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for the ask game - Benedict Samuel? (👀)
Imma lowkey flake out of that like a coward :D some of his facial features actually remind me somewhat of a past relationship and I´m not even sure in which direction this makes me biased, not the good one tho tbh, also one thing is certain BS is far prettier tho
and Gotham really went all in on his hair ... it´s gorgeous , lavish, just so pretty
Just mulling again that time when Jervis gave Jim super strong drugs to make him hallucinate, and Jim’s subconscious fantasies promptly revealed that he is apparently an amazing stylist.
Seriously. When he eventually loosens up and gets together with Oswald, their combined aesthetic magnificence will be a force to be reckoned with.
@ncfan-1 said:
That was a very pretty dress. (And better hair than she’s had in all of the fourth season, to be honest.)
That early-ish 60s cocktail look really suited her well: she looks like Betty Draper here.
I have no idea what they’re doing with Barbara’s look at the moment. Her hair looks fried - and the shiny suits are terrible. Let Jim trip out and put together a whole wardrobe.
that was indeed so beautiful, I wish we saw that side of Jim more
It’s interesting, @lalaurelia - when you think that everything we saw was the product of Jim’s subconscious. Let’s have fun with some meta and analysing the bejesus out of the costumes! :)
First off - the fact that Barbara is Jim’s guide on this little jaunt through his subconscious suggests that she still plays a starring role in his psyche, whether he would ever admit to it or not.
Not only does she give him the key that takes him to his deepest insight: the encounter with his father, she also challenges him and calls him on his bullshit. Right after Jim’s 1950s idyll with Lee and their imaginary children crumbles, we have this.
Jim: Open the damn gate, Barbara. I need to get back to them. To her.
Barbara: If you’re so desperate to have Thompkins and the two kids, why are you in that crappy apartment playing private dick?
Jim had the chance to have Lee and the white picket fence and scraped knees fantasy over and over again. She repeatedly asked him to leave town with her. She wanted to maintain contact when he was in prison. He could have contacted her immediately after he escaped. He could have talked to her when she showed up again and she’d have dumped Mario with unseemly haste.
He did not do any of these things.
In reality, Lee had to do virtually all the work in the relationship - not matter how much noise Jim makes about it. He had the chance to have his 1950s life. But part of him prefers to play private dick in his crummy apartment - and he knows it.
That’s reflected in the nature of the fantasy he constructs. It looks staged - like a representation of a happy family that he’d have seen on TV. Look at some of the lyrics to the song that’s playing in the background of that scene.
If you are but a dream I hope I never waken It’s more than I could bear To find that I’m forsaken
If you’re a fantasy Then I’m content to be In love with lovely you And pray my dream comes true
It’s all nice and pretty - but it’s fake. And it’s not just the setting, either. Even Lee is really an idealised and heavily edited version of herself here. Compare Jim’s Doris Day version of her with this dialogue in The Blind Fortuneteller, when they’re underneath the bridge - trying to solve the murder of Jerome’s mother.
Jim: But, uh, let’s not make a habit out of it, okay? This is no place for a lady.
Lee: Ha!
Jim: What do you mean, “ha”?
Lee : You’re a hypocrite. You say you want a strong woman to share this crazy life you’ve chosen, but when push comes to shove, you want me to stay home and bake cookies.
This fantasy not only proves Lee right, but shows us that he’s never really moved on from this way of thinking. His subconscious, in the form of Barbara, serves him the unpalatable truth.
Another piece of dialogue that really interested me was this. Right at the end of his hallucination, when Jim nervously waits to see what’s on the final floor, hallucination Barbara offers him some comfort.
Barbara: Don’t be scared. It’s not easy to face who you really are. I should know.
Jim: Do you ever wish you were the person you used to be?
Barbara: Do you?
Although Barbara’s obsessive ‘Jim and I share a darkness’ became a bit wearying - she’s not really wrong. They both have a temper. They’re both willing to resort to violence to vent that rage. They both use alcohol to self-medicate. They’re both quite bad at being alone: Barbara returns to Tabitha after Jim’s rejection, and Jim not only lets Lee do all the chasing, but he latches on to Valerie Vale to alleviate his loneliness. There’s even a physical resemblance, I think: blond/e hair, blue eyes, strong jaw.
