#I'm always yapping

[laylawatermelon]

Side Eyes or Raised Eyebrows

Buddie: Marketing Tatic or Something Else?

Hello! Back on my big brain I cant sleep stuff.

I've been a Buddie fan for over a few months now (idk how time works) and have lived through the beautiful bi buck confirmation.

Now I do have some think pieces about queer representation in American media and in different countries (i literally spend all my time watching tv I'm a conessiur or sorts) and how they differ on impact/deal with issues etc.

What I woke up thinking about is something that's bugging me a bit about Oliver and his interviews.

If we're (both the ga and buddie fans) supposed to be convinced about this new relationship the writing and promotion MUST be changed.

Let me explain.

Tommy, Tevan whatever you want to call it is Buck's newest relationship.

It's a new relationship with a similar set up/feeling around it.

The only way I think Buddie can be override/mitigated is if they have a doctor love interest who consistently stays over the course of seasons who has their own backstory and storyline.

I'm starting to swing my eyes at ABC and their marketing team now.

Madney's wedding coming up and we barely saw either of them ( granted kudos on keeping this all under wraps y'all) and they've been hanging a shiny bell in front of us as distraction like a baby.

Look at the shiny buddie then BAM character death!

Please don't take this serious, please don't take this serious, Tim! PLEASE don't take this serious.

But anyways, I have been thinking about Oliver and all of his recent press and just the way Busdie has been uttered and whipped around like a tennis ball.

He currently has a boyfriend but the way it's been discussed and portrayed has me a bit dazed.

I wanna be a bit objective (I'm asking the big questions here)

The main problem is the Buddie relationship and how it's portrayed/written and had continued to be this season.

If you compare the past seasons and how they've developed as let's face it a couple, because there's no way to deny it as they've been written to parallel in unverse and other show romantic heterosexual relationships.

They quite literally qualified for a queer platonic relationship (if you wanted to view it that way. I however have not. I say let the gays free!/j)

If they intended for it to be platonic let it BE platonic.

They shouldn't be doing an if, of the gender was swapped would it be romantic/ship coded?

They literally have that in the show already. Bobby and Chim, Bobby and Eddie, hell Chim and Eddie (do they even have solo scenes together???).

Bathena is a blatant parallel. The main one almost beat for beat is the orchard shooting and the hostage situation. (Pretty sure it's the same season I believe)

But those are just some examples of the show.

My main gripe is if it's not about buddie don't make it/lean to heavily into it as it can backfire.

I'm not gonna lie, bi buck episode was a bait and switch (beautifully done and still very infuriating all the same).

Oliver I gotta bone to pick with you (I really don't I'm side eyeing the network i know they approve questions).

He's also a Buddie warrior so I can't really fault him on how he talks about it it's been like 6 years he's had the same partner with the domestic (cough sexual tension cough) with.

So I don't really blame him tbh.

*Swings around and points fonger at marketing team*

It's all your fault.

I know the episode will feature Madney (duh it's their wedding episode and I'm ready to cry) but I'm pretty sure there could've been another way to advertise this occasion.

Use flyers (similar to the ones used to say that one of the dispatch crew was attending) to get fans buzzed about watching the show in a few weeks as though they're rsvp'ing, talk about past scenes, more interviews centering the couple and what they thought about the episode, a promotional photoshoot?

Photoshoot in a magazine with jlh and Ken would've been really cute. Madney fans would then be happy. (I'm included🙋🏾‍♀️ give the beautiful couple their photos i wanna see it😤 my little queer heart and eyes demands it)

Literally would've been the perfect time to pair up with some wedding magazine or something. Literally a million ways to go about it.

Madney in formal wedding clothes, then a dystopian kind of dress clothes to reflect the chaotic wedding ending.

Use a highlight reel.

Similar you are cordially invited to a 911 wedding -

Show madney karaoke, engagement ring being missing, proposal, hugs after hostage, this season cute date idea and excitement for the wedding then a simple where's chimney.

Then put the bachelor stuff then have him crawling.

Something as simple as that puts more of the focus on madney visually and marketing wise.

For the interviews they could've split it between Oliver talking about bisexuality and the other two talking about relationship and the high beats and low beats and how it felt to play.

How their relationship developed as costars and what the characters mean to them.

Split it down the middle so both fans are appeased.

I am a fan of all characters and this is really funny because I the first half of this one morning I woke up before the scene was even mentioned being cut but i was like there's a shift in something and it's not good🤣 as expected something went wrong)

Though I'm pretty sure the fans of both will be happy because Buddie are going to be the comic relief so they'll have a decent amount of time as the blockers so to say because we will know who's gonna kidnap Chimney. He only had one enemy??

But yeah this was a Tuesday thing I wrote and it's now very hilarious in hindsight and in the future.

Happy Madney day i guess!

This will be linked to Twitter cause whew...

[knifebaby3000]

checked into your heart and trashed it like a hotel room

[yes-no-maybe-soo]

After reading Elysium, this part legit makes me want to cry.

