#he does this in every continuity

[britishlightyear]

Why do SOUNDWAVEs always hit this pose?

[beautyofattolia]

Not enough people talk about this moment in Catching Fire.

Peeta immediately recognizes the sound of Gale getting whipped and considering how we know his mother is abusive, this can only mean that Peeta and his brothers must have been whipped often enough for him to recognize it even from a distance.

God, there are so many details hidden in the background like this. It amazes me and says so much about how good of a writer Suzanne Collins is, but this detail in particular breaks my heart.

Peeta goes through so much in his life and yet he still chooses to be kind.

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

oh, how you drive me crazy!!

[celestialrealms]

Barbatos outside of the main story: I have only ever let Diavolo even remotely close to me, and he's the most important person in my life who I am completely devoted to... but I love MC and they are becoming an equal and comparable presence in my life. I want to show the sides of myself I keep hidden from anyone else to them, and for them to feel comfortable enough to do the same in return.

The fandom for some reason:

[aroaceleovaldez]

The himbo, malewife, goofball -fication of percy jackson is such a crime by both the fans and riordan. It has made Mr not like percabeth as a couple because in all posts and in later books annabeth is such a girlboss, while Percy's dumb and can't fight his way out of a paperbag without her. All the posts are about how annabeth will be an architect and percy would love to be a trophy husband.

Even the humor in the books went from Percy's sharp wit and snark to 'my pancakes can't drown because I'm a son of poseidon.'

And now this recommendation letter bullshit.

Honestly now I'd wish percy just separated from annabeth (but they remain best friends.) He stays home with his family, becomes a camp counselor, helps young demigods, holds God's accountable and eventually becomes a social activist. (I also dislike him doing something marine biology related. It's clear he hates academics but he always wants to help people. Him helping demigods and mortals is such a wholesome profession for him.)

I fully agree with the first half of this, though I slightly disagree with part of the latter.

The later-series and fanon mischaracterization of Percy is at least a solid 50% ableism minimum, full stop. He's being warped into a very stereotyped ADHD character and the exact reason why he's being characterized as "dumb" is because of ableism. Percy is a very intelligent character! That's exactly why he's so in sync with Annabeth and they're such a strong duo! It's just generally Annabeth is more book/academically smart.

I disagree with where you say he hates academics - because that's one of the common misconceptions about his character. Percy doesn't hate learning or academic subjects! He's not even bad at them! We know explicitly that when he is in an accommodating environment he is interested in learning and gets significantly better grades! Percy only dislikes school because it is generally an environment that systematically he struggles with. It's literally just he has a learning disability (two, actually)! That's it! When his learning disability is accommodated for he does well! It's almost like that's what accommodations are all about! We know this from the first series! It's discussed pretty in-depth! Percy isn't a dumb character and he doesn't hate learning, he's just been let down by school systems so much that he's inherently distrustful of them. If they actually accommodate him though then he does just fine!

And that's exactly what CHB was all about and why New Rome University was supposed to be such a big thing for him! CHB is a learning environment geared for demigods. NRU is a demigod college. Both inherently imply an environment meant to cater to and accommodate students with ADHD and dyslexia! They are both systematically structured to be able to accommodate him! Heck, CHB and CJ even both address in the wider themes of the series a metaphor about how ADHD and dyslexia are commonly seen as childhood disabilities, and how it can be more difficult to find accommodations into adulthood because of that attitude but those disabilities don't just go away - that's why CHB is a summer camp but they talk about how demigods outside of CHB don't often fare well. The metaphor there is those who are not getting help or accommodations are struggling. Because that's how that works! This is a fully intentional metaphor from the first series! CHB is never framed as being perfect for demigods, because one of the entire central conflicts of the series is Percy and Luke going back and forth about this flawed system meant to help and support them but still letting people fall through the cracks. The "claim your kids by 13" thing is a metaphor about how acknowledging a child's disabilities (and possibly getting a diagnosis) earlier/as early as possible means they will have more time to learn and build up resources and support for themselves to be able to use later in life. One of CHB's major flaws is that it can accommodate demigods to a certain point, but it can only do so much before those demigods have to leave (the metaphor being accommodating school systems when those disabled students do not have any other forms of accommodations in their lives.)

