Me Every Time I Get To A Jon Chapter

I think some people are reading too much into the Zava/Jamie dynamic, not in the sense that it’s not weird or condescending but in the sense that I think y’all are giving Zava too much credit. I simply don’t think he cared enough about Richmond to know that much about who was their “best player” because once he was there it would be him. What he does care about is the fact that only one person in that locker room was clearly not worshipping him. Dani and Jamie were both strikers and both aces but the way Zava treats them is very different, because Dani worships the ground he walks on and Jamie doesn’t. And let’s be real, Jamie doesn’t have the locker room influence that he used to. In S1, sure, he was the king, but he lost that cred after returning to Man City, and when he came back to Richmond, he wasn’t able to claw it back until the Dubai Air protest. Even after that, his influence is enough to have a good camaraderie and be respected as a teammate and leader, but it’s not the “bully the kitman because it makes me laugh” influence that he had before. If anyone has that influence after S1, it’s Isaac, Sam, and Dani, but Zava sees no need to condescend to them because they’re already on his side. The way Zava acts toward Jamie doesn’t read to me as “I took your spot, what are you gonna do about it,” it reads much more as “they all love me, you should get with the program.” It’s in no way a fight for dominance, mainly because Jamie isn’t really fighting back. It’s more like a cult leader trying to force an unwilling sheep into the flock. (And Rebecca, the only other person that doesn’t like him, is spared this treatment because A she’s a woman and B she sits in a position of power external to the dynamics of the team and coaching staff.)

A list of some occasions Jon has shown "soft power" skills:

He persuaded Maester Aemon to let Sam graduate from training to become a black brother

His whole undercover mission, especially when he convinced Mance not to kill him

Negotiating with Iron Bank to borrow money so the Night's Watch could buy food and supplies

Convincing the Free Folk people to leave their weapons and peacefully settle south of the Wall while also aiding the Night's Watch.

Orchestrating Alys Karstark's wedding which on political level not only made House Karstark indebted to him but the Thenns as well.

Persuading Stannis to follow his advices, which isn't an easy thing to accomplish considering how stubborn King Stannis is.

So no, Jon doesn't need a wife or a co ruler or a sibling to aid him with "soft power" because it's not an area he lacks. He is not some kind of brute that solves all his problems with his sword that needs a partner to keep him in check with "her political genius". He can be a political leader himself - and he has already been.

John: The results are in, I’m afraid you have updog… Bucky: What’s updog? John: Ava! Get in here, I told you I could do it!

the first time peter messes up badly enough that tony drops the full name ("peter benjamin parker!"), peter just freezes. he bluescreens for a solid thirty seconds, barely comprehending anything else that tony's saying.

and then he tackles tony in a hug.

and tony jumps 'cause he's obviously startled that they did a complete 180. and peter just starts shaking like a leaf, cause the only people who've ever called him by his full name using that particular tone were people like may, and people like ben, and people like his parents—

and peter knows that tony has no idea what he's just done, but it doesn't matter, because that's the moment when peter realizes that he wants tony to think of him as a son.

Harvey Specter is one of the most bi coded male characters I have ever seen, he is right up there with Buck from 9-1-1.

they have awesome divorce sex

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THERES NO FUCKING WAY

Watching Dexter as a teenager: Wow... I'm just like him... fucked up, evil, a monster. Other people are alien to me. I don't feel the way other people do. An outcast among my peers, just trying to blend in. A psychopath. A wolf in sleeps' clothing. I-

Watching Dexter now: Oh my God he's autistic