#maybe that’s silly but i’m going will it lol

[chemicallywrit]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday!! When I was a non-teacher adult I thought to myself, surely as a child I exaggerated the desperate need for summer break. Now that I am a teacher adult, I can admit that I was. Wrong. I need a break, but luckily I have time for this.

Here's what I listened to this week!

@ourstoriedinsight's season finale was this week and wow. Wow. The way this show so effortlessly dances on ideas of trust, truth, and ethics while telling a story of four (five? Sir George count?) ridiculous and reluctant heroes who have only a dead friend in common is staggering. This episode especially, as you can see how they really drew together against (and then with) Sage. I love them, your honor. And I would also let Rain be my lawyer. Everyone listen to Our Storied Insight.

Jeez louise @camlannpod, can you give a girl a break? I am so glad Gwaine’s okay, and I’m fascinated by the mistrust Peredur has for him, even after they tried to track him over hill and dale. And I am SO worried about what's about to happen next. I wonder what Dai's going to do about it. I wonder if he'll do anything (please, Dai, do something).

This week's episode of Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club had me rolling. Look, I knew the title going in ("It's French for A Horny Party") and I still cackled when the line appeared in the episode. Josie, I hope you continue changing for the better. Also it inspired me to make beans and rice for dinner and that was a wild success.

When Karim Kronfli showed up at the beginning of the season of Among the Stars and Bones, I was excited, but holy heck. The performances in this show. Oh, right, and the twist at the end--you know, I really should have expected things to get a million times worse, based on how last season went, but this is a MILLION times worse. How are they gonna get out of this one folks???

@keepitsteadypod KEEP IT STEADY IS BACK KEEP IT STEADY MY BELOVED. Things are REALLY going places between Zach and Gabe now and neither of them know it. I love high schoolers, they're so dumb. Admit you like each other, dummies. Shoutout to our great good school nurse trying to fight for kids, and I thought the reveal about Zach's past was remarkably done. I love this show.

In relistening news, Life with Althaar again (what's up, @geminicollisionworks!). I rarely relisten to shows, but this one is worth my while every time. Listen to Life with Althaar, a silly space sitcom that gets Not So Silly when the story decides to commit to the bit. Althaar, I would die for you.

Inn Between is truckin right along with 5.9 this week, which I found absolutely delicious to watch the actors bring to life. It’ll be outdone only by the episode next week. In zombie news, boy oh boy, this week we're doing some recording for The Dead that I'm very worried about but ready for the challenge of. It involves directing singers in a language I do not speak! Lol pray for me. If I can make it til school ends, maybe I'll have some other news as well! Keep a weather eye out.

Hey, want to help me satiate my sudden summer cravings for fun drinks? Buy me a ko-fi!

See y'all next week!

[lilyoffandoms]

Good Morning Fandom! I saw this and thought it could make a lovely fic. If you'd like, give it a go! :)

Open Heart - Tobias x MC

Warnings & A/N: No warnings. Thought I’d give these two a go for my morning warm up. It’s hella short but words have been hard lately. Not a pairing I typically write so please forgive if it’s out of character.

“Tobias!”

He froze as her voice rang out down the hall. The nurses all looking on in interest from behind patient files. If their smirks were visible he would have seen that they matched his own.

“Yes?” he asked, his smirk now firmly in place, as she stomped her way towards him.

A few long-term patients poking their heads out of their rooms to join the nurses and other doctors in pretending not to watch.

“What is the meaning of this?” she held up a handful of small pieces of paper.

“Looks like garbage to me,” he grinned.

“Garbage, huh?” her own smile growing as she came to a stop in front of him and grabbing his coat, pulled him to her in a quick kiss.

“Did you read those sappy words? Cuz yeah, garbage is what I would call it,” he smiled as they broke their kiss but stayed wrapped in each other’s arms. “But I know you love that garbage. You love me after all.”

She laughed into one more quick kiss before walking back down the hall.

“Stay out of my patient files, Carrick,” she called out with a kiss blown in his direction.

“Not if it gets me your kisses, MacTavish.”

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Choices Tags: @storyofmychoices @peonierose

Casey MacTavish belongs to @jerzwriter.

[hazelnut-u-out]

Somehow never caught this before, but does this imply Birdperson’s mom killed his dad and he remembers seeing it?

The fact this memory is somehow tied to Blood Ridge in his mind makes me wonder if that’s part of why he didn’t accept Rick’s advances— maybe even subconsciously. If that’s what this implies, no wonder he had commitment issues. Makes the shit with Tammy hit differently, too…

I know it’s a throw away moment, but I really hope we get a follow up on that… Regardless of what that memory is, it’s dark shit.

[daylighteclipsed]

It was so cute how excited the cupbros were to see each other again. Like they were so happy they squealed. Twice.

Also, it was nice to see some genuine apologies and gratitude after a handful of episodes with the brothers at each other’s throats.

When comedies are done well, the more serious or sentimental moments feel all the more emotional because they stand out. And I definitely feel like that’s the case here — throughout a lot of this episode, really.

