#it's truly shameful

[lesbianseaweed]

[eruhamster]

There have been multiple times where I've seen people are like "haha Hua Cheng made up a story about being kicked out so Xie Lian would take him in haha so silly" so I just wanted to point this out.

He was quoting himself from when he was a little boy.

He was scared to just outright say who he was, but he kept trying to jog Xie Lian's memory (though ofc being a ghost with a photographic memory, he may not have remembered that normal people don't remember things from 800 years ago). He was constantly quoting himself. He showed Xie Lian the palm of his hand with the intention that Xie Lian see his totally fucked up fate and realize who he is.

To be honest... Hua Cheng doesn't really lie to Xie Lian. He lies by omission sometimes, but he does not outright lie. And I feel like people are missing something by apparently not being aware that Hua Cheng was trying to tell Xie Lian who he was, without telling him.

That's why he started trembling and laughing when Xie Lian recalled the story of the suicidal boy that Xie Lian told 'live for me!' - The entire time, he thought Xie Lian forgot about him. Until then.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Maybe we never had a chance.

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[idontmindifuforgetme]

Imagining if I was this age during the Iraqi war and I had to watch losers on tumblr call the genocide that is actively happening at the hand of the us “foreign affairs that they can’t do anything about” and then I had to convince people to spare pocket change so my people could escape mass slaughter and then some chronically online tumblr user sent me an ask that was like “guilt tripping people into caring won’t get you far” as if caring for people who’re dying isn’t literally part of being alive and you shouldn’t be persuaded into it in the first place

[the-one-with-spider-brainrot]

dresses are so gorgeous it’s unfair

[lilybug-02]

Some Symptoms of ADHD from Someone who is diagnosed:

Forgetfulness that impacts daily life

Difficulty remembering others names and even faces

Hard to stop fidgeting or moving when bored. Difficult to stop even when aware

Hyperfocus

Lack of motivation in tasks, even more so when external motivations are not given

Difficulty in being organized for extended periods of time

[[Symptoms of Adult ADHD]]

[rickybaby]

Yuki via

[strategicundersee]

Actually, while we’re on the topic. What the fuck happened to Sevika’s storyline? You’re telling me the writers couldn’t give her one line in the finale? One single glimpse at her mind in the moment where she takes the seat on the fucking council? Her, the character who practically embodies Zaun and its ideals, whose fight has always been for Zaun?

“Oh well, there’s the visuals-“. Yes. It still feels disappointing, though. We’ve seen Sevika fighting for Zaun since the beginning… and we can’t get one fucking line when she takes such a big step towards making a change bigger than she might have ever thought was possible? What the actual fuck.

[hingabee]

idk if ive said this before But I do think that in a weird way you could consider Damar to be the one character that truly understood Ziyal.

He killed her, oops, yes. Now, hear me out! 🥴 All of her close associations kind of... disservice her with how they perceive and treat her...

Dukat is the most obvious, and we don't need to go into much detail to see how his deluded narcissism has him treat her as an accessory and means to an end (one that is sometimes so inconvenient he'd rather see her dead), even if I do believe he genuinely loves her in his own messed up way. And in the end when he finds out that she's "betrayed him and Cardassia" he still says he loves her. Gotta give it to him, even if he's convinced he could change her mind later on, it's still pretty meaningful from someone like Dukat. But he's too focused on Ziyal being "his", Dukat's, and not herself.

Garak is dismissive of her and her feelings, and while he has a right to reject her, obviously, he does it in a way that painfully infantilises her. Yes, she's 20/21 and much too young for him. Yet, instead of doing the responsible thing and enforcing his boundaries by putting some healthy distance between them he himself is so needy and desperate for her company that he just... keeps engaging. I don't wanna say he's leading her on, because he's quite clear about not returning her feelings, but personally (and we're venturing into headcanon territory here) I find it... not nice that he simply blames her young age relative to his instead of giving a proper, truthful reason. (In true Garak fashion, of course. But i.e. "I just don't feel the same" or straight up "I'm gay." would've been nice, even if the latter clearly couldn't be done, lol.) Obviously it's a bit more complicated, but the main reason he's close to her appears to be for his own convenience. Not because he cares so much about her. (Their relationship in canon sadly lacked more exploration, but working of what we got really just is... kind of depressing.) Too focused on Ziyal's Cardassian "side".

