#my beloved ratboy

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RJ MacCheesy strikes again

[redrosecarnage]

y3 majima looks like a crackhead (affectionate) and i miss him

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First look at SAM WOOLF as RIENCE in The Witcher: Season 3

[torglemountaintopboatmaker]

The worst thing about Baldur's Gate 3 is that everyone is too busy playing it to produce enough fanart to sate my ever progressing brainrot.

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im so happy with how my little rat boy is comign out... smiles

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I dreww this becaussssss kinger kinda reminds me of lkj 🤔

the emotionless look in the eyes is…

[prettyboy-like-you]

⚠️ UNPOPULAR OPINION ⚠️

okay, coming from THEE BIGGEST BILLY HARGROVE FAN... guess what?

I LIKE EDDIE.

yeah man i think eddie's great! he's a true misfit; an anarchist; stands up to dickhead's bullshit; funny af; and underneath his superfreak idgaf exterior he's actually an adorable cutie.

have the writer's tried to (rather pathetically) replace billy? yes.

can eddie replace billy: a humongous no!

BUT HEY! WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO ACCEPT OR MAKE THOSE COMPARISONS.

we can enjoy both characters.

am i still beyond sad/angry they killed billy off? yes, always.

am i going to hate s4's new characters on principle? no!

i loved stranger things before billy. i will try to continue to love it without him—and still consume/create all the billy and harringrove content i possibly can (which, let's face it, is always better than canon anyways!)

I MISS, GRIEVE AND FOREVER LOVE BILLY.

BUT IT'S ALSO OKAY AS A BILLY STAN TO LIKE EDDIE MUNSON

there, i said it. lol.

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cried my eyes out (cathartic this time) at a Julien Baker concert. Got to go with a Canadian friend I'd not seen in years. I now own a shirt with Julien Baker's dog on the back. this is what it's all about baybeeeeee

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happy birthday to my most beloved ratboy xi shiyong!!!!

[slocumjoe]

Do you also call Danse things that would probably make him pick you up by the neck and throw you if he could hear you from the other end of the screen.

My go to things are princess, baby, and babygirl because he's the most sopping wet cat of a man I have ever met. This also goes for every other companion

Cait and Piper are both babe, but the tone is different. Cait is an exasperated concern babe, Piper is a "Please stop running infront of my bullets" babe

Mac is amor, baby, and babe

Nick is grandpa or Nicholas, Nicholas if he gets crushed by another elevator trying to follow me up one

Deacon is princess and sweetheart

Curie is also princess and sweetheart but I mean it

Preston is babygirl

X6 is all of the above

I think they'd all be sick of me and that's fine <3

But yeah, do you call your companions nicknames as you play?

Omg

Okayokay okay

SHIT I CALL THE COMPANIONS

Cait i call kitty-cat, red menace, batgirl (bc. She uses a bat), and Caitypie

Curie gets called Curie-ous George and Kermit

DANSE is referred to as sugarpie, babydoll, honeycakes, Dan-man, hotpants, beloved, darling, doughboy (affectionate and horny), cookie, cupcake, muffin man, cake boss, thunder thighs, big boy, and my wife/wifey. Also milkman. For Obvious Reasons

Deacon is deacman d-egg-ster (like dexter), freaky Deac, and 'that clown'

Gage is fuckface, trashman, my guy, and minimum Gage. Also sasquatch, because in game he was always just out off view doing odd shit

Hancock is han, Hamilton, johnny-B-ghoul, and snorts-mcgee

MacCready is Mac, Bobby, Ratboy, Blondie, and weasel

Nick is Nicky V, Peepaw, and Dickolas

Piper is Pipes. Pipey-Wipey, Wiper, Pippy-long-stockings, and...and Diaper. Im not kidding. I try not to. But it's so close to her name.

