#I should get caught up on the show

[miraculouslyoverrated]

I have an old post about Marinette tripping down the stairs and accidentally taking Lila with her instead of Lila pretending to trip, and while their classmates help them because of their injuries, they’re reminded about how much they actually like spending time with Marinette

And I think there should be au’s like that, where for whatever reason, the class keeps having to split up for groups (because Lila and Marinette will not work together), and each time they end up in Marinette’s group, they are reminded about how much they like having Marinette as a friend and value her, especially compared to Lila’s friendship when they’re in her group

[painted-fanbird]

Jasmine had an ice core.

That fact took Vlad by surprise, by way of an ice encased foot trying very very hard to to connect with and break his ribs. He barely managed to twist away in time, firing a blast of ectoplasmic energy at Jasmine as he turned.

An ice core? Really? It didn’t suit her. They were for the serene and the graceful, people with personalities comparable to freshly fallen snow or frozen lake vistas. The quiet, the cold, the easily crushed.

Jasmine was many things, but serene was not one of them. Not by a long shot. She was clever, determined, ambitious. She could be described as controlled, but only when she was human. As Phantom that control slipped to reveal a… truly spirited young woman. Her personality was far more suited to an electric core, or perhaps, fire. Like his own.

That would be the single disadvantage to said lovely fire core, Vlad mused distantly as he teleported away from Jasmine, reappearing just in time to hear the tail end of her frustrated scream. He matched up much too well against ice. He wished Jasmine could have been on more equal footing against him.

~~~

As Vlad stared down at Jasmine during their next scuffle a few days later, he was keenly aware of the fact that his… concerns about Jasmine’s core had perhaps been a bit presumptuous.

She was picking herself up out of the small crater Vlad’s fiery blast had left her in, frost collecting under her palms and feet as she hauled herself upright. Vlad opened his mouth to say something snappy, only to pause as the air grew cold. The frost had spread from Jasmine’s feet, coating the entire crater in a softly glowing blanket and creeping across the ground outside of it. The wind picked up, ice and snow solidifying in a swirl, with Jasmine at its center.

A blizzard.

It was in that moment Vlad realized an ice code suited Jasmine perfectly. It was no calm and gentle thing, Jasmine had an ice core like an avalanche. A tumbling, churning wall of ice on a warpath, a raging force of nature that would not, and could not, be stopped, especially not by something as insignificant as fire.

Vlad smiled as Jasmine shot towards him. This would work out well, actually.

[ickypuppi3]

has anyone actually written a lost boys harringrove au because i feel like that’s what’s missing from my life

[normalbrothers]

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

that it's ... good, actually? not that a great deal of criticisms don't have merit, but i very much like what the show does, how consistent it is and the character work done each season. its probably biggest flaw is - and especially noticeable after s1 - the brevity of subsequent seasons. had there been one or two more episodes from season 2 onward it would have served the show in some major or minor ways; and i do think that messes sometimes with how things are transported to the viewer, but idk. if you pay attention it's fine also

[wildflowercryptid]

i guess simon could be considered a tumblr sexyman, but let's be real, he's no onceler haha. *sees that they're introducing multiverse versions of him in fionna & cake* oh. oh dear god.

[a9saga]

I can't believe the entire cast of big brother agrees not to use slurs while in the house and in the first week of the show this absolute quack drops the n word in front of a black houseguest after talking about a different black houseguest and gets ejected before the first eviction

[stairset]

I realize this could get me crucified in certain circles but as good as Andor was I really do think its fans can be truly insufferable.

[willosword]

im going to try very hard to exercise Discipline and stop reading the comics now 😐

[foxmonkey]

