No Cause This Like I’m Happy That I Think Byler Is Actually Gonna Be Canon But The Duffers R Still

Thank you @platonicasever and everyone who got me to 100 reblogs!

Labour by Paris Paloma is for Alicent Hightower and Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo is for Rhaenyra Targaryen. Just for if anyone was wondering.

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.

For everyone who is saying “Alicent wouldn’t let Rhaenyra kill Aegon” I have something to tell you. Alicent is human and can change over time. She is not who she was. She no longer wears green or is religious.

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire, “Alicent remained in her chambers for the last year of her life. Her only company was her septa, serving girls, and guards. Alicent often wept, began talking to herself, and came to dislike the color green”

We have seen her start to decent into grief and madness. She just wants everything to stop. She wants to save who she can and run. You saw her hesitate. You saw her cry. She didn’t want to agree but she had to in order to save Helaena. To save herself. She made a mistake and is trying to reconcile the best she can. This is her only play other than abandoning her entire family and running off. Y’all are all for complex characters until you don’t like the complexities.

No because I’m looking back at all the posts from the cast and the Duffers and Netflix and I feel like there’s something we r missing. Like I don’t think that’s actually what was supposed to be viewed. Because like the painting???? And Mike didn’t have an emotional monologue. And like Will didn’t come out. I just- idk maybe I’m reaching but it doesn’t feel like what we were supposed to get

psych ward application forms except it just asks you your favourite fictional couples

Once again, I have to remind everyone that a 14 year old girl was effectively pimped out to an old man by her father, then she was forced into giving birth to 4 children while experiencing consistent marital rape.

This isn’t Alicent’s first time experiencing misogyny, she has been a victim of it her whole life.

However, people in this fandom love to jump on the “hating Alicent” bandwagon without applying any level of critical thinking so they’ll have you believe that a child bride is the main villain on the show.

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

doing an experiment

i have a disease that makes me see every female character as a lesbian and its called being smarter than everyone

Just saw a post saying that they HEADCANON Steve as having OCD and as someone who also has OCD this is now my new favorite headcanon.

rick and michonne from the walking dead are an iconic bi4bi couple but y'all aren't ready to hear that