#i needed to reply to this immediately

[chloesimaginationthings]

Oooo I love the way you draw Jeff he's cute <333

I hope I did Jeff justice.. gotta love tired men

[mymarifae]

guys twitter dot com doesn't like when you criticize toriel's parenting decisions. don't do it

[hera1d]

what a silly little ending that would be: bear witness to how he spoils, falls apart like rotten fruit, bugs and bacteria crawling through him and scavenging him until there's nothing left of the sickly innovator from the undercity. a forgotten cadaver dissected, picked clean among the countless. “ telling that to a dying man, mind you. ” he quips, glossing over the severity of the notion. surely fareeda can see it too, an hourglass leading up to viktor's demise filling his side of the bulb with sand, overflowing, beginning to engulf him. a deadly reminder that the clock was ticking, running out. a concept gone remote with each fleeting second. as things stood between them now, they had nothing left to lose in their erosion. desperation of the condemned, white-hot. gloved hand rests atop his crutch, felt the hum of shimmer in its hidden clasp. he averts from fareeda's serpentine expression, returning to the several bundles of documents, blueprints, the hexcore. with their mouth subtly parroting her smile, grim and sly, a thick eyebrow cocks upward. “ why not? let's hear it, miss ahmed. ” such curious gifts she bears, ones as profound, oracular, perhaps even more so than the science and magic blurring around the pair. he wished to cut the belly of the beast as it coiled him now, lingering dangerously close, see what lied within its gory clandestine details. “ the council, ” said with barely concealed venom, “ speaks much of your skills. as do those in our city below. ” viktor spares a glance her way this time. “ i wonder about their cryptic effects on me. ”

@hera1d: i do love a good conundrum.

her head tilts as she maintains eye contact, the red mark on her forehead glinting in the moonlight with the movement of her body. it burns brightly at the tip before it dims once again and that same breath of ghastly grey leaves her lips— and this time anyone can see her lips curl into an easy smile. her body shifts slightly and then with slow and deliberate steps, she begins to traverse along their surroundings, protected by the roof above.  ``     that so?    `` in her head, the memory of her vision grows closer and closer with each step, the next gust of wind has the smoke travelling her way and it stings at the back of her throat. she shows no sign, but the atmosphere is no better. it batters against her skin and demands entry. it strokes along her features, along the length of her jaw and the scar barely hidden by her dress that was not suited for someone like her. it only makes her smile again.  ``     i offer you a few conundrums, however. which one do you see first?    `` the way she offers her truth is the same way she always does: riddled with several lies.

it reminds her of a serpent, curling and curling before it tightens, constricting until its prey gives in. until there was no hope left. fareeda was something worse than a snake, however, she was intelligent. conniving. a strategist who could have the world in utter chaos if she wishes it, but where was the fun in that? piltover has been a setting she's grown quite used to, even if it is in the most twisted way possible.  ``     one of them could kill you, you know. what a silly little ending that would be.    `` she notes, her head turned just enough for viktor to catch the brown of her eyes when she side - eyes them. her words are probing, an underlying question that shall never be answered. she feigns a gasp and turns around to look at him once more.   ``     should we make this into a game? i bet that'll be much more enjoyable than whatever boring science stuff you have going on.    ``

[artist-rat]

DEAREST RAT, MOST GLORIOUS WIZARD OF ARTS AND STORIES, A HUMBLE GIFT TO THEE UPON YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!

I AM TOTALLY NOT NORMAL ABOUT NOON AND HER CHAOS :D

LIGHT AND FORTUNE UPON THEE, MY FRIEND *backflips into a trashcan*

*CRIES and is launched into outer space with the power of A THOUSAND MILLION SUNS* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

(seriously i'll never recover and let it be known to the public that excessive yelling has taken place in dms i'm just sparing y'all a little now AHRKEJGN 😭) glorious day glorious gift glorious friend i can't thank you enough for this perfect surprise i'm going to perish THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU FOREVER AND EVER 🦄💘💖❤️‍🔥☀️💯🌟‼️

[yunogf]

