#either way dude’s absolutely going to be a Problem going forward

[novelconcepts]

At this point, if we’re leaning heavily into the red herring “all the surviving YJs are paranoid and blaming each other” re: Lottie’s death, my instinct is Walter. The “bored Moriarty looking for his Sherlock” with way too much time and money on his hands. The dude who already killed once without batting an eye. The dude who only ever wants to help Misty, who doesn’t believe any of her friendships are viable, and who would do pretty much anything to distract her from her grief. How do we distract Misty? Give her something new to fixate on. What would she care about most? A murder mystery.

[patentedsun]

Rapid fire Fairy Tail rewatch thoughts. May or May not expand upon each point later on.

THIS IS LONG AS HELL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP.

for reference, I've reached tartaros so far. I am aware of the canon happenings after that tho.

The female cast is so good idc what anyone says obviously the fanservice is awful BUT I will say, in the earlier arcs, it actually felt decently balanced because of Gray's whole stripping shtick + Natsu's cunty vest wasn't particularly modest either LOL.

Erza is such a wonderful character. I've seen comments that she goes downhill like 100yq onwards but. Um. 100yq characterisation.... that's a whole post of its own.

I never expected to like Lucy so much. idc that it takes her like 200 episodes to win a fight solo because when she FINALLY DOES IT WAS THE BEST MOMENT OF THE SERIES BY FAR. characters who's defining traits r kindness and compassion <33

Interesting how Lucy is the traditional shounen protag (underdog, skills develop overtime) because the rest of team Natsu sans Wendy were all like ... already kinda OP established mages even at the beginning.

I know there are debates ab who really is the protag and imo the narrative skews towards Natsu more BUT. it's bizarre how unexplored he is for a main character. Like yes he is my favourite character other than Lucy but his inner psyche is barely explored it's so weird. He doesn't really have a character arc either??? I'll expand on this more once I finish post tartaros (lolll not looking forward to that) and once again it seems like he's completely regressed from what I've seen of 100yq.

I fucking love all the ships.

I don't agree with comments that Natsu can't be traditionally romantic. Like, I definitely don't think he would ever have the natural inclination to be that way as a part of his character on its own. BUT considering iconic rainbow sakura moment I fully believe he would do whatever it is that would make Lucy happy. And if that includes red roses and candlelit dinners he would absolutely try his best.

Nalu moments r seriously. so good.

I totally see why Juvia stans don't like gruvia. But unfortunately I like them. And I've slightly rewritten them in my head so that juvia doesn't get completely flanderized LOL.

the Natsu Erza Gray sibling relationship goes soooo hard.

Just in general there's something beautiful about the way Fairy Tail handles it's numerous platonic and romantic relationships. Nothing feels secondary yk. Everything is given its due time (except maybe NALU goddammit).

I LOVE THAT FEMALE CHARACTERS HAVE DEEP COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS IRRELEVANT TO THE MALE CAST. Lucy and Levy, Lucy and Yukino, whatever combination between Erza Lucy Wendy, Lucy Flare, Wendy Shelia, Wendy Carla etc

Even when the relationship involves a man in some kind of way like eg Lucy Cana or Erza Kagura it's still not like... in a bad way. The friendship itself is still there, it's just that the inciting incident tends to involve a dude.

Speaking of Lucy having so many deep female friendships is a big reason why I like Nalu so much lol. Like I literally do not care ab ships in media but fairy tail.... just has that something...

Love how often everyone changes outfits.

This show desperately needed a mini arc somewhere with just Natsu Lucy Happy going on a low stake job, where Natsu actually opens up ab his emotions and his relationship with Igneel.

Needed more Natsu and Igneel flashbacks in general.

Wendy triple combo abandonment issues are not talked ab enough holy shit. Grandeeny, Mystogan and then her entire guild???!

Lucy's relationship with her dad was objectively so well written. I skipped starry skies arc sorry the pacing was destroying me so I can't speak on that. But everything else was just BEAUTIFUL.

The fact that she returns to him just to tell at him. The fact that he comes to her with money problems and she STILL stands her ground. The fact that it's HIM who has to better himself and earn HER forgiveness.

Even after it seems like they're on ok terms, Lucy mentions in tenrou that they don't keep in contact, which is soo... realistic...

and then his death... Shout-out to Natsu who actually is emotionally quite mature (as the author himself seems to have forgotten) and dealt with it wonderfully. He gave Lucy her space, he let her vent, he stopped Happy from interfering too much. + Lucy being conflicted ab it and clearly grieving what could have been instead of what was. sighhh. .

idc ab no deaths but I do wish they didn't do fake out deaths as often. Because when actual loss sticks, it's done super well imo. Ultear, Aquarius, I haven't hit this part yet but Igneel... (yes I'm ignoring 100yq)

the episodic fillers r INCREDIBLE.

Rogue and Frosch are so special to me.

Wish they expanded on Jellal and Meredy's relationship a bit more it seems quite wholesome.

I love Virgo.

Really hate the muted colours Ft2014 onwards, but I do like that Lucy's hair became blonde and not yellow.

Pacing 2014 onwards was GOD AWFUL. I WAS SO SAD because I think the story beats in eclipse arc is actually super good but it was DRAGGED OUT SO MUCH nothing had the impact it should've.

Snow fairy, FT, Masayume chasing you will never be forgotten.

Lucy underutilizes Gemini so much it drives me mad. They were terrifying under Angel so like... cmon...

idc what anyone says GMG and edolas were top tier.

Edolas Natsu X Edolas Lucy... yes

objectively speaking gajeel is a top tier character too

Someone pointed out that Natsu didn't reallyyy hang out with anyone other than Happy pre canon and it changed my life. Every time I notice him and Lucy casually hanging out now I start screaming.

HAPPY IS SUCH A GOOD CHARACTER IDC. His edolas character arc was incredible, his relationship with Lucy is just as (if not more) fleshed out as his one with Natsu and that's part of what makes them such a great trio.

Whenever he goes LUUSSHIEEE . my heart ...

OST top tier no notes

the writing was actually so tight up until GMG part 2

I generally don't care ab the powerscaling issues but laxus v jura... no.

The anime kinda fucks up his face a lot but manga Natsu was genuinely soooo adorable in every single panel (once again IGNORING 100YQ).

Wendy also great character arc.

Sting's whole design is SO GOOD and ten years too early. the fur lined vest, the crop top, the one dangly earring, the scar, the loose fitting pants, good God now that's a Look.

Seriously I love Nalu so much...

That's all for now folks. If you want me to expand upon anything just lmk bec believe it or not all of this is a summary.

[beom-pyu]

my wips! ★⋆⁺˚⋆｡ °₊*️

see what's coming soon:

(more under the cut!)

I CAN'T SWIM, IDIOT (choi beomgyu x fem!reader) POSTED.

SYNOPSIS:

your best friend just so happens to enter you both into a married-couple-greece-resort-stay-all-expenses-paid giveaway hosted by some random insurance company he found on twitter. but those things are always scams—there's no way you'd end up having to pretend to be beomgyu's wife for one week in a foreign country. and there's absolutely no way you'd end up seeing your childhood best friend in a different light after your stay. nope—not a chance.

