#I was repeating the same sentence

[im-fuck3d-90]

my mother discouraged me from finding a new psychiatrist today because she tried 4 months ago and found my current one...

[laundrybiscuits]

The officer leans close, jabbing a finger into Steve’s chest. “You’re damn lucky it ain’t ten years ago or one state over,” he growls. “You could be looking at a felony charge, serving 15 to life. We didn’t stand for this kind of thing in Hawkins when I joined the force.”

Steve just folds his arms and gives the officer a bored look. “Okay,” he says. “Good talk. Can I see my boyfriend now?”

The officer sneers, but he steps aside to let Steve through. They’ve got Eddie cuffed to the hospital bed with another gun-toting guard in the corner. 

“Jesus christ,” snaps Steve. “He’s not gonna escape, he can’t even walk right now. Why don’t you clear out and give us a little privacy, huh?”

“Sorry,” says the guard, not sounding all that sorry. “It’s for his own protection.”

Fuck. He’s gonna have to hope Eddie can follow his lead. All that practice pretending to be a wizard or whatever has to be good for something, right?

He perches on the side of Eddie’s bed and takes his hand. He can do this. “Hey, gorgeous. How’re you feeling?” 

“Uh,” says Eddie, eyebrows doing something hilarious. “Steve?”

“It’s okay,” says Steve. He rubs his thumb over Eddie’s knuckles. This is the most they’ve ever touched, he thinks—the most that was just skin, no layers of denim or leather in between. Not even a layer of blood and dirt. 

He swallows and keeps going, willing Eddie to develop freaky mind-reading powers all of a sudden. “I know you didn’t want to tell anyone about us, but I had to, baby. I’m sorry. I had to tell them you were, y’know, with me when…when Jason killed Chrissy.”

“You didn’t have to tell them about us,” says Eddie slowly. He’s giving Steve kind of an intense look. “Honey-pie. I’m sure there’s gotta be another way. One without as many consequences for you that you might not have thought all the way through.”

“There really isn’t,” Steve says. Thank god Eddie’s so quick on the uptake. Sure, he’s being a stubborn dick about it, but at least it doesn’t seem like he’s going to let anything slip. 

“Fucking hell,” sighs Eddie. “Don’t suppose we can put that pesky little cat back in the bag. Okay. Darling angel, light of my life, corndog of my soul, who else knows?”

Corndog of my soul, Steve mouths to himself. “Just the cops. And Robin and Nancy, obviously. And—oh, remember Hopper?”

“Do I remember Hopper, he asks. Oh, pudding-pop. The late Chief Hopper and I spent so, so much quality time together over the years; he was practically a father figure to me. And just as with my actual dear old dad, his departure was cause for great rejoicing in Casa Munson.”

“Sorry to break the bad news, then. Hop’s alive, and he—uh, he knows everything.” Steve tries to communicate the scope of everything by kind of tilting his head back and forth. “He’s been…helping.”

“Huh. No shit,” says Eddie. Steve can’t tell whether or not he’s getting it. To be fair, there’s a lot to get. “Okay, gallant knight errant of mine, any news on whether or not I’m getting sprung from this charmingly appointed dungeon?”

“We’re…Hopper’s working on it. That’s why I’m. Y’know. Here. To tell you that they know about us.” 

“Cool, right, understood.” Eddie closes his eyes, leaning back on his pillow. It’s so strange to see him in nothing but a hospital gown against white sheets. He looks like a wrung-out dishtowel. 

There’s a commotion from outside, raised voices saying something like you let him what and haven’t even interrogated the Munson kid yet and not a legal status you fuckin—

“Time’s up, sweetheart,” says Eddie, mouth quirking up into the ghost of a smile. “Anything else you wanna say before they decide to upgrade my security?”

“Uh,” says Steve. He’d mostly been focusing on getting the basics of Eddie’s alibi across in a convincing way, and he can’t remember if there were any other details Eddie should know. 

He hears the door slam open behind him, and panics. “Love you, bye,” he says, and ducks in to brush a quick kiss across Eddie’s chapped lips. The last thing he sees as he’s hauled bodily out of the room by a pissed-off detective is Eddie with his eyes gone enormous and shocked, lifting his uncuffed hand to his mouth, looking and looking at Steve like something is always going to be different from now on, forever.

(ETA: small continuation here!)

