#I'm not looking for validation or whatever

[lemotmo]

I think we should all be reminded of this more often:

What are the Upfronts?

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Source: wikipedia

Source: 6ABC.com

We have never, in the history of 911, seen advertising for Buddie on such a grand scale. We were bombarded with it. Just when we thought it was over, something new dropped. It was insane and absolutely glorious.

Unfortunately these Upfronts were held in the same week of the season finale. A season finale that came after a couple of episodes that were not well received, because of Bobby's death and the way all of the characters' personal storylines were sidelined in the wake of his death.

If these Upfronts had been held only one week later? Things would have looked decidedly different. Fandom would have been excited for Buddie in season 9.

The timing was just bad and we were all so swept away by Ryan and Oliver's chemistry that we forgot what these Upfronts were really about: Season 9.

So taking all of that into consideration? Coupled with the fact that Ryan and Oliver would NEVER consciously shipbait in any way? They were just there to promote the next season.

I am looking forward to season 9. I have been on this ship since 2019. I'm not leaving until I see those two idiots und up together. I am still 100% confident we'll get there.

But as I've stated before, I have no idea of the timeline. The only thing I know is that, after the major clues in season 8 and the Upfronts? Season 9 seems very promising right now.

Let's not forget that all of that Buddie build up from season 8 is still right there. It didn't just vanish. Non fandom people picked up on it and have clued in that something is brewing between Buck and Eddie. Even more so, a lot of them are anticipating for something to happen between them in season 9.

Buddie firmly stepped out of the strictly fandom spaces, into the limelight of the general audience. That is huge and so much more than what we ever got from FOX.

Further more, the members of the GA who dislike the idea of Buddie can now switch over to '911: Nashville'. It seems like that show will be right up their alley. Good riddance.

In conclusion:

Was the last part of season 8 one giant mess? Yes.

Did Bobby's sudden death throw a wrench into everyone's personal storylines? Yes.

Was there a lot of weird bts stuff going on with Peter/Bobby's goodbye? Yes. Something happened behind the scenes, that much is clear. I don't think we'll ever find out the full truth about that though.

Were we disappointed by how all of this was handled? Yes. As we should be.

But we're past that now.

The Upfronts clearly showed us that Buddie is, now even more than ever, very popular. With audience, fans and the press alike.

Narratively speaking there is only one way this can go. This show has written itself into a corner when it comes to Buddie. The foreshadowing is very clear.

No other love interest will ever compare or be good enough anymore. There is no beating the natural chemistry between Ryan and Oliver. We saw it on full display last week.

So yeah...

You don't have to agree with me or anything like that. I'm not here to proclaim that my opinion is the only opinion that is right.

Everyone is free to draw their own conclusions and make their own decisions. Whatever you decide to do is completely valid and true.

I just wanted to offer some perspective. That's all.

That being said, you can probably tell that I'm still all aboard the Buddie train. There's no getting rid of me. 😄😋

[glowettee]

HIIII MINDYYY!!! how are you doing?

i love your guides and advice so much, i wanted to ask you if you could make your own guide to writing in a diary? like diary writing tips, making it pretty, girly diaries, etc etc etc.

thanks so much for ur time and ily!!

hey glam!! omg i'm so excited to answer this because diary keeping is one of my absolute favorite things to talk about (and do!!)... i've been keeping diaries since i was 9 years old and i have boxes of them under my bed that i sometimes read through when i'm feeling nostalgic or need to remember who i used to be. so yesss, of course glam, i'd love to give you a little guide, i hope this post answers your question well <3

✧ mindy's guide to keeping the most magical diary ever ✧

first of all, let's talk about WHY keeping a diary is literally life-changing:

• it's like having therapy but it's free and available at 3am when you're spiraling

• you can say things you'd never say out loud (and sometimes just writing them is enough to feel better)

• it creates this beautiful archive of your life that future you will treasure

• it helps you notice patterns in your thoughts and behaviors that you might miss otherwise

• it's the perfect place to dream without anyone's judgment (including your own)