RESET (kang taehyun x fem!reader)

coworkers to lovers, rivals to lovers, fluff, comedy, smut

SYNOPSIS:

working as a game developer has been your dream for years. you fought long and hard to work your way up to the top, and you've finally secured a stable, well-paying position at one of the lead gaming companies in the country. things are going well—until your head hires a new programmer to work alongside you for a new campaign. while you are excited to see fresh faces in the office, a problem quickly arises—you can't seem to get along with your counterpart. his know-it-all attitude rubs you the wrong way from the very beginning, and each day, you find it harder and harder to get anything done when he's over your shoulder, critiquing your every move. you don't know how much longer you can put up with his nagging until you downright lose your mind... and maybe your job as well.

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TEASER:

“um, hello! nice to meet you. i’m y/n y/l/n, lead character designer,” you introduce yourself with a small bow, looking up to see taehyun smiling at you with those pretty wide eyes.

“i specialize in character design as well. i guess we’ll be working side by side this year,” taehyun shoots you with a blinding grin. your heart stutters a bit at his unwavering eye contact, nodding with a small smile.

“i guess so. you sure you can keep up, though?” you playfully flirt towards him, a low and quiet ‘ooooo’ coming from soobin and yeonjun on either side of you. taehyun remains unfazed at your comment, shrugging slightly at your words with raised brows.

“i’d like to believe so. i’m looking forward to seeing what you got, y/l/n.”

you smile a bit, your gaze unbreaking with his cat eyes.

“likewise, kang.”

END CREDITS (choi yeonjun x fem!reader)

underground boxer au, exes to lovers, heavy angst, fluff, smut

SYNOPSIS:

yeonjun feels as if he's stuck in a loop. every day is the same, boring, painful drag—work, fight club, dinner for ma, and repeat. he's completely numb to everyone and everything around him. why shouldn't he be? the only person he's staying alive for is his mother—if he were to die today, earth would continue to spin without a second thought. that is, until you pop back up into his life—and now everything he knows is flipped onto its head. you left him because of the way he is... so why are you staying this time?

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TEASER:

“i think i’m just gonna head home. ma is probably waiting for me.” yeonjun forces a small, strained smile towards beomgyu, watching as the younger’s shoulders droop in disappointment.

“you are so lame,” beomgyu huffs, pushing yeonjun’s shoulder lightly. “dude, just come celebrate with us tonight. i swear i won’t ever ask you again.”

yeonjun shakes his head, shrugging on his gray zip-up before turning back around to walk out of the locker room, beomgyu still hot on his heels. “don’t feel like it, beomgyu. just drop it.”

beomgyu chases after yeonjun as he walks back into the crowded arena, shoving his way through all of the sweaty bodies as another fight starts up.

“you’re the most boring person i’ve ever met,” beomgyu shouts.

“and you’re the most annoying person i’ve ever met,” yeonjun shouts back, not even bothering to turn around and face the younger.

to be added:

rockstar!yeonjun x lead singer!reader - exes to lovers

farm boy!taehyun x city girl!reader - strangers to lovers

soon-to-be-married!soobin x wedding planner!reader - exes to lovers

[calciumdeficientt]

BUCKY HCS

BUCKY OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHD. IF BUCKY HAS NO FANS IM DEAD I LOVE THAT WHITE BOY. I cried while writing these. Idk what that says about me but it definitely says something.

BUCKY PASTEUR HCS

Starting off on a very strong foot, I’m gonna explain the ‘Bucky incident’ that I mentioned in my Thad hcs post (go read that btw). So basically the nerds were playing Star Wars on the steps outside the library, with those very sturdy, screen accurate lightsabers that all the cosplayers have, and poor Bucky, bless his little heart, got far too invested in the game, lunged forwards with his lightsaber, slipped on a piece of wet moss on the steps and fell. His lightsaber broke his fall and he sort of half-impaled himself on the tip of it. He didn’t break any skin or anything, but the sturdy PVC plastic broke two of his ribs and ruptured his appendix. Poor kid.

Head builder and painter of the G&G mini figures, in his free time you can usually find him underneath Dragon’s Wing in their little lair, with one of those magnifying headset things on, painting away. He has a keen eye for detail, and it really shows. He takes great care in studying his friends character sheets and making sure the paining is reflective of their personalities, even down to the bases. He’s got great technique, from dry-brushing for shading, to colour theory and palette matching, down to hand sculpting pieces when official G&G merchandise doesn’t suffice. Sometimes he goes upstairs to get guidance from Zack but nine times out of ten its his own handiwork.

Very happy go lucky despite being beaten within an inch of his life every day. That insane amount of bullying is enough to make anyone a nihilist, but I think Bucky always finds a way to put a positive spin on everything and. That is just… so commendable. He’s a stronger man than I I’ll tell you that. He’s such a sweet kid, how could you want to pick on him when Earnest is RIGHT THERE.

Speaking of Earnest, he really really hated the whole concept of the Paparazzi mission, especially publicly showing those indecent images of Mandy. He couldn’t even fathom the idea of showing the small ones off as blackmail. He hates the jocks just as much as the next nerd, and the way Mandy treats Beatrice isn’t exactly tasteful, but he’s emotionally mature enough to know that not only was plastering those posters all over town fucking creepy, it was also a CRIME.

Does super well in Hattrick’s math class but absolutely DESPISES his way of teaching it. Hattrick has a very black and white view of maths. It’s either right or wrong, and the only way to solve problems is it do it is his way, any other solution is blatantly wrong. Bucky thinks it’s such a boring and narrow way to look at a subject that’s just bursting with possibilities. In his free time he researches pure mathematics, he thinks its such a wonderful show of the fact that maths isn’t just about practical application, but the beauty of figuring out the logical consequences of basic mathematic principles when applied to abstract objects. He finds it so wonderfully interesting.

He loves his granny so much dude (I may or may not be sobbing over this right now he’s such a fucking cutie patootie.) he goes over to her house on the weekends and has tea. She doesn’t understand half of what her grandson says but she’s happy to know that he’s growing up into a nice polite young man, and is doing well at school. He’s also kind enough to help her around the house with all the chores she has trouble doing during the week. Taking her trash out, cleaning her kitchen surfaces and vacuuming up. He’s her helpful little chipmunk, even if he’s nowhere near as chubby as he used to be when he was a baby.

[bunji-enthusiast]

Just this once — 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐃. 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝

• Sypnosis || days are full of surprises and bargains you don’t wanna make, but maybe… just maybe this is a surprise that even he welcomes. For once.

• Pairing || Wolfwood/GN!Reader

• Warnings || none, short though. (Very bad attempt at writing this dude.)

• Note || something something, boys full of trauma.. something something fluff they absolutely deserve.

Most days he’ll admit, it’s a strenuous exercise to continue walking the desolate plains. Hell, it’s better with company, but he works alone and walks alone. All the better if one would dare say otherwise.

Trying to figure out your own path, part ways with a life that one would have been so comfortable to continue living, wasn’t something easy. Being just sorta… ripped away from it wasn’t a decision all on his own.

Yet, being friends with people he can put his trust in, learn to feel loved and valued — wasn’t something he decided on either. Wolfwood wasn’t nitpicky in the cards he is dealt, these cards are just ones that simply surprise him and far surpasses his expectations.

What were they again?

Ah he forgot, why would they matter anyway? It’s not exactly worth trying to remember in the face of such solace he felt he was trying to find. For now, Wolfwood would just have to sort through it himself.

Partaking in another smoke, he couldn’t help but notice the own uptake of the small smile taking residence on his face. The thought of you, Vash, Meryl and Robert.

In a way, Wolfwood couldn’t help but think of you all, as his family of sorts. Though he wouldn’t ever truly admit that atloud. Almost as if he would be ripped apart from you all at that very thought, not liked he deserved you or them in the first place.

