Sarah Michelle

Vexing: “Hex” and the Proof of the Sexist Double Standard

For the past few days I’ve been watching the british TV series Hex, from 2004. This show puts me off very hard.

The Sick, Twisted Relationship:

First off, Azazeal is a stalker. He creeps on Cassie, kills her best friend, uses magic to essentially rape her, and yet Cassie, despite all her protests, still somewhat loves him; she’s “putty in his hands,” as Thelma says. Even as I was watching it I noticed that it was very Edward/Bella esque. 

Double Standards and the Sliding Scale of Sexiness:

I was DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF while watching this. Edward/Bella receives from the general populace, and me, the disgust and criticism it deserves. However, as soon as you change it from Edward/Bella to Azazeal/Cassie, everybody, including me, is in love with it. It’s equally sick and twisted and wrong, but I can’t help but enjoy it. Why this double standard?

I find the answer quite disrespectful towards men, actually. The Sliding Scale of Sexiness. The more attractive we find the man, the more favorably we are willing to judge his actions, no matter how terrible.

When the absolutely selfish and disrespectful man is played by the ugly Robert Pattinson, we call him out, but when the absolutely selfish and disrespectful man is played by the please-bed-me-now Michael Fassbender, we’re willing to overlook his terrible treatment and attitude towards women.

Not Just Hex:

The Sliding Scale of Sexiness double standard is found in other works/fandoms as well, not just in Hex. For instance, in the Phantom of the Opera, Erik (just as does Azazeal in Hex) murders/sensitive and vulnerables his way into Christine’s heart, and SHE HAS NO CHOICE, and yet, the majority of the fans ferociously defend the relationship.

Think about it, and tell me these words don’t describe Azazeal/Cassie just as well.

“Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live? Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice? He kills without a thought, he murders all that’s good. I know I can’t refuse, and yet, I wish I could. Oh God if I agree, what horrors wait for me?”

Tired of Twihards and Twihate

The T-est of OTPs

I know it’s inane, I’m sorry

I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP.

doctorwhoforlife:

lifesfantastic:

i love them so much okay ughhh. 

rose and the doctor <3<3

(via stuckinwonderland)

tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

My earliest memories are all snapshots of a time, and there’s not much context, but then again, it’s rare for humans to remember anything that happened before the age of three. The absolute earliest is when I two, and I was standing on the stairs leading to my grandparents’ basement. Like I said, no context. The earliest with a context was when I was three. I was holding my mother’s hand and we are walking down a road, I think there was a fence, it was a big road because we were in full sun, there wasn’t any shade. It might have been the middle of a parking lot, but the point was that we were walking to the doctor’s because my mom was pregnant again.

One More Reason I Believe that Secretly the Vampire Chronicles and Doctor Who Take Place in the Same Universe

I was reading Blackwood Farm, and I came across a quote:

“Things don’t really go in a straight line the way that living people think. Everything is always happening all the time.” - Rabecca, Blackwood Farm

Now, the first thing I thought of when I heard this, was a very similar statement of just the same concept: 

“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, it’s more like a big ball of, wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey… stuff” - The Doctor, Doctor Who, “Blink.”

Now, Blackwood Farm was published in 2002, and “Blink” aired in 2007, not to mention that Nu!Who didn’t even start airing til 2005, so there are three options.

1.  
2. They’re completely unrelated but they both have the same theory of time
3. They secretly take place in the same universe (for this and other reasons)

Moffat’s a terrible person so I’m disinclined to believe that he has any positive attributes so he obviously hasn’t read the Chronicles; nothing in the multiverse is unrelated, and so we are left with the obvious option 3.

Not to mention that no one who’s read Maharet’s description of the spirits and who’s watched Doctor Who can deny that they sound like any number of alien species.

They sound like a disembodied species (like Rassilon was intending for the Time Lords) who have psychic ability that only certain humans can replicate/tap into, have child-like personalities/ regressed to a childish state (like the Toclafane), and who got trapped on earth early in its history. 

Captain Jack Harkness - COAT

Why is everyone in such a huff and puff over Jack’s new coat in the Miracle Day promos. My god, I literally can’t see ANY difference; it looks the exact same, maybe a little thinner, but in appearance, exact same!

Unpopular Opinion

skarosoul:

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No one ever cares about Tosh and/or Owen anymore ;_;

warhaschanged:

I MISS THEM SO MUCH BAWW BAWWBAWWWWWWW

(Source: movingonout)