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Character who doesn't get to die & character who doesn't get to live. Is that anything.

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once again thinking about the drama and hilarity of giles and spike's petty rivalry/general dislike of one another

giles meets spike and just sees ripper. spike meets giles and just sees william. they're both ashamed of who they used to be and immediately project that shame onto each other. but like they have a mutual favorite woman (buffy) so they get forced into proximity frequently and deal with it by being bitchy about the whole thing despite having to keep things (relatively) civil for her sake. but like. how would YOU feel if your despised past self walked through the door and felt an equal amount of disdain for you too. dude. that would suck monumentally. the best part is they don't care enough to realize their first impressions were wrong so they're just kinda stuck like this

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See also, "We're in a drought; conserve water!" Meanwhile, bottled water companies and golf courses for rich folk empty the aquifers.

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I need an AU where the witchfinder accuses Morgana of being a sorceress and Arthur defends her. When Uther turns against her Arthur and Merlin prove that Aredian is a fraud but before that Uther yells at Arthur: "Magic is evil"

An Arthur yells back: "It's Morgana! She is good, she is kind even if she had magic she is still herself! "

Which made Morgana AND Merlin realize they could trust him

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Arthur doesn’t know if his mother ever held him.

His father has not, will not. On rare days, Arthur is gifted a grip to his shoulder: tight, heavy. Always with that crushing, crippling shame. The weight of his own disappointment.

Arthur tries to—well. He slaps his knights’ shoulders, light, quick. Sometimes even a rallying punch to an arm, closed fist, gloved fist. Never skin on skin.

He is not slapped back. Untouchable, always, on the tourney field and off.

Of course, he’s had servants to dress him since before he could lift a sword, but they’ve always known their place. Always careful, deferential. Never eye to eye.

“Up you get, you giant—fucking— lump—!”

It’s like hot steel, shock skewering his belly deep, each time Merlin touches him. Grabs him. Moves him bodily. Pushes him out of bed, shoves him into tunic and hose.

Fussing, always fussing, careless, full of care. “What’s that, on your face?” A warm, calloused hand, checking—skin on skin, eye to eye. “Oh, I see, just your big fat mouth as usual, no cause for alarm.” The dimple pokes Merlin’s cheek as his fingers poke Arthur’s sides.

It should sate his hunger; instead, it reinvents it.

touch @merthurmicrofic {200 words}

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truly never getting over the greatest loss streaming services caused: the disappearance of DVD special features. behind the scenes, bloopers, deleted scenes, commentaries, I will never forget you, I will never stop missing you.

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can u imagine if other pieces of media were as scared of calling their monsters what they are as zombie media is about calling zombies zombies

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very fond of the sassy bitterness between giles and spike due to the fact that they are literally exactly who each other used to be. like. you meet a guy who acts identical to the man you're trying to distance yourself from being, like, as much as possible, and hes feeling the exact same things. the DRAMA of it all. no wonder they hated each other

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Stressed because of bills, work, and the crushing expectations of womanhood?

Have you considered getting a secret vampire boyfriend?

Life's better with a secret vampire boyfriend!

There are hot vampires in your area ready to rock your world, apply within

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I'm rewatching btvs and in becoming pt.1 (s2) I am always shocked when xander and cordelia are the ONLY ONES that advocate for killing angel instead of restoring his soul like???? bro literally tortured drusilla into insanity until finally turning her into a vampire AFTER she becomes a NUN to try and heal/live with the psychological torture he inflicted on her, murders jenny calender to PREVENT HER from restoring his soul and then displays her body surrounded by roses and candles in giles' BED, countless other shit we both know and don't know about???? (not to mention tortures giles and is directly responsible for willow's coma, xander's broken arm, kendra's DEATH etc but that takes place after this argument) and because of.....what? he and buffy's history? because he's a "good" vampire? the fact that he helped the scooby gang a couple of times? was broody and remorseful when he did have a soul? girl please

every time I watch it I'm like they canNOT be so seriously adamant about restoring this demon's soul just so he can be even more mopey about the evil shit he did while soulless again OH and he and buffy will be celibate and live in the dark forever cool cool cool

lord pls take me to season 3 so I can at least have my girl faith in the mix

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Grave offerings and burying the dead with tools and goods is actually such a deeply human thing to do. It's not really even necessarily about how much you believe in a literal afterlife or them taking the tools with them. It's also just going Wait, I'm Not Done Taking Care Of You, let me make you one more pair of socks so your feet won't be cold when you go wherever it is where I can't follow.

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A good rule of thumb for AI is "would you trust a trained pigeon to do this?"

"We trained a pigeon to recognise cancerous cell clusters and somehow they're really good at it" okay great, that's something that could plausibly be a thing.

"We trained a pigeon to recognise good CV:s and left it in charge of sorting through all our job applications" uh perhaps consider not doing that.

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daily affirmations:

i am kind

i am in control of my emotions

it does not bother me when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

everyone in the house has the right to be in the kitchen

i am kind and in control of my emotions even when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

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broooo did you seriously disturb my eternal rest & bring me back to this mortal coil just because my ancient enemy the eternal night has returned? after i sealed it away and everything? which one of you tampered with my binding runes 🙄

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“Must have reliable transportation” = “this is how we legally discriminate against poor people who take the bus”

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Alfred Stevens

Belgian, 1823-1906