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count dracula, for some reason

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probably a huge reach but I do wonder if percy’s refusal to explain his plans to anyone was influenced by him telling bianca his plan and then her getting herself killed trying to execute it

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It is November of 1893. You have just killed a vampire. Exhausted and worn, you close your eyes and rest.

You wake up. It is May of 1893. You are on a train en route to Transylvania. Your diary says you have had queer dreams lately.

You try to believe it.

(An old woman puts a rosary in your hands. You accept it without question.)

You are a guest in a castle you have never been in before (you recognize every hallway and know without trying that every door is locked). Your host is a man you have never met before (you killed him you killed him you killed him he had turned to dust and there was blood on the snow).

One morning you cut yourself while shaving.

There is nobody behind you in the pocket mirror’s reflection.

You turn fast, and the razor is like a Kukri knife in your hand.

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Bringing back my unpopular opinion but please stop saying they’d kiss here.

They wouldn’t. He’s having a PANIC ATTACK.

the end 😁

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best brownies in the known universe (at least, according to my grandma)

some year and a half ago when i was getting ready to move out i combed through all the family recipes that lay lost to time and one of the ones that i found was my grandmas brownie recipe. idk where she got it from (nor can i ask cause she has dementia) and its a printed out email she sent to my mom in june 2000. but by george these the best brownies i have ever tasted. would she be pleased that i am sharing this recipe with my vast following? absolutely.

YOU WILL NEED:

5 tablespoons butter (unsalted) 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate (or as much as your heart desires) 2/3 cup unsweetened good cocoa powder 1 cup sugar (white) (superfine preferred, normal works fine) 1 cup sifted white flour (can use gluten free) 1/2 teaspoon baking powder as much cinnamon as your heart desires (your heart needs to desire at least some cinnamon. its essential to the recipe) 3 egg whites 1 egg splash of vanilla extract (again, non negotiable step!)

preheat your oven to 325 degrees. grease a square baking pan (9x9 preferably).

in a small saucepan over medium heat melt the butter and baking chocolate. while that is melting, sift together the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a small bowl. once the butter and chocolate is done melting add the cocoa powder and cook it together for 1 minute. add in the sugar and stir. it will get very thick. this is correct.

set that aside to cool. while thats cooling take a large bowl and put in your egg whites, egg and vanilla. beat it up with preferably a whisk but you can use a fork if youre fresh out of whisks. once the chocolate is cool enough to not scramble your eggs dump it in the eggs and mix it together. add the flour in gradually and keep mixing until its smooth and happy.

spread into your greased baking pan. put it in the oven for EXACLTLY 18 MINUTES. very crucial step. they will come out slightly under done. that is what we want. as they cool they will continue to cook in the pan. we dont want them to get hard and sad. they are not good when they are hard and sad. do not overbake them. you will be sad.

slice them up and as the official last step on the original recipe says: EAT ENJOY AND MAKE MORE! (theyre very good with mint chocolate chip ice cream)

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Ares *insulting Odysseus*

Athena: while I'd love to disagree, he's spitting facts

Ares: -like his son

Athena: hold up, you did NOT just say that. If you wanna fight were gonna fight. How DARE you insult my favourite little human-

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Tbh the problem with ship wars is that everyone tries to find a moral high ground to prove their ship is superior when actually shipping should be about making two characters kiss like a kid playing with barbie dolls

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stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegulus in the jily tag stop posting about jegul

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Reblog to kill it faster

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yknow i've noticed a trend and i wanna see if it's just me or if there's an actual case to be made for it. i don't expect this to take off but please reblog for a larger sample size because i am legitimately curious. when the poll ends i'll discuss more

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I just watched Avatar for the first time all the way through, and yeah, it’s great, but the one thing that surprised me was how different Katara was compared to the fandom interpretation I’d seen and internalized before watching.

Like, before you watch Avatar, you’ve seen all these memes about Katara and her mom, and based on those memes, you assume it’s one of those lines you have to get used to hearing at least once every episode. But then you watch the show and realize that she only talks about her mom maybe five or six times per season and you also realize she only brings her up when she’s trying to comfort someone or empathize with them because that’s how she processes her grief and that’s one way she connects with people.

Or you hear the infamous line, “then you didn’t love [our mother] the way I did” and you prepare yourself for one of the worst character assassinations ever only to see the scene after nearly three seasons worth of context and realize she was kinda right. She’s been the mother, the nurturer, the comforter. She’s been patient, gentle, and accommodating where everyone else has gotten to be insensible and reckless and childish, and the one moment where she allows herself to feel her grief, suddenly she’s this evil bitch and not, y’know, a 14 year old girl whose been thrusted into adulthood in a way no other character has. A 14 year old girl who should be allowed immaturity and raw emotion and anger instead of the patience and grace she’s been forced to extend to every character without even the smallest amount of gratitude or even consideration in return.

