#pasta discourse

[freedelusionshere]

Are Syd and Carm already seeing each other outside of the restaurant?

Syd, off screen, has seemingly made several pasta dishes now.

Unless of course, Carm made all the noodles for Nat and Pete, and they just chose not to show it? Bolognese, minestrone, lasagna, beef stew with noodles. All of these dishes require pasta.

Did Carm contribute to making the meal Syd drops off for Nat and Pete? Little hints of things going on that they're not showing. Similar to Syd mysteriously being able to sign an apartment lease with shitty credit and without her dad's support.

The last time we see Syd trying to make pasta herself she ends up frustrated and unsatisfied with the results.

We also see Tina making pasta in the S4 trailer, but I'm going to speculate that she's learning that from Carm and that Tina and Carm will get closer in S4, mirroring Mikey and Tina's relationship. Tina will be able to get through to Carm where she could not to Mikey.

That was a bit of story that was mentioned and hasn't been brought up again since S1, when Tina tells Carm that she loved Mikey a whole lot. Carmy never brings it back up, because he's tried to bury his grief about his brother's death beneath his work. He even admits to Marcus in S3 he didn't deal with it.

All that to say, the pasta making once again hints that perhaps Syd and Carm actually are already hanging out together outside of work off screen. His behavior in Apologies just before he asks her out is very much like a husband telling his wife not to wait up for him because he's working late.

Just like when Carm tries to ask Syd what her dad thought about the apartment, and she changes the subject. Her dad, who basically had been using the apartment as a metaphor to talk trash non-stop about Carm being her partner. Carm seems to be the only one who knows about this, no one else mentions it to her or asks about it. They all show up there later in Forever to party there. But narratively, it's only given importance when Carm asks her about it.

Wouldn't it be wild if Carm does show up to Syd's place while she's in the alley having a panic attack because that is where he was always headed to begin with? Her reaction to him going off about Chef David is very "oh well" and not like someone trying to pull him out of the mess he's making. She's not even checking in with him, Luca is. Now, this could be just because she wants to have a good time and she's over it, but she's very non-plussed by it, I'll just say that. Because she knows they're going to talk about whatever is going on with him later.

Syd playing coy when Luca asks her if there is anyone besides her dad because there actually is, they're just not telling people? Syd is very private; it wouldn't surprise me at all. Doesn't want to end up on those team text threads!

It also would be funny, because it mirrors the dumping situation at the house party with Kelly, and Claire going in on Carm would then make perfect sense. She will accuse him of cheating on her with Syd. Syd and Carm start seeing each other outside of work again after the walk-in incident (they had already been at his place twice before he started seeing Claire).

Now, Syd is the one "cheating" on their restaurant by possibly dumping him for Shapiro. Which would mean he doesn't get to work with her and see her every day, except maybe outside of work. But that is ultimately what he wants, of course, to be able to have her as part of his family and for her to need him.

Carm telling Ted and Neil at the dumpsters that he thinks about Claire every day when it's actually about Syd. He's lying because they're not telling people about it, but it's something he wants to be able to talk about and can't. Syd asks, "Where are the Faks!" she doesn't have anyone she can talk about this to. She's not going to do it with Nat because it's her baby brother.

Her saying she's his "accomplice" makes sense if they're behaving codependently because they are emotionally closer than ever. Her whispering to him she's not his babysitter and he stops acting up immediately instead of being upset by her putting him in check which requires a certain level of trust and knowledge of the other person's triggers. It's a sign of intimacy between them.

If they show them making pasta together onscreen in S4, I'm definitely going to think that's what's been up. Carm thinking about Claire in S3 is not because he wants to still be with her. He's trying to figure out what made him drawn to her in the first place. Like Claire, he's trying to understand her in order to figure himself out and what he really wants.

Hiding, as Nat mentions to Carm in the S4 trailer. Syd also hides emotionally as well. Nat feels like he is hiding. Meanwhile, they show Syd and she's basically telling him off directly about how he can't let his chaos fuel everything. This is after she watched him get out of control at Ever. It's her having enough understanding and intimacy with him to be able to say these things to his face, in contrast with Nat and Tina saying that he's "chasing something" and he "doesn't need to hide" because they aren't as close to him as Syd is. That scene with her telling him chaos fuels him is very different from her calling him a POS to his face and walking out on him. And it also shows him listening to her and looking contrite.