And that's why Camp Jupiter was framed as being so revolutionary for Percy because it had an environment acknowledging that this is not just a childhood disability, adults with ADHD/dyslexia exist too and still need and deserve accommodations, AND is a place where those accommodations are available. That's why Camp Jupiter and NRU are treated as such special and important things to Percy, because it's essentially Percy being shown this type of thing can and does exist and it is available to him. It is an option he never thought was possible. Percy never thought he'd be able to go to college because he would not be able to go through school without accommodations, but NRU proves otherwise.

The part that's absolutely stupid is Rick then proceeded to retcon NRU so that apparently it's not a full college and Percy still has to take classes at normal mortal college which DEFEATS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF NRU EXISTING. Rick has fully retconned that demigods struggle past the ages of 16-18 when they're on their own (see above elaborated metaphors) and in doing so we have fully killed all symbolism in literally all of that. It's so stupid. And by having the plot of the CoTG trilogy entirely be that Percy is not actually allowed access to NRU in the first place because he is a son of Poseidon and has to do extra to even be accepted is stupid!

All that to say, I agree the marine biology feels like a huge cop-out and a disservice to his character by reducing him to just a son of Poseidon. The literal only reason why it's the default option people take for him is because oh, fish thing, fish guy. But I feel like everyone ignores the really obvious answer for what Percy would want to do which is - writing. Both his parents are writers/authors and he clearly admires that about them. Percy likes telling stories! He canonically is already a published author in-universe! That's what the books ARE in-universe! The first series fully exists in their universe and Percy is the author! This is explicit canonical information! Percy canonically has help physically writing it down (accommodations) but he is still the credited author! Percy is a writer! Already! Canonically! Why are we making him a marine biologist he already has a profession that ties into his character significantly more. Like you said, Percy likes helping people. That's what the books in-universe are supposed to be for! It's point blank at the beginning of the series! Book one! The thing everybody quotes all the time! The books exist because it is Percy trying to give advice to other demigods who don't know what's going on yet! It's Percy's writing down his experiences to help new demigods understand and contextualize their experiences so they can understand themselves better and figure out what's going on - WHICH IN ITSELF IS ALSO A METAPHOR ABOUT ADHD/DYSLEXIA! Because the core of the series has and always will be built around ADHD/dyslexia! Percy as a protagonist EXPLICITLY was created so that ADHD/dyslexic kids could see themselves as a hero!

Sorry that all was a very tangential rant but my point being: Absolutely. Percy in newer stuff in the franchise and in fanon is horrifically mischaracterized in ways that are functionally either fully ableist (shoutout TSATS for just outright claiming Percy is intentionally lazy and skips school out of disinterest, which is like the number one ableist attitude towards kids with learning disabilities) or a complete erasure of Percy's disabilities. Also I think he should be a writing major not a marine biologist.

[blaithnne]

CBS Ghosts is my new guilty pleasure so take my new OCs. The Blanchet family were distant French cousins of the Woodstones who visited the house in the early 1900s, only for a violent house robbery to take the life of their youngest daughter, Mercedes, and her loyal self appointed guard dog, Horse. Only 8 years old, it takes some time for Mercedes to understand her fate, and for some time she’d be very distressed that her family seem to be ignoring her. On the bright side, the other ghosts are there to try and make things easier, though the misfit collective have a hard time caring for a child given their circumstances, and conflicting ideas on how best to raise a little girl.

Of all the ghosts, she is closest with Thorfinn. He has a soft spot for the little girl.

[redkehlchen]

Some 2003 season 2 doodles! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[dykedvonte]

I think Curly being fired a long with the rest of the crew even with the recommendation still invokes he did not get what he wanted through that.

Curly was feeling unfulfilled at work and in his career, yes. He was considering quitting along with sticking it out cause it’s what he’s known and feel secure in, even if not satisfied. You think getting fired would be a great thing for him, that’s a part of Jimmy’s scathing thought process and twisting of the cock pit conversation. However, the most important aspect is that Curly got to make that final decision for himself.

