#Like why didn't I think of this sooner

[holybananaoafshoe]

 ✨Team Dynamics✨

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I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier when I wrote up the boxing lessons, but here's some last minute brain rot about Kayea teaching Wrio how to sword fight.

Honestly, it’s kinda the same with boxing BUT (big but) Kaeya is definitely the more flirtatious of the two and the best teacher

Wrio’s teaching is based on showing the fundamentals and once that’s done he throws you in the ring because “What’s better than learning on your feet?” 

That’s how he learned anyway

Kaeya on the other hand, he’s trained several knights and adventurers 

I personally headcanon that he has trained Benny and Noelle (at the very least) and helped train Razor and Fischl

You know what, while we’re here, let’s throw in a handful of greenhorn knights too 

WhIlE We’Re At iT I’m going to loosely throw in Mika and Klee.

 Klee because she hangs out with him, he’s basically a second big brother to her, so of course he and Albedo have taught her how to take care of herself. 

Mika because, come on, kid is anxious. I like to think Kaeya helps him when he can while Mika is in Mondstadt….Mika is definitely the little brother Kaeya never had.

Anyway, they definitely don’t use their visions because it could get very dangerous and Kaeya wants this to be a learning opportunity and not a future hospital visit (he’d rather not relive the night he was kicked out of the manor, thanks)

He’s carefully taking Wrio through all the moves and helping him correct his stances, it takes a long time before they move from practicing swings in the air with wooden swords to practicing the movements of a spar, to going through the movements with a real sword

Kaeya is a good teacher: gently correcting Wrio’s wrong moves and softly placing his hands over his to guide him through a swing Wrio just can’t seem to get right.

Everytime Kaeya is behind Wrio, his gentle voice in his ears and his hands on his, butterflies are bouncing in his stomach and the tips of his ears get red

He can barely hear what Kaeya is saying, but he’s making an effort to remember how movement feels 

For Wrio’s credit, he’s a good learner

He’s not one to get frustrated easily when Kaeya corrects his form for the nth time 

Instead he takes the correction in stride and tries to keep it in mind while he moves through the next set of exercises

When they switch to sparing, they take it slow to make sure Wrio gets used to the weight of a sword in his hand

Hey, Kaeya wasn’t about to make Wrio into a kebab, okay?

Wrio is incredibly awkward: super stiff movements and jerky with the sword

Almost takes Kaeya’s other eye out

Kaeya was just fast enough to tilt his head to avoid the worst of it, honestly it was truly just a scratch on his cheek, just below his eye

Wrio is a m e s  s

Absolutely falling over himself to apologize, whipping out the ointment he keeps on him to dab onto Kaeya’s cheek before placing a bandage over it

It takes a little while before they resume, Kaeya reassuring Wrio that he knows it was just an accident all the while

Soon enough, Wrio is kind of getting a hang of this sword fighting thing

Just good enough to start getting cocky

As the fights speed up, Wrio keeps taunting Kaeya 

“That all you got, Cap? I could take you in my sleep.”

“Not so fast with a sword in your hand, huh? I think I might best you yet.”

At one point he does knock Kaeya’s sword out of his hand

He wasn’t really expecting how hard Wrio can hit with a sword damn

He was a little impressed, not that he would tell Wrio that though because he was already starting to boast about the win

Kaeya smirks, shakes his hand a little, and picks up his sword. “Well, if you’re confident in your skills, perhaps we can take it up a notch?”

Wrio, full of confidence from his win, is bouncing on the balls of his feet and ready to go for a round two: “You sure I didn’t hurt your hand with that last round?”

Like, he knows Kaeya is going easy on him, but he’s just so giddy from winning that he can’t help himself

Kaeya is sooo used to the trainees doing this, and the next part is always his favorite

So, he shakes his head, something sharp in in his grin, and tightens his gloves before grabbing his sword: “Then let’s see how you hold up, Duke.”