B/c these are obviously not casual remarks on Sylus' end.

We now know for a fact that Sylus has waited and yearned for MC for years prior to the main story, and was carefully planning out his reunion with her. And — at least in my own current headcanon — he built up and established his stronghold in the N109 Zone with the eventual aim of ruling it together with MC, side by side. Two flowers in the same soil once more.

So this must have hurt. And I also do believe that a part of him worries over the fact that MC perceives him and Onychinus as the bad guys on the "dark side", and how this might impact their relationship long term. After all, he is a criminal, whilst she is essentially a cop.

But, to end on an uplifting note, that is why this line

is so so meaningful and impactful. It is MC indirectly assuring Sylus that she does not care that he is on the "dark side". She wants all of him, including the "thorns". She can handle the the hardship and the danger that his lifestyle brings. Because she loves him wholeheartedly, without reservation.

[licorishh]

no way she's alive ?? yea those mental health breaks because social media makes people suck are wild huh

[iwantmochisoup]

my entry for the SKK18+ discord server Valentine's Day event :3c

[midnight--sadness]

seong gihun in squid game textposts, part 3 (part 2, part 1)

[delicioustarong]

Once in a while, I remember I have an art account and randomly post angst. Anyways-- Skybound... Man 🥀 🥀 🥀

My favorite 'frames' :3

[melit0n]

One of the lines that caught my eye in Emergence was "So tell me what you meant by 'living past your half life'?" In chemistry, a "half life" is the time it takes for a substance to decay to half of its original mass.

Further, half lives are also prominent in physics, specifically, nuclear physics. It has the same definition—amount of time taken for a nuclei to half itself—but is, as its name suggests, focused on how much useful energy is produced via the decomposition.

This also links in with the later lyrics of "space dust for your fuel rods." Fuel rods are used in the control of a nuclear decay reaction within a nuclear power plant. This could be interpreted as either Vessel's lack of autonomy, or Sleep losing dominion.

If it's anything to note, "space dust" can also be radioactive.

So, with this all in mind, living past a half life is, in its basics, working towards rot. Existing as a dead man walking and overtly aware that you are.

To me, this could be in reference to Sleep. It's been emphasised that, while Sleep is one of the oldest Gods, He is a forgotten one; kept alive by rituals and those who are beckoned by song to follow Him. Aka, kept alive and powerful by Vessel.

Sleep has long since lived past His so called "half life," and, in toe, He is, therefore "well versed in the afterlife."

While I don't think it works as well, mainly because I consider the majority of this song to be Vessel having a go at Sleep, instead of vice versa, this could be applied to Vessel as a mouthpiece, too, posing the question of; how long until your humanity disapears? How long does it take until you pass your half life, and begin to speak and see only that which bloodless and broken creatures do?

How long until you aren't even you anymore?

And, when that change happens, which it will, eventually, will you emerge and become "someone new," or stay as you were?

[somegrumpynerd]

Not romantic or platonic but a secret third thing (this guy is my sleep aid and using him like a body pillow knocks me out)

Just the outlines under the cut:

[nekrosmos]

Price being woken up by a nightmare isn't a rare occurrence. It happens often, even. Usually, he will grunt as he opens his eyes, the vivid memory of his darker thoughts an inconvenience he can easily deal with. He will turn around, close his eyes, and that will be all.

Some nights, however, Price struggles. The images are more intense, more insidious as his brain reminds him of the things he's done, of the things done to him, of what he lost, what could have been.

Even then, Price is used to them. He knows, then, that there is no hope for sleep, and so he will get up, finish a book, start his workout early, or do anything else to distract himself from the memories. If he's lucky, Nikolai will be by his side, usually woken up by Price's thrashing, and he will cuddle next to him, his heavy presence a safe space that never stops to reassure Price.

Tonight, however, Price was alone.

A hotel room, bland, the kind he had seen so many times around the world. He opened his eyes, blinking quickly, trying to get used to the darkness around him. It was pitch black outside, and Price grunted. This one has been particularly nasty. The memories were twisted, just enough to make him question himself and what he had done, once again. He hated those, hated them even more now that he had no one to talk to, no one to crawl to, like the weak man he was.

Price glanced at his phone. 02:56. A sigh escaped his lips as he pondered, thumb hovering Nikolai's number, before pressing it.

The phone rang, once, twice, and a familiar rough voice echoed from the other side before it could rang a third time.

"John?"

Nikolai's voice was groggy, deep, like someone who had just been woken up in the middle of the night. Ah, so they were not that far away from each other after all.

"Nik, I ... I'm sorry for waking you up. It's just, hm, I ... I needed to hear your voice."

There was a short silence on the other side of the phone, interrupted by a short yawn that made John smile for a quick second.

"That is no problem, John. Was it a nightmare?"

"Yeah, pretty bad one too."

Price could hear Nikolai shift in his bed on the other side, the sudden craving to be by his side almost unbearable.