Gurllll just want to let you know the emotional oranges ft jaehyun's song is already here its sooo goodddd!!!https://youtu.be/O_dCv_kJguc?si=ng3CZ_93XeF9Wbd9

this has to be an accident bc the way spotify called me crazy for trying to search this 😭💀 but omfg it's SOOO GOODDDDDDDDDD🤩😫😫😱😫🙏🙏🙏 which is expected they are incapable of making bad music 🤩🫶 and jaehyuns voice is so fine hnnnnngngng I missed it so much cant wait to have this on repeat also also!! they did the prada fit from Milan fw for jaehyun on the cover ohhhhh they did their research! 🤩🤩

[reasonsforhope]

Heads up/warning that I'm going to start posting articles related to the Israel-Palestine War

I've worked really, really hard to keep my blog about positive news only, and that's going to continue - these posts will be only about good news related to the war.

Of which there really, really isn't much, so I don't know that there will be a lot of posts, but I will be posting articles about humanitarian aid reaching those who need it and actions that will prevent more lives from being taken.

I know that, no matter my position on the war, this is something that would be very controversial and make a lot of people upset, so I wanted to be explicit about my position on this - and my posting policy, which is not the same thing. I also wanted to give people a heads up because I know the war in general is really, really triggering for a lot of people right now, for a lot of different reasons. I'll be tagging all relevant posts, so if screening those out is something that you need to do, you can.

I have worked very hard to make this blog a space with only good news because I know how much it can matter to have just one place, if nowhere else, that you can count on to not give you emotional whiplash with horrible news. To know you have one place you can go where you are guaranteed not to see bad news that will send you into a tailspin. That's why I've had a policy of not including signal boosts or PSAs about tragedies, no matter what they are, on this blog. (I do post about some of that stuff, including the Israel-Palestine War, on my main blog, though. I consider this blog to be me trying to run a public service, basically, and so have specific policies for myself around that, including my editorial and fact-checking standards.)

I'm going to be honest, I was really, really hoping the war would end after a couple of weeks, which has historically not been uncommon for wars with/involving Israel.

But that's clearly not happening, and I can't keep not acknowledging what's happening on here, so, this post.

With that, I imagine people probably want to know my actual stance on the war, since that's what I'll be posting in accordance with.

So, here's the official stance of this blog:

Every time a civilian is killed, it is a tragedy; Every time a child is killed, it is a tragedy, no matter their nationality. I condemn all antisemitism and all Islamophobia.

I support all calls for a ceasefire, as well as demands that Israel immediately stop its repeated bombing of hospitals, ambulances, shelters (including UN shelters), and refugee camps.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of hospitals is justified.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of shelters or refugee camps is justified.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of ambulances is justified.

There is no situation in which the killing of children is justified. Yet more children have now been killed in Gaza than in all global conflict zones combined in each year since 2019.

There is no situation in which cutting off an entire country and/or territory's supply of food and water is justified.

Yes, this applies to every group involved in the war, including countries supplying either side, and any countries or non-state organizations who may yet join the fighting.

The initial Hamas attack on Israel was a tragedy. The continued Israeli bombardment and invasion of Palestine is also a tragedy.

Most of the things I post will be about aid reaching Palestinians or news about tangible, confirmed progress toward a ceasefire. I probably will not be posting good news posts about aid reaching Israel, unless it's explicitly and only humanitarian and/or barring drastic unforeseen changes in circumstance. This is because as of yesterday, November 7, the Palestinian death toll is over 10,000 to Israel's roughly 1,400 (only about 200 of whom have been killed in the past month, starting on October 8, aka outside of the initial attack by Hamas). At least 3,195 children have died in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29 in Israel.

The Palestinian death toll is nearly 8 times the Israeli death toll. The number of children killed is 110 times higher in Palestine than Israel. (Source for death toll here, ratios via calculator.) Every single one of those deaths is a tragedy - and there have been far, far too many tragedies this past month.

(On a related note, Israel stands very, very little chance of actually eliminating Hamas with this war. The US has attempted this same strategy and failed many times: the US failed to eliminate the communist/North Korean regime in the Korean War, which is technically still ongoing 70 years later; failed to eliminate the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War; failed to eliminate numerous groups of Iraqi insurgents in the Iraq War, which triggered Iraq's civil war; and failed to eliminate the Taliban in the Afghanistan War, even though that war lasted for literally 20 years. Afghanistan is once again under total Taliban control.)