So Jim - though he’d noisily deny it - does deep down acknowledge a sort of kinship there: an honesty that he seemingly can’t achieve with Lee, because he insists on setting her on an angel of the hearth pedestal, instead of engaging with who she actually is.
That’s also visible through the costuming choices. Barbara’s role as guide means that she changes outfit here as the context demands - elevator girl, etc. She’s a chameleon - which is itself interesting in considering how Jim sees her.
Jim’s vision of Lee looks nothing like Lee - desexualised and domesticated in a prim twin-set and pearls:
Even the shape is dowdy - which you can see here as she waits for Jim to pull out her chair (it’s like MST3K’s A Date with Your Family)
Desirable, inquisitive Lee with her taste for danger is transformed into the safe and nonthreatening figure of the stereotypical 50s housewife - smiling and passive. They could have gone much prettier than this and still yelled domesticity - but they deliberately steered into frumpy.
You could argue - if you wanted to carry the costuming analysis further - that the early 60s choice for Barbara points to her as someone that’s far harder for Jim to handle. The trappings of femininity are all still there - but the look of the early 60s signals the arrival of potentially disruptive and subversive ideas that will directly challenge the 50s idyll that Jim has told himself he longs for.
The gold/metallic parts of her outfit point to money, and remind us of Barbara’s wealthy background and high society tastes: the look suggests power as well as sexuality - someone who is aware of who they are and knows how to use it.
In short - Jim could do with dissolving some of that weird hallucination powder into his tea every morning. He might be a happier and more self-aware man.
Anyone else want to join me in self-indulgent meta-ing? @rhavewellyarnbag? @millicentcordelia? @ncfan-1? @maysgreatnewusername? @inappropriatefangirlneeds?
I don´t think I´ve much to offer than interesting! & damn I forgot how pretty that dress was!
Dream, Hallucination etc. stuff usually just gives me a headache after a while, sounds like fun at first, and is as long as I´m just reading a great take on it, but then it turns headachy.
Like would Jim really be more self aware? The domestic fantasy crumbles and Jim can´t stay in it but he still wants to, it seems more like some outside threat / (supern)natural force of nature or disease inside destroys the scenery if I remember correctly, I´d love the scene to continue, business as usual / as wished and Jim after a while starting to notice the insufferableness of it,
Does he really prefer his crime fighting life? What weights more the possible subconscious destruction of the ideal or his reaction to this, reaching out for it even if it burns his hands?
At the moment I´m a bit torn in between seeing the idyll per se being untouched. Jim reaching out for it but not reaching it could be a reflex of him indeed not wanting to choose it over his detective lifestyle but on the other hand his wish could be genuine and untouched, the bars keeping him from this life and the disturbance of it could show that he is afraid of having and loosing that kind of luck. Subconscious self preservation in some way ? Not to have is better than to loose, or not to have is better than to have and find out that it´s not what you wanted at all (so indeed scratches in the facade) Or self punishment? Maybe if you´d tie in the talk with his father, Jim doesn´t feel like he deserves this kind of idyll. He hasn´t earned it quite like his father. Then his righteousness would be highlighted as a reflex of his self consciousness, he´s got to be right, he´s got to proof himself or he can´t think of reaching this kind of life
( I mean if they had explored the Jim´s father & Carmine Falcone connection some more, the sequence could be connected in itself in another way. The crumbling and cobwebs of Jim´s family idyll could point to him finding out about the dents and rips in his parent´s family. )
With Barbara: Jim was certainly way more ready to accept her guidance and aid than he was when real Barbara tried to help him with the The Lady situation ..
Jerome described Jeremiah as an obedient son, that's consistent in Jeremiah's characteristics that he obeys his new dad while Bruce is the rebellious one.