✧ finding your perfect diary format:

the biggest mistake people make is thinking there's only one "right" way to keep a diary. there isn't!! here are some formats i've tried and loved and hopefully you like it:

• the classic narrative diary: just writing about your day, your thoughts, whatever comes to mind

• the bullet diary: quick points about what happened, how you felt, what you're thinking

• the themed diary: keeping separate journals for different parts of your life (one for dreams, one for creative ideas, one for processing emotions)

• the question diary: answering the same set of questions every day to track how you're evolving

• the art diary: more visuals than words, perfect if you process feelings through colors and images

• the structured diary: using prompts and templates to guide your writing (i'm actually going to be selling prompts + journaling templates on my gumroad soon)

personally, i switch between formats depending on my mood and energy levels. some days i write pages and pages, and other days i just jot down three bullet points before falling asleep. both are valid!!

✧ making your diary absolutely beautiful:

• invest in a diary that makes you excited to write in it!! (this is so important... if you don't love looking at it, you won't reach for it)

• create a "diary aesthetic" with special pens, stickers, washi tape, pressed flowers, etc.

• designate a special spot in your room as your "diary corner" with good lighting and cozy vibes

• develop little rituals around writing (i light a specific candle and make rose tea before i write. i also love putting on the soundtrack from legally blonde on or sometimes even harry potter music, weird right?)

• don't be afraid to make it messy!! perfect diaries are usually abandoned diaries

• use different colored pens for different moods or topics

• leave space for future reflections (i leave margins so i can add notes when i reread)

• include little artifacts from your life (movie tickets, dried flowers, polaroids)

✧ what to actually write about (for when you're staring at the blank page):

• write a letter to your future self or past self

• document the tiny beautiful moments that would otherwise be forgotten

• write about what you're learning right now (about yourself, about others, about the world)

• create lists (things i'm grateful for, things that made me laugh today, things i want to try)

• write about your dreams (both the sleeping kind and the aspiration kind)

• describe someone you love in detail

• write about what's worrying you and then write advice to yourself as if you were your own best friend

• document your current favorites (songs, foods, people, places, outfits)

• write about the version of yourself you're becoming

✧ how to keep it up long-term:

• lower the bar for what "counts" as a diary entry (sometimes mine are literally two sentences)

• connect it to an existing habit (i write right after i brush my teeth at night)

• don't try to catch up if you miss days (just start fresh where you are)

• give yourself permission to be boring, repetitive, and contradictory

• read old entries when you need motivation (it's so magical to see how far you've come)

• remember that you're writing for YOU, not for some imaginary reader

• create seasonal "check-in" dates where you review and reflect (i do this every equinox and solstice)

• experiment with different times of day to find when your thoughts flow most easily

• use voice memos when you don't feel like writing (you can transcribe them later)

✧ making your diary extra girly & coquette ✧

i know this was your main question, so here is a long list of a bunch of things i personally do to make my diaries cute and girly <3

• use pastel gel pens for different moods (pink for happy days, lavender for dreamy thoughts, baby blue for sad reflections)

• decorate your diary cover with pressed flowers, lace trim, or tiny pearl stickers

• create "pretty borders" around special entries with delicate doodles of flowers, hearts, or ribbons

• use strawberry or rose scented stickers as entry markers (scratch-n-sniff diaries are elite!!)

• add little bows or ribbons to mark important pages (i tie tiny satin ribbons to the corners)

• press flower petals between pages (roses and lavender dry beautifully and make your diary smell divine)

• use a soft pink book light for nighttime writing to keep the aesthetic consistent

• write in your prettiest handwriting for entries about things that made you happy

• add little watercolor washes as backgrounds for special memories

• use heart-dotted i's and swirly flourishes when you're feeling extra

• create "memory pockets" by gluing tiny envelopes to pages where you can tuck away small mementos

• draw tiny butterflies or hearts in the margins when something good happens

• use coquette-core stickers (bows, ballet slippers, swans, cherries) to categorize different types of entries

• spritz your favorite perfume very lightly on special pages (just a tiny bit so it doesn't damage the paper!)