To be careful, and stay at a distance. To not cause himself heartaches that were unnecessary, to remind himself what and why he was here for a reason.

“You’re not asleep,” Your voice rang out, stopping him from indulging in the burrowing reaches of the desolate pit of thoughts he was so used to being comfortable with. Wolfwood couldn’t help but let out a small scoff, sarcasm at best. “Yeah, why are you not?” He retorted.

“Couldn’t sleep,” Taking another step forward, standing right at his sitting side. “Mind if I join you, Mr. Wolfwood?”

The undertaker wasn’t going to refute your company, in spite of the whole of his being screaming at him to just get away from his mere presence. You sat down right beside him, without an ounce of hesitation. No shame or mere embarrassment that had took either.

With a failed attempt at hiding your sigh, he perks up slightly, elbowing you with a smarmy grin to hide his own self deprecation that had clearly seemed far too evident moments before.

“Talk to us.” Putting a hand on his shoulder, he felt warm to the touch. Which had surprised you, but you masked it quite easily, this was about him right now. He seemed more and more in pain every day that had passed. “I worry about you, Wolfwood.”

Your concern had light a small flicker beneath the stone-cold corners of his heart, but nonetheless, he wasn’t going to allow your worry to be pushed down so deeply. Merely rendering it to a fault, within a moment, Wolfwood had taken the forgotten cigarette from the corner of lips, pushing it out into a nearby sand dune.

“Eh, your worry is pretty useless.” He bit back his usual nickname for you, “Sides’ Im good and fine, no problem. Not like m’ injured.”

Wolfwood knew he wasn’t injured, as were you. Trying to find an eventual footing into this tender situation, wasn’t an easy one. To keep your own worries at bay, he honestly was a little offended you thought otherwise about his own health.

“Your no less important then we are.” You frown, scurrying to wipe away the ash that had been lingering at the corner of his lips left behind by his cigarette. Finding purchase in his warmth was surprisingly easy, Wolfwood wouldn’t always let you touch him this easily.

Trying to suppress his emotions, trying to find the words he was having trouble with speaking, he felt you. The shades were damn good at concealing his eyes at times, yet a troubling thing it is when he is so abnormally quiet.

“Wolfwood?”

“Nicholas.”

You looked at him, eye to eye. Taking off his sunglasses, he leaned into your touch that had still lingered on his cheek, barring as far to his jawline. Wolfwood sighed, barely daring to take another breath, as if he felt he was dreaming this very moment.

“Okay… Nico.” You spoke slowly, assuming as if he was just on the verge of losing it. No, he just needed some sort of ministration of comfort, to find community. “Mind if I do something real quick?”

Wolfwood raised a brow at you, not spilling any complaints. Just rather more curios and attentive to you then anything else. “Hm?”

Just in moments, you wrapped your arms around his frame. He let out a small gasp, no doubt he was surprised, feeling a lot of things in just a hug alone.

Trying to opt for hugs or even just comforting touches when he was younger, had left him scarred. Yours? It wasn’t hurting at all. You just hugged him.

And damn, it felt so nice for once.

[ayotofu]

Ship of your choice and number 3 :)

sorry this is so late but i didn't see this and then i had to figure out what thing i had reblogged that this was for and..... it's late but i did it!

also uh the problem is you said ship of your choice and my brain said "steddie :)" so idk if you even watch stranger things but uh here you go!

(from a larger wip, so there is a context i prommy)

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"Absolutely not," Eddie said, like Steve just suggested gnawing off his own leg.

Steve rolled his eyes. "Oh, I'm sorry, did you have a better idea?"

"Yeah, it's called we keep going together!"

Steve pinched his nose. There was a reason he'd waited to suggest this until after Robin had passed out from blood loss: if she'd heard his plan, she would have actually bit him. Hard. Then grabbed him in a headlock and held him there until he agreed he was coming with them.

But they were moving slow, too slow, even when Robin was conscious. Now that she was dead weight? There's no way they'd outrun the demo-creatures on their tail. Not if he didn't do something to slow them down.

Except Eddie Munson, stupid, brave Eddie, hypocrite of hypocrites, stood there in his ripped black jeans and the baby blue sweater he'd borrowed from Steve and refused to let him do what needed to be done.

"What's going on?" Jeff said, coming up behind them. "Harrington's leaving?"

"Running off ahead?" Gareth said with a sneer.

(At this point, Steve was too tired to care about Gareth's frothing hatred of him. If anything, he was impressed that he was able to keep it up in the face of the monsters and the hell dimension they were all trapped in.)

"Dude," Jeff snapped. "That's enough."

Gareth shut his mouth with a click.

"No, see, Steve here wants to stay behind. Hold off the monsters while we head for the exit."

"We're moving too slow," he said. "Either we need to start going faster or we need to slow them down. Robin's not going to magically wake up, so going faster's not an option. I'll stay here and hold them off for a bit then follow you to the exit."

"Steve, you'll die."

Eddie's face was in front of his, curls flying wild, eyes wide and dewy. Steve loved him.

He reached out with both hands and cradled Eddie's face. "Maybe," he said, "but it's me or it's all of us."

"Then I'm staying with you."

"No, you need to help them." He nodded his head at where Gareth, Jeff, and Nate stood, supporting Robin between them. Jeff had pulled Gareth back at some point, giving them some semblance of privacy.

Eddie's hands came up to cover Steve's. "I don't want to. I'm still fucking pissed at them."

"I know, but... they're still your friends. And they have Robin. Please." Steve leaned forward and rested his forehead against Eddie's. "Do it for me."

"You're such a bitch, Harrington." Eddie blinked away tears, but kept his eyes fixed on Steve's.

"I know." There was no more time; if they were leaving, they needed to do it now. "But, just in case..."

Steve pulled back, just enough to see Eddie's lips. Eddie tracked his gaze, breath hitching, and jerked his hand in front of his lips.

"Don't you dare," he said, voice muffled by his hand. "Our first is not gonna be a goodbye."

Steve hesitated, smiled, and planted a soft kiss on Eddie's palm, right where his lips would be.

"You better come back," Eddie said, not quite a whisper.

"Go," Steve said.

[rokurookajima]

WAIT WHAT ARE CEREMONIALS AND CLAW MACHINE REMAINING CHAPTERS...i dont think ive seen them 👀

hehehehehe

ceremonials is the general label given to what boils down to. all canon waava smut pre- and post- bonding 😎 and it is called that bc a line from Only If For a Night by florence + the machine which is just .. a key waava song to meeee (the full line is “my own secret ceremonials” which just feels very fitting to the absolute nasty shit those two were getting up to)

and claw machine remaining chapterssss there are 2 more chapters for the prompts “stars” & “night” (because lest we forget this was all for waava week 2024 and i just haven’t finished it), and then also. there is an epilogue bc the last chapter was getting too long for the narrative flow :’)

under the cut, snippet from claw machine ch 8 aka The Climax Chapter, night:

“God. Even this coffee is terrible.”

“That’s not even coffee,” Jaya says, looking at him with concerned disgust. “You put old Bailey’s in the microwave. I don’t even know if it’s expired or not.”

“Fuck me,” sighs Wan. He flops overdramatically back down on the couch and bemoans, “nothing makes sense without her.”

Jaya opens his mouth to speak, but stops himself. Instead, he just leans forward, props both elbows on his knees and steeples his hands in front of his face in seriousness. He takes a deep breath in, exhaling hard. “Wan. Listen to me. You’re being really ridiculous lately.”

