#this is the stupidest thing i've made in a while

[callme-naomi]

Loving You is My Cup of Tea

"I told you we'd find her here!"

Your attention was broken from your book as Nobara plopped onto the bed, followed by Maki's graceful sitting. You eased yourself into a sitting position, expectantly looking at the other two for an explanation of their arrival.

"Keeping secrets from us now, are you?" Nobara began, a look of hurt on her face, and you were fairly surprised.

"What's this about?"

"We found out you're... a 'thing' with my nephew," Maki rolled her eyes, and she found her answer by you immediately turning away your face.

"How'd you know?"

"I have my sources," Nobara tossed her hair, and you immediately knew who it was. Panda, I swear to god- "So why'd you hide it from us?"

"It was because-"

"I thought you had a better taste," Maki wrinkled her nose, and you pointed to her.

"That's why."

"But she has a valid point," Nobara put her chin on her hand. "What'd you see in Fushiguro?"

"How many points do I have to include in my answer?" you smiled innocently, and the two groaned.

"What made you like him anyway?" Nobara pressed. "Come on, i need to know how high to raise my standards."

"A cup of tea."

Silence prevailed. "A...cup of tea?" Maki finally managed. "And I thought Mai was the stupidest person I've met."

"Well yes."

"You sure you're not confusing Itadori for Fushiguro?"

"Whose dorm did you find me in?" You raised your eyebrows. "And I'm sure Fushiguro has spiky black hair and green eyes."

"Anyways, tell us about that cup of tea."

"Well, you remember that one mission where we two went together? When we came home, Gojo-sensei called us to his room for a report, and then he asked for cups of tea. Tsumiki brought the tray but her foot got caught in the carpet, and she nearly tripped. Her hand lost balance, and the one cup tipped in my direction."

You enjoyed the look of interest on their faces.

"But before that cup could even touch me, he extended his hands and while he caught the cup, he also got burned in the process." You slightly winced at the memory of your gasp as you saw blisters forming on his hand while he brushed it away, telling everyone not to worry.

"He told me not to mind, and he's fine, but I will not forget that he let himself burn by a scalding cup of tea to protect me." It was your turn to smile now. "How many people do you know that will let hot tea fall on their hands to protect you?"

Right on cue, you saw him enter the room with a cup of tea for you, slightly stopping at the door seeing the two intruders. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh nothing, just here to talk to your girlfriend," Nobara dusted her skirt and stood.

"She's not my-"

"Oh of course, you caught the tea for her but she's just a friend." Maki patted his shoulder. "Accept it, Fushiguro. Not everyone saves a friend from accidents."

"Because not everyone is Megumi Fushiguro," you smiled at him, after Maki left, who looked at you with all the adoration of the world.

Hi! Thought I'd mention this, but in here I imagined Tsumiki would sometimes visit the school, so on that day she happened to be there and she offered to make the tea. However poor girl tripped and then-

[brograndpa]

Sometimes, a trolley is just a trolley. It's in its nature to advance, but what road it takes is never in its hands.

In other words, the difference between me and my wife's origin playthroughs (mine was Lae'zel).

[mageofquandrix]

me: I wish there was an option for 'you dated Solas but it's been 10 years and you've moved on.' @postcardsfromheapside : put her with Pete Davidson

[gnaga37]

me: and things that were easy for me to do were praised while things I put effort into were not considered as much, I think that's where my issues- hey. can you stop reblogging my wizard posting while we do this?

you:

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she ponder on my wizard till I orb

[rosegadyn]

THE RAW BRUTALITY OF REALISTIC COMBAT

[floorbeastie]

stupidest thing i've made in a while

[neil-gaiman]

hey mr gaiman. i saw that this post got revisited and wanted to address it.

i submitted this ask over a year ago on my old account and it was one of the stupidest things i ever did. it was my first tumblr account. id only been really online for a few weeks. i was 13. i was just coming back to school after a global pandemic.

ive been a fan of good omens for years and a fan of yours for longer. i was brought up reading odd and the frost giants and fortunately the milk, and as i got older i fell in love with your norse mythology book, good omens, snow glass apples, the sleeper and the spindle, and more.

i was excited to see one of my favorite authors on tumblr and tried to come up with the most bold and interesting ask i could think of.

