#Uncle Sam Goddamn

[thepioden]

Minor addendum: the wealthy have absolutely no stake in student loan forgiveness. The loans Biden can and is trying to forgive were issued and are owned by the federal government. Interest is collected by the federal government. Your student loan servicer is effectively the Paypal in the arrangement - you pay Nelnet or Mohela, and they manage the transaction, but they don't own jack and the money passes from you through them to the DoE.

Or: NO private corporate entities GAIN anything from outstanding student loans. Student loan forgiveness DOES NOT require the US government to pay cash OUT to ANY private institution. IT IS ALL FAKE MONEY that the Government has written down in ledgers. Republicans oppose it because their base has VERY wrongheaded ideas about "taxpayer dollars" going to "big banks" to pay for "ivy league grads" and blocking loan forgiveness makes them look good to their base and Dems look bad to theirs. It's all stupid posturing banking on ignorance for political points.

Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #39

October 18-25 2024.

President Biden issued the first presidential apology on behalf of the federal government to America's Native American population for the Indian boarding school policy. For 150 years the federal government operated a system of schools which aimed to destroy Native culture through the forced assimilation of native children. At these schools students faced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and close to 1,000 died. The Biden-Harris Administration has been historic for Native and Tribal rights. From the appointment of the first ever Native American cabinet member, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, to the investment of $46 billion dollars on tribal land, to 200 new co-stewardship agreements. The last 4 years have seen a historic investment in and expansion of tribal rights.

The Biden-Harris Administration proposed a new rule which would make contraceptive medication (the pill) free over the counter with most Insurance. The new rule would ban cost sharing for contraception products, including the pill, condoms, and emergency contraception. On top of over the counter medications, the new rule will also strength protections for prescribed contraception without cost sharing as well.

The EPA announced its finalized rule strengthening standards for lead paint dust in pre-1978 housing and child care facilities. There is no safe level of exposure to lead particularly for children who can suffer long term developmental consequences from lead exposure. The new standards set the lowest level of lead particle that can be identified by a lab as the standard for lead abatement. It's estimated 31 million homes built before the ban on lead paint in 1978 have lead paint and 3.8 million of those have one or more children under the age of 6. The new rule will mean 1.2 million fewer people, including over 300,000 children will not be exposed to lead particles every year. This comes after the Biden-Harris Administration announced its goal to remove and replace all lead pipes in America by the end of the decade.

The Department of Transportation announced a $50 million dollar fine against American Airlines for its treatment of disabled passengers and their wheelchairs. The fine stems from a number of incidences of humiliating and unfair treatment of passages between 2019 and 2023, as well as video documented evidence of mishandling wheelchairs and damaging them. Half the fine will go to replacing such damaged wheelchairs. The Biden administration has leveled a historic number of fines against the airlines ($225 million) for their failures. It also published a Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights, passed a new rule accessible lavatories on aircraft, and is working on a rule to require airlines to replace lost or damaged wheelchairs with equal equipment at once.

The Department of Energy announced $430 million dollars to help boost domestic clean energy manufacturing in former coal communities. This invests in projects in 15 different communities, in places like Texas, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Michigan. The plan will bring about 1,900 new jobs in communities struggling with the loss of coal. Projects include making insulation out of recycled cardboard, low carbon cement production, and industrial fiber hemp processing.

The Department of Transportation announced $4.2 billion in new infrastructure investment. The money will go to 44 projects across the country. For example the MBTA will get $400 million to replace the 92 year old Draw 1 bridge and renovate North Station.

The Department of Transportation announced nearly $200 million to replace aging natural gas pipes. Leaking gas lines represent a serious public health risk and also cost costumers. Planned replacements in Georgia and North Carolina for example will save the average costumer there over $900 on their gas bill a year. Replacing leaking lines will also remove 1,000 metric tons of methane pollution, annually.

The Department of the Interior announced $244 million to address legacy pollution in Pennsylvania coal country. This comes on top of $400 million invested earlier this year. This investment will help close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage, and restore water supplies damaged by mining.

Data shows that President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (passed with Vice-President Harris' tie breaking vote) has saved seniors $1 billion dollars on out-of-pocket drug costs. Seniors with certain high priced drugs saw their yearly out of pocket costs capped at $3,500 for 2024. In 2024 all seniors using Medicare Part D will see their out of pocket costs capped at $2,000 for the year. It's estimated if the $2,000 cap had been in effect this year 4.6 million seniors would have hit it by June and not have had to pay any more for medication for the rest of the year.

The Department of Education announced a new proposed rule to bring student debt relief for 8 million struggling borrowers. The Biden-Harris Administration has managed despite road blocks from Republicans in Congress, the courts and law suits from Republican states to bring student loan forgiveness to 5 million Americans so far through different programs. This latest rule would take into account many financial hardships faced by people to determine if they qualify to have their student loans forgiven. The final rule cannot be finalized before 2025 meaning its fate will be decided at the election.

The Department of Agriculture announced $1.5 billion in 92 partner-driven conservation projects. These projects aim at making farming more susceptible and environmental friendly, 16 projects are about water conservation in the West, 6 support use of innovative technologies to reduce enteric methane emissions in livestock. $100 million has been earmarked for Tribal-led projects.

[flameunquenched]

well, i don't feel 100% yet but i do really want to start my meta series of analyzing higgs's journals so here we are. i dunno yet how often i will do these, whether it will be a weekly or "as i feel like it" thing but it is definitely gonna be a thing.

as a note: i do plan on using some personal headcanons as well as more popular fanon in this analysis. there will be references to childhood sexual assault as well as canonical details of severe physical abuse. it is your responsibility to moderate your online experience, not mine. any added emphasis is mine, of course.

so, without further ado, let's discuss journal #1.

Today I made a delivery to a shelter near Middle Knot City. It was my longest trip to date— a new personal best.

look, this is ADORABLE. the unfortunate thing about the journals is that we don't really have information as to when they were written. we do know that this is, of course, during higgs's time as a porter and my guess is that it is probably decently early in his career as one.

Back when I was starting out, people tried to warn me off the life, saying it was dangerous for prepper youngins to make runs, and that no one would ever really trust me. But what was I supposed to do? Kids without parents need to eat too, and it's not like I had any skills. Two arms, two legs, whole lotta grit— that's all I had to offer.

hoooo boy. the fact that he notes it as being "dangerous" for prepper kids (that spelling of "younguns" is interesting, btw, speaking as an actual proper goddamn southerner) kinda breaks my heart a little. the preppers in the game are clearly not well-trusted and my guess is that his uncle (who i will be calling daddy, as that is what higgs repeatedly refers to him as) was neither well-trusted nor well-liked. of course, that is just my speculation, but i reckon i'm not far off the mark there.

i do wonder who these people were that warned him against the porter lifestyle. it appears as a general rule that porters are both well-liked and very well respected, if the acclaim for sam is anything to go by. this makes sense, given the extreme changes from the world that you and i live in versus the world that these characters exist in.

"kids without parents need to eat too." the implication behind this to me is heartbreaking. he refers to himself as a kid and that really makes me wonder at what point he actually did kill daddy. i'll go into detail on my thoughts about everything related to his daddy in later metas, though. i have always assumed that higgs was young when he killed daddy, however, and i think this is a big point towards him being around 16 when the death happened.

