A Field of Hollow Souls

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i am mentally divergent: I'm starting to notice a pattern with my OTPS...

sidhlairiel:

- started off as enemies, became reluctant allies, friends and then lovers

- a guy who is madly in love with a girl who is oblivious to/in denial of her feelings for the longest time

- evolved naturally out of the show’s narrative and the chemistry of the actors

- a slow…

I think one major difference is that unlike the others, the creator of Dawson’s Creek, Kevin Williamson, left the show for a couple years then came back at the end to write the finale. That finale had a lot of unsubtle trolling of D/J shippers.

Plus Williamson had guts. Joss doesn’t.

lacemoons:

has there ever been a certain pairing

that you just loathe so much 

that every time you see it even just…casually mentioned somewhere

it just puts you in a bad mood

and you mentally rant about how terrible and awful and hideous it is

but you can’t mention your hate for said pairing because it’s very popular and would piss people off if they knew you hated it with the passion of ten thousand flaming dicks on motorcycles 

Pairings themselves, not so much. People who ship them on the other hand…

(via angryscientist)

xlivvielockex: returnoftheperv: xlivvielockex: icecreamsocialistslut: theatlantic: The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences. Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman] But whyyyyyyy?   in particularly, why is there that little blob of soda in east wi?  Why do I say soda? This is so strange to me because my father, who was from Venezuela said Coke, my mom from Pennsylvania says Coke, my husband from Seattle says Coke. Not a single one of them went to the south or had relatives from the south or grew up around people from the south.  And does a large portion of New Mexico just not drink carbonated sugary beverages at all? Where in PA was your mother from? Here in Western PA I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call all colas “Coke”. Strangely enough, though, nearly all lime-flavored sodas seem to be called 7-Up around here. Maybe it’s because in the South, Coke is such a big name that it has become synonymous with cola? Right around Darby and Sharon Hill. That area.  So you know, Philadelphia LOL  I wonder sometimes if it was because of my father. I was telling Lexi this when we were in Texas but after my parents married, my mom moved to Venezuela with my father and they lived there for several years. She took up the language, the culture, the traditions, the food. I know there are several theorists (like Puar) who insist that whenever a white person marries a nonwhite, the nonwhite person moves towards whiteness but I had the complete opposite experience in my family. I wonder if the fact that he said Coke, his family said Coke, that is why she started it as well. Can’t explain my husband saying it though, other than he is an odd duck.  That might explain it. Eastern and Western PA might as well be two different countries. :P

xlivvielockex:

returnoftheperv:

xlivvielockex:

icecreamsocialistslut:

theatlantic:

The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture

One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.

Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]

But whyyyyyyy?   in particularly, why is there that little blob of soda in east wi?  Why do I say soda?

This is so strange to me because my father, who was from Venezuela said Coke, my mom from Pennsylvania says Coke, my husband from Seattle says Coke. Not a single one of them went to the south or had relatives from the south or grew up around people from the south. 

And does a large portion of New Mexico just not drink carbonated sugary beverages at all?

Where in PA was your mother from? Here in Western PA I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call all colas “Coke”.

Strangely enough, though, nearly all lime-flavored sodas seem to be called 7-Up around here. Maybe it’s because in the South, Coke is such a big name that it has become synonymous with cola?

Right around Darby and Sharon Hill. That area. 

So you know, Philadelphia LOL 

I wonder sometimes if it was because of my father. I was telling Lexi this when we were in Texas but after my parents married, my mom moved to Venezuela with my father and they lived there for several years. She took up the language, the culture, the traditions, the food.

I know there are several theorists (like Puar) who insist that whenever a white person marries a nonwhite, the nonwhite person moves towards whiteness but I had the complete opposite experience in my family. I wonder if the fact that he said Coke, his family said Coke, that is why she started it as well.

Can’t explain my husband saying it though, other than he is an odd duck. 

That might explain it. Eastern and Western PA might as well be two different countries. :P

xlivvielockex: icecreamsocialistslut: theatlantic: The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences. Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman] But whyyyyyyy?   in particularly, why is there that little blob of soda in east wi?  Why do I say soda? This is so strange to me because my father, who was from Venezuela said Coke, my mom from Pennsylvania says Coke, my husband from Seattle says Coke. Not a single one of them went to the south or had relatives from the south or grew up around people from the south.  And does a large portion of New Mexico just not drink carbonated sugary beverages at all? Where in PA was your mother from? Here in Western PA I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call all colas “Coke”. Strangely enough, though, nearly all lime-flavored sodas seem to be called 7-Up around here. Maybe it’s because in the South, Coke is such a big name that it has become synonymous with cola?

xlivvielockex:

icecreamsocialistslut:

theatlantic:

The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture

One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.

Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]

But whyyyyyyy?   in particularly, why is there that little blob of soda in east wi?  Why do I say soda?

This is so strange to me because my father, who was from Venezuela said Coke, my mom from Pennsylvania says Coke, my husband from Seattle says Coke. Not a single one of them went to the south or had relatives from the south or grew up around people from the south. 

And does a large portion of New Mexico just not drink carbonated sugary beverages at all?

Where in PA was your mother from? Here in Western PA I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call all colas “Coke”.

Strangely enough, though, nearly all lime-flavored sodas seem to be called 7-Up around here. Maybe it’s because in the South, Coke is such a big name that it has become synonymous with cola?

There needs to be like a ‘fuckyeahfandompositivity’ tumblr. So much negativity lately. Seems like it’s only round’n’round of bashing Angel or Buffy or Cordy or whoever.

/grousing

The Fangirl Slayer!: Buffy gets kicked out of her house.

thefangirlslayer:

returnoftheperv:

thefangirlslayer:

I will maintain forever and always that Buffy getting kicked out of her house in season 7 was needed for her character. She needed to be brought back down to Earth and stop with the fucking power trip. She needed to realize that lashing out, barking orders, not listening to other points of view is…

What other points of view? You know she did listen to another point of view—Wood’s, who encouraged her to test the girls even though she herself felt they weren’t ready—and bad things happened. She didn’t follow her instincts and others paid the price. She knew something was hidden at the vineyard and wanted to discuss a strategy to go back in. That’s right, discuss.

As for the rest of them, what did they do? They immediately shut down ALL other points of view, namely from Kennedy, in order to follow the cowardly and stupid plan that got girls killed. The Scoobies were not interested in democracy. They were afraid. It really was that simple. They didn’t trust her because they never trusted her. The times they didn’t believe in her are legion, about Kathy, about Angelus, rescuing Dawn, about Jonathon and on and on.

For the ranking S7 gets for lack of direction, it’s funny that probably the most anvil-esque metaphor, that the First Evil represents self-doubt, is completely ignored.

It was totally her idea to go into the barn when Caleb came to town. Despite everyone telling her, including Spike, that it screams trap and looked what happened? Lets not forget that Buffy had been known for her rash run in guns a blazing approach that put them in danger. Like in Season 2 when she ran to go fight Angelus meanwhile her friends are attacked and Kendra got killed. Everyone told her it was a trap then, but she didn’t listen.

“They didn’t trust her because they never trusted her. The times they didn’t believe in her are legion, about Kathy, about Angelus, rescuing Dawn, about Jonathon and on and on.” Not trusting and not believing are two COMPLETELY different things. They did trust her, but that doesn’t mean that she didn’t make mistakes and that she didn’t go around acting like she was some sort of God who thought she was better than everyone, giving the “everyone sucks but me” speech.  

My point was that her getting kicked out caused her to realize that sharing power is important, which is exactly what happens in the end.

First off, wasn’t a barn. Second, they went and scouted it out, saw nothing that would indicate a problem. She goes to Wood, tells him she does not think the girls are ready for a mission. She doubts herself, takes them anyway, bad things happened. You do remember what happened the first time she ran off? It was to keep her friends out of danger. It’s a no-win situation. In the end, who was proven to be right? Having Buffy be proven correct sort of shows the writers’ cards where intent is concerned.

No, they did NOT trust her. No, they were not different things. They were, in fact, the same things. Her friends never backed her up as a leader; they always deferred to Giles, just like they did in this instance. Just as Faith did after they kicked Buffy out. Faith and Giles shutting down Kennedy and any form of dissent, was that their god complexes showing? Let’s see, one person who is willing to discuss a strategy in a dangerous plan vs. two leaders who won’t listen to anyone in a stupid plan? Yeah, it was person A who was the intransigent one.