That´s an interesting thought.Ra´s being the father figure I´m assuming? I´m just having trouble aligning this with my headcanon(s). I felt like neitherJerome nor Jeremiah Valeska were particularly “good” children, Jeremiah wasjust more practiced (or just cared about it) in presenting as one, him havingto throw Jerome under the bus implied for me that he might have felt that thiswas necessary to get away from his family, they needed to think his life was indanger (which it might have actually been and it was just convenient for him touse this .. ) to let him go and get aneducation of his choosing, there is this stereotype about circuses being a verytight knit network which might be in play here..I didn´t feel likeeither of them were a lot about parental figures .. at least in a good light. I should go back andlook for that line before I say anything on it but it could as well have beenin the context of Jeremiah having been the obedient son in their mother´s eyes?It could refer to him pretending and manipulating the perception of him .. But this reminds methat Jerome was quite quick to align with Theo Galavan as well, but I doubt hewould have been obedient, Galavan gave him a playground and toys but I guessone reason for Theo to kill him was that he knew that once those lost theappeal he would cause havoc, later episodes certainly showed that Jerome didn´tneed Theo to put on a show Neither does Jeremiah need anyone else but he´s aligned himself with Ra´s because he was convinced that this was whathe wanted .. but having him as the obedient and Bruce as the rebellious sonwould mean that Jeremiah had interest in Ra´s as well .. but if feels like he´ssolely focused on Bruce?
Anon I´d really like toread more on this thought!
The female assassins had shown they still considered him as their master, tho and Lelia did not seem to be really pleased with Barbara so far. Plus, they were raised to worship him. I wouldn't believe they switched their allegiance without a solid reason. Anyway, the episode will respond that.
Yeeeeah, Iknow, but I said “headcanon brain” .. let a girl dream :D
No of course the way they played the episode I´m right with you Anon! And Idon´t think this is a course of action the show would really take, sadly.
But here Iam feeling a challenge to see if I can get some metaishish points about why the Sisters of the League might turn on Ra´s, solet me try. 1. Sexism & Inequality in MY League ofShadows!? Or: Someone else wants the power but overpowered Ra´s held them back:They wereraised to worship Ra’s al Ghul but apparently they also were raised as secondclass members. That really sucks. The guy Barbara Kean killed was quick to point out the place of a woman in theleague and it was his first and kind of only argument, though I´m sure therewould have been a couple more legit ones. Lelia´s counterargument is that it is just a stupid tradition not a law, thisvery much sounds like they mostly followed this stupid tradition and that cangrind you down. Maybe they just waited for a good opportunity for some reforms?Maybe, justmaybe it was less indoctrination, respect and blind believe in Ra´s that heldthem back but his abilities?If the League lived and functioned withsexist traditions it must have been something supported or at least notchallenged by Ra´s. So they probably could not expect much support from him.Maybe they tried getting him on the program, pointing out inequality andunfairness but he just sipped a cocktail in his immortality pool and didn´tcare. If they are able to see and perceive inequalities & stupid traditions theyare able to question them and obviously they are also able to challenge them,which in this headcanon could mean also being able to challenge and questionRa´s himself.If the “Demon´shead” shiny hand and connected skills and abilities really aren´t somethingthat can be taken and given by a whim, if it´s really the case that Ra´s can´tjust take it away from Babs once she doesn´t live up to his ideas for her theSisters could see this as a legit chance for change!So even ifRa´s is back, he might be less of a threat (to their cause) as before.> Is atheoretical strive for equality and/or power solid theoretical reason enough?2. But didn’t they SAY they honour him? Peoplelie, Carl ..Sure in frontof the men they said: „Ra´s chose her, we need to honour his choice“ But maybethat´s less them honouring Ra´s choice but them seeing a convenient opportunitywith Barbara to change things. It´s an argument spoken for the sake of others.It´s not the actual reason why they are happy with the choice but a piece ofrhetoric they can use.Thishowever would imply that the Sisters of the League have their own agenda, andit´s again a group that wants to manipulate/influence Barbara to be someonefighting for their cause and agenda.So, as yousay Lelia was no overly pleased but maybe that´s not because Barbara is notliving up to Ra´s and Ra´s cause but because Barbara is not living up to theircause and maybe is just not as pliable and impressionable as they wished!3. Men say they honour Ra´s? Good let´s killthem!The nextthing is that they shot all the men of the “head of the spear” of the Leagueafter they bent the knee and bowed to Barbara. They killed them after they actuallydid