#Men Are The Prize

[blk-chauvinist]

"Women don't need men?" Too bad women don't think beyond their beliefs to see the Big Picture. Let's look at how much men "aren't needed...."

[westernwoodblogs]

Just realized all these years later as I scrolled down memory lane that @mirthandstar never posted their truly gorgeous commission they did for me. I hope you're doing well out there. Thank you for my old men, I do infact look at them everyday.

[platossoulmates]

i know people were so excited for laura in deadpool wolverine but they never explained why she was in the void- and it’s implied that b-15 saved her from the void to live with wade/logan so the laura we see in the end is the one from the void but??? if this version of her was in the void?? shouldn’t there be a version of her in that (the Logan/Deadpool) universe anyway?? like now there’s just two laura kinneys wreaking havoc and the tva is just chill with that?

[hopetorun]

matthew asking keith not to talk to the media about him isn't new information (the athletic, 5/10/2023), and as the lede of that story makes clear, keith honored that request:

Matthew Tkachuk put his father in “timeout.” That’s why Keith Tkachuk, an 18-year veteran of the NHL and one of the league’s best American-born players, wasn’t available to talk about his son’s remarkable run that has taken the Panthers from “biggest disappointment” to one win from the Eastern Conference finals. [...] Now, there’s no time for distractions, and Matthew wants to keep a lid on his pops, who informed The Athletic of his “timeout” via text.

that article goes on to quote matthew's mother, sister, family friends, teammates, and coaches and mentors at various levels, so it's safe to say that keith's exclusion is a notable one.

as far as i can recall, the interview last night is the first keith has talked about matthew publicly since, and it wasn't a comment on matthew's performance or his team's play. should keith have said on the broadcast that matthew gave him the silent treatment? hard to say from the outside! i don't think "he didn't talk to me for a bit" gives us any meaningful new information* since we could already infer that he was mad, but i can understand why someone else might want to keep that particular detail private.

i don't bring this up a lot in my fannish posts and comments on tumblr because it's a little bit peeking behind the veil, but the tkachuks have very clearly made being a family the brand. now, that was a low hanging fruit for sure, because the nhl loves father-son narratives and fraternal narratives, but they absolutely lean into it. as a consequence, we know a lot about the family, and can often infer even more. (think brady not quite saying it but boy was it clear that he didn't appreciate matthew interfering with his contract stuff.) they can't just not talk about each other at all, because the story they've woven about themselves requires it. there's no version of this where keith never gets asked about matthew again. i think it's quite impressive how long he's managed to go without commenting on matthew's play. did he even say anything during the conference final?

look, i think there's plenty of things to point to if you want to construct a narrative about matthew and keith not always getting along (especially since no one gets along with each other all the time, perhaps especially not their parents). and there's plenty to dislike or find grating about keith! i also have my own beliefs about where in their relationship there's most likely to be tension, which i'm happy to get into on request but aren't the point of what i'm saying here. and if you're just here to play around with the idea of really contentious father-son relationship and have picked matthew and keith as your paper dolls for this purpose, then who am i to stop you? as one of my dear friends always says, all rpf characterization is fake.

but for me at least, the leap from the information we have to "keith hates and/or disrespects matthew" is a big one.

[effemimaniac]

[polovision]

jesse pinkman: tattooed drug addict meth cook who has killed people

every bald man he meets: “kid”

[visualpoiesis]

This artwork represents a visual portrayal of the poem "The Triumph of Achilles" by American poet Louise Glück

[inmymagnetoera]

A small list of my favorite fics!♡

(In no particular order)

Lonesome On the Shelf by @ikeracity

THIS FIC IS NOT FINISHED BUT IT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING?!? Every now and then I reread it and I think I know some sentences by heart, I love it!

Purple is for Emperors by @fullmetalcarer

SUB ERIK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SUB ERIK. I LOVE SUB ERIK. I love the dynamic of this story, rich, hard-partying young Charles meets older Erik. AND TEEN LORNA.

Sharp Edges by Nalou

This is the fic. THE. FIC. I love everything about this story. The settings, The relationships, the characters.

"Who did this to you." PROTECTIVE ERIK IS MY DRÜG AAAAAA

Oh Captain, My Captor by jackmischief

Another unfinished fic. Another part of my soul that will never be filled. I love pirate AUs but do you know what I love even more? Erik acting tough when in reality he is totally attracted to Charles. This fic was updated a long time ago and I don't think it will be updated again but who knows, I like to hope.

Faux Genes & Fragile Hearts by Baamon5evr

GUYS. THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR THIS I SWEAR. The last update is from last year BUT the author is still active in their Ao3 profile, I won't stop waiting for more chapters. But yeah, I love the Human!Charles trope and Erik being like, "I love Charles, but I hate humans, but Charles is human and so I hate Charles, but I love Charles, but Charles-"

Sink or Swim by endingthemes

I think this is one of the most known fics in the fandom? Masterpiece, literally masterpiece. The improvement in Erik's character is beautiful and it breaks your heart how Charles is treated poorly for the first few chapters but continues to work hard because he believes Erik and the kids are his family. I love how the ending isn't rushed and how Charles is like, "Yes I love you but you still hurt me and I can't get over it so quickly." Tears. So many tears for this story.

[kingoftieland]

Is Magneto based on a former ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER? 🇮🇱

[blk-chauvinist]

Reality Check for Single Women...

This "Get-What-I-Can" attitude you single modern women have toward men and dating is going to find many of you in your 40s, 50s, and even into your 60s, as you lie to everyone that you're "Single because I choose to be."

No. You're single because: (1) men are no longer falling for your shaming tactics and your guilting them into believing that he has some imaginary obligation to take care of you...just because you're a woman, (2) giving you something for nothing, (3) feeding your childish sense of entitlement, and (4) because no man wants to parent a child in an adult's body.

[feminineenergylife]

Women are the prize. 💎

Men are the leaders/the champions. 🤴

[raceweek]

Why am I seeing takes saying alex crashed the car in today's race? I say through the same race and it was clear that Daniel squeezed him out? Did I miss some post debrief?

This Williams hate diverting on to Alex is getting on my nerves?

you didn’t miss anything babe x

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

Happy pride month. Shout out to my fav canonical ace4ace couple

[lastweeksshirttonight]

(Jbulava, 2/4/2009)

[3416]

imagine thinking hockey players don't want to win games enough and that's why they don't, lol