#and you realize just how young 30 and 40 and 50 are

[mirai-e-jump]

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Character Book: We're KING!!!!!

PROLOGUE

Jeramie Brasieri was troubled. After ending the conflict between humans and the strange looking creatures, Bugnarak, and with the turning point of becoming king, he wanted to create a new story.

However, he couldn't come up with anything that could surpass, "The Legend of King-Ohger," which he himself had written, and was known to everyone in Chikyu. And so, he decided to make a proposal to the 5 kings, who were also his figthing comrades…or so it goes.

Gira Hasty

"I'm going to rule the world!"

Taisei Sakai guesses what's going on in Gira's head! 50% Children from the orphanage 20% The people of Shugoddam 15% The kings and citizens of the other countries 10% What I was like when I was young 5% Food

My Favorite Point: The Cloak "I was worried in the beginning on whether it would look good on me, but now, it's my favorite!" (-Sakai)

Yanma Gast

"You guys, just shut up already and follow me. I'm not going to lose to anyone!"

Aoto Watanabe guesses what's going on in Yanma's head! 80% Technology and research for the sake of the country's future 15% When it comes to N'kosopa, how I should act as a king 5% Space to think about other stuff

My Favorite Point: Cuff Earring "I like that it has alot of decorations, including N'kosopa's emblem and the jagged edges." (-Watanabe)

The Jacket "I can understand why Yanma loves it, The key point is that it's got alot of texture!" (-Watanabe)

Hymeno Ran

"I'll do as I want and follow my own path!"

Murakami Erika guesses what's going on in Hymeno's head! 40% Cute things and beautiful scenery, fashion and other things including the "arts" 30% Lifesaving and medical research for the sake of Ishabana's people 20% Romantic stories 10% Daydreaming about the future

My Favorite Point: The Spiral Curled Hair "With this hair, I love the novel style of it being tied up and the tiara attached to the knot." (-Murakami)

The Immovable King and Moffun

A Special photoshoot with Rita Kaniska and Moffun has become a realization! With their mask removed, Rita enters a relaxed mode, and is being healed by and carefully brushing the fur of Moffun.

"Together with Moffun" is a long running animated series that depicts Panpy, a cryptid hunter, meeting the legendary yetis Moffun and living in "Mofu Village." The white, cute and fluffy visuals, the love of humans, and the willingness to be hugged so tightly…The healing nature of Moffun is very popular among both children and adults, and is known to have achieved the highest viewership rating in Ishabana of 90.9%, which is run by Hymeno Ran.

One of the reasons for the love of this series, was the proof of bond between the queen of Ishabana and her people. Having lost her parents in the "Wrath of God" tragedy 15 years ago, Hymeno, who became queen at such a young age, had suffered greatly…It was at this time that the people of Ishabana rose up. They made the show with the hopes that she would smile as much as possible, and Hymeno, who grew up watching it, turned into a wonderful queen and doctor.

Another big fan of this show, which is currently airing all across Chikyu, loves it. It's the King of Gokkan, Rita Kaniska. Rita's "Moffun Love " is becoming apparent to Hymeno, while Rita doesn't show any emotion due to their duty as king…If Moffun's charm, which has won the hearts of the two kings, spreads any further, is it possible…the future of Chikyu could become brighter?!

Rita Kaniska

"Even if the earth were to split or the sky falls, Rita Kaniska will not be shaken!"

Hirakawa Yuzuki guesses what's going on in Rita's head! 90% Trials and other work that has to get done 10% Wanting to play with Moffun

My Favorite Point: The Collar "They usually wear a collar that covers their face, so scenes where they show their face are appealing." (-Hirakawa)

Kaguragi Dybowski

"We'll eliminate these pests for a bountiful harvest"

Kaku So guesses what's going on in Kaguragi's head! 75% Toufu 10% The other countries kings 10% Suzume 5% Racules

My Favorite Point: The Furisode's Patterns "I like that the design shows off the various emotions. This costume is a must for Kaguragi!" (-Kaku)

Jeramie Brasieri

"Humans, Bugnarak, and everything else, I rule over all and determine the fate of the world. The king of inbetween, the story of what I do will be passed down forever."

Ikeda Masashi guesses what's going on in Jeramie's head! 80% Peace 20% Stories

My Favorite Point: The Forehead Makeup Instead of using a sticker, I have the patterns drawn on instead. It's the switch that gets me into the role! (-Ikeda)

[redfoxwritesstuff]

Posting schedule: Friday Misdemeanor, and Wednesdays for one the occasional one shot. Tag lists are always open. 

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A Misdemeanor Of The Heart 

Banner Alastors done by @blobin456drawz, Banner done by @redvexillum

Human Alastor x married reader Rated Adult for adult themes,triggering content and sexual content. Potentially DD:DNE, mind the warnings Series Trigger Warnings: Adultery, stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, smut, Domestic Violence, Time period accurate views on women and domestic violence and skin color, murder

Summary: Fading away in an abusive marriage, each day passes just the same as the last. Painful monotony eats at you until a pair of warm brown eyes sparks the idea that you could have something more. When a business deal between men sparks a torrid affair, how long can you keep things going before the fire either leaves you a burnt out shell or burns up everything around you?

And what becomes of the radio host who thought he was above the fickle fires of the heart when the match he strikes burns his hand instead? Can he possess what rightfully belongs to another man without leaving everything he has fought for in ashes?

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

MisD Sidepieces: One shots or fics that take place in a MisD AU or are MisD canon but written by another.

Inappropriate Demeanor by @nyx-umbrakinesis (Canon placement, end of chapter 22)

Audio Chapters by Nyx Productions: Chapter 1: part 1 part 2, Chapter 2:  Part 1, part 2, part 3, chapter 3, Part 1, part 2, part 3, Chapter 4: Part 1, Part 2,  Chapter 5: Part 1, Part 2, Chapter 6: Part 1, Part 2

For Eternity (Completed)

Banner by @redvexillum

Alastor x Angel!Wife Oc (Isabel) Rated: Adult Warnings: This fic contains sexual content, explorations of consent within Angel Dust's contract in relation to sex work, Sexual assault, Possessive and obsessive behaviors, Power dynamics, Adam being an ass, kidnapping, Vox is in hell for a reason, Val is in hell for a reason, Vox has a weird thing for Alastor, Angel Dust is sweet as pie, murder, revenge, implied sexual assault and harassment, miscarriage and death.