Or you see all of the clips where Katara puts Aang in the “friendzone” and you expect to have this wishy washy back and forth where Aang is putting his feelings out there only to have Katara neither commit nor express any clear reciprocation or rejection. Then you watch and realize that, as cute as the ship is initially, that there’s never a point where Aang returns any comfort or grace to Katara despite her always doing this for him to the point of coddling. That for as much as Aang says he loves her, he never seems to outgrow his perception of her so he can recognize her as someone who feels grief, anger, and pain as much as she expresses love, kindness, and maturity. And instead of having moments where he learns to see her beyond her strength or compassion, you’re instead given moments where Aang forces his feelings onto her, both romantic and non-romantic, and Katara is expected to just…shoulder those feelings the way she shoulders everyone else’s.

Katara is the most misunderstood character in the show. As much as people recognize the complexities of Zuko, Sokka, and Azula, they struggle to do the same for Katara because they see her struggles as somehow lesser, and therefore, less deserving of sympathy. They can handle her so long as she’s being endlessly patient and loving and kind, but the moment her endless love, patience, and kindness runs out, she’s suddenly this annoying bitch who can’t shut up about her mother or reciprocate Aang’s feelings. But Katara’s trauma does matter as much as anyone else’s. No, she wasn’t banished from her kingdom. No, she didn’t lose her entire community, and no, she isn’t the only one who lost her mother. But the difference between her and everyone else whose experienced loss because of the Fire Nation is that she’s never given time to process her trauma. Aang gets to lean on Katara constantly. Toph gets to express her feelings to Katara, and yeah, Sokka also lost their mother, but unlike Katara, he isn’t put in the position of being a substitute for everyone’s parent. He even admits that he sees his sister as a mother. The only characters who ever comfort Katara or allow her to vent is Zuko and her father and that’s, like, three scenes in a show where the other characters are consistently given opportunities to seek out Katara for unconditional support.

The fandom interpretation of Katara has been so bastardized that even those who haven’t watched the show know her for this fanon version and not for who she is. She’s such an interesting character beyond her fandom limitations, though. She’s brave, hot-headed, and hopeful as well as gentle and caring. She wishes to learn waterbending, not only because she wants to fight in the war, but because she wants to continue her culture’s practices because, and people often forget this, she also lost an entire subculture within her already fractured tribe. And she wants to defeat the Fire Nation both because of her deep love and empathy for other people, but also because she wants to avenge her mother. But because some of the fans have reduced Katara to a bitch who constantly whines about her mother and friendzones Aang, you wouldn’t know any of this, and it sucks because she’s the only character whose been dumbed down to such an extent.

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i am begging all “x reader” writers to use a universal tag.

as in, a tag that is not specific to a single fandom or, god forbid, a single character within that fandom.

that could be “x reader” or “character x reader” or “reader insert” or something else entirely

i am glad you are having fun! it is unfortunately Not My Thing, however, and i would really like to be able to traverse the main tags without having to manually blacklist every possible iteration of [character] x reader just to avoid it

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This.

Oh so she's still his mortal point, still his anchor, her voice keeps him going, I'm just saying- she is his anchor, that never left-

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What if in BTSV there is going to be a scene like Gwen get knocked out her heart stops and Miles and Rio have to bring her back. And Miles has to use his venom strike to bring her back but carefully not to fry Gwen heart. And Rio guides her son through it. A really intense scene I just made up. he he he

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Source: https://twitter.com/GhostflowerATSV/status/1694752515017830522?s=19

It has been confirmed that Gwen and Miles have a connection through dimensions. I'm crying 😭😭❤️

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Okay, but imagine that Gwen dies in BTSV and that's what convinces Miguel that his theory is bullshit. Because Miles would be like, "If I'm not really Spiderman because I was never meant to be Spierman then why does she die? Why does Gwen Stacy die if she didn't fall in love with Spiderman, but with an anomaly?

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Okey I need to talk about this detail in ATSV

ATSV SPOILERS

In the background of Earth-42 we see a building with an 8, and in the left there's another building that looks like a triple 8. Someone pointed out it could be foreshadowing for Earth-8 in BTSV.

(Spider-Man: across the Spider-Verse)

(Spider-Gwen vol. 2, #31 USA)

I dont know if this makes sense but I wanted to share it.

In the picture from above, we see an actual building in Earth-8 (in the upper left corner it says in Spanish "Tierra-8. Un futuro." Which translates to "Earth-8. A future.") and the building has an 8 like the one in the movie!

So maybe the possibility of an appearance of Earth-8 in BTSV is not that crazy.

Apologies for any spelling mistakes! English it's not my first language.

Shoutout to that one tiktok that I can't find that pointed out the 8 in Earth-42.