#and in conclusion... brain brain brain

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[sprnklersplashes]

once again being reminded of how weird being a taylor swift fan on this website is because the people who claim to hate her just clearly do not listen to her. I saw someone say "does taylor swift even know she's been turned into a brand and stripped of her humanity? is she aware of the fact she lives in a gilded cage where she can't be imperfect?" like my sibling in christ that's what her past two albums have been about about. what exactly did you guys think anti-hero was?

[hayaku14]

WAKE UP NEW KAITO FIT JUST DROPPED

and here's a pretty shinichi cos that's my boy

ANYWAY THEY BOTH LOOK SO GOOD AND SHINICHI'S BLUE SUIT MATCHES KID'S SHIRT AAAAAAA

[hiraethminds]

made to be/meant to be

[samzier]

ggy

[psymachine]

mac realizes things series

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

[thechy-fychannel]

I haven't seen anyone talk about the absolute insanity that is the Prescription Passions scenes that House is watching in episodes 13 & 14 of season 4.

In episode 13 there is that iconic scene after they agree to the custody agreement where House takes Wilson out drinking and purposely gets him drunk so he'll get whiskey dick and not be able to have sex with Amber that night. A totally normal fun prank to pull on your bestie ha ha am I right fellas?

Of course this doesn't go the way House plans and Wilson gets pissed off and leaves him there. The next time we see House, he is watching this scene from his soap opera:

Could it be any worse than loving somebody who can't love them back? Could it???

Which could mean nothing.

And then at the end of episode 14 there's that really sweet moment with Wilson and Amber about the waterbed. Wilson tried to do something for himself, he hated it, Amber was proud of him for trying and says she kind of liked the bed. Wilson immediately shuts it down and says they're taking it back and Amber is thrilled that he put his foot down and made a decision!! They cuddle up on the floor together and they're so happy and in love.

And then the literal next scene cuts to House watching Prescription Passions and this is the scene playing:

My sister? My mirror? My twin? The person who is almost me but isn't me??

We fell in love. What do you want from me? I'm just a man.

As thrilled as I am about this wonderful thing happening, it doesn't compare to the happiness I feel when— we're together, is what obviously comes next if House hadn't paused it.

Which could, again, mean nothing.

[thisbreadisnotgucci]

Poolverine Headcannons that No One Asked For:

• They are both desperately touch-starved and thus are practically glued to one another

• People assume Logan is annoyed at Wade constantly talking and never shutting up but Logan likes listening to him speak and genuinely enjoys hearing his voice

• Logan makes biscuits (like a cat) when he’s nervous

• Logan purrs (like a cat) when he’s happy/cuddling with Wade

[purpleelephantsocks]

Oh god, oh fuck, oh no; the parallels between Jean at the beginning of tsc panicking and telling Wymack "I want to go home" and Jean at the end of tsc falling apart after finding out his baby sister has died, telling Neil the same thing.

"I want to go home."

He is only nineteen

[pixelchix-esports]

Yall how do i explain the difference between a qpr and a situationship to the lgbtq-less people. cos these straights,,,, these allos,,,, i dont think they can conceptualize the difference. im trying so hard to use my words and give them like a textbook definition. do i have to start using charts and diagrams. would they resonate with that

[weepingtalecowboy]

The chain conspiracy (their all unworthy of the triforce of wisdom)

Fanfic prompt: Considering that fairies are magical beings who can sense magic

Imagine hyrule looking at four and then thinking that he is pregnant with triplets or something because why else would he have three extra souls inside him

And then it kind of ends up being a big conspiracy between the chain

Because everything fits together perfectly

Four gets sick from portal traveling (sometimes even throws up or has headaches)

Four eats like he is four people

Four has crazy mood swings (like going from angry too happy in seconds then going to serious and so on)

And then the chain wants to make him more comfortable and be more protective

While four has no idea why they are AGAIN treating him like a toddler

He is short not helpless (it only confirms for the chain what they were thinking when Blue blows up on them)

Not getting the fact that his whole group is thinking that he is pregnant

Because how can a sane..(ish) person even come up with this

Yet alone figure out that it’s THAT what the chain is thinking

[onebizarrekai]

oh my god a fucked up nonbinary lesbian. I adore her

[meamiki]

siffrin with birds!!!

...siffrin being taken away by birds!!!

who knows where they are going!

[actual-changeling]

this one is thanks to a post by @thegroovyfool because she is very much correct - we do not talk about aziraphale's "i need you" enough.

so once again, with a deep breath and a sigh, welcome back to alex's unhinged meta corner, where i tear apart the confession scene frame by frame. i'm gonna say, watching this particular clip over and over and focusing on aziraphale's face almost took me out.

let's get into it.

first, how about a little look at our starting point. (any blurry screencaps are due to a LOT of movement on michael's part rip)

crowley is very pointedly facing away from him, he turned after aziraphale said "we can be together - angels!", presumably because being offered exactly what he wants in the one way he cannot have it fried his brain, cause besties it surely fried mine.

aziraphale on the other hand looks openly desperate, which is why he says "i need you." more on that later. let's have a look at how he says it, because michael "microexpressions" sheen is putting in the work.

to me, he seems close to tears, his eyes are glistening in that specific "i'm about to cry my eyes out" way i know from looking in the mirror while crying

he is trying to get crowley to listen to him and to turn around. he wants crowley to face him, which is something most people tend to want during an argument. talking to someone who is not looking at you tends to make someone frustrated and like they're not hearing you/do not care about what you have to say.

aziraphale looks close to despair, his i need you is a plea to crowley to come with him. he is opening himself up not just emotionally but physically, too.

he slightly leans forward, his arms are raised and seem to both slightly grasp for crowley and point towards his chest/heart for emphasis. the pure pain visible on his face knocks the air out of me every single time i look at it.

aziraphale is admitting to needing him, something he has never done before, hell, he has told him the exact opposite on numerous occasions. i don't need you. and while they both knew it was a) a lie and b) a way for him to deal with his conflicting emotional standpoints and cognitive dissonance, it still hurt crowley every. single time.

crowley was there for him no matter what, he knows aziraphale needs him but he came back and remained at his side even when he was pushed away and more or less openly insulted. he endured it all.

aziraphale saying i need you now is pretty much a slap in the face but also what crowley needs to hear. as with everything that happens during the entire conversation, the timing is fucked up and they're talking past each other.

in my opinion, that is why crowley does not react.

only when aziraphale turns spiteful and starts questioning his understanding (aka calling him stupid without outright saying it) does he re-enter the conversation.

aziraphale, however, is upset. now, i will put on my tinhat for just a second and turn up the insanity because there are two more things i want to talk about.

first, the little stutter at the beginning.

"i ngk - i need you."

my question is - why? why does he stumble over these words in particular when it does not happen with any other sentence? the only other time is right after crowley walks away with his "good luck", he stumbles over crowley's name.

so, in short, it happens when he is either caught off-guard or saying something incredible emotional.

and this, everyone, is where i go unhinged in my interpretation.

what if he initially did not want to say "i need you?" what if he was so caught up in getting crowley to stay/come with him that he did not think and almost confessed another three word sentence?

what if he was about to say "i love you" but stopped himself because no, that's too direct, they don't do that, they can't do that. it goes against EVERYTHING they have silently build over the last six thousand years. so he chokes on it. he chokes on it and instead he says "i need you" because it means the same thing.

i need you. don't leave me. come with me. be an us. go off together.

i forgive you. i love you.

they say it over and over again because that's the only way they can say it.

that is why aziraphale is so angry and upset after saying it. he told crowley he loves him, he needs him, and all he got in return was silence.

the funny part is that this code may have worked before, but it no longer does. crowley is too hurt to listen to what aziraphale is trying to tell him, and aziraphale is equally as hurt and also not listening anymore.

the funny part is that it stopped being about love and started being about sides again. my side, your side, our side. choose a side, choose our side, choose me.

the funny part is that beelzebub and gabriel told them what they need to do, i found something that mattered more to me than choosing sides.

[dollopole]

I love how Merlin’s way of showing affection is what he got used to while growing up: easy smiles, hugs, words of love and affirmations.

Meanwhile, Arthur’s way of showing affection is punches on the shoulders, gifts, sparring and taking people outside.

But when these two clashes, Arthur is not used to Merlin’s way of showing care, and Merlin doesn’t know what Arthur likes, and what he can do to make him feel better, because Arthur cannot articulate it, since he never had to do it in the first place.

So they’re left with nothing, with a mixture of the two, and they end up not doing anything about what they feel.

Suddenly, Merlin’s typical ways don’t seem to work with Arthur. Viceversa, Arthur’s perhaps harsher ways don’t work with Merlin.

And they’re there, asking themselves what could be done, and whatever is left to do. (fucking)

[ratgirlexe]

It feels almost weird to me that I really struggle to compute HDG as a horror-adjacent setting like so many others do. I know that there is an inherent power imbalance in the vast majority of relationships within the setting, and that can easily lend itself to a feeling of dawning horror when the protagonist realizes that they are inherently powerless against whatever is about to happen to them, but ultimately the setting just... isn't very scary to me in the way that it seems to be for so many others.

Maybe it's because I haven't read as many of the more extreme horror-adjacent entries, or maybe its because the other settings in which I write are so much more bleak, but its just not why I come to HDG to write. Ultimately when I'm writing in HDG, there's an inherent positive slant to what I'm writing, because there's this idea that ultimately by the end of the story the characters will be in a better place than where they started. It might take forced drugging or brainwashing or any number of potentially horrific things to get them there, but at least in my estimation its ultimately going to be for their own benefit?

And again, maybe I just need to read some of the darker things folks have written, I know there's a handful of works by certain writers that are apparently much more extreme in how the dynamics between characters work, but ultimately HDG as a setting is one of wish fulfillment, both for submissives, dominants, and those in between. I can't see it as anything but hopeful, even if sometimes the big plants are quite scary.