Wow is Wrio in deep shit

He figured that out pretty fast lol

Like when Kaeya just stood there until he blocked the attack, fuck, it was like hitting a wall 

For someone who got their sword knocked out of their hand from an unexpected heavy hitting, arm-numbing, teeth-rattling, swing just a few minutes ago, Wrio was absolutely shocked to see that Kaeya didn’t budge a single inch when Wrio swung his sword down with all the force he could muster

Kaeya said he could take it after all and, well, he certainly did 

Kaeya tilts his head, a slightly unhinged air surrounding them, and deflects Wrio’s sword up, leaving his torso fully exposed

Kaeya sends Wrio stumbling with a kick and from there, Wrio is absolutely on the defensive

There goes Wrio’s strategy: just hitting Kaeya with full force attacks until he lost his grip again 

Now Wrio was barely keeping up with Kaeya’s relentless onslaught

At one point Kaeya deflects a blow and just disappears and reappears behind Wrio

Wrio did not screech, thank you

He only lasted like, five minutes before Kaeya swiftly knocked Wrio’s feet out from under him--Wrio’s sword slipped out of his hand as he fell--and pinned him to the ground, sword hovering above Wrio’s neck

They both stayed like that--Kaeya sitting on top of Wrio and Wrio laying on the ground--panting from the spar

Kaeya breaks the silence by setting his sword to the side and leaning on Wrio’s chest with his forearms, his blue hair dangling over his shoulder and tickling Wrio’s cheek

“I’m impressed, not many trainees last that long.”

“I’m not any other trainee,” Wrio breathlessly tells Kaeya. 

He’s freaking out internally, because Kaeya is so close right now

Keaye smiles gently, knocks their foreheads together, and whispers: “Well, if you win the next round you may just earn a prize.”

“And what’s that?”

Keaya just grins and slowly sits up, he boops Wrio’s nose and just tells him he’d have to win to find out

It takes maybe three days before Wrio finds out, he was determined damn it 

(he may have gotten Lynette to help him)

(and Freminate too. Claymore, sword, it’s all the same, right?)

Color Kaeya surprised? He wasn’t expecting that? Here he was, teasing Wrio and suddenly he was knocked on his ass and on the ground with Wrio pinning his arms above his head.

“How about that prize, Captain?”

Kaeya starts laughing softly, he wiggles a hand free and cups Wrio’s face: “If I knew you’d be this determined, I would have pinned you down sooner.”

“Oh?”

Kaeya doesn’t say anything after that, he’s looking a Wrio with such a soft, caring gaze that melts Wrio’s heart

Kaeya wiggles his other hand free, Wrio swears he doesn’t breath as Kaeya gently guides him down for a kiss

Their first kiss!!! (we made it!)

It was short, sweet, and wonderful

Wrio just rolls off Kaeya and they lay next to each other, looking at the sky and the sword lesson forgotten 

Both absolutely smitten

At one point they look over at each other and just smile

A strand of hair that had come loose from Kaeya’s low ponytail falls onto his face, landing just above his nose in front of his eye patch

Wrio, gently brushes it back behind Kaeya’s ear

They walk back home, hand in hand

[silusvesuius]

snow queen dallas as just an extension of elsa dallas. All that crystal meth and sadness entrenched in his system turned him....Blue ❄💎

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me when they confirm in Roku's 2nd novel that Ta Min has had the hots for Roku since school started (or sooner) but didn't say anything because of Sozin or something, and thus perpetuating the Ta Min/Rangi and Sozin/Yun parallel:

[purgaytorysupremacy]

oh nuts. a life experience has given me a new layer of perspective on Cas's homosexual declaration of love to Dean.

recently I had occasion to tell a person I had feelings for them knowing full well they didn't feel even a twinge of the same thing for me. while the whole thing was a decidedly unpleasant experience, I kept laughing at myself internally bc I didn't want to say "the happiness is just in saying it" like fucking Castiel over here. (we don't need to talk about it, it's fine.) (I am happier having said it and it's kind of bullshit, but I digress.)

because the thing is, the happiness isn't in just saying it, right? the happiness is in the having. I made a whole TikTok "proving" that the Empty didn't come for Cas when he confessed his love, but rather when he realized Dean loved him back. even for Cas, the happiness was in the having, not in the saying, however brief it was.

and I've always been one of those people who rolled their eyes at the whole concept. why would the happiness be in just being, in just saying it, if it's right there in front of you to have. and then it hit me like a tonne of bricks (as I was washing my kitchen counters).