Worked out okay so far. I bring people what they need, and in return they do right by me. the more deliveries I make, the more orders I get. Never a porter around when you need one, so as long as you don't fuck up too badly, someone ought to throw you a bone.

@silmarillisms (aka finn, so whenever i mention finn, know i mean this person lol) and i discussed that money is not a thing anymore, which makes perfect sense considering there's not even a goddamn centralized government anymore. to my understanding, the like system is essentially a barter system, where you want to try and keep the likes you have roughly equal to the likes you give. a really damn cool system imo.

Helps that I've got a sixth sense for BTs, too. Pretty rare, that. It's probably one of the reasons why I get so much work.

y'all, he is so southern. i watched a little interview with troy baker and troy said something to the effect of "higgs sounds southern bc he wants to, not necessarily bc he is southern" and i just...respectfully, mr. baker, i just don't see that lmfao. i know troy baker is also southern, having been born in texas, and i know he's the va/mocap for higgs, but on this, he is just wrong. higgs is southern. i see SO many southern ticks in just this journal, never mind all the rest of them. it isn't just the way he talks in game, it's about the way that he writes too.

"youngins" for example, though admittedly the more common spelling is "younguns." "whole lotta grit" is another. it's a very southern mindset to have a "whole lotta grit."

higgs not yet knowing exactly what the "sixth sense" he has actually is amuses me a little. there's an ignorance there that you know he resented upon finding out what that was called.

Sometimes people praise me— tell me I'm doing society a service by helping my fellow man. Can't say that factors into it. I'd sooner keep to myself if I could. But I've got to survive somehow, and I sure as hell ain't gonna manage by myself.

this last little bit is really fascinating to me. this man is not selfless in the slightest, that much is brazenly obvious from the word go. but there are pieces in later journals that show that his stance here - wanting to "keep to myself if I could" - rather abruptly changes. he goes from "keeping to himself" to "community is all" over the course of what i assume it at least a handful of years. i think some of it is coffin's influence and also some of it just being his perspective changing as he ages.

it's important to remember, i think, that this journal could have been (and very likely was) written while he was still very young - possibly as young as just eighteen or nineteen, if not maybe even a touch younger. i think a lot of the "keep to myself" attitude and mindset was largely drawn from daddy's teachings regarding how cruel the world was and how very much withdrawn from the world daddy was at the time of his death.

i do certainly think - and to an extent, am certain - that higgs grew to love the praise that he was given and that may have had a factor in his shift from "keep to myself" to being a fan of building communities. people like being praised, after all, especially children who have suffered abuse. at this point, though, he is still seeing porting as just a means for survival and not all that much else, which i honestly think is totally fair and even expected.

he's a kid who just got out of an impossible situation entering into a world that is actively trying to kill him and everyone else. just surviving day to day is definitely a challenge.

and that concludes this journal! i'd love to know your thoughts! did i miss something or was there something i could have expounded more on? i will say, as a note, that my childhood was nothing like higgs's. my parents were not physically abusive so all of my knowledge regarding that is drawn from reading accounts of it and speaking with friends who were physically abused so there is always a chance that i misspoke in regards to his abuse! and if i did, please correct me! i want to learn and thus grow! all i ask is that you be respectful to me so i can in turn be respectful back to you.

like i said, no idea how often i'll do these but it was fun to write. been a hot sec since i wrote meta for real. anyway, please feel free to let me know what you think either by replying, reblogging, DMing, or sending an ask!

[donteverblameash]

A few SamBucky headcanons because I love them sm like OML-

(Headcanons under the cut :)

-Sam and Bucky will be married with 3 kids and still call each other "Man"

-Sam and Bucky bicker quite a bit. Nothing serious but "SAM GET YOUR DIRTY UNDERWARE OFF THE FLOOR-"

-Sam absolutely loves passing his phone to Bucky when he's facetiming his friends like "Bucky, say hi!" And just watching Bucky hold the phone at the world's most awkward angle and wave "Hiii...."

-When Bucky at last gets a hand on modern tech his entire phone is just SAM. His lockscreen? Sam. His first contact? Sam. His photo album? Sam. His phone pin? SAM'S BIRTHDAY

-Bucky also just loves sending Sam random pics throughout the day and Sam is like "Yup. That's that ❤️"

-Sam is a "You know you love me 😏" kind of person and Bucky is a "Yuh huh. Sure 😒" Kind of person.

-Bucky kisses gently and soft. Sam kisses hard and fast.

-Bucky and Sam's wedding consisted of a quick trip to the courthouse and cake and ice cream back in Lousiana.

-They could not decide on the last name for the life of them, so they just kept their last names

-Bucky loves Lousiana. He feels so at home and accepted there. And he is a hit with the kids he's the cool metal arm guy, duh. Sam's nephews run up to him, yelling, "UNCLE BUCKY!!!" And it just makes Bucky beam to know that they're happy to see him.

-Sam and Bucky have a habit of bickering about home things in the middle of missions. "Did you leave the milk out?!" "Uh, yeah, cuz you took it out, and I'm not putting it back in!"

-The first time Bucky properly burst out laughing in the modern day is when Sarah pulled out the old pictures of Sam at 15 with braces and all chubby. Bucky wasn't making fun of him. He was just so shocked, and he practically cooed over the pictures.

-Conversations in the Barnes/Wilson home consist of things like "Get Redwing out of my hair!" And "MAN WHY THE FRICK IS YOUR ARM IN THE GODDAMN DISHWASHER?!"

-Sam is ACTIVE online. Sometimes he's cooking bigots in twt comment sections or leaving comments on cool fan edits but most of the time he is posting a bunch of him and Bucky's life together, he even does insta lives and everyone keeps on asking "CAP WHERES SARGENT BARNES?!?" and Sam just laughs like,"He's asleep right now, man."

-Every day, Sam reminds Bucky how wonderful he thinks he is.

-Every day, Bucky reminds Sam how much he loves him.

I MAY MAKE MORE ���🗣🔥🔥🗣🔥🔥🗣🔥🗣🗣🔥🔥🗣

[nofatclips-home]

Uncle Sam Goddamn by Brother Ali, like on KEXP

[dcdreamblog]

Oh. ...Well now look what you bastards gone an di- *recieves email not long after seeing this pop up. Work email* WORK EMAIL FROM WHO NOW?!

Ok Sid don't panic. Don't panic. Don't PANIC. Whiiiiich one of you fuckers ratted me out?! Well I cut out the contact info in the attachment for obvious goddamn reasons but she did indeed give me the contact information of three (3) Golden Age folks who are still around and kicking and evidently each of them has consented to being down for an interview with me! And by extension you guys!

So, while I process this goddamn information I am going to do a quick rundown of who we've got. Please scroll all the way down so you can vote in the poll!!!

Uncle Sam: The spirit of 76 given flesh, Uncle Sam has been an active superhuman for nearly 300 years at this point. A leadership figure in the highly active Freedom Fighters through every one of its many rosters. Also a regular guest here and the museum and, as this last Christmas proved, someone who knows my @#$%& mailing address.

Molly Mayne-Scott AKA Harlequin I: A former supervillainess, responsible for many rounds of grand larceny and general mayhem, Mayne ended up reforming soon after she met Green Lantern Alan Scott. Once Scott's first marriage ended in tragedy, Mayne and Scott married where they have been for the past 60 years despite current revelations about Scott's past and personal life. She also spent time post war, after the JSA's disbandment as an FBI agent tracking down golden age supervillains who had escaped justice.