Wan lifts the arm slung over his eyes just enough to peek out. “How so?”

“Dude, I’ve lived with you since I was fuckin’ three,” scoffs Jaya. “I know how you are. And this?”

Arching his neck back further for eye contact, Wan waits.

Point blank, Jaya finishes, “you’re insufferable.”

Insufferable. Wan’s heard that before.

“I’m fine, man,” he dismisses with a wave. “Everything’s fine, I’m just…drunk. Apparently.”

“Everything is not fine. Maybe that works on Raava while she’s gone, but that’s not gonna work on me.”

Wan’s heart jolts at that. He gulps down the feeling that rises, and says with defeat, “what makes you think it works on Raava?”

Jaya rolls his eyes. “Okay, so I guess it doesn’t work on her either—is that not enough to snap you out of it then?”

Wan just sighs again, even more dramatically. You’re insufferable—where has he heard that before?

“I don’t even think you’re drunk, I think you just have food poisoning or something,” says Jaya, shaking his head. “Raava’s only been gone for three weeks, dude, is this how you’re gonna be for the rest of forever after high school?”

“I haven’t thought that far ahead yet,” Wan shrugs. That’s obviously a lie—the reminder stings.

Jaya sounds genuinely surprised when he says, “huh. Weird. I figured you already had some grand plan for how you were gonna follow her around for the rest of your life.”

Propping himself up hastily, Wan twists to look back at the other boy with wide eyes.

“You seriously haven’t thought of that? Obviously that’s your fuckin’ problem then.” Jaya takes the joint left in the ashtray and relights it. “If you wanna go with her next year, just go with her. It’s not like she’ll say no.”

Confused, Wan asks, “did Korra say something to you?”

“Why would Korra say something to me?” He taps ash from the joint, blows smoke out. “Like I’d even need someone to tell me that anyway, dude. Again—you basically raised me, I think I know you better than that.”

“What’s your point?”

“Wan, come on,” Jaya scoffs. “I pretend for Raava’s sake that I don’t know about you and her. You think when we all hang out, I go to bed when I do just because I want to?”

“Yes?”

“You guys hit a certain time of night where you’re way too gross to be around. I don’t need to see my brother like that.”

Wan’s face flushes, and he quickly flops back down to hide it. “I don’t know what you mean.”

“Shut the fuck up,” Jaya laughs. “You are literally not subtle at all, and Raava’s not any better—she makes that fuckin’ face when she’s nervous, it’s beyond obvious. I live here. You seriously still expect me to believe she’s been spending the night at least once a week for months, and you’re not together?”

Before Wan can try to deny another thing, Jaya adds, “our rooms share a wall, Wan. This house is old as fuck. Do the math yourself.”

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

Another OJV friendship that is my fav is Kenny and Kyle, I was wondering if you wanted to talk about them because I live for your Headcannons and tumblr extras 🤓

I ALSO live for the headcanons and tumblr extras and OK ORANGEJUICEVERSE KENNY AND KYLE LETS GOOOOOO!!!

So like, Kenny is EASILY styles closest friend other than each other. And OJV Ken is pretty much everyone’s go-to, like Stan running to him when he feels like he fucked up, Marj and Cartman knowing Kenny’s down with a scheme, but it’s a little different with Kyle.

Kyle is 100% the mom friend of the group. And the WHOLE REASON he’s like that with everybody is because growing up, he was the one to jump in as the voice of reason (especially when the Disaster Duo gets goin) and always took care of his people. And who needs taken care of the most? Kenny.

Kyle is CONSTANTLY scolding him for not taking care of himself, doing crazy shit, yes he’s amused by a lot of the antics, but when the logic takes the forefront, he’s all Sheila mode “DR PEPPER DOESNT COUNT AS WATER ESPECIALLY IF YOURE GOING TO A BLOOD DRIVE” “aw it’s fine Ky I got it covered” “no,” *throws a water bottle at him* “I’ve got YOU covered”

Kyle’s super supportive of Kenny’s career, too. That’s not only his bestie but also his metaphorical son. He is SO hyping up every new painting and sculpture, the first person Ken shows new work to bc not only is it gonna be a confidence boost, but Kyle will also have suggestions when he’s stuck.

Kenny, our darling chaotic comic relief friend who hides his own issues behind a grin and a joke and a guardian angel complex, is VERY protective of Kyle. Nearly as much as Stan is. OJV Kenny is a LITTLE GUY, even shorter than Kyle is, but he’s POWERFUL and has every creative solution to get the gang out of a bind, and he’s really friendly with everyone he meets, and people automatically open up to him. On top of that, he is REALLY good at reading people. Kenny’s super perceptive. He sees when someone in his found family has something going on, even before they say something. Ken was the first to be suspicious of what was going on with Ky in high school, brought it up to Stan, who said “I know dude. He’s stressed as shit but I don’t want to piss him off by telling him to relax”, like Kenny does people EXPERTLY; at 14 he knew it wasn’t his place to stage an ed intervention and knew he had to wait for Kyle to hit the point where he either hit rock bottom or came forward on his own.

On the note of Kenny’s emotional intelligence, I mean, come on. Artists in particular see creative solutions to problems, read the energy around us. And Kenny… oh my GOD that boy is a force to be reckoned with in strategy. Which is WHY he and Kyle are BANNED from teaming up in any game. They’re too powerful together. Poker? Fuckin forget about it those two are DESTROYING EVERYONE they are way too smart and between Kyle’s own abundant perceptiveness and Kenny’s people skills they’re not fucking around lmfao. I also find it extremely iconic that while both Ken and Stan are super smart, you put them together and they are sharing a singular brain cell, doing the dumbest shit, and Kyle is RIGHT THERE telling them off for it.

Kenny is so so incredibly thoughtful though too. He is absolutely the person you want to go to if you need a shoulder to cry on, and Kyle, who is the other person in the gang who gets relied on emotionally a lot, does go to him.

Thank u for the ask man live laugh love orange juice

[kaija-rayne-author]

Dragon Age Veilguard Review 4th in series

22 game hours 20 actual playtime

Spoilers for Dragon Age Veilguard

Critical review and a rant

Obligatory disclaimer. If you've already read it you can skip to the cut.

Something came to my attention. I need to make it crystal clear that I utterly love the diversity in DAV. It's fantastic. I'm also a heavily left leaning, non-binary, queer as fuck reviewer, editor, and author.

I'm on media blackout while I play this, so I'm only getting second-hand info on how awful it is right now in the DA Fandom. Please be safe and take care of yourselves. Arguing with incels and white supremacists is completely pointless. They sea lion worse than an actual sea lion. Your mental health is important.

Y'know? Every single time the anti-queer brigade comes out for a new DA game, I sit there thinking 'have you Bozos ever played any DA game, like, ever?' My guess is nope.

3.5 in series is here.

If I've ever played a glitchier piece of shit game in my life I honestly can't remember it.

So I went to go watch a movie with the partner and kids. I saved my game and turned it off.

Came back and it played okay for a few hours. I met both Mae and Dorian squeeeee!

Met Davrin and Assan. Everything's going fine. I got creamed (again), I swear the devs have no idea. I'm a consistent gamer who plays on hard/tactician mode in most games I play. (Many the same style of fighting as DAV.) And I'm having trouble with the strength of these monsters. WTF do they think someone just getting into gaming is experiencing?

Anyway. I got creamed, clicked reload last save, and it loaded with the now far too familiar no CC reverted back to the basic elf body error. I went back to the main menu, and now absolutely none of the saves are showing up with video. They load with sound, map in the corner, and tags above heads but no fucking video. They're either corrupted or the game is just a piece of shit.

Yes. I'm rather annoyed. I was looking forward to finishing recruiting Davrin tonight and it doesn't make my brain happy to have to stop in the middle of what I wanted to get done. In game or out.

I'm currently verifying my files from steam. We'll see if that fixes it. I just... and this is what the devs thought was releasable? REALLY?

I know I keep using BG3 as a comparison (which honestly isn't a very good one because one is turn based and one 'live' fighting). But the Venn diagram of people who play DA and who play BG is probably a circle so that's why it comes to mind.

It's also the most recent game I've actually purchased and played a lot.

I played that day of release and on into the week and had nowhere NEAR this many problems. I actually think I've had more trouble with DAV in three ish days than I've had in BG3 for over 700 hours FFS!

Anyway. Vent over (for now. I imagine this game will give me plenty of more opportunities).

Dorian looked really weird. He has what I'm now dubbing the 'Solas effect'. He doesn't look like himself. I wouldn't have recognized him at all if it weren't for him introducing himself.

Oh, and way to retcon the condition of the veil guys. For three games it's been getting more and more tears and holes in it. Now it's solid and the only thing holding off a world of blight that hadn’t ever really existed in the fade like that before? It was just the black city. Do these guys ever get sick of retconning shit? I sure get sick of playing retconned shit.

My partner saw the game and he really can't get over how jarring the art is. He's a pretty consistent gamer too but I doubt he'll play this one.

Y'know how I said I didn't know WTF the devs were thinking in my review of the game play trailer?

I'm even more flabbergasted now. I just... seriously?

The game doesn't work well. it has numerous glitches.

The art style sucks.

The bad dudes are WAY overpowered for even a pretty decent gamer. Not so experienced gamers are likely rage-quitting in droves. Every one of the glitches I look up is pretty common. Even for people with better machines than mine.

The story took bloody forever to get started. It finally seems to have but it shouldn't take me 20 hours of game time to get somewhat invested in the story!

The characters are honestly pretty meh so far. My much beloathed Lucanis is the only mildly interesting one so far.

I honestly just can't get over how they felt this was A. Good. and B. Ready for release.

I'll keep trying. But if it's corrupted my whole 20 hours I'm not sure if I've got the stomach to replay all that boring assed nonsense to get to where I only just got to today.

I HATE writing critical reviews as a matter of course. I especially don't want to write them about a piece of intellectual property like Dragon Age that I love so very much. But What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Part 5.1

[ask-the-abomination]

"H-Hey, whoa, wait a minute! We're not here to cause trouble, I promise!"

Angel quickly assures the duo and backs up a few paces as the strange Sylveon brandishes a flaming scythe, hoping to deescalate the situation before it potentially turns violent. It's clear that the sudden and blatant show of aggression has startled them, their long ears pinning back against their head.

"Um..." comes a meek voice from behind Angel, belonging to a Vulpix, who cautiously steps forward.

"We're sorry for startling you...m-my name is Kenina, and this is my partner, Angel," Kenina introduces, her tone voice gentle and her expression concerned, although there is an obvious flicker of nervousness in her demeanor, too. But considering the reaction their initial approach earned, she can hardly be blamed for that.

"You two are being pursued, aren't you? If that's the case, we would like to help you, i-if you will let us..."

"Yeah! We're an Exploration Team, and helping other Pokemon trouble is part of what we do!"

The duo would glance at each other and back at the two smaller Pokemon. Both Vincent and Sabor would wield a very perplexed expression.

"Exploration..."

"T-Team?".

Neither have heard such a term before. Is this suppose to be something that could be beneficial and aide them through their troubles? Or, would it be something that could be absolutely detrimental and lead them to the dangers that neither seek? While the answer is there, with the two vulpines offering to lend a paw to help with their situation, both Vincent and Sabor would remain cautious of the matter. As much as aide feels like a god sent to have right now, it feels rather off to suddenly have someone openly willing to help two strangers. Two not so pleasantly looking bigger, strange creatures.

"... So what is it that you two want?..". Sabor spoke blatantly. "Clearly there is something you two want in exchange for helping us. So... What is it? Money? Food? Or you want us to do something in turn?" Vincent head would look between, going back and forth from Sabor to Kenina and Angel. While he believes that the two smaller Pokemon doesn't seem to hold any ill-intent, base on their postures and tone of voices, he is more leaning towards Sabor's point. In their eyes, help doesn't seem quite possible. At least, not for free. In their eyes, help is only possible if something is presented in exchange.

"U-Um..." Vincent would nervously speak up. Despite on how he feels of the matter, he still wishes to say something. "S-Say you were to help... What could you possibly do? A-Are you, erm, capable of keeping the Houndooms away permanently? O-Or s-somehow have the white coats off our backs? Do either of you have a p-plan to keep us safe?.." "A-And if you, Kenina and Angel, were able to succeed, what do you even want from us in return? It... Just sounds too good to be true for you little guys to help us strangers for nothing..."

"Dude, you're seriously not entertaining this. These what-you-mc-call-it team of fuzzballs are seriously not going to just settle our problems just like that. We both know that they'll just get themselves mulled, the very moment they dare take a step and hassle with those idiotic Houndooms."

"T-That wasn't what I was going for..." His tone dialed down, as his insides begun to whirl around. The feeling of guilt and nervousness spun throughout his inner body. "I-I-I just w-wanted to know what plans they have, i-if they do want to help us... I didn't say that I was open to the idea of letting them go and do whatever to help us. They... They seem to mean well. And I don't want Kenina and Angel to put themselves in harms way, because of us--Because of me..."

His red orbs would drift towards the direction of the vulpines. His voice shaken, as he spoke directly to the two. "I'm really, really sorry... You two seem like kind Pokemon. But... E-Even if your offer of help is strangely genuine, I-I can't let you two be put in harms way... I don't want to be the one t-to have another be killed..."

"..."

"... Our only best option is to continue to run... To find a new place to hide. I-I don't want the safety o-of others to be disrupted and damaged because of me... I-I'm sorry...." { Answer for @askteamsunshine }

[nerdby]

I'm not really looking forward to Deadpool & Wolverine coming out this summer. I mean, I am but I'm not

Because whenever a halfway decent Marvel film comes out the fandom gets invaded by insecure, eugenicist, posers who never bothered watching phases 1-3 or read a comic book before in their life and they just shit all over everyone who has read the comics and is aware of their political nature.

I mean, maybe things will be different now because a lot of people seem to have finally gotten the fucking hint thanks to X-Men 97, but I really fucking doubt it. Cause it's Deadpool so people are just gonna assume that it's because it's edgy satire -- YES THAT IS WHAT SATIRE LOOKS LIKE -- that it won't be overtly political. And they might be right and that's even fucking worse cause they are then I get to spend the whole fucking summer listening to incels going

"REEEEEE!!!! THIS IS WHAT ALL COMIC BOOK MOVIES SHOULD BE LIKE!!!! REEEEEEEE!!!! GO WOKE GO BROKE!!!!! REEEEEEEEE!!!!"

