I’m still working my way through Wrath, but I think one thing that continues to irritate me about the way Rick writes Percabeth is that it’s always being re-iterated to us that Percy feels insecure/inadequate regarding his role in this relationship, but we don’t usually see Annabeth worry this much about whether she’s ‘good enough’ for Percy.
On the one hand, you could probably say that it’s her pride that prevents her from worrying…….but I also don’t buy that because Annabeth has been demonstrated to ruminate over her relationships with others and whether they’re going to last. But we’ve never seen her worry about whether she is doing enough to ‘serve’ the relationship; it’s always about what the other person is doing.
I think why this annoys me in particular is because it feels like more missed opportunities for Annabeth to finally tackle her fatal flaw (hubris/pride), learn what it means to actually do some meaningful introspection/self-reflection (a very important part of being a truly wise individual), and make more meaningful demonstrations of humility. I’m not saying she needs to hate herself or anything, but if I can be honest, self-hatred is NOT the definition of humility and it’s disingenuous to treat it as such (for all you people who are inevitably going to complain about “omg11!1!!1 Suggesting that a female character should show humility!!?!?? How sexist!!!1!!1!).
Humility and introspection are important parts of being wise because despite your unwillingness to admit this, sometimes your problems are not always caused by others and/or external factors. Sometimes, your problems are in fact your own fault, or at the very least, some of your behaviors are exacerbating the problem. Sometimes, you’re not doing the best that you could be doing in a relationship, or there are some behaviors that learning/unlearning would benefit the relationship a lot. And it demonstrates a lot of courage and maturity to be able to admit that about yourself.
I bring this up in relation to Percabeth, because I’m a little tired of reading about how Percy always worries about his inadequacies in the relationship, but we never see Annabeth question herself about whether she’s being the best girlfriend she could possibly be. We don’t see any examples of Percy making a new friend who seemingly acts like/questions whether Annabeth is a good match for him. It makes the dynamics of the relationship feel unbalanced, like the responsibility is solely on Percy to service the relationship; Percy does most of the giving, and Annabeth does most of the taking.
When was the last time Annabeth sacrificed something that she wanted to do/say to make Percy happy, the way he often does for her sake? When was the last time that Percy’s traumas and emotional struggles were given front and center spotlight in a conversation of theirs? When was the last time that Annabeth realized that there was something she was doing wrong that was maybe hurtful to Percy, and maybe she should change that behavior? Why is the onus always on Percy to pull it together for the relationship, when his girlfriend has ways in which she could grow too? Why does it often feel like Percy is expected to do most of the emotional legwork?
This is going to be a wild take: under certain circumstances, I actually wouldn't mind if Dazai stayed dead.
Obviously, I want him alive, and am still in denial about how permanent his death truly is. But what's worse than an outright statement going "Dazai is dead and will never be brought back to BSD", is the uncertainty (partially because of the fandom). If he's dead, I want to have a skk scene that obliterates my heart.
I want what's left of the PM or the ADA to find vampire Chuuya, cradling Dazai's rotting corpse in his arms as he tries again and again, unsuccessfully, to save him by turning him into a vampire. Where each time he tries, Dazai's ability lashes out and removes the foreign ability, and he dies all over again. I want a Chuuya who has already been turned back to a human during one of his attempts, but still continues anyways because he can't cope, until the people who found him have to physically pry him away from Dazai.
I have a craving, and that craving is hurt/no comfort.
As a fanfiction writer, some of my friends always ask me why the stories I dedicate any amount of effort into are the gender bent ones where the male protagonist turns into a female. Is it because I do not want to ship two guys together so one of them has to be female? Absolutely not. I just think that it would be interested in how the story progression would look with a girl.
Fullmetal Alchemist? Roy not understanding how the fuck to treat this tempest compressed into the body of a tiny, human child. Sure, she might give him sleepless nights over property damage and lack of respect to local authorities, but he also remembered the time she called him on his personal phone, crying hysterically, because no one explained menstruation to her and she thought her bleeding was an early sign of her mother's sickness.
This was mainly about Fullmetal alchemist, but my point stands
I didn’t realize you were the person who did the fanfiction tag drinks.
ahah yeah that's meeee!!
‘that ship doesn’t even make sense they never even interacted in canon!’ have you considered that i ship characters based on their dynamics and the potential they could have had if they did interact
When Lily needs to distract James she asks him to explain quidditch, and he is then busy rambling and collecting gear and slideshows for like an hour
When Lily has to distract Regulus she hands him a book and says "I really like the scene at the end" and then just lets him read
When James needs to distract Regulus he calls Sirius and hands Reg the phone
When James needs to distract Lily he hands her a bunch of new potion ingredients and runs away.
When Regulus needs to distract James he hands him a bouncy ball
When Regulus needs to distract Lily he asks her where a very specific item is that he has definitely hidden
don't raise your pitchforks at me but yoo joonghyuk is technically doksoo's love child if you think about it
AU where Todoroki starts posting his conspiracy theories online and it ends up opening a public debate on whether All Might, Eraserhead or All for One is Izuku Midoriya's, a.k.a Hero Deku, real father. Somehow, after numerous "Dad Wars", the Dadmight, Dadzawa and Dad for One factions manage to get all three men, Izuku, as well as lawyer Inko Midoriya on the show You Are Not the Father. After much tension, emotions, and tears, to the point that the three men themselves have started believing that they might actually be the father, it is revealed that NONE OF THEM IS THE FATHER. That revelation starts a riot in the "Dads for Deku" community with more and more wild theories appearing as to WHO EXACTLY IS HERO DEKU'S REAL FATHER ?
Cue Hisashi Midoriya coming back from America for his long awaited vacation and 100% unaware of the shitshow that is awaiting him.
As much as I love Jily and Jegulus, I do not want Jegulily to just be about Lily and Regulus learning to be friends for the sake of their mutual boyfriend's happiness. It should be less about, "Aw, Reggie's kind of cute. I can see why James likes him," and more, "HOLY FUCK HOW DID I MANAGE TO BAG TWO PEOPLE?! AND THEY'RE BOTH HOT, SO YOU CAN SUCK IT, PETUNIA!"
Jily: the classic. We already know how they get together.
Regulily: It's his OWLs year and he ends up enlisting the help of Lily for studying because she's so smart. Basically nerds being cute together.
Jegulus: since James has obviously noticed Lily and Regulus hanging out together, he also gets to witness Regulus be a cute nerd (who, like Lily, could absolutely hand him his arse in a fight). Obviously James falls in love as well.
Just something that I think about at night, whenever I'm unsuccessful at finding jegulily edits on youtube.
Please don't be mean. I cry when people are mean and I don't want to cry.
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