Airwave II: Son of the original Air Wave, this young and plucky member of the superhero community has been under the wing of names as diverse as Black Canary, Green Lantern and the Atom. Following in his father's footsteps he has become the beloved son of Dallas, Texas.

So these are your options, my friends. I have the contact information for any one of these three people, in my hands. In one week's time I will contact one of them to set up an interview with the questioned picked by you guys. All you have to do right now, this week, is make sure you VOTE as to who it shall be.

God speed and all but I need to go lie down.

[via-l0ve]

Hey 👋 could I request how they react to touch starved s/o getting comfortable with recieving and showing them affection. (Supernatural)

Touches (SPN pref!) 🩷

a/n: i don’t wanna be that writer that lowkey trauma dumps in the notes so i’ll keep it short. i’m really sorry this took so goddamn long to get out. my uncle has been in the hospital and within the last week the news has went from “he has pneumonia” to “he has a week left to live.” from cancer. so i’ve had a lot on my plate but yes. i hope you enjoy, anon <3 also i’m sorry that crowleys is so short. i’m writing this in the hospital lol.

warnings: FLUFF, Swearing

dean:

he is literally so proud of you

so happy that you guys have reached this milestone in your relationship

he starts slipping in more physical contact slowly

even though you’re making it clear that you’re comfortable he never wants to risk overstepping a boundary

especially if it’s public

but he’ll slip his hand in your back pocket and you won’t say anything and he’ll get so happy

so many more kisses

“i’m so proud of you, y/n.”

“why?”

he dosent want to call you out so he just says

“you’re just.. fantastic.”

he’s showing you off to everyone

dean is a physical touch type guy

Sam:

he’s so proud and he will tell you that

“can i hold your hand, y/n?”

“you don’t have to ask sammy.”

“i don’t? really? i’m so proud of you!!”

he’s bouncing off the walls

cuddles and hugs a lot more

he still asks sometimes

just bc he’s nervous he’ll make you nervous or something

he’s literally so proud of you

he’s also a little shocked

he dosent have to ask anything anymore or be as weary as he was being

he’s so happy

Castiel:

CONSTANT hugs

“i don’t want to overstep..”

“it’s okay cas. trust me.”

that is all that man needed to hear

hugs. hugs. hugs

forehead kisses all the time

he is so happy

so proud of you

“you are so beautiful y/n.”

he’s so happy omfg

he holds you always

he’s proud of you and himself

Crowley:

so happy

literally cannot believe it

he’s constantly got an arm around you now

he’s not taking this for granted he’s spending every minute he has with you - touching you

he’s showing you off and flaunting and getting close 24/7/365

he loves you sm

don’t even doubt it

“you are ravishing, darling.”

[soulcccat]

Welcome to the World of Total Drama Arms Race! Pt 4: A New Generation, and the Aftermath of “World Tour”:

-Pictured in Grey, the seven of Gen 2(Around 20) awaiting orders, still not used to the military life and its call for early morning operations (minus Brick of Course). (Also dont mind some of Gen 3, it was a space issue)

In the summer of 2010, Chris McLean was supposed to have another “lovely season” with the same “adoring cast” he loves to psychologically torment as they run a rat race for a million dollars. All for entertainment, fame, and most importantly, credentials to hit it hard in Hollywood.

Except, those Brats stole the plane, doing some magic hoo hah, and saved the goddamn world! Even seeing the footage, the cast all wearing armor that they specialised to their own styles, and far from most cameras, he couldn’t believe it!

They won!? And they’re lauded as Heroes!? Fine, screw them, Especially Noah and Heather! He’s gonna make a new season without them!

Besides, after that, the amount of applications skyrocketed. Some, Backed by good old Uncle Sam. A full set of 16 year olds, hungry for fame, money, and some even want Power. This will do Nicely for him. (More Lore in the Read Below)

And so, Revenge of the Island proceeded as usual, minus the cameos from Gen 1 of course, they were almost Dead to McLean. Mike tried to hide his DID, Zoey scuffled with Anne Maria over Vito, Lightning is still a dumbass.

Dawn… did her things, except it turns out she was birthed from the Mother tree and may/may not be fully human.

And they did meet the Gen 1 cast. Well, Heather really. Lightning first met her in the zeppelin, Holding a briefcase in a getup one would mistake for a spec ops soldier/ assassin. And decided to punch him because it also had the 1 million dollars.

She kicked his ass of course, but left the money.

Because She was sent to see what McLean was up to, because as it turns out, All of gen 1 agreed to serve under NATO to protect their families from the demonic hordes, and far worse things. All under a man called General John Solomon, acting leader of the Blessed, and commander of good old Groom Lake.

Aka. Area 51. He is completly nuts, but he has the most noble heart anyone has seen. Chef Hatchet knows, and it’s why he, and surprisingly the others, recommended him.

They kind of knew, but something else, outside benefactors it turned out(important later) wanted to control these new generation of Blessed.

She still may be tempered yet brutal, but she will Never allow these kids to serve McLean’s whims. And thanks to what was inside the briefcase, they were immediately transferred to NATO Command not under General Solomon.

But a man called General Bastagone. See, General Bastagone was one of those Nepo-babies who seeks money and connections in a cushy office Job. It’s just that he was slippery enough to ensure he stayed in said office. Instead of 6 feet under.

At first, Gen 2 was wary, but Brick was too obedient to question it. And Bastagone, liked that. The missions and training were fine, sparring matches, recon, assaults to cultist bases, even a few strikes against demonic forces.

But he never once permitted collaboration with Gen 1, and he never actually disclosed their existence. They were supposed to be continuing high school during this. But one too many missing slips and absences. And sooner or later, they were sent straight towards Human targets. Military bases, offices, corporate strongholds. Families.

That was the last straw, and after a major skirmish between Gen 2 and Bastagone’s forces, they were locked up in his base

Courtney got curious. Then Furious over the news. Gen 1 begun to almost splinter, how could this all get under their noses!? They were us, kids who needed a better life. Then Noah and Heather, especially Heather, told everyone to shut up, stop bickering, and help Courtney rescue them.

It’s now 2011. A bitter few months passed since finding out, and Gen 2 were basically in guilded prisons. They had no choice, but some defied Bastagone with “unfortunate circumstances”, yet it wasn’t enough. Some, like Jo would run, then Bastagone would threaten or Kill one of her friends, and she’d go back with no hope. It was almost brutal, their lives in a philosophical pit.

Then the evidence popped up. Then the lawsuits and criminal investigations happened to Bastagone.

And then one night, 8 mysterious yet powerful spec ops soldiers busted in, non-lethally wiped out the guards, and rescued all of Gen 2. They never saw their saviors, just the Nato guard moving in to arrest Bastagone for corruption, and to help guide Gen 2 back to as close of a civilian life as possible.

They never saw Heather, Noah, Duncan, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra, Bridgette, and Geoff, sneaking out, and seeing they made it all back home personally.

Not until 2012, when All Stars happened.

2 generations cross, for fate needed Everyone for their worst enemy yet.

