#and guess whose fault that is!!!!

[hauntingblue]

I hate digital nomads it's like tourism but worse. You just go to a country for like 6 months, make everything around you go up in price, run everyone out of their neighborhood and fuck off to your country and pay taxes there. A plague upon society

[turtleblogatlast]

No but like every time I think about Splinter and what he had to go through just to keep the boys alive, my heart hurts for him so badly. Is he perfect? No not at all, but none of them are and by god does he love his sons.

The fact that all of them are alive, and grew to thrive despite the circumstances surrounding them is a testament of how much Splinter loves his boys. He raised four babies following the most traumatic time of his life, all alone with nothing but the sewers to house them (to hide them.) I feel like he’s not given the credit he deserves for all he’s done.

And I get that it’s easy to hold up his flaws and faults when it comes to parenting, I myself like looking into them because flawed characters are super interesting and said flaws make them more realistic and engaging, but he tries, and again, so many others would have given up on the boys or failed along the way but Splinter didn’t.

He’s their father, for all his faults he did his damndest to make sure they survived.

[polarseven]

Man, tumblr has a REALLY disproportionate idea of how trans men think of trans women. Like yes, I see thing online too, but going offline I have gotten more support from trans men than trans women, honestly. Now, is that partially due to drama? Absolutely, but it stands that my biggest supporters have always been trans men (though that's more due to the people I know, rather than that trans women don't support me).

I know that there are struggles that trans men will never understand, but actually every trans man and transmasc I've talked to has understood that too?? Like they get that there are different experiences for different trans people. I've never had a trans man argue that it's just as hard for them to pass than trans women—though we all agree that it's a case-by-case thing.

Idk I'm just tired of seeing so much negativity and hate perpetuated on here.

[dandyleyen]

We're always the ones who have to take responsibility when everything else is taken from us, aren't we Anya ?

[styxxsyringe]

i want to delete my twitter account so fucking bad

[howlrs]

i used to write smut strictly on discord, but thanks to a few trusted pals, i will now SOMETIMES write it under a readmore on the dash! :) it's still wayyyy y yy easier on discord for me but the dash has its own kind of charm!

[thebreakfastgenie]

listening to John Denver's Challenger song and thinking about how the Challenger explosion was completely avoidable

[roseverdict]

feeling deranged enough that one of these days i might just go to one of the half-dozen places i can actually reach on my own and tell them straight-up "hello. my name is (REDACTED). i am 26 years old. my parents have actively prevented me from gaining employable skills for the past 11 years (while also getting pissed at me for not getting a paying job regardless of this) and i have been dealing with medical issues on top of that which have only been resolved within the past few months via a surgery i'm still somewhat recovering from. this means i have a hefty gap in my resume that apparently makes automated systems chuck it into the bin before bothering to ask me why it's even there. i'm going insane. please hire me so i can get out of this fucking house. my qualifications are 'worked multiple kinds of customer service for multiple years,' 'was forced to spend all my teenage summers brothersitting for free,' 'lived in this household for 26 consecutive years and survived,' and 'despite everything, has not committed felony murder (or any other violent crimes)'"

half-dozen is not an exaggeration btw:

coffee shop

gas station

(REDACTED) store

a singular mcdonald's

fuckin uhhh. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

i think calling it a half-dozen was overselling it actually

there's plenty of stuff within ten or so minutes* of the house though so i'm just being an ungrateful bitch! 🙃

*: by car.

[fairydust-stuff]

Black Lagoon: Mr Chang, Sing Soo Ling

Balalikia watches coldly as her comrades pummel each of the insolent little brats. Sing sits there near tears protesting. 

“ For someone who claims to care about their men, you certainly didn’t hesitate to drag them into a hopeless situation” Chang said smoking his standard cigar. 

“ What was I supposed to do let Shorter go unavenged?” 

“ See, I don’t think this is about your dead cousin at all. If you were that devoted to vengeance. Then why ally with Ash in the first place?” 

“ It wasn’t Ash’s faul!” 

“ You know There’s nothing I hate more in this world then hypocracy. And you New York criminals seem convinced your shit smells like roses” he pauses  “ Your just a little boy chasing his idol around. Its not about justice or revenge.” 