• decorate with vintage-looking lace tape along the edges of important entries

• use a pink silk ribbon as a bookmark (i attached a tiny crystal charm to mine)

• draw little crowns above dates that were particularly magical

• create a "glossary of feelings" in the back with different symbols for different emotions

• use glitter gel pens for birthdays, achievements, and other celebrations

• write quotes from your favorite romantic movies or books in fancy lettering

• create little "note to self" sections with pink highlighter boxes around them

• use strawberry-scented erasable pens so your diary always smells sweet

• add tiny pearl or rhinestone stickers to mark especially precious memories

remember that "girly" means whatever feels feminine and special to YOU. there's no right or wrong way to express your femininity in your diary!! the most important thing is that it feels like a beautiful, safe space that you're excited to return to every day.

✧ the deeper magic of diary-keeping:

the most beautiful thing about keeping a diary is that it helps you become friends with yourself. you start to notice your own patterns, celebrate your tiny victories, and hold space for your struggles. you create this ongoing conversation with yourself that grows deeper and richer over time.

your diary becomes this sacred space where you can be fully, messily, contradictorily yourself. in a world that's constantly asking us to curate and filter our experiences, there's something revolutionary about documenting your life exactly as it is. beautiful, boring, confusing, and real.

xoxo, mindy 🤍

p.s. if you're worried about someone finding and reading your diary, i have a whole system for that too!! let me know if you want me to share it in another post!! 💭 thank you so much for this ask glam! <3

[iasmelaion]

Murderbot TV Show 1x01-1x02

A preface to my Murderbot TV show thoughts: I'm going into this adaptation in good faith and with the cheerful acceptance that it's basically a very high budget AU fic. I'm not going into it expecting to be mad and disappointed, and the casting of Alexander Skarsgard as Murderbot hasn't entirely poisoned the well for me, even if I'd have preferred a different actor.

So all in all, I enjoyed the first two episodes! Spoilers below:

The more comedic tone of the show so far is a (mostly) fun and interesting adaptation choice IMO. This more comedic tone is, I suspect, a big stumbling block for a lot of book lovers, because while the books certainly have comedic elements, I'd say they lean more towards the scifi action end of things. And I admit, I myself was somewhat concerned about the show being described as something of a workplace comedy. However, as anyone who's ever read any of my fic knows, I am dedicated to lolz. Also, I don't think comedy precludes the show addressing the more serious themes of the books. (And I frankly think some more critical viewers are forgetting how some of those themes got more page time later on in the series, particularly when it comes to Murderbot and its trauma.)

My main concern with a more comedic tone was that the show wouldn't take Murderbot itself and its horrifying situation seriously. Thankfully, it does. Even amidst the comedy, the first two episodes do not shy away from being clear that Murderbot is effectively enslaved and that it's treated as a piece of smart equipment, while everything about its internal monologue and visible reactions are screaming that it is a person.

Relatedly, I really liked the strong undercurrent of discomfort and body horror around everything to do with Murderbot's body and lived experience. There are moments that are genuinely uncomfortable to watch, and which aren't played for laughs other than in the anxious wtf kind of laughter way.

Skarsgard is great as Murderbot! lol truly he is exceptional at absolutely radiating discomfort and anxiety and stress. He doesn't do it in quite the way my mental image of Murderbot does, but it's very close.

Unlike many others, I'm not wholly opposed to casting someone that looks like Skarsgard as Murderbot. Is it different from the books? Yes. Is it a valid and interesting in its own right adaptation choice? Also yes. I think there's something to be said for the subversion of someone with Skarsgard's physicality playing Murderbot, in the sense that the expectation with a character like this is a Schwarzenegger type robotic muscle man. You get that with Skarsgard, and then it's immediately undercut by Murderbot's wildly anxious energy and internal monologue. (also, frankly, even setting aside practical concerns re star power etc., I'm not going to fault a creative team for deciding to sidestep the thorny issues of having a NB POC portray an enslaved construct whose personhood is regularly violated. There's a real tightrope there between valuable representation and harmful/problematic tropes that a TV show might not have the ability to walk with the appropriate amount of nuance.)