-Bonus! The armor for at least the Virtuous 7 of Gen 1, they rocked this shit fighting Oykolos, half of the stuff crafted from the abberations they killed:

[kremlin]

An earnest call for your support: Help me determine if there is a gas leak in my house.

for a long time now, I have been reading and hearing about This Guy on the news, and have been reading all the articles and stories about him:

Above: Sam, tenting his weird-ass fucked up fingers like a real Wall Street Guy might do in a movie he saw

Yep, you already know this guy, his name is Sam, I'll be referring to him as Sam, as that is his first name, and not by his initials, which is what I imagine a pod person might do in an attempt to emulate human behaviour. Whatever. You already know him and what he did, I won't waste your time. Listen. Pay attention. This is not a post about this guy or what he did. That shit is boring as fuck. This is a post about a potential gas leak in my house. We'll get to that in just a bit. Remember.

I've read all the articles and all the op-eds and everything. About Sam. Let us explore the entire spectrum of media coverage of Sam and Sam's Big Ass Problem, starting from the bottom, with the worm-food-tier jackasses: What do people like Jim Cramer and Shark Tank Guy have to say about him?

Above: CNN's "Mad Money" Jim Cramer also doing a weird hand gesture while he tells your alcoholic cable-news-addicted uncle to put his money in some dumbass shit

Above: I think this is the Shark Tank guy? I don't remember his name. Could have sworn his suit had dollar signs and not question marks (?)

I'll summarize their conclusions: "Sam is a boy genius who is super duper smart and can move objects with his massive brain due to knowing about Tech, FinDom FinTech, and computer money, specifically Money Coding. Unfortunately Sam committed massive fraud and will get his ass fucked in federal court".

Moving on from the worm-food-tier to the mediocre-tier: The totally nameless basic bitch journalists at the New York Times or Bloomberg. What do these assholes have to say?

Above: Jim Fuckface, associate financial correspondent for Bloomberg. Jim enjoys winding down on a Friday afternoon by sipping a Bud Lite Lime and wearing his baseball cap backwards, which bears the logo of his local professional sports team.

Above: Kate Fuckface, columnist at the New York Times. Kate enjoys spending her time chatting and interacting with her friends on Social Media Platforms like Facebook and Instagram, as well as purchasing items on Etsy

I'll summarize their conclusions: "Displaying the characteristic awkwardness of incredible technical and financial genius, it was clear to me during our interview that Sam's depth of knowledge truly knew no bounds. Unfortunately Sam committed massive fraud and will get his ass fucked in federal court."

Finally moving on to the people that might actually have a clue about what they're talking about. Sam Levine and Michael Lewis:

Above: Matt Levine, author of a comedy email newsletter named Money Stuff that is 95% financial information by weight and somehow still usually funny as fuck.

Above: Michael Lewis, author of a bunch of really good books you haven't read that were made into pretty decent movies you have seen: Moneyball and The Big Short.

I'll summarize their conclusions: "Sam sure is a smart kid and seems to know a whole lot about economics and this digital currency, and I mean a whole lot, and even more about business, accounting, and finance. Bright kid! Unfortunately Sam committed massive fraud and will get his ass fucked in federal court."

A pretty goddamn clear consensus across the board on both counts.

I listened to the interviews the entire spectrum of people listed above conducted with him -- the ones during which they unanimously concluded how smart he is. I listened to many hours of ad-hoc, unscripted Twitter Space calls he participated in, where he fielded questions about his fraud and his business with complete strangers. I listened to them very carefully. And here is my problem! I came to a different conclusion!

Sam is a fucking moron. I am not talking about solely his intellect, or solely his decision-making abilities, or any specific criteria. I am talking about all of them.

There are two possibilities:

(A) I am correct and, somehow, literally everyone else is incorrect, most of whom know vastly more about these topics than I do

(B) There is a fucking gas leak in my house and I have completely lost all cognitive abilities, suddenly and unwittingly, and exist in a cartoon reality inside my skull that would allow me to reach such a wildly different conclusion from the same evidence.

The likelihood of (A) being correct is very nearly 0%. I mean, come on. I am not fucking around when I tell you how troubling this is for me. I wrote earlier that this isn't a post about Sam or his bullshit. This is a post asking for your help in determining whether I have lost my god damn marbles.

I'll give Sam one thing -- he has some nominal ability to bullshit. If he's writing a Tweet, or making a short statement, he can finesse his words that, on some level, mask how much of a dimwit he is. He absolutely can't do that through about six hours of unscripted interviews. Listen to that shit. Listen.

I am going to go check all the joints in the gas lines in my house as well as the ports on my stove and heater. I'll come back and write a follow-up post on outlining exactly why I think homeboy is an idiot. While I do that, please, go listen to the interviews and tell me what you think.

[hippolotamus]

When will I see you again? - Eddietommy

My love, my darling. I need you to know that real tears were shed in the making of this snippet. May I present WW2 Staff Sgts Diaz and Kindard (partially under the cut to save your dash):

“When will I see you again?” Eddie asks. The tremble in his voice betrays the stoic persona he needs right now. No matter how much his heart leaps every time he sees Tommy, it doesn’t change the fact that they’re both still owned by the US Army and Uncle Sam. That if anyone knew the nature of their relationship, they’d be dishonorably discharged and run out of town. Assuming they weren’t beaten to death first. 

“Not sure.” Tommy shrugs. Like none of this means a damn thing. “Shit, I don’t even know where I’m headed.”

“No girl waiting for you at home?” It’s meant to be joking, to ease the tension, but it falls flat like Eddie should have known it would.

“You know damn well there’s not,” Tommy murmurs, sending him an icy glare. He quickly schools his features. “But I’m sure they’ll make me find one. Not like a guy can just be a bachelor and live his life.”

And that’s the thing that rips Eddie into a thousand pieces more than having to say goodbye. Knowing that they’ll both have to transition into some sort of domestic life. Pretend they didn’t just endure three years of pure hell fighting off the Axis powers. That they aren’t at least a little fucked from the neck up. Pretend that they never fell in love. 

The first time Tommy kissed him, Eddie froze, unsure whether to kiss him back or run like hell. He knew what he wanted to do. The thing he’d been wanting to do since he first laid eyes on Staff Sgt Kinard of the US Army Air Forces division. So he did. He grabbed Tommy by the shirt and hauled him in for a bruising kiss. Not unlike the one they had shared barely ten minutes before, in the secrecy of an abandoned office. Like they’ll never share again, it seems. 

“Staff Sergeant Diaz!” 

Eddie whips around toward the voice, standing ramrod straight and saluting when he sees it’s a superior officer. “Sir, yes, Sir!”

“Bus is heading out in five. Your ass better be on it if you don’t want to be left in this godforsaken hellhole.”

“Yes, Sir, Master Sergeant!” The officer walks away and Eddie relaxes his body. He swallows hard, forcing himself to look at Tommy. He wants to memorize every goddamn line on his face, like he hasn’t done it dozens of times before in the cover of darkness. “I guess this is it.”

Something passes over Tommy’s face so quickly, there and gone before Eddie can parse what it means. “Yeah, guess it is.” 

Tommy searches the crowd, calling out when he finds who he’s looking for. “Deluca! Over here.”

Jealousy, vicious and green, rears its ugly head and snaps its jaws in the confines of Eddie’s ribcage as Deluca jogs over. 

