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Andrew: *Reading from a bottle.* "Cronenberg Whiskey, is a distilled whiskey left to age in oak barrels. It's described to have gentle notes of wood and, quote: "Distinctive hints of chocolate." With an alcohol volume of 40%.

Ashley: *Drunkenly.* "There's no way anything with 40% has 'Hints' of anything.

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Andrew and Ashley Graves if they were in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure!

Andrew's Stand is [Demolition] and Ashley's Stand is [Lovers]

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As I was sick and didn't go to work, I felt guilty and went to my room to do some paperwork. Instead, I did that.

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(got the image from lust_coffin on twitter <3)

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I got some green and pink shoelaces for my black sneakers to turn them into Andrew and Ashley kicks.

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Andrew and Ashley Graves if they existed in the Devil May Cry universe.

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Andrew and Ashley Graves if they were in Final Fantasy XIV.

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If Andrew and Ashley Graves were in Bleach.

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What’s your favorite sodas? If those aren’t your cup of tea then how about energy drinks?

Coca Cola is my favorite but it was damaging my teeth so I watched to Fanta. I also like plain lemonade.

I like iced tea but energy drinks aren't my thing.

Thanks for the ask ^^

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shut up sister fucker

I wish, I sadly have to make do with your mother.

Thanks for the ask ^^

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Ashley doodle

Been experimenting with black out shadows? I think that's what its called, using my currant fav characters. Honestly running out of ideas but i dont think i have a big enough following to ask for ideas lol, i dont even know how those ask blogs work tbh.

Oh well, enjoy (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

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Andrew was like 'Fuck, she knows what I like'.

bro was trying to act so nonchalant here about those voicemails but julia saw him....

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🩷💚 I’m still obsessed with the hair swaps

Super old coffin dump ⚰️🥀

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Man, Tumblr having that irrational hatred for Ross is so weird. He's not even my favorite from that show but you'd think he was an evil rapist from how people on here talk about him.

He's just the funny dinosaur guy.

I saw this Ted defender saying that Ted isn't a nice guy and if we have to call a character a "nice guy" it should be Barney and Ross Geller.

First off: What does Ross have to do with this?

Secondly: BARNEY!? How is he "nice guy"? I can kinda see where he's coming from with Ross but BARNEY!?

Can't expect much from a Ted stan. They're not interested in understanding why people got a problem with that guy, they just want to go "Well, THIS character is bad because X, Y, Z, therefore Ted is actually an angel."

Barney was constantly compared to Ted in the show, and some fans, much due to the narrative's encouragement, keep trying to shurg off every good thing Barney did because he's meant to be the "wrong" choice - and there are several episodes in which Ted's bad behavior is sweapt under the rug because he "only did it due to Barney's influence" like he's not a fully grown adult AND crossed lines Barney never did.

Makes sense that they just take any criticism towards Ted and blindly go "BARNEY is the one that fits the definition." No room for a conversation about genuine (intentional and accidental) flaws in Barney's character nor nuanced discussions about his arc, his ending, and the mixed messages it sometimes sent - nope, just straight to throwing it all in the trash despite Barney, at his worse, being better than Ted at his best in pretty much every way.

As Ross, it's simple - HIMYM took A LOT of inspiration from Friends, on top of already sharing the inevitably simmiliarities that pretty much all sitcoms have. Both Ted and Ross are the "dodged nice guy" that could be so good to the main girl if only she'd give him a chance, and both shows have plenty of moments that did not age well (though Friends gets more of a pass for being far less problematic than HIMYM despite being 11 years older). Some comparisson is definetly valid here.

The problem is that Friends was far, far, FAR more self-aware than HIMYM ever was, particularly when it came to the flaws in the main characters, especially Ross and Rachel, and how a lot of their misery is self-inflicted. And while Ross's shenanigans got crazier through the seasons, much like Ted's, the karmic punishments and the way the other characters would call him out for it also went up, while Ted was being held accountable less and less with each season - which is a big problem when even in season 1 he was getting away with shit that Ross would have been dragged through the mud for.

Rachel being just as in love and unhinged as Ross and them taking turns pursuing each other (in normal and in weird ways), while Ted's "affection" (obsession) with Robin was PAINFULLY one-sided (and devolved into full on stalker behavior), to the point that it was a recurring joke even while they were dating, and her making it clear that she'd NEVER go back to him if she had literally anyone else as an option, including guys she didn't even love, did not fucking help.

Comparing Ted to these two characters is THE worst way to try and defend him, because any genuine, unbiased analysis concludes that, despite their flaws, the audience couldn't help but root for Barney and/or Ross because the writers put in the work to makes us want them to "get the girl", while Ted was the classic case of the writers assuming that the fans and critics would put up with bad writting as long as it gave the main character the "happy" ending he had not fucking earned with a girl that we've known for years will just be miserable with him AND make him miserable too.

(Because don't forget: even when I force myself to be empathetic to Ted and want what's best for him, I still hate the finale because HOLY SHIT, the guy had finally grown a bit as a person, found his soulmate, had kids with her, and then reverted back to the disaster of a person he was 25 years before because his wife died and it fucked him up so bad that he thinks going back to the ex that never loved him and will 100% ditch him the second she's not as depressed anymore/is pursued by a more interesting guy is going to fix anything instead of just making his life worse)

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