You're a Pink Pony Girl and You Dance at the Club!

For those who don't know, I am reading TGCF for the first time and sharing my thoughts!

If you have not read it, there will be spoilers! Consider this a warning.

Also- if you want to follow along, I am aiming to post updates daily. You can find all the posts in the tag Bloopitynoot reads TGCF. You can also check out the intro post for context on my read BUT if you followed along with my SVSSS read, the rules and vibe are the same.

A little almond rose and amaranth tea this morning to get my day started.

Today is going to be the best and LONG. I'm watching the campaign 3 finale (8 HOURS) of Critical Role today. Catch me crying for real; rip my box of tissues.

let's go chapter 35!

[past]

when the comic was first announced they were described as taking place "between seasons 1 and 2," which they obviously meant During either 1 or 2, but the problem with them trying to keep it vague is that the entire plots of both seasons kind of hinge on John whether hes missing or dead. of course, the first issue comes out and john is just missing, so the whole thing is inadvertently put strictly in season one, BUT THEN the Actual annoying part is that the Whole Rest of the issues so far have been pretty vague about where in the timeline they could take place which is NOT HELPED by sams goddamned hair

I am not kidding you when I say issue 1, his hair is pretty canon compliant to season one, but ALL OTHER ISSUES suddenly his big ass forehead is flaunting about, as if thats not something that only starts in like season four or five. its genuinely been driving me insane, because sams hair changes are So distinct and obvious to the point that a Lot of ppl in this fandom can identify what season a scene takes place in solely by what sams hair looks like, you Cannot do season one sam and dean without sams fuckass haircut and deans jewelry

for comparison sake, issue 1:

vs issue 5:

A relatively messy study/fanart for project hail mary, the last month has really awakened my inner space loving child again

By the Holy Mausoleum arc, he clearly sees that Shen Qingqiu has knowledge beyond what a human cultivator should be capable of, and by the end of the Bing-mei vs Bing-Ge extra, he knows where Shizun got that knowledge.

It's not a huge stretch to deduce that Bing-Ge is the man Shizun was running from in Jin Lan; a violent conqueror with a harem full of every woman his well-meaning teacher has ever tried to encourage him to romance. Once Shen Qingqiu confirms that he's met Bingge before, that inference would be all but confirmed. even without any knowledge of the system, he has gotten like 85% of the story straight.

Coincidentally another Shen Yuan has been living it up as one of Bingge's neglected wives for several years now.

Melody of Colours earrings by de Grisogono, 2018

being completely and utterly against censorship is the main core principle of ao3.

ao3 was created specifically to host and give a platform to fics that were banned on other platforms.

therefore the most disgusting and shockingly vile fanfic you find is the exact reason why ao3 was created in the first place.