i was rude and misinformed and it was a stupid choice of me to send it in with no thought.

but i got feedback. some in the form of kind suggestions. quite a few in the form of death threats and people telling me to kill myself.

while those specific messages were rude and hateful, the point got across. i educated myself to the best of my abilities, and eventually came back online.

not only did i misuse the term queerbaiting but i also implied that you were not an amazing supporter of the queer community. that’s absolutely incorrect. you’ve done so much for us with activism, representation, and overall kindness.

i wanted to address this ask that got so much attention because despite moving accounts i still feel guilt and shame every time i see it, or even when i interact with any of your posts at all. i need to actually address it.

also, i wanted a proper apology to be made. by no means am i now a saint. but im trying to be more thoughtful about thinking before i speak.

whether or not you decide to make a public response to this, i think ill find some peace knowing you’ve received this. ive needed closure on this for a long time.

im overjoyed and thrilled that season two is so close. thank you for tolerating the dumb questions of pretentious kids and thank you for helping to create a world where we can grow to be better than we were.

First of all, and most importantly, I'm really sorry that people were mean to you. That's awful. And nobody should ever have to deal with death threats or online threats and attacks, let alone a thirteen year old.

And secondly, you do not owe me an apology. I figure I have a Tumblr account, people ask things. Mostly they'll get nice replies, occasionally (normally when I'm being asked the same thing over and over) the replies will be terser. There has to be a certain amount of rough and tumble though, and occasionally I'll grab an ask that represents all of the asks I've had on that subject, and try and reply to all of them. That's what happened to you. I was getting tired of being accused of Queerbaiting for the occasional answer about a Season that was not yet released and about which nobody knew anything. And I needed to tell everyone who was doing this that they had to stop now. You had the misfortune to be the representative of all of the other people.

If you are not making mistakes you are not human and you are not learning anything.

(I wish there was tone of voice on the internet.)

And I think you are growing and learning and will make a fantastic adult.

I really hope you enjoy Season 2 when it drops.

[wolfiesmoon]

Phone number

Haruka Sakura x fem!reader

hello this is my windbreaker debut 😍😍😍

i've been thinking about babyboy sakura way too much lately, and come on how do you expect me to resist a tsundere who gets flustered easily

speaking of flustering sakura...😈

"Hey. You're a member of Bofurin, right?" you tapped Sakura on the shoulder while he was walking down the street.

Two weeks ago, you happened to see him patrolling the town and beating up some bad guys that were causing trouble. Ever since then you haven't been able to stop thinking about him. Maybe it's the strange yet intriguing appearance or maybe it's the serious, no nonsense expression on his face that you can't get out of your head.

You're still kind of processing it since it came out of nowhere, but you think you might have a crush on him. At the very least, you're interested to the point where you want to meet him again and shoot your shot.

This brings you to where you are right now. You happened to see him again while running errands around town and thought to yourself "now or never".

"Yeah, what do you want?" he sounded like he was slightly bothered by you approaching him, but you happened to notice the slight pink dusting his cheeks which let you know that might not be the case.

"I need help with something." you intertwined your fingers, putting on your best sweet smile and trying not to show that you're nervous as hell right now.

His expression became slightly more serious, somewhat like the cool expression he was wearing during the fight 2 weeks ago. It was a silent way of telling you to go on.

"Something's missing and I need help finding it. It's your number." you screamed internally because that line sounded way cooler in your head and hearing yourself say it now makes you feel like the biggest idiot on Earth.

He stared at you weirdly for a few excruciating seconds like you did in fact just say the stupidest thing ever which made you instantly lose all the confidence you built up.

"So, uh, you know, if you could give your number to me, that would be nice?" it's almost like you enjoy digging your own grave.

He furrowed his brows as if he's thinking hard before turning completely red all of a sudden. You giggled about how he looks like a tomato internally but on the outside you were too mortified to do anything other than wait for his response. He changed colors like those LED lights. It's almost impressive.

"My number? T-To you?" he seemed genuinely surprised to say the least. He looked shocked to a comical degree.

You nodded and he fumbled around his pockets to pull out his phone. He stared at it for a few seconds before awkwardly asking "How do I do that, again?"