The brat goes quiet as the truth is thrown so casually in his face. 

“ You gang members are so obsessed with your symbols” Balakilia taunted. “ Your guns and your leaders as these invincible gods” she lets her contempt bleed through. 

“ I was just trying to free Ash!” Sing protested  

“ What did you think would happen if word got out the Lee family couldn’t even control their own gang? Mr Chang asked him 

“ But that guy was destroying Chinatown thanks to him. Citizens couldn’t even walk safely in Daylight!” 

“ I’m sure that had nothing to do with you and Ash turning New York into a war zone,” Balalikia said sarcastically. “ You create chaos and the vultures crawl out to prey on the civilians  in the wake of the destruction… especially in a city already weak from destitution.” 

She pauses 

“ What do you think would happen to Chinatown if The Lee family got wiped out?   If you were luckily you’d get over run by one of the other gangs. If you weren’t it would be as if you and your boys had never existed”  

Sing blanches. 

“ Starting to get it are we?” Mr Chang asked him 

“ Sir please kill me if you must be spare my brother, Sing is still young he wasn’t aware” Lao comes forward and bows. 

“ Noble sentiment but your not my concern, Yut Lung will decided what to do with you” Mr Chang said. 

“ He’s going kill us” one gang member whimpered. 

  Balalikia grabbed the gang member by the throat and slambed him to the ground “  

“ Han!” 

Sing yelled he sprang up  just as Balakilia suspected . She smiled as she kicked him straight back down to the ground and grabbed him by the hair. “ You don’t deserve mercy” she said with a quiet mence 

“ You backstabbed your own leader, and nearly put him in the crosshairs of every twisted pervert in New York! ” she paused  “ If it were me, i’d have you choose which half of your guys die. You’d pick out every name and look them in the eyes, as my comrade's bullets found their  marks” 

Balalikia emphasized watching Sing’s eyes fill with terror. 

“ I think Mrs Balalikia put it best….” Chang smiled….

Yut Lung paused after his proposal  Revy and Shenhua on either side of him. 

Cain Blood looked at him  “ I don’t trust you, So ’m coming with you”  he starts for the limbo with a smirk “  Besides, I never rode in one of these things” 

Revy grinned. 

Yut Lung chuckles and opens the door for Cain “ After you Cain Blood” he replied. 

Cain slides in and reclines on the seats  “ Soft as a baby’s butt” he sighed. 

“Champagne?” Yut Lung asked as the driver offered them two glasses. 

“ You seriously think i’m going to drink something you prepared?” 

“ I think its mere tradition to seal the deal with a private toast” 

Cain sniffs and dips his finger in the glass. “ You’d have a way to mask the taste….better not risk it” he sets his glass down mournfully. 

“ Weak little girly drink, now Rum that’s a real fucking drink!” Revy exclaimed. 

“ I’m more of a cold beer guy” Cain retorts. “ What about you salaryman?” 

“ Anything you find at a bar, social drinking came with the job” Rock exclaimed. 

“ Its true” Revy threw her arm over Rock’s shoulder affectionately  “ This guy did a drinking competition against me once, straight up vodka.” 

Yut Lung nods as the driver starts the car before downing his own glass. 

“ Say how old are you?” Cain Blood asked  “ You look smaller up close” 

“ Does it matter?” 

Cain looked sad for a moment  “ No I suppose it doesn’t” 

Its not that long before they reach their destination. 

Yut Lung has one of his bodyguards remove a case from the trunk. Which he takes. 

Balalikia and Mr Chang greets him. 

“ Hello, Yut Lung you look slightly more sleep-deprived then usual,”  Chang asked  “ I see you brought Cain Blood” 

“I just want to make sure Sing gets freed, like Yut Lung Lee, promised” 

“ He has every right to be skeptical” Yut Lung interjects. 

“ Of course gentlemen this way” Balalikia leads them to Sing and his men’s cell. 

Yut Lung’s breath catches in his throat Sing is covered with purple bruises and  has circles under his eyes he’s paler then usual. His boys don’t look much better black and blue and battered. 

Cain’s eyes widen. 