The legerdemain of it all! I mean, who knows, but I've always suspected this could be a possible twist. It doesn't even necessarily mean they've had sex or are committed (although Claire will think so as will Donna). It just means that they've come to rely on each other more emotionally than what they're showing us at the moment and are actually trying to figure things out outside of the confines of the restaurant.

[domesticated-chaos-uwu]

big sphere (like bowling ball size) that is all empty in the middle. you buy it as a giant ball and it flattens out while boiling

curious to hear y'all's suggestions for the worst possible pasta shape

(Assume that "pasta" needs to be made of sheets or strands of dough with enough surface area relative to thickness so that they can be cooked.)

[alreadysoltye]

absolutely FUCK al dente pasta

[freedelusionshere]

Just wanted to have a place to collect my predictions related to this topic:

The perfect dish will be pasta

My Donna is Syd's Mean Pasta Lady theory

Sydcarmy will not be "gluey and mushy" pasta

My E-rated fic solution to Mean Pasta Lady 🤣

Are Carm and Syd already seeing each other outside the restaurant (and makingatha pasta)? And my G-rated fic related to that, Italian Beef Stew and Minestrone.

Syd making nothing but dishes full of pasta to serve Nat after she has the baby.

Mangia!

[theneighborhoodcryptid]

idk what its called but the fucking BOWTIE PASTA?! it SLAPS.

its crazy that different pasta shapes are actually like. different. like i know for a fact farfalle fucks harder than conchiglie and fusilli. fusilli is a basic bitch pasta. spaghetti is a classic cant go wrong but replace it with linguine and youve got a whole new meal. and fettuccine??? basically a marriage proposal from the chef. what is it about the shapes.... well. i couldnt tell yuou.

[makelifeyourbitch42]

Reminder: There Is No Canon to Creepypasta and Frankly, There Shouldn't Be

I already made a post about this (it was actually my first one), but I have gotten better at conveying what I'm trying to say here. I don’t know how many people will actually see this, but I hope some do because I think this is really important given how the fandom is going these days.

There is no canon to Creepypasta.

Did you really think the people who made Slenderman or Jeff the Killer planned for them to star in an AMV where they battle to the death with Fall Out Boy playing? Or that they’d be featured in cute ship animations and oWo storylines? Of course not. And the same goes for nearly every character in this space.

But people kept creating. We invented the idea of a shared universe. We gave it lore. We gave it depth. We gave it ships, AUs, Proxies, tragic backstories, and haunted mansions.

There. Is. No. Canon. There never was, and there never will be. And that’s a good thing.

We can do whatever we want with these characters. We already do.

Want a model for this? Look at the SCP Foundation. It’s got hundreds of characters, monsters, and stories and no true overarching timeline. Many of those stories contradict each other, and that’s the point. SCP works because it embraces creative freedom. Creepypasta can do that too.

In fact, calling things “headcanons” doesn’t even make sense when there’s no actual canon to begin with. If your “headcanon” changes a backstory, a relationship, or the emotional tone of the world, it’s an AU. And that’s not bad! AUs are where the most fun happens.

Jeff and Liu can be brothers or enemies. BEN Drowned can be a dead kid or whatever AI hivemind he was in the ARG. Slenderman can be a Lovecraftian nightmare or a weird neutral forest God. You can write horror, slice of life, romantic drama, or comedy.

We don’t need a Creepypasta wiki like SCP has, but if we had something like that? Something that gave space to all these alternate takes without arguing what’s “true”? It could help.

Because at the end of the day, we should feel free to tell whatever the Hell stories we want with these characters and the universe. IF ANY!

You can just have owo Yaoi, Yuri, and whatever a "straight" ship is! You want slice-of-life shenanigans in a mansion Slenderman owns for some reason? GO. FOR. IT. It’s valid.

There’s no canon. There’s only you, your weird brain, and the stories you want to tell.

Thank you for reading.

[itsmendak]

I would like to quote the one and only , and our saviour, Ranboo (@ranboolivesaysstuff)

Must’ve been the wind…

(please reblog with tags, thanks!)