He was firmly avoiding eye contact with you now, which is kind of strange compared to the way he was confidently exchanging eye contact with you a few moments before. You aren't sure if he's embarrased because you're asking him for his number or if it's because he has no idea how to exchange contact info. But if he's embarrased about it, that means he's atleast a little interested, right?

"Give it here." you gently held out your hand and he gave you his phone without saying anything. You added him on LINE, probably wearing a stupidly giddy smile on your face while doing that without even noticing.

"There..." you handed his phone back to him. "So, um... see you around?" you smiled at him one last time, turning around to get the hell out of this awkward yet exciting situation and waving back at him. That was the most awkward you've felt in a while and you kind of ended the interaction suddenly because you couldn't take it anymore.

"S... see you." he choked out, barely audible to you.

When you were firmly out of view, he realised that he has a nosebleed. A girl... just gave him her number. A girl... just... He feels like he might just faint from all the blood rushing to his face. Not to mention he's going to have to clean up his nose before anyone notices.

He stared at your contact name with a little heart next to it for far too long when he was all alone that night.

[dark-lord-of-awesomeness]

Stan: *internally* I can't let anything bad happen to Ford. or let him know I live out of my car. or that there's a cartel after me.

Ford: *sleep deprived* why do you still own this car its disgusting. also, when was the last time you showered?

Ted, in the backseat between a StanVac and take out containers reading his home magazine: you both are the stupidest humans I've ever had to deal with.

(I'm sorry I just imagine Ted hangin' out in the backseat at any random time while Stan and Ford are Going Through It and it was so funny to me)

Worlds worst road trip as Stan's desperately both holding back his tears and trying to resist punching Ford in the face after he accidentally kidnapped him, and Ford's just blurting things out as his body refuses to rest because not only is Stan's car uncomfortable, Ted the Demon Nightmare is in the back seat, grumbling in a language that makes his bones hurt. He's so tired, he needed a nap yesterday. The moment they hit any kind of motel he's out for sixteen hours and wakes up way nicer than before. Not a lot, becaue the situation is still awful, but now he's not saying stuff like 'why do you still have this(gesturing to like, some nicknack that Ford made him ten years ago)? its garbage, you should have replaced it years ago. It makes me want to throw up'

(what Ford meant: I can't believe you still have this thing after all these years, even after its clearly on its last legs. The sentimentality means so much to me, i'm getting a physical reaction.

What Stan hears: I don't care that i made this thing for you, and the fact that you kept it disgusts me. Die.)

[jpnriikicore]

── super shy

paring stiles stilinski x mccall!reader, word count 1k, genre fluff, authors note ngl this is my fav writing piece i've done so far 🫶🏻( masterlist )

your standing on the bleachers during a lacrosse practice before tonight’s game. as your a photographer for the year book club you decided to take a few pictures of the lacrosse team for the page that was going to be dedicated to them.

you zoomed your lens in on one player in particular, stiles stilinski. he was talking with the coach - well, more like arguing which wasn’t unusual for the two. you snap a few pictures of him. truth be told, you had a crush on stilinski since fourth grade finding the boy's humor and sarcasm charming.

as he gets back into line to continue to practice he notices you and waves at you. you back away from the camera shyly waving back at him.

you sit down on the bleachers searching through your bag to find a different lens. you were too busy with finding the lens that you completely ignored the sound of someone walking up the bleachers.

"you coming to the game tonight?" his voice slightly startled you as you look up at him. he knew that it was a stupid question. you came to every single game, but he got to nervous and just asked the first question that came to his mind.

he was always incredibly nervous in front of you. either he’s to shy to talk to you which like never happens when talking with anyone else. if you asked everybody else in the school if stiles was talkative or not they would reply that stiles never shuts up. or he would ramble on about the most stupidest topics. well, he believed that it was stupid, but you didn’t you find it to add to his charm and personality.

"yeah!" you nodded looking up at him.

"stilinski!" coach yelled grabbing the attention of the two teenagers.

"see you there," he pointed finger guns at her. she smiled at the playful action. "i-i gotta go get back to practice." he pointed with his thumb behind towards the field.

