i think it’s incredibly important that wynonna recognizes and notices nicole’s mental health decline right now because it not only shows wynonna’s growth and her huge heart (and love for her best friend), it shows that sometimes it’s not necessarily the romantic partner that sees what’s going on in their partner, it’s someone else.
friendships are so incredibly important in a show like this and i feel like how they’re dealing with nicole’s depression is very real, especially with the reactions from the other characters. waverly just wants everything to go back to what it was. nicole feels guilty that she couldn’t have done more. wynonna’s just glad to be home and wants to save her family. these are three powerful women that are going to deal with this incredibly differently and i’m glad that they aren’t oversimplifying a situation that’s incredibly difficult for everyone involved.
whoever picks up gtn from this jeopardy clue with no other context is in for an experience
it actually was a real clue lol here’s a video linked on twitter … so unless someone from the fandom did the most impressive deepfake and ken jennings impression ever and managed to edit it into the middle of an episode on jeopardy and aired it…. its real
Elite is the only tv series that shows romance and sex scene as authentic, not perfect, and intense. The love scene between Ivan and Patrick is by far the most beautiful sex scene I’ve ever watched. It was pure, sincere, intense and cute. Thank you
the WORST character archetype without question in any type of media in any genre is The Pervert™. has ANYONE ever been amused by that character or found them even just slightly funny
“the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. if you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. and if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.” ― george r.r. martin, a game of thrones
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how does one decide if one is worthy of death?
in the old days, far before immortality, it was the people who decided what it meant. there was a jury. a judge. a prosecutor. and someone to defend the evil.
i enjoy watching old trials. it gives me some kind of insight into the workings of days far before i was created. but i also watch to answer this question, that has wormed it’s way into every book, every thought of the greatest and simplest minds of the human race.
i have always found the process of a murder trial rather interesting in that regard. there are so many pieces at play.
in the eyes of some, the judge doesn’t quite do much. many are used to seeing only what was right in front of them. the judge, after all, does not decide whether one is guilty or innocent. they do not, as the lawyers do, bring the evidence to the trial. children watch movies and see the judge sitting comfortably in his robe, doing nothing much except sitting. but it is them who holds the power! they after all, decide everything in the court. they control the voices of the people, they may decide what can and cannot pass.
each trial starts off with a prosecutor making his case, explaining how they will prove the immorality of the defendant. then the defense attorney comes forward. they argue this. they explain why you should not listen to their counterpart. both will make compelling arguments, often both believe they are right. then of course, so famously, is the long, labourious process as they each go through their evidence. it is not this that interests me. it is what happens afterwards.
it was william blackstone who invented the modern jury system. throughout the years of humanity, it has been rioted and rebelled against, yet it had stood the test of time. this idea, that even the most horrible of criminals should be judged by the people has always astounded me. but to an outsider, this is only fair. and for someone to decide that it is not the judge that makes the oh-so-important decision, but the jury! it is truly fascinating.
it is these three working parts that ensure the balance is kept. take one part away, and it is no longer fair. the whole process works on trust. on morality, and nothing else. one most hope that the judge doesn’t overstep their bounds. that the jury is not tainted and corrupt and that the lawyers are not cheats.
we have lost many things with immorality, but i don’t believe anything could come close to loosing our humanity. we are not humans anymore, but breathing machines. lives are so controlled nowadays, that not even an emotion of guilt could arise. and yet this lack of ethics has not seemed to grace the public, but the scythes.
there is only one thing i would change about my existence. it is small―perhaps infinitesimal in the eyes of most―but it nags at my mind all day and night. i do not sleep, and yet i know that if i could i would never be able to for it would keep me up at night. i have never desired power of any kind, but have often wished i could control the scythes.
there is a phrase that one might use to describe them―someone who has full power to punish those beneath them and stays unopposed. who kills without mercy. who decides who shall live and who shall die. “a judge, jury, and executioner,” one might say.
my friend on discord helped me calculate the average numbered year that the first scythe book takes place. if anyone ever needs the number, they estimated it to start around the year 2327 :)
also i think i’m going to do this thing from now on where i put one line/paragraph that i cut at the end so yeah check it out below!
beta read by @/jam-is-my-food ily ref <3
didn’t make the cut!:
“it has been 285 years since i was born. i have grown with every human that has walked the earth since my creation. perhaps they have rubbed off on me after all these years. it is, after all, some kind of human instinct in me that drives this desire to answer these questions.”
“Yes, my dearest. I love you. And only you. I love you like the stars loves the midnight sky, clinging desperately to her veil of the world and glowing only beside her. I love you like the sun loves the moon, yet unlike the sun I need not chase after you nightly, wishing for a fateful moment in which our paths finally cross for a brief, fleeting moment. No, you make me not like the sun any longer. You, my ethereal darling, are here, with me. To break your hold upon me for even a second would make me this realms greatest fool. You are my friend, you are my partner, you are my everything. As you are with me, I am with you. My mind, my body, and my soul, I share only with you. And I love you. For now, for tomorrow, for eternity.”
“spam liking will get you blocked” spam liking will get you a kiss on the mouth
There is nothing better than opening notifications and finding out that several days of your bullshit just made someone’s day because they liked and reblogged everything on your dash. I would bake you cookies too if i could
i keep seeing this post about hera and hestia going around and i just had to rant in the tags real quick then i’ll probs go right back to never posting lol read if u want
this blog has had a lot of good and bad memories and letting go of it is very difficult considering i’ve had it for over 5 years but i think it’s time to let go.
love you all! i wish you all the best! if we never talk again i hope you have a happy future doing what you want to do.
