#it goes on for eons

[i-want-to-be-spaghettified]

that moment when you almost get locked in a library overnight

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

kidnapper: get rid of your wife

paik sa-eon: best i can do is nepo hire her in the office i work at

[fight-for-what-you-love]

♪You're The Reason - Victorious Cast, Victoria Justice

Now. I'm not saying Cody wouldn't learn to defend himself on his own... but... I'm also saying that couples that spend a good amount of time together tend to learn from each other. Have you ever heard of the Michelangelo Phenomenon? That's what's going on here.

Anyway, for ONCE it's not all about Noah and Cody! Alejandro and Courtney really connected last episode! They understand each other and help each other out in different ways, what with their similar drives for success and mutual understanding to get there. Not everyone understands them, though. Shame it was a double elimination.

Notes on the episode under the cut!

* Courtney and Alejandro spend the trip to China talking and getting along in first class over their wedding cake (though Courtney’s the only one eating).

* Noah and Cody are asleep in a stupid, uncomfortable looking position. Heather and Tyler comment on the absurdity of the position before Sierra gets up and walks away in silent rage.

* Cut to Sierra in the confessional. She’s racking her brain trying to figure out how this (noco) happened, and where she went wrong. She doesn’t know what to do. Someone needs to tell her how this happened.

* Noah snags the bike, but only because Cody reached Ace the Donkey first, that jerk. He doesn’t argue though, just pets Ace and tells him to be nice to Cody.

* Sierra gets the pogo stick, Alejandro gets the skateboard and Courtney gets the tricycle like canon.

* Tyler insists he can run the wall on foot. Indeed he does, and he makes it to the gong exhausted.

* Heather gets a pair of roller skates instead of the traditional sandals. She’s not great with them, so she grabs the back of Alejandro’s shirt the whole race (after Alejandro convinces Courtney that sticking with Heather can give them an extra vote).

* Heather, Alejandro and Courtney keep pace with each other most of the race. Heather notices how well Alejandro and Courtney get along and she’s filled with an anger she can’t quite explain.

* Sierra and Noah reach each other in the race, and Sierra takes the opportunity to ask him how he did it. How exactly did he get Cody’s affection so easily when she couldn’t? Noah responds sarcastically: “By being a normal human being, maybe. What a concept, right?” This prompts Sierra to hop in front of him and jam her pogo stick into the front wheel of his bike. Noah almost flies off the bike as Sierra insists on telling her what he did to "win Cody over". Noah, scowling, simply says he was his friend first. “Have you ever considered that maybe he just wanted a friend?” This leaves Sierra thinking, giving Noah the chance to bike away.

* Courtney gets got by a land mine halfway through and gets blown past the wall. Alejandro moves to help her but can’t catch her before she falls.

* Noah passes out before making it to the gong and is disqualified from the second half of the challenge.

* (The prize for winning the second half of the challenge, other than immunity, is being able to take someone with you to first class. This will continue to be the case for every challenge moving forward.)

* Eating challenge time! Their first meal is the donkey meat. Cody refuses to eat what he assumes is Ace, and gets disqualified and sent to the loser bench for it. He sits next to Noah, who pats his back sympathetically. Four remain.

* Their second meal is the live meal worms. Heather does not finish her bowl before everyone else, and gets disqualified. She notices Courtney with her mouth full on her way to sit down. Three remain.

* Third meal is the starfish on a skewer. Heather notices Courtney and Alejandro dive under the table one after the other and interrupts the meal to call them out. Alejandro tries denying anything but Courtney’s mouth is too full to defend herself. Alejandro is disqualified for cheating.

* Tyler and Sierra are the last ones standing. They get the inedible slosh as their final plate and they’re both very not into eating this. Tyler plugs his nose, closes his eyes and starts shoveling the food in his mouth. He manages to swallow a few spoonfuls. Sierra is about to take her first bite when she notices Tyler hesitate. He has a spoon and a mouth full of food but he’s not moving to swallow anymore. Sierra sees this and puts down her spoon.

* Sierra starts teasing Tyler, telling him things like “It’s so warm and gooey, it looks like someone already ate this and threw it back up, the solid chunks really compliment the thickness of the broth” etc. Noah and Cody pipe up and try to convince Tyler to tune her out and finish the bowl. There’s silence for a few seconds. The spoon rattles in Tyler’s hand. He’s shaking and sweating. He turns and pukes. Sierra wins the challenge.

* Chris counts six votes: three for Alejandro and three for Noah. A tie. But... there’s seven people, how are there only six votes? Turns out Tyler got food poisoning and made a total mess of his vote. Noah and Alejandro try to argue, but Chris cuts his losses and hands them both a parachute.

