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[king-maven-calore]

What are, in your opinion, the similarities and diferencies between Erida/Taristan and Mare/Cal?

Damn that question looks as if it was taken from an exam. Introduction to ships in YA I

I love the way you worded this, so academic I feel like I will get graded and I'm a slut for essays... ok that sounded so weird wtf let's get to the matter at hand.

Similarities: royals falling for raggedy (sexc 😏) slumdogs with anger issues and special blood that for some reason is super important to the story. Both non-obvious variations of Enemies to lovers. That's it.

Differences: The most important one to create contrast for the sake of this analysis is that Marecal, as I've mentioned a few times before, represent redemption and mercy for each other, as well as accountability for their actions. They are a particular brand of Enemies to lovers that is so well cooked imo, refusing to fall into toxic behaviors all through the series (not that's there's anything wrong with shipping toxic stuff for fun), that the EtL part flies over a lot of readers' heads. A cinderella story turned into a coming-of-age story about breaking free from the predestined path, either out of necessity in Mare's case or pushed by tragedy in Cal's case. Their love is so interesting to me bc it is a source of a shitload of problems for them, but also their reward after they go through hell in their respective journeys of self-actualization. They are the poison AND the cure (unlike m@reven where they are only poison 🤧)

On the other hand, Eristan is a load of toxicity the size of a luxury resort pool in Ibiza and boi do I want to swim there until my fingers turn to raisins. They not only enable each other's worst traits, but they also encourage them bc that's what they freaking like lmao. I mean, there are other, deeper more intimate things about them I'm sure we'll get to see in future books that will turn their union into something more ✨spiritual✨ as it happened with marecal over the RQ series (at least I hope so). Right now, what we have, and the reason I'm obsessed with them, is because they are the predestined path for each other, in the sense that being together is the smartest choice for their respective goals. They are a EtL speedrun bc as soon as Erida sees Taristan can be used in her favor, she accepts his hand in marriage, no hesitations. One of my favorite motifs of all times can be found in Eristan, Death and the Maiden, and Victoria writes them so exquisitely😩👌. It's all about the sexual awakening and the death of innocence to give way into adulthood, the apparent darkness of it and its scorn toward moralizing children's tales. It's no coincidence Taristan is an "older" man, and that Erida is in a role of authority, subverting the damsel/princess in distress trope. It's so blatant I get flustered just thinking about it. THE EXCELLENCE

Again, to clear things up, Eristan = being together is the solution = corruption. Marecal = being together is a problem = redemption.

Finally, a disclaimer, this is all literary analysis pulled out of my hat for fun. If you don't vibe with it, carry on and don't send the Purity Police™ my way. I can distinguish fiction from reality just fine, thank you very much.

[jacquelineshyde]

Finished all episodes of "The Ranch" that are currently available and I love Rooster's character much more in the end of "season 2" than the rest of the show. They finally shown some depth to him, cause before that the whole pervert thing was creeping me out. I wanted to discuss)

The Ranch is one of those shows that has keep me going “alright, i’ll long enough to know what will happen to these characters”, so I kinda have it in a especial place lol. Also, it’s fun to find the some times obvious and other times, not-so-obvious t70s connections.

Rooster is my favorite character and, like you, I like his development better during half B of season 1 (the show is divided in part 1 and 2, but these two parts form season 1. Part 1 of season 2 will be relased in june 16 this year). And what I like the most about it, it’s that we actually could had seen it coming if we hadn’t been distracted by Colt’s constant drama during half A.

Because we are told and shown since the beginning that the one trying to make everyone around him happy is Rooster. He keeps trying to get everyone together and then makes a joke about it to not let anyone know his real feelings, which makes sense looking at who his father is and the fact that we are lowkey told Beau has old fashioned way of do things, so of course he would take his older son to be the one keeping things in the family and the younger one would be the one that gets out.

As a rancher myself, seeing all this gender dynamics displayed and put into an extreme (Beau not understanding Maggie’s desire of being more, yet loving her enough to understand he has to let her go and being able to cry even in front of hi son; Rooster being the one they wanted to carry everything in his shoulders, included not being as perfect as his brother; the way Mary and Joanne are seen as some how modern, even when their strenght had to be form out of bad situations with life AND men), it’s very interesting.

Rooster doesn’t truly hold a grudge to his brother and ultimately wants him to succeed and be happy, and I think that’s something that happens to a lot of older siblings who fuctioned as their parents’ experiments of making the perfect kid and had to endure their little sibling being spoiled and given more chances.

When we are told Rooster gave up on his own goals to help Beau and later gave all his money to help Colt, I sobbed the rest of the episode with my own little brother. It touches too close to home, and that’s cool to be seen in a show.