[rat-rosemary]

Just say a post of someone saying "omegas can only eat plain carb heavy foods during heat and alphas need good heavy spicy food and meat" and I need to bash my head in. What happen to sex-ed. You're going to make yourself sick

You are so sensitive during your rut don't eat spicy shit. Alphas AND Omegas need meat and carbs for energy and you need them all to be plain. I swear even if you hate that kinda food normally it's going to feel like heaven during your rut/heat

[loveindefinitely]

I know you mean good but fat girls can also break easily. I also don’t mean to sound rude or offend you but it’s rare for fat girls to be 6 foot, I know you might be fat and 6 foot but it’s pretty rare. I think most people stick to petite girls in cod stories because it would be scary if they gave reader their sweater and all the sudden reader fits or barely fits in it and it only works as a crop top on them. And please try to remember just because their fat doesn’t mean they aren’t clean fat girls bathe too and do their eyebrows too they aren’t slobs. Fat girls can break when they get laid and yes I believe they also will jiggle around in the process so please try to be mindful when bringing up cod guys with a fat girl

umm.. what?

[rotintheshadows]

had a dream I posted something about pasta and tagged it 'discourse' and someone sent me ten anon hate messages about how they couldn't believe I would post something that was blocked by their filtered tags wnd I was like. what so there was an epic hacking cutscene to figure out why they were so mad and it turns out they filtered the tag linguine

[thebibi]

Don't you salt the water so you can preseason the pasta? And if you use the pasta water afterwards to make the sauce it still continues to add flavor without adding too much salt.

I've always added salt after the water boils and before cooking the pasta. I never thought it was for boiling the water.

My baseless theory is that the "adding salt makes water boil faster" was a clever ploy by Italians to make efficiency-obsessed protestants put the bare minimum of flavour into their cooking.

[gritandoengay]

I only come on this app like once every two or three months to reblog fan art of whatever wlw ship I'm currently hyper fixating on and then dip. I'm Old TM by fandom standards and have spent way too much time in the trenches of fandom discourse to have the energy for that again, I've done my time. I'm not here to write a lengthy essay defending Caitlyn and/or CaitVi - no, I'm here simply to share an observation:

Many of you Caitlyn and CaitVi haters are super predictable.

Y'all have been regurgitating the same talking points since fucking 2014. Might not be the same people (god I hope it's not), but it's the same. thing. every. time. Doesn't matter the genre of the show or what happens between the characters, y'all will trot out the same reheated arguments.

"Caitlyn is a fascist dictator and you are a N*zi if you support her"

Is just reheated "Lexa is a fascist dictator" and "Catra is a fascist dictator" and "Edelgard is a fascist dictator." I would argue that Caitlyn is actually the least morally grey of that group, but anyway, it's "curious" how all these properties have equally (or even more) morally grey male characters that get rehabed by the fandom while the wlw are irredeemable fascists that only N*zis would like.

"CaitVi is a toxic relationship, Caitlyn is a domestic abuser that physically beats up Vi all the time and/or manipulates her"

None of these points are supported at all by the text imo, but anyway, it's the same language used to describe Clexa and Catradora and god knows how many other wlw ships in shows with popular non-wlw ships that have very similar dynamics. Even compared to other popular Arcane ships, this accusation is super hypocritical given how TimeBomb beat the shit out of each other in season 1 and Jayce literally blasts a hole in Viktor's chest for plot reasons. I would also like to point out that the super harmful stereotype of lesbians being domestic abusers was born out of wildly misinterpreted statistics of domestic abuse in real life.

"JayVik and/or Timebomb is actually more queer than CaitVi"

Is just badly reheated pasta made from the same ingredients as "Makorra is actually more queer than Korrasami" and "Bellarke is actually more queer than Clexa" and "Hordtrapta is actually more queer than Catradora" and "Dimileth is actually more queer than Edeleth" and "Huntlow is actually more queer than Lumity" , the arguments are always just as nonsensical because there's just flat out no such thing as a same sex ship being "less queer" than any other ship.

CaitVi literally fuck, on screen, in a sex scene that has literally won a god damn award and went on to become the most captured moment in all of godman Netflix. Regardless of your opinion on the ship, that visibility is important. The fact that a whole theater full of people started screaming as loudly as a jet engine with executives from Riot to hear it all is important.

The final scene of the show is literally them snuggling in front of the fire place and promising to always be together. That's gay as fuck. So, stop embarrassing yourself with this regurgitated "X canon wlw ship isn't as queer as -" nonsense, which btw, is just an extension of real life same sex relationships between women not being taken seriously because society overall still centers men in romance and can't fathom a romantic relationship not involving a man. Y'all know you can't even debate me on this in fandom spaces because all I have to do is point at the number of mlm and f/m fics on ao3 vs the crumbs that big fandoms give wlw ships.