The last thing we need is another 20 year war. The last thing we need is more civilian deaths. Bombing civilian settlements, as well as hospitals, shelters, and refugee camps are war crimes under international law, meaning that both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes.

It's time for the war crimes to stop.

Humanitarian aid reaching civilians is good news, and I will be posting accordingly.

Ceasefire now.

[poomphuripan]

Hello Claire,

First of all, thank you so much for everything you have been sharing these last few weeks about My Stand-In and Poom (and Up). It's such a treat ❤️

Was My Stand-In Poom's first project out of CH8 or was it Bake Me Please? I hope his popularity will rise and allow him to be cast in different kinds of show and role. Because it must be frustrating to always play the same type of character... And do you know in which agency does he belong please?

Have a nice day ❤️

hiiii (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡

well thank you for following and always supporting my gifs i see you (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡

So Bake Me Please is actually Channel 8 (CH8)'s first ever BL series where they got their rising male actors (Ohm, Guide, Poom, Atom, Prame, Tawan) to star in, so BMP is actually a CH8 series.

I believe Poom's first ever non CH8 work is Saneha Stories Season 4: Saiyai Saneha (2022) which is a two-episode mini series based on the real life story of a gay man. This was aired on AIS Play and produced by TV Thunder.

Poom also has another comedy series Jenny A.M./P.M. (2022) on AIS Play but this was in collaboration with CH8 which is why there were some CH8 actors (Poom, Nonny, Prame) in the series. Poom plays the straight best friend of the male protagonist (played by Singto Prachaya).

So technically My Stand-In is Poom's 2nd or 3rd work outside of CH8 (depending on how you view the two projects above) but it is Poom's first lead role in a major production and Poom often refers to My Stand-In as his first ever lead role in interviews so that's Poom's position on it 😅

For some background on Poom's agency. He is managed by RSDG - a production/talent management subsidiary company of RS Group, a Thai entertainment and media company that owns CH8. So basically Poom is a Channel 8 actor but it seems that CH8 is a bit more laxed about their actors partaking in series outside of their network (but that also comes with a cost).

I've heard rumors that CH8 gave Poom an ultimatum between becoming 2ML in another CH8 lakorn or choosing to star in My Stand-In (a non CH8 work) and not having any CH8 lakorn projects left for the rest of the year. I have no idea the accuracy of this rumor but I guess all we gotta do is look at Poom's schedule for the rest of this year and see if he's got anything else other than MSI fanmeetings here and there ಥ_ಥ

But I have a lot of fun watching Poom playing his evil lakorn villain roles at CH8 as well and I think those scenes helped greatly in honing his acting skills throughout his acting career so far (you can watch Poom being very stiff in his early works and the gradual improvement progress over the course of his lakorn works). If you pick a random CH8 lakorn with Poom, his character is sure to be killing or dying or crying or getting mad or fucking someone (sometimes all of the above).

Whatever the future holds for Poom, I'm very happy that he chose My Stand-In because I can't imagine a world where we do not get Poom Phuripan as Joe. Poom expresses a lot of happiness from finally getting positive reactions about his acting performances for the first time, which is a thing that I think lakorn actors will hardly get (especially if you play supporting roles at an obscure TV channel with low to average viewership). I also feel like Poom is pretty happy to finally get to play a character that's so close to his personality in real life (bonus the fact that his character isn't dying or going to jail).

I too hope that My Stand-In will be the breakthrough project Poom needed to get the attention and the opportunities he deserved after being much underrated and typecasted at CH8, manifesting many interesting scripts and acting opportunities come his way 🥹

sorry op i hope i answered some of your inquiries. i totally get carried away whenever i'm rambling. tldr: poom is managed by rsdg group so officially speaking, he's an actor for channel 8 but sometimes they let him out to star in non-ch8 works.