And that......I cannot.......Like I do NOT enjoy arguing with people, but like I did not spend 30 fucking years educating myself about fucking comic books, video games, scifi, and blah-blah-fucking-blah to just get edged out of the fucking fandom by a punch of fucking pricks who are pissed off that they can't get their dicks wet. Like, seriously, FUCK YOU DUDES!!!!

And I am just praying that Loki or Mobius doesn't show up in this movie because they do -- I can't even be excited about it.

Because I'll have to deal with the absolutely fucking insane, eugenicist Hiddlestoners that invade the Loki fandom any time Tom Hiddleston appears on screen in a Marvel project for five fucking seconds!!!!

Thank you, by the way, for ruining one of my favorite actors for me😘

Like you fuckers have sucked the fun out of being a Marvel fan for EVERYONE who is a real Marvel fan. Accuse me of fucking gatekeeping all you goddamn want to, but a real Marvel fan doesn't spout off shit like

"Well, the comics shouldn't influence the movies."

Because they're fascist assholes who are addicted to shallow escapist media because they don't want to be called out on their fuck ups. Because they feel guilty and refuse to admit WHY that is, and the idea of setting foot in a therapist's office is mortifying to them. Which is fucking disgusting, by the way. Needing therapy is not some sort of fucking moral failing -- being mentally ill is NOT some sort of moral failing.

I've said it before and I will say it again.

It's not the movies that are the problem. It's the fucking fandom.

So you know what -- yeah, I'm gatekeeping. I'm gatekeeping fascists and incels. Stan Lee, Joe Simon, and Jack Kirby would be ashamed to have some of you people as fans. They wouldn't claim you and I don't either.

Welcome to Incelgate, bitches.

[safety-writes-noms]

I SAW DRAGON AND STARTEDNABRAGRHAHB

holding out my idea of wolfwalkers type shit but with dragons. im jsutbtrghgrhgbrjrghrgjngrughibkjfggfhbjgrfihdkjh SMASHING MY HANDS ON MY DESK. PLEASE.

just imagining big angry dragon miguel with gold accents trying his damn hardest not to snap as hes got a bunch of smaller dragons clambering on him and excitedly talking while waiting to be told what to do. being dragons and all they go around and make sure theres peace between kingdoms and stuff ....

sobbing into my hands. i need to see more dragon content im GGGGHR AAHHHHHH

YES OMG PMG I LOVE DRAGON AU’S (so sorry this is kinda late 🙏 school seriously beat me up this week. Also YOUR ART IS SO SO SO COOL!)

(Also also I’m so sorry but I’m not familiar with the wolf walkers series and never got the chance to watch it :(( but I absolutely love the animation style and premise from the ads I’ve seen)

THIS IS NOT NSFW AT ALL!!! KINK BLOGS AND NSFW BLOGS DNI

I can just imagine miguel grumpily walking around with all of the spider kids either nestled on his back or chattering somewhere in the cave, waiting to get assigned their missions. I am in LOVE with the idea of Miguel sending them out to keep the peace between humans since sometimes humans can be very… not wise. Idk actually, maybe the some of the spider kids are humans and that’s how they meet Miguel or peter and Jess (bc I’d love to see them as dragons theyre so cool)

imagine a human Hobie just confidently walking around a dragon’s cave/network society and just casually arguing with a giant dragon Miguel. I’m feel like he’d get in the dumbest arguments with him just for the giggles. I can see him also baby sitting a hatchling mayday, keeping her fully entertained while Peter goes off to finish missions too dangerous to bring her along. Their little interactions in atsv were adorable especially the little salute he gave her.

or the fight between miles and Miguel ☹️ even tho I love him (Miguel) and understand why he did that and his motives, I’ll always feel so bad for miles. I feel like it would even be worse because instead of having a 6’9 roughly judged 310 pounds of muscle man chasing after you and pinning you down, there’s a ten ton dragon hellbent on having your dad die for the sake of the canon, claws, wings, VENOM/FIREBREATHING. It’s pretty much game over at that point. Ofc miles is a resourceful amazing wonderful intelligent human so I think he’d be able to reason with him. Besides, even then I kinda doubt Miguel would want to kill a kid, even if they’re a human. Nurturing instincts don’t go away after ur daughter dies 😋! Actually Miguel might even nom miles in an effort to keep him from messing up the canon :( can you imagine being so so terrified of this huge creature and getting nommed and you don’t know you’re safe and you’re panicking and —

The hurt and comfort is strong here :o. And the guilt. So much guilt. Once they work out their issues (there are so so so many poor dudes) I’m sure they’ll be besties. But that’s for human miles au

dragon miles would definitely get the short end of the stick. Even if he’s a hatchling (kind of, he’s in that odd stage between adult and adolescent but on the younger side) he’s still a whole lot more durable than if he’s a human. Which means that Miguel won’t be nearly as cautious handling him physically. Ouch. Miguel genuinely wants to protect miles in the movie but does it in the worst way possible. That would probably transfer over to this universe too.

But still because I absolutely LIVE for found family, I want to imagine they work through their problems in a long and very very non linear path that has setbacks and leaps forward and minor changes and everything because I love all of these characters sm and without depth they don’t feel like people. Plus imagining sleepy spider kids/dragons stumbling into Miguel’s section of the cave system/lair and deciding to take a quick nap there because it feels safe and waking up with Miguel curled loosely around them, wing slightly shielding them from the chilly drafts and hsjskskdjskj they have my heart. (Miguel will deny it later.)

or peter b taking the human kids out flying to let them feel at least a little what it’s like to taste the sky while Miguel lurks in the background anxiously, crimson eyes tense just in case peter accidentally drops one of them. Not that he would, he may be goofy but he’s most definitely not stupid.

I can imagine Miguel trying his hardest to stop some of the kids from doing things that he thinks is wayyy too dangerous for them and just giving up and tucking them away in his brooding pouch. If they won’t listen to his very very valid concerns then he’ll just have to make sure they don’t go anywhere >:(. Plus it’s warm and safe and even though Miguel will never admit it, he feels calmer if they’re there, protected completely bc he’ll never let anything hurt them. At least not while they’re nestled in one of the literal safest places in the world. I can’t imagine anyone would have an easy time getting to them when there’s a very protective and vengeful dragon guarding his precious brood.

and I haven’t even really gotten into the other characters either :( especially exploring the relationship between Jess and Gwen or Hobie and miles/gwen and pav but I feel like I’m writing too much so I’ll end it here. If you or anyone else wants to continue this thread/au PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE ME AN ASK! I LOVE THIS AU SM 😭😭

[auxiliarydetective]

last one !! for part eight of your amazing ask extravaganza, could i please ask about questions one, three, four, and eight, again for my absolute beloved kit ?

looking forward to the answers, and i really hope you're doing well !! <3

Hiiiii Dolly, thanks for the ask! As per usual, you're getting both Kit versions because Reasons, okay?

1. What if your OC were a villain?

OH boy, I could easily see both Kit version being pushed over the edge. If it weren't for Hannibal giving them a way to channel their energy and aggression into something productive, someone else would've come along and led them to channelling it into destruction and cruel violence. And while neither version of Kit is actually cruel at hearts, I could unfortunately see them just going batshit insane and stabbing anyone who gets in their way. They're not a calculated villain at all. They throw knives at anything that moves. Very much a case for the "I could fix them" meme.

3. What song plays during their fight scene?

For 80s!Kit? The A-Team theme, obviously! But aside from that, I could totally see something like I'm Still Standing, Crocodile Rock or Holding Out For a Hero. Something fast and 80s-adjacent.

