Tag: silverhardt

Something I noticed: 5×07 promotional videos with Nadalind kissing. Happy Nadalind fans getting excited. The vast majority of Silverhardt fans being respectfully quiet and not yelling at the Nadalind fans. 6×07 promo: Silverhardt kissing. Silverhardt haters ALL OVER that video, yelling at the ship and Juliette. Attacking any Silverhardt fan who dares show their support. šŸ˜’

I can neither confirm nor deny that this is true, but I can say it lines up with my fandom experiences for the last six years.

That being said, this is for all the fans, Nadalind, Silverhardt, slash shipper, or indifferent: stop. attacking. each other. Discourse is one thing, but jumping on each other because you ship different things is just painfully immature, not to mention unnecessary.

I meanā€¦what does anyone get out of that? Moreover, what do you think it says about your ship to the rest of the fandom, if all they ever see is its shippers attacking people, and putting down other ships, characters, and even the actors who play them?

So cut it out. And if you see other fans doing it, maybe tell them to cut it out too. We have seven episodes left. Just seven! After that last episode airs and the credits roll, it will never be like this again. Ever. Sure, thereā€™ll be new metas, maybe, the occasional new fic or fanart, fans discovering the show for the first time on streaming sites and blogging about it.

But there wonā€™t be anymore of thatĀ ā€œnew episode this Friday!ā€ feeling we get now. There wonā€™t be any more promos, sneak peaks, new photos from the next ep, theorizing about what wild thing the writers will think of next. No more of the writers trolling us good-naturedly during hiatus. No more of Bitsie giving names to things, or posting drinking games during the episode.

Itā€™s going to be different, itā€™s going to feel different. And while weā€™ll always have the show to go back to, it will be going back. Never forward. Weā€™ll be loving something that was, not something that is.

So enjoy this now, while we can. And try to remember that whatever our different opinions are on various parts of the show, we all love this show. We have that in common. And weā€™re all gonna miss it when itā€™s gone.

Hey, are you still alive after saw the promo of the next episode ? NICKEVE/JULIETTE KISS, DAMN IT *dying inside* !!! Okay, now can I be worry with the ship war in the fandom next friday ? Mari.

Nope. Iā€™m dead as a doornail after that, tbh. Iā€™m also really worried about Nickā€™s reaction, though, as I talked about more in this response to @teamrebecchiā€˜s gifset on my personal blog.

The rest of the promo also makes me worry it might not really be something Eve/Juliette is doing of her own free will, because it looks like thereā€™s some kind of magic or Wesenness at play in the next episode affecting peopleā€™s emotions and actions.

Which would just be…no. Please no. These characters have had their free will and hearts tampered with enough by magic, circumstance, and destiny.

As for the ship wars, my advice is: donā€™t worry about it. Steer clear of it if you can, and donā€™t engage trolls and haters on either side. Just enjoy the next episode–and the six after that–as much as possible. These are the last new episodes we will ever have together as a fandom and we should focus on having fun with them, not on ship war silliness.

If Nick calls Juliette’s name and she responds I think I’m going to explode with feels. Especially if it’s a dangerous situation and maybe they were both afraid for each other and, “Juliette!” And she would see Nick across the hall and without any hesitation she’d just go, “Nick!” In that cute Jules voice, like in Game Ogre. And she’d run to his side. And there’d be the ‘Are you hurt’ exchange and ‘what-is-person-space?’ A hug is not necessary, but it would be a wonderful bonus 8-)

Assuming she ever leaves the tunnels (like seriously, what the heck was she doing down there that long and why did no one ask where she was all that time???), that would be lovely.

What do we want? Silverhardt! When do we want it? In the next nine episodes, guys, cā€™mon…youā€™re running out of time.

I just wrote a really long post on one of your response to an ask. I’m really sorry if it offended you or is an inconvenience. It is just that i was getting tired of all the ship wars. Going into the tags becomes exhausting instead of fun. The nadalind shippers going after juliette and the nickette shippers going after adalind. They are both amazing characters whose storylines are not nicely handled by the writers. So anyway i’m so sorry that i high jacked your post.

No worries! Believe me, I feel you on the ship war exhaustion. I donā€™t even go into the fandom tags for certain characters or ships anymore because I know Iā€™m not going to see anything but wank.

That being said, itā€™s worth noting that opponents of Nadalind sometimes have very good reasons for why they feel the way they do about that ship. Thereā€™s a whole Marianas Trench of difference betweenĀ ā€œI donā€™t like this ship, itā€™s not my bagā€ andĀ ā€œone of these characters raped the other one and therefore the thought of them in a romantic or sexual relationship squicks me the hell out and sends a terrible message that perpetuates rape culture.ā€ Iā€™ve even heard from multiple fans that they were too triggered by the show taking it canon to continue watching last season. So. Just gonna leave that there.

But in the interest of helping people avoid The Discourse surrounding the whole Juliette/Adalind/Nadalind/Silverhardt mess the show and fans have gotten snarled into, maybe a tag specifically for that would be a good idea? That way if you want to blacklist it you can, and this can at least be one blog where you donā€™t have to see any more of that ongoing discussion/argument if you donā€™t want to. Because we really try to stay away from pitting women against each other or engaging with ship wars, but…well, it comes up in the asks a lot (like enough that we started deleting what were basically the same questions/comments being submitted over and over), and Iā€™m an argumentative little shit who canā€™t not give 5000-word responses when I strongly disagree with something someone has written. So.Ā 

The tag will beĀ ā€œhexendebateā€ (all one word to make sure itā€™s caught by Tumblr Savior and the like), and it will be added to any posts, reblogs, replies, or ask answers that veer into comparing/contrasting/pitting the two women or ships against one another.

*Juliette grabs Nick’s hand and tells him to be careful* Me: alkjfljahgkljahlifeukdjshbakwujdfshiajfh!!!!

God, it killed me. Just…every single interaction between them for the past three episodes has killed me dead. The way Nick looks at her. The way theĀ ā€œJulietteā€ bleeds through her expression and her voice when they speak to one another. The way sheā€™s always at his elbow, looking out for him, ready to protect him. The concern he shows for her as well, like heā€™s practically attuned to her pain. Just…everything. Every little thing between them this season is just.