My nitpick re Murderbot's character design: I really imagined it with more robot parts. We see Murderbot naked in the show, and while it's much appreciated that it's basically Ken doll down there, I generally envisioned that it had a mixture of organic and visibly robotic parts. Still, whatever, I'm not that fussed. I figure it's more practical and budget friendly to not have to deal with that level of makeup and CGI for nearly every scene.

There's a lot to chew on, thematically, when it comes to Murderbot's character: its relationship to gender & sexuality, its presentation as neurodivergent, its bodily autonomy and the lack thereof, humanity vs personhood and how those two things don't have to be the same thing, and just plain good old-fashioned bildungsroman. The show so far seems to be focusing on how very not neurotypical Murderbot is, and somewhat on the bodily autonomy stuff. Perfectly reasonable adaptation choices!

Genuinely baffled by the people I've seen already wildly offended and dooming about the pronoun usage for Murderbot in the show. In show, Murderbot itself has not yet expressed or even been able to express a preference. It, frankly, has more pressing shit going on. Also, benign misgendering happens IRL! Give the show some time to explore the tensions between assuming he/him pronouns for Murderbot and using it/its instead, because there are tensions there and it is meant to be an uncomfortable thing to think about. Also, the books took their time with that too!

While I am overall delighted by the PresAux crew and their portrayals by their individual actors, I'm a little :/ about how they're presented overall. This is where the comedic tone feels a bit off because on the one hand, I get it, workplace comedy vibes. But on the other hand, the aim of the jokes is sometimes too close to hippie punching. I'm reserving judgment and giving the show some time on that front though. It's a notable lacuna thus far that the show hasn't actually explained what PresAux are even doing on the planet yet.

Love the set design and production design, and the costuming for the PresAux crew!

The clear affection between the PresAux crew is also delightful. They're all so sweetly and hilariously supportive of Gurathin!

Why is Bharadwaj hoarding soap. I MUST know.

RISE AND FALL OF SANCTUARY MOON!! :DDDDD "what if murderbot's taste in tv is bad, actually" is the kind of hilarious adaptation choice that I'm 1000% here for.

Med Center Argala shoutout!!! lol love that this extremely niche SGA fic in-joke lives on and is now canonized in a big budget tv show :DDDD

[leniisreallycool]

i'm thinking about asmo and my sweet fic again because the idea strikes me every one in a while and i kinda love it. because the idea stems from asmo not realizing that he hates himself, or having buried that knowledge so deep in his mind he couldn't process it. but viewing his actions through that lens adds an interesting depth

asmo is constantly begging to be loved. "look how beautiful i am", "aren't i lovely?", posting gorgeous pictures of himself on social media for validation, flirting with everyone - even his own brothers, the diets and makeup and skincare and haircare and beauty routines and partying and sleeping with random demons and witches and whatever else to avoid introspection

(and plenty of people post on social media just for fun, or for a digital scrapbook, or whatever else, but asmo says he does it to "show everyone how beautiful he is, since it would be a shame to hide it from everyone" <- paraphrasing)

so when he drinks the hell coffe and is confronted by something that can't lie and can't be wrong, that tells him in a way that he cannot ignore or explain away that he really and truly does not love himself, and he has to accept that he never did any of those things for fun or enjoyment but for fear of being alone, of being unloved, because if he doesn't love himself then how could he love anyone else and if he does not love anyone else then how could they love him (and that means they were lying to him to make up for their insecurities) and if he is not loved then he is alone and he cannot stand that loneliness

[andorerso]

I’m sorry for venting but I need to do this.

What pisses me off more about the whole situation with season 2 is Diego Luna’s position about it. He’s not only an actor, he’s a writer, a director, he knows how the industry works, and he was an executive producer in the show, so he had SOME POWER DURING THE MAKING OF SAID SHOW.