“ Sing?” Yut Lung asked struggling not to ask how he is or offer ointment. He clears his throat “ Its come to my attention….that I was not fair to you and your gang” he pauses as Rock gives him a nod  “ So please accept this token as an apology” 

Yut Lung brings out the head of Dino Golzine from the steel case, ignoring the way his stomach is starting to turn at the sight of it. 

Several of Sings guys look shocked, A few turn green. 

Lao gapes  “ Is that?” 

“ I know you wanted to do it yourself. But Shorter was one of my men as well. So It wouldn’t be innaprorite for me to make this my gift to you. I’m hoping their won’t be anymore bad blood between us” he said casually. Then he holds open the jail cell door “ Your free to go Cain Blood will make sure you get…..” 

Cain rushes past him and steadies Sing  “ I gotcha, baby” he said. 

“ Cain….I think I fucked up” Sing said softly. 

“Shhh shhh its ok, lets get you out of Alcatraz and cleaned up” the older boy soothed. 

“ Before you take Sing one more thing” Yut Lung walks up to Sing and slaps him across the face. 

Lao rushes forward “ Furiously what are you…..” 

Yut Lung slaps him as well, and goes around and strikes each of Sing’s remaining men across the face.

 “ If any of you ever betray me again, especially in public…..I’ll make each of you dig your own graves…..before you lay in them….understood?” he asked feeling a bit better 

There are nods and voiced yes Sir’s. 

Then Yut Lung watches them all file out before following them….. 

[jeannevani]

man it really sucks how common is the experience where ‘purity’ is enforced as a child and then as soon as you’re an adult some level of sexual competency is expected despite the lack of experience

[boyswanna-be-her]

The dog I've been sitting for in the haunted house is the most neurotic dog I've dealt with, which is really saying something. She's not bad but she IS completely bonkers. And she's not a rescue! Same owners her whole life. How do people fuck up an animal's brain this hard?

The only thing I've seen even close was a rescue dog adopted during covid lockdown who then didn't understand what other dogs are and had crazy separation anxiety.

[oh-no-another-idea]

find the vibe tag XI

Big thank you to @indecentpause for the ancient tag to look for “You have no idea how long I’ve been wanting you to say that.” Here's a bit of Invisible Girl shenanigans 😁

“I’d like to offer you a job,” Antonio said very quickly. “It’s all perfectly ethical, even though I get the sense you wouldn’t care. As one of my assistants, you would travel with me to all my meetings and conferences, and if you happened to overhear the mood in the room or any other tidbits that might be useful, well, that’s on them for speaking carelessly while you’re nearby.” Velia felt a slow smile steal over her face without her permission. “I also need a secretary, but I thought you’d be awful at that job, but rest assured when I find the right person, they will be sworn to secrecy and told all about you.” “One of the others could do it.” Antonio sighed laboriously, and pretended to scribble something down for the driver’s sake. “Believe it or not, they all already turned me down. Something about taking initiative for themselves, or liking their jobs. Utter rubbish. But we’ll wear them down eventually, you and I.” Above their heads, birds sang. The carriage rocked them gently. “I accept,” Velia said.   “Oh splendid,” Antonio sang, as though he’d been waiting for just that. “I’m going to start you on wages today, and you get a room in my father’s house all to you, if you want—second floor, I think, which is optimal for sneaking out of.”

I'll pass it on to @eccaiia @blind-the-winds @moonscribbler @sleepyowlwrites @sarandipitywrites @lyssentome @kaiusvnoir @toribookworm22 and anyone else who'd like to join and look for the vibe "Oh HELL no." 😉🥂

[kamipyre]

when you get ur blog number down to three only to be pulled into legal obligation to make another blog 😂🥲😭

[uraandri]

[thunderheadfred]

kiddo really must be just growth-spurting like crazy in there because my brain is scrambling around my skull in a blind panic pulling every possible hormone lever like "oh shit is it this one??" (food cravings) "nope umm" (dizzy/headache?) "no wait uh, this one" (acne!) "no no that one" (depressive brain fog) "no no no it's gotta be..." (RAW ANIMAL HORNINESS) "oh shit it's 3 AM" (exhaustion) "uhhhhhh" (vibratory insomnia) "oh shit oh shit" (blood sugar klaxon descends from ceiling) "it's gotta be this big red button" (More Boobs More Bigger)

[skxrbrand]