My hopes are that in this half A of season 2 the development of his and everyone’s characters keep going the same way it didn during half B of season 1. His pervyness has been reduced ever since he started dating Mary and hopefully i’ll stay that way, because it allows more interesting dynamics to be shown and stories to be told.

PS: I’m glad you watched the show :D 

[jacquelineshyde]

What are your predictions for the new season of the ranch?

LET’S TALK FAN THEORIES NOW.

Okay, so where we left the show, it was a damn cliché cliffhanger I hope they try and threat correctly. Heather is pregnant from the last time she had sex with Colt, but he left her again to go and try something with Abby, to who he wanted to propose as shown seconds before Heather reveled to Colt she’s expecting.

Meanwhile, Rooster rejected Beau’s atempt to fix their relationship in a very crude, very Beau way. He says it’s nice his father gave him his grandfather’s knife but he can’t accept it since Beau has never accepted him, nor took in account his work with him, and he didn’t support him when he most needed it.

And then, in the first pictures we got a few weeks ago, we can see Colt and Abby in what seems and feels like a friendly moment:

Like #yikes, because I don’t ship them and I’m mad at Colt if he doesn’t help and interact more with Heather now that she’s pregnant. My guess is that Colt will want to help Abby as much as he can, but will not be with her as a couple. And I think that’s also something Heather would want, I honestly don’t see them happening at this point *sighs*.

I think Abby will be mad at Colt for the baby situation and Colt will try to win her back again, as he has been doing since season 1 A. My hope is that this time it won’t be as annoying as the first time, and both will actually put theirselfs to work on their relationship for it to work.

A picture that took a lot my atention is this one:

WHAT THE FUCK, MAN? For the way Colt and Rooster are looking at Berto, I guess it’s his fault their are in what seems to be jail. I bet you we are going to see the boys going out and making a party out of their alcohol, then getting into trouble or they will do something stupid and risky to help Berto out of something, and they will end up in jail.

Who is going to bail them out, though? Maybe Maggie will go to their rescue, or maybe Mary would do. I wish Mary and her girls weren’t such minor characters, the three of them are more interested than some arcs with some characters… but okay.

And then, what I actually care more about, is Rooster’s story line. 

Because we have him being comptitive with Beau here:

and then friendly as fuck with him here:

What I think is that we’ll have them trying to get along, at least when they are around their family, especially Maggie. I bet you Maggie will try to have them talk and fix their shit, but they will also be in constant competition when it comes to their respective ranchs.

Rooster is working for a big ass ranch that belong to a rich dude that knows shit about how to be a rancher, and we have been told and SHOWN that Rooster is damn GOOD at what he does. So it’s goign to be interesting to see what he can do with his own space, people and materials… and against his own father.

Because we have to remember that, from this family, Rooster is probably the most loving one and also the most closed one after Beau. He and Beua are pretty similar when it comes to their macho image and the not sharing feelings part. When it comes to be serious, Rooster is pretty serious (and I hope they keep that characterization for him).

So them drinking together at their home may be just to make Maggie happy or may be the start of an assosiation? I don’t think Rooster will come back home so soon, and I would hate it if he has to because Colt can’t do shit and Beau really needs the help, or because he couldn’t do it on his own (<– I would hate this option even more, since option one is, sadly, in canon for him).

Another thing that takes my attention to this picture of them in the house, is that Maggie is there. I guess we will see Beau and her still working on not being married, would she date or try to date? And will something happen between Joanne and Beau? It’s going to be interesting seeing these two being actually divorced an trying to keep on their lives.

I also want to know where the hell does Rooster lives, tho.

THEN, there is this:

I’m really worried about Rooster and his job. I want to see him out of his house and going through everything on his own. I don’t want him to go back to Iron River just like that. It’s a ten episodes A part of season 2, I don’t want him leaving his job so quickly.

He’s wearing working clothes, which is the strange part of the picture. In the best case scenario, he is only helping Beau and Colt out with something at their ranch. Another option is that maybe Maggie called them all to Iron River in an emergency tone and Rooster went without changing his clothes.

I DON’T WANT HIM GOING BACK TO IRON RIVER JUST YET!

So, I think we are going to have Colt trying to have a relationship with Abby (I don’t think he will propose right now, though), at the same time he tries to be there for Heather during her pregnancy and prepares himself to be a father (BOY, he needs to mature some).

