People will watch a girl be obviously uncomfortable while her boyfriend is trying to get her off only so he can get his share,

They'll see her best friend giving her the most tortured and angsty "I'm fucking your boyfriend, wishing he was you" lovey dovey, sad meow meow eyes ever.

They'll watch an entire season of their charged dynamic AND a second season full of subtext and "playing tea parties with my dead best friend after braiding her hair because her ear fell off and I ate it. "

They'll watch a third season and one of them will openly get with a girl

They'll see Travis say his favourite thoughts are Jackie's...

Only to end up saying : oh..it's just fan service. They're straight and they're friends.

thinking about yellowjackets fridays like im a wife who’s waiting for her husband to return from war

Reblog and put in the tags a TV show character that you disliked until one episode changed your mind about them.

Do not forget the other victims of ICE

as much as we must mourn and stand in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, please do not forget the other victims of ice raids, who are not white. Silverio Villegas González, a cook from mexico who was dropping his son off at daycare and was murdered Jaime Alanis, a farmer from mexico who fell off a green house at the farm where he worked to send money to his wife and daughter Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a father and grandfather from Guatemala who was hit by a car Josué Castro Rivera, a garden from Honduras who was struck by a car And so many others who were killed or are dying in detention centres, prisons ect racial bias is always something we must be aware of, Renee will be focused on because she was a white woman and a US citizen, but do not forget all the other victims of ICE, may they all rest in power

and Keith Porter

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Reblog and put in the tags of the worst plot twists you've seen in any media you're familiar with.

if i see one more video comparing jackieshauna to byler im gonna lose my shit

ASHLEY LYLE AND BART NICKERSON COULD MAKE BYLER BUT THE BROTHERS DUFF COULD NEVVVERRRR MAKE JACKIESHAUNA

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Sometimes I think abt them on the adult tl and their odd sexual tension and I want to explode

About Doomcoming:

While it may not be an entirely realistic depiction of sexual assault, the symbolic horror of Doomcoming is still portraying a very real message about the reversal of gendered power and the logic of sexual violence. Doomcoming intentionally ties power to sexual violence, which shows how quickly people can reproduce the same oppressive dynamics they once experienced once roles shift.

Doomcoming, along with Travis’s role in the story from that point forward, is meant to function as a deliberate reversal of what women experience in society. In this new society in the wilderness, Travis loses the privilege and power he once held as a man, and the girls now possess authority over him. The violence against Travis is driven by domination and possession. He stops being perceived as a person (they notably envision him as a prey animal) and his body becomes something to be claimed and objectified. Does that sound familiar?

These girls come into the wilderness conditioned by misogyny. They have lived their entire lives in bodies that are surveilled, sexualized, dismissed, and controlled. They have been placed into passive, suppressive roles in order to be considered acceptable and desirable by society. Doomcoming becomes a catharsis of that accumulated powerlessness. Claiming Travis functions as proof of dominance. They’re experiencing a thrilling adrenaline in the feeling of no longer being the powerless ones. This catharsis is not healing or “female revenge.” The girls are inverting the logic that harmed them rather than dismantling it. They are moving from victim to perpetrator; maintaining the same hierarchy but placing themselves at the top this time.

Sexual violence is not about attraction. It is about taking.

The symbolism of the hunt that occurs afterwards is intentional. The girls’ perception of Travis as a stag as they chase him is important. The stag is a traditional symbol of virility and masculinity, but here it is rendered prey. In patriarchal societies, women are often reduced to bodies to be pursued, consumed, and dominated. Doomcoming reverses this as Travis as the stag is hunted, cornered, and his agency is removed completely.

Lottie placing the antlers of a stag on her head while preparing to kill Travis is an embodiment of misogynistic violence itself and a symbol of Lottie taking on the power men hold in society in this moment. The antlers signify the adoption of the same logic that has historically harmed women. This is patriarchal violence redirected.