I’ve been following his work since Y Tu Mamá También came out (I’m that old) and if you look into what he does, you’ll find that he’s really meticulous about his characters, the background of the story, making sure that everything aligns. So WHAT HAPPENED DIEGO??? YOU HAD A VOICE THERE AND JUST DECIDED TO GO WITH THE FLOW WITH A CRAZY WHITE MAN???

To me, it feels like he was so done playing Cassian Andor that he just let everyone do whatever so he could finish soon, he has expressed in the past that he doesn’t enjoy doing TV shows that much because it requires a lot of compromise and also, he has expressed about his age showing being a problem.

So yes, everything is TG’s fault, but I also believe that if Diego had had a more active role in the decision making process (WHICH HE HAD) this wouldn’t have happened, or the damage would’ve been less.

Or maybe I’m just angry at Diego for playing Cassian Andor like that when it wasn’t even his fault, idk

those are valid feelings! it does feel weird to me too because you could tell, during the Rogue One promotions, that he really got Cassian. I mean just that one gifset that resurfaced in the past few days proves that.

I really have no idea how much influence Diego may have had - yes, I know he was an executive producer, but I assume that Gilroy ultimately still had veto power over him and everyone else. not to mention Disney itself. the question of actors as executive producers is an interesting one because sometimes it's just a vanity title. sometimes it's only so they get higher pay. I'm not saying this was the case with Diego, who I believe has said he was actually involved, but we can't really determine how deep that involvement went. what he was allowed to have a say on and what he wasn't.

I'm not trying to play the devil's advocate here but Gilroy comes off to me as someone who doesn't like to collaborate. it's kinda clear with the way he speaks about Rogue One, and how this whole show was basically his way of redoing the movie the way he wanted it. it would not surprise me in the slightest if Gilroy had these preconceived ideas in his head that he was just unwilling to budge on. and maybe you're right, maybe Diego grew tired of the project and didn't fight him on it. there's also the fact that the strikes were happening the same time as they were filming, and that his dad had passed away shortly after they began to shoot the season (I don't pay attention to his private life all that much but I do remember this). season 2 was noticeably worse in regards to Cassian, to me, and I do wonder if all these things played a factor in that.

[miainbetween]

My unintentional shifting-related dream experience

Hello to my first post on Tumblr.

This is just for me to document my experience. I kind of want to start posting more, but I’ll see how it goes…

Also, I was voice typing this so I am really hoping that it’s not too messy. —

So… around four nights ago I had this wild kind of dream experience.

A little bit of backstory is that for the past maybe around two weeks, I’ve been trying actively to shift again, but in a lazy way. In a way that just feels intuitive, and not trying to push and force it to happen.

I’ve been listening to subliminals the first ten days maybe, and I’ve had really, really, really vivid dreams.

But even when I stopped listening to the subliminal, the symptoms of vivid dreams were still there.

So, the past week, I have also been trying to reprogram my mind. Maybe trying the Law of Assumption. And I didn’t do that consciously. It just kind of came with the reprogramming that I wanted to do.

I just checked a lot of sources with a lot of “changing my mindset” kind of stuff—just positive reinforcement of my shifting thoughts and beliefs. And I wrote them down in a notebook and read them maybe once a day.

And thus far, I think it has had really, really good results.

—

So, four nights ago—this is a night where I didn’t listen to the subliminal—I was having a lot of dreams again. But then I had one that felt very, very, very surreal and very guided.

In that dream, I was, I guess, trying to fall asleep. I was in bed—like my CR bed—and I had my eyes closed, and I could hear a voice telling me… kind of repeating things from my notebook, like the beliefs that I wanted to take up on. And it said that my dreams are a sign that I’m shifting, because I was always meant to. Or something like that.

