#everything else feels like it's dragging

[sapphixxx]

I've become such an extremely specific type of pervert after doing so much woodworking that I'm catching myself zooming in to see what type of hinges are on the cabinets in this Yuri manga

[uhhhitsme]

im so normal about post-canon chimera curtwen. this fic isnt long at all youre delusional.

shout out to the love of my life @snarky-wallflower for betaing this monstrosity! i have no idea why she did it, but she did, and i adore her for it

[dirtytransmasc]

Alicent after her husband damns her children, the ones he forced onto her, the ones she carried and birthed and loved and spent her whole life protecting. after he leaves her, dying a pathetic death, leaving her and her children alone in the world, even more than he had before. after her children are robbed from her, meeting fates promised to them at birth, ones she tried so hard to change. after being left to roam an empty keep, the sounds of her children's antics now long gone. after hearing her own cries echo in the septs, but never reaching the gods, rattling the walls of her chambers, yet falling on deaf ears. Alicent after she decides she will be king, in her eldest's stead, she will weild her own sword in place of her most trusted friend and closest son, she will fill the world with her words like her daughter had, she will take revenge as she sees fit as her youngest had:

[tastycitrus]

the main batman comic and detective comics are so disconnected from each other plotwise that gotham war trying to claim that they’re happening concurrently paints a hilarious picture of the situation

bruce drives off at the end of gotham war and immediately goes back to being possessed by an azmer demon and captured by orghams to be hanged

tim makes a big deal about him always working to save bruce, yet when bruce is literally about to be hanged he’s nowhere to be found

and this isn't even getting into the batman and robin comic which features damian moving in with bruce and having father-son bonding time even though gotham war had bruce abandoning damian and in the end driving off by himself after telling dick that he and barbara are now the new parents of the mostly adult batfam

[dayurno]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[dutybcrne]

Mulling over the idea of Kae in the Abyss verse slowly transforming into an Abyss herald or smth bc of the influence of all the Abyssal energy he'd absorbed and used, but instead of simply accepting it; he's utterly terrified and the Instant someone, anyone, finds him partway corrupted, him just Immediately reaching out to them so desperately, pride be damned, and begging them in tears to stay, to not leave him alone, like a child craving solace in the face of thunder-

[clockworkbibliophile]

iphone photos just put a photo of me from 3 yrs ago into the ‘featured photos’ widget that’s on my phone’s home page, first screen I see when I unlock, so of course I click on it, and oh god i am freaking out so badly i don’t even recognize that person who is that? i feel so far so incredibly distant from that human in the photo how could it have been me? i don’t know who that is at all. she had no idea what was coming. she thought she had it bad. she is an entirely different being living an entirely different life in an entirely different timeline. the person I am today made all the wrong choices. but the girl in the photo still has time. i don’t know her at all anymore. I wish I did.

[lpwrites]

On Hope

Today's meta, brought to you by a tumblr post:

In case of tl;dr or tumblr not opening links, it boils down to: Hope is a skill you work, not something inherent. I'd like to add (as some people in the tags have, that so is optimism and faith). I personally would tag on kindness as well.

All these traits are seen as soft and naive, but to actually use them and nurture them properly, it takes time and an active involvement. You're not just hopeful, especially in these times. You have to work at it, and it's hard. You're not just kind because you are, you have to actively work to be kind, moreso when the world says you shouldn't.

How does this tie to Teen Wolf?

Obviously, it comes down to Scott.

Many, many multiple complaints about Scott being a boring character or a perfect character or an undeveloped character come from the fact that people (incorrectly) believe that Scott has no flaws. Scott's perfect, they say! He's so boring and Neurotypical! (which is another can of worms to open another day)

Perfection is not possible, much less for a teenage character. We have seen Scott fuck up, multiple times, for several different reasons, most coming down to the fact he's an inexperienced teenage boy thrust into a situation he never wanted to be in the first place. He's afraid, he's experiencing things no one could have braced him for, and further affected by the fact that no one explained anything after the fact either.

