hateletterstogender
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say what you will about leigh bardugo's worldbuilding choices but "guy who's hiding his superpowers is so constantly understimulated he developed a gambling addiction to cope" is fucking brilliant actually
what is this, the fifth time leigh has dodged away from a jesper namedrop in this duology? does kuwei even inform him that he contributed to the creation of an antidote for jurda parem? because i think he at least deserves to know that.
Premise: Viggo slowly becoming afraid of Hiccup. Not because of his skill or his intellect or Toothless, but because Hiccup is resilient as hell.
Because, despite everything Viggo tries, all the physical and emotional torture, he's still standing. Still stubbornly defiant. Still alive and still snarling at Viggo with rage and determination in his emerald colored eyes.
And slowly, Viggo becomes afraid. Because no normal person should be able to withstand even half of what he's had done to Hiccup. No normal person should be able to endure the trauma Hiccup has and still, mostly, act like nothing happened.
No normal person should be able to talk to dragons like they're friends. No normal person should be able to ride a night fury, to endure the whiplash and wind and the physical strain, and still be steady enough to fight seconds after dismounting.
Viggo slowly realizing Hiccup, truly, is no normal person. And that scares him, because now he doesn't know what he can do to actually win. Short of outright killing Hiccup, which would only get the rest of Berk on his ass, Viggo, for once, is lost. For once, Viggo doesn't have a plan.
people say “write what you know” and then get surprised when i hand them 47 pages of unprocessed emotional trauma disguised as fantasy worldbuilding
YES
We deserved to see Jesper shoot Jan Van Eck
free-thoughts on mr kaz brekker and mr anthony lockwood
i’ve seen a lot of people compare kaz brekker and anthony lockwood / say that they would be friends. i’d like to present a lil counter argument
i mean they’re definitely similarly-coded characters, that’s for sure- they carry similar trauma in similar ways, the lil emo boy aesthetic, “i don’t talk about feelings alfred. ive never had one, ive never seen one” type vibe.
but to me, the fundamental difference between them is that in response to all of his trauma, kaz hardened up and closed himself off. he became what he needed to be to survive- the bastard of the barrel. but on the other hand, lockwood stayed a crack open. despite all he did to try and close himself off, he stayed positive and kind- he managed to keep his spark. maybe this is just due to their environments- maybe if lockwood had been in ketterdam, he would’ve hardened completely too- but i still think it’s an important difference between them.
in the hypothetical that these two divas meet, i see lockwood annoying the hell out of kaz- kind of like jesper does, but i think they’re way too similar for kaz to tolerate it in the same way he does w jes. lockwood is too much like jordie, but also too much like kaz himself.
knowing lockwood went through similar experiences (in regards to loss and having to make it alone, while still being surrounded by ghosts) but came out kindhearted would probably drive kaz a little crazy. and alternatively knowing that he easily could have turned out as vengeful, cold, and angry as kaz- maybe that he even had been at some point- would lowkey scare the shit out of lockwood.
i’m not saying they’d hate each other, but i doubt they’d really be friends either. maybe if they sat down, got really drunk, and had a whole trauma-bond/intensive therapy session… but i mean we all know how likely those two are to talk about their feelings lmao
but on the other hand, lockwood and jesper? now that’s two idiot bffs. they’d hit it off immediately- imagine the banter. plus both of them constantly gambling with their lives to avoid their issues, then playing it off like it’s nothing. mr “you’re our greatest asset” and mr “maybe i liked your stupid face”. they would be Unstoppable. chaos would reign. wylan and lucy would form a support group (inej would join).
this got longer than i meant oops. idk they rotate in my brain constantly and i have Been Thinking. i miss my crows and my favorite agency
ugh wylan van eck's tale of self-discovery and growth, of fighting your parent inside your head, of being forced into a certain kind of life by things you can't control, of having religion used against you and finding the strength to mock it, of finding something to motivate you, of realizing that you're more than what you've been told, of finding someone to tell you to stop being ashamed, of finding that you aren't ashamed or afraid anymore, of being told that you're impossibly weak and realizing that really you aren't weak at all. man.
"This cities price is blood and I'm happy to pay with yours"
-Me whenever I'm on my period
Good morning to everyone, except Netflix who keeps cancelling perfectly good shows for no fathomable reason. Fuck you in particular actually.
I am so enthusiastically obsessed with the idea of Julie and the phantoms s2, but I need them to understand that the best (only) way to do that is to pretend that the last 4 years didn't happen. no time jump, no recastings (if they can help it), no explanation on why Carlos was 9, but now he's 14, none. just simply pretend s2 came out right away. give me one. "Wow, you grew fast since dinner." "yea I ate my veggies," and then simply move on. it would be perfectly comedic and simply nothing would be better
Something something "if I had a nickel for every time... wouldn't be a lot but it's weird annoying that it happened twice three times!"
Anyways. What does Netflix have against this one specific category lmao
Has this been done yet?
“hi, dad.” throw me in a wood chipper next time.
happy pride to these two<3
THIS EXACTLY THIS
I believe that the S&B series is an alternative grishaverse universe. Where the crows are a little older, and where Alina has brown hair. The show doesn't have to resemble the book WORD BY WORD, that is why it was so good to watch, it had different plots from the books, yet mostly the same actions. We should stop hating on it. Let's hate on netlfix instead, for cancelling it
The last line never fails to give me chills. Like Jesper, honey, are you alright? 😢
Also, this part is one of the reasons why I believe that Jesper might suffer from symptoms of depression, as one of the side effects of addiction.
I can't fully explain it, but maybe that's because I can personally relate. 😬
it appears someone did !!
with next to normal/jack wolfe blowing up… should we seriously make a new shadow and bone petition? i’d do anything for jack wolfe as wylan again…
with next to normal/jack wolfe blowing up… should we seriously make a new shadow and bone petition? i’d do anything for jack wolfe as wylan again…
"You say that you're hurting / I know it ain't so"
i've been thinking about the swap to handheld camera near the end of I am the one
i love it so much as a cinematic choice. it kinda puts us into a forced 1st person perspective, like as an audience, briefly we are in the kitchen with them, especially with caissie clocking the camera. it just really drives home how out of control she feels in this moment within her lashing out against gabe and dan
and seeing them scurry away from her from this perspective is just so emotive and i think really captures the feeling of lashing out through fear as much as anger when struggling with mental health and pushing away those who are trying trying to help
its crazy to me that they didn't use this type of shot anywhere else in the show (ifrc?) but i guess its exclusivity to this moment solidifies both the power and vulnerability to diana at this moment.
anyways im very next to normal about this show xo
the fact that the title of the musical is sung by natalie and she’s the one who turns on the light, because this was never about natalie but it was always about natalie
i will not stand for any jamie parker slander. his i am the one reprise is absolutely phenomenal
'being obsessed with your ocs is so embarrassing' no it isn't. we're returning to our noble roots of playing dolls. stop self depricating and tell me about your guy.
maybe if i imagine the character all my problems will be solved
life is so much better when you have a work of fiction to obsess over
jesper tosses and turns in bed all night. he kicks off the blankets to then hog them all to himself. he fidgets with everything and he gets extremely upset if wylan doesnt wanna cuddle. he annoys him to death.
The worst part about the fact that Netflix canceled the SoC spinoff was that I only got 1 season of Jack Wolfe as Wylan
i can't believe i had to wait one whole book for a wylan pov smh, i love this lil gay demolitions boy with my whole heart
i can’t believe we had jack wolfe as wylan van eck and netflix fumbled that. like. JACK WOLFE.