#but... 👀

[moonydanny]

Do you ever think about the fact that, after Buck pulls Tommy towards the bedroom by his shirt, once out of frame Oliver had to catch Lou because that man had momentum and he probably crashed into Oliver a bit?

No? Just me? 🥲🥲 I need help.

[capt-sievert]

Funny how I chose to go to art school even though I knew it led to basically nothing work wise because I was suicidal af and didn't think I'd get old enough to actually be able to seek for a job, but now I'm 18 and on antidepressants and not planning on ending my life anytime soon lolol what do I do now

[aquareegia]

he may be fucked up, but i gotta tell you he has excellent tits

[lylahammar]

the one perk he can't earn

[moonydanny]

I'm sorry for hijacking your wonderful gifset @bucktommysource but your gifs are perfect for what I wanna say 💞

I know we're all raving about the morning after scene and how Lou's performance is incredible. It really is. He goes from doting to vulnerable/guarded to heartbroken to COLD. Right? Right.

HOWEVER, I haven't seen anyone talk about this moment right here. I would like to drive your attention to the 3rd gif, right after Buck says "Yeah, I did."

I LOVE the way Tommy's face just drops. Because think about it. A couple of seconds before, he was admitting that he'd been fighting the urge to call Buck FOR MONTHS. He's basically confessing that he hasn't stopped thinking about Buck all this time. He was driving by his place the other day. Right? And then Buck cuts in with the 'nope, you actually weren't hehe, don't live there anymore' all jokey. He didn't mean it in a bad way at all, just stating a new fact about himself, making the moment lighter...

But Tommy doesn't know that Buck has ALSO been fighting the urge to call him. He doesn't know that Buck could've opened a bakery with the amounts of baked goods he baked BECAUSE he was pining so hard. Tommy👏🏼doesn't👏🏼know👏🏼this.

What Tommy just heard was that Buck moved out of the loft and he didn't know. No one told him (how could they if everyone dropped him like a hot potato, but that's a different issue, I digress). How long ago did he move out? To where? Sure, he doesn't have the right to know these things anymore, right? Buck's probably moved on. But it still stings. All this time, he's pictured Buck in his loft, replayed every moment they spent there... But that's all gone, and HE DIDN'T KNOW.

He looks so sad in that gif, just for a second. I LOVE IT. Lou has this wonderful ability to act without words, which is not a very common skill, and not an easy one to master. You can see Tommy's internal monologue so clearly on his face, every time. The intentionality of his acting choices is like practically tangible. He cares so much about Tommy, he thinks about him beyond the storylines he's been part of, he finds explanations for Tommy's words and actions, he built Tommy a backstory just for himself. That's a good actor RIGHT THERE.

tagging a few moots who showed interest (or I think would like to scream with me abt this hehe) @typicalopposite @kinard-buckley @qwordavoider @quintessenceofdust88 @loulover911

"In fact, I…was driving by your place the other day."

[pangur-and-grim]

alright, I’m annoyed with the class that I’m taking. it’s about writing novels, and I thought it would have cool stuff about balancing your narrative and developing themes etc, but instead she spent the first class talking about how every book fits into the Hero’s Journey (the monomyth template). and I was somewhat of a contrarian, and said “can you give us examples of books that don’t fit into this template?” and she said “no. because all books fit.”

but I dunno man, I just finished reading this Korean book where the plot is just the character having a string of hookups and reflecting on them without changing in any way. I don’t know if it’s possible to contort that into the Hero’s Journey.

[occudo]

A fish out of water story I just remembered last year I did some siren!jon and selkie!martin, so here is some more of them, for the end of May

[gaybuckybarnesss]

DAVID HARBOUR Thunderbolts* (2025)

[acorviart]

the unicorn, freed

the original "unicorn in captivity" tapestry actually represents a happy confinement in marriage, with the pomegranate tree and various flowers symbolizing marriage and fertility. so you could say that I have drawn. horse divorce

[gleamiarts]

take a bite

this is part of a zine! digital | physical

[auckie]

https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1765391777580912958?s=20

PLEASE GD IF YOU LOVE AND WANT TRAINS

[wizard-loving-wizard]

brennan's comments about game changer and one year later from the AMA

[psin314]

spite is like their naughty little cat.

[probablyethan]

I don't know if anybody already called it out, but every Life series Winners Soulmate (except for Joel (for now)) has also won a season.

Which I know is only a coincidence but still so funny to me.