Summary: Isabel died young, leaving behind her husband to pick up the pieces. Finding herself in Heaven, she waits for her husband to join her. And waits. And waits. Years and decades pass as she faces the realization that Alastor may not be joining her in Heaven, leaving her largely alone in a realm of double standards and fake smiles.

She must decide if she is going to move on from her marriage or do whatever it takes to reunite with her husband. Would he even still want her? Would she survive the dangers to find him? Would the cost be worth what could be gained?

Is Heaven really Heaven if the one you love isn't there with you?

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Another day in Paradise (On hiatus)

Pairing: Eventually Alastor x OFC, later- light Alastor x ofc x Lucifer Rated: Adult for eventual smut Content warnings: It's Hazbin Hotel- this feels redundant. Sex, eventual smut, referenced implied suicide to be discussed in more detail later, drugs, drinking, poor coping, toxic behavior, controlling behavior, cannibalism, idk, it's fucking Hazbin Hotel, if it's worth a content warning it's probably going to come up at some point? Religious trauma. reader has a name/is a oc.

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4

A Taste of Sugar

Alastor x reader Rated: Adult for smut TW: blood kink, bondage, reader with trauma from food insecurity Summary: As you work through the trauma of your life and starving to death, you dismantle your stash of snacks for what you hope will be the final time. Snack cakes, cookies and crackers are given to everyone around you, except one resident in the hotel whom you knew wouldn't enjoy or consume the treats. Then, as the flow of treats tricked to a stop, stash dismantled, small brown boxes containing treats began to appear at your door. Simple, delicious and seemingly homemade treats without so much as a note.

He watched and he waited, each week for your offer. Each week, no offer came and again he left his gift at your door. Why would you not think of him? Why would you not see him? What did he have to do for you to consider him?

Chapters: 1,  2 

Wild Flowers (One shot)

Alastor x readerRated: Adult, 18+ Content warnings: Sex pollen trope and related questionable consent due to intoxication, oral (f receiving), multiple orgasms, knotting, praise, dancing that shouldn't be that sexy, biting, a touch of blood drinking, female masterbation, some possessiveness, Alastor being a bit of an ass

Summary: You had always loved flowers, so when you found a patch of pretty purple wildflowers growing in the small forest behind the hotel, you didn't think twice about picking a small handful to bring back to your room. While they smelled lovely, you were wholly unprepared for the side effects of exposure or the repercussions of offering the terrifyingly handsome Radio Demon a smell on your way to your room.

With your body burning from the inside out with an overwhelming need and a displeased Radio Demon pushing his way into your room, you have no idea what you're in for.

All you wanted was to pick some flowers but you got so much more.

Audio version brought to you by @nyx-umbrakinesis,  Pt1, Pt2, Pt3, Pt4, Pt5, Pt6.

Steamy Situations 18+  (One shot)

Alastor x readerRated: Adults only Warnings: Smut. It's shower smut. Female bodied reader. Careful with your shower sex.

Summary: You're hot and bored and your husband is busy working. If only there was a way you could distract him, get some of his attention and cool off. Audio Fic credits: Read by the lovely @nyx-umbrakinesis (Audio fic part 1, part 2)

Read me to sleep? (One shot)

Alastor x readerRating: G Summary: After a long, shitty day out and about you drag yourself home to the hotel to seek shelter and comfort in the one place you knew you could find it.

Home is where the heart is (One shot fluff) 

Vox x Reader Rated: General Warnings: I accidently spilled a little angst on the fluff serving. Sorry?

Summary: You're cooking dinner when your secret boyfriend comes home. Caught up in the moment, confessions are made and hearts are put on the line.

A Bed of Electric FLowers (One Shot)

Header done in part by the wonderful, amazing, fantastical @redvexillum

Vox x ReaderRated: Adult CW: Sex pollen trope, sex toy use, female masterbation, Vox's glowstick dick, way too many tv details, Male receiving oral,

Summary: A unexpected floral arrangement is delivered to your door as you're trying to ignore the lingering absence of your flat faced boyfriend. When Vox returns home and finds you in a compromising position, he's eager to assist even without a clue as to what has you so worked up.

Sister Dearest (One shot)

Requested: Vox x Alastor’s!Sister!Reader rated: Adult

Summary: Sneaking out of the protection of the protection of your brother's district was dangerous. Not only did you risk Alastor's wrath, you risked catching the eye of some unsavory characters. While you could meet many friends upon the streets of the forbidden tech district, you find Vox and his alluring promises of a good time.He knew of your brother and seemed to hold no animosity, surely he was a friend to the Radio Demon, right? Surely you could trust his company, right?Right?

Power (One Shot)

Vox x Reader Rating: Explicit 18+ Warnings: Porn without plot, Power dynamics, Secretary reader, Choking on dick, Office blowjob. 

Summary: Vox is wound tight after his on air showdown with the newly returned Alastor. The show must go on though and you have just what he needs to get into the right headspace to move forward. 

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[yuri-is-online]

Hey, remember the soulmate au by tiyoin(?) I recently read your post abt idia and Leona reacting to yuu being their mates, but I wanna take it a step further since I saw idias line abt the family curse (this has yandere implications so if it's not your cup of tea please feel free to just ignore, nothing is outright mentioned tho)

What if yuu has a family curse similar to the aishi family in yandere simulator? (It's been years since I touched the game so if the lore changed I'm basing it off of 2018 ish lore, just with my own twist) basically yes, yuu CAN feel emotions, they're just muted and barely there. Given the right conditions (like falling in love or spending time with friends) and/or antidepressants they'll basically be like any other person, without them it's like a less severe version of the aishi women pre-falling in love

So, afab ppl born in yuus family, once falling in love, start losing their sanities and adopt yandere like behavior (stalking, increasing rage and jealousy, willingness to murder, etc) unfortunately this means they usually die young (20s or 30s) how quickly/young they die is based on their willpower (resisting the urges) and when/if they fall in love (so someone falling in love for the first time in their 40s and having insane willpower, caving in 20 years later in their 60s has more luck than a 16 year old falling in love and caving in almost immediately). Unfortunately everyone is a carrier, men carry the gene and can pass it to their daughters, but it only presents in the women/afab ppl, so transfems won't be affected but transmascs will.