(I feel like this is confusing. My dreams weren't about shifting specifically, so why would they be a sign? I believe that shifting is not just going to Hogwarts or being part of the Avengers or becoming a fairy. Shifting to a different reality can be just shifting to a version of you that has a different mindset or feels things differently and where even the smallest—maybe most insignificant—thing is different. For me, that is a shift. So, having different dreams means that I'm having different thoughts, so it means that I'm shifting to different versions of, I guess, myself. I hope that doesn't sound too controversial or delusional. And now that I'm saying it, I feel like it sounds a bit weird, but I believe that we shift with every thought, breath, movement, whatever, because no moment is like the other. Every moment is different, so every moment is a shift and we just don't realize it most of the time because it looks just like the place where we started. Meaning that the 3D doesn't exactly validate the shift.. I hope that wasn't too confusing.)

And at that moment, I could feel my heart in my ears, but it was racing at an inhuman speed. It felt like drums in my ears—but it was so, so, so loud. I got actually scared because it felt like my ears were about to explode.

So I tried to calm down, and I kind of understood that this is a moment where I can shift. Because when I had those crazy symptoms, I felt like I was in my DR bed. Like I was between realities maybe? And I was like, okay, let’s calm down.

When I did calm down and the pounding in my ears stopped, I started affirming that I’m shifting, that I’m in my DR—just simple affirmations like that. I honestly don’t remember anymore what I affirmed specifically. But the drumming in my ears started again.

And, I guess, I gave up because I really was getting scared of that drumming. Without exaggerating, I was concerned for my well-being.… but the thing is that I’ve never been this close to shifting before without actually trying to shift.

So yeah. I just wanted to put it out there.

Thank you for reading, if you have gotten this far. happy shifting. 💫

[doomedyuri64]

"you can't ship narusasu and still be a sakura stan"

ohhh noo now i need to pretend that i care aaah nooo ugrhhh arghhh uhahaah *dying sounds*

[egophiliac]

I'm trying to avoid getting spoiled so I haven't looked up what's happening in the Jp server's main story, but for my own sanity I need to ask; is the story at a point where we know whether Lilia will get better/survive his almost-empty magic reserves..? Was it a true death flag from the start or only a plot device for malleus' overblot....?

not yet! I do think they're going to get back to it eventually, but -- keeping it as low spoilers as possible -- there's been...let's just say a LOT going on in the meantime.

enjoy 7-6!!! :)

[tornado1992]

I get the appeal of Sonic the Hedgehog being its own urban legend in his world (IDW can we now call it earth) like, a blue blur that appears out of nowhere, destroys some robots, maybe picks up some wildflowers while he saves entire civilizations like it's just a walk in the park and just a few people get as much of a glimpse of him from up close (and that means you're also getting a close glimpse to this week's god of destruction so maybe be careful with that)? it is really cool, but the side of Sonic that is well renewed, the one that it's known by the world as a protector, a hero to some level, the side thay annoys restoration members, the side that gets recognized by the masses, praised by children, feared by villains and admired by almost everyone to a certain level... one that is big enough for him to get bootleg merch? It's just really funny to me like

Popular is an understatement

[slamminslamminmcgill]

fuck it. mini songfic/drabble/whatever

track

It's gettin' late, I'm making my way over to my favorite place

I gotta get my body moving, shake the stress away

I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way

Possible candidate, yeah

That older guy at the bar has been bugging you all night. Not directly, of course. He hasn’t so much as glanced at you, but you’ve been staring at him for a while now. He looks familiar. Very familiar. In fact, you’re pretty sure you know who he is. You've met this guy before. Once, over a decade ago now, but he looks exactly the same. The cane is what tipped you off. That can’t be a coincidence. Someone who looks exactly like him, and with the same disability? No shot. It has to be him. But then again, what the hell would bring the world-renowned diagnostician Dr. Gregory House to a trashy gay nightclub in Lower Manhattan? Doesn't seem to be work-related, not with him drinking like a menace. Actually, come to think of it, Princeton’s over an hour away from here. What’s got him so far from home? Maybe he’s in town for the weekend?

Shit, shit, shit, he’s looking at you. He just caught you staring at him. Now you have to say something.

Who knew that you'd be up in here lookin' like you do?