[rosalesbeausderholle]

I think the real moral panic we should be having about romance novels is that they're all cringe as hell and they're teaching the children to be cringe 😔😔😔

[bucephaly]

People love finding random natives online and dumping their family story on them expecting a reassuring 'of course you're native!!' Lol

Sorry, if you don't wanna reconnect why would you even mention your supposed apache or whatever ancestry. If you aren't connecting to the tribe what does it even matter. 'I find it interesting' so you're using supposed native ancestry as a fun fact to make you look more interesting? How is that different than any other 'great grandma cherokee princess' person. Especially since you apparently have time to research the history of all your ancestral cultures but you don't have time to do genealogy

And of course when I tell them 'assume the stories are fake until you've got actual proof' they block me.

[ducktracy]

also again just wanted to say thank you and very sorry to anyone still waiting on DMs or asks answered from me 🙏 life and work has been incredibly busy and i usually try to wait until i can sit down and answer messages with the thoughtfulness and care they deserve because i really appreciate getting them! but that keeps turning into “today was too busy/i’m too tired/i can’t focus right now, tomorrow” etc etc. i don’t tend to realize how much time has passed and i also tend to forget that people genuinely just, wanna hear from me and enjoy talking to me, and do compound that by literal dozens of people on all different platforms waiting to hear back—very overwhelming. i’m trying my best though and i really do want to get back to yinz. thank you also for your patience with the slowness of my reviews and art for similar reasons. trust me, i’m very well aware of my obligations because they cause me no shortage of grief every day LOL so i just wanted to say thank you and put out a quick disclaimer for those still waiting to hear back from me. i promise it’s not you or that i’m purposefully ignoring you. i’m trying to get better at managing my time as well. but i thank you for your understanding and patience and desire to talk to me to begin with, it really means a lot to me more than i’m able to reflect

[byanyan]

me: *has been working so fucking hard on my mental health/working to actually accommodate myself in my neurodivergence as i learn more about it, and finally things do mostly feel like they're improving*

also me: *suddenly starts getting slapped the fuck around by obsessive intrusive thoughts worse than i have since i was fucking 16*

[pumpkinhcad]

@mayhemsmonsters (Roy). || UNPLOTTED STARTER.

His smile? GONE. And it was warranted. Seeing that familiar striped shirt and cap anywhere around town always meant bad news! Bad news for Skid and Pump, that is.

Oh no, oh no, there was Roy!! His body simply froze in the middle of the sidewalk, hands clenched tightly as if this was a matter of fight or flight. His eyes shifted towards the other side of the road for a moment. And then back at Roy. And then back to the other side of the road. He could make a run for it!! This did not need to go anywhere!

He did not want to be bonked again! It hurt! But it seemed like that was going to be difficult to avoid, considering the older kid stood in the same sidewalk he was, was going in the opposite direction he was... and they had just spotted each other. Awkward.

❝ Uhhhhh... ❞ (Quick! Say whatever comes to mind first!) Thankfully, there was some distance between them, so a little observation would not hurt, right? He pointed at the other, or at least to the sides of him. ❝ Where... are your friends? ❞ Ironic! Considering he was also all by himself.

[spacedlexi]

Kenny and Violet anon here YES.

Violet is upset because someone she defended against her found family of 8 years let her get taken by brainwashing adults for 2 seconds and everyone flips their lid.

But Kenny refuses to stop a train, and gets into a whole fight with Lee over it (AND REFUSES TO HELP YOU FIND A LOST LITTLE GIRL WHILE YOU’RE FIGHTING OFF AN INFECTION, where as Violet always defends you in Episode 1 regardless of whether you ignored and/or antagonized her or not), and gets mad at an 11 year old for not being able to handle helping someone in labor by herself and everybody’s like “Nah it’s okay, his family died years ago so he gets to do whatever he wants.” as if Violet didn’t witness one of the only consistent family members in her life die in front of her 💀

There’s so many comparisons I could make and one day I’ll make a Venn Diagram about all of their similarities but for now I’m glad someone pointed this out.