The ask for viewers to have all of this prior knowledge doesn’t stop there, either. It’s one thing to cross journeys among shows that air on the same streaming service where those who watch The Mandalorian can easily see that a new show in the Star Wars universe is releasing new episodes. The problem is that there are just so many television shows going on not just with Disney+ but across the gamut. The Mandalorian grew to be so popular as a result of its ability to transcend the universe. It was a simple show with a premise of one person having to save another for its two first seasons. There wasn’t a need for viewers to know the politics of this world, what Order 66 was, or what a purrgill is. Season 2 made a big swing when it brought in a pair of Jedis to this world in Luke Skywalker and the aforementioned Ahsoka. What that also did, though, was open up this series to far more lore than its audience may want.

[jedi-bird]

Partner is in their office playing online games with friends. I have a lot of things I should be doing (writing, laundry, dishes, sweeping the floor, crocheting). Instead, I think I'll just go to bed super early; it's barely 8pm and I'm exhausted and don't feel like being responsible, even if it means more work tomorrow.

[coratorium]

i am not expecting literally anything to be learned from this, especially because a lot of people are being vewy mean to mr bossman. people do love to dig their heels in when people are angry at them instead of reflecting on why everyone is so angry.

it sure would be nice if literally anyone in the room could have the thought "gee, our transfem population sure is extremely angry, maybe we should figure out why that is?"

[byakuyasdarling]

I’m so anxious about tomorrow ,,,

[aro-ortega]

HANG ON. FALLEN HERO LIMITLESS AU

[lorephobic]

so should we bring all the dead guys that fought nazis back and ask their ghosts to talk about their hot takes on the us military in 2024 before we decide what jokes can and can’t be made at their expense? a great fuck ton of them didn’t live to see a post 9/11 world or even the vietnam war.

i don’t consider myself up the U.S. armed forces ass and think it’s an immoral organization in its current form. but bringing the current palestine bombardment into wanting people to not bash in the 100th bomb group members over being upset about a tv show is ridiculous. that’s a whole lot of projecting to cope with getting pushback over some distasteful jokes. you said insensitive shit and got pushback on it. the world still spins, no one is helping themselves by digging the hole here.

why r u people so obsessed with the real life soldiers. we are talking about the impact of a tv show that is being released in 2024. it does not matter that the events of the show take place in the past and it does not matter that these soldiers were the good guys. it is crazy that u are all sticking ur neck out for an apple-produced war show that insofar only pushes the narrative that it is noble to die for your country so long as we're in pursuit of destroying the bad guys. (the bad guys being whoever ur officers tell u to kill). if you don't see how that kind of messaging could be problematic in the present day then idk what to tell you.

i don't think it's projecting to point out and criticize military propaganda and i don't think it's deflecting to call attention to the lengths that people will go to defend that military propaganda.

[innytoes]

ohh how about 9. I work at the pumpkin patch and that is an alarming amount of gourds you got there, buddy, with willie collecting the gourds? also, happy decorative gourd season!!

Reggie loves his job at the pumpkin patch. The pay is decent, it's more fun than stocking shelves at the supermarket, and he loves seeing all the excited kids run around trying to find The Perfect Pumpkin. Also, he gets to take home some of the leftover cider donuts they sell at the little stall next to his sometimes.

Also, today he made a baby stop crying by juggling tiny gourds, so he felt kind of like a superhero.

It's not all families, of course. Their clientele also consists of hipsters, goths, cute couples on romantic pumpkin picking dates, people really really into fall, and Instagram Lifestyle Influencers. Thank god he gets to call Bobby when those come around. Bobby likes either flirting with them, or being nasty about their follower count and their 'lazy-ass diy projects', depending on whether or not they're trying to scam them out of free gourds or not.

Their boss actually gave them both cider donuts and a whole pumpkin pie, the day Bobby made an Influencer cry and vow never to return. Apparently she'd been terrorising the pumpkin patch for years.

The guy coming up to their table now, well, he was pretty enough to be an Influencer. Like, really, really pretty. His long hair was in a messy bun, and he was wearing a crop top with pumpkins all over it under a pair of paint-stained overalls.