“What?” Sal snaps. In lieu of an answer, Tommy grabs the cigarette pack from Sal’s jacket pocket. He takes one for himself, lights it and shoves the pack back at Sal. 

“Beat it, Deluca,” Tommy says on an exhale. Eddie can’t pretend he isn’t happy when Sal huffs and storms off. 

He turns to Tommy and raises an eyebrow. “Didn’t think you smoked.”

“I don’t,” Tommy answers. He meets Eddie’s gaze with those bright sky blue eyes that Eddie wants to stay lost in. Tommy’s voice drops low for his next words. If only it were possible to lower their accompanying intensity and heartbreak. “Just needed something to get the taste of you out of my mouth. Can’t very well watch you leave and still have that behind. May as well cut my losses all at once.”

Eddie thinks Tommy could have cut his heart out and it would have hurt less. He starts to tell him so when there’s another bellow from the bus, reminding Eddie that he’s out of time. 

“When you figure out where home is, maybe don’t forget to write?” It’s a desperate plea and a long shot, but Eddie has to try for something. 

“Don’t miss your bus, Diaz.”

There are so many things Eddie could say or do. The only ones he can follow through on are giving Tommy a tight nod before he walks away. 

He purposely finds a window seat where he won’t be able to watch as Tommy fades from view. From his life. Because they both know damn well Tommy’s not gonna write. And Eddie doesn’t trust himself to stay composed if he sees Tommy’s stupidly gorgeous face. From here on out Staff Sergeant Thomas Kinard is just a memory. Has to be. One more piece of this stupid war that Eddie would rather never have to think of again. 

*****

Tommy watches Eddie’s bus pull away. He should have turned around the second Eddie did and gone back to checking his effects. But he didn’t because he’s stupid that way. Because he’s been a sucker for Edmundo Diaz since he kissed Tommy back in that underground club. The one Eddie claimed that he didn’t know why he was there. Tommy did. He knew as soon as Eddie stepped inside, wide-eyed and scared like a newborn fawn. 

He also knew he had to get to him first because he wasn’t going to let just anyone claim then Corporal Diaz. If anyone tried, Tommy couldn’t be held responsible for what happened. Eddie was his, even if neither of them were ready to admit it yet. 

He thinks again of Eddie’s parting words, asking Tommy to write when he figures out where home is. And that’s the thing, isn’t it? The secret he’ll carry to his grave. Because he doesn’t have to figure it out. Home hasn’t been a geographical location in years. Of course he knows exactly what address he’ll go to when he gets dumped back in California, and it sure as shit isn’t home. 

Home is in encoded conversations. It’s in stolen moments and glances. Bits of time they took for themselves because nobody was ever going to give it to them. It’s in hushed whispers about a future that’s never going to come true. In biting truths and scared, too honest confessions. Home just walked out of Tommy’s life and left on a shitty army bus bound for Texas. 

send me an angsty prompt

[aberfaeth]

cleo @chasedeys made one of these and im procrastinating various responsibilities and tasks so i said why not! long-winded rationale below the cut and i mean LONNGGGGGG. full of haterisms but also love <3

ONE PRIDE

my babies my sweeties my cinnamon applessss the whole reason i got genuinely into football in like 2022 was bc i watched them nearly not eat shit against the bills on thanksgiving while my uncle sitting next to me explained the Fucking Curse i.e. that the lions will always lose in whatever way is most devastating to the people who care about their success. and i went HEY! NARRATIVE!!! and now the lions are REALLY GOOD and still managing to lose in the way most devastating to the people who care about their success. as i've said many a time i truly hope some enterprising individual exhumes and exorcises the bones of bobby layne i think that's the only way out but in all earnestness getting INTO into football these past few months i am so grateful these are our guys even through all the emotional turmoil. they've got an energy in the locker room i genuinely haven't seen replicated anywhere else in the league like those guys all adore each other unreservedly and they adore dan and it's so special to watch. LONGASS PLAYER RANT INCOMING amon-ra st brown my princess with so many mental problems one of these days i'm gonna make a webweave about how he has all sixteen wide receivers drafted before him and their colleges memorized and also how his dad gave him and his brothers the "st" because he thought it would look good on a jersey and had him lifting weights age 5 like. john brown you seem like a wonderful father i just think your children might have complexes. JAH AND MONTY SONIC AND KNUCKLES MY TWO HEADED MONSTER they're everything to me the way it's just purely admiration and support between them even though splitting touches is probably not the best for their careers like they just genuinely loved each other from the jump. i get emo thinking about all the shit they've each been through and to be able to come to the lions at the same time and just. find each other and feel safe enough in detroit to let themselves loose and have fun RAUGH. jg16 im the worlds number one jared goff glazer idgaf i will sing his praises from the mountaintop. im not like delusional i know he isn't in the same conversation as lamar/josh/joe/That Devil but i think the idea that the lions need a dual threat qb is so ridiculous like yeah we certainly are lacking offensive weapons here with our #2 ranked yards per game THE POINT is that a qb is more than just stats and jared goff is a leader of men like that offensive line would all take ten bullets for him and it's because he is a genuinely kind person and so so so easy to love. god. um. TA TERRION ARNOLD MY OTHER PRINCESS WITH NO MENTAL PROBLEMS AT ALL FRANKLY seeing him excited and smiley after the divisional loss bc why would you not be excited going 15-2 as a rookie hitting an insane amount of snaps most of your player core young and still on contract the world is laid out in front of you!!!!! cured my depression and i can't wait to see him continue to come into his own GOD the secondary is all so fond of each other thinking about him and kerby That's My Rook I Don't Let Nobody Play By My Rook..him and bb....him and dmo jah and craig in the who would you let date your daughter youtube short SHAKING MY FIST AT THE SKY sam laporta!!!!!!!!!!! my golden receiver king of the one handed dive catch im obsessed with his vernacular like only guy alive to use "sick" and "preposterous" in the same sentence how are you from illinois and have half a surfer accent JAMOOOOOO in possession of the best laugh in the known universe and such a goddamn weirdo like the mcflurry burger thing and his apparently Eclectic music taste let me see your spotify downloads please HUTCH!!! absolutely vicious ice cold hilarious but also so levelheaded did you guys know he listens to instrumentals to hype himself up before games like. he gave hans zimmer as an example. so many more tooooo i didnt even mention lif or penei or craig or any of the kicking unit or our free agents like tim and cd3 IM JUST. man. the detroit lions. Man