Cas really didn't think he could have Dean.

at all. in any capacity. he really, truly, and honestly felt to the depths of himself that Dean did not have any twinge of similar feelings, that this really was a Hail Mary shot-in-the-dark. and I think me, personally, really didn't understand that about Cas. that his belief in his love being unrequited was that unshakable.

something else I've been pondering is how audiences have so much more empathy for fictional characters who share traits that IRL they find objectionable and unappealing. but the thing is about fictional characters is that we follow them around in their most private, vulnerable moments. we see Dean mourning Cas when he dies, literally killing himself because he can't live without him, but it's so easy to forget that we're the omniscient ones here.

Cas never knew.

Dean's whole thing was pushing him away, keeping him at arm's length, making it seem like whatever heroic thing he does for Cas he'd do for anyone. he downplays how important it is for Dean to share the Deancave with him, to show him his favourite movies, share his favourite songs. he acts like the things Cas does for him don't mean that much to hide how much they do mean. he uses "we" whenever he even gets in the vicinity of expressing a feeling. "We were worried." "We're glad you're back." "We needed a win." "You're our brother." The audience knew the difference. We saw how he'd clench his jaw or swallow hard or make a face that said "God, I'm being such an idiot". Because we saw him in those little moments. We got to see the cracks in the mask.

but Cas never knew.

the self-hating angel of Thursday was never going to think it was all a way for Dean to protect himself. obviously, that's the delicious tragedy of it all, but what I think I realized at the end of all that is Cas confessing his love to a Dean who didn't love him back wouldn't have worked. Because the happiness really is in the having. If happiness was just in saying it, then The Empty would have come before Cas even finished getting the words out of his mouth.

so Cas's plan wouldn't have worked if Dean didn't love him back.

this is just me yapping on about my own nonsense, but I do think it's really interesting. there's contentment in "just saying it". there's freedom and relief and an unburdening. I think one can argue that it makes being happy in the being easier. there is certainly some joy in telling a person you think that highly of them. but true happiness?

nah.

true happiness is always going to only be in the having. Cas didn't understand the difference until he experienced it, and by then, it was too late.

[skrunksthatwunk]

they are on my whiteboard now

[son-of-avraham]

Hi this is kind of a niche question but It's related to conversion so I hope it's not too off-topic to ask. I have an assignment for a class to write about a cultural tradition we're already familiar with or that we've actually participated in (likely with our family). I'm in the conversion process-ish, and I really want to write about a Jewish tradition but obviously since I'm converting it's not something my family practices or even that I'm remotely an expert in... but I've gone to so many shabbats (if that's even a word lol) that I feel pretty knowledgeable about it by now. If you were me would you write about another tradition instead? I'm also really disconnected from my family and we don't have many traditions which is another motivation to write about a Jewish tradition.... honestly also do not have the confidence to explain my extremely niche situation to my teacher lmao. Mostly just want to know if it'd be weird to write about a Jewish tradition in this instance since I didn't grow up Jewish nor am I an expert (but definitely familiar).

I wouldn't see anything wrong with talking about jewish practices - they have a precedent within your life right now, even if you're not done with conversion yet. Converting is essentially assimilating into a new culture, which is why many people liken it to emigrating to a new country - think of it like this: if you emigrate to a new country, there is a period of time where you're learning how to engage in the country's culture. You'll start doing things such as celebrating cultural holidays, or cuisine, or language. That's - quite literally - what you're doing now as you're converting.