Curly does not get to decide if he’s actually ready to take that step and branch out and it likely worsened whatever was spinning in his head into a spiral because now he has to think of what he’s gonna do. It can’t wait and I believe his misplaced idea of Curly in telling the crew was his way of not invoking the same feeling within them. For him to be able to sit on it for months while they couldn’t, it was not fair the same way it isn’t fair to assume he would wanted that as an excuse to leave piloting.

It’s good to note that no one really got to fully choose what they wanted to do. Just a whole lot of reactions…. And inactions.

[lunaryhues]

What is Rayman? Well, he's a thingamajig. Next question.

(I got attached to my Betilla design)

[ineffableaddiction]

What’s this? As much as I’ve watched this scene, I’ve never paid close attention to Aziraphale’s gestures in the Final 15, aside from noting the anxiety/fear/whatever other descriptors are preferred.

It looks like Aziraphale also mouths “we need help” at the same time.

Was this (along with the “something’s wrong” voice) a clever way to let Crowley know that they were being observed? Or was Aziraphale asking Crowley to stop time?

[rauferes]

For my current longfic, I've been having fun making up my own comparative biology stuff for elves. The most recent one that's tickling me (inspiration from any_open_eye's work for this one) is that human penises are, uh, significantly larger than elven ones. (Human penises are actually weirdly large in our world-- compared to other animals, and definitely other primates, we're disproportionate).

Which is going to make it hilarious when my elven main character finally gets in Emmrich's pants and finds his jusssst-above-human-average 6" cock... which is the elven equivalent of finding out your lover is packing 8". (For people used to the typical and rather generous self-reporting of size: that's the 99.9th percentile folks. Get a thousand very excited men in the same room and this dick will be the longest.) (Don't worry about my search history, don't-- don't worry about it.)

She isn't even a bigger=better person. She's going to be SO taken aback and I'm going to have so much fun writing it.

[fisheito]

yakumo kiss data

comparing tongue tango data in the style of @contacthigh520 ! for the love of wobbly science? (original post on dante kisses here)

how were kisses counted? the same as the dante post... to the best of my ability. - kiss animation counts as one - text mention is another. kisses (plural) marked as 2+. - i included kisses on places other than the mouth. - i did not count vacuum succ blowjob as kiss. ? idk why🤣

while we're here... i wanted to test if my pattern recognition skills were actually picking up on something, or if i was hallucinating... so while i was counting kisses, i counted several other Seemingly Recurring Behaviours in the yakurooms:

what do you mean by each of those categories??

tongue activation: do they lick?? turns out: yes. more than kisses, technically. i feel like it's kinda .. expected for H rooms to involve tongue, so the 100% activation is probably common among all characters. if i were to calculate a yaku-initiating-tongue-only count, it would still be a high percentage >80%.

hands: hand holding, and adjacent acts of hand gesture. once again, a lot of rampant tender hand connections here. if you got hands, they're certainly useful in many situations, huh! another stat i think would be similar across clan members.

scent: yaku or eiden specifically mentions the other's scent. i didn't count the general descriptions of "scent of essence" in narration. yaku mentions eiden's scent significantly more than the other way around. but at a less than 50% presence in his rooms, yaku's not COMPLETELY a scent-based freak... (yet)

biting: chompchomp. tbh i'm surprised yaku's not more of a biter. maybe he's trying reeeaaallly hard to stay gentle and just... mouth on eiden instead of eviscerating him 🙂 crimson phantom was the bitiest what with the whole vampire roleplay shtick. eiden bites when he wants to get a rise out of yakumo. maybe once yaku gets more comfortable/less afraid of hurting eiden, nibbles will increase? taste as you go, yakumo. never stop tasting

asphyxiation: because yakumo seems to REALLY like choking eiden with his tongue. what in the name of shoddy breathplay…? turns out, yeah! yakumo is kinda trying to kill eiden via asphyxiation! more than via biting (once you remove all the counts of eiden doing the biting)! what are you, a boa constrictor? too afraid to use your venom?? if you even HAVE venom????? eiden, if you're losing this much oxygen every other time you fuck yakumo, i'm scared for you. you need to put his tongue on a leash.