Buffy had a god complex and thought she knew everything? Ah, I see you rarely paid attention to the instances in CWDP, Showtime, GiD, Storyteller, Dirty Girls and others where she outright admitted to not knowing everything and thinking her friends were better than her and doubted her abilities? Where the First used those very words to cast doubt into the minds of the Potentials and Chloe, causing her to off herself? Yeah, Buffy had a real high opinion of herself. And of course she’s a horrible bitch for calling out Spike, who embarrassed her by getting up and walking out while she was talking in plain view of everyone, or Willow for resting on her magical laurels. If anyone else gives that speech, fandom would have been creaming their pants over it. When Buffy has something to say, it has to be coated in please and thank you and sprinkled with sugar. All the gang sitting around doing nothing while their ‘friend’ is burying the body of a 15 yr old. Piss on that, they deserved every word of it.

S7 and Buffy sharing her power was about seeing it not as a burden, but as a strength. Willow, Spike and Buffy all go through the season being afraid of their power, thinking it made them lesser and in the end grew to see it as a strength and used that strength to free all the girls being hunted down by the First. The very thing that chained Buffy and Faith and all the other slayers down was used to set all the Potentials free.

The Fangirl Slayer!: Buffy gets kicked out of her house.

thefangirlslayer:

I will maintain forever and always that Buffy getting kicked out of her house in season 7 was needed for her character. She needed to be brought back down to Earth and stop with the fucking power trip. She needed to realize that lashing out, barking orders, not listening to other points of view is…

What other points of view? You know she did listen to another point of view—Wood’s, who encouraged her to test the girls even though she herself felt they weren’t ready—and bad things happened. She didn’t follow her instincts and others paid the price. She knew something was hidden at the vineyard and wanted to discuss a strategy to go back in. That’s right, discuss.

As for the rest of them, what did they do? They immediately shut down ALL other points of view, namely from Kennedy, in order to follow the cowardly and stupid plan that got girls killed. The Scoobies were not interested in democracy. They were afraid. It really was that simple. They didn’t trust her because they never trusted her. The times they didn’t believe in her are legion, about Kathy, about Angelus, rescuing Dawn, about Jonathon and on and on.

For the ranking S7 gets for lack of direction, it’s funny that probably the most anvil-esque metaphor, that the First Evil represents self-doubt, is completely ignored.

Spike was basically abused by his mother before being turned, doing whatever it was that was asked of him

I think Buffy fandom has officially been taken over by fanon.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality.: Figured out exactly why I don't ship Spuffy

thehalfenchantress:

returnoftheperv:

thehalfenchantress:

It all really comes down to his line “Chosen”, “I love you” / “No you don’t. But thanks for saying it”. Spike’s been the one who really gets her, their whole relationship is based on the fact that Spike is the one who actually gets her, not her, Buffy never understands herself but Spike does,…

No, he doesn’t. Spike doesn’t get Buffy at all. Their level of miscommunication is so great it caused the problems of S6. SPIKE DOES NOT GET BUFFY. He thinks he does and that’s a large part of the problem. Spike projects, just as he did in S3. Saying rude things people do not want to hear does not make you a truthteller.

To quote Buffy herself: You don’t know me. You don’t even know you.

Okay, I do admit my Buffy memory is a little foggy, it’s been some years, so I can’t really back this up with quotes and episodes but that’s what she wants when she goes to him, she sees him as someone who can understand her so his word does go and I do think he understands her enough to be right when he says she doesn’t love him, they come from very similar places in some ways. 

And he’s pretty good at hitting the mark with the rude comments he throws out, never said it made him a truthteller but he’s usually pretty right, especially when it comes to Buffy.

No, he isn’t. He thinks he knows in S6, then later admits in S7 he had no idea what he was talking about. Didn’t understand and couldn’t understand. Then he came up with another of his half-assed theories that Buffy likes men who abuse her. Then she tells him off. The entirety of their relationship consists of talking around and past one another and forming opinions based on projected feelings. The boy, god love him, was wrong a HELL of a lot more than he was right. He wasn’t right when he tried to woo her by telling her of his superfuntimes killing people, when he chained her up, when he tried to distance her from her friends and pull her into darkness, when he attacked her. I don’t know if she loved him or not, but Spike’s word on it is hardly the finally one. 

The Girl in Question mocks the entire concept that either Spike or Angel knows the girl, from their denial about her type to not knowing her eye color.