I Think The Reason I Like The Alex Rider Series, Despite Generally Not Being A Fan Of Spy Novels, Is

ah yes, an “underage” 20 year old who assaulted someone, was racist, ableist, anti-semitic, and a general asshole to an uber driver that he lied about tipping. dream did not film the video, dream was also 24, and nic actually requested for the video to be filmed, and only got mad bc he knew his fuckups were gonna be released after he lied that it didnt happen! he himself called dream a good human, so did the uber driver, and everybody else in the car says nic was the asshole and dream was just being nice

I hardly get into internet drama I usually just try to stay out of it but the situation with Dream and Nicolas, jokes aside, is actually so fucking crazy bro. How in the world could you take Dream’s side????? A grown adult taking a video of a 19 YEAR OLD (UNDERAGE IF U FORGOT) drunk, high, and having a manic episode, keep the video for months, and use it for your own gain. Dream deserved everything Nicolas said to him there AND MORE. He’s genuinely the scum of the fucking earth and I hope he gets what’s coming to him.

Girl I’ve been thinking about this but Sirius literally would pick James over Remus in a heartbeat

l i t e r a l l y. canon!Sirius would pretty much have no problem if Remus died if it meant that James could live, people need to understand that Sirius loves James more than ANYTHING. There’s no way he would ever pick anyone over James. And if he were to ever be in a romantic relationship with either James or Remus, it would 100% be James.

Me when I defend Snape so much and remember that Snaters brush me off as just “some Snape apologist” even though I actually have so many criticisms of his awful actions, love his deep-rooted flaws and complexities, love to analyse how much his horrible childhood shaped him out to be for the rest of his life and how it turned him into what he hated most (a bully), and usually the only times I defend him are when his haters misconstrue what he did and make up fanon claims about him, not because I can’t handle when they say anything bad about a character I love, but because I simply can’t handle when people misunderstand his character (for better or for worse):

The "Main" Characters of the Generations Tend to be...a bit unsavory?

I was talking to my friend the other day about ‘Skins.“ She was talking about how the show is an ensemble show with an emphasis on one character on particular that acts as the face of the generation. Many people argue whether or not Franky was the face of Generation 3; however, she was suppose to be so for this post I am considering her as the face. Anyway, she brought up the fact that it seemed to her that the face of all the generations tends to be the characters who might not be the most likable. They are not usually the ones you think to yourself "oh, man I want to be her friend." 

This intrigued me. So I wanted to do some digging about the three faces of all the generations: Tony Stonem, Effy Stonem, and Franky Fitzgerald. 

Tony Stonem: Is someone who has sociopathic tendencies and a definite case of narcissistic personality disorder (apparently not recognized as a disorder–but he has it.) He manipulates people out of boredom to see what happens. He treats people as if they are pawns in his game disregarding their autonomy and their feelings. He uses sex as a symbol of his power over others. 

However, by the end of the series due to massive head trauma and his recovery. Tony becomes a more thoughtful person and learns to allow himself to show his feelings a bit more than he use to. He becomes more human and humbled by his situation. Though he does crave for that power and that passion again. 

Effy Stonem: Definitely has some sort of personality disorder. Psychotic Depression or Bi-Polar Disorder. She was selectively mute in the beginning and lived a double life. She does not understand the point of emotions and feels as if they get in the way. She plays games and uses people like Tony only sometimes she uses her powers to fix situations. Still she is quite secretive and is capable of using people’s weaknesses against them due to the fact she is quite perceptive.

By the end of the series she gets the help she needs and is on her way to recovery. She allowed herself to fall in love and even broadened group of friends to include several different personalities. She is also shown being more affectionate.

Franky Fitzgerald: She has extreme abandonment and intimacy issues. Which gives her that crazy pulling people told her and pushing people away at the same time vibe. She does not understand what love is and finds it quite baffling. In the beginning she did not have a real sense of self or identity. She is prone to run away from problems and accidentally hurt people as she runs and self-destructs.

At the end of the series Franky confronts her past and stops stringing along several of the other characters along her path of destruction. She is shown to have good intentions but she simply does not know how to love or what love is. However she desperately wants to find out.

All Three: Every one of the main faces of the series has issues with emotions especially love. Tony sees love in the beginning as a weakness. Refusing to declare his love for Michelle in fear that she will hold the power in the relationship. Seeing it as a sign of weakness. Effy sees love as something that is suffocating and that it actually crushes you by the intensity of it. Love tipped her over the edge psychological she did not know how to cope with the powerless feeling love gave her. Franky simply does not know what it means to love or to be loved unconditionally. She feels it with her adoptive fathers but she can’t comprehend or accept it after being denied it for so long. 

