#and i suppose

[solearobservatory]

fun fact ! Michigan actually goes north once every other month and he and Ontario beat the fuck out of each other with hockey sticks. It's good for their enrichment

[jackienautism]

of course you have time powers and autism

[the-rat-k-ing]

look at him 🥺

[zwitter-iconic]

Six Song Soundtrack - Cirys Laidir

I've finally clawed my way out of the shitshow life left me with. Apologies if anyone's tagged me in stuff I just haven't had the energy to do much more than eat, sleep, work, repeat for the past month or so. I got tagged in this by @sandcastlekings This is a lot less coherent than theirs (seriously how cool is it that Jericho's is all from one artist?!) and it's long so I've put it below a readmore.

Second Child, Restless Child- The Oh Hellos:

See, I was born a restless child And I could hear the world outside calling me And heaven knows how hard I tried But that devil whispered lies I believed Can you hear it hanging on the wind? Can you feel it underneath your skin? You've got to go on, further than you've ever gone You've got to run far from all you've ever known

Cirys is the second child both metaphorically and literally. They've always desired to leave their small town behind, even if they tried to convince themselves otherwise when they were young.

2. Bruised Feet- Haunted Like Human

You say you've got a wandering soul 'Cause you're always wondering What it would be like to really up and leave home You're tellin' me your heart's a mess You've seen the bottom of too many bottles, but there's still an ache in your chest Yeah, you romanticize the feast and famine Paralyzed by fear of failing, yeah, I know But I'm holding out my hand, come on and take it Jump on in 'cause you can't fake this

This song symbolizes not just Cirys to me but also Lace. The two of them are wanderers by nature and take what that means as it comes. Good or bad they tell the stories of their bruised feet. It's part of what brings them together.

3. Silent Film- Sparkbird

Sometimes the days were long But the years were so short I am living in the shell of a home Never dreamed I’d feel so Sad and alone again Didn’t we have more time? I thought we had more time Couldn’t we have more time?

(Because I love angst I sacrificed Lace) This song symbolizes how Cirys feels about Lace and their brief, but meaningful, relationship. She helped them open up in a way they hadn't in years but they lost her all the same. It feels infinitely unfair to them that they only knew her for a few years. If anyone should have died between the two of them it should have been them!

4. Liar- The Arcadian Wild

I sense deception to come Honestly, truth and I are never one 'Cause I am the lying man And I have made you my next victim Oh, I need you to see through my act To tell me I'm wrong, to take off the mask Or else I'll be left in the lie And I'll deceive my way straight to demise

Ah Liar, this song is evocative of Cirys through my whole fic, they lie to themselves constantly that everyone will be fine/would be better off without them. (On some level they know they're wrong but, well, they've always been stubborn.)

5. Bones in the Ocean- The Longest Johns

Now that I'm staring down at the darkest abyss I'm not sure what I want, but I don't think it's this As my comrades call to stand fast and forge on I make sail for the dawn till the darkness has gone

This whole song is a sort of spoiler for how Cirys's mental health goes for the fic but I've never hidden that it was meant to end well. They start out convinced they're going to die ('To search for my long-ago forgotten friends, To search for the place I hear all sailors end') to the end where they know they want to live. While they fight getting help at first they can't fight the urge to live in the face of being around their friends.

6. Stella- Cereus Bright

I intercept you As you walk toward the door Well, I know you've danced a hundred songs But stay with me one more Didn't know how I could tell you But you could already tell I don't need anybody I'm fine here on my own But if I needed somebody It'd be you, I'd call my own

For how Illario and Cirys end the fic. They've both found a new meaning to life, and they don't necessarily need another person. Yet they want to be together regardless.

Bonus (Because I wanted to add it but couldn't)

Friends in Low Places- Worthikids

I wasn't missed or mourned, my body never found But I made new friends here underground I was chosen for a second chance at life I am the watcher now I watch for all of time

This is just Cirys after being saved by Isabela. They were never really mourned by the village they left and Isabela gave them a second chance at life, giving them new friends.

[bigterraco]

been doodling so much dumb shit recently but i just had to do this because i kept imagining it in orbots voice LMAO

[sandy-weeds]

Future AU like, 10 years after the main story, where it becomes commonplace for Allmates start using humanoid shells instead of animal ones.

Does this exist...? Because I need it more than I need air.

[fang-revives]

Gnawing deeply on the Juice bullet club heel turn problem for my fic. Part of the problem (and this may just be a 'me' thing, so scroll on if you loved this storyline) -- is I always found it hard to buy Juice's motivations for the 2022 Bullet club turn. Part of that too is that I found "ROCK HARD!!!1!!!" Juice Robinson to not...really fit, somehow. The whole narrative of "I fucked over my best friend of many years for the dude who broke my hand because uhhh fame and belt I guess" just didn't really jibe for me. A lot of it is I think Juice is a natural sillyman performer. This was true in his chipper jester-like face persona, and I think is also true for his AEW heel persona. Once it's clear we're not supposed to take him too seriously, it's easier for me at least to enjoy his performance.

The other part of this (and I think connected to this) -- is Juice is, surprisingly, a guy I want to have a bit of a soft spot for. And like, by all accounts what he did to Finlay was a bastard move!! Really terrible! Only the problem is (a) I don't think he's a credible bastard at all really and (b) like honestly love him to death but Jay sucked a LOT at this point in time and gave Juice a real laundry list in the past of reasons to dislike him.

So like, I think there is absolutely something juicy (hah!) that I can thread together in Juice's "almost quit wrestling in early 2022 and Jay came for him in a moment of weakness" -- but I am also still looking at him like "ok really tho you left Debbie for THIS guy?? this guy??"

[machihunnicutt]

feeling very rina sawayama bad friend but i will the mountain goats make it through this year if it kills me

[prossima-nebulosa]

This fatal flaw of mine, that i keep losing interest over potential crushes, is a curse i tell ya

[stars-inthe-sky]

#honestly it feels like a distant but beloved relative has Achieved Great Success (via @katrinastratford)

i know that's right

[goldensunset]

can you reblog a two-part post in the correct order?

[ratgill]

Like I give a Fuck

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[daylighteclipsed]

ENTRY LEVEL MEANS NO EXPERIENCE. IT MEANS NO PORTFOLIO OF RELEVANT SAMPLES. ENTRY LEVEL IS ENTRY LEVEL

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

Both Selfish; you each lose 2 points

You Selfish, prev Cooperative; You gain 2 points

You Cooperative, prev Selfish; You lose 1 point, prev gains 1 point

Both Cooperative; You Each gain 1 points

(ps make sure to say what you voted)

Making this post long so you have to scroll to see prev's tags.