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that’s so fair and i wish you all the best xoxo

and if, by chance, anyone IS curious abt this: i am sort of catholic? this is, in part, a cultural thing — my family is italian & irish and the catholicism there is more cultural than it is religious, in most cases, so it’s pretty ingrained into us even when we make an effort to divorce ourselves from it. my witchcraft practice is heavily rooted in italian folk tradition, which is hugely influenced by catholicism; the most common term used there is ‘stregoneria’ or ‘stregheria,’ depending on who you ask. there’s a whole debate there that i’ll happily get into if prompted. 

i am catholic in the sense that i believe in god, but not totally, and i think jesus was pretty cool, but primarily in a political sense, and i think god is way too busy to talk to me directly, so i have to go through saints (his holy administrative assistants) to get an appointment, and that my faith in god / jesus / saints means jack shit if i don’t back it up by doing actual, tangible good to try and make the world a better place. i think that it’s pretty fucking incredible that there was an historical figure who was a political radical preaching the shocking doctrine of love & compassion. i think that the way that the church as an institution has perverted that doctrine of love & compassion is fucking horrifying, and every single pope is my personal enemy. i’m queer & a woman & pretty heretical so i’m fairly certain that the capital-c Church would want to fight me, but they can’t catch me, so pbbbt. 

Joe/Nicky

Hello there! I am glad you liked oír little project! Your fic was one of the first Miluca I ever read, and it was so beautifully written that it's a sin not to share it with more people.

Unpopular opinions according to who? I’ll guess I’ll go in general.

I think it’d be lowkey funny if Michael ends up with neither Maria nor Alex

I honestly don’t NEED Michael to end up with Maria. I enjoy them deeply but it’s not about the ship for me (yet). As long as Maria’s given narrative significance and development, I don’t care. Them together is the means / bonus.

I don’t think dating someone your friend likes is a cardinal sin. There are worse things done in the show. Do I think it’s hurtful and pain inducing? Yeah. But I do think it can be forgivable. I also think it’s extremely hypocritical for a fandom who claims that friendships are less than romance / ‘true love’ should cast the burden of the sin on Maria. But that’s another talking point. (It is not an unpopular opinion that this fandom is both racist and misogynistic, is it?)

Liz is the lead of the show. Apparently, that’s news, so. 

I don’t think Max Evans is the Worst. I also don’t think he’s leading man material. Or. I don’t know. I’m not sure if he’d strike me if it wasn’t for Liz. In a way, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It’s so interesting to see that occur with a white man in relation to a brown woman. His relevancy - for all that he’s the alien who came to Earth - is based on Liz, imo.

I think Isobel has potential to be an interesting character. And I look forward to her growth.

Making Noah the villain was a bad move. I don’t think this is unpopular writ fandom but it’s unpopular @ the show. If that makes sense? Like clearly someone in the writing room thought it was a great idea. Many someone’s.

RNM isn’t the woke liberal wet dream racists seem to think it is. Why are they so big mad about this? Because someone wealthy white people said some catchphrases @ Trump? Idgi. 

I don’t think Michael will end up with Alex. I also don’t think that it means that Alex will end up alone.

I think Liz is a fantastic and complex character. She isn’t boring, stupid, or selfish. (well, the latter not in the way people mean, ie, re: hurting the feelings of Max.)

I wish Liz and Max had been a slower burn. I get why they weren’t. But I wish they were. 

Alex is a (beautifully – thinking about it sometimes makes my heart flutter. I love him) flawed character. Pointing out this flaws isn’t ‘hate’. In fact, I’d call erasing them a form of showing dislike to the character or at least lack of understanding. He deserves better. 

YES! And if we don’t, I am ready to transport myself to the AU where they are endgame.

dragon: last thing that made you smile?

i wonder if the madwife fans are any of the roving pack of middle aged white women and their would be teenaged daughters out to romantize the newest abusive ship they can get their hands on

ARRRGH. I love all the characters, so this is a tough one. I’ll have to go through mental gymnastics to justify not including people in my top three! But it’s a somewhat enjoyable kind of stress. 

I’ll pick three show characters that have emotionally significant departures from the books and stand out in terms of acting and physical presence. So for me that would be Naomi, Amos and Fred Johnson. Naomi because of her competence, vulnerability and determination and how she’s so obviously the center of the Roci on the show. Amos because show-Amos is a bit scarier than book-Amos and his relationship with Naomi is richer. Fred Johnson because Chad Coleman makes Fred Johnson come alive in a way that the books didn’t. He brings a kind of softness to the character that makes you understand why so many people follow him and trust him despite his wildly swinging allegiances.