The main faces of the show are three people who have issues with emotions and have deep seeded psychological issues. They push many of the plot points forward with their issues and the things they must learn. They are the…destroyers. Some may be more easier to love than others, but all of them hurt people some meaning it and some on accident. THE BRINGERS OF DRAMA! 

I know it is hard to hear this, but we have had yet another instance where "believe victim" has been used with malice to ruin someone's life. We saw it happen to Slazo and it was a fluke. We saw it happen to Kwite with similar results. Who is next? This is why people, particularly men, are afraid of interacting with people. It's not because they have intent to harm anyone, but because they can't know if the other person has intent to ruin their life. I am immediately skeptical of ANYONE who comes forward with allegations on social media, especially people with any kind of platform. Mob justice isn't justice, and anyone who goes to Twitter before seeking actual justice is immediately flagged in my brain and I am skeptical of the claims.

I read the same post you did. Like many of you, I am a survivor of sexual assault. Reading it illicited visceral reactions in me, as it is intended to. You have to take a step back. I personally thought about the Slazo accusations, and waited. Turns out, I was right. It absolutely fucking disgusts me that someone would actively try to ruin someone's life with false accusations, and I absolutely think Orion should face retaliation for actual real life defamation. Do I think Kwite will press charges? Honestly, I don't know. I haven't seen any of his content in years and judging by his video he just wants all the shit over and to be left alone.

As far as I'm concerned, people who fabricate rape and sexual assault allegations are just as bad as actual rapists. Abuse comes in many, many forms and it seems many of you forget what abusers will do to their victims. We literally witnessed the flip side first hand with Creepshow Art.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Far, far too many of you went for the hat trick, including some of my close friends.

Blindly believing victims only hurts real victims. Starting a mob will destroy evidence (deleting texts, editing messages, etc) and after a few times of this people will stop believing actual victims. Have you ever heard of the boy who cried wolf?

i hate racebending in movie adaptations so much

the awkward moment when

all your friends are tony stark stans and sulk in a corner when u explain that he sucks

i was talking to my friends about the disgust i felt when tony joked about rape and was blatantly sexist and homo/transphobic and the tony stan was sitting in a corner, sulking about ‘when did that even happen ur just making stuff up.’

girl.

‘i’ll send you a bar of soap’

“Speaking about manned or unmanned, you gotta get him to tell you about the time he guessed wrong. It’s spring break, just remember that. Spring break 1987, that lovely lady, what was his name? Was it Ivan?” - ESPECIALLY since at that time, don’t ask don’t tell was still a thing. fuck you, tony

not to mention the murder bot he created after specifically being told not to

his goddamn nazi rant in endgame when he was like ‘who cares about precious freedoms’

his empire of wealth built on the blood of middle eastern children

the entire womanizer shtick + the fact he expects pepper to baby him

shot sam for no reason.

tried to murder bucky.

locked his friends in the literal fucking RAFT.

belittling steve constantly after steve had his entire life ripped away from him.

and that’s not even the half of it!

Everything haters criticise Severus for is also done by at least half of the other characters in the stories, but for some reason Severus is the one that cops the hate while the others just get brushed over. Make it make sense.

i.e

“He hates werewolves.” - Everybody is prejudice/afraid of werewolves. And most of them didn’t almost get killed by one.

“He’s mean to kids.” - 90% of the teachers in this school are mean to kids. It’s written by someone who went to school in the 70s. Bitchy teachers was the norm.

“He said mudblood.” - Once! And forever regretted it! Draco said it like 15 times and I don’t see hate being lobed at him.

Double standards everywhere 🤦‍♀️

Any Snape fan who has the strength to argue with Marauders stans and Snape-antis on TikTok has my utmost respect.

Snape haters: How do people even like Snape?

Also Snape:

“Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.”

*****

“Would you like me to do it now?” asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. “Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?”

*****

“I was just showing Harry my grindylow,” said Lupin pleasantly, pointing at the tank.

“Fascinating,” said Snape, without looking at it.

*****

As Harry raised himself into a sitting position, his head still swimming from its last contact with the ground, he saw Snape running as hard as he could, the enormous beast [Buckbeak] flapping behind him and screeching as Harry had never heard him screech —

. . . Snape had managed to Disapparate just beyond the school’s boundaries.

*****

Snape gave her [Umbridge] an ironic bow and turned to leave.

*****

“The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter — or at least, most minds are.” He smirked.

*****

“Potter, when I want nonsense shouted at me I shall give you a Babbling Beverage. And Crabbe, loosen your hold a little, if Longbottom suffocates it will mean a lot of tedious paperwork, and I am afraid I shall have to mention it on your reference if ever you apply for a job.”