Now on to the excuses and disclaimers that are trotted out.

"I can't be misogynistic I'm a woman-" Yes, yes you can. If you think that only conservative women can suffer from internalized misogyny, boy do I have years of working in leftist organizing spaces to dispel that notion. If you think that fandom spaces are somehow immune to misogyny- lol. Lmao. See the above point about mlm and f/m fics on ao3.

"I can't be lesbophobic/biphobic I'm literally queer -" Yes, yes you can. Both intersect with misogyny, and see the above point about misogyny. You can be a biphobic lesbian, you can be a lesbophobic bisexual, you can even be a biphobic bisexual and a lesbophobic lesbian. Wild, I know, thank the cis- heteropatriarchy.

"I can't be racist because I'm a POC -" Yes, yes you absolutely fucking can. I also have other news for you - despite how much some of you fuckers want to pretend Caitlyn isn't East Asian because of racist assumptions of what East Asians should look like and/or be depicted like in media, she is, and she's important rep, especially in a time when anti-East Asian (and Asian in general) bigotry has been rising in Western countries. No amount of "ACAB BLM Free Palestine" tags in your profile will make you immune from being racist. This leads me to a related point -

Y'all love to scream about wanting more rep with sapphic woc, but then when that rep comes, you tear it down or center other ships. Korrasami is toxic, CaitVi is toxic, Tanthamore is boring, Lumity is fine but I prefer Huntlow, etc.

Furthermore, the only, and I mean only time that black sapphic characters will be mentioned will be to prop them up as good rep vs whatever wlw you hate, but then when I go to those black sapphic character's/ship's Tumblr and ao3 tags, nothing! It's a ghost town! Those characters get paid dust by both wlw fandoms and the people using them as props to hate on other wlw characters! This is definitely a call out to wlw fandoms too btw, I have yet to see a ship with a black sapphic character explode in popularity, and that's on us too.

So, what is the purpose of this rant? Well, I know that most people that read it will dig in and further entrench themselves in their hatred of Caitlyn and CaitVi, but I'm hoping that at least one person genuinely re-examines that hatred and where it might be coming from. You don't have to like Caitlyn or CaitVi, you can criticize the ship and the characters. But if your criticisms and hatred are almost beat for beat the same accusations that have been thrown at wlw ships in even wildly different shows and contexts, and/or you excuse male characters and non-wlw ships with similar dynamics, then it's time to do some soul searching.

Anyway, this has already been long enough. I'm doing policy advocacy with local LGBTQ organizations and will go back to working on that. Whatever your opinions of Caitlyn and CaitVi are, there are fascists out there in the real world to fight.

[reidswhre]

notes 4 you ; spencer reid x fem!reader

warnings: fluff! best friends in love

You were gathering your things from your desk while wondering what you were going to have for dinner. You hadn’t left any food prepared, and honestly, you didn’t feel like cooking, but nothing that a food delivery couldn’t fix.

“Hi.” Spencer smiled at you from in front.

“Hey, you.” You smiled back while slinging your bag over your shoulder.

“Are you heading home?” He asked.

“Of course, I’m going home, where else would I go at this hour?” You teased him.

“Oh- I don’t know- I- well.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I thought maybe you could come to my place, I’m making pasta.”

“Your place? Oh God, sure! I’d love to.”

“Really?”

“Of course!”

You used to go to Spencer’s place often, and he to yours. You’d have dinner, watch a movie or two, and talk a lot. You spent all day together at work, but given the tragic cases you dealt with, seeing each other outside of work felt peaceful, a nice atmosphere that you both created.

You liked him a lot, and you were sure he liked you too. There were always moments when everything felt tense or you sensed something stronger than friendship between you, but neither of you ever acted on it.

“I missed it here,” you said as you entered Spencer’s apartment.

“Did you?” He asked as he watched you head straight to his bookshelf.

“Are you kidding? I love this place; it’s so cozy, so interesting, so lovely, so… you.”

“Do you love me?” He gave you a playful look as he set the groceries on the table for dinner.

“Of course, I do, silly.” You rolled your eyes and picked up the book on the coffee table. “This one’s new.”