You're making stayin' over here impossible

Baby, I'ma say your aura is incredible

If you don't have to go, don't

You make your way over to the open stool next to him and lean up against it. “Sorry to bother you, but this has been driving me crazy. I think I know you from somewhere. Are you a doctor?”

The man raises a brow at you. After taking a sip of his drink, he smacks his lips and sets his glass on the counter. “I am.”

“Are you Dr. House?”

“That depends. Am I gonna regret it if I say yes?”

“Uh… hopefully not?” You chuckle awkwardly, and take your bag off the seat to sit down. “You, uh… You treated my dad when I was a kid. He was having seizures, turned out to be some kinda octopus venom? That guy.”

House stares at you blankly, and blinks a few times, like he’s trying to refresh the image of your face. He doesn’t seem to recognize you.

“I-It’s fine, if you don’t remember. I get it. It was a long time ago.“

“No, I definitely remember your father...” House props his elbows up on the bar and rests his chin in his hands. “Could’ve sworn that guy had a daughter, though.”

“Oh, yeah, actually, you’re right. He had a daughter…” You lean on the counter as well, inching closer to him, and playfully twirl a strand of hair around your finger. “Not anymore, though.”

“…Huh! Well, then. Good for you.” House picks up his glass and gestures towards your chest scars, just barely visible through your mesh shirt. “Guess that explains the zippertits.” He downs the rest of his drink.

You snort, completely caught off guard by his crude epithet. “The what?!”

“The zippertits.” House repeats, his lips popping on the p’s in zipper. “Your scars. They look good on you. I can see why you’d want to show them off.”

That validation from him is a pleasant surprise. Your eyes light up, twinkling with naive hope. “You really think so?”

“Oh, absolutely. Vapid sluts just love flaunting their boob jobs. Size doesn’t matter. Go up a cup, down a cup, it’s all the same. They just want our eyes on their tits. Can’t say I blame them. In fact, I thank them for their service.” He says with the smarmiest, cockiest smile you've ever fucking seen.

Jesus fucking shit-bitch Christ, that should not have felt as good as it did. Now you're just making a fool of yourself. You’re blushing, grinning like an idiot, and stupidly giggling at him. What the actual hell is wrong with you? Are you insane? He just called you a vapid slut, and you're letting him get away with that? Do you seriously just have zero fucking respect for yourself? Any sane person would slap him for saying that, right? So then why aren’t you doing that?

Is it because you know he’s right?

Do you know what you started? I just came here to party

But now we're rockin' on the dance floor, actin' naughty

Your hands around my waist, just let the music play

We're hand in hand, chest to chest, and now we're face to face

“You, uh… Haha… Um… I, uh…” You’re pathetic. Barely a minute of conversation, and he’s got you tripping over your own words. “I wanna ask you to dance, but, like... is the cane gonna be a problem?”

House sucks in a sharp breath. “Yeah, that’s not gonna work.” He gets up from his barstool and grabs his cane. You think he’s walking away from you, but then he snakes his arm around your waist and pulls you into him. He whispers in your,

“If you’re looking to dryhump me, the men’s bathroom works just as well for that, y’know. Oh, but wait, is the vagina gonna be a problem?”

I wanna take you away

You blink and you’re being shoved up against the handicapped bathroom wall.

Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play

Dr. House is behind you, biting bruises into your neck. You can almost taste the alcohol on his breath. His hands go right to your belt, unbuckling it and yanking your shorts down. The chilly bathroom air wafts over your cunt, but you only shiver when House's hands make contact.

"Hah! I knew it." House's bony fingers caress your outer lips, "I knew a bratty little whore like you wouldn’t want bottom surgery." His middle finger presses down, dragging upward between your lips and collecting some of your wetness. “Aww, such a needy little cunt. Yeah, we can’t let that go to waste.”

I just can't refuse it, like the way you do this

He’s pinching your t-dick, jerking it between two fingers. He knows what to do. You’re clearly not his first t-boy. Your legs are buckling. His bodyweight is smushing you into the wall. You can barely catch your breath in his onslaught of pleasure.

