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Pride month is officially over and somehow, the world is worse for it. Two weeks ago someone killed two and injured twenty-one of us in one of the supposedly safest cities in the world. A painful reminder that despite all the progress, we’re never really safe. I remember first reading the article, remember my eyes filling with tears, anger welling up in my throat and deep fear clenching low in my gut. In the national news they call it an act of terrorism and that makes me want to throw up. Because it was, but not primarily. First and foremost, it was a hate crime against queer people and I desperately need them to say the words at least once, to admit to it, out loud and where everyone will hear it.  

I know this sounds like denial but I have a theory.

At the beginning of season 4 we saw villanelle as jesus.

Next Sunday is the 17th of April whicH is EASTER SUNDAY.

Throughout the entire season and in all the promo they used religious imagery surrounding villanelle.

In the bible, Jesus is resurrected on Easter Sunday after dying for everyone’s sins

Easter Sunday is this Sunday so I have the theory that on Sunday we get an extra surprise ending where villanelle actually faked her death like they did in the books and villanelle and eve will go kill carolyn together. No I will not accept criticism.

Also in the bible Eve is tempted into sin through the Apple which we see a lot of imagery for in season 2. The link between eve being tempted into sin (villanelle, revenge) and villanelle “dying” for sins. Means that villanelle faked her death so her and eve can be free from Carolyn and the remnants of the 12

I also can’t help noticing the parallels between Adam touching the hand of god and eve reaching out for villanelle. The heavy handed religious imagery could be pointing to villanelle’s resurrection (aka fake death)

Okay through discord even more evidence to support The Easter Theory has been found. The plot thickens babies.

Jesus on the cross and villanelle moments before her “death”. The blood stains in villanelles top directly line up with where Jesus was impaled. These direct references between Jesus on the cross where he died before his resurrection and Villanelle moments before her death keep pointing towards Easter Sunday.

Further more, if there was an episode 4x09 it would be the 33rd episode. How old was Jesus when he was resurrected? 33

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I'm not saying I don't desperately wish for this theory to be true. Just that I've been through this before and I don't think I have the strength to do it again.

Honestly, I'm just tired. The finale sucked so bad and Killing Eve for me always was this beacon of hope, the textbook example of the positive evolution of queer representation in media. "Watch Killing Eve!", I'd tell people. "They don't queerbait. They're not afraid to make it canon. This is how it's supposed to be!"

What time is it? That’s right, time for a new update!  

Chapter five features lots of exciting developments, personal growth and forged connections. Also, Andy being an all around amazing human being. This is the emotional heart of the story, so don’t miss out on it. 

I’m looking forward to your comments and hope you enjoy the read!

chapter summary: 

That night in bed, Miranda cries. Finally mourns the losses that have been tormenting her for over three decades. She cries for Miriam’s suffering and the suffering of those she loved and the life she’ll never get back. Then she lets go. And for the first time since her reinvention, she stops thinking of Miranda and Miriam as two distinctly different people.

It’s update time again :)

With this chapter we cross the halfway mark, Andy is finally back in the game and things are moving forward. 

Somehow I’m not entirely happy with this update/feel a little disconnecting from it after reading and rereading and editing it so many times. Hopefully the next one will be less of an effort to complete.  

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Relationships: Miranda Priestly/Andrea Sachs

Andrea Sachs is nothing like you.

At least that’s what she tells you the first and last time you kiss.

Chapters: ½ Fandom: The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Miranda Priestly/Andrea Sachs Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, but like, really angsty, Age Difference, Power Imbalance, Mostly Good People Struggling to Do Good Things, Character Study, Miranda focused, POV Second Person Summary:

Andrea Sachs is nothing like you.

At least that’s what she tells you the first and last time you kiss.

Soooo, instead of finishing my current WIP (At a Loss for Words) I dove right into a new project. It’s a short one though. The idea has been haunting me for weeks now and the only way to get it out of my system was to write it down. But I do promise that I’ll get around to finishing my other fic soon.

Until then, I hope you enjoy this one. It (once again) focuses on Miranda and while the first chapter is pretty angsty, I swear that there is a happy ending in store for them (one day I’ll manage to write something beautifully heartbreaking but not today). 

Hooray, double update! This was an absolute monster of a chapter (8k words) that I originally had no intention of writing and that somehow got completely out of hand. So I cut it in two. I swear these stories have a life of their own sometimes. Anyway, enjoy chapter two and three. You’re in for a ride! It’s time for some character growth as Miranda needs to accept a few harsh truths.

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Miranda Priestly/Andrea Sachs Characters: Miranda Priestly, Andrea Sachs, Nigel Kipling, Caroline and Cassidy Priestly Additional Tags: A dive into the past, LGBTQ history, Period-Typical Homophobia, brief mentions of violence and abuse, but not too dark i promise, character backstory, miriam princhek, Angst with a Happy Ending Series: Part 2 of A Little Comfort Summary:

By that point, Miriam’s career was gaining traction. But she wanted not only to survive off it, but to excel, to move up, to reign supreme. Miriam was talented, but hungry. She was strong, but so very tired of fighting. So she made a decision. Exchanged one name for another, one freedom for another, one life for another. Now, decades later, Nigel chews her ear off about responsibility and cultural change and the right time to come out of the closet. Telling her to give the girl a shot. But Miranda is 54 and has a magazine to run and two lovely daughters to take care of and she is all out of shots.