“Yeah—actually, all those piled over there are new.” He pointed to a stack of about five books to your right.

“Oh, can I borrow this one when you're done?” you asked, grabbing one from the pile.

“You can take any of them, really.” He gave you that closed-lip smile.

“Wait, you’ve read all five already? You said they were new!”

“I read fast.”

“Of course you do.” You rolled your eyes again, smiling as you skimmed through the book.

“By the way! I finished reading that book you recommended, your favorite, remember?”

You felt a wave of happiness wash over you. “You’re kidding! I didn’t even know you bought it! How exciting! What did you think?”

“It was pretty good, though I think the dialogues in the book show some deficiencies in terms of plausibility and conversational dynamics. This homogeneity in the discourse negatively affects the characterization and pacing, creating a sense of stagnation in the dramatic development.”

You were left speechless, which made you laugh a little.

“What’s so funny?” He furrowed his brows.

“You just severely criticized my favorite book!”

“I didn’t criticize it severely!” He defended himself. “I thought it was good! It has memorable lines, and it’s very romantic. I just think the dialogue could’ve been better, that’s all.”

“Sure, everyone’s entitled to their opinion, even if yours is wrong,” you teased.

“Hey!” Spencer feigned offense.

You laughed, and Spencer chuckled a little too.

“You can keep that one too.”

“No, no, don’t worry. I have that book in every edition that exists.” You laughed. “It’s my favorite for a reason.”

“Yeah, but—I thought you might want this one.” Spencer walked over to the bookshelf in front of you and pulled out the book from a drawer.

The book was filled with sticky notes. You glanced at it and saw it was covered with annotations everywhere.

“I—well—I made notes while reading because—I don’t know—I wanted to give it to you. I thought you’d like to see how I was doing as I read it.” He looked a bit nervous.

You looked at him and then back at the book. You were so surprised that no words came out of your mouth, which only made Spencer more anxious.

“No—you don’t have to keep it—It wasn’t my intention to make you feel like you had to read it, I didn’t even ask if you wanted it, I’m really sorry!”

“You’re sorry?” You raised your eyebrows. “Sorry for giving me the best gift anyone’s ever given me?” You smiled broadly.

“What? You want it?” He sighed in relief.

“Are you kidding? This is incredible.” You threw your arms around him in a hug. “I love it! I can’t wait to see what you wrote.” You pulled away from the hug to skim through the book.

“No! Don’t do that!” He placed his hands over the book so you couldn’t read it. “Read it at home, okay?”

“Why!? I want to read it now.” You laughed and moved the book out of his reach.

“The thing is, I—you know—I wrote a lot…” He looked away.

You gave him a knowing look. “Of course, that was the idea, wasn’t it? I’m well aware,” you said teasingly.

“Sure! But… I didn’t just write what I thought about the book.” He looked at you. “I highlighted and underlined things that reminded me of you, and… I wrote you a few things. Just—read it later, okay?”

Suddenly, you felt a bit nervous, your stomach flipping. What did he mean by writing you a few things?

“Oh sure… yeah—sorry.” You closed the book and tucked it under your arm.

“It’s okay! Forget it.” He smiled sweetly. “Help me with the pasta, yeah?”

You smiled back. “What?” You pretended to be offended. “I came here to be treated like a princess, not to get my hands dirty!”

“Stop complaining!” He teased you, and you laughed.

You returned home around midnight, hung up your jacket, and left your keys on the table. Eagerly, you pulled the book out of your bag and sat down on the couch to take a look.

You saw some of his notes.

What’s this supposed to be? This guy’s an idiot. >:(

Oh, that was sweet! Extra points for him!

She’s funny, just like you.

you and me :) It was next to a paragraph describing a black cat and an orange one playing around.

I’m reading this on the plane, and you’re asleep i miss you :(

I seriously hate this guy, who raised him!?

You looked really cute today. You’re always cute.

There were countless more notes, all in his handwriting.

You had no intention of sleeping until you finished reading them all.

[freedelusionshere]

Does anyone remember who did the whole meta about Richie going off about how Carmy couldn't make pasta in System?

It was really great and basically was about how Carmy breaks the fourth wall and tells us how the show isn't going to give us a "gluey mushy bullshit" romance between Sydcarmy.

I'm still doing pasta discourse and how it's symbolic of Carmy not being able to get what he really wants. And how Syd wants him to makea tha pasta with her.