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[wanologic]

The Mansons have Infinite Money

[feketeribizli]

am i interrupting something

YOU ARRREEE 😁🫵‼️ alt version with charlies lipstick from this banger post of mine

[mass-charge-spin]

probably a controversial opinion but my fave part of ep 7 (and the e-soul arc in general) is how yan shu systematically groomed yang cheng into being his asset. like, yang cheng was the perfect blank canvas for him to mold however he wanted, and he definitely took advantage of that.

yang cheng had zero trust value, meaning he was beholden to exactly no one else. trust value is everything in this society so he's as good as legally nonexistent. his first point was explicitly tied to him doing e-soul-style actual heroics.

yang cheng is generally kind, hard-working, and reliable, and very charismatic but only under the mask, so he'd be a believable replacement for the real thing. he also has crippling self-worth issues, which means he's easy to take advantage of if you treat him nicely and he likes you.

yang cheng also trusts yan shu.

yan shu has goons, connections, and a working knowledge of yang cheng's social circle so it's easy for him to set things up to get results. like hey, here's a kid who hero worships yang cheng, they're pretty close, let's arrange a kidnapping so he can go viral doing heroics. yang cheng has a new friend with hero agency connections and a ton of money to dump on him? nice, his boy can get a taste of pro hero life and the kind of material support that entails, and he doesn't have to show his hand too early. hey kid, make this guy your manager, it'll be good for you.

getting rid of shang chao when he did was also a fantastic move on his part because it served three things: 1) getting rid of the competition over who gets to be yang cheng's manager, 2) destabilizing a rival agency because their head is now in mourning, and 3) making yang cheng mad with grief and regret, so he's emotionally vulnerable and easy to manipulate under the guise of being supportive. bonus points for shang chao leaving behind a new suit and a bunch of training equipment they can use.

by the combined power of advertising and word of mouth he manages to get the duel to happen and force og e-soul into creating an opening, ensuring yang cheng comes out on top. it's also great that yang cheng is so consumed by grief and anger that he doesn't ask very many questions about where the ad money came from. (why was that convo so much like "don't worry about it, kitten." "okay 💔 yay 💔" lmao)

xia qing is a complicating factor, but it's nice that she wasn't helping, and left him behind in the end. if she hadn't left of her own volition, i am pretty sure yan shu would also have gotten rid of her at some point. more fuel for his tragic backstory.

so anyway at the end of it all, yan shu has a traumatized, broken-down, beloved hero in the top ten who doesn't have anything else apart from him and the e-soul identity. mission successful, he's perfect. like yeah, this is the kind of guy who would shoot moon in the head with zero hesitation. 10/10, no notes.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[operaticskeleton]

modern baseball was right. i 𝘢𝘮 gonna miss it all.

[lacedcandy]

You are still here, you are still happy

You are still smiling and laughing

You are still the only thing and everything I need in my life

And it goes in, in, out through the mouth

Breathing exercises I will never figure out

[theuglypigeon]

The Front Bottoms In Order in a Doc

i made a doc of every the front bottoms song released and unreleased i could find on the Internet somewhere in order of release, labeled w album/single/ep and where it's at

[soulchronicity]

welcome to desolation tim central

[amsmasterjohn]

“Nullos are the best sex toys.” his “Sponsor” always said. After three years of hearing that phrase for so many times, Jason gave in and became one himself. It gave him so much peace of mind that he never had to think about his, now removed, male organs anymore. And he loved how his tight underwear now fitted.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Volkswagen EA 276 Prototype, 1969. The EA 276 is the missing link between the rear-engined/aircooled Beetle-era VWs and the front engine/water-cooled Golf-generation. It was a prototype front engine/front drive hatchback but it continued to use the Beetle’s air-cooled flat-4 engine

[skeletalheartattack]

for the past couple of days, i've been working on Boe's house in limbo and getting it to look close to how i've been picturing it in my head - here's a couple of shots so far showing off the exterior and interior, with the top screenshot being further along in progress than the other exterior shots.

[mindisinmars]

how embarrassing is it that ive been listening to (and occasionally adding to) the same "mid-west emo" spotify playlist since i was 11 like wdym it never changes and i retreat back to the safety of McCafferty and the front bottoms and Bo Burham every mfing year

[bluebellhairpin]

BOROMIR SAVE ME. BOROMIR. BOROMIR SAVE ME. SAVE ME BOROMIR. BO RO MIR.

[vegan-kaktus]

i saw taemin in helsinki!!!

can i rant for a minute? fans requested 'sexuality' but taemin said he wanted to sing a(nother) ballad as the last song, then people screamed “nooo!!”???? excuse you? i felt so bad for him, like what the fuck? /end of rant

also: why does every site hate hdr? this video looks so much better on my phone

[operaticskeleton]

you know the band is going to be fire when the singer can’t sing and the instrumentalists can’t decide on a rhythm

[lacedcandy]

Still I scrub and scrub 'til my body bleeds

Convince myself I am coming clean

Forget and ignore who I used to be

That kid is never coming back