An exploration of Miranda Priestly’s past, her life’s passions and limitations and how Andrea Sachs might be the key to finally having it all. A companion piece (of sorts) to A Little Comfort.

So the A81 netflix show dropped today, and I know we were all dunking on it anyway, but they have not only made Melody Pendras fully straight, but also made her wife her roommate, and then also made Melody and Samuel romantic interests. 

If this were an original show, I can see why they did it - have one of the protagonists fall in love with the evil guy, have it be a betrayal, and have her roommate be a supportive force in her life keeping her grounded. But this isn’t an original show - although, in my opinion, it should be with how little it resembles the source material - this is based on a story already, one that has one of the central relationships be two gay women who start off already in a committed relationship and end up getting married afterwards. The show has taken her anchor, the woman she loves, and turned her into her messy roommate, who cheers her on as she kisses the villain. If that doesn’t bother you, or make your stomach turn, then I frankly don’t want to hear from you.

In the original podcast, her connection to and love for Alexa, her girlfriend, is the reason why she does everything she can to survive the Visser building, why she forms a place in The City for the Visser community and builds herself and Alexa a cottage to live in peacefully, and why inevitably they get married. For a character stuck in 1994, this kind of relationship was not only still controversial, but Alexa even experiences homophobia to the point of killing the guy to be with Melody again. Gay people populate all of Archive 81, and its a podcast that shows gay people can be extraordinary, and we will survive through great tragedy. Alexa and Melody loved each other so much they killed for their love, they left behind their homophobic families for love, they built community for love, and they’ve been married for 20+ years. To have Melody lose that anchor and that relationship makes it harder to believe why she would survive through the season (although again, they’ve already changed it beyond recognition from the original).

Melody doesn’t even meet Samuel until the end of Season 1 - she hears about him in passing stories, glimpses of his followers, murmurs through the walls of the cult meetings he holds. Samuel is designed to be a heard but not seen villain, the picture of a condescending academic who uses the people of Visser to reach his ends, uncaring about their fate, whereas Melody actively forms community in the building. The fight in Visser is not two lovers and good VS evil, it is a fight between chaos VS order, poverty VS capital, and the individual VS community.

To take everything building the narrative of season 1, to turn Melody straight, to turn her wife into her roommate, to turn Samuel into a love interest, and to change the entire conflict and reasoning behind the story, is to ultimately destroy the meaning of the show. And frankly, even if they wanted to just fuck the plot into the ground, to make an important gay woman straight just to appeal to netflix’s homophobic values is pitiful and disgusting. 

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kara Danvers/Cat Grant Characters: Cat Grant, Kara Danvers, Winn Schott Jr., James “Jimmy” Olsen Additional Tags: supercat, Boss/Employee Relationship, WIP, Office Sex, Confident Kara Danvers, Our girl got gaaaame, Bossy Cat Grant, Shameless Smut, and a little plot, if you’re really looking for it, messed up timeline Summary:

“Kara is entirely convinced that nothing will ever happen between them. Until she isn’t. Because suddenly, all the good and relevant reservations don’t seem like quite enough anymore. With every glance, every touch, her resolve crumbles a little further. A phenomenon mirrored by Cat, the two of them dancing around each other in a dangerous game of push and pull.”

Lowly assistant (and resident superhero) Kara Danvers has a crush on her boss: the media mogul, CEO and force of nature that is Cat Grant. An intense, entirely unprofessional, totally unrequited crush. Or is it? They’ve been dancing around this thing between them for months now, walking the edge of attraction when one night, an opportunity presents itself. Will they dare to take it? (Spoiler alert: They do. Shenanigans ensue.)

Chapter two is finally up! 

Featuring panicked, anxious Kara, inscrutable, icy Cat and a whole lot of overthinking on all parts. It’s less smutty than the last one (although not really chaste either) and the setup for a long overdue, messy showdown. So give it a read, forgive the angst and stay tuned - for better times are lying ahead. I swear! 

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kara Danvers/Cat Grant Characters: Cat Grant, Kara Danvers, Winn Schott Jr., James “Jimmy” Olsen Additional Tags: supercat, Boss/Employee Relationship, WIP, Office Sex, Confident Kara Danvers, Our girl got gaaaame, Bossy Cat Grant, Shameless Smut, and a little plot, if you’re really looking for it, messed up timeline Summary:

“Kara is entirely convinced that nothing will ever happen between them. Util she isn’t. Because suddenly, all the good and relevant reservations don’t seem like quite enough anymore. With every glance, every touch, her resolve crumbles a little further. A phenomenon mirrored by Cat, the two of them dancing around each other in a dangerous game of push and pull.”

Lowly assistant (and resident superhero) Kara Danvers has a crush on her boss: the media mogul, CEO and force of nature that is Cat Grant. An intense, entirely unprofessional, totally unrequited crush. Or is it? They’ve been dancing around this thing between them for months now, walking the edge of attraction when one night, an opportunity presents itself. Will they dare to take it? (Spoiler alert: They do. Shenanigans ensue.)