Reggie really, really hoped he wasn't trying to scam them out of free pumpkins. Because he had a lot. Like, he'd taken one of the little wagons they usually gave to the kids and had a virtual pyramid of pumpkins on it. Big ones, small ones, weirdly shaped ones that people usually left in the field. Then, Reggie realised he’d somehow hitched a second wagon onto the first one, with another pile of gourds.

"That's uh... that's an alarming amount of gourds you have there, buddy," Reggie said, kicking himself. That was neither the suave pick-up line he'd wanted to say, or a customer-friendly meaningless pleasantry.

"I know, right?" The guy said, delighted. "I think I'm gonna need to borrow your wagon to get them all to the car, sorry."

"That's alright, I can help carry them if you want," Reggie said.

"Really? That'd be awesome!" Gourd Guy beamed. "I um, I kind of lost count out there, so I have no idea what my total is gonna be. But my budget is five hundred bucks so... I think we should be good."

"You have a budget of five hundred dollars for pumpkins?" Reggie asked incredulously. God, he really couldn't control his mouth around this guy.

"I mean, my boss gave me five hundred dollars to pick out new Halloween decoration for the Club," he said. "And he told me to make it classy. 'None of that plastic stuff, William.'" He made a severe face, lowering his voice as he pretended to be his boss.

"I mean, gourds are super classy," Reggie agreed, even though he had no idea what counted as classy. If he was given 500 bucks for Halloween decoration, he probably would have blown it on that 12 foot skeleton he'd seen online.

"I'm gonna get some black and purple and gold spray paint as well. Maybe use some paint pens and make some of them extra fancy." William wriggled with excitement at the idea.

"That sounds so cool," Reggie said, as he started to line up gourds and count them. "Are you an artist?" The paint-splattered overalls made it seem that way. He bet William was really pretty when he was all in the zone.

"Myeah, mostly grafitti stuff, though. You can check me out on Insta, I'm under willie.ortega.art." Bobby, who had perked up at the mention of Instagram, wandered over. Reggie wanted to glare at him. For once, he wanted to flirt with the cute Instagram-haver.

“Oh dude, you’re actually pretty good,” Bobby said, holding his phone so Reggie could see. Willie wasn’t just pretty good. He was amazing. His page showed big sweeping murals, as well as a surprising number of custom skateboard decks. Also some little street art scenes in surprising places.

“Hey, I know that one! It’s right near my favourite dog park!” Reggie beamed. “It makes me laugh every time.”

Willie beamed proudly, a pleased smile staying on his face as he gazed at Reggie with soft, pretty eyes.

“Of course your follower count-” Bobby started, before Reggie quickly turned around and shoved a hand over his mouth.

“Back off, he’s cute and he’s paying and he’s mine,” he hissed. He didn’t want to see Bobby try to make Willie cry. Bobby looked from Willie to Reggie and back with doubtful, squinting eyes, before Willie took out his wallet awkwardly. Then he shrugged, bit Reggie’s hand for good measure, and wandered off.

Reggie turned back, embarrassed. “Sorry about him, we’ve been having some problems with people trying to get free stuff and...” He looked up to see him watching him, a flirty smile on his face.

“Oh sure, influencers. They try to get VIP treatment at the club as well,” Willie said. “I was more interested in the other parts of that sentence. The part where you said I’m cute.”

Oh. Oh no. He’d heard that?

“And yours.”

“Uuuuum!” Reggie spluttered, but Willie just grinned at him, helping unload his many pumpkins onto the table. Their fingers brushed probably more than necessary, and the way the guy kept smirking at Reggie’s blush, he was pretty sure it was on purpose.

The pumpkin counting seemed to go on forever, not that Reggie was in a rush. In the end, Willie’s total came to 210 dollars worth of gourds, which wasn’t shabby. They were definitely getting leftover cider donuts tonight.

And, if Reggie was lucky, maybe a phone number as well.

[madebycoffee]

wippp

ok so four hours ago i had hit a posemaking wall for my next deco sims set, so i opted to take my break by continuing the BINGE im doing of @ladybugsimblr​ iconique showstopping bk legacy.... hooooo i read for so long i went a little crosseyed someone save me from myself.

anyway im still trying to get these deco sims done relatively soon. first half of august maybe? tho im gonna use them on my simblr ( @madebysimblr​ ) first lol. wish me lucc (on both the binge read and the decosims lol)