[macadam]

Transformers prime was on a whole other level of character design. Not only was distinctive silhouettes something they actually put a lot of care into (a rare quality of transformers media) but they also went as far as to design different eye styles for every autobot. And they are all stunning. The way they used the classic cartoon pupil expansion/dilation trick on robot eyes by copying the movement of a camera shutter... You can get so much extra expression in there without losing any of the realistic robotic details.

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

i do find it doubtful when people purport to believe in affirmative action but then cannot understand why women may be invested in continuing to develop, for example, to be topical, women’s chess leagues and women’s video game tournaments, and to prioritize women in these leagues, for reasons that have nothing to do with insinuating women are dumber than men. because when you are arguing women’s chess leagues should not exist at all and then claiming - on your own! nobody once said that but you - that their existence is because of a belief in women’s intellectual inferiority, you either don’t understand the point of affirmative action or you’re one hell of a hypocrite.

[mitamicah]

This is random but Salena has my sticker and even wilder: she noticed me 😱

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Context under the line

So back in October I went to käärijä Berlin gig giving out some Bojere stickers I made. Five of those went to Mikke (another story but I had sort of promised to give him some xD).

This was however also the same gig where Salena joined Jere on stage. I didnt meet her in person but had a blast seeing her perform with the boy 🥹💚

Fast forward three months later (here's to me feeling old 🫠) and Salena had an IG live performance yesterday. One friend in that live (hi Niini :3) noticed others speaking about a sticker and got curious: lo and behold Salena had decorated her laptop with the exact sticker I had given people at the Berlin gig 😳😱

My theory is that Mikke must have given one of his five stickers to Salena as a thank you for her coming. And now I have to live with the blessed knowledge that Salena has Bojere art I made on her laptop 😭

But that is not all - when I realised that yesterday I made a story about it and today I got a message that Salena has replied 😱:

This may not seem as huge news to most of you but to me this is wild 😭

I have just gotten used to never being noticed (JO boys seems to look anywhere but at my fanart and the same with Jere *I have had häärijä and Mikke react a few times and dont get me wrong i love that too yet since it was back in November I start to wonder if it was a fluke*) and then she does this 🥺 how am I supposed to react now without coming off as awkward or creepy :'D

[roseofcards90]

I hate writing and realizing I’m just repeating myself I’m like pls just let me have the words to describe this same thing but differently 🗿

[inchidentally]

we both know who you are and you know that I blocked you in return. so why you keep deciding to haunt my blog when I never have to see yours is your own problem. we both also know that you post content far more graphic than I do.

I'm not going to tell anyone who you are apart from people you've also done this to so please go away and stop stalking people who don't want you interacting with them. idc about you but no way am I having one angry person drag me into fandom drama when landoscar fandom is so peaceful and chill.

side note it's hysterical that you think "not getting a boyfriend" is some kind of slam akfgsakgfsalfg

or that I have any interest in these rich white men apart from a hyperfixation that stays in a corner of the internet they would actually have to do major work to find compared to y'know someone like you posting stuff on twitter where they can see it

I'm going to continue blocking your anon messages from here on out and hopefully you'll stop finding ways around it !

[warioforpresident]

man i swear all of this endless 'transandrophobia' diskhorse is just people INTENTIONALLY misunderstanding and misinterpreting everything us transmacs say at this point.

a transman could literally write a well-thought-out, perfectly logical post explaining WHY we need/use the term and a million people (including other transmascs that lack basic reading comprehension for some reason??) will immediately view the post's content in the most bad-faith-take way possible. like this shit is INTENTIONAL at this point we've explained 1001010 times WHY the term is useful and you guys are STILL not getting it and making up insane conspiracy theories about us 'bEiNg teRfs' whilst actual terfs and transmisognysts are spewing the exact same 'just call it misogyny' rhetoric that Y'ALL are spewing. like. bro are you READING the posts radfems/terfs are making about all this diskhorse as they watch from the sidelines??? they're literally mocking transmascs for calling it 'transandrophobia' instead of misogyny... which is the same thing you 'Anti tmras' are saying... look in the MIRROR lol

[llitchilitchi]

tbh I follow a lot of people hoping they will write the exact same fanfic as ive already read them write but slightly to the left this time

this is such an important reminder for any creative person telling stories

i think most of us forget that we often gravitate to the same kind of content, same tropes and AUs and scenarios, especially when we sit down to work on our own stuff and the imposter syndrome kicks in

so thank you for this

[mail-me-a-snail]

can you take my white ass to night city

[muppenthings]

(Start) (Previously) (Next)

CW: none!

