migs !

when the root of the tragedy was love.

The fact that The Hobbit is such a lighthearted family-friendly book, especially when compared to LOTR, actually breaks my heart when you consider that it is Bilbo’s writing. That journey was anything but a fun trip for him. He went through real dangers and horrifying moments. He saw violence for the first time. At the end of it, he lost his love. And he went home traumatized, heartbroken, and forever changed.

Would you trust Armand from Interview with the Vampire (TV series) to do your top surgery?

the irony of the white cis straight showrunners of IWTV/the vampire lestat finally giving claudia the chance to show her true rage, only to have both louis and lestat change the subject so quickly and laugh and giggle and move on… it’s not just about their characters. it’s bad writing. the showrunners don’t fucking care about claudia. THEY are the ones who continuously use her for plot and to further louis and lestat’s development. and that she’s in hell after all of this?? punished forever?? truly fuck the show runners. they don’t know how to write women and a lot of their choices have been clearly misogynistic, but this really takes the cake. i hate to remind people of this next part, but robin jones actually did say once regarding claudia’s sexual assault that “it's a horrible thing that happened to her, but it has toughened her up."

The showrunners chose to make Louis and Claudia black and experience life in the Jim crow era. They chose to do the full race swap in season 1, not just making the characters but also the story black. They chose to racialize the violence that both Louis and Claudia face throughout the first season. No one was forcing their hands and they got praised for the stuff they did in the first two seasons, for bringing in the added nuance of systemic racism. So why should I as an audience member of colour give them any grace when they choose to write dialogues containing numerous racialized and gendered micro aggressions not just towards Louis or Claudia but also minor characters like Dee or Lemuel who weren't necessarily supposed to exist as they are (black) in the show?? Why is Daniel (a white man) who is supposed to be a Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist who was lecturing Louis on his own story about the racism he faced referring to him as a "bucket of Louisiana fried chicken"?? Why is Armand textually belittled for being a CSA victim while Lestat is endlessly provided with grace and understanding in the text of the show for his victimhood?? Who thought it was alright to adapt a scene from the books involving white characters talking about parental betrayal and insert racially charged dialogues (that too old school racist shit not even the n word) when it was unnecessary to preserve the nuance of the scene?? Why is this show denying the racialized nature of domestic violence that they chose to portray in S1 ??? (Lestat getting mildly annoyed that Louis didn't enjoy going to the operas in nola when he had to act as Lestat's servant to be allowed in tf??) Why is Gabriella like that??