Daisy Buchanan was as guilty of romanticizing the past and idealizing a mirage of a person as Gatsby was. If she was his American dream, he was her road not taken. And people jump all over her. She did not intend to kill myrtle. If anything, myrtle was tom's casualty as much as the rest of this was. I see people call Daisy a slut for cheating on her husband when like. He'd been cheating on her in multiple cities and was a horrid racist. His affair with myrtle caused her husband to beat her so violently that she ran into the street seeking help and yes we can judge Daisy for driving drunk but if you look at her within the narrative she's never in control, never given much agency, she's always at the whims of a man. And this makes her deeply unhappy. Gatsby had been poking the bear, so to speak, since the moment he revealed that he knew Tom's wife. Then he continued to antagonize him and push Daisy to break it off and proclaim that she never loved tom. This forces Daisy into the very awkward meal where Gatsby continues to push this issue though she is obviously incredibly uncomfortable, and both men continue to force her into the middle of this conflict when she makes it clear that she doesn't like this. She leaves in a state of distress. You can read her choice to drive in this state as her finally putting herself in the driver's seat of her own life, as finally trying to take control even if this is misguided. The alcohol here can harken back to earlier themes of opulence and extravagance coming back to haunt the characters as it all comes crashing down, out of control and destabilizing.
Daisy drove drunk. Daisy killed myrtle. But myrtle wouldn't have been in the street if Tom hadn't had an affair with her, Daisy wouldn't have been driven to an affair with a romantic idealized symbol of her past if Tom hadn't been so horrid, and Daisy would not have driven drunk if the fight with Tom and Gatsby hadn't occurred.
Daisy put herself in the driver's seat of her own life and killed myrtle. Her one time of exercising some control, and she accepts terrible consequences likely without ever knowing the truth of things. It's no wonder she made the passive choice to stay with her husband after that. Anyone in her position might feel that was a punishment for seeking what she wanted and at the very least she may have had her illusions about Gatsby shattered
it does kindaaa disappoint me as to how little elizabeth's faults are acknowledged by the general public in comparison to darcy's. so much praise of the book (and the more faithful adaptations) paint the story as if darcy was solely both pride and prejudice, and committed an error far greater than elizabeth's, and elizabeth is just some girlboss who roasts him.
i understand darcy is the love interest and with a target audience of women, seeing the steps he takes to change himself, is charming and would be a greater highlight, and that's no problem at all! i, too, am one of the many women swooning sighing dreamily over darcy! but it's such a shame when i see people present the characters one-sidedly when both characters recognizing their faults is so crucial to the story and arguably, its biggest charm
Jane was waaaay too forgiving to Darcy. If I knew he was calling me behind my back a gold digger and was directly responsible for encouraging the love of my life to walk away from me, I would make sure he didn't get to marry my favorite sister or continue to be friends with my husband.
So setting aside if Jane would even be capable of any of what you suggested, dear Anon, what is more important: petty revenge or your beloved sister's happiness?
The funniest part of Ekko going to the alt timeline is how he casually and accidentally reminds everyone of the most traumatic things to happen to them
Like imagine you go to your future-son-in-law's graduation party after presumably knowing him for years and just not seeing him for a couple months and the FIRST thing he says to you is "remember when your husband tried to fucking murder you" LIKE???
Also, imagine your bf/situationship/lab partner/ best friend, who has spent time with you nearly every day for years and KNOWS how your sister died just starts suddenly being like "Your sister died? How did it happen? DID YOU MURDER HER?"
I love you Ekko you are very smart but "reading the room" is not one of your many skills lmfao
Dracula referring to his books as “my friends” is both hilarious and relatable
autistic person x autistic person is the only ship to ever exist actually
greek mythology musicals my beloved
god I hate people who say they don't watch musicals because people "just don't burst out into song and highly choreographed dance numbers at will-"
how fucking stupid are you
people don't run around like john wick getting shot and still standing up either or meet cute rich millionaires at coffee shops who wanna marry poor women from the bronx or have super powers and shit but somehow you can comprehend that just fine in other fictional media.
what is so fucking hard to comprehend about a story and emotions being conveyed through fucking song
have you never felt a human emotion in your entire life, can you not comprehend joyful noises or somber sounds, can you not understand a soliloquy or the troubled internal dialogue of a person in pain
do you not like music???
is there a single person on this earth who has never found one sound that they enjoy, played in repetition??
either stop lying to protect your pathetic pride or grow an extra brain cell or two and actually think about what you are saying.
"people don't sing or dance in real life-"
yes they do, when they're not a miserable cuck like you, it's just not always to a discernible beat.
you have lived your entire life with your heart and mind and soul closed to others.
you should kill your-
Erik gained ♾️ aura for slaying so hard at the Olympics 😍
Chose to draw the moment where he swings into the Les Mis scene because ✨Les Mis✨
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