What if yuu fell in love already (in their own world) and has just been doing a really REALLY good job at Resisting The Urges™️. Like, sometimes they slip up and cave in to anger or get ridiculously jealous, but they try their hardest to tamp down the feelings. Yuu has sworn off falling in love (again) and has given up their dream of having a big family bc of the curse, they're even distancing themselves from their object of affection in an attempt to "be normal again" at the cost of their own sanity.

So yuu gets transported to twst, and without their darling, they have the chance to be normal again, assuming they can get past the initial panic frenzy. Then the soul bond is revealed and they just go "nope. Not this shit again" and spouts cryptic messages about a family curse and swearing off love. I'm pretty sure most of the boys would feel a bit hurt by that lmao

This is mostly made for idia since his segment is what sparked the idea in the first place, but which characters from most to least likely do you think would try to pursue mc and figure out the truth to leave them alone and try to move on? I personally can't see someone like kalim giving up on both but I think the octatrio would try to look for the truth but be 50/50 on pursuing yuu or dropping them like a hot potato. Idia I think would try to relate to yuu and try to pursue them, but I think he'd probably be a bit put off once yuu starts dropping hints about the curse (he's a weeb so it won't take long for him and maybe Ortho to put 2+2 together and figure out the curse)

tiyon's soulmate au can be found here, their first post inspired some asks, which led to my own soulbound au the rules of which can be found here. Please support tiyon and interact with their soulmate au! They're a very creative blog and deserve the attention~ give them some reblogs!

so. uh. I got this ask when I first woke up and 1) very happy to hear from you Rose, always lovely to get a new ask and 2) yandere? sim? has lore? I did not think people actually played the game? help. i've fallen and misplaced my life alert. As a rule I don't really write for a Yuu who is just x character from y game/anime (it is in my rules) so while I was at work realizing I might be old I was trying to think of a way to do this that wasn't just yan sim (I wanted something properly gn) and I think I've got something? I am currently beating away the desire to info dump on you about the myth of Sigurd and Brunhilde (i could scream about that for hours oh god oh please i have written an actual au for that but efkjbekjrgbjrthnytrh) So here is the basic idea:

Yuu ran afoul of a witch in their world and was appropriately cursed. Given the myth I was inspired by I don't think Yuu did anything bad, but they still made the witch mad so they got cursed to lose all reason should they ever fall in love.

"You will be thine own destruction!" Cackles the witch and Yuu, who is actually normal unlike trey this person takes a deep breath and resigns themselves to researching a way to minimize the effects and maybe break it? They don't know they thought magic was fake until they thought they were just doing a favor for someone but turns out they pissed off Baba fucking Yaga.

They start to isolate themselves since they notice the curse starting to eat at them when they are around anyone the love; they consider going back to the witch and asking for further clarification but they can't seem to find them anywhere so they take some deep breaths and do their best to just be normal.

When they end up in Twisted Wonderland, and start feeling... weird. And it only gets worse when Crowley speculates that they might have been brought to Twisted Wonderland because they posses a soulbond.

And Yuu immediately freaks out because they don't want to kill anyone.

Now as for your question for who would try to pursue Yuu vs just leave them... well I don't really like writing un reciprocated feelings so I hesitate to say any of the cast would drop Yuu. In my au it isn't possible for soulbonds to not be reciprocated, and they are already sort of seen as a curse by mages so this... complication might not be normal but it isn't unexpected if that makes sense. Which would probably make Yuu swearing off love hurt even worse.

Kalim wouldn't want to abandon Yuu. Not ever, no matter how much of a danger they could be to him. Hell, he's willing to forgive people who are trying to poison him on the off chance they might regret it. But he is the heir of House Al-Asim, and I could see his dad paying someone to take Yuu out to keep his son safe. Something Jamil sees coming from a mile away and has to just keep quiet about. Something I can see Jamil feeling bad about, he might not like Kalim but you didn't ask for anything that happened to you. And yet the Asim's took your life from you anyway.

Have to disagree about the octatrio just a bit. Floyd would be into this. And so would Jade. But especially Floyd, oh hee hee ha ha his soul mate wants to kill him? Say less he is on his way to get his ass eat beat with an engagement ring in hand. Both he and Jade would be a little disappointed when the curse is broken and you aren't actively trying to kill him anymore... maybe you could try and poison him huh? Like old times?

I wrote 20 paper pages of soulbond au stuff for Azul so I will try to be brief here but... I don't think this situation would be one that made him try to break the bond. He has... complicated feelings about soulbonds already. If anything I could see him thinking he deserves this.

Now Idia. He's complicated. Pre-overblot he has given up on the concept of breaking his own curse, and I could see him feeling the same way about yours. Ortho on the other hand... even before he gets his soul he wants to help. After the overblot I can see Idia pursuing Yuu determined to find the truth and save them. Not that he wouldn't interact with them before that, he's a bit nihilistic so I can see him just making a bunch of jokes about the situation or promising to let Yuu kill him "after this next round." Or just straight up asking them to when he has to hit pity in one of his gachas. It's just cringe enough that it snaps Yuu out of the curse fog for long enough for the two of them to be normal around each other. And by normal I mean incredibly awkward

Anyway that's all I've got. Thank you for the ask ♡

[urfavoritewizard]

(ooc)

It’s been 10 years since TAZ: Balance came out and I’m still having such big feelings about Lucretia (I relistened to the entire season and it crushed me as always)

Anyways I need you all to imagine what Lucretia went through after the Stolen Century bc a lot of y’all still demonize her for what she did not realizing how young and scared she was bc y’all keep imagining her as a wisened 50-something

But she’s not actually in her 50s, that’s just how old her body ended up after her time in Wonderland