honour Ra´s choice!Shouldn´tthey keep them alive once they honoured Ra´s wish? A question they were prepared for because they promptly have an answer to that. They pickup what Barbara said about the weakness and claim that was the reason for themurder: “You´re right they were weak, and the missionof the League of Shadwos is to call weakness, they were unfit and needed to die.”They claimBarbara´s words were right and fitting the mission and tradition of the League butwho says this is true? Who says this is not just another convenient argumentjust to get rid of competition/elements that would fight against change? Does this League have a thinning of ranks every couple of decades? Why wouldthey even let it get that far to have so much unfit members. If it´s theirmission to call weakness they failed for a long time with a lot of them. Andwith a supposedly really important part of them. Also how did the Sisters stayunaffected by this weakness? Why are they different? (*) Okay that´s a bit of astretch here, but thinking Barbara was chosen by Ra´s to just get rid of a goodportion of the League is imho as good a story as the Sisters saw a chance toget rid of a good portion of the League. [ (*) Okayhere I´ve cornered myself because if they are different and not “weak” thisdifference might be their ability to adapt to new ways of the world and leavestupid traditions behind. This would work as an answer for that but would implythat Ra´s was all onboard with the change instead of their antagonist and somethingthey needed to overcome. But then again, maybe he deliberately chose this role,built himself to be the antagonist in all of this so the sisters would find andimplement their strength all “on their own”, which is usually more worth than “aokay fine now it´s your turn”. So Ra´swould have weakened his position for the sake of the League. Or just pretendedto be weak, it´s Ra´s after all. ]4. About that alleged legacy .. people stilllie, Carl .. But surelyyou want/have to to continue Ra´s legacy they say to Barbara in 4x18. Andthat´s a clear sign they care about Ra´s and what he wanted. But is it though? Do we know that what the sisters tell Barbara about what Ra´s wanted and whatthe League is about is ultimately the truth? They could as well be anunreliable narrator? They couldknow about Barbara´s and Ra´s connection and that she valued him, which makesit a good call to keep pretending they value him too. Moreover it´s such a goodstory “you are the chosen one” “he chose you and we will tell you what hewanted” why change that. It´s a much better one than: “He chose you, but actually we think he waswrong, no wait a second not with you, with other things, you totally are chooseworthy, but we got a couple other ideas for you than he, the one who gave youthe powers had, would you be so kind as to just follow our ideas..”So onceBarbara opens the door to the ancient secrets of Ra´s they aren´t so much enthusiasticabout “yees Babs is finally stepping in his footsteps, hooray his legacy willcontinue” it´s maybe much more of a “Oh yeah finally this bloody thing is openand we can see what Ra´s unfairly hid from us all the time!” (You know, to be honest, that´s at least 90%of how I would feel .. :D ) “We want to know things, we want to have a choice in things, we want to beinformed, we want the ability to decide! And Barbara might be our chance to reach all of this..”>> Doesthis count as a fully developed AU now ? :D Disclaimer: Pls this is really to be read more as an AU than “actual” meta.
( Also on a side note: 5. Oh for effs sake, I´m not the pope I´mnot infallibleHow “weak”is it if Ra´s would be like you know, nevermind my initial really grave andimpactful choice wasn´t quite right, I rethought that, and let´s change thingsagain. I get that this would involve a lot of shifting blame and talks aboutBarbara failing him, but come on guy, you picked her take the responsibility foryour decision. Like, I´m all for people having a change to develop and rethinkbased on new information but that´s not a good look on a leader of a League ofmurderers. Indecisiveness or being wrong is not a good aesthetic in thatposition. So that whole AU here aside. Maybe that would be another reason for theSisters to also rethink a few things and come to the conclusion that their loyaltymight actually be better placed elsewhere? )
That looks like Barbara will be back in the club. Maybe Barbara and the survivors will be be against him after the attack.
Hi there anon =) We are talking about the 4x19 trailer right? I just looked it up, and uhh seems Barbara Kean and some assassins apparently are at least located in the club! I´d love to see this as her not giving up that part of her live for the sake of some shady calling .. but I guess that´s not gonna be the case :D I really have no idea where the loyalties will be in the next episode, it´s really hard to tell much from the trailer isn´t it? Especially since the League of Shadows is apparently divided but they forgot to colour or style code their outfits accordingly … ;D I´m so not good at predictions .. but that could be really interesting if they´ll be against Ra’s al Ghul! (*)Seeing Bruce and Babs in one car surprised me most .. I´m really curious how that will play out!