Movie!Kit might get Circus by Britney Spears because... well... circus kid. But also Do It Like a Dude by Jessie J, Immortals or Planetary (GO!). Generally, Fall Out Boy would be a good choice, MCR or P!ATD also works really well.

4. Make up your OC or OTP's ___ doing ___ for ___ minutes straight video

OH boy. Lots of bickering. Eternal bickering. Also lots of gender.

For 80s!Kit: "Kit Kelley being a genderqueer icon for 8 minutes straight", which is a compilation of her correcting people on her gender, some very gender fashion moments, all that good stuff. "Kit Kelley making me a lesbian for 7 minutes straight", which is essentially Kit being hot in her slutty tank tops/tube tops, abs out, muscles, all that stuff that would prompt the "not to be a lesbian but" reaction image. "Face being completely whipped for Kit for 9 minutes straight", which is just what it says on the tin. This video has a part 2.

For Movie!Kit: "Kit Kelley being an acrobat for 6 minutes straight" aka all the scenes of Kit either doing acrobatics to complete a mission, stretching or getting up to acrobatic antics in the background. "Kit Kelley identifying as a problem for 4 minutes straight" aka this version's gender compilation with Kit hating on transphobes and saying the line that gave the video its title. Also has some small moments of just Kit being visibly trans thrown in. "Hannibal and Kit being father and son for 5 minutes straight" aka all the soft moments between them and Hannibal holding Kit on a metaphorical leash. "FaceKit bickering for 7 minutes straight" is just what it says on the tin.

8. Describe your OC or OTP using AO3 tags

Let's see here... 80s!Kit: Androgyny; Genderbending (in the literal sense); Knifeplay; [Character] Has Anger Issues; Threats Of Violence. Movie!Kit: Transgender; Knifeplay; Gender Dysphoria; [Character] as [Character]'s Parental Figure; Affectionate Insults.

That's it! Hope you like it and thanks again for your ask! <3

Taglist: @starcrossedjedis @oneirataxia-girl @daughter-of-melpomene - let me know if you’d like to be added or removed!

[thattimdrakeguy]

Every time i see someone try to defend James Gunn, they just repeat what he said while acting like it's genius. And it reminds me of apes eating their own shit.

like thanks, luv, really fucking putting in the man power to add to the conversation

couldn't give less of a shit people might like it, 'cause have you seen the dc fandom? they'll eat anything as long as it vaguely looks like something they may or may not like, or at least something in the peripheral of what they like

and it isn't a crime to like stuff, but it also isn't a crime to not like stuff either, honey bunch

but fucking hell. over a thousand likes on tweets that are saying absolutely nothing of merit. and i am so confused

No shit he's only going to be saying shit people want to hear.

And I'm some Snyder Cult bastard, I don't think I liked any Snyder DC movie all the way. Most of them were severely lacking.

but so many of james gunn's decisions are still wack as fuck

like how many of zack snyder's decisions are wack as fuck

James Gunn's skipping how many robins? and i know, he says he'll have all of them, but fucking hell that's so ridiculous if this universe is supposed to last awhile. all those stories that you can take inspiration from, critically adored stories that have immense cinematic potential

and james gunn's bright idea IS TO MAKE A BASTARDIZED ADAPTATION OF A STORY THAT ONLY WORKED BECAUSE OF VERY VERY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT HE IS PURPOSELY NOT GONNA HAVE

that is one of the stupidest things i've ever heard in my life. the fact i haven't seen more people say that sounds ridiculous is baffling me. because while i can sometimes get why people wouldn't sometimes with many other things i say, i cannot with this. it's like he's TRYING to make a shitty batman movie. or at least an insanely disappointing one that let go of the gold he had literally right in front of him

i'm not asking for a word by word, panel by panel recreation of a story. JUST USE THE OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY EXISTING FANTASTIC WORK INSTEAD OF COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTANDING WHY AN okay at best STORY WORKED

and he's going to have all these random movies, but not include characters that would be important to the greater DC world?

and he got the guy that directed a flash parody and pretended it was a serious movie to do this batman movie? when he made batman look like the Dude from Big Lewbowski and talk in a way that didn't even resemble Batman? and made all of his problems seem like a joke?

also while they're making sequels the critically acclaimed Batman movie, that people are more likely to look more forward to, because even though i didn't care for the movie, it at least looks like some cinematic effort was put into it enough to be an enjoyable watch that doesn't make you question your life choices because of how stupid it is. it's a lacking movie to me, but at least i feel like the people involved tried in a way that didn't feel like a child writing a fan fiction

'cept maybe a teenager, with kurt cobain inspired batman

i don't have to take a side to decide shit is wack as fuck

many thinks, are incredibly wack

i am a human being with a brain, i can look at things and figure out that shit looks like it's going to be total garbage, and will at best only be a good movie if you know jack shit or have no standards

just watch and talk about shit like human beings. i don't care if you like it or not, because you know what saying falsified bullshit about a guy you don't know or like, looks like? like you're a fucking maniac

like it

don't like it

but why is it so hard to people act like people? i keep avoiding anything DC related on my recommended trends on twitter, then i have a moment where i hope for the best, and every time, it's just garbage everywhere

it's not difficult to consume things in a world layered with shades of gray.

this black and white bullshit is fucking infuriating and makes it real hard to enjoy anything, when you have an echo chamber of dumbasses clamping down on it on the internet

i'm not even asking people to act like well-mannered gentlemen. that would be boring, and i feel people should be free to express their emotions as long as they aren't hurting anyone

i'm just asking them to think a little harder before they say the dumbest shit imaginable

james gunn is the guy who made one of the main points of guardians 3, that heroes don't kill people. while every appearance of the characters is them killing people, because they deserve to be killed.

like i'm not making a plea about the importance of the death penalty

but giving an obviously highly dangerous person, who has the potential to dismantle the fucking universe at least a smackrel of a chance to get out, is fucking stupid

it's stupid

superman letting lex luthor live, because he's just a man, and hasn't done anything to that extreme, may make that make sense

having batman not kill because he's worried he won't stop killing himself gives us an interest character perspective

giving the villain who still has a chance to be better, a chance to get better, allows that moral to be a thing

but letting the heroic murderers let the guy that killed conceivably BILLIONS AND BILLIONS, UPON BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE HE WAS JUST A TICKLE UNPLEASED

IS

STUPID

i'm not trusting that mother fucker to make a whole universe work. when his movies before have only worked, exclusively because they were allowed to be their own things in the corner of a universe, where they hardly have any meaning to the rest of the world, besides a relation to the big stories big bad

he is a good film maker. i like most of his movies

but fucking hell. it's not insanity to insist the guy who has shown he makes bad decisions so far, may be making bad decisions. even if in the end the decisions may not be AWFUL

it doesn't mean he's doing a good job in the slightest

i'll give the fact he isn't bringing back the whole justice league a break, because we just had a justice league and maybe time will be good

but his other decisions make him look like a moron to me

[the-most-humble-blog]

Hi! Reffering to anything related to the Russo-Ukrainian war - Imagine youre a kid in a school. You're getting bullied quite often by this dude. I'm talking he locks you in the locker, punches you in the face till your nose bleeds and shit like that. You told your teachers. You told your parents. You told your supervisors. They tell you to be careful, mabye to talk to the kid or the kid's parents, mabye they tell you to fight back, idk. Your parents want to arrange a meeting w this dude's parents -what the fuck is their problem?? But your parents suddenly come to the conclusion that YOU'RE at fault, because you "beat the dude up" or "stole his lunch" or something.