* Before they jump, Sierra tries consoling Cody, telling him how it's just soooo sad that Noah got eliminated again, but at least he'll be comfortable in first class tonight!! Cody turns to look at her. "Who says I’m sleeping in first class?" Sierra hesitates, not expecting him to talk back to her. "I... did...? I’m bringing you with me...??" Cody responds: "I’m not going to first class with you."

* Sierra insists. "But… I won the challenge. I get to pick someone to come with me, and I’m picking you!" Cody stands his ground. "I’m not going with you." Sierra starts losing her patience. "Cody, don’t be difficult-" She grabs him by the shoulder, but Cody shoves her away harshly. He stands and takes a step back to create distance. "I said NO! I’ve had enough of you treating me like I’m anything but a person, so NO. I’m not going with you! Leave me ALONE!!"

* Sierra is left startled by his outburst. She relents. “Fine. I’ll take Heather instead.” Heather’s shocked, but she’s not about to turn down first class.

* Cody turns to say goodbye to Noah, but Noah hugs him before he can say a word. "That was amazing!! I’m so proud of you!!" Noah keeps going, saying he’s made it so far already, and he knows Cody can make it to the end. Cody can’t help but smile. Before he can say more, Alejandro grabs Noah and throws him out of the plane before jumping out himself.

* For goofs and gaffs, I like imagining the post credits bit of this episode being Alejandro and Noah plummeting to the ground after jumping out of the plane. Alejandro pulls the string of his parachute, only for soup bowls and chopsticks to fly out. Noah grabs onto Alejandro and pulls his own string (which opens an actual parachute), saving them both. Alejandro comments, disgust apparent in his face and tone, how being with Cody made him soft. Noah just tells him to shut up before he changes his mind and drops him.

[hyperbali]

"Rook never knew the real Solas, it's just a mask, only Lavellan knows the real Solas 🥺"

[fromtherift]

To say I’m heartbroken by what happened with BioWare and EA regarding dragon age would be an understatement- however, at the same time, I saw it coming a million miles away.

From the development hell DA was put through, to the final result not having DLCs, to the final result also being a shadow of the previous instalments in the series in terms of writing and gameplay- it was clear to me they wanted dragon age done and finished as fast as possible.

I’m sorry, but I really didn’t like Veilguard. I loved it at first play through, and my opinion sharply declined on my second. It felt like a shadow or a mockery of the games I love. It felt like the equivalent of giving your kid sibling an unattached game controller and letting them play just to shut them up.

The game spent so long trying to be cinematic that it forgot to be good- or rather, it never had a chance to be good. It just needed to be shiny and it needed to sell. That’s the shape of all things lately- and it makes me rage and it breaks my heart.

More importantly, the people fired are going to have an incredibly hard time getting employed again. I know Trick Weeks was talking about how difficult it was to afford raising a child in Canada, and now both they and their partner are unemployed.

What EA and BioWare did to dragon age was cruel on multiple levels. I hope one day we live in a world that allows these stories to be told by people who love to tell them, who get compensated well for telling them, and in a way that is authentic to the story itself and not to any speculative market.

[mousemannation]

in honour of madrid win here’s a lil video i took at ao25! timestamp says Jan 22nd at 1:43pm :3

[evienyx]

So Goes the Moon, Chapter One: Dusk

So Goes the Moon

- - -

Ninety-five years after the Air Nomad Genocide, the war ends. There is no winner, nor loser. There are simply those who are still alive, and those who are not. Admiral Zhao of the Fire Nation kills the Moon Spirit, and the Ocean roars. The sun hides away, and the only light is that of the seas, so very blue, and so very angry.

Ninety-seven years after the Air Nomad Genocide, Crown Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation is burned and banished, sent beyond the protected walls of Caldera, told he can only return if he kills the Ocean Spirit and brings the world back into balance.

No one has seen the stars since the night the moon died.

Ninety-nine years after the Air Nomad Genocide, in a South Pole ruled by darkness and cold, a beam of light shoots into the sky.

-

Zhao kills the Moon Spirit 4.5 years too early, ending the war and starting the apocalypse all in one go. The Ocean ravages the world in its grief, and no one is there to stop it. A few years later, Prince Zuko and Princess Yue decide to do something about that.

- - -

The Dead Moon Spirit AU is finally done! Even more exciting, it is finally here!

This will be updating every Friday until it is completed. The plan is nineteen chapters.

I've been hyped for this one for a while now! I hope you all enjoy!