"yeah, okay. see you at the game stilinski."

luckily, stiles wasn’t on the bench anymore and actually got to play. you sat down on the bleachers next the sheriff and your mom, melissa. like normal game day your wearing braids with red ribbons and a red sweater due to the cold weather with the number '11' on the back to support your brother.

you bought your camera to take a few more pictures. though you tried to take pictures of all of the players fairly for the yearbook you couldn’t help, but notice that the majority of the pictures you took was of stiles. you put your camera down to focus on the game happening in front of you. you looked over to the scoreboard taking notice that beacon hills was winning a few points ahead.

stiles glanced over at you and now is completely emerged about the thought of you. his mind wasn’t focused on the game by any means. you looked too alluring making all his interest go on you. the wind moves a few pieces of your hair that managed to get loose from your braids that exposed '24' painted in red on your cheek. it was a small subtle thing, but it made butterflies irrupt in his stomach.

he managed to get his focus back on the game after getting snapped back into reality by scott. he threw the ball into the net scoring the last point for beacon hills to win. while the other players celebrated he searched for you in the crowd that formed on the field.

you snapped a few more pictures of the players celebrating after the win before packing up your camera equipment which lead to you being one of the last ones to get off the bleachers. you walked through the crowd trying to find your brother to tell him congratulations.

stiles found you first though rushing up to you lifting you up from the ground spinning you around. in shock a few giggles escaped your mouth. a rush of excitement and adrenaline filled stiles as his body reacted before his mind could comprehend what he was doing. he kissed you.

"do you want to go on a date with me?" the words slipped without him thinking by the time he realized it was too late to backtrack his question. he swallowed nervously waiting for your answer.

"i would love to." you nodded, smiling up at him. you held his hand as you walk to the parking lot to your truck. you could tell your brother congratulations once he got home.

you chuck your camera equipment in the passenger seat through the rolled down window of the drivers seat. once you turns around to face stiles once again he trapped you between his body and the truck. his hand resting on the truck and the other carefully cradling your jaw. he leans in kissing you yet again. you melted into the kiss wrapping your arms around his neck pulling him closer. you could definitely get used to this.

"can i see the pictures you took?" he mumbled against your lips.

"yeah." you nodded reaching for the bag that sitting in the driver seat and unzips it getting the camera. you turn to him as you turn the camera on handing it to him. a bright smile paints his face.

"seems like you have a crush on someone." he teased, playfully pushing his shoulder on yours. you looks down in embarrassment kicking the small pebbles in the parking lot with you shoe.

"i've had a crush on you since fourth grade." you admitted lowly.

"i've had a crush on you since we met in the sandbox."

your face lit up at his confession. one night could truly change everything. at one point of tonight you was just childhood friends now you planned on going on a date next friday and kissed twice within the span of five minutes. what you believed was unrequited love for so many years turns out not to be as unrequited as what you believed.

© JPNRIIKICORE, 2023

[muddywatersangel]

Okay angel! Good morning! [it’s morning for me] I just saw your reply and I completely agree with you! So here i propose another thought: househusband [more like house pet] remmick!

I feel like he would definitely not mind staying at home to take care of the house if reader works. Actually, I feel like he’d be ecstatic because he gets to surround himself in YOUR space. You get what I’m saying? Like he totally is grinning super wide the first few days of living with you because he’s in YOUR house!! He can walk around and see little photos of you hung about the living room or even better he can go into your bedroom and lay in the SAME bed you lay in every night!! That’s YOUR clothes in the closet and everything in there is just so YOU. [ugh the weird stalker tendencies just never quite go away, I’m afraid. Even if he’s living in your house atp]

I can just see him in an apron in your kitchen trying to cook dinner for you. And because for him, his sustenance is just blood and because blood naturally has that salty tang to it, he probably adds a little too much salt to your food on accident. In his defense, he thought it would taste good!!

He definitely freezes and perks up in excitement when he hears the doorknob on the front door start to jiggle [you’re home!!] and the moment it opens, he’s attacking you in a hug. Cupping his cheeks and kissing all over your face. And you’re not getting away that easy either. He’ll stay clinging to you as you’re trying to take off your shoes and jacket by the door.