deep and enduring fondness

bengals every day i think about the post that's like. joe wearing ja'marr's old worn natty jersey to a bengals game day, the greatest love story of all time is happening in the graveyard of fandoms if this was hockey there would be skywriting about it. BECAUSE IT'S REAL joemarr genuinely baffle me with the level of insane devotion they have to each other like just off the top of my head. ja'marr saying joe's like a god to him. "i've never [played without ja'marr]had that, and i don't wanna have that" "[i work] with joe only. i don't throw with other quarterbacks--i don't wanna". joe burrow #1 in the league pat who. the fucking pinky swear handshake the donut thing "we did a lot of stuff but not on a boat"???? "he try flying knee kicks on me sometime" "we mess around every now and then" "make sure your bags are packed and ready i didn't believe it but he proved me wrong" the clothes saga ANYWAYS. TEEEEEE HIGGINSSSSSSS another guy who like. i read his players tribune article and god he has been through so much and to come out so KIND he is a little piece of the sun in a human body the reaction timer video with ja’marr cheering him on in the bg “forget batman he’s fucking superman” and joe and ja’marr obviously love him so much would sign him themselves “wanna play with him for eternity” if the bengals FO lets him go i fear i will never forgive them. & i know there are other players on this team and i care for them also (mike! 23rookies! trey! ctb!) butjesus christ joeteemarr the world…. vikings closest rival to lions in pure strength of culture i think like god that video of everyone lifting sam onto their shoulders !!! :') cam and his dance recitals.... josh metellus king of the locker room interview....justin jefferson and his beautiful big brown eyes like a cow every time i saw him on the sideline of that rams game i had to put my face in my hands and be so sad for him. and KOC!!! like i said with dan its so so special when you can tell a team just fucking adoooooores their coach and it's so clear with KOC that he really is a player's coach OH AND ALSO IK HE'S INJURED BUT JJ MCCARTHY MICHIGAN BOY he's gonna carry next year i just know it ravens so my aunt lives in baltimore and owns a purple car that she bought because that's how much she loves the ravens. i lived in bmore for 4 years so they're one of my hometown teams too!! obviously lamar jackson is the people's princess and there's nothing more in the universe i want than for him to succeed like he is so goddamned talented and he's such a sweetheart and i really need to try his cologne IT WAS SO CUTE WHEN THEY PASSED IT AROUND THE LOCKER ROOM AND EVERYONE WAS COMPLIMENTING IT LIKEE anyways "kick everybody ass hit everybody hit the r--i was about to say hit the ref DO NOT HIT THE REFS" his lil giggles when he gets tackled i CARE ABOUT HIMMMMMM OKAYYYYYY also london @glittersgloom and cleo have opened my eyes to the beautiful world of derrick henry and i need to find like. clips of him micd or something hey if anyone is reading this can you send me derrick henry content thank you panthers BRYCE YOUNGGGGGG MY SHAYLAAAAA he has had such a whirlwind two years and im so goddamn proud of him (context my parents live in NC so the panthers are also a hometown team LMFAO i get too damn attached to Locations) that one clip of robert hunt saying dont call him BY Reap cause he said it sounded a lil evil leave that baby alone...... his room just so clearly adores him as they SHOULD !!! chuba adam and xavier too I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE PANTHERS SWEEPING THE NFC SOUTH NEXT YEAR I DO

i like em

cowboys so when i was in middle school in new jersey and everyone around me was a giants fan but i had quirky girl disorder i decided i was going to be Cool and Different and root for the dallas cowboys because my dad had dez bryant on his fantasy team and so i do have a lingering fondness for them even though tony romo's stupid voice pisses me off every sunday. and CEEDEEEEEE CEEDEE LAMB most beautiful man in the world i wish all happiness and success for him bills, texans started making that your graduation stosh edit last week had a panic attack bon appetit no but for real the Narrative. absolutely agonizing. i love when men say insane things about each other like "Since I met him, it kinda clicked. You don't click with everybody. That's somebody I felt like, damn, I could grow old with you. I can see myself with you for a while" and then GET DIVORCED #SAD anyways. i love you cj stroud i love you dion dawkins giants, commanders MALIK NABERS WE WILL GET YOU OUT OF NEW YORK !!!!!! in all seriousness though that clip of jayden picking him up from behind and swinging him around lives rent free in my head and it's london's fault (love you). division rivals and you're cheering for him at his playoff game Mannnnn lsu strikes again. for real though jayden daniels rookie of the decade im enamored by him and his effortless chill demeanor i hope he comes back and wins a ring but like not in the next five years because the lions have to sweep the division for at least half a decade dolphins, pats, jets i've got homies who like these guys!!! shoutout to my roommate's dad and two of my coworkers <3 i like when mike had to get on his tippy toes to kiss the side of tua's head i like that the pats are such a failgirl team without tom brady and i like that the jets are gunning for the longest playoff drought in all of superbowl era nfl history. good luck aaron glenn i'm sure you will have a different go of it than the eight million one and done defensive jets HCs before you (genuine)

neutral zone of obscurity

not much to say here. i like that the bucs had that thing with the duck that was fun. and im tempted to start caring about the jags on account of it would be funny to collect the nfl kitty teams like pokemon. otherwise no thoughts im sorryyyyyy

mild distaste and/or extreme ambivalence

rams i care about matthew stafford i really do. he took such shit for the lions for so goddamn long. on the other hand you get him on a hot mic oneeeeee time saying shit about kerby joseph after a completely clean tackle and now all of a sudden everyone and their mother is an expert on tackling tight ends and the prevailing narrative that he's a dirty player is actually affecting his livelihood (pro bowl noms) and that pisses me off. mr stafford apologize right neow eagles god their fans are the worst in the fucking league. genuinely atrocious and it makes me kinda hate them even though i like jalen (THE POST RAMS INTERVIEW WHERE HES DEF OFF A PERC TALKING IN RHYMING COUPLETS GIGGLING AND SHIT) and aj and honestly ok saquon on the eagles is their main redeeming factor like i would be truly happy for him to win a ring i really would bears division rivals except they aren't as fun as the vikes so they get put down here. caleb williams my pookie we'll get you an oline don't you even worry about it. genuinely though i do love him like it seems like it should be such a nothing thing in the year of our lord 2025 but the fact that dudebros are still insanely homophobic about the nail polish in any given comment section makes me very proud of him for sticking with it. it looks very nice on you caleb. BEN JOHNSON WE ARE NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS (i understand this was the only logical choice for him and we're lucky to have had him this year and he's a brilliant offensive mind and i'm sure he'll do great things but TO OUR OWN DIVISION????? BEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

genuine devilry occurring here

49ers ok i have all the respect in the world for the frock warriors on this website but the 49ers do kind of disgust me as a team writ large like. watching receivers on netflix and you genuinely would not be able to tell deebo and george are on the same team bc they are straight up segregated like cmc's wedding and george's birthday party come straight out of a midsommar outtake and this is not even to mention that awful little freak nick bosa like i do hope he gets cte and it ruins his life and career heart emoji browns fuck deshaun watson im so serious until that team gets rid of him i will be praying and cheering for their downfall every single time chiefs ohh this is last because it's my boring bitch answer like the chiefs are barely fun to hate on anymore cause everyone's doing it but i do believe they have access to some dark devilish magics and i am tired of seeing taylor swift on my goddamn television. sorry women. on a realer note i am still not fond of kareem hunt like im not saying people can't grow and change esp after seven? years but he did assault a teenager on tape and i think you maybe shouldn't be allowed to sign a million dollar contract after doing that OH MY GOD AND HARRISON BUTKER. ANOTHER ABSOLUTE FREAK. FUCK THE CHIEFS SERIOUSLY

green bay

[aegis-7]