there are some things kenny does that have No excuse (like refusing to help bitten lee look for missing clem all because hes mad you didnt side with him enough. leaving lee to singlehandedly save himself in the pharmacy because he got scared. threatening to slap clem for blaming herself for lees death. off the top of my head). but his behavior on the train is annoying yet understandable. he doesnt want to admit his son is dying and he feels like duck dying in the first place is his fault for not saving shawn. you can convince him to stop without things getting physical

the Problem comes in when people can understand and sympathize with kennys annoying/shitty actions, but when it comes to violet (who has the same "my family is dead and its made me bitter and closed off" backstory (and her whole arc is about learning to love and care again)), suddenly all understanding goes out the window. even tho shes not even a FRACTION as annoying and shitty as kenny can get 😭😭

violet is mean to clem for the One scene where youre introduced to her (ignoring your first moment with her in the courtyard where shes smiling at clem so you already know her shitty attitude later is a lie. louis even defends her. wingman lol. and depending on what you say in response to her you can Immediately see the regret on her face LOL). but before the scene even Ends shes complimenting clem and clem loves it. then youre forced to talk to her and tenn about the twins, you have a nice card game where you can joke around with her, then she shows up at the dorm and they have a nice heart to heart about how theyre BOTH struggling with the loss of people theyve loved, and they can sympathize about both being harsher than they intend (THEY GET EACH OTHER CANONICALLY)

and vi not being "a people person" is a huge part of her arc?? she doesnt like that shes like this 😭 but shes also better with people than she gives herself credit for and its why she makes a good leader. (and even if you pick the "came off strong" option clem is OBVIOUSLY teasing about it but vi cant tell and gets defensive ("its not like im trying to be bffs or whatever. sorry" is so "you want to kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid" of her)

and then after this shes never mean to clem again?? (unless you antagonize her but even then its mostly just about her standing her ground and not taking shit she doesnt deserve. which is fair). shes only mean to brody while fishing (and shes mean to brody because deep down she blames HERSELF) and the whole POINT of that scene is to try and mend their broken relationship which immediately makes vi a happier/nicer person if you do (also interesting how louis doesnt get any shit for His behavior while hunting 🤨 no hes just cool and fun). violet also apologizes for being "weird" in the dorms the previous night as well (bby girl why are you afraid that everything you do is weird 😭 she says that word a lot)

violet will Always have clems back (in EP1 and 2!!) No Matter What you do or say to her. i think people take her loyalty for granted. so if you dont save her in EP2 and expect to continue to have her unwavering loyalty in EP3? thats a You problem. she is Fucked Up mentally on that boat by lilly and her not-exactly-ex, and then gets caught in the explosion she didnt want anything to do with. AND THEN SHE APOLOGIZES because she recognizes she was WRONG

(not her literally trying to make a joke about it to ease the tension 😭 people dont give her credit for also having a sense of humor. like louis is the only one who cracks jokes around here) but again when it comes to kenny his actions are understandable and defendable even without an apology 🙄 i literally side with kenny on Everything except the larry thing and if you dont make the right dialogue choice with him? he will not help you look for clem. because of larry 😐 i killed your son for you bro and then took care of his walker doppelganger so you didnt have to. and this isnt even touching his behavior in S2. and yet despite everything he does hes still one of the most beloved characters in the fandom 🤨

i just have to remind myself sometimes that all vi options were made 53-61% and the vi haters are a loud minority. her always being above 50% is so interesting to me because i love when choices are split perfectly 50/50. but the way the fandom talks about her (and the women in general) you wouldnt think shes technically the more popular option (and i Hate playing the popularity card its so annoying, but im only doing it bc people also say shit like "maybe if vi wasnt so mean more people would pick her" they DO pick her!!! you just got mad she was mean for 5 seconds, never payed attention to her again, and used her determinate reaction on the boat as justification for not liking her 😑) (also ignores how mean louis gets in EP2 regardless of choice?? but like kenny His actions are defendable and sympathetic and hers arent 🙄)

[sttoru]

aita for blocking a friend bcs they dont reply to my messages or reply very late (like a whole day after) even though theyre clearly online, playing games, chatting w others etc 🤥 ?

[astramachina]

i think it's real funny that my idea of a "break" is "work three hours today rather than 9". like. bro. step away from the desk.

[shut-the-burrow-door-pls]

How did you fall in love with the lil' rattos?

This