Shrooms and psychosis cannot be used as an excuse or as the only explanation for the girls’ behavior. These elements merely exist to elevate and intensify what is already there. What Doomcoming depicts is the activation of power structures and urges that already exist, once social constraints are stripped away by the wilderness and inhibitions are lowered due to mind-altering substances. Nuanced discussions about Lottie’s psychosis can be had about this scene, but not if it’s done so to excuse the harm caused or to serve as the only explanation for her actions here (as there are many other factors involved in her behavior during this scene which do not involve her psychosis or her spirituality).

One of the most unproductive responses to Doomcoming is the fixation on what to call it instead of what was happening. Debates over whether the girls should be labeled “rapists,” because it was interrupted before it reached the point of rape, or whether intent matters more than outcome ultimately function as a form of avoidance. Step out of your instinctive need to defend the girls for a moment and look at this scene objectively: A group of people hold down and physically restraint one person, they hold a knife on him, and they begin to kiss him, touch him sexually, forcibly rip his clothes off, and all of this is done while he’s visibly terrified and repeatedly telling them to stop. The only reason they do eventually stop is because he manages to escape them. This is sexual assault, point blank. Arguing semantics will only serve to minimize the moment and show your own discomfort with recognizing your favorite characters as perpetrators of SA.

And it’s not a one-time thing. The effects of it on Travis are lasting and prominent. He apologizes for his own assault (in the script he says he deserved it), he isolates, he breaks down into sobs while talking about it. And, in Seasons 2 and 3, he is noticeably quiet, submissive, and conforming/assimilating to the group’s demands. He keeps himself safely in the background and rarely speaks up. He turns to substance use to cope with trauma.

Lottie continues to hold power over him, cross his boundaries, and cause harm reminiscent of his sexual assault. Sexuality leaks into his spiritual devotion to her because the original violation was in itself bodily, intimate, and power-laden (this can be interpreted in the scene where Lottie calms his panic attack and he becomes visibly aroused, and when he envisions Lottie offering him spiritual comfort while he is having sex with Nat). Lottie occupies a paradoxical role for him. Lottie is connected to this traumatic moment of sexual violation and helplessness, but she is also the one who offers meaning afterwards. Trauma bonds often form when the same person who causes harm also provides connection, guidance, or relief. Lottie does not need to consciously exert sexual power over Travis. The power already exists because she mediates his relationship to the wilderness, to the group, and to the narrative that allows him to survive psychologically. This internal battle Travis has around his gravitation and resentment towards Lottie remains with him for his entire life and leads to his death.

Doomcoming is an incredibly important part of this show and to understanding these characters. I consider it the best episode in the entire series. To minimize and deny what Doomcoming is actually portraying is not feminist. That response is exactly what the episode is critiquing. It replicates real-life misogynistic logic by excusing sexual violence when it is uncomfortable, inconvenient, or disrupts the instinct to sympathize/identify with the perpetrators.

I know it sounds silly to take a fictional show this seriously, but the topics being discussed here are very real, and there is a perpetuation of rape culture in many of the things I see being said about Travis and Doomcoming online. Embrace this scene for the symbolism it’s actually portraying, its connection to the show’s thesis on womanhood, power, and catharsis, and the valuable fandom discussions about sexual violence that stem from it.

now that stranger things is over all of you should go watch yellowjackets which is also lowkey bad after season one but at least the writers can make the gay people kiss AND the women in it kill and eat each other in a lesbian way. and you have mistynat toxic yuri which only me and 5 other people in the fandom care about but still. this is a beautiful world and everyone should take my hand as i guide you towards the light.

jackie's internalized homophobia this jackie's repressed queerness that TAISSA TURNER's internalized homophobia and how she can only accept a level of queerness thats polished & acceptable by other people and how she will never allow herself to be happy and how it shows another queer experience that gets brushed under the rug because tai does accept her sexuality at some point on my table tomorrow at 8 am sharp thank you for listening to my ted talk

I'm still mad they cancelled the wilds

Nancy’s voice lines to Robin in Dead By Daylight

First look at Crave’s new original series Slo Pitch.

Henderhop wins in a way because they’re the ones in the new DBD Stranger Things chapter lmao