Despite being actively tormented by several adults (and some teenagers, lookin' at you, Matt and Jackson), Scott doesn't stop being, at his core, kind. He's hopeful! He has HOPE that Jackson can be cured from the Kanima situation in s2, he has HOPE that they can save Stiles from the Nogitsune in s3B.

Out of everyone in Teen Wolf, given the release date and the sentiment surrounding the world when it first came out, I would have not been surprised if Scott had gone from a bright hopeful kid to a cynical, bitter ~adult~, because that was expected. Cynicism was The Thing, the corruption of the innocence of youth or whatever would have fit well, I'm sure, in this niche MTV was trying to carve out.

That's what made Scott so extraordinary, I think. Despite the punches, despite ever reason he had to be bitter and mean and cruel because the world WAS bitter and mean and cruel to him, Scott continued being good. He had hope for people, and gave countless opportunities that would not have been afforded to him by others, because Scott was able to look at things as they were, and hope for something better.

Did he make mistakes along the way? Sure, as a kid then young adult navigating a whole new world that actively wanted him dead, he made mistakes. But even thinking about his choices now, how painfully difficult must it have been for Scott to look at all these people who hurt him, who hurt his friends and his family and his community, and still look for good? To offer kindness to strangers and enemies alike, to ease their pain and give people who were in the same position he was the opportunity to say 'I can't. This isn't for me.'

How many times did Scott have to fight the pain and injustice and anger that would be more than deserved, and swallowed it down because pain and anger and violence are easy! It's an easy reaction and an easy excuse, and likely people (in show) wouldn't have really blamed him because no one ever blamed Stiles for being angry and lashing out because that's what people /do/.

But Scott didn't. He swallowed all of that (a monumental effort on its own) and he returned kindness. He returned hope and optimism and faith that I know he didn't really feel, but what he really felt doesn't affect his actions because his actions speak much louder.

For a teenager with suicidal ideation, who has been constantly beat down by a life he never chose? Scott has tremendous self control, and an enormous capacity for kindness in his heart. It would have been so easy to make him an asshole, we've seen assholes countless of times in media. But strength of character in the face of all that, to say no to the cycle of violence? That is something that is not innate. Scott had to absolutely fight for that every day, and that alone is so endlessly fascinating.

Scott may be boring if all you look at is the surface, but all it says is that you've felt the struggle of being kind in a world that wants you to be cruel.

[copdog1234]

Can it be August already??

[todaviia]

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[gourde]

Just watched the newest Transformers movie and oh my god... It's a good movie it's fun but the Maximals played such a small part of the narrative (Apart from Primal) that it's not even funny. Rhinox literally doesn't even have a LINE. HE SAYS NOTHING!!! NOTHING!!! SO SAD.... Oh well, guess I'll just watch Beastformers again.

[preachersdaughtermp3]

angel can choke obviously but this shot fucks

[essektheylyss]

🧐 Speculation or theory about the oneshot?

Well, apparently the general plot was confirmed per South American theaters, (I won't mention what it is in case someone is fully looking to be surprised but check that link if you do) but that gets one primary thing on my wishlist out of the way!

Also, I know plenty of people have talked about Essek showing up, but per the finale, he's still at the outpost (and Caleb hasn't even gone to visit, which is suggested to be at least six months to a year after the finale, if not longer), and I doubt he'll be physically around. (He is middle management after all; he can't possibly have that many vacation days xD.)

Also, I think Taliesin will be playing Kingsley, though it would be funny as hell to make him juggle Kingsley and Cad.

[strozzaprete]

not to be morbid on main but my life is so strange every day i'm fighting with my inner suicidal child trying to convince her to stay alive out of spite for our enemies

[pepprs]

i guess im starting a tradition of double ventposting lol but the last thing i’llsay (maybe) is like… all of that has a caveat which is that my emotional object permanence has been absolutely OBLITERATED by 3 yrs of covid hell and it is really doing a number on me. clearly