(*) Oh no, now I´ve developed this idea that Barbara could figure out how this new extrinsic purpose and calling she thought she experienced is shallow and empty and not at all about her and she actually finds some intrinsic value and self worth .. which however does not change anything about the “gift” (if that´s even actually the gift Ra´s talked about) and her new abilities remain but now she uses them antagonizing Ra´s .. so his plans basically backfired .. and idk Bruce & Babs could get some cocktails and bond over an ancient unkillable guy wanting them to be stuff and things that they are not .. Also Ra´s tries to get back the female assassins .. but they are like .. nope .. she´s the one one now .. no chance .. you should have thought about that better before but now that´s done .. (Sry that´s probably not the discussion you had in mind when sending the message .. but my headcanon brain just decided to run highspeed in that particular direction ^^ )
Do you take gif requests? Can you gif Jerome doing yoga? :D
I gladly take “throw me an idea/wish and we´ll both see if and when it´s going to happen”s ;) I got three gifs of that scene in a gifset with Jim´s face framing them in the queue, they should be posted today or tomorrow .. but I just gave that scene another go .. and I´ll upload those right away If you feel like something is missing just send another ask =)
can u gif when professor pyg is coming after jim and he nearly stabs jim in the crotch with his cleaver? omg..
It´s up to you to decide whether I could .. buuuuut I just did ;D Also how awful is it that I immediately knew which scene that was ..
On a side note: People want to see gifs I make …. oooomg *.*
your url is disgusting
I´m sorry you feel that way dear anon and you have a right to your opinion and taste of course but quite frankly I don´t really care what you think about my url.
I however do unfortunately still care what people think about me and this really makes me feel like I need to explain things. I´m actually trying to be behave in an appropriate way. I don´t think I´ve overstepped other peoples boundaries and I would never do that on purpose. It´s maybe not as easy to tell online but if I´ve personally ever made someone uncomfortable I´d like to know and apologize. If someone does not like my posts they are of course free to unfollow me. When I found tumblr I read a lot of feminism blogs those that promote things like body positivity and tell you that even as a woman you are allowed to have things like a libido. I´ve trouble expressing myself in general and I guess I still would have issues to say things like that a character is hot out loud in the presence of another person (cute, looks good works but that´s kinda it) but I can do that online. It´s kind of liberating. That´s kind of where the inappropriate comes from. It´s also referring to how being a “fangirl” is quite often perceived as something awful. Don´t get me wrong, as with everything else that term does get used for awful things too but the general suspicion and accusation it evokes some time is just not appropriate. Me using “inappropriate” for my url is kind of a “rebellion” that away I guess but not in the way that I would burn things and smash in windows or would want to harm others with it. It refers to the perception of things being inappropriate but it´s not me finding pride in being a inappropriate person.
I'm really enjoying all of your Gotham meta! Which characters or storylines are your favourites?
I´m glad to read that, thank you! =) I mostly feel my often disorganized rambling is more bother than anything^^And phew I´m notprepared for this question. I guess on another day the answer would be different but for now about the Characters, thetop three probably are Oswald, Jim and Victor for rather shallow reasons I´mafraid. Alfred Pennyworth is joining them lately, as long as I don´t think too muchabout it I really enjoy watching him being reckless.
🐧Oswald Cobblepot was the character that made me stick to watching the showafter seeing a couple episodes on TV and try figure out what the hell was goingon with all the falcones and maronis and stuff and things plotwise. Seeing himswitch between shaking and acting harmless to having a mischievous glee in hiseyes and be ambitious was just compelling. I however didn´t like all the turnsthey gave his story. As soon as the torture in Arkham changed him things got abit too much and messy for my taste. And last week (4x03) I´ve had actually hadthe first (tiny) moment of not liking him, I hope that won´t continue. 🐧 Jim Gordon is probably on the list because of his magnificent hair (okay healready was on it preFloof he also has a magnificent face and everything else) andespecially his dynamic with other characters! The back and forth with Oswald inthe early seasons was a joy and so is his banter and bonding with Bullock. Thatthe show made him the designated hero is sometimes frustrating but I try not toalways judge him too harshly. (Naturally I´m so much more lenient with villains^^) To say something good about his character too: I really loved the scene where he defused adangerous situation at the GCPD without drawing a gun but with rattling abottle faking it was the rioter´s medicine instead. That was a Jim Gordon that made youthink he could really do so much good.🐧Victor Zsasz, as weknow we are just on the brink of discovering his personality so what´s thereleft to like I´ll be frank: he´s scary and sexy and has an aura of calmness andcompetence .. which works for me, and apart from his body language I reallyenjoy his speech patterns, eg how he draws out and extends the e´s so often,it´s soothing and scary at the same time,
BonusMention: Young!Ivyshe was such a unique character. Compelling in her unapologetic ways and evenher hostility. I really liked that she always seemed to have her own thinggoing on but sometimes got tied into the plot (the mushrooms!) well. I missthis. I really wanted her to become that brash crazy cat plant lady who´s her ownperson and got powers because she experimented too much with her beloved plants instead of just drinking some stuff.
