#l&a

[cosmica-candy]

Does Phantom help Clotted Cream destress with cuddles after a long day as Consul/King?

Of course!!

They all come together to help the other when life takes the best of them, all in their own special ways. Creme, despite everything, is still a talented and practiced musician, and still works on new pieces and works based off his life, which he often plays to his boyfriends when they're facing stress.

They all come together to do the best they can to help one another, even when they aren't doing the best themselves.

A thief, a pianist, and a king, isn't exactly the combination you would expect, but they make it work for each other.

And they wouldn't have it any other way.

-Nunishment

[no1-aigis-stan]

Chapter 30 of Lazarus and Ananias is out!

In which Haru breaks into Akechi's house :)

Why did she break into Akechi's house? Well, she wants answers to what's going to happen when everyone finds Maruki. As for the details and Akechi's answer? Well, you'll have to find out.

[mudboyman]

Light answers a tough question

[lilhawkeye3]

A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman

Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.

Let's start with the first visual we get:

UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic. (Edit: and please look up his history of civil rights activism, he was on the FBI watchlist and even a pallbearer at MLKJr’s funeral.)

Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:

THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.

This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.

Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.

The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more. *Edit to add, the first part of this lyric is in reference to the Black Liberation Song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. Thanks to everyone who mentioned that.

THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do. *Edit to add: they also all piled out of a clown car. The US flag in a clown car? Brilliant.

The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."

TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.

STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...

DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.

NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.

SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.

ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...

"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.

So what does Kendrick say?

IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.

40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.

THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.

NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes (read: Drake harassed the hell out of her). *Edit: she was also fined at the 2012 Olympics for crip walking in celebration at Wimbledon.

TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!

GAME OVER — could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, America…

In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[sidecast-text]

incredibly elaborate bit me and @iclimbtreestofeelalive came up with while i was playing pokemon Y iii couldn't pick if i should put this on the art blog but whateverr hello if you scrolled down this far sorry for the long post okay i love you

[texasbama]

Salutations. This is your Uncle Sam. And this is the Great American Game.

[bgm05]

Reblog this post if you LOVE eating shit!

[sabertoothwalrus]

I'm getting my friends into death note

[bibbysstuff]

Mc in Lingeries, Li addition

[dummy-daisy]

“accidental” anal. i'm laying on my stomach and you're over me, pinning me down with your weight. your cock is pounding into my willing, wet pussy hole when it slips. there is no prep, just brute force, your hard cock, still wet from my other hole, pressing against the tight muscle, pain, then it gives in and you sink your length into my ass. you've planned this all along. you love the way my thightest hole grips your cock. how i tense and scream underneath you and you just hold me down and make me take it. you whisper your apologies into my ear as you force your cock in again and again. it just feels so good for you. you can't stop. it was just an accident, but i'm doing so well taking it. fuck, you're going to cum. you fuck me harder. accidentally.

[cosmica-candy]

Nunishment here!!

Howdy! Makin a bit of a return here, and trying to talk more with yall! Sorry for my absence, school was beating the shit outta me, but im getting my vibe back, so expect to hear more from me!!

Anywho, Wanna know some interesting lore about Clotted Cream Cookie, and his role and L&A???

Clotted Cream is actually the King of the Cookie Kingdom in this AU!!

The cannon group of Wizard, Gingerbrave, Strawberry, Custard III, and Chili Pepper, still find and found the Cookie Kingdom like in cannon, but once it starts getting popular, Clotted Cream gets sent over to lead it properly, and the "Playground 5" as i like to jokingly call them, end up going to the Vanilla Kingdom to meet Pure Vanilla. That's a whole different story thought!

Clotted, whose still the Consulate of the Creme Republic, is placed in charge of the burgeoning Kingdom, and has to do a lot of work to balance his responsibilities!!

That reminds me, ive got a lot to say about how diffrent Love & Anguish is from established cannon! I do have a whole like, Intro fic already written, and perhaps soon i should get it written and posted!!

But in the meantime, if you have any questions about the lore, please ask!! Ill do my best to check up on the blog as much as i can!

-Nunishment

[no1-aigis-stan]

Realizing I should post about fic updates on Tumblr now that Twitter is becoming increasingly chaotic. So in that vein...

Yesterday I put out a new chapter of my Persona 5 Royal not-fix-it, Lazarus & Ananias! The premise is pretty simple: Akechi and Wakaba come back to life for unclear reasons after Maruki was defeated, and the gang looks for answers while trying not to splinter into pieces due to the underlying tensions about Akechi's presence. It's about trauma, accountability, and control; it's about difficult conversations and learning to live a life you never wanted.

Here's an excerpt from the newest chapter:

Read the new chapter by following this link, or if you're new, start from the beginning! It'll make you think about the P5 cast in a new way.

[akiisks]

Measuring? 📏

inspired by: baobei-bu

[jxnuuary]

Misaaaaaa

[mayweholdhands]

“I’ll learn whatever I couldn’t do before”

I think Rafs hunger to learn for/abt mc is one of his hottest traits ngl