The only downside of this is him not liking that he doesn’t see you for long periods of time but in your defense, you literally HAVE to work to put a roof over his pale pasty ass so he can live. He pouts every time you bring that up and huffs before turning away from you with a frown [sassy man apocalypse]

He’s just the perfect lil husband, massaging your shoulders while you eat the dinner he so lovingly made you, while asking you many many questions about your day [so many that you can’t even respond between actually trying to eat said dinner and replying to him]

He definitely acts like those clingy dogs and stays in the steamed up bathroom while you take a shower. He’d try to get in with you but you know damn well he’s not just gonna let you shower, and you’re too tired to do anything so he just stays leaning against the sink, waiting for you to finish showering. Or better yet! He’s already in the bedroom picking out clothes for you to wear after you shower so you don’t have to be all cold and shivering in your towel trying to find clothes. The whole time he’s just sitting on the counter or the edge of the bed with the stupidest smile ever whilst watching you change and get ready for bed.

I think he’d be the best house husband ever.

-H

Now this.

This is more my speed hehe.

I am so in love with domestic!Remmick. The funny thing is that he totally would act more like a pet than a husband, but we love that! We love our pathetic wet dog!

[ugh the weird stalker tendencies just never quite go away, I’m afraid. Even if he’s living in your house atp]

NO LITERALLY HE WILL NEVER BEAT THE STALKER ALLEGATIONS!!!

And because for him, his sustenance is just blood and because blood naturally has that salty tang to it, he probably adds a little too much salt to your food on accident.

That's genius! I have a hard time coming up with/thinking of little details like this so I never considered this before.

He definitely freezes and perks up in excitement when he hears the doorknob on the front door start to jiggle [you’re home!!] and the moment it opens, he’s attacking you in a hug. Cupping his cheeks and kissing all over your face. And you’re not getting away that easy either. He’ll stay clinging to you as you’re trying to take off your shoes and jacket by the door.

KYAAAAAAAAAA!!!~~~~~~ God I love him. I love this. Thank you for yet another sick-ass sharing of ideas! Sorry I didn't respond for a few days!

I've actually been writing out some domestic!Remmick imagines to explore how he would be (with a witchy!artist!reader hehe). So be on the lookout for that!

[fuck-customers]

Our previous manager got a promotion so we got an interim manager for while they're finding a new "official" head for the team and he is... Insufferable. He tries to be friendly and pal around with the team, but it comes off incredibly forced. However, if it were just a personality issue, I could deal with it. I can work with people I don't mesh with, that's not really an issue for me, but he's so micro-managing and gets on people's cases about the smallest, stupidest things

But the biggest problem? Is scheduling. I have a disability. My ADA accommodation IS my schedule and I can and have in the past provided doctor's notes to verify this. Our previous manager made the schedule out a month before he took over, but the past 2 - and only 2 - schedules he's made have blatantly ignored my accommodation even though I know he was told about them. Especially because I SPECIFICALLY TOLD HIM after the last scheduling fuck up.

The fact that I was ignored the first time? Really upsetting, yeah, but I guess it could have been lost in transition? The second time, though? Absolutely no excuse. I shouldn't have to message you after every single schedule that's been made because you blatantly ignored my ADA accommodation that's been on record since the day I started my job. I've transferred STATES and managers haven't had a problem with it till you. The worst manager I've ever had with this company was able to follow it, but not you. So thanks, buddy, you've booted her into second worst manager

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[wcbblife]

could you do paige with either a black gf or a volleyball player gf hcs??

Paige x Volleyball player!gf HCs

a/n: I've had this idea in the drafts for quite a bit of time. So glad you sparked my mind to finally finish it

Bit of background about you two ig:

What first stood out to Paige about you was the ability to absolutely spike the ball with an insane amount of power. The first time she saw you play she was with KK because they were both oh so bored on their free day. Next thing she knew you were elevating off the floor and slamming your palm against the ball with an insane amount of strength. They both let out a synched “DAMN” as the ball quickly made its way down to the floor with a resounding bang. One after the other, she was literally left with her jaw on the floor at how good you were and how you were able to carry the team to a flawless victory.

She definitely went home and searched all of your highlights, slowly being more and more captivated by how high you could jump and how fast you could react to get some saves. After that, she would literally make up the stupidest excuses to just see you absolutely dominate on the court.

Noticing her growing attendance, fans began to joke around on the internet (with pics and vids). You take notice of this. Especially on how she cheered extra hard whenever you helped on scoring a point.

Funny enough I think you two would meet in the library. She would pass you and the look on her face is hilarious (something between a mix of amazement, shock, and something else). She tries to stop the absolute sound of excitement that she wants to let out.

"Dude, you’re an awesome player.” She says, smiling super bright.

"Well if it isn’t my biggest fan” You tease. “But are you serious? You’re the cool one here.”

You both continue to absolutely geek out about one another and compliment the other's play style. It’s then that you find out that she absolutely loves when you spike.

You both get closer after one particular game where your famous strong spikes literally sealed the deal for the team to win. After a particularly impressive spike she literally jumped while screaming as loud as she could and you couldn't even deny that trying to ignore a tall blonde jumping erratically up and down was getting harder after each game. So you just turned towards her and pointed to mess with her. It worked though cuz Paige went absolutely crazy.

After that, you two started talking some more and you even started showing your face to some of her basketball games. And she asked you out after one of her hard games, caught up in the high of the game. You two immediately become the school's hottest topic after it.

Some actually normal HCs:

She absolutely is your biggest fan. No one ever cheers louder for you than Paige Bueckers.

Is eager to learn how to set for you so that she can help you with your spikes. Like seeing it first hand because it makes her feel so starstruck seeing it first hand.

Absolutely loves to play beach volleyball with you. Idk why she just seems like it.

Lovesssss to see you in your uniform. Especially with those shorts. Makes her go crazy.

Goes nuts when you react fast and save the ball. "YEAH BABY! YOU SHOW EM HOW ITS DONE!"

Will 100% challenge you to a 1v1 but immediately regret it as she watches you jump to slam the ball. “Chill! You're gonna kill me if you do that.”

She loves to learn and break down each set with you. Especially if you tell her it helps you better your game. And vise versa. You love to watch her games and hear her break down her own playing.

Outside of sports and school, Paige will literally show you off to everyone (like imagine a family Christmas party and she's literally holding someone hostage while showing them you play. “Isn't she awesome? I mean just look at her!").

Acts like a concerned mother whenever you fall one too many times in a game while diving to save the ball from touching the ground.

Loves it when you wink or smile in her direction while you're playing. It actually drives her a little crazy.

[princessofghosts-posts]

Grudges

It's been a while since I've done a long post,but finally here it is. I'm going to talk about Nico's fatal flaw and why Riordan misused it (coming from a girl that hold a lot of grudges,even for the stupidest thing ever from when she was a child-).

So,first off,having grudges means holding onto feelings of resentment,bitterness,or anger towards someone (usually because you feel they have wronged you in the past). These feelings are persistent and can last a long time,causing ongoing negative emotions and potentially impacting relationships and mental well-being. In some cases,they can also lead to a desire of revenge.

Now,a great part of Nico's development is the growth he had during BotL,where he decided to stop holding Percy accountable for his sister's death. His character arc in this book is basically him starting from having a grudge,towards Percy,to accept reality how it is. It's not bad,especially considering that we are taking about his fatal flaw (and Nico himself has a big golden heart),but the way it got solved is totally wrong.

Nico's grudge towards Percy start at the end of TTC because of Bianca. It's uncalled for because Percy wasn't a fault here but Nico wasn't thinking this logically,he was a kid that got to know that his only living relative is now dead and he is now alone in a world he doesn't know well enough. Blaming Percy,another kid that actually felt responsable for her death (also uncalled because Bianca knew what she was doing and could happens)for this was also extremely horrible but from Nico's point of view that's the only thing he can do.

When people are hurt,because of something out of their control,they usually tend to blame someone for their suffering. Percy was the only one Nico could blame at the time for this,grieving his way through it. Was it ok? No. Was it right? Also no. Was it fucked up? Extremely. Was it a child natural respond to a tragic event? Yes. Am I justifying him with this? Nah.

Anyway. Nico's feelings about Bianca's end are pretty strong from the start,he literally opened the ground to the Underworld and used his powers out of grief and rage for her (there are still a fear factor,about him thinking the skeletons where going to kill him,and a feeling of betrayal,towards Percy and their "promise",that also play here). And that was only after he just found out.

The months prior to BotL and the halfway through it,Nico turned into almost a murder,while also being suicidal. I saw few people pointing it out,but we actually needs to talk more about this because this is an eleven years old that already tried multiple times to exchange his soul for his sister's,at fucking 11. And the same child almost become a murderer because he wanted his said sister back (while being also manipulated by Minos). Nico lost his morality there for a good part of the book before the arc could end in "let go of your grudges because they are our fatal flaws". Which is stupid.

