can download. I’ve actually cried over deleted fics that I can’t find anymore 😂🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️ A03 is still cheaper then therapy
Nora Roberts was basically my introductory course on romance novels. So nice to see a fellow fan!!
Same here!!!! Will read anything she writes 💜💜💜
Shout out to fanfic writers that don’t get put on rec lists.
Shout out to fanfic writers who write short fanfics.
Shout out to fanfic writers who don’t write often.
Your fics are just as much a labor of love.
💜💜💜