Wait I need to get this off of my CHEST. It makes me so sad to think people mischaracterize Sam so much during Uncharted 4 (I mean I understand in terms of the writers literally wanting you to question him, nuance and all that, but...) to the point where they think he's so disloyal and greedy and a bad brother/friend when he's so the opposite of all of those things Imma CRY. He's so loyal to those on his team, he's constantly getting beat up and bloodied for them and risking taking bullets for them or ACTUALLY TAKING BULLETS FOR THEM. He's by no means perfect (okay maybe debatable lol jk kinda), but his light outshines any of his darkness, that goddamn optimistic ray of sunshine 🥲 He could let that resentment from 13 years—and 15 years in total away from his younger brother who he wants to protect more than his own gd life—in prison build up to make him such a horrible person, and honestly I'd get it if he did, but he somehow doesn't 😭 He's so sweet and charming and protective, but not in an overbearing way. I bet he is the best fucking uncle to cassie; I bet he spoils her, but lowkey just the right amount except when he's in an especially happy mood 😭😭🥺🥹 I'm rambling, but it's so sad getting to that point in any playthrough where people start looking at Sam funny (again, I get it to an extent) because he's just such a wonderful person who anyone would be lucky to have in their lives and on their side 😭🤧🤧🤧 The man will get his nose broken AGAIN before selling you out to anyone 😫 The emotions I have... you'd think this was a real life man (he is in my head 🤫 I know I'm safe here, but 🤫) Anyway... 😮‍💨 yeah I'm actually so chill about this 🤧😌 nbd

Trust meeee I feel the same way and I’ll defend him till i die!! I think there are a lot of people who see things in black and white when there is actually much more to him than what’s on the surface, and these people probably have never experienced any sort of trauma in their lives and therefore don’t have the capacity to feel empathy to a certain extent. Also, I think the majority of uncharted’s fan base are teenage boys, who obviously lack the ability to use critical thinking skills to begin with! You’re right that sam isn’t a bad person, and many people overlook his trauma and his trauma responses and just want to label him as a bad person. Very tragic actually but hey, sam has us 🖤🖤🖤

[samsblades]

the idea of kindergarten teacher/first grade teacher reader x dilf widowed sam came to me when I was channel surfing and matilda was on. I thought the actress who plays miss honey is so goddamn beautiful and frankly HOT and then my thoughts just started to spiral. I thought matilda's relationship with miss honey is so cute. just. curly blond hair and a pair of green eyes belonging to sam's daughter (she gets the hair from jess and her eyes from sam's). incredibly calm and smart. I feel like her name would be joey or something really gender-neutral. and dean is here too. 'uncle' dean actually. I will be back with more because this doesn't quite satisfy me yet

I wanted to say that I am so sorry you were before, I am glad you're okay now!!

-yours, 🛻 anon

going insane and crazy AAAHHHH I NEED IT NEOWWWWWW T_T this is just my favorite, definitely come back with more i will devour it up <33

i loveeee love love the idea of his daughter having a gender neutral name like that, it's just too cute! joey is actually so perfect imo ahhh :,) gonna cry about this au in fact and i'm thinking about them forever... the urge to turn this into fanart is actually raging a little. not sure if i can draw a small child LOL but i want to see sam and joey together now :,)

and thank you babes <33 i'm glad too HAHA

[lovefrombegonia]

Enjoyed the show A LOT but I think a lot of messaging was lost on me. I'm not from USA and a stranger to the culture. But the uncle Sam character in that suit trying to control Kendrick Lamar's behaviour, the split USA flag, all the dancers running out of a single car, and them singing while sitting under the street light must having meanings. Or maybe it's all aesthetic for the show's narrative. Idk. The only thing I got was the absolute calm but diabolical energy Kendrick brought to the whole show 😭😭😭 like, goddamn!! That was amazing ✨

[maloryghostie]

Finally caught up to 4x13 & 4x14

SPOILERS

4x13

I didn't expect that Pete and Carol are related to Mafia family. It just blew my mind! Now I wanna know more about it. It makes sense that Pete's uncle was in Hell. 🤯

Trevor and Hetty manipulating people and bond over their scheme is enjoyable to watch! Power Friends forever, amen to that!

Sometimes, I forget the fact that Flower went to the law school. Still, it's so cool seeing her nearly figuring out what's going on. I want more of something like this. (Which is why I'm really happy that we get 2 seasons, this might be her chance to shine. :D)

Isaac is gonna room with Alberta, yay for them because I've been dying to see how their friendship goes. Their dynamic should be explored in the future. 👀✨️

Carol redemption arc? Let's go!

It makes me tear up when Pete sees Jay and Sam as his family. This is why I love this show, man.

Aw, a lot of people that Pete helped out during travel agency thanked him due to postcards. my heart is full! 🥹❤️

4x14

Poor Pete. He's just doing his best to cheer Jay up. :(

It's about time we finally learn why Isaac always hates Alexander Hamilton. 🤣

In the meantime, Elias is back again. Damn him! And an offer to go with him to Hell? No, thank you. No one likes you! 😒

Beatrice Higgintoot!! Even though she has no speaking lines, it just makes me happy to see her. And supportive nudge??? That's Isaac's best cheerleader! 🥹 She better show up in the future episodes, I have so many ideas about her and her platonic and excellent relationship with Isaac.

Pete is geeking out about Isaac almost signing on the Declaration of Independence. He can be cute at times like this. XD

Isaac's borrowed ruffle! LOL!

I gasped when Isaac said the pursuit of happiness. Yes, I actually gasped because I was always familiar with that term. 👀

Aw, Trevor, Hetty, and Alberta protecting Thor. They care for one another. That's what family does! 🥹

They had to remind Thor that he did good deeds. Even Gordon comment! 😭 I'm in love with this show again and again. Goddamn this.

Oh. OH. So Hamilton actually stole his ruffle. I gasped twice. 🤣

It was so nice of Isaac to comfort Jay in his way. And Pete told him that his words actually lived in on that paper. 🥹

Still, it's so funny watching Isaac being petty about Hamilton. I couldn't forget that scene when Isaac gloated about Hamilton's death. Anyone remember this? LOL! 😂

Finally. Elias goes back to Hell. Fuck you!

Ohhhhhh. No. No. My face fell when Elias attempted to trick Jay. Oh, fuck. Fuck. Damn you, Elias. It's no wonder coming to Earth as a demon might be possible. They can't put this scene out and then leave it here!! 😭 I just hope that everything will be okay after this. Seriously!

My mind is blown once again.

Overall, these episodes are great!! Love it as usual! Moving on to next episode. Huzzah!

[atopvisenyashill]

general thoughts

the way joffrey still refers to sansa as his lady….him being almost impressed with her supposed cruelty towards dontos…the fact that we literally don’t see dontos again………cregan 0.5 omg

i love how much myrcella loves her uncle tyrion tbh i do think they capture the very weird lannister dynamic of only cersei & tywin being hostile to tyrion quite well hu giving him scenes where he’s just chillin w the little ones

i love this first convo between cersei & tyrion. tyrion is like, Almost trying to do a “it’s us against your problems cersei don’t you see i’m trying to help” but as always he is too sharp & sets her on edge & makes her fearful she’s about to be made powerless again when she just rid herself of robert. he tries to put her at ease, and you see her relax just slightly. also love how peter has clearly started getting a handle on the accent lmao the way he quickly drawls out “you love your children, it’s your one redeeming quality THAT AND YOUR CHEEKBONES” hilarious. love how tyrion can’t help but call cersei beautiful even when he’s annoyed with her.

BRAN LEARNING HOW TO RULE SCENE.

we really got two sex scenes back to back omg. this scene with ros was so stupid. i hate sexposition i think it’s so fucking lazy.