I´m trying really hard tothink of a great storyline but recently I only find myself complaining aboutit. (I´m so salty about so much about Tabitha´s .. ) Overall I wish they wouldtake things a bit slower and not rush through it, show us a bit more about howthe city works. Every time they told us Gotham is on the brink or right in themiddle of a catastrophe we didn´t get to see much of it. Also I think they madea bad choice with mashing together Barbara, Selina and Tabitha, unless they aregoing to surprise me with where they are going with them, of course but so farit´s just a mess and doesn´t do any of the three characters judgement.You didn´t ask about that butwhat I immensely enjoy about the show is it´s set design, it´s stunning .. theclothes, the lightning, the cuts, frames, music, even the fight choreos, theeverything. Not all of it is “my” style or aesthetic but it all works so welltogether. It really pulls you into another world and it´s just interesting tolook at. Interesting enough that I readily overlook any possible flaw in theplot. This really makes the show for me, and of course the awesome acting. Nomatter if I think something a character says or does is ooc it´s stilldelivered in great way!
@vampirebillionaire I´m absolutely expecting to hear read about your favouritecharacters and storylines! ;) And I wanna know with which character you´d mostlike to visit the Gotham Zoo, and why..
okay I'm doing a different take: Fuck, marry, kiss: Vir, G'Kar, Kosh (1) hahhh
Well I had some time to think about this, yet I´m still not convinced of my choice :D Fuck: Kosh, I´m just curious, he´s still kind of a mystery.. Marry: G´KarKiss: Vir despite my mind saying .. shhh you should marry him, you´d be happy .. buuuut .. then there´s G´Kar.
FMK: Lyta, Talia, G'Kar
M: G'Kar .. big surprise ^^
and .. dear .. I don´t know ..
K: Talia .. just because, I feel like it could be awkward after the other option, like I can´t see our personalities working together with some casual F without further issues, (do I want to be the person that kills to avoid unpleasant interaction, no .. but apparently I am ^^)
F: Lyta .. which .. hey maybe happend at the same time as that F i picked Byron for ;D (just kidding dealing with two people at once sounds horribly difficult)
Thank you ;)
On a sidnote: I was not aware that Narn is called Narn Prime as well .. I wonder if anyone had some mistake with navigation and mixed it up with Cardassia Prime .. also the more I think about this I´d really like to see some cardassians dealing with the B5 environment
FMK: Bester, Morden, Byron haha have fun
K: Morden, because I barely remember him and all I do remember is evil, and not the fun kind also I can´t really do anything with his conventionally pretty face, so let´s get rid of that
F: I guess this should be Byron because I feel like this could be intense, in a good way .. and you know .. the hair, the attitude, the bloody lip but he´s in general a quite intense person and that might overexert me on the long run, like I could picture that he´d be an affair like no other could be but I feel like most things so intense have an expiry date
M: That´s why I fee like it might be easier for me to deal with Bester, I feel more like I “know” what to expect there, and it´s okay of course as long as you´re not in his way, and I like his humor .. that´s something to work with I guess ;D
.. and I´m getting a serious case of .. wait I´d rather swap Byron & Bester
Thanks ;D
I'm gonna ask too harhar 1. Vir or Lennier? 2. Sleepover with G'Kar or Londo? 3. OTP and NOTP
Thank you =) 1. I swear I love Vir with all my heart but somehow I´m leaning towards choosing Lennier, it´s just a gut feeling, I can´t quite put my finger on any reason, but maybe if I get around (re)watching more I can put it in words .. or change my pick ^^
2. G'Kar!! He´s just my fave and this could be really interesting and probably quite pleasant also I want to see him in some fluffy pink sleepwear ..