Here's where the analogy ends - your parents wouldn't do such a thing if they were good parents, obviously. While usually analogies work, you can't really explain politics to a child.

Here's what really happened, from an objective point of view (or at least that's what I'm going for): The American government is with Ukraine all the way. Trump comes in. He promises to stop the war. Trump wants to talk Putin out of the war. He geniuenly wants it to stop, as he doesn't want America to get into a war because of NATO's intervention. Trump talks w Putin. Suddenly Ukraine is the Big Bad Wolf and has to die for its sins. How did that happen?

I don't know. Now my subjective opinion, Trump probably got an offer from Putin. Putin gets Ukraine, but what does Trump get? That, I don't know.

I live in Romania, so I'd very much like to believe that I know more than the average about the Russo-Ukrainian war, as it is happening right above my head. However, you don't have to be physically close to the situation to realize that Ukraine and the Ukrainians are different things. Some are things, some are not. They're not chess pieces, people's lives are at stake here. They quite literally are fearing for their life.

About your most recent post, Zelensky was confused as to why Trump changed his mind, and rightfully so - That's the first president that I've ever seen that proves to love its people, tries his best to calm them down, regurarly attends meetings debating Ukraine's state as it is, tries to form alliances in any way he can and, as I will later talk about, has swore that he wouldn't change his clothes to anything fancy or fix his hair or beard while his people are suffering, as it wouldn't be fair that he lives a wealthy man life and they are dying on the battlefield.

Fast forward, he meets with Trump. Trump immediately comments on his outfit, saying it isn't professional and it isn't fit for a president. Zelensky already explained as to why he chose to dress his way, but Trump continues to ridicule him.

Not trying to be rude or anything (by which I mean I am absolutely trying to be rude), you are extremely disrespectful for mocking president Zelensky and Ukraine as a whole. They are all people, either fighting for their homes or fleeing for their lives, and president Zelensky tries his absolute best to help.

Now let's switch the point of view to Putin, a character barely mentioned in this story: Your honor, that whoreman tryna get greedy.

Besides the Putin-Trump meeting, here's another situation where Putin put his foot in (no pun intended): the Romanian government! :)

Briefly explaining because you don't actually care: Romania had its elections in December last year, or November, I don't really remember. There's this dude, Calin Georgescu, we're calling him CG. He talks about faith in God and independence of the country, praising communism and praising Our Lord and Savior, none other than mister Vladimir Putin. Immediately catches the eye of the public, but also of the government. SURPRISE!! CG's affiliated w Russia, and later arrested because of russian intervention and a fraudulent presidential campaign (he said his was made spending no money, which is not true, it was made on tiktok, but he bought different bot accounts and manipulated his public, which are mostly misogynistic men between the ages of 20-40, as well as people who had power in the communist era, between 60-80 years of age, which makes just above 50% of the Romanian population)

While he was recently arrested, I doubt this will be CG's last attempt, or Putin's, to get power over Romania.

About this situation, Elon Musk said that "This is crazy!" after the arrest of CG. Elon Musk also happens to own multiple indispensabile companies in America, and also is part of the American government. Oh, and did I mention he's Trump's bestie?

Conclusion: there's something going on. It's not as simple as "Haha lol Zelensky begger arc ended". There's a shit ton of propaganda. We've also seen it happen when American banned tiktok and everyone moved to rednote - The Chinese aren't who we thought they are. Russia isn't what we thought it is. No matter which side you choose, be aware. Do your research, prefferably through multiple browsers, and definitely through multiple sources.

*gasp* What the hell is this garbage?

Your “school bully” analogy is brain-dead. Wars aren’t high school drama, and Ukraine isn’t some helpless nerd getting swirlies from big bad Russia. Ukraine has been playing political chess for years, making deals, breaking deals, and poking the bear. It’s not that simple.

Your Trump-Putin fanfiction is embarrassing. You’re just making sh*t up. Trump sanctioned Russia harder than Obama and Biden combined, but sure, let’s pretend he’s taking secret bribes from Putin because it fits your narrative. Do you have actual proof, or just Twitter threads?

Zelensky isn’t a saint, he’s a politician. Wearing military green doesn’t make him Jesus. He bans opposition, cancels elections, and demands endless cash from the West. That’s not heroism, that’s dictatorship with good PR.

What the fuck does Romanian politics, Elon Musk, and TikTok have to do with this? You’re just throwing in random sh*t to sound informed, but it’s all over the place. This isn’t a deep analysis, it’s a conspiracy meltdown.

You’re repeating propaganda, mixing in nonsense, and ignoring actual history. Get your facts straight before you try to debate.

[sebvora]

Sebastian tried to rack his brain in order to think of something, anything, that he and CJ could have gotten up to in Vegas in order for a formal letter to be sent to their address. With their names on it, too, which only added another layer of confusion to the overwhelming cloud of brain fog he’d been experiencing.

Unsurprisingly, nothing came to mind. He was sure that they’d tipped everyone they encountered, more than willing to throw their pile of cash at anyone who could guarantee that they’d have a good time. CJ's hypothesis was out. Upon further attempts to squeeze out a memory, he realized that he wasn't even confident that he'd be able to ask Tyler, either, to maybe see if she remembered anything that they might’ve done in order to warrant this. Which had him thinking . . . did she get a letter, too? What about her friend? Was this a group experience, or one only narrowed down to the two roommates?

Silently, he urged CJ to open the envelope. He’d always been one for ignoring problems, especially if they came wrapped in a neat little package with his name stamped on them — easily discardable, that way — but he figured that ignoring the letter was probably not the best route to take, this time. After all, he wanted to go back to Vegas at some point. If he ignored it, they surely wouldn’t let him in when that time came.

The confusion only continued as his roommate, for perhaps the first time ever, had absolutely nothing to say. That had to have been bad, right? No — awful. And maybe it was his curiosity that had him lurching forward, or maybe it was the sudden instinct to protect his friend from whatever words were sprawled across the document, but he practically ripped it from his hand to see for himself.

CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

“Dude.” Was the only thing Seb could say at first, his eyes glued to the paper as if the words would morph in front of him should he stare at them for too long — like it wasn’t real. “What . . . I — what - what is this? Is this fake?” He looked up, catching CJ’s gaze, and the third and final question to spill from his mouth was, “Are we married?”

( @cjwelford )

It didn't bode well that Seb also didn't seem to remember anything, but maybe it was fine. He also didn't seem too concerned with potentially being arrested by Vegas cops, so perhaps, it wouldn't be too bad.

CJ wondered if they would be roommates in jail together, because Seb would make jail bearable. He'd protect CJ from the extra mean prisoners and maybe they'd get fun matching tattoos or something.

He wasn't actually sure what went on in the day-to-day prison life.

"Maybe we forgot to tip? They're super strict on tipping." It didn't seem like something fucked up enough for a formal invitation of arrest — which was definitely a thing because CJ said so — but people went to prison for much less he supposed. "It's got our names on it, yeah. Shall I..." His hand was shaking as he turned the envelope over to open it.

What if it was bugged, and they were tracking their location? (Despite the fact it was addressed to their current living address...besides, who would they be anyway?)

He ripped it open as carefully as CJ could, which admittedly wasn't very gentle at all, pulling out a piece of paper, gasping as he took in the words and, uncharacteristically silently, just handed it over to Seb, needing his roommate to confirm the same words he saw on the top of the page.

☆ @sebvora