Anonymous asked: I didn't really think the fan on relationship of Vinyl and Octavia to be abusive. But I do find some of the fan on a bit grating and cliche. It's like a bad sitcom couple. I was really surprised how different they made the relationship, and it worked really well! It was a short scene but instead of having them reach an argument about music, Octavia is bothered by music and Vinyl tries to help her out. Canon over fanon
Nearly every fic or fanwork involving them was abusive. It involved vinyl doing somthing stupid, octavia asks to stop and vinyl does the thing even more intensely which results in octavia getting hurt.
Or just vinyl hurting octy and then doing nothing to help her afterwards or just stands there an laughs
Vinyl tricked octy into drinking hotsauce and instead of offering assistance when octy is clearly struggling to function, she just laughs.
If fans wrote the scene in teh 100th episode where octy said “that’s not wedding appropriate” vinyl would have played the same thing even louder and bust octys ear drums.
But yeah, a lot of fanon works have octy and vinyl in an abusive relationship so I’m happy canon doesn’t do that.
Honestly I really loved how chill and calm he was like “What? What did I do?” it GIVES ME HOPE that there are indeed good changelings in the world of ponies ;u;
But more importantly, Vinyl and Octavias relationship. It’s very different from the fanon in a positive way. In fanon, it’s abusive and involves vinyl hurting octy and laughing while octy is in pain and octy absolutely despises vinyl.
In canon, they communicate and respect each others boundaries and opinions and search for compromises.
All it does is show me you have a superiority complex and deep rooted classist tendencies. I’ve been a waitress, a barista and a sales associate, so your talking down to others just tells me at one point you would’ve talked down to me. This guy in the queue tried to buy me a coffee today, after ripping into the guy behind the counter about his skills and his job. Don’t care what people do for a living, if you don’t treat ‘em like (very important) people when you deal with them, we can’t be friends.
“A person who is nice to you but cruel to the waiter isn’t a nice person.”
I don’t understand how people don’t get this
It is terrifying. It means if you don’t adhere to their demands or if you make on little mistake, they can turn on you. I don’t deal with people who are nasty to others.
(It is a busy Saturday night. During the dinner rush, I have been dealing with a table of two 20-something year old men. The blonde one has found something to complain about every time I’ve walked by while the brown-haired one just blushes and stays quiet. They’ve finished their meal.)
Blonde Man: “Are you new here?”
Me: “No, sir. I’ve been a waitress here for two years and three years at [other restaurant] prior.”
Blonde Man: “Then you have no excuse for how terrible this service was. The salad was wilty, and the entree was way too cold, and you were nowhere to be found. Plus, this place is far too noisy; I could barely hear myself speak! Honestly, I get better service at a fast food place.”
Me: “I’m sorry you feel that way. While there isn’t much I can do about the noise, I did offer to bring you different food before, but you said no.”
Blonde Man:*waves me off* “Just bring me the check, and try not to be so slow about it for once.”
(I go and get the check, but when I return, the brown-haired man stands up and hands me a $20 bill.)
Brown-haired Man: “Here, this is your tip. He wasn’t going to give you one. As a former waiter myself, I thought you were doing a perfectly fine job. My food was great, and the service was fast even though you’re so busy right now.”
(He turns to his blonde companion.)
Brown-haired Man: “People like you made my job so much worse, especially for making us work that much harder for no tip. So thanks for the meal, but you can go ahead and delete my number because there will be no second date. And by the way,potjevleesch is supposed to be served cold, you idiot.”
(With that, he left the restaurant without his date. It made the whole night worth it, to see that blonde man speechless for once.)