[stinky-toons]

That thing where you like an artist and then you make small interactions to try and snag them to be your friend and suddenly, yall talk like it's nothing, this has happened a few times because I'm shy and the only way I make friends is subliminal small secret messages where I pound on my screen and go "PLEASE PLEASE FRIEND ME ON DISCORD WE HAVE TO MAGMA TOGETHER" but in the reblogs it says "AWESOME ART I love this sm :)"

It's secret code okay I swear

Stares at a few friends in particular

It's worked so far

Just not all the time...fools....

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

i'm finally watching the movie version of camelot and man...joshua logan i was so ready to defend you bc i adored your take on paint your wagon but so far this is not it king

[doctorwhommm]

I adore how you draw the team, I think you really portray the balance betwen goofiness/cuteness and personality of that makes sense. What do you think of the hc that Ianto is autistic?

DUDE!! thank you so much this is really really lovely to hear- i think one of my favourite things about torchwood is how silly/funny they can all be which sometimes gets missed with all the insane levels of angst that also occurs. im so glad you think i get that balance!!

thoughts on autistic ianto bellow the cut so I don’t clog ppls feeds !!

i think the autistic ianto hc makes a LOT of sense in some very interesting ways!! there’s loads of little moments in the show and expanded media where i really pick up on autistic traits manifesting in iantos behaviour and thoughts and struggles- often in a subtextual way that can contextualise some of his actions.

i also think it’s especially apparent in the audios when they drop in little bits about his life- such as the stuff with him visiting his nan every weekend growing up + the routine around it (I think that’s in the last beacon?). or like all of the audio coffee lol. there’s been a few points in the audios where ive really got the impression they’re at least aware of the idea of ianto having asd bc of how they portray him. I think I remember seeing somewhere ages ago that GDL had approved of/agreed with the interpretation that ianto is autistic somewhere on twitter once- haven’t got an actual source for this tho so do take this skeptically. either way you can see ianto having autistic traits in his writing pretty clearly sometimes!!

ultimately, i do generally think with any head cannon that if people r enjoying it and not hurting anyone then it’s totally cool with me, but i do specifically have a big old soft spot for autistic ianto hcs!!! i can see how he could be interpreted either way, and am happy to swing between both interpretations, but I do think the autistic ianto hc has some rly interesting stuff going on with it ◡̈

[lovelyleech]

Music save me

[plasticbabyart]

Well naturally I've gotta ask about JV headcanons now :] /silly

AHHH IM SO EXICTED HAVING ASKS Anyway Papa Jv time !!!

Jet Vac is married to Snapshot, but despite being married they live separately during Academy term time

JetVac LOVES the trio like his own kids, at first he tried not to act like it but eventually he started being more open on it

He loves Elf the most as his own daughter !

He often comforts Eruptor regarding his issues with being emotionally neglected, he tries to give him compliments and attention more often on his work to help him

Him and Snapshot adopted Dark Spyro, while Spyro lives in the dragon Kingdom, Dark Spyro remains with JV at the Academy

JetVac struggles a lot with what happened between him and his Dad, and still carries a lot of outdated beliefs so he's never really worked it out in Therapy, and Hugo doesnt stop pestering him about it

Hes Gay and Transgender, hes pretty open about his transition, the team are all very supportive of him !!

JV helps Pop with his Class plans, and keeping track of when he has a Class so he doesnt forget them

He REALLY doesnt understand technology, he struggles enough with the Vac gun, but the gang try to make him do TikToks with him 100%

Loves Facebook minion memes

Probably started a LGBT+ support group at the Academy !!

He would LOVE to have kids of his own, but with Snapshots work routine and the Academy, he's happy enough with the gang

The Gang celebrates Fathers Day with him !!

Got on very well with Spyros family when he met them, actually became friends with Spyros Dad Nestor and often tells him how Spyro is doing (and Dark Spyro!)

Has Scars on his back from when he lost his wings

Feels indifferent towards Eon, doesnt appreciate how he puts Spyro on a pedestal and doesnt consider the others, thinks hes too hard on the team

Thats all I have at the moment!! If I remember more, I will post !!!

[greedkinggreaser]

Look at my son

[teaitty]

:D two versions.

[anggeese]

In my xiao meets nameless bard au where xiao is like:

X: i'm taking you to mondstadt. We'll figure what's happening (discuss with KoF)

Nb: okay

X: (brings him to mond)

Nb: i thought we were going to mond?

X: we are in mond?

Nb: (points at stormterror's lair) but that's mond?

X: ????????

[archivesweats]

did some completely unplanned decorating of my hobonichi avec today