I LOVE THE RIVERLANDS KIDS I LOVE A GAGGLE OF RASCALS I LOVE ARYA SETTING UP HOT PIE FOR GENDRY AND GENDRY GOING FOR THE KILL SEAMLESSLY I LOVE THAT HOT PIE AND LOMMY LEAVE ALL HUFFY I LOVE ARYA FOLLOWING GENDRY AROUND AND BADGERING HIM AND HIS GIGGLE WHEN SHE PUSHES HIM I AM A GENDRYA TRUTHER they really did their big one casting the kids

can i say something about yara……i think gemma whalen was really miscast for this part

“You want me to have a god? Fine. King Stanis is my God. He raised me up I’m blessed me with his trust. He gave you a future I could never have imagined.  You know how to read. You’ll be at knight one day.  You think a fire god commanded all that? No, it was Stannis. Only Stannis.” <- WAIT WAIT WAIT. DAVOS KILLING STANNIS HIS GOD FOR BURNING SHIREEN CONFIRMED❓

changes i noticed

the way they only gave rakharo some characterization so dany could cry more about his murder is absolutely goddamn nauseating. they had the perfect opportunity to really dig into dany’s feelings in her khalasar and bloodriders specifically here and passed it up for cheap shock value murder. i’ve always found rakharo fascinating because of his devotion to dany - it goes so against the culture of the dothraki to be not just so dedicated to a woman but willingly subservient, and rakharo is not only fond of dany from the jump, he’s the only bloodrider who attempts to comfort her when she proclaims herself leader of the khalasar. i’ve always felt that like arys oakheart, he likely was raised with a mother who had some semblance of control & power and it made him predisposed to respect the backbone he sees in dany, to feel sorrow for her frustration at being forced to the dosh khaleen, and giving him that “you’ve never failed me before” “now would be a bad time to start” COULD have been something interesting wrt the dothraki and specifically irri & rakharo helping her release drogon in astapor and sack the city, and rule meereen but they waste it and elyes gabel’s amazing face and acting chops. annoying.

“i haven’t seen a girl in six months” once again. why must we make sam this horny.

and then following it up with my favorite sam line & the funniest delivery kit ever does aksjdj the way he goes “hello gilly. what are you doing sam” always kills me, and then following it up with “i can’t steal her she’s a person not a goat” that’s my baby!!! it’s so annoying that they adapt sam so badly but they get the sam/gilly dynamic down okay. he’s just like. the perfect person to be there for gilly, the perfect person to never give up in just trying to help her however he could.

theon is so pathetic lmao. i get some of the changes - big cast and all that - but i think cutting down theon’s journey on pike so he’s not dealing with the botleys & doesn’t get wex pyke makes the iron islands feel so much less real & lived in.

I know everyone hates on the change with joffrey ordering the killing of the bastards and not cersei BUT i think it’s fine, i get it even. they’re using it to show joffrey is escalating, not even cersei can control him, AND cersei will cover for him always. she looks unsettled when tyrion brings it up but she rationalizes it away and then turns the conversation back on tyrion. also-

THEY DESERVED AN EGOT FOR THESE ROLES!!!!!! GIVE THEM A PULITZER!!!!!

[itshelfiredean]

I’m Not Your Little Girl Anymore

DeanxDaughter!Reader, SamxNiece!Reader

Y/N Winchester is a brilliant huntress.

One of the best out there…

But that’s always what has been expected of her.

She’s a WINCHESTER.

A Winchester always follows through with a hunt.

A Winchester is always the hero.

A Winchester is always a leader.

But that’s not what Y/N only wanted anymore.

“She doesn’t listen to me anymore, Sam! No matter how hard I try to get her to listen.” The famous hunter, Dean Winchester sits at the Bunker’s map table, his face in his hands.

“Y/N’s 16, Dean. She wants to be a teenager. You’re too stubborn to realize it because Dad never let you.” The younger Winchester, Sam, pointed out as he leaned back into his own chair with a beer in hand.

Suddenly, the Bunker’s main door creaks open, and Y/N Winchester, a teenager with flowing golden hair and a freckled face came tip toeing down the steps.

Carefully focusing on her feet in hopes of hot making her presence known.

Unbeknownst to her, she just walked unknowingly into a good old Winchester intervention.

“Where the hell were you?” Dean scowled at his daughter, who stood in front of the brothers.

”None of your business, Dad. I have my license. I carry my angel blade everywhere I go. I’m fine.” She shrugged and began to walk past her father, before she felt a hand wrap around her wrist and turn her around.

“The hell it’s not my business. You’re my responsibility. You’re my kid. You don’t even think of who or what is out there that would do anything to use you as leverage against me and Sam. You’ve been gone for 3 hours, Y/N. It’s been 3 hours of Sam and I trying to find out where you were, and you try to sneak back into your room and pretend that you never left? So I’m going to ask again, and so help me, Sweetheart, if you lie to be again…You are going to be pretty miserable for the next three months in here.” Dean towered over the girl, looking at her with his intimidating gaze.

“You’re going to ground me for three months. Have you lost your goddamn mind!” She yelled in return, trying to pry her wrist out of his grasp.

“Honey, we just want to know where you have been. You’re not a prisoner, Y/N. Right, Dean?” Sam nudged his older brother, giving him a look as if silently saying ‘stop being so hard on her’.

“If you want to know so badly. I just went into town for a meetup with some of my friends.” The girl shrugged her fathers gaze off.

“Don’t bullshit me!” Dean immediately yelled in response, causing the teen to jump slightly at the sudden reaction.

“I’m not lying, Da..”

“I was a teenager once, Y/N. I know what they do. So help me Chuck, I better not ever find you in a sleazy motel with a boy ever. Do you hear me, young lady! I know what you’re sneaking out for, so don’t give me some bullshit reason!”

“I’m not lying! God, Dad! You always want me to be your little girl again. Never leaving your side and listening to everything you say. IM NOT YOUR LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE! I’m 16 years old, and you don’t even trust me!” The youngest Winchester escaped the grasp of her father and hauled herself back into the safety of her room.

“Dean, What did you do?” Sam shakes his head as his brother, who is staring at the direction of where his once sweet little girl just ran.

“I-I just want to keep her safe, Sam.” His eyes glazed over as he began to ponder

“Let me talk to her.” Sam assured as he made his way through the labyrinth like hallways of the bunker until he found himself standing in front of Y/N’s door. Hearing her soft sobs reach him from under her door.

“Y/N, honey. I need to talk to you. Please let me in.” He gently knocked.

After a few moments, the door cracked open, and the teen faced her Uncle. With her tear stained cheeks seeming to glow in the hallways light.

“If you’re gonna yell at me, Sammy, then I don’t want to hear it…”

“I promise that I’m not going to yell at you. I would never do that you you, honey.” Sam spoke in a hushed voice, scared that he might push her away.

“I-I don’t understand, Sammy.” She began to cry, immediately pulling her hands over her face in hopes of hiding herself away from her uncle.

Sam quickly stepped into the room, and once he shut her door, pulled the girl into a tight and comforting embrace.

“It’s not your fault, Y/N.”

“I didn’t lie, Sam! I never lied!” Y/N began to yell but found herself attacked with a new wrack of sobs, and she buried her face into her uncles flannel, hoping to disappear into his embrace.

“I know, honey. I know.” He caressed her head, and pulled her closer.

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