#just a thought i had the other day

[mr-ghost-face]

i dont know if anyone else has talked about this but i think its really interesting that of the 3 main richmond coaches, the one who knew the least about jamie's dad was ted.

yes, ted saw the boot room in season one but everyone saw wembley, which explored the extent of James Tartt snr's abuse to a similar level. but beyond that ted is mostly in the dark. beard gets a dark look into james in beard after hours and roy gets told about amsterdam, they both become aware that what james is like is far worse than what they have seen in the locker rooms.

but ted? he knows about as much as the general team does. i think this informs how he incorrectly approaches helping jamie in the 'forgiveness/fuck you and thank you' scene. ted also approaches the situation as what he would have needed in his childhood, not what jamie needs for his situation, which are/were completely different situations

but i think it is interesting who in the show is given an insight into jamies life. it's beard who sees the extent of james' violence, not ted. i think if ted was in that position, or was told, how he tried to help jamie would be very different and it could have opened ted's eye to the fact that jamie is not him, he can't help jamie through preaching forgiveness.

for the 'better father figure' framed character, ted is always on the outside looking through a distored window into jamies life.

[ruporas]

need to exist in your warmth (id in alt)

[ducktracy]

there are a lot of evil people in the world and a lot of darkness in the world and so it’s very important for me to stress that now more than ever is the time to spread kindness and compassion. combat the evil by not only not partaking in it, but actively refuting it. destroy the notion that being compassionate or generous or kind to someone is uncool or embarrassing or even scary. be the change you want to see. start a chain reaction. positivity only breeds more positivity. do an act of kindness for someone so that that person who is too afraid to do it themselves can see you, realize that they’re not alone, and perhaps sheepishly follow your example. and then the next person who is too afraid but sees that person can do the same. when bad news comes out about bad people or horrible atrocities in the world it’s such an easy impulse to despair, and obviously it’s important to feel what you need to feel. grieve. be angry. be sorrowful. be empathetic. but dust off your pants and get up and be a part of a chain reaction that, no matter how small the scale, and spread compassion and love and care. all the reasons why you might not—“it’s hard! it’s scary! people will make fun of me! it’s useless because there’s too much evil!” are all grade A arguments as to why you should. you have no idea how many people you could inspire to do the same. even if it doesn’t get you anyway far, you can at least say you have the nobility of trying. please choose love and please choose life. you are worth loving and you are worth inspiring others to love

[notacluedo]

Jeremy is so brave bc if I saw Jean doing up his gloves with his teeth it would’ve been over for me

[fictionadventurer]

I love libraries.

I'm browsing the WWI shelves (as you do) and notice a very old book about the war. I glance at the first pages that talk about how one day the war will be over and we'll look at this place and not see any signs of the battlefield.

Then it hits me. And I check the publishing date.

This book was printed before the war's end. Not written. Printed. The physical object was created in 1918, while the war in question was raging and the end was as yet uncertain.

Now I'm standing on the other side of the apocalypse, with this physical link to that era in my hands. I'm living proof that the war did end and life did go on and we can all look at the end of the world as a long-ago memory.

Reading old books is cool enough, connecting our minds and hearts through the ideas of people who lived long ago, but there's something extra profound about holding a copy of the book that comes from the time that it was written. It's a physical link between the past and the present connecting me to those long-ago people. A piece of the past come into the future that gives me the chance to almost take the hand of some long-ago reader, to hold something they could have held, connecting not just mentally but physically to their era, a moment of connection across more than a century.

Excuse me while I go weep.

[egophiliac]

hiii im sure you’ve answered this before but in regards to your twst x Pokémon, how do you choose which Pokémon go give to the cast?? really curious since your choices are unique :O

unique in a good way, I hope? 😅 (jk jk I haven't come across too many pokemon AUs, so I was going in without preconceptions, I guess!) I was sorta aiming somewhere between doing, like, a full AU with internal consistency and everything, and just picking entirely based on theme/character, so maybe that's why! basically I just set some arbitrary rules (no legendaries/no repeats/evo stages based on year) and then went on ~vibes~. a couple were also suggestions (thank you guys!) and last-minute decisions, so it was a bit of a delightful mess of ideas!

my one regret is that I should have given Riddle a Togedemaru after all. ...you know what, he can have one now, why not

[skunkes]

[journey-to-the-attic]

one thing about ik is that she will always reach out

[somegrumpynerd]

When your ruthless henchmen have pack bonded and continually lie in a pile like kittens

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

This has most definitely been said before, but we were robbed of the core four quarantining on-screen together at Buck’s place. ROBBED I say

[deoidesign]

Thinking about vampires, death, life, and the space they occupy in between

[ruporas]

the blank ticket in your hand is just waiting to be filled in.

happy birthday vash! (ID in alt text)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

I need a leather strap pattern

okay so i have this bag i call the bag of theseus, right?

I've replaced two broken buckles

replaced one leather strap attachment entirely

by opening up one side to install it and resealing the thing with invis stitch (that i honestly need to shore up as you can see here)

and countless small stitch jobs for the lining.

I have had this bag for over 10 years and i am not about to give up on the thing

BUT

the front pocket strap has been busted and unable to ACTUALLY clip the pocket closed for YEARS.

I have a BUNCH of leather scrap at various weightages. I've got a leather punch, awls, thread, leather needles, and edge-kote.

This is such a specific type of strap so google/duckduckgo is useless, does ANYONE have a pattern for a bag-strap (preferably with snap fasteners) that I can make from scratch? I could probably reuse this buckle if need be but I just want to be able to hold the front pocket closed while I'm riding a bike or smth

thanks folks!

[egophiliac]

redesigning my headcanon for Sebek's parents, based on important new information (SCALES)

(you can't see it but they're both wearing crocs)

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

A portal opens in the Wayne manor and Danny Fenton, Billy Batson and Bernard Dowd are launched across the mansions foyer in a mine cart, screaming for a few seconds before another portal opens up across the room and they zoom in. Destruction is left in thier wake.

The batkids are left trying to convince Bruce it really wasn't them this time.

Dont ask me how those three got stuck together or whats going on. I do not know. Appearently none of them have powers right now and can't escape thier wild portal based rollercoster ride. Where all are they launched through? Who all tries to stop the runaway minecart from hell? How did they meet in the first place?!

[arcticclimes]