She and Magnus are around the same age, which means that before she spent that decade trying to find the Grand Relics by herself, she and Magnus were in their early/mid-20s

Imagine Lucretia falling in love with Magnus during the stolen century and not saying anything bc she spent so much of that period being shy and just taking notes on everything that happened around her and not really doing anything or actively spending time with anyone

Imagine Lucretia at 25 panicking about the Hunger and realizing that the only way to keep her friends safe was to make them forget about the Hunger and the relics they made, and make them forget about *her*

Imagine Lucretia at 25 meticulously choosing where to put her friends so that they’d live good lives, blissfully unaware of the oncoming apocalypse

Imagine Lucretia at 30 (now physically 50) learning that Taako’s career as a professional chef was cut short bc Sazed sabotaged him and poisoned and killed 40 people

Imagine Lucretia finding out that Merle was in a loveless marriage and walked out on his family, something he never would’ve done during the Stolen Century

Imagine Lucretia finding out that Magnus fell in love with someone *who wasn’t her* and got married and saved his town and then lost everything

Imagine Madame Director Lucretia looking him in the eyes, acting like she never knew him, crushed by the weight of the knowledge that he can never know who she is or how much she loves him, and that even if he remembered her, he would never love her the way he loved Julia

[samwisethewitch]

Something I've been thinking about lately: In conversations about being intentionally child-free, I see a lot of people talk about how much they resent constantly being told that they'll change their minds someday. And yeah, that sucks. When you tell someone that they'll regret their choices or go back on them someday, you're telling them you don't trust them to make their own decisions. And that's a dick move.

But what I see left out of a lot of these conversations is the fact that some people do change their minds about kids, and that is also okay.

People change. Our priorities and our values change. Someone identifying as child-free at 20 and then realizing at 30 that they actually do want to be a parent doesn't invalidate other people's decision not to have kids. It doesn't even invalidate that person's previous decision. They're growing. They're changing, and that's okay. Healthy even.

When I was 18, I felt very strongly that I would never marry and never have children. For me, this was a reaction to growing up in a religious environment where women were second-class citizens, and what little autonomy/independence single women had immediately went away when they got married. And once you had kids? Well, once you had kids, your personal life was officially over and your identity now started and ended with being so-and-so's mother.

If your only model of marriage and parenthood is a nuclear family where the husband is in charge and makes all of the decisions while his wife does all of the housework and childcare and not much else, OF COURSE you wouldn't want to get married or have kids! My thought process at 18 was basically, "Well, I want to have my own money and make my own choices and have an identity outside of being a mom, so clearly the family life isn't for me."

I'm 25 now. I'm married. My husband and I both kept our own last names, and we maintain separate bank accounts. I have a job that I'm good at, and a lot of people know me from my work. I still have my own money, make my own choices, and have my own identity. None of that went away when I got married. All that's changed is that I have a partner and best friend that I decided to do life with, and we had a ceremony and signed a piece of paper to make it official. We're not quite at the having kids stage yet, but it is something we both want someday.

Me wanting marriage and kids now doesn't invalidate my decision at 18. When I was 18, focusing on my education and career was absolutely the right choice for me. I needed to be able to focus on myself without considering how it would affect a spouse or kids. Eventually, I realized marriage and parenthood can look a lot of different ways. I realized I can decide what they look like for me. I don't have to follow the model I grew up with. And I realized I do want raising kids to be part of my life, just in a way that looks different from what others might expect.

This is a process a lot of people go through, especially women and femmes. If you're in the middle of it right now, just know that you're allowed to change.

And of course, a lot of people don't change their minds. A lot of people who identify as child-free at 20 still don't want kids at 30, 40, or 50. I've met people in their 80s and 90s who never had kids and don't regret that decision. My point here is that some people changing their minds about something doesn't mean it's not a good option for other people.

(And, let's be real, unfortunately a lot of people go the other way: they think they want kids until they have them. That's way more complicated because now there's a whole human person involved who is dependent on them for care and this definitely deserves its own post, but the best advice I can give is if you're young, you need to give yourself time to figure out what you want before committing to anything.)

[junijupi]

it will never amaze me that the ULTIMATE secret to meeting people is just.. going somewhere repeatedly

and *talking to them.*

It's so weird. I go to art class every week, and have for weeks; Rarely speak to anybody there. But when I do-

Today I spoke to a very interesting man after drawing next to him in silence for far too long.

He studied at one of the most prestigious art colleges in the country, worked in the military as a paramedic in the Airforce for 11 years , all while honing his artistic craft. This guy dumped insane amounts of random wisdom onto me about life, art, the battlefield, and everything inbetween. He told me, he was so grateful for a place to express himself like this. He told me how awesome it was I was doing art at such a young age.

He told me, "keep at it."

Another person I met a bit ago- she used to study under a stained glass painter for years during the 80's. Her instructor , (who was a master of her craft,) was admitted to a psych ward because she would lick the mercury-paint off her brush in order to wet it.... multiple times a day. for *years* Lady never saw her instructor again after she was admitted. stopped doing stained glass painting shortly afterwards. got into pottery a bit, before stopping for 30 years. Just now got back into it- she's so eager and excited to learn. Love her.

A 50-60 year old woman who travelled the country, going to different art schools to hone her craft. Doesn't work. At the beginning of the semester, I disliked her greatly. But after working so diligently next to somebody for so long, a certain fondness was formed. We chatted mindlessly as our brushes created strokes down the canvas. She would recommend me good places to buy supplies, and I would lend her some of my paints if she ran out.

A man in his 20's, who I never spoke to until the very end of the semester. He and I would talk about our techniques, and our favorite movies and characters, despite the decade age gap. When the sky turned sour , thick, and smoky from wildfires, he and I would crack jokes about Blade Runner. He was so cool.

This older woman, a little bit clumsy, maybe mid 40's- Never touched a pencil in her life. I don't know much about her story, but I am currently helping her whenever I see she is struggling. It is small things, but it makes me happy to see her improving each and every week. Maybe it's teaching her how to correctly sharpen her pencil, maybe it's giving her an item she forgot.

Today, she wished me a happy week *and used my name*. Our interactions were minor, but she likely overheard the instructor speaking to me, and remembered it to wish me a nice day.

These are all such small things- But everything about them brings me life.

It's seeing all these different personalities, and not even realizing just how rich they truly are until you are knees deep into a riveting conversation with them.

I think this is the reason I do art.

[gunsandspaceships]

Proof that Tony Stark is not an alcoholic in the MCU. Part 2

Iron Man 2:

What’s going on: Tony is dying from palladium poisoning. Alcohol would make things worse for him. Let’s check how much he drinks there:

0:18:15 – Tony is drinking chlorophyll to reduce symptoms.

0:21:20 – Pepper asks him “Have you been drinking?”, Tony replies “Chlorophyll”. He’s completely honest (we just saw him doing it).

0:21:40 – they are drinking champagne to celebrate the new CEO of Stark Industries.

0:26:28 – Monaco. Waiter brings alcohol to Tony and Pepper. Tony takes a glass of (probably) scotch and Pepper a glass of something else.

0:26:31 – Tony says “Cheers” but moves his glass towards Natasha (as if showing her to take it), and she instantly takes both glasses from them and gave them back to the waiter. The guy looks kinda disappointed.

0:26:40 – Pepper takes her drink back, but Tony doesn’t.

0:51:40 – blood toxicity level – 89%. Tony repeats that he wants to cancel the party.

0:53:00 – Tony drinks the dirty martini that Natasha made for him.

0:53:58 – Tony seems drunk. He has a bottle in his hand.

0:55:09 - Pepper takes the bottle from him.

0:56:30 - we can see another bottle in Tony’s hands (Re­my Mar­tin Co­gnac). It's less than half full and there's no way Tony could drink it all.

Then Tony and Rhodey fight each other. See my post “Tony wasn’t drunk (or explanation of his plan to die alone in IM2)” to understand what’s going on in the scene.

Briefly: Tony’s blood contains an almost deadly amount of palladium and can’t stand much alcohol, which is toxic if you didn’t know. He wants to pass his armor to Rhodey without making him and Pepper suspect that something is wrong (see Fury’s words in the Donut scene). He needs to control what’s happening, so he can’t drink at the party, but he pretends that he does. For example, he “can’t stand” in one moment, but has no coordination problem after that. He has “slurred” speech at the party, but after the fight started, it’s back to normal. He can aim easily, something that a drunk person wouldn’t be able to do. He also hurt no one, despite seemingly reckless behavior, and drove the crowd away before blowing up the house with Rhodey.

1:14:58 – Tony drinks Dr Pepper with ice (not alcohol) – we can see the can on the table next to him at 1:14:50.

That’s it. Again we have like 50 minutes until the end of the movie and there are no more scenes where Tony drinks something.

What we can tell by now? Tony drinks 2 times throughout the movie (a glass of champagne at 0:21:40 and a glass of martini at 0:53:00), that’s even less than in his first movie. For comparison, Pepper had 2 drinks in the movie too. And she is not even the main character, accused of being an alcoholic.

He shows poisoning symptoms and “strange” behavior in the movie that others (Rhodey and Pepper) see as signs of alcohol intoxication (like at 0:21:20 or in the Alternate Opening of the movie). I’ll write about that more in the future.

Conclusion: still “normal drinker”.

If we go back from the MCU to our real world, the reason behind the fact that Tony is not an alcoholic on Earth 199999 is purely financial – we are dealing with a movie, whose audience includes kids and teenagers. And one of the main sources of profit for Marvel is merchandise for young consumers. And a guy with a drinking problem is not the most appropriate hero for them.

Here’s the screenwriter Justin Theroux’s words about the Party scene in Iron Man 2:

“…That's how we landed on his illness, that it's the metaphor for a man who's running out of steam and needs his friends to step up. Whereas, if we ran right toward the 'Demon in the Bottle' story, nobody wants to see Tony like that."

"We realized that in a comic book you can have one key-frame where it's a guy, drunk, but in a movie, that's gotta be a big scene and it's gotta be addressed," added Theroux. "A thirteen year old kid does not want to see drunken Tony."

Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/npe63j/demon-in-a-bottle-iron-man-2-justin-theroux

[spectres-fulcrum]

Some Palia crumbs and gut feelings I need to type out

Okay so I met the last “villager” I had left to meet yesterday(as I fell asleep while typing this). Tamala. I didn’t even like her in the promo art, and I had to go to her cause she never comes to town. I knew from promo stuff, she was an adult, a potion maker, and Hassian’s ex, so I was willing to be like some of my initial ick was jealousy. She just gives me SUCH bad vibes.

Like vililan vibes. And I’m intrigued but she grosses me off. Then my mind goes “If all magic is bad then does she even do dark magic if ALL magic is dark? And all you know now is that she does beauty and youth-ew, we will get there- potions.”

But she gives bad news vibes like sirens. Like there’s a reason she’s forced into the northern parts of Bahari Bay and none of the villagers dare to go to the north. Not even Hassian or Hodari who live in the Bay.

And we know it wasn’t always like that-Hassian and Tamala. They were lovers. And he’s a young adult. How young? Idk. I feel like 23/24ish. He feels like middle of the young adult age group characters. Kenyatta and Nai’o feels like the youngest, and Jel and Reth seem the oldest to me. Tamala is classified as adult and looks, idk, 30s, early 30s, and probably spun a web, but I saw in Discord she referred to an event 40 years ago, so she’s what, 45? 50? 60? Like how old was she 40 years ago is the question. (They clearly classified her by her appearence, smart)

So she;s idk how old and seduced the young hunter from the village-red flag. And she uses potions to hide her true age-red flag. And in our daily chat she was like, charming potions are so nice. They compliment you so much/hang onto every word you say/smth. And I’m just like. Angry. Cause is that what you did with Hassian, Tamala? Potioned him into “loving” you? Cause That’s so fucking noncon. Crosses so many lines. And it’s just like-Disguising.

If my gut feeling is right. That whatever they had was dressed up in potions of youth and charm and was never real at all but felt real-felt real enough. Like I grew up on Speak Now enough to know when to say “Alexa play Dear John.” Ow. I can see Hassian and Sifuu having a falling out over this gorgeous woman in the “my mother accused me of losing my mind but I swore I was fine.” Because they’re both so much more… fire…. Than Taylor and Andrea. Like full blowout argument, they don’t talk for weeks. Until Hassian realized it was all pretend and he’s broken and going home and mom doesn’t say I told you so like he’s picturing, but just has hugs and cuddles when the tears comes and it feels likes it’ll never be okay again but that’s…

And Reth once told me Hassian plays cards with Auni? Why? To keep an eye on him? So she can’t sink her claws into a child next? How often does Hodari thank the dragon that Najuma would never have any interest in witches promises beauty and love potions? Is part of why Jina can’t move the red tape an inch because Hassian accidentally moved them and touched magic too intimately?

Idk. Just theorizing some gut feelings and crumbs. I don’t expect the game to delve into any serious shit like this-doesn’t mean we can’t. Also it’s not going to anger as many people cause it’s younger man/older woman vs the other way around. I’m very well aware of that. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t gross me out.

So now I’m like. Tamala will clearly move the plot forward and I want to know what I can gleam from her. And my character doesn’t know about her and Hassian or anything. She just knows her as the recluse who makes potions in north Bahari Bay and she doesn’t like her but is also intrigued. I’m intrigued but enraged and I don’t like how she is. I also don’t like how Taylor put Mean after Dear John on Speak Now. Fucking whiplash.

We’ll see. I just needed to get this out. I am thrilled to write it though but as a game character I do not want to interact with Tamala. And there’s people who romance her??? Well, I imprinted on Hassian and I don’t typically like the goth witchy types so…

[theangryman]

in probably the next few years we might finally have the space to have this conversation

but right now it’s more important that we tell people any and all kinks are 100% okay and should be “safely” engaged with - preferably at a dungeon that’s “vetted” people LOL. (Who runs the dungeons?)

I wonder how many people at the dungeon I went to are going to 💀 themselves when they realize that there are no actual resources that will support them when they exit kink.

the people who love sex work and kink (but not sex workers or masochists) are the ones that control the conversation. Look at the age spread of doms and submissives - older male doms in their 30s, 40s and 50s playing with submissives in their late teens and early twenties. You’re adding a “play” power dynamic to a real one. (What happens when you go to a guys house, he presents himself as an “expert” and tells you he doesn’t “do safewords”? Are you confident enough to leave? *Can* you leave?)

go to a dungeon - where are the old subs? Who is getting attention? They love complaining about “bitter old subs” - people who realize how FUCKED it all is and get out.

I think the biggest mistake I fell for was the propaganda on Fetlife and elsewhere was that dungeon spaces are supposed to be places to find safe partners. Or that there was a genuine concern in kink for people who’ve experienced trauma or sexual assault.

but it really just is a place for straight cis men to get off by exploiting young cis and trans women, as well as the trans men that they still see as women.

[bluemidnightmelody]

lover/fighter - Chapter index

Since this work will be very long, I've decided that it's too complicated to post everything directly on tumblr. Instead, I will link all currently available chapters to the ao3 version (warnings are in the tags on ao3).

Summary: Rhea Lafey has big plans. After a difficult childhood as part of the Capitol's poorer population, she plans to make a difference on her own. After earning her position in the higher circles of society as a practicing doctor with her own practice, it's time for her to spring into action. But what she has planned for a long time threatens to go wrong the very next day. Without knowing it, she has fallen in with far more powerful people than she first realized, and when she is forced into a unforeseen work arrangement, she fears the worst. What awaits her is an insufferable playboy named Finnick Odair. What he's actually up to she doesn't know yet, but she's about to find out. Or how Finnick Odair meets someone in the hated Capitol who could change his life forever. word count by now: 401k

Chapter 1 - Him

Chapter 2 - Her

Chapter 3 - Lost at sea

Chapter 4 - Swimming against the current

Chapter 5 - Dark waters

Chapter 6 - How waves meet the shore

Chapter 7 - After the storm

Chapter 8 - Sad like the ocean

Chapter 9 - The color of the unknown

Chapter 10- A spoonful of sugar against the pain

Chapter 11 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Chapter 12 - The young, the bright, the fair

Chapter 13 - Matters of the heart

Chapter 14 - Swimming in the frozen sky

Chapter 15 - Beneath the surface

Chapter 16 - Cold snow, warm memories

Chapter 17 - Just a game

Chapter 18 - Sea-weary soul

Chapter 19 - Message in a bottle

Chapter 20 - Green and Blue and White

Chapter 21 - Two gentle souls

Chapter 22 - Of pirates and wallflowers

Chapter 23 - He who strides on the waves

Chapter 24 - At the bottom

Chapter 25 - Victory and Defeat

Chapter 26 - Lighthouse

Chapter 27 - Spring and new beginnings

Chapter 28 - Present for you

Chapter 29 - Girls' Talk

Chapter 30 - Painting secrets in the sand

Chapter 31 - The Fischer's Boy

Chapter 32 - The art of healing

Chapter 33 - Fun in the sun and one shocking realization

Chapter 34 - Salty but sweet

Chapter 35 - I love him, I love him not

Chapter 36 - Pride, honor and sacrifice

Chapter 37 - The world of a victor

Chapter 38 - What's in a name?

Chapter 39 - And so it begins

Chapter 40 - A dangerous darkness

Chapter 41 - The face behind the mirror

Chapter 42 - Cloudburst

Chapter 43 - My crying hero

Chapter 44 - Neptune in 4th house

Chapter 45 - Over at last

Chapter 46 - A wild night out

Chapter 47 - Awakening

Chapter 48 - To the sea, to the night, to happiness, to death.

Chapter 49 - Walking over glass

Chapter 50 - Love is a tough business

Chapter 51 - Rules, and those who break them

Chapter 52 - 'Someday'

Chapter 53 - Invisible treasures

I will add to the list whenever I finish new chapters.

~~~

Image source for my dividers: freepik

[that-dreaming-dragon]

This came up in my mind casually reminiscing how I only truly started my queer identity exploration long beyond adult years. Like I’d have thoughts and wondering here and there, but nothing really strikes out to me, as I didn’t have the environment to allow me to begin to ponder.

Below the cut is a bit of a summary of my story.

I’d have crushes on those of the same agab, but I didn’t think much of them during my academy years. There’s simply no frame of reference to tell me that I'm not expected to have such an inclination. In fact, the environment surrounding some of those moments promotes one being as close to aroace as much as possible.

And then amongst those moments, there were the comments that pointed out the disproportion of binary gender within a given classroom and my not comprehending that I was not aligning myself with the person who made the observation. Or the time between my and a trans person’s parents discussing the things that bear not to be mentioned (transphobic stuff), and all I have is this curious wonder towards the trans person.

I’d even written myself in proximations of self-inserts, eluding to being some way trans or more, not realizing the implications (they do often accompany by being nonhuman within those stories, natural or made). The art of self has never had a clear indication of sexual dimorphism. Plus, as someone who is otherkind, my self-portrait is always my dragon self. Which might make the human idea of gender even fuzzier in my mind. (Have you tried looking at a mirror, and you see not a face you recognize, but that of a stranger?)

But it is important because I had discovered otherkin and nonbinary simultaneously (AN: maybe fate's at play :p). And all of the events mentioned above were before the knowledge that, yes, I have the option, I have the words to perfectly describe my experience. And now, I have a community or two that I belong with.

Looking back on it, I am queer and have always been. It just took me a while to have a word to describe my feelings.

(for the record, I was approaching my 30s when I truly had the space and freedom to explore my queer identities.

[mommypieck]

Hello! I've been here for a while and seeing how much you've been through so far makes me sad that you've experienced so much sad shit. I recently came back to your blog since I wasn't on Tumblr for a while(I've been following you for sometime now) and decided to snoop around for a bit to see what I missed, congratulations on 10k followers btw🥺. Also I'm sorry in advance this will probably be long knowing how I can go on for a while.

Some things you've been through I can relate to, my family isn't a step family but it's definitely incredibly dysfunctional and can be shitty. It's almost 4am here so excuse any mistakes I make in writing this, I literally told myself if I didn't send this to you now I'm not gonna be able to later so I'm fighting sleep. Also your friendships I'm sorry you're stuck with people who don't deserve you in just about every aspect ☹️.

You seem like such a genuine sweetheart. I had an experience with a friendship I wanted to end before and I remember being the same as you were, wanting to stay in that friendship but couldn't leave because I was so attached to that person. I thought the end of the world was gonna happen when I left because I was so codependent on them. But I realized that the feelings I had when it came to them shouldn't be taken lightly, the bad feelings, every single one should never be taken lightly. I'm not gonna sit here and make any promises towards you that certain things are gonna be perfect but I can at least say that it's gonna be okay. Not just when but comes to friendships but living apart from your family. I know you've probably heard this shit a million times but you're not gonna be stuck in the same situation forever. If you have decided to leave that friendship I hope you felt the relief I did when I left mine, if you haven't decided to yet, you most likely will feel relieved even if there's always gonna be a longing for the good moments you might have had before, don't let the good distract you from all the bad.

When we all are teenagers or were teenagers, we are constantly told how grown up we have to act that we forget how young we really are. You are 19, you are so incredibly young and you have so much time to become whoever or whatever you want to become. I remember Jane Fonda saying that if you can't do something in your 20s,30s,40s or even 50s, you can still do it in your 60s. I DON'T mean that you won't accomplish all you desire now, because I'm sure you'll definitely get there, but you have a lot of time to get there, to think, to breathe, to exist, to have fun, to have new experiences.

Please remember that you haven't even met all the people who are gonna love you yet. You have so many people who will enter your life later on, as long as you allow them to enter and stay, that can and will love you so much.

If your family is shitty or weird, then you can have your own family, family is not defined to me by blood but by love. So I'm not telling you become pregnant or anything, but your friends can be your family, people you meet along the way can always become family, maybe even family members you'll eventually meet again will rekindle your family relationship.

I'm a bit forgetful (ADHD and trauma not a good combo)so I'm trying to remember what else I was gonna add omg.

You're a sweet girl, you're incredibly talented, if your desire is to become a writer then you're perfect for it already. Honestly I live by, "if Colleen Hoover and Anna Todd can write and publish those damn books, you damn well can too." And I know your books won't suck like theirs do. Full offense to Colleen Hoover fans btw🙃 I expect if you're reading stuff by mommypieck then your taste isn't bad.

Anyway this has been so long and I don't want to overwhelm you, so I'll end it for now, stay safe, and I hope you have a beautiful forever because just wishing you one day isn't enough💖🥺💖.

i am at loss of words.i seriously don't know what to say. thanku so much for this message. it means a world to me really. i am so happy that i have people here who stick with me and actually care what i have to say.i kinda feel bad that you spend so much time, typing all of this. but you seriously gave me hope for better life. thanku so so so so so much. i love u and i appreciate you. thank you again.

[sharkgirldick]

sorry to get all weird and discoursey with it but i dont really see whats wrong with having a server with an upper age limit... idk im apprehensive ab basically anyone who is too far away in age from me because of trauma reasons and i dont think theres any problem with a server being for a specific age range of ppl if thats what everyone there agrees they want

Aging is a gift. To grow old, especially in the queer community, is something that way too many people take for granted.

Making a server with an age range is whatever. I don't really care. But, hopefully, you're going to be 30 and 40 and 50 some day and you're going to realize just how young you are; you're going to worry about kids thinking you're evil just for surviving each day.

[edwardshundredyearoldspunk]