And then there's Kira. Sighhh. She genuinely loves Ziyal, probably in the most selfless way. But she also projects heavily onto her. Literally doesn't want Ziyal to learn about combat, even when Ziyal asks to be taught. (Do you think Kira regrets this after Ziyal dies?) Understandable, of course, but it does Ziyal a little bit of a disservice to be viewed as nothing but a young Kira to be shielded from war and mayhem, and not as herself — someone who spent most of their young life in a POW camp and whose literal existence is a result of the Occupation. Kira isn't doing this intentionally, and I find it easy to forgive her, because the way she treats Ziyal is the most "beneficial" for Ziyal's mental wellbeing here. Still, it's not fair to Ziyal to be so involved in Kira's own insecurities and regrets/trauma. Too focused on Ziyal's Bajoran "side". It's just overall sad to see, although I find with time the two of them definitely could've improved individually and together. Even if that would've made their dynamic less spicy, lol.

And then there's Damar, lol. Good ol' "sneering at Bajorans" Damar. He sees Ziyal as what she is— a pathetic, defiant bastard mix. In his own horrible way he's nasty to her for being half-Bajoran, but keeps getting hung up on her also being a "superior" Cardassian like her father. He teaches her knife tricks, and Dukat want's her to escort her to events. He's jealous of her. It's crazy that he's the only one who doesn't have ulterior motives, purposefully or not. Their relationship is barely explored in canon, obviously, but what little we do get to see is so interesting. Ziyal is nasty to him towards the end, and Damar treats her as exactly the person she wants to be perceived as because he sees her motives and morals and true alignment. He condems her for it, sure, but he doesn't project any of his own delusions or insecurities onto her. To him she is a threat to Dukat's and Cardassia's fragile stability, and thus must be eliminated.

Imagine the only person who actually sees you for who you are, and understands what you want and value, is also your crazy father's racist, alcoholic lackey. He hates you for it. And then he kills you. Man.

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

[satoblue]

one of the things satoru would do on a date is take you to a photo booth and while you think it’s for taking cute photos, the main purpose it serves is so he could fuck you in it and get clear shots of him giving you back shots but especially for the front view when he shoves your face in the camera to get pictures of your jaw dropped in pleasure and your eyes rolling all the way back to your skull from his thrusts

[artemisia-nova]

this demon mode menace built different gen z big baddie blue collar batman has me in a GRIP

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[radioactive-yuri]

lena kelley is like if a cis woman had all the unresolved toxic masculinity of her divorced slavic father.

[mergers-and-executions]

@Lacryboy DID IT AGAIN FOLKS!! IM SCREAMING AND KICKING MY FEET!!!! ALL THE LITTLE FUN DETAILS ARE INSANE!!!

[rickybaby]

The Motor Museum of Western Australia’s tribute to Daniel’s first win!

[musette22]

I just can NOT get over the whole Sebastian wanting to do a play with Chris thing, you guys. I know it's just a hypothetical at this point, but even just the concept is just so incredible? Like, Sebastian wasn't even prompted into bringing up Chris, he just did, like he'd just been waiting for an opportunity to do so. And then he says he wants to do a Broadway play with Chris? Even implies he's talked to him about it, that he brought up the idea with him repeatedly and is just waiting for Chris to agree to do this with him? Like, it might actually happen?

And what I maybe love most is that this means Sebastian has given this a LOT of thought. He's been going about his life, doing his busy important movie star thing, and meanwhile he's been thinking about Chris, and about how much he wants to work with him again, and how he wants to do this specific play with him that he loves, because he thinks they'd be great in it together. But at the same time, he admits that he'd basically do any play with Chris, as long as they get to work together again. He could've said he wanted to work with anybody, any of his former co-stars, all those people we know he's still friendly with because anyone who works with Sebastian falls a little bit platonically in love with him and vice versa, but no, he specifically says Chris Evans. Out of everyone he's worked with, he wants to work with Chris again for this, he's trying to get him, they're doing this, goddammit.

And another amazing implication of all this, imo: even though Sebastian's been very vocal about rejecting the idea that some people have that they get to tell him what to do and influence his life somehow just because he's famous (about which is absolutely right, by the way) -- he just kind kind of seems to forget all about that in the moment he decides to call on people's help to convince Chris to say yes to his idea. As though achieving that particular goal is more important than all of that other stuff lmao.

And listen, I know he's just messing around, and deep down he knows full well that we don't have any means to contact Chris anyway, and Chris is very good at protecting his peace these days so he's not going to be seriously bothered by anyone about this, but still, the fact is that Sebastian literally told us all to bother Chris, text him, DM him, make posters and send them to him, anything to get through to him and make him see the light. Like, Sebastian wants this bad. AND he knows that there are lots of people out there who would love to see him and Chris reuniting, on stage this time, and he's cunningly using that fact to get what he wants. It's kind of incredible. I just can't get over it, guys.