ear: does yaku's sensitive gem location influence the rooms' overall focus on ears? not really. yaku will occasionally go for eiden's ears, and eiden will rarely, but lethally ,target yakumo's ears for tactical turn-ons. i am once again surprised. expected more of eiden's earplay warfare reducing yakumo to shreds.

nipples: a yaoi classic! not many instances of nipple attention with this pair, and i personally hope it stays that way. let's spice it up, people. we got other clan members for booby nipnoppular specialisation. yaku's reptilian. we can venture outside the realm of mammals.

vore: how many times has yakumo gotten cannibalistic (is it really cannibalism if one is a human and one is a yokai)? LESS than i thought, actually! eiden's got a 1 in 3 chance of activating yaku's vore tendencies depending on unit... and here i thought it was 50% or more? wow. ok. guess yakumo keeps his hunger in check better than i thought. good for you.

miscellaneous: one-offs that jumped to the forefront of my perception. the one instance of hair-pulling. the sickening scene of domesticity here and there. yaku implying that sucking eiden's dick would be a reward. ya know. fun stuff.

what else ya got? General notes. Things that happen , i think, a fair amount, but i didn't count the instances: - i don't think there has been a single time where yakumo STOPS after cumming. it's always marathon sex. R.I.P eiden's hole(s)

- something that is happening more frequently with recent units: eiden remarks that yakumo's dick feels like it GROWS LONGER DURING SEX; it feels LONGER than usual;etc. HOW? WHAT? is this a part of yakumo reconciling with his serpent side? I DONT THINK THAT'S HOW SNAKE DICKS WORK, RIGHT? THEY DONT KEEP GROWING FOREVER AFTER EVERY EMOTIONAL CATHARSIS, RIGHT?????? man is gonna be more dick than torso at this rate. every time he sticks his dick into eiden, it's gonna feel like a plumbing snake. useful for clogs, i guess. - yakumo still has a lotta work to do re: self-control. although eiden says that he's a quick study, and that he's vastly improved his angle/speed manipulation, the default is still yakumo losing control and thrusting into eiden with no remorse. no ease. all hip pain. Waiter Yakumo showed substantial progress with "patience", and i hope we get to see that more in the future... at least for room 5s. (i have zero complaint if room 2s continue to be subby yakumo breaking down and crying for his horny life 4evr)

[miyanaxxi]

I like to think that when Aanya and Callum met again after the final battle, girl put him in his place. Because she knows what him leaving did to Ezran. She heard what he said to Ez. Hell, she protected Ezran! As the younger sibling herself (who was probably raised by Grark), that hit her too. Because no brother should act that way, and she cares about Ezran, which elevates her emotions. I really wanted to see Aanya be mad at Callum. Even if it was just a side glare or firing an arrow in his direction in 7x02 as the boat was leaving.

[hyohaehyuk]

Lovingly gazing into your coworkers eyes while he's talking about the sexual and emotional tension of your characters is crazy 🙃

JA: Yeah, and then also playing that off against that tension and the aftermath of some of those fights. It suddenly rebuilds this sexual and emotional tension. Like you said, you get to explore the breadth of a relationship. But yeah, they’re each other’s endgame, aren’t they? In the books, they always come home to each other. I think it’s telling that that seems to be the denouement or the end of a lot of the novels: Louis and Lestat being petty and in love.

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Full video (unfortunately i can't find the original source so i am linking 2 videos posted by fans on yt):

Interview With The Vampire | Nicole Drum from Comicbook.com talks with Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid

[milesworld96]

Listen, if my tragic wet cat of a boyfriend is currently in a situation w a 5”7 jacked goth woman and her twink; I too would cop a feel to try and reinstate myself with him again

[introspectivememories]

tiktok hunger games fans are like the fucking worst. half of them are so desperate to let people know that there's a Message to the book and that they understood the Morals and Themes and Messages of the book that cant look past book canon or have some fun and the other half is making ocs and slapping katniss and peeta's name on them while making the most outlandish conspiracy theories. you cant fucking do anything on there