look i know i've talked about it before but it was more from the angle of analyzing how this plotline could have been about persephone legitimately overthrowing hades, and not from the angle of how this one scene completely undermines all of rachel's manufactured attempts to "create a dialogue" about sexual assault and consent
and i'm specifically referring to THIS SCENE.
honestly hades is a toxic piece of shit himself who deserves jail for life but like. the tonal whiplash of this comic often has me feeling torn between "persephone is a victim of grooming who became what she once despised" and "persephone was actually always a deeply insecure and manipulative person and that's why she and hades get along so well" đđ regardless of whichever conclusion you come to, neither of them are exactly indicative of a writer who really understands consent or healthy relationships, because despite whichever scenario makes the most sense, rachel still tried (and in many ways, succeeded) to convince her audience of girls and women alike that these two are healthy couple goals and that her extremely limited 10th grade understanding of consent and sexual health was "helping people"
and yes this further cements persephone as rachel's self-insert
because while she's gone on record to say she's never been sexually assaulted, she has admitted in interviews and social media posts to being in similar situations where her autonomy was being invaded upon
including a literal REAL LIFE STALKING SITUATION
like. that is an incredibly shitty and horrifying situation to be in. and i wanna make it clear, i'm not trying to use this against her in any way. this is something she didn't deserve to go through and reversely, does deserve to move on from.
i bring it up though precisely because it's incredibly telling that she, as a writer who claims she wants to use her platform as a means to "help people", is not capable of actually practicing what she preaches, and thus her characters aren't capable of doing that either. she's still exhibiting and glorifying behaviors and traits that align with the people who have harmed her, because HADES LITERALLY FUCKING STALKS PERSEPHONE AND IT'S PLAYED UP FOR COMEDY-
THIS SHIT WAS IN THE PILOT VERSION OF THE COMIC TOO, BEFORE IT WAS EVER AN ORIGINALS SERIES. HADES HAS ALWAYS BEEN WRITTEN LIKE THIS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ROMANTICIZED AND PLAYED UP FOR GAGS.
LIKE I'M SORRY, IS THE "DECONSTRUCTION" HERE JUST SUPPOSED TO BE RACHEL TURNING HER OWN TRAUMA INTO COMEDY INSTEAD OF GOING TO THERAPY ???
FUCK.
These are my guesses on why abel is blonde
1st
Either "Eve is lilith" or "Eve looks just like lilith" theories are canon
Or
2nd
Lucifer and Eve had an affair making abel lucifer bio kid
Honestly, by way things are going with the writing, the insane amount of cheating, and how it is handled in both shows (especially Helluva)
I feel like it is going to be a mixture of both theories that are gonna be canon
Where lucifer had an affair with Eve because he probably saw lilith in her and felt pity for her being adam wife
And abel is born out of the affair, and Eve never told lucifer. Rasing abel as adam son, adam of course knowing abel is not his, is probably the reason why he didn't like abel (in the leaks lute revealed that adam didn't care much for abel)
Then the show is going to make a plot twist of "abel is lucifer son! How could you have ever known??!?"
Making even more sympathy for lucifer character. Also, to villianize Adam even more without considering the possibility of making him a complex character.
For Eve honestly I'm little worry fans going to villianzie her. Fans are probably going to call her horrible for not telling lucifer he has a kid or something. And how it her fault for the entire mess.
Again, If Vivziepop wants to retell the characters or redesign them in her own way then that's perfectly fine by me but maybe don't make them look thin af or look like tumblr sexyman bait.
I have a confession, i HATE owling at the moon (Loona x Octavia).
After what canon has presented of both characters, since the begining i felt that a romantic relationship between them is the worst possible route for either of them in terms of character developtment since neither of them seem to be in the right emotional (Loona) or mental (Octavia) state to have something healthy, specially since it would be mentally scaring for Octavia to interact further with blitzĂž taking in count she resents him, which is not healthy in the slightess.
A lot of people seem to think that they would be a healthier stolitz, but i think that comparing it to them is a giant red flag.
I don't know Âżwhat is your opinion?
Honestly, personally, I find the ship to be a bit weird. I won't hate anyone if they ship it, I could see the appeal, but like with additional context, the ship is just a bit weird for me .
for two major reasons why I find this ship a bit weird:
1) If Stolas and Blitz were to get married, they would become step siblings.
I personally don't like shipping step-siblings. It is just not for me.
2) it been canon that Octavia is 17 years old, and Loona is implied to be around 18-21 years old.
Even though the age difference isn't that big, it is still very weird to me. Like Octavia is still in school, while Loona is technically an adult with a job.
Overall, I don't see these two together in a relationship.