With the giant freed, the Ocean mers are quick to bundle up the ropes and nets in bags, handing them to the Elders. They exchange a few words before returning to the open ocean; Tide maturely sticks his tongue out after them.

He briefly contemplates if he should dart away. Just to hear their surprised squeaks as they eat his debris. But he’s a mer of his word so he’ll at least hear them out.

Tide makes himself comfortable on the seafloor, making the Elders tense before realizing that's he's staying put. They approach him once again.

"Well then," an Elder starts carefully, "in order for you to cease all raiding of our communities, what can we reasonably offer you?"

Tide ponders. 'You could keep offering me snacks' is what he should say. It’s the most reasonable option after all. He spares a glance at Merry, who gives him a small nod of encouragement. He don’t want to leave…

"I want to stay," he blurts out, surprising himself. And the Elders if their shocked squeaks are anything to go by. The squeak Merry makes is just of excitement, however.

Tide is about to dismiss the idea as a joke. There's no way they'd ever-

"I think that could be arranged," Elder Jewel agrees, eliciting even more mixed squeaks from the mers. She raises a hand to her fellow elders, ‘hear me out’. They glance around bewildered but fall into silence as Jewel continues,

"However. If you join our community, you can't take food as you please. Nor from any other community. We ask you to act civil, to do your part for the community and we will look after you in turn. Of course, we’ll have to go into more detail later for accommodations and such."

Tide's jaw hangs open. Merry barely stifles a giggle the sight.

"We first ask of you to make amends for the trouble that you've caused. To show your good will and change of heart,” Elder Jewel finishes, the other Elders chirps in agreement. Even Elder Beck joins in, although slightly hesitant.

Tide snaps out of his stupor. "And what does that entail?" he asks cautiously.

"You will travel to the communities you've raided and help them in their everyday chores until they deem it enough.”

The giant mulls it over. Sure, it’ll be a bit awkward but it’s totally do-

"And this extends to the humans.”

Tide almost chokes on water.

“They’re important trading partners and if you are to stay, you need to be on good terms with them as well. Do this and we will embrace you full heartedly into our community." More nods from the others and Merry’s excitedly flicking their tail back and forth.

They all look expectantly at Tide for his answer.

"I don't speak human," he mumbles with a frown, an anxious knot settling in his stomach. He’s not all too happy about having to help humans in the first place, but if it means that he gets to come home then it’s a hurdle he can overcome. But the language barrier would make it near impossible.

"But I do." Merry piques up. They gently tug at Elder Jewels kelp shawl, a gesture the elder mer knows all too well. She couldn’t deny her little Seastar’s request.

"I suppose Merry could accompany you then. As an interpreter and holding you responsible," she nods with a smile, a smile that Merry joyfully returns.

“Do you agree to our terms?”

“Yes!” Tide exclaims a little too fast, before continuing in a more cool manner, “I mean, I guess that’s agreeable.”

Merry unleashes a happy squeak.

[just-another-bored-killjoy]

i would like to announce that yesterday was the first time ever my parent gendered me correctly that too in public that too in two different languages. yesterday was a great day.

[gayspock]

i wish I wasn't so pathetic and awkward 😒always ruins my night bro 😭

[gaminegay]

"________. So tell me, Will,"

and

"Jesse. We have to _______ Jesse."

are cousins

[im-sorry-what-ii]

MY THOUGHTS ON HOW THE ORIGINAL SONG TAKE ON ME BY A-HA  AND THE MTV UNPLUGGED VERSION PARALLEL TOP GUN AND TOP GUN MAVERICK (blame @blazingstar29 for enabling me)

more under the cut bc its a bit long🫠

ok we all know take on me right? the upbeat 1985 song with the really cool music video. iconic. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&ab_channel=a-ha)

right so five years ago a-ha did an mtv unplugged version which i advise you to listen to bc its so inCREDIBLY GOOD I CANNOT. it takes every thing that makes the og song perfect and twists it into something that captures the essence of the original but mature and sad, like looking back at the past. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xKM3mGt2pE&ab_channel=ahaVEVO)

so

my reasons for why the og 1985 version parallels top gun

80s. basic but true. 