Despite the obvious tiredness in Nik's voice, Nikolai stayed, talking to him, of his day, of his dealings, of anything, really, until the first rays of light came peaking through the curtains of Price's room. Price was listening to his every word, head resting against his pillow, chuckling at some of his partner's words, a warmth he only experienced when Nikolai was around spreading in his chest.

Price didn't know how much distance there was between the two at that instant, but he knew it probably was consequent. It always was. Yet, he could almost feel Nik, next to him, could almost smell his scent, feel his warmth and the feeling of safe that always came with him. Hearing the man chuckle on the phone, his deep voice rumbling, was the best medicine in the world.

When Price fell asleep again, the phone still in his hand, Nikolai waited. He waited until he could hear the gentle breathing of his love change, relax, and he smiled at the soft snoring coming out of John's chest.

Nik won't admit it to him tomorrow, but he stayed listening quietly to him for another hour, phone in hand, until he too fell back asleep.

[angel-fruitcake]

what irritates me more than anything else is how there are people still denying the romantic nature of destiel. if you don't like it or don't ship it for any reason, okay! that's fine! that is a completely valid thing for you to do and i respect your choice!! but the second you start trying to tell me that it isn't canon, in the year of our lord 2025, that's when i snap. it has been well established by the fandom AND the cast and crew of supernatural that Destiel Is A Part Of The Canon Story. stop trying to take that away from us, we have been gaslit and traumatized enough for a fucking lifetime! no more! there's no law stating you have to ship something just bc it's canon! but for the love of god learn the difference between disliking something and denying it's existence!!

[kakyogay]

more shadow because the silly

[^context for that^] been reading a whole lotta post-movie fics and making up my own in my head. The regulator rings (if that's what they are idk I'm new to all this) are wrecked and chaos energy is just pouring outa the fella, making wounds worse and ruining any progress his accelerated healing could do (BECAUSE ANGST YOU FOOL).

oh and also a wee bit of a doodle for the fic I'll Be There With Lavenders by XenoCG because twas very cute and saw the outfit collage they posted (I already tagged them on insta I don't want to bother them again ouuuuhgh)

[obey-me-hoe]

When I say I want a yapper this is what I mean

Imagine getting to sit there and listen to him happily yap about his favorite things (or anything really) 🥰

[mirensiart]

Au where everything is the same, but the missing links not present in LU have been trapped in a cage by dink and are on their 100075589th game of poker and using pebbles as poker chips

The Chain finds them the one time they decide to play strip poker

[irrevocablecondition]

tiktok has been having a censorship debate for like two weeks now and i need people to understand that "as long as it's not illegal" is not what we mean by fandom etiquette.

there is no ethical level of censorship because when these spaces get taken down for the "immoral subjects"? you will come down with those. when ff.net got scrubbed clean it wasn't just cest fics and proship content etc etc, it was unrelated works because there is no standard of immorality. not here. we lost tens of thousands of works because of puritanical arguments and discussions about morality, and it wasn't just the ones you're debating about.

there is no ethical level of censorship and as long as these works are tagged correctly? you cannot get mad about their existence. you can disagree! you can say you personally do not engage with them, but you Cannot say "ship and let ship until it's -" because that is not how it works.

and i'm not perfect! when i first joined online fandom spaces i was very much like "if you have to change the ages then it's disgusting" "they're related" etc etc and whilst i still don't tend to engage with those themes? we cannot be censoring them either. not without losing these spaces.

it starts with you disagreeing with these things, and it ends with queer media as a whole because there is No Ethical Censorship.

this is less a discussion about fandom etiquette, and more a discussion of Having Fandom Spaces. i beggeth you, don't be part of helping what happened to ff.net happen again 😖

don't like, don't read - including "illegal" and "immoral" things. if they're tagged correctly, you can avoid them.

we also, less of a fandom note and more just a general media note, need to explore these things. yes, there are 100% times where these things get glorified. but on a general basis? we need to explore immoral things in media. we need to explore things to understand them - i'm thinking here about well-known books like the handmaid's tale getting banned because it's Important and it Explains what's going on right now. i'm thinking about morally grey characters/historical figures and how we need to be able to look at their motivations/backstory/etc not necessarily for justification, but for understanding and prevention. even in real life cases, they look at the backstory of the individual because that is how we form and improve preventative techniques and resources.

there is no ethical level of censorship and i've been there, i know it feels good to be like "this is illegal this is bad", you feel like you're doing some good in the world but you're actually causing harm unknowingly to These Spaces.

it is 2025, we do Not need proshipper discourse right now. arguably the worst time for people to be debating what's immoral to read/write about. all censorship ends up as mass censorship, and i really need yall to understand that

block the tags, exclude them from your searches, block the people posting them. do whateverrrr you have to do to curate your own fandom space but for the love of everythingggg, don't be part of the reason we lose these spaces as a whole.

[tinukis]

sabo redraw 🎩💙

timelapse and reference under the cut !