Nico "letting go" of his grudge because Bianca asked him to do so,was only a demostration of how much he cared about her (not like it's reciprocated) and how big his heart is. While it's a good way to show Nico's kindness and willingness to forgive someone once he let go of his anger (and isn't being manipulated by a very scheming ghost),it's also....not how grudges works in general???

It doesn't take a "stop it before it destroy you" type of talk to stop holding grudges –especially if they are linked to something deep. I hate Bianca,but her death was an important part for Nico development (and a good wake up call because things were starting to get actually real) and Nico obviously cared about her. His reaction to the news was devasting and so is his grief (not to talk about how much Bianca answering for Percy,instead of the little brother "she raised" made it worst). But he still ended up forgiving himself (and her).

Now,one of the few thing that is a bit misleading about this subplot is "Nico blamed Percy for Bianca's death". AT THE START it was like that,Nico was hurt and needed to put the blame on something or someone,and unfortunately that person was Percy since he was the one to tell him the news (he also probably felt hurt about their "promise" and how it was "broken"). But that's a distraction for what the real deal was here: Nico was projecting his own feelings on Percy. Nico blamed himself for her death because he wasn't good or strong enough to do something,but since he couldn't accept that,his mind made sure to project those insecurities and his view of the situation on Percy. He was angry at himself because he wasn't enough (something that Bianca and Hades both amplified),he was angry at Bianca because she left him,and he was angry at the world for taking his sister away from him. The "It's your fault that my sister died" to Percy is just a facade for all the other things unsaid. Still,doesn't excuse his behavior towards the guy,since Percy was in a similar position. Bianca truly traumatized both of them in the same way.

Got a bit sidetracked here,sorry. Anyway! Going back to the main topic-

The way Nico's grudge got "solved" that way was extremely lazy writing. You go on about how grudges are Hades's kids fatal flaw,then you have a character that hold one and puff,it vanish because another character he cares about said to do so. I'm sorry,but as someone that is a very resentful person,this isn't how "solving" your grudges work.

First off,when you hold a grudge against someone you actually take time to hate their guts (it's sound extremely petty and immature but it is how it is). You don't let go of them in the span of a conversation or 2 because you built the resentment for that person for a lot of times,it could be weeks,months even years. The time-skip between TTC and BotL is of 6 months –of which Nico had all the time in the world to build said resentment (especially with Minos around). And you are going to tell me that 6 MONTHS of resentment are wiped out like nothing? I'm sorry but that's is impossible. You don't spend so much time building negative feelings towards someone or something only to change your mind last minute,because someone told you to do so (it wasn't even from him this realization,but from Bianca???). There are so many negative emotions to unpack there that it will takes time,like,a lot of time. Ence why it doesn't work.

Having Nico slowly realizing that his own fatal flaw was destroying him and the few connections he tried to build (Percy,CHB,the campers,etc...) would have be much better,because it was something that would have begun from him. Because Nico himself realized it was wrong. Also,having him try to change his attitude towards the people he was holding grudges against would have be good,starting with Percy especially. Learning also how to forgive himself and letting go of his guilt and fatal flaw,without being rushed,would have been actually healing for him. But nope,one book he is all "It's your fault!" (with all the hidden feelings) and the next one he and Percy are pretty fine with each other.

Listen,I love BotL and TLO because of their strange friendship development,but it's still lacking when it cames to Nico's fatal flaw. It's impossible that after so many months projecting on him and "hating" Percy,Nico wouldn't feel awkward with him or trying to not involve himself much at the start. Not to talk about the whole fiasco with Hades's plan (fuck him for that). And even after that,he tried so hard to make Percy see he could still trust him,because he changed from before and was different from his dad,but Percy was still hurt from what happened before (which was misleaded because Nico didn't knew shit and Hades even said so). Those two are a mess,when Nico isn't holding a grudge against Percy,Percy doesn't trust him enough and viceversa. While I liked how Nico wanted to show that he is trustworthy because he is that stubborn,be taking into account the fatal flaw that should be at play......meh.

