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[misslisamiray]

Some spoilers for Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 1, Summer of All Fears below the cut!

Ummm, is anyone else feeling like they need to look at some fluffy, cute fanfiction or art after the season premiere?

Please don't take this as me disliking Summer of All Fears, because actually the opposite is true - I thought it was a really good episode! That being said, Rick pissed me off more of the ep than he didn't, (which I think was exacerbated by Fear no Mort being on right before), and while I'm intrigued by Morty’s Evil Morty-esque actions, they also freak me the fuck out.

And while our titular duo DID have some cute moments bonding and hanging out (I loved the hardware store scene!), consider this:

1. It is pretty fucked up that Rick’s being all buddy-buddy with/so impressed by the version of Morty created by the newest trauma he's inflicted on the boy. Like, congrats on your new drinking buddy, Rick, but at what cost? I know causing Morty lasting-if-it-weren't-mindblown psychological damage wasn't Rick’s intention this time, and I don't think he realizes HOW MUCH damage he did. But still...

2. While they were having fun together at the hardware store and building the death race car, just under the surface, Morty was plotting his revenge. I will never stop thinking about this. 😭

So anyway, you know those scenes in Mort:Ragnarick where the boys are physically supporting each other while being attacked by Bigfoot? I currently need ALL the things that give off that kind of energy. Anyone else?

[anglerflsh]

you know what's really funny just yesterday my contemporary history course went over the elections that brought the rise of nazism in germany and the march on Rome and violence that lead to fascism in italy. I'm really enjoying the historian experience of feeling like Cassandra from The Iliad

[mossymandibles]

I feel like I need to post proof that I’m not just bluffing, like I actually have written stuff ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

Revise revise revising

[vaguely-concerned]

there's nothing quite like a dark souls game when you're really depressed. fromsoft places a hand on your shoulder and says "yeah no you're right. sometimes the whole world really is coming at you shrieking and flailing and trying to claw your face off and there is no hope in sight. what is left for us here but the deep sorrow of a magnificent beast doomed to a slow and possibly endless descent into ruin? here's a sword about it. go wild"

and then you stand there with tears in your eyes clutching your giant claymore to your chest like a lover and whisper "I. love my sword" and you do. you love that sword

[autumnoakes]

hi im ranting (positively! this game kills me but in a good way) about breath of the wild again

i know it's controversial but i love the way the story of the game is told. because you start the game in the middle, perhaps near the end, of the story. the game is entirely through link's perspective and he wakes up knowing and remembering nothing. in turn, the player starts off knowing nothing. the past is revealed as the story goes along, and the player learns about the past and about the land as link does. there are little tidbits about hyrule and about the calamity scattered across the land. an old woman in hateno village tells you of an age of desolation that she grew up in. the travellers you see on the road are younger people because they're described by older characters as more bold, whereas the older characters grew up being told to never leave the village, it's too dangerous outside (compare this even to tears of the kingdom, where travellers are more common because the land has been safer. even older characters have left their home to travel elsewhere (not including the lurelin villagers)). battlefields are still strewn with old rusty weapons and deactivated guardians that no one but monsters will go near. myths and legends about the princess and hero have been passed down, to the point where their legitmacy is questioned and everyone has a different opinion on them.

it's environmental storytelling. it's things like seeing drawings and a bow in zelda's study and seeing a child reading a storybook with a hero that wears a blue tunic similar to link's. it's the stories that the villagers share about old myths that turn out to be true. it's the ruins scattered across the land, long since overtaken by monster camps but still unmistakably being houses that people once lived in. it's the utter lack of civilization anywhere remotely near the castle and the feeling of dread in the ruins of the town that surrounds it. it's a kingdom entrenched in its past, with no ability to move away from it until the calamity is finally defeated.

[sextions]

theyre marketable plushie-ing mouthwashing noooooooooo goddammitttt

[confusedraven1]

remember when zuko betrayed aang/katara/iroh and reverted back to approval seeking behaviors/attitudes at the end of book 2 in ATLA? i feel like that’s exactly what’s happening with aziraphale.

it’s not a bad thing to want approval, to want “forgiveness” and redemption, and he’s done a TON of work trying to stay faithful to the “mission” of his station, despite all of his superiors constantly berating and looking down on him. so of course the first time in the entirety of his existence he’s being offered a chance to Make Decisions and a difference, he finds himself falling back into old habits.

fingers crossed that we get season 3, but, say if we do, aziraphale may have a similar journey zuko had in maturing and understanding that the things you’ve longed for (only cause you’ve been told that’s what you should want) isn’t necessarily what’s best for you. or perhaps you’ve outgrown the confines those things try to force you into.

breaking away from a toxic family is difficult, especially if that’s all you’ve really known. aziraphale made a questionable and heartbreaking decision, but it’s understandable. and he’s always been a stubborn one, so i’m not surprised he didn’t run back to crowley once he realized what the metatron said the “project” was.

[ezelvir]

Modern Home Bar in Miami

Mid-sized minimalist u-shaped marble floor and white floor seated home bar photo with open cabinets, onyx countertops and beige countertops

[biexual]

i feel like me iding as nb doesnt fit me but also i feel like it does... like i feel nonbinary and i feel like i want to present feminine and masculine and i dont have a solid gender identity... but when people hear or think of non-binary they always push a certain image onto that nb person.

like i feel nonbinary and i like how in my head i feel towards my identity, even though i don't outwardly "project" a "nonbinary image" whatever that may be. maybe im just projecting towards myself how im expected to look because of how *i* in my head think that people expect nb people to be.

[void-ranger-vger]

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD IT’S HERE. THE ENTIRE SCRIPT IS HERE. I THOUGHT IT DIDN’T EXIST ONLINE OR IN PRINT.

HOLY SHIT. THIS IS AMAZING. I HAVE READ IT AND IT IS AMAZING.

They actually performed this??? I’m going to lose my goddamn mind. Holy shit.

At Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, I obtained the original copy of “The Nexus”, the play written and performed by Andy Robinson and Alexander Siddig. Andy gave me permission to scan, transcribe, and post the script online so that the fans can enjoy it.

It’s finished! Below you’ll find links to my scans of the original, as well as a transcription.

Scans

Transcription

Happy reading!

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[dividedsoul]

randomly got really anxious and guilty bcuz I don’t post what I used to hhhhhh god

[phantaasmic]

i was so dissociated in college it’s crazy that i graduated i was not a person most of the time

[motsimages]

Reblogging this because the general discourse around sports and exercise is either you go to the gym and lift weight or it doesn't count as sport/exercise.

So first you have the confluence of meaning between sport and exercise and physical activity. Then you have the elimination of what "sport" means in favour of it all being "exercise". And finally "exercise" is just bodybuilding and getting thin (often symultaneously, go figure).

Moving a litle bit every day in things like going for a walk, dancing in the living room, doing light stretches, or even just running errands is physical activity. And you don't need much more. But if you do need some more, or you want to start training strength or agility, then specific exercises like the ones in this video are more than enough. And then, if all of this is boring to you but maybe doing fun things with other people or on your own that don't feel like repeating over and over the same thing would help you, that's where sports come in. Badminton, boules, nordic walking... There are a thousand and not all of them are football or require a competition level of practice.

5 simple exercises to awaken dormant muscles

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[watery-melon-baller]

why would math professors rather kill themselves then give you a homework problem that you've done in class before. my brother in Christ you're asking me to do new kinds of math ive never in my life seen or heard about before.

[jeanjane]

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[marmotsomsierost]

It's not even that far back but i'm going to this show: