rainindroughtatlast

[rainindroughtatlast]

APT.

[rainindroughtatlast]

Logging on AO3 after 1/2 months of not reading any SydCarmy fics and seeing there's more than a hundred new ones. This fandom feeds me well

[rainindroughtatlast]

endo said no toxic tsundere trope for you. you acknowledge your feelings and deal with them accordingly OR BUST

[rainindroughtatlast]

i do love how one of the main themes of spy family is motherhood, and the emphasis that there’s no wrong way as long as you show love. i also love how it treats its more “feminine” characters like becky, it doesn’t feel to me like the series is laughing at her for being girly, the humour is from the juxtaposition of her and anya, or because she takes it way too far (her thirsting for loid)

it’s a low bar, but spy family is good at having women who feel like people lol

Yes! I completely agree with this! I like how the series expands on what it means to be feminine even within the tight constraints of the society they live in. Most of the female characters are infact just people. even the less "hyper-feminine" ones like Martha and Yor and even Anya still have very feminine hobbies and such they just arent constrained to them. And I agree about Becky it feels like the joke is less haha she's a girly girl and that's lame and more she 6 but she's trying to pretend she's this high society woman and that's adorable not because of the things she cares about like romance and fashion are intrinsically ridiculous but because she speaks with so much authority on them and is trying to educate a gremlin and she's six. Anya doesn't necessarily like the same things as Becky but that's never stopped them from having fun. A big part of Becky is that she always stands up for herself, her beliefs, and Anya. She is literally a day 1 you can't speak badly about Anya in her presence. I love her I love their friendship it's great. But yeah the strength of mothers does seem to be a recurring theme in the manga and I like that. It's in Loid's memories of his mother, Yor trying to be a good one and, Melinda Desmond trying to overcome her own fears for the sake of her children, the handler and her yet-to-be-revealed past. Spy x Family focuses a lot on the connections we form with people and just how those connections give us strength and its really beautiful and fitting that the threat always on the horizon is war because nothing else tears apart family and connections like war and how every character in their own way is fighting for the right for people (not just the ones they love) to make those connections freely even if it means they are excluded. It's a really good story.

[rainindroughtatlast]

Damian desmond when it comes to:

Be one of the best students in his class and getting good grades in every subject to make his worthless shitsack of a ''father'' proud:

VERSUS.

Talking/acting normaly toward his crush:

[rainindroughtatlast]

I think the craziest thing that happened in hannibal nbc has to be hannibal's schedule because my man was out there murdering people, eating them all while going unnoticed, working full time as a psychiatrist, playing several instruments + composing music, working with the FBI to lead them away from him, flirt with the guy trying to catch him, have random hookups, cook michelin star worthy meals, host dinner parties, go to the opera, frame the guy he fell in love with for his own crimes, go to therapy (more like yap about his crush to bedelia), spend several hours a week at the swimming pool, spend hours on tattlecrime reading about himself and that's not even all of it je lui tire mon chapeau like we say in french oh yes right he also speaks multiple languages!

[rainindroughtatlast]

(they're both right)

[rainindroughtatlast]

I did shed a tear when guillermo was telling nandor that he was going to leave & I can't tell u how relieved

(spoilers below)

I was when guillermo came back and nandor opened that casket

& now, I know that the gang will keep going however long they can

sweet, raunchy vampires in the night 🖤

[rainindroughtatlast]

Been rewatching Abbott and upon rewatch, I love Gregory and Janine and how he fixes things and they mesh…

but I can’t help but wonder about a world where Janine and Gregory end game took a lil detour where..