Again,Nico here should be still trying to let go of his resentment,which is very effective because he and Percy are ok now (keyword: should). But he should definitely feel resentment towards Hades because of what he pulled and said (but he doesn't,and if he did we never knew about it) and Percy too,because the guy first tried to kill him and then didn't trust him anymore even tho Nico got him out of the palace and helped him to get to the Styx. Realistically,Nico's past feelings towards Percy (the negative ones-) should have resurfaced but they didn't. Another thing about working through grudges is that,sometimes,even a single thing can tackle you off. Especially if you spent so much time disliking them. That's why it isn't simple and it takes time. But here? 0,nada,nothing,Nico is the one that is acting like he did something wrong,which he didn't because he didn't knew. He should be angry and have every right to leash out,especially with his fatal flaw,but he didn't (idk how to feel about that-). Hades and Percy on the other hand...

I feel like Rick totally missed the shot with Nico (what's new at this point) when it cames to his fatal flaw. It got said multiple times that grudges are children of Hades fatal flaw,but then you have Hazel that doesn't hold any (idk if for children of Pluto it's different) and everytime Nico does it's not even permanent like a grudge should be,it's just there for a while and then goes away.

I'm not saying that Nico needs to be a resentful person and have grudges forever,just that we should actually see him struggling with his fatal flaw. But that's something that's not only about Nico,because in general everyone fatal flaw is kinda just there in the background without weights (looking at you Percy in BoO),expect Annabeth's because hers actually had consequences in the narrative multiple times (and Thalia's when she almost gave up and killed Bessy).

[windor-truffle]

Hey y'all wanna hear the new refrain to White Wishes?

I believe BoA has a voice like no one No matter that high notes are meant for flutes Now I sound real strange 'cause it's not in my range I wish that this part could be done

as much as I genuinely love the English version of Mamoritai White Wishes for sounding like the end credits to a Disney Channel original movie, I have to give it a little flack for using some variation of the word "protect" a staggering 0 (zero) times, even in the full version 😅

[callmearcturus]

All the people saying he's a bad father and helped abuse Jamie AND Beard did a number on my view point.

okay one, he did not "help abuse" anyone. at zero point does he help Jamie get abused, that's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard.

two, Ted does not approve of Jane but is extremely explicit about how him trying to intervene would have the opposite intended effect. which is shown explicitly when Higgins tries to intervene instead and it threatens his friendship with Beard and does not help the matter in any way.

three, the idea of ted being a bad dad is actually hysterical to me personally because congrats! you fell for the exact catch-22 bullshit that Michelle and Dr. Jacob put Ted into! yanno when we say shit like "patriarchy hurts men too"? well Ted's entire situation is like a prime example of that.

let's set the stakes: Ted was advised by an unethical psychiatrist and his then-wife that to facilitate giving his wife the space she needed in their marriage, he should move to another fucking country. he does so, expecting that in time, his wife and son would join him.

instead, his wife divorces him while he's still in another country, now tied to a high-profile, highly-lucrative job that requires his presence in London.

(and just for extra "what the fuck" points, she and her lawyer hound Ted to sign the divorce papers even though he's literally at an away game. as someone who investigates legal contracts as part of my full-time job, her actions read very strongly as trying to get a signature without informed consent from the other party, but THAT'S JUST ME.)

now, due to him being merrily exported and then cut off, Ted has only three real options.

Concede custody to his ex-wife without a fight so he can continue to work in his new position. (this makes Ted extremely sad and leads to idiots accusing him of being a bad father)

Try to renegotiate his custody agreement to be more equitable between himself and Michelle. (this will cause a PR firestorm the second it's discovered Coach Lasso is trying to STEAL A CHILD FROM THEIR MOTHER, what a fucking monster)

Give up his career and move back to Kansas. (and in doing so, give up that career, his friends, his community, his therapist, and all of the progress he's made on himself for the first time in his life)

Theodore Lasso got fucked by his divorce. Not just emotionally, but the way it was executed was manipulative and cruel. And there is not a clean solution to the situation to be had. And due to the specific way divorces are weighed to favor the mother of a child over the father, he's doubly-fucked.

So if you think he's a "bad dad" then congrats on reinforcing the exact systems that fucked Ted over in the first place. I wonder if people think Michelle is a good mother for how she handled the fucking divorce, berating Ted over and over to Just Sign The Papers and then getting romantically involved with their marriage counselor.

/rolls my fucking eyes