2. I don´t really have any fandom ships (yet) and neither very strong bad or good feelings about the canon ships and I feel like I´d need the full picture to properly judge them. The last days have shown me how “little” I actually remember and my god there is soo much that´s going on in that show, which is awesome but difficult at times. But the mutual respect between Sheridan and Delenn comes to mind when thinking about OTP material ^^
Z'ha'dum: If there would be a Babylon 5 crossover, with which show/book/game/movie should it be?To be honest reading that the name actually “probably” was inspired by Tolkien's 'Khazad-dûm' made me think of that question and less because I had some good crossover in mind but more because I´m curious what other people think could go well .. or not so well but fabulously ridiculous with it ^^ So far I got more or less just a couple of characters I´d like to see appear on B5 and see how they deal with that world .. like I got that strange feeling that G'Kar might despise Dukat but I could see him having some good times with Londo if interests align?
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Awwww thank you Anon !! You made my day =)
Hey guess what both Negan and Daryl can be at fault for Glenn's death and they are!
Hi there anon, thank you for the message! [about This post]Usually I´m all for “compromises” like that and multi layered answers, because usually they are necessary and right but this time I just can not agree in this case and I think this message has helped me focus on the thing that actually is bugging me so much about the discussion.
Is Daryl´s behavior problematic, surely, should there be some reflection going on absolutely yes. But that´s a quite different discussion. I did not like how he tried to deal with the situation after Denise either. I understand it but it was the opposite of clever. He thought he was only endangering himself and deemed risking his life a sacrifice that´s more than adequate. This maybe would even have worked like that if the rest of the group had just leave him be, everything would have been fine (assuming dying for good cause is fine for him), but that´s not how it is (anymore) for Daryl and that needs to be taken into account even in hotheaded lines of actions. Everyone of the group has had their mistakes and not so shining actions Daryl Dixon absolutely is no exception.
Nevertheless still I have tremendous issues at saying it is anyones “fault” except that of Negan. He created the whole situation, he set it up to be like it was. He was ultimately in control of everything. As illustrated in the post I just can not let the “but rules” thing count because he is not consequently following them. Even if he would it would still be him who created them so imho still his own fault and responsibility. If Daryl is to blame Michone potentially is to blame to. Just Negan decided (!) to not punish her verbal outburst (which was against the “rules”) because it served his interest. He was in charge, and he designed the whole situation to be completely in control. Nothing forced him to act like he did. Nothing would have stopped him to decide and execute everyone for the murders they committed. He could have and would have if it served his interest. We would not blame Rick for not submitting earlier and uttering that death threat for the lost arm of Carl if hey had gone through with it. Tbh if I were Negan that death threat would have “gotten” someone killed, but Negan was determined to mold Rick according to his interests so he choose (!) a different reaction.
What this whole “Daryl´s fault” reminds me of is this ugly ugly dynamic in abusive relationships. The abusive part creates an environment that is either so unbearable or impossible to live up to that the victim is bound to “trespass“ or “fuck up”. If they don´t the abuser will find some (often even absurd) thing, this can be as little as a wife putting the peas on the wrong side of the plate (sadly I´m not even kidding here). They create (unspoken) rules that have to be followed, and trust me there is always a way to find some action that was “against the rule” and “justifies” a violent reaction. The victim does blame itself, if I had gotten the dinner right I would not have a black eye now, the child will think if I had not talked back against my parent I would not have gotten slapped. My actions are to blame that it happened, I am at “fault”. I do hope in these cases it is crystal clear that it is not! On the other side abusers often excuse their action with the “argument” they could not act differently because of their victims actions but .. Chad I don´t care how much your wife is nagging you might get divorced, that´s a legitimate reaction but you do not hit her! The abuser still choses how he wants to (re)act, it is the abusers fault not the victims.This just reminds me too much of the current discussion that I just can not blame anyone else than Negan. Negan created the situation, Negan put himself in a position of ultimate control, Negan was free to chose how he wants to (re)act.
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Thank you for the prompt and for reviving my muse .. if only she would have favoured the fluff .. but I`ll keep the fluff in mind .. for now:
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