as my friend group have all been slowly turning 30 I've been experiencing this very weird situation where the more they all veer into hopelessness and existentialism the more I do in the opposite direction entirely. it's ironic because for all intents and purposes I'm doing considerably a lot worse than they are in pretty much every aspect of life, and yet when we talk about our 30s I notice just how different the world seems from where I'm standing. it's weird to say this because nothing in my life has fundamentally changed but I honestly love life so fucking much and it makes me sad to see people I love find refuge in the wrong side of nihilism. I don't know, I guess I grew out of hopelessness the moment I realized your 20s are you just getting started and you're going to be 40 and still feel young and it's not actually cool or deep to think you won't make it past 35. or 40. or 50. you will. you will live a long life. the odds are, however unfortunate you find that, on your fucking side. grapple with that instead of living in the denialist idea of dying young.

[ionalottabookmarks]

Duela Dent: Inexplicably Elderly

Duela had two comic appearances in the 80s that I’ve been able to track down. Neither had any plot significance, and neither made any sense.

In the first, Duela is a guest at Donna Troy’s wedding. She has a brief conversation with Dick Grayson, who doesn’t recognize her at first. She says that’s understandable, because her superhero days were 50 pounds ago. Now, she’s not drawn 50 pounds heavier than her last appearance, but she is drawn about 50 years older. (Okay, maybe 30-40. But still.)

Last time we saw Duela, she was roughly Dick’s age - they were in college together. Since then, less than a decade has passed in real time, and less than that in comic time. So, how has she aged multiple decades in less than one? I don’t know! It’s never explained!

All Dick says about her age is that he’s realized she’s too old to be Two-Face’s daughter; she expresses surprise that he’s just figured that out, then walks away.

The thing is, Dick is right - not just about this Duela, who appears to be older than Two-Face, but about our usual, younger Duela.

If Duela and Robin are roughly the same age, and Bruce and Harvey are about the same age, Duela could easily be Harvey Dent’s daughter. However, Harvey rejects Duela because she isn’t twins, indicating he’s already had the mental breakdown that leads to his obsession with the number 2 - a breakdown that happened when Robin was already at least a preteen. Duela could be Harvey’s daughter, but she couldn’t be Two-Face’s, because she should have been born a good decade before he became Two-Face.

However, making her 30-50 years older does nothing to fill that plot hole.

Duela’s second old lady appearance takes place in what seems to be a mental institution. She’s attending some sort of group therapy, and telling the others that she used to be a Teen Titan.

She tells us that Speedy hated her (true), that she had a pipe (true - it blew bubbles), and that Robin loved her (no evidence for this in a romantic sense, although they did appear to be good friends.) Someone points out she’s too old to have been a Titan. That’s it. That’s the scene. It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of this comic, and we never come back to it.

As a Duela fan, I’m bothered by this whole thing - the inexplicable aging, the fact that she’s viewed in-universe as a delusional old woman, the implication that she’s been institutionalized for telling the truth, and none of her friends have intervened.

The whole set-up doesn’t make sense. It serves no purpose. It seems like it must be leading somewhere, but it never does - Duela won’t appear again for 15-20 years, and when she does, she’s young again, and she’s apparently had a personality transplant. What was the point of this? Why would you do this to her?

[tardytothesimspardy]

Mr. Flat Broke and Mrs. Flo Broke pose

Mr. Buck Broke and Mrs. Mary Lu Broke suit dress veil bouquet pose

Okay okay okay so before you ask "What is this and also why", you know that whole chronology thing in The Sims series? How the order of games within the lore is TS3, TS1, TS2, and then TS4 is outside of all that? And how additionally, TS2 is set in 2004, TS1 takes place 25 years before that, and TS3 takes place 25 years before TS1? Doing some basic math, that places TS3 in 1954.

Every so often I get these Ideas™ (some may say delusions) where I want to have things look a Certain Way, and The Sims is no different. I wanted to know what my Sims would look like if they were from the 1950s, and so I went on a huge dive through all sorts of tumblrs, looking for vintage clothing, specifically from the American 1930s-50s.

But that wasn't enough because of course it wasn't.

I realized that people are not always wearing the height of fashion for their current era (I, for example, am definitely not wearing whatever is the Thing for the 2020s). It's also important (so I said to myself) to keep in mind that hand-me-downs exist, that certain money-saving habits exist, and so Sims like the Brokes (known for being broke) might not have that stuff. So I then started trying to figure out what kind of clothes they would have, and how that would look, which eventually dumped me down a further rabbit hole where I asked one (1) simple question: when where the Brokes born?

Like if Flat and Flo were elders in The Sims 3 (which is ever so vaguely suggested to be the mid-1950s), then how old were they? When were they born? I decided to break the age stages down into

newborn: birth-6 months

infant: 7 months-2 years

toddler: 3 years-5 years (I know, a bit of a stretch)

child: 8 years-13 years

teen: 13 years-19 years

young adult: 20 years-30 years

adult: 40 years-60 years

elder: 70 years-death

With that in mind, Flo and Flat would have been around 70 in TS3. 1954 - 70 = 1884. Absolutely insane. This Sims are so old. But then I was wondering when they would have gotten married, since that is a pretty big life event. I had Flo and Flat get married a bit later in their young adulthoods, so I placed their marriage at 30 years, making it 1914. So then I set about looking up formal/wedding clothes that people wore in the early- to mid-1900s, which was the Edwardian era, and then starting to move into the Rawring 20s uwu, but again keeping in mind that Flo and Flat might not have been able to afford brand new clothes, they had slightly older wedding outfits.

I then did the same thing with Mary Lu and Buck, just with the difference in time. Buck and Flat have a huge age gap, Flat is an elder when Buck is still a young adult (towards the end of his young adulthood, but still). So I again tried to figure some stuff out, and decided that Flat was 30 years older than Buck. A very big age difference, barely possible, but still aligning with the established timeline (I must ask again why TS3 did this). We already know that 1884 + 30 = 1914, so that is when Buck (and Mary Lu, for convenience) were born.

Unlike Flo and Flat, Mary Lu and Buck got married as soon as they could, because they (very scandalously) had a child before marriage, so they got married at 18 (I did look up average ages of marriage around when they would have gotten married and it was in the early 20s), and 1914 + 18 = 1932. And so I again looked up general wedding garb from the 20s and 30s, and actually had to download some CC this time, and hey presto! I got everything taken care of.

The best part of all of this, is that the pictures are actually in my game, like I could replace the wedding photo I initially had for Flo and Flat and replace it (I might do it, I'm not sure), and now Buck and Mary Lu actually have a wedding photo.

Sorry if this was hard to read, this is just purely my stream of consciousness.