Janine gets one more relationship or gets to play the field a little, she’s gotten a little time single and making more concrete friendships which is great, but has she had a chance to explore what kind of person she’s looking for in a partner? Does she need to or has she figured it out?

for example with Manny who gases her up and also has big dreams, positivity, and effusive personality

will next season bring more Manny? More Lana Condor? More details on what Janine and Gregory have been up to? More Ayo Edibiri??????

exited to come back to school guys 😁🍎

Ps: my crackship would be Emily from the district hitting on Janine lmao 🤣

also guys: Janine has grown so much over the past three seasons 😭😭😭😭😭 middle part Janine let’s go!!!!! 😭🙏🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[rainindroughtatlast]

Lestat coded 🧛‍♀️🧛 loustat

Or if I’m being honest— Armand????? 😭😭😭😭

I’d say Louis coded but he’s so avoidant attachment for this tbh 🥹😭

[rainindroughtatlast]

Claudia portrait from the comics 🫶

[rainindroughtatlast]

not sure if I'm ready for the final chapter of what we do in the shadows, like I know it's gotta end and I'm excited to have seen the series through in real time as they made each season

but theres threads and questions I'm not sure I'm ready for the series to answer (Nador/Guillermo's will they won't they etc) and I swear it'll all probably be raunchy and fun and irreverent but whenever we get that last episode---

[rainindroughtatlast]

Lestat, is that you?

[rainindroughtatlast]

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

[rainindroughtatlast]

already get so much loustat blessings on my twitter algorithm im barely on my tumblr 🥹 don't know if this is good or bad

[rainindroughtatlast]

I love you samosas. I love you empanadas. I love you pasties. I love you dumplings. I love you pirozhkis. I love you savory food in a convenient little carb purse.

[rainindroughtatlast]

Loustat short comics - There is nothing else until the storm is over - Interview with the Vampire TV Series

text transcription under the cut ⬇️

Fake magazine illustration

Page 1 Daniel : So, tell me... Did you see Lestat again?

Page 2 Louis : When he's not on Tour, he would occasionally visits.

Page 3 Daniel : So you're what, now? Friends?

Louis : [Hello Lestat.]

Lestat : [Hello Louis.]

It would be too simple. You know us.

Louis : [ That's new. Still enjoying the glitz and glamor?]

But there is this arrangement we are both fine with.

Page 4 When two people hurt each other so deeply, what is left afterwards?

Page 5 Things like that, it seals doors once still unlocked at the time. Can time really heal everything?

[Mets moi dans mon cercueil, Louis, Louis...]

Page 6 [Stay down chéri, I don't want to fight like this. I'll stay. I'll stay, I'll never leave you ever again. I promise. I'll be happy. For you. For her. Please please please please]

Some things were flipped over to show the truth. Others, I learned to see differently. I faced my wrongs.

[I'll be anything please please please please please please. I didn't know it was a gift. I wore it like a curse. I was selfish. I wanted you to suffer. Because I was. Suffering. I came to thank you.]

Page 7 Do we love each other still? Yes. Can we live under the same roof, share the same spaces, the same bed, for an extended period of time, again? No. But this raging, all devouring passion, it is now replaced by something that can never be altered. Is this the price we had to pay to finally be equals?

Page 8 We have never been more understanding of each other. A shadow of something that could have been from the start. Friendly jokes. Bickering I will never admit enjoying. Respect. And then, the always surprising softness. So eerie after all that happened. Yet, we always welcome it.

Page 9 Daniel : [How dramatic. Not ready to live together again, yet he's all over your coffee table.]

Louis: [I didn't buy these.]

Daniel : [Sure. Will you let me know the next time he passes by?]

Louis : [Well I can't. This is his safe place. You will have to find him by yourself I'm afraid.]

Daniel : [Of course. He can't make anything easy. As if he didn't have enough safe places with his ten properties.]

Page 10 Louis: [Nice chat. Bye, Daniel.]

Lestat : [Only when I'm not on Tour, hm?]

Louis [Approximately.]

Lestat : [Thanks.]

Louis : [Did you really just say thank-]

Lestat: *kisses Louis* [...too soon?]

Page 11 Louis : Almost a century is enough waiting.