I don't know if this is a point that needs defending, but I feel strongly that Tommy's love language is quality time.
Evidence with Buck:
We've already talked extensively about how Tommy Shows Up to the wedding even sooty and exhausted.
At the bachelor party, he's not especially demonstrative, but he's THERE when he's sleepy and on standby and the party sucks, and he only leaves when he's called in to work.
They don't touch at the medal ceremony (I headcanon that they agreed not to), but Tommy sits next to him, stands next to him, goes through the buffet line with him.
Offering flying lessons and Muay Thai lessons: This isn't really an act of service, because neither of these is actually useful to Buck -- but they are a way to spend time together. The Muay Thai conversation is literally, "Of course you'd rather hang out with Eddie" / "I'll teach you so you can hang out with me too!"
In the first kiss scene and the 7x10 date night, Tommy shares his own feelings of jealousy. Words of affirmation would have stayed on Buck (you're great, you have nothing to be jealous of, your birth father doesn't deserve you); switching to himself puts the quality in quality time (we're bonding, we're having a deep conversation, this is reciprocal).
And with EDDIE. oh BOY:
Goes to his house THREE TIMES in the first TWO WEEKS, I'm still hung up on this, that's so fast.
Muay Thai
Working on cars
Karaoke trivia night
Basketball
Trip to Vegas: Kind of an act of service/gift, but if it was easy for him to get the tickets, the emphasis is more on spending a significant amount of time together.
Again. It's been a few WEEKS.
I suspect Tommy is amazing at words of affirmation when necessary, and I like to imagine he's big on romantic touch. But what we've seen of him in season 7 leans heavily toward Being Together, rather than Doing Things, as the way he expresses interest. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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Arlecchino's whole deal is unbelievable
Arlecchino: Huh I wonder what's causing my weird powers? I can't really worry about that right now tho, I've gotta become King and then kill my "Mother".
*Kills Clervie and "Mother"*
Arlecchino: Huh I wonder why I was able to defeat a Fatui Harbinger when I'm like 17 or so? I can't really worry about that right now tho, I've gotta be in jail and become a Harbinger.
*Is in jail for a while and becomes a Harbinger*
Arlecchino: Huh I wonder why I am-
Pierro: Hey what's up hello, anyways you're descended from the Crimson Moon Dynasty of Khaenri'ah. I'm sure that this is a lot for you to take in so-
Arlecchino: Ok.
Pierro: ...You're just cool with that?
Arlecchino: IDK maybe? I can't really worry about that at the moment, I'm a father now. This orphanage full of children I love (who also are child soldiers and are not allowed to leave or else I'll execute them except maybe now I'm just gonna wipe their memories IDK I'm morally complex) isn't gonna run itself.
*Runs the orphanage/spy recruitment initiative*
Me, the fucking player: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE KHAENRI'AN? WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT UP IN YOUR FUCKING QUEST?? OR ANYTHING ELSE????
Arlecchino, talking to me through my phone: I honestly don't know why you care, I'm too busy to give a shit. Anyways, I'm gonna go fight fate itself I guess. I'm sure that I don't share any thematic parallels with any other Khaenri'an characters (particularly as it relates to acting and family angst) and that I haven't made the idea of 'curses' on Khaenri'ans and what they entail even more complicated than they already were. See ya.
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>ATTENTION: SNATCHERS HAVE NOW BEEN TRAINED TO STEAL PRONOUNS ASWELL AS EGGS
[ ] wondered where [ ] pronouns went. So that's what happened to them. Can [ ] have them back? Maybe buy them back from you? [ ] really liked [ ] pronouns
AH OKAY SINCE YOU ASKED NICELY YOU GET THIS ONE BACK FOR FREE BUT ANY MORE REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
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Lemon!!!! 😂😂😂. I decided to open up Tumblr on my way to work and your Ottoman post is the first thing I see. It has made my Day 💯.
This is the real reason Daemon dislikes Alicent. Here me out.
Alicent looks like her mother. Daemon is down bad for Otto. Alicent is a reminder of the woman who had Otto first.
i welcome this new addition to the lore ☕ let's push it further: daemon is both jealous of ottolicent and secretly yearns for viserys (don't forget visaemon), so alicent occupies the position he himself feels entitled to
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being a fan of multiple sci-fi things that have been around for like half a century or more is funny bc yes, there are continuity errors both mild and quite large between two things aired 40 years or even 4 years apart.
Shockingly enough the story working matters more than whatever inane bit of technical nonsense or specific date and current writers are Not gonna fuck up an entire story that’s a big allegory for some real world issue over a technical detail that really, actually, doesn’t, actually matter.
the stories are actually The most important part and the whole ‘they’re so stupid they don’t know that this contradicts Actual canon’ thing is so absurd bc it precludes to possibility that they knew it full well and elected to ignore it because a story matters more than the number of jeffries tubes on a specific model of starfleet ship.
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hi!! i was wondering how bunnycat is doing? :D
i think he's glad to be home! unfortunately his saliva/sweat/etc is still radioactive enough that we can't really cuddle him or let him free roam around the house for another 10ish days 😭 but we got him a bigass catio style enclosure with lots of perches and room for all his necessities/toys and set it up inside by the glass patio doors so he can watch birds all day and eek indignantly at us every time we walk in the room 🙃
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