good looking guys. also basic. also true. promise it gets more in depth

the whole vibe of the take on me video is upbeat. happy. theyre dancing around, its half animated but with pencil drawings like a teen would doodle on school books, its carefree, its goofy, its all over the place. 

the music is also upbeat and happy, it makes you wanna dance and get up and vibe

combining video, music and lyrics, the song is about being young. its about being alive, having your whole life ahead of you. taking on the world, being young and in your prime and prepared to give it your all. its happy, its looking forward to the future but enjoying and loving the now. its having options, choice and freedom, to live your life how you want to. 

this is what top gun is at heart. its about being young and in your prime, competing, living life to the fullest. its energy, motivation, but in the end its also growing up. its seeing the worst life can do to you (goose) and recognising it but moving on, finding comfort in your youth and letting go of your responsibilites. 

its the beauty of life, of strength and just the general vibe of the 80s. friendship and love and loss and the beauty of being young. its saying ‘i have my whole life left to live, and nothing can stop me’ 

to understand the next part, i kinda like to thing of the ‘85 version as the soundtrack of top gun. its the 86ers song, its their vibe.

and this ones probably got more to it, my reasons why the unplugged version parallels top gun maverick

modern times. basic again

we gotta focus on the actual musicians now. its the same guys singing, just 40 years older. the same song, just looking back instead of forward. by changing the key and tempo of the song, theyve created a whole new vibe. same lyrics, same guitar, just slower. sadder. they've calmed down, lost some of their energy

the unplugged versions looks back on a life well lived instead of forwards, to a life ahead. its reflecting on all the bad things that have happened and accepting them

in the end, theyre both about acceptance. this is very important. both versions of the song are about accepting everything that life has to offer, everywhere that life can or has taken you. ‘slowly learning that life is ok’

except, where ‘85 version is eagerly accepting and awaiting, unplugged is sadder. not regretful, just sadder. more thoughtful. theyre older, wiser, they recognise how life has changed them, for better or worse. they dont regret their life (its no better to be safe than sorry), they just see what it as it is. lived. over. theyre out of their prime, its a new generation now. 

but at the same time, its also rebellion. theyre old, not dead, they still have fight left in them (take on me, take me on). theyre still standing, a few decades hasnt changed that. 

now tell me, am i describing Take On Me (MTV Unplugged) or Top Gun: Maverick? 

mav regrets pulling gooses papers, but theres nothing he can do about it now. he has to accept life for what it is. he has to accept ice is dying, that hes dead. he has to accept hes old. and rooster has to accept life for what it is too. he needs to realise the past is in the past, the carole and goose are gone and mav is all he has left. Mav pulled his papers. There's nothing he can do about it now

top gun maverick is about growing up, getting old, how life changes a person. its seeing how everyone around you is older, no longer in their prime. the younger generation has centre stage now, but youre still there. your still fighting. youve made mistakes, youve fucked up but your still here bc thats how life works. You're quieter, the background to their lead, but you're still there

think of it as a cycle. in every movie theres an older generation, and a younger generation. the top gun movies focus on one of those generations, following them from young to old, and the song changes with them. 

the 86ers song is take on me, and it follows them, adapting with them. 

now we’re getting a bit more far fetched, but lets say the ‘22 teams song is i aint worried. its got a similar vibe to take on me, but with a 2020s twist instead of 80s synth pop. its carefree, they literally aint worried. its happy, its upbeat, it makes you wanna dance.

now we look at these songs in contrast. take on me unplugged and i aint worried are playing side by side, the older and younger generations. once upon a time, take on me had the same vibe but its grown up. and one day, i aint worried will have the same fate

one day, i aint worried will be an old timey song, the same nostalgic vibe as the og take on me has now, the same vibe as top gun has now. bc top gun is retro, its 80s. rn, tgm is new, its fancy, but it wont always be

its a cycle. its a fucking cycle. the same thing was going on in top gun 86, but with viper/jester and ice/mav/everyone else. we just dont see it, bc we're only focusing on one generation. they all parallel each other. if we we're focusing on the ‘22 team, mav and cyclone would be their viper and jester. old, important but not really. old-fashioned, out of date. but we’re not. its the 86ers story, so their song changes with them, and its what we get to see.

thank you for coming to my ted talk!! i may have gotten a bit off track towards the end there and had an existential crisis but enjoy :)

[boxoftheskyking]

Im going to be so honest with you - the more audiobooks I record the more I think I should write a book bc the writing in these is.... Not amazing