Consort Merlin: [glaring]
King Arthur: Merlin it was an innocent kiss on the cheek
Consort Merlin: [glaring harder]
King Arthur: [sighing] Sweetheart, please come here [opens arms wide in invitation]
Merlin slowly comes closer as Arthur's arms surround him in a tight hug, tiny kisses on his cheeks and forehead and lastly on his pouting lips which only made his King chuckle
Consort Merlin: [still pouting] You're still not forgiven
King Arthur: [feeling smug] Of course my amazingly wonderful warlockâ
Consort Merlin: [rolling eyes in fondness]
Gwaine get up girl
New headcanon: Lancelot gave Merlin the purple shirt because when he became a knight he could afford nice things and thought Merlin should have something nice too.
This isn't the checkmate you think it is, Morgana. If it was on Valentines day only, that would be one thing, but every single drop is sexy. Like every drop has sexualized merch and if anything, it makes you look like a bunch of overly horny women that never got laid.
This isn't limited to the merch either. The way Vivienne writes sex and inserts porn into her shows, even dedicating several characters to it (Angel Dust, Chaz, Blitz, and Verosika) makes her look like she's inserting it just for the shock value instead of having a mature discussion around sex. It's all very "Look at how perverted and horned up us women are! Aren't you shocked?"
Like I draw and write smut too, but it's private smut that's meant for my eyes only. You do know that you can make private smut art/writing without shoving it in your shows, right?
It's so immature. Just make a non-canon porn special and get it outta your system, Viv. Jesus fucking christ.
I cant stop thinking ab the idea of merlin one day post s5, where they all survived, becoming really secretive and protective of his room and not telling anyone at all whats inside. Not even gaius. He even gets a lock installed and whenever anybody asks he brushes it off with jokes like âits to stop arthur from finding meâ or smth.
he also unrelatedly really hates any talk of destiny, going to war, and anytime morgana mentions her fear of her magic turning her merlin slightly freaks out.
That is until one day gaius manages to catch merlin off guard while hes rushing between the main room and his bedroom and walks in.
Only to see a whole bunch of stuff that hes never seen before.
Merlin freaks out, tries to play it off as some weird experiments and stuff hes been collecting but gaius can feel it, somethings different about these items, not wrong but not right. Not really magic either.
It takes 3 weeks of gaius pestering him before merlin breaks and explains to him that he IS A TIME TRAVELER. after the battle of camlan as we know it that lead to arthurs death, merlin did wait, he really did, but in the year 2020 when arthur didnt return for yet another global crisis, merlin broke and did spell upon spell until he figured out how throw himself back in time.
And holy shit did it work well. He managed to come back just at the perfect time to change everything that needed to be done to assure that everyone lives happily and safely, and when he realises hes done it, he decides to stay in this time. See his friends and family grow old as they should have. See arthur rule as he should have. Live the life he has been craving to go back to for centuries now.
Until a month in he realises how old everything is. Sure merlin can survive without his phone and stuff but theres a few things he really misses. Like his slippers, his potato peeler, his favourite hoodie, and especially his favourite tea flavours.
So once in a while he allowed himself to go back to the modern day and bring one thing back. He started with a scented candle, because candles exist in camelot and having one here shouldnât mess up time right? Then moved onto a herbal tea that he knows if he traveled past the boarders he may be able to find similar ingredients.
Then he brings a new release of his favourite book series because he cant help it and realises small things like that dont change time.
And so thats what heâs been hiding away in his room, all of his modern day stuff. Ranging from trinkets hes collected over his life to his favourite scarf to his stuffed lion that he won at a fair in the 80s. He doesnât go back often, only when his tea runs out or he really needs something, he tries to limit it he really does.
It takes gaius another 4 weeks to wrap his head around it all. Another 2 weeks after that to touch merlins stuffed lion thinking it may attack him at any moment.
He makes gaius promise to not tell a soul, offering him tea bags as payment. They have a nice system from then on, gaius would try a new flavour of tea everytime merlin returned, once in a while he would also bring a modern day snack (gaius yelled when he first tried salt and vinegar crisps).
A yell which led to leon finding out. And so a cycle began.
I think the downright most horrific and brutal detail in the show is that Kilgharrah actually used Merlin to make sure Arthur's death happened with the pretence of protecting him
I really wished Leon and Merlin interacted more
This isnât even really just because i ship Merleon, they just wouldâve made a really good duo.
The few interactions we have with them show that they do get along very well.
We see leon seen ruffling Merlinâs hair and even joke around with him. He fully trusts Merlin and doesnât think of him to do anything wrong.
I feel like the cup of life or maybe even Kilharrahs attack wouldâve been good points for them to get closer, it wouldâve given them something to connect on (mainly on Merlinâs end, unless he were to reveal his magic and all that) or at least something to talk about.
Their relationship has changed from when they first met to there last few interactions.
After the âLamiaâ episode we shouldâve seen some type of acknowledgement of what Leon and the others did because Leon did physically hurt Merlin, even if it was under a spell.
Leon shoving Merlin around did seem like a parallel to when he did it in âthe sins of the fatherâ but the difference was that back then he did it on his own accord.
Leon has obviously changed since then, and Merlin knows that, so it hurt him more to see him revert back to that.