Maya, Joe, Joseph, Noah, And Finn Really Be Carrying This Show On Their Backs

Maya, Joe, Joseph, Noah, and Finn really be carrying this show on their backs

ever since maya and natalie have been talking about leaning into ronance & joseph quinn has been saying a lot of things about how he changed eddie’s characters from the original creation done by the duffer brothers (his rings, being more friendly than mean, his queerness), i’ve been thinking a lot more about the way that fandom perceives writers opinions v actors' acting choices.

i think that fans tend to value the opinions of writers more than actors because we have been taught by some fandoms *cough cough* that actors' decisions are unimportant. when in reality, i think characters' personalities heavily come from the way the actor plays them and perceives them. this is very evident in joe and maya discussing the bathroom scene in s3 and joseph creating eddie's image.

no way in hell the duffer brothers intended for eddie to be a queer character. they have shown time and time again they don’t care about queer characters, let alone enough to make them well-written queer characters. however, joseph has stated that he intentionally played up eddie's attraction/flirtation to steve because he thought it fit his character.

i think in fandom we’re very easily dismissive of ourselves and our interpretations of media because we’ve been so harmed in the past by creators and writers of shows. i think a lot more emphasis needs to be placed on the way that actors interpret characters, because generally they are the ones that know the best since they play them.

this was long and rambly but heavily inspired by @wastedonyoursmile 's post about the duffers & queerbaiting.

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

9 months ago

Alicent didn’t choose Rhaenyra over her kids

She chose:

- herself, her daughter,peace, and yes, Rhaenrya

Over:

-her son who tried to kill his brother, tried to send his sister to war, and started the war by killing a child

-her other son who she probably assumes is living a hell of an existence and may die soon anyway

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

1 year ago

ok, reblog this if you headcanon adrien as non binary or gender non conforming or smth

doing an experiment

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

2 years ago

Oh what’s that? You like my living room art? I’ve actually got free copies for other Mike Wheeler is Gay Truthers, here… *hands you a poster* (like to admire, reblog to frame & hang on your own wall)

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

2 years ago

No because literally THIS. I’m Jewish and this is actually one of the most offensive things I’ve ever heard in my entire life 💀

If y’all are gonna take the time to complain about stranger things please take the time to also talk about the filming in a literal nazi prison camp that they are turning into an AirBNB I have not seen nearly enough conversation on it and that’s not great. They filmed in a nazi camp in Lithuania which is a country already known for erasing their history with the holocaust having turned nazi camps into things like fucking wedding venues in the past. If you want something to be upset about here’s something to really be upset about.

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

2 years ago

This is canon because I say so

Look Guys, Eddie Lives :’) Idc What Happened, He’s Still Alive And This Is What Canonically Happened

look guys, eddie lives :’) idc what happened, he’s still alive and this is what canonically happened in the show

I know the flashlight isn’t colored and everything is rough/ unfinished, but I don’t care :’´(

just let me have this.

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

2 years ago

This is why The Owl House is my favorite show.

Another thing about the Titan that I enjoyed was how he's so fundamentally different from Belos's christian idea of god. She's bigender. She's super chill and takes the appearance of a 40 something dad when talking to mortals. That loud, disruptive woman who is bi, commits treason, and refuses to fall in line? Yeah He's been watching her and is a huge fan. She loves bread puns and uses his powers to make magic more accesible for everyone. He trusts a 14 year old girl with the power of god to save the world and defeat the white, straight man who came to colonize his world.