Rooster will be dealing with his feelings for his father, his new job and how to treat with Beau as another rancher more than his own kind. While Beau will be dealing with seeing his son, who was the one that was ALWAYS there, now gone and hurt by him (AND I HOPE HE FEELS BAD BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN PRETTY SHITTY WITH ROOSTER HIS ENTIRE LIFE) and making a life of his own.

Also, I expect cameos from Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, aisde from Wilmer’s Berto to come back as shown in the first still we got :D.

PS: I actually like Rooster’s clothes this time. I like him when he wears other than his normal ugly ass t-shirt + jeans combo, I mean here he looks fine:

[abbotsmohan]

alright Rookie Blue fandom, *cracks knuckles* *pulls up chair* we need to have a serious talk.

 Rookie Blue is not the Gail and Holly show. Not everything is about them. GAIL FUCKING PECK WAS IMPORTANT BEFORE HOLLY. Some of you seem to think that the only thing Gail is important for is her relationship with Holly. You have called the fact that she wants to adopt a child “bullshit”. You have sent hate to the fans of her other pairings. You act like Holly is the world when Holly was only introduced in season 4. Gail Peck has been one of the female leads of the show since the pilot. The writers took this character who was originally believed to be cold. uncaring, and unfeeling and made her what she is today. 

She is one of the strongest characters on the show. She’s caring and compassionate and you learn pretty early on that, while she might seem like a bitch and closed off, she’s one of the most caring characters on the show. We didn’t “finally learn who the real Gail Peck is” when Holly showed up. No, we’ve known that all along. Gail Peck is SOOOO important. She always has been, Holly didn’t make her that way. 

Holly hurt Gail, just like almost everyone in her life has. Holly refused to take the blame for what she did to Gail. I’m sorry, but that’s not a healthy relationship. So, in season 6, if Sophie turns out to be “Gail’s plus one”, don’t get all pissed off and rightful and send hate. Gail adopting Sophie is honestly huge for her. She wants to show that she can put someone ahead of herself and she doesn’t need a relationship to do so. You don’t need to tell people “Gail’s not going to be able to adopt Sophie and I’ll laugh”. If you really ever gave a shit about Gail, that would break your heart because her heart would be broken. 

Rookie Blue is not about Holly. Why do so many people think it is? The show was amazing before her introduction and it still is. So many Gail/Holly fans just skipped seasons 1 - 3, and if you did that, then you really don’t know who Gail is and I really honestly don’t think you have the right to tell anyone who doesn’t like the ship that their opinion is bullshit or that they “don’t know the REAL Gail Peck”. I’m sorry, hon, but if you haven’t seen anything other than the Holly seasons, you really have no knowledge of who Gail is or how much she’s overcome. Gail Peck is important as fuck and she’s a main character who has grown and helped shape this show, she’s not here to be Holly’s sidekick. *sips tea*

[theheartgrowsolder]

Rumbelle, 3x20 "Kansas"

Seriously, this would be a great Rumbelle episode..if it weren't all a lie. 

Belle gave the dagger to Rumple. So why did he give it back? He wanted to build their marriage on a lie? Because that what he did. 

It would have been so different if Rumple had kept the dagger when Belle gave it to him and then proposed to her. Then he could've killed Zelena, and he wouldn't have lied to Belle in order to do it. By giving her a fake dagger, he was basically telling her, "I don't trust you. I think you don't trust me either, so I'm going to give you this fake semblance of trust dagger."

Yes, this isn't OOC for him. It just shows how much he has had the opportunity to change, and he didn't take it. Yes, Zelena killed Nealfire and kept Rumple in a cage for a year. And that's all fine and dandy. But when Belle literally asked him straight out to not harm Zelena, he connived his way into deceiving her. And he agreed to it! HE AGREED TO NOT HARM ZELENA WHEN BELLE ASKED HIM.

And since this is the second time Belle has asked him not to harm someone and he does it anyway, she should not take it lying down. We've seen her interacting with other character these whole 20 episodes, not just Rumple, because for the most part, she hasn't been with Rumple. 

But Belle is in an abusive relationship. And she either needs to do what all our health teachers tell us to do and take some time away from that abusive relationship, or she needs to seriously give Rumple some lecturing and let him know how much has hurt her. And even that might not be enough.

[mrsmaudlin]

but how can you not see Marlo as a tragic character?

She didn't seek out Sam and fall in love with him in attempt to break up Sam and Andy. She's a woman who has struggled with mental illness and while in a good place she fell in love and it rocked her world.

She didn't set out trying to hurt anyone. She just wanted to feel love and happiness with someone like Sam.

While her and Sam clearly are not going to be working out, I can't understand HOW McSwarek shippers can hate her with such intensity.

To me, she's had the saddest story line (sans Nash).

[nickigrants]