Anyway, I care bout them. little scrunklies

[getoutofmytardis]

ed and stede staying with izzy and buttons coming to visit 😭

[marimbles]

i miss being in my tmsidk era. what was i on back then. where did that girl go. come back ho why would you abandon me like this

[theuwuafterhours]

How are you even besties with fuwanek0?

Well she’s my irl highschool bsf~💕

She’s the sweetest n cutest~ ilyyyy @fuwanek0

[yellowsubiesdance]

my memory will destroy me one of these days

[shroomierambles]

why’s it so embarrassing when u start catching feelings for someone aaaaaahhhhhh

[trollbreak]

Man I fuckin love making new bitches and immediately clinking them all together lol

It’s like damn I sure hope I can write to keep up with these events bc if not I’ll not be able to go back with how the vibe is here

[the-trans-dragon]

Kipo happy rambling

Ooooooo I never noticed before that Scarlemange’s Palace is a run down mall!!! :0!!!! That’s SO GOOD TO ANALYZE!!

Some of the mutants have towns they took over, like the Umlaut snakes. The Newton wolves have an entire observatory they use as a house. The Timbercats made their home in trees. But Scarlemange! The guy obsessed with humans (and killing them all) chose a MALL.

What a human place! A gilded palace!! The gold and jewels are fake, because it’s a mall. All the luxury is simply imitation, a snare set by capitalism to gather any extra money people had. The unseen product being sold to everyone: the brand name, the illusion of wealth, of the upper class, sold to you—and its on sale, buy two get one half off!

The piano was there as a illusion of luxury. The glass ceiling, colorful and remnant of church windows. A silly little capitalism machine dressed up like a palace or a cathedral. What a fascinating place for Scarlemagne to live!

A mall is a perfect building to represent the society that existed before. Gilded. A comforting lie. All the glory of capitalism, in all its imitation and flimsiness. What a perfect place, a perfect palace, for the king who wants to finally end humanity!

I don’t really like Scarlemagne because I’m soft and he is Trying To Kill Everyone, and I’m in a very silly overanalytical mood and probably reading way too much into it. But :3 I’m havin fun lol

[sammydem0n64]

Tbh fellas my identity has reached a point of true “idgaf” (it has been like this for months actually. Lolz.) Thinking abt it gives me brainrot. Pronouns? Idc call me whatever. Gender? I am not a man that’s all I got. Sexuality? Idk. I don’t wanna date people tho!!!!!!!!! I don’t wanna find myself!!!!!!!!!!!! I am Aaliyah sammydem0n64 and I am autistic and that’s it‼️‼️‼️‼️

[salsflore]

.... i’m rambling abt my crush ( not self ship related btw ) in the tags nobody look at me. i’m not as sad as some things may make it seem /srs pls guys i am silly rn .....

[munamania]

i think i should be allowed to kill my dad

[theseptemberist]

I think it’s cause people are so terrified of an age gap between two consenting adults that they’ll twist themselves in circles denying what they know they really see. It’s actually pretty hilarious to watch as someone in a relationship with an age gap irl. Get a grip, guys.

very much so. i think a common factor in the disgust at unconventional pairings is precisely a lack of real world experience and appreciation of nuance. it is a desire to divide the most messy thing possible, human relationships, into clear moral categories based on a limited set of tangible factors. it is a way of coping with an inability to control and understand the world when you are not mature enough to accept it.

i completely understand your feelings, anon, because i also spent a large part of my young adulthood in a relationship with a significant age gap. i feel invisible sometimes, watching these debates happen with no input from people who have actually lived it because that threatens to complicate the narrative. or being told that it’s disgusting as some revelation like i’m not intimately aware of the problems that can arise.

the fact is that the tides of power in a relationship are governed by innumerable complex factors of which age is only one (albeit a significant one that often comes packaged with other benefits such as financial stability). which has more potential for abuse, a 15 year age gap where both partners have a flourishing career or a same age relationship where one partner is fully financially dependent and would lose their home if the relationship ended? it’s not clear you know?

so when i look at tcw era obikin, yeah, in the real world anakin would likely be a college student and somewhat disempowered in that relationship. but in the context of his universe he is not only an adult but a general running a war in charge of tens of thousands of men. he has more experiential maturity than many real people a decade older than him. canonically he is MARRIED. and there is no evidence in canon of obi-wan grooming or manipulating him, so to deny him agency and choice in that relationship is infantilizing and patently ridiculous in my view.

again, this is coming from someone who was in an age gap relationship that was codependent and emotionally manipulative at times. yet i also retained a sense of agency and benefitted from the partnership in a lot of ways. the vast grey area that exists between equity and control, between reciprocity and abuse, is more complex than i could possibly get across in a tumblr post.

given that, i don’t think it’s arrogant to say that i have an understanding others do not. i know that there is potential for age gap relationships to be healthy because i saw the exact reasons why mine wasn’t. part of why i like obikin is that it is an outlet to bridge that gap and indulge in the ideal that i wish i could have had. so when people get in a tizzy over FICTIONAL age gaps i just have to laugh because i know they would be put at a complete loss by my actual experiences.