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Yo have you read the "Ilya hunts Shane down with a pack of hounds" fic i think it'd be right up your alley --> ao3 /works/80424606/chapters/211187656
i HAVE been omg, i've been reading updates like within the hour of them being posted haha. i always hesitate to fully recommend WIPs but so far this is such a hit (link for anyone curious!)
Just read a Truman show/SPN crossover which mostly recast Truman as Dean. It was entertaining but it got me thinking about an evil version where, instead of living a feel-good sitcom life like in the Truman Show, Sam and Dean instead live their shitty difficult lonely lives (minus the supernatural elements) as catharsis and tear jerker for the audience, all basked in heavy moralistic messaging.
Every possible scary, war-on-drugs, protect-the-kids storyline, all set in Lawrence, Kansas and happening to either Sam or Dean. A stranger danger kidnapping plot. Sam gets a tightly controlled drug-habit arc. The dangers of loose morality. Heavy-handed PSAs, as demonstrated by the consequences on the two real unwitting protagonists. Once Dean grows up and turns out queer he's saddled with the most vile "gay people = groomers and pedophiles" storylines to scare him back in the closet. Supporters of the show consider them as necessary scapegoats to teach the nation about the dangers of drugs, homeless people and STDs.
They have a few comfort characters (Jody, Donna and the likes) to give the boys a bit of a reprieve and to showcase the virtues of marriage and familial duty. The boys are tied to Lawrence to care for their mother adled who is adled with every possible ailments. Anyway you get the gist, the show's implicit morals but spelled out in even more exagerrated, reality TV fashion, yadda yadda
fascinating fascinating. i'm really considering sam's tightly controlled drug habit.
Hello, i'm searching for the blog of that woman that wrote insanely detailed Supernatural reviews for the first few seasons, where she poetically gushes over shot-by-shot details. Could you help me out? <3
my buddy sheila! https://www.sheilaomalley.com/
Your post about the entanglement of guilt and consumption made me ponder a lot! And then today in the supermarket I saw a brand of vegan liquorice legit called "Guilt Free" lmao
Hah yeah! I have seen so many fairtrade and green and vegan foods being marketed at ‘guilt free’. It’s not subtle at all that these are modern day versions of the catholic indulgence sales. ‘Buy this and don’t feel so horribly complicit and unworthy all the time’.
hello there! i see you watch the Witcher series and i'm thinking of giving it a go - would you recommend it to someone who's not a fan of too much violence and grimdark? from what i can tell looking at gifsets it sounds like good cute fun with good character development and fun chemistries and that's what is appealing to me. Do you think i'd like it? (if you have time / spoons to answer obviously ^^) Cheers!
Hello, and thank you for the ask! There’s definitely violence and gore, I would say around GoT level if I was to make a comparison. It’s not majorly censored or prettied up, but it’s also not exaggerated for shock value. If you’re not used to this from GoT, or games like Skyrim and Dragon Age: Origins, it might be a bit off-putting. They do censor it when animals are involved, though.
It definitely feels grim and even hopeless, at times, but I also sensed a subtle undercurrent of “this will be okay”, though in a “lots of bad stuff will happen first” kind of way. Personally, I found much of GoT (the parts based off of the books, not the later seasons) to be more grimdark than the Witcher, but I might also be a bit desensitised after watching Sir Gregor Clegane rip people apart and Cersei Lannister go off on her mad schemes. There’s moments of kindness and mercy that, to me, doesn’t make it feel truly “grimdark”, if that makes sense. Then again, I’m far from an expert on that genre.
You’re absolutely right about the fun parts, character developments and chemistries. To me, that was what truly drew me into the Witcher TV show, and it drove the story beautifully. I say this as someone who’s neither read the books or played the games - everything made sense past the first two-three episodes, and it didn’t at all feel jumbled to me.
Overall I was left with the impression that the good parts balanced out the bad pretty well. If anything, the chemistry between characters seemed more important than the violence, the latter of which is not in any way, shape or form glorified.
In conclusion: It has both violence and grim moments, but with a good dose of emphasis on characters. Overall I’d say it’s more character-driven, which to me makes it a better story by default. I’m no expert, and others might have a completely different experience after watching the first season, but that’s my two cents at least. If others have something to add, then please do!
Alright, i'll bite. The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth (the one with the eyeballs in his palms) and the fish creature from The Shape of Water!
The Pale Man? Nope. Nope nope nope absolutely nope. First of all, too fleshy and humanoid. Second of all, dude eats kids. Nope. Third of all, he fukkin ugly. Fuck, do I really have to explain why I wouldn't touch him with a 50 foot pole?
The fishboi from The Shape of Water? Now we're talking. As cute as he is, I really love him and Elisa together, and wouldn't break them up for the life of me. This ship has already sailed, pal.
Dearest Ferret! Happy fanfic writer appreciation day. Love your stories, love your wit and heartfelt romances, and sure as hell love the time and effort you put into writing such gorgeous stories and sharing them with your fellow fans. My best thanks, and may the creativity stay with you!
<3333 There aren’t enough hearts in my heart box! Thank YOU for being amazing and all the things you do for so many fandoms which I’m sure I don’t even realize the extent of but is A Lot. Also your comments make bad days good and good days AMAZING. SO MUCH LOVE (^_^)
23, 33, 37, 54, 70
22: Do you want to have kids? How many?
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Oh fuck this question in particular.
I’ve had close to thirty (probably? I lost count) children in the fuckin’ 800+ years I’ve been forced to live on this shithole of a planet.
I’m... kinda over the whole “lets raise a family” thing.
33: Do you have trust issues?
Yeah. I do. I’ll be the first to admit that.
Arachne was a big fan of the humiliation tactic of making our followers wear masks... Me? I hated it.
Don’t get me wrong. They’re not important enough to remember their faces-- but I didn’t trust any of them as far as I could throw them. So they all knew that if they entered my room they had to take the mask off.
Unfortunately... the precautions I took didn’t prevent what happened.
But it burned a few faces into my memory.
Faces that I would soon make my LIFES FUCKING MISSION TO RIP OFF AND PISS ON.
37: Is it easier to forgive or forget?
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WHAT KIND OF PANSY ASS BULLSHIT IS THIS? FORGIVE? FUCKING FORGET???
NEITHER. WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE?? I WILL REMEMBER WHAT YOU BASTARDS DID UNTIL THE END OF FUCKING TIME. AND FORGIVENESS IS A FUCKING JOKE.
YOULL NEVER GET EITHER OUTTA ME.
NOT NOW. NOT EVER.
54: Is cheating ever okay?
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Fuck no. There’s millions-- no--- billions of people in this goddamn world. If someone chooses you outta those billions of people, and they trust you enough to let you choose em back... AND THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND SHIT ON THAT TRUST??
Well then I’d say you’re the worst kind of scum.
70: Is there anyone you would die for?
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Arachne and Justin.
Without hesitation.