“Feels good?” House asks.

“Mhm~!”

“Tell Daddy it feels good.”

“It feels good!” You choke out, “F-Feels so fucking good, Daddy!”

Keep on rockin' to it

You pound your fist against the wall, a way to cope with the overstimulation. House doesn’t slow down in the slightest.

“Oh, don’t be such a drama queen. You can take it.”

Please don't stop the, please don't stop the

“Please don’t stop… Oh, fuck, I need it… P-Please!”

Please don’t stop the music

oh to be a stealth trans man in 2008 getting fingerbanged in a nightclub bathroom stall by dr. gregory house with rihanna’s “please don’t stop the music” echoing from the dance floor

[clockwork-carstairs]

okay i need a letter to kit from ty now. i need to know ty's thoughts, his feelings about it all. we know so little of what it's like from ty's perspective. on kit telling him he wished he'd never met him. on being told i love you at the worst possible moment, on kit leaving, on magnus saying he didn't want to say goodbye to you. for all ty knew kit genuinely wanted to help him until the very last moment. “how long do you think it will take you to forgive me?” / “not now.” what does ty think it is kit's mad at him for? “kit—I thought that you—I thought that it would be—” ty's broken, halting words. because he really believed kit supported the idea. because he really believed it would work.

ty thought he could bring livvy back and it would fix everything but right when he thought it might work, the world dropped out from under him. the one thing he thought would fix everything turned out the be the worst thing he could've done. “you don’t yet understand the price. and I hope you never have to pay it.”

thinking of magnus telling him: “you think this feeling you have, of missing half of yourself, must be fixed. that it can’t be what everyone else is feeling when they lose someone. but it is.” and how he was right but also not quite. all the blackthorns lost livvy but ty really lost a part of himself, half of himself, his twin—the person who'd been by his side quite literally his entire life from the moment he was born. nothing comes close to that. and yeah i wonder what it's like from ty's side. we've seen kit's despair and his anger but we haven't really seen ty's.

[onesnoopyaday]

It's Charles M. Schulz's 102nd Birthday Today!

Snoopy #56

26/11/2024

Reference image under the cut :)

(source)

Also here is an interview snippet which I thought was interesting. I've never thought much about what his creative process might have been like. Also, I didn't realise that the panels he drew on were so much larger than what ended up in print. I mean, it makes sense, but I guess I always just assumed he drew up the squares exactly the way they looked in the end.

[every-sanji]

[hooved]

i really hate when cis men call me handsome. you do NOT fucking mean that

[best-enemies]

I've reached season 5 on my CSI rewatch and I'm a few episodes past "Swap Meet", where a woman is murdered after attending a swing party with other couples from the neighbourhood. Near the end of the episode there's a moment that made me jump from my seat:

(Grissom walks up to Sara and takes the seat next to her. He's holding two cups. He hands her a cup of tea.)

[INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - BRASS' OFFICE]

Erin Brady: Everybody fantasizes about other people. (She glances at Grissom.)

Even you, Mr. Grissom. A neighbor, a friend ... girl at the office.

[INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - HALLWAY]

(The door opens. Paul Brady walks out of the hallway. Erin Brady walks out into the hallway. Sara is sitting in the hallway chair watching them. She watches as they meet and kiss.)

(Grissom walks up to Sara and takes the seat next to her. He's holding two culps. He hands her a cup of tea.)

LIKE!!!!!!!

Right after Erin ends her sentence with 'girl at the office', the first time Sara and Grissom meet again, he brings her tea. This might be an innocent interaction but to me it seemed like a nod to this relationship they have where both are into each other, know about the other's feelings, but can't/won't do anything about it (although Sara has kind of given Grissom an ultimatum). I don't know if it was intentional - I'm guessing it is, because I picked it up immediately. I might or might not have squealed in delight.

[bombusbombus]

People will say "I love it when you talk about your interests! Go ahead!" And then go radio silent for the next 4 hours