If you know what you're talking about, talk about it! It's probably best if you talk about practices you're familiar with, but that's pretty self-explanatory. I personally think that when you're converting, it's important to have moments where you're more 'obviously jewish' in non-jewish spaces. That's partly why I wear kippah - one day, I will have to interact with the world as a jew, and that's for better and for worse, and most goyim know what a kippah means when they see someone wearing it. That's the same for all converts, and I think we ought to eventually learn how to navigate through that as soon as we're ready to. Talking about who you are (or who you will be) is a great way to learn how to do just that. If you feel ready to share that aspect of yourself with others, then it's the right time to do so.

[fungusamongus93828]

so, I just watched MD recently and ended up creating this little fella

[transmasc-rose]

(image from a youtube video bc I don't want to wait for the opening to happen again, this is the opening cutscene of ac3)

WAIT so the Abstergo symbol on the bottom of this shotglass is probably for dramatic effect. But. I did not consider the possibility that Desmond's bar was an Abstergo-owned entity.

[shinyboomboom]

16 year old girls and that one "friend" <<<

[araneitela]

Alright, I've been mulling on this for most of the day, and unless a night's sleep changes my mind, I'll be working on returning (remaking) a very old multimuse of mine, that used to be over at iniziare. The blog will be entirely remade, and I'll post it here when it's done!

For those wondering, it will for now house: Guizhong, Yelan, Kafka and Arlecchino. Time to finish up that other WIP theme for this, I suppose! See you guys on the flip-side of this brighter future.

[andromeda3116]

idk man i kinda feel like if you think reading my fic was a waste of your time, maybe you could save yourself some of that time by just hitting the back button instead of writing a comment to complain about it?

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

Random lil Edward Scissorhands thoughts I had after rewatching the movie so many times:

We never actually see Edward talk to the Inventor at all. And they're only in two scenes together and obviously the Inventor taught him how to talk since he does later and maybe it's not all that surprising because Edward. does not talk much (I think I read he says only 169 words the entire 90 minute movie, he has like 2 minutes of dialogue) but I just think it's interesting. Especially because the longest scene we see them interact in is when the Inventor tries to give Edward his hands. And, Idk, I just find it interesting that while Edward is obviously excited and appreciative of this he never actually says anything. And the Inventor doesn't try to get him to talk either, which seems like a small thing, but man I've worked with kids who don't talk or rarely talk and for most of their parents it's like their one single goal for their child. Like, literally, the first little girl I worked with in a school (who was completely nonspeaking) the one thing her mom wanted was for her to be able to say a few words. This child couldn't even sit in a chair unaided or eat with a spoon, the priorities there were wild.

Anyway, I just think it's nice and sweet that the Inventor doesn't seem to care if his kid talks or not, he seems perfectly fine with Edward not speaking and interacting with things in his own way and it stands out to me because I've seen so many parents who aren't like that with their kids.

[skrunksthatwunk]

FINALLY GOT A NEW STYLUS CAN DO DIGITAL ART AGAIN MOODBOARD

[lancesweetsun]

love how i spent so much time trying to force myself to be a super logical person when so many things i do are based on intuition and impulse. like with so many medicine related things i'm like idk man i just FEEL like that's the right answer and then that is the right answer.

[princessszoboszlai]

how does he come out to his teammates about his identity 👀 and how do they react initially about learning that he’s transfeminine/genderfluid

Ooooh, that's a good question. I didn't think of it before LMAO

I'm writing like, one shot of sorts right now, with Tsimikas so I'll just go off what I'm thinking rn!

I feel like with his partner he'll just be so shy and try and make it this big whole thing. Just a romantic dinner or a cute something and he just word vomits the second he's asked why they're doing this on a random day. And Domi's freaking out because . . . it's so official and out there. But Tsmi just laughs and said he had a feeling something was up. So that's just cutesy.

I feel like because this is Loverpool/Family FC, they're just happy that Dominik is happy. Some are confused and just ask a bunch of questions, but I can see Mo and Virgil just trying to be as "supportive dad" as possible. So help through dysphoria, just talking it out, things like that? They'd so be there.

[oheboi]

every 5 years i remember that i loved this movie a lot ❄️