Preston is Pres, Gravyboat, Prez-dispenser, and Garv/Garf

X6-88 is X, catboy, Four eyes (8 looks like eyes, 2 8s is 4 eyes, plus he wears sunglasses) Sassy-ass, Edgelord, Hot Topic Shopping Piece Of Shit, and beanie baby

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TAG GAME: EIGHT SHOWS TO GET TO KNOW ME

Tagged by @santabarbara-skies​​, aaayyyy! I hardly get tagged so yaaaaaay! 

Also this is kind of hard, but I’ll try (and like Em, I’m adding explanations, sort-of-kind-of, but not fancy formatting because I’m lazy). 

The West Wing. Still my all-time favorite. Is it idealistic? Sure. Is it preachy sometimes? Yeah. But does it make my bleeding liberal heart glow and hopeful? You bet. Do I want to hug a pillow whenever someone says, “A guy falls in a hole...” or “What’s next?” or “Babies come with hats.” or “He loves teams, I love him so much” or almost-anything-CJ-or-Sam-says? Almost always. So, yeah, it’ll always top my list. 

Psych. Burton Guster, my beloved. I started this show for two reasons: Dule Hill was in it and I just finished the West Wing and needed to keep that connection going; and it a Sherlock Holmes adaptation-sort-of, and I am basically on board for almost anything that is loosely modeled on Holmes. But I stayed for, oh, god, all of it. The two idiots at the center of it all, for Shawn and Juliet, for Lassie, for the bond between Lassie and Juliet, for everything. It is just an absolute delight, come on, son, jerk chicken, Pluto, suck it, meeeeeee, incarcerated in a blueberry, TT Showbiz, MC ClapYoHandz, I would rather fill-in-the-blank, pineapples, Banana as in Bananarama, you know that’s right. 

Friends. Another one that’s definitely dated and contains plenty of sexist, fatphobic, homophobic, and other problematic content. But I have a huge soft spot for this show and would still be one of my desert island shows, if not my #1 desert island show, because it makes me laugh every. single. time. It’s not my favorite show, but it’s the one that makes me feel the most, I don’t know...home? Like I’m going back to this place that isn’t perfect, but somewhere I grew up and so it means a lot to me. And a lot of it really is still funny and adorable and heartwarming, you know?

Ripper Street. Another one that has Sherlock Holmes vibes, but also includes my favorite handsome man, Matthew Macfadyen. Plus, period drama goodness, with an excellent cast overall, great acting, good writing, and a great ending that’s bittersweet but fitting and satisfying. The character arcs are just fabulous. There are lots of hats and vests. And dry dark humor. And moments that will break your heart to pieces. But others that will give you life. Probably one of the most underrated shows on this whole list, if not the most underrated. Plus the fandom is (still) lovely. Seriously one of the nicest, best fandoms I’ve ever been a part of.

House MD. The one that started it all for me, and by “it all” I mean my leap into internet fandom communities. So it’s quite special to me. I was one of the only House/Stacy fans on the planet, I think, but that’s how it goes. And more importantly: the friends I made because of this show! The fics I wrote! (Eden in particular, still one of my favorites I’ve ever written for any fandom.) The fics I read! Plus the show itself is my cup of tea, being yet another Sherlock Holmes-esque (Holmes--Homes--House) story on this list. Hugh Laurie just kills it every damn time (although, much like Macfadyen, I just...can’t get used to and actually really hate his American voice/accent, just no, please stop, please just speak in your normal voice, please). The only downside is that it doesn’t have a ton of rewatch value for me, but maybe one day I’ll get back to it again. 

Black Sails. Another awesome period drama that was/is criminally underrated and under-watched. This. Show. Y’all. If you haven’t seen it, just see it. It’s got everything. The characters, so deliciously flawed but sympathetic and layered! Jack my favorite sassy ratboi captain. Flint, everyone’s favorite murder husband. Tits! Fruit! Oh, the production value is gorgeous, the ladies are badass, and it’s just a romp. Watch it. 

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Heeeey, another period piece, dramedy this time, though. And one of the more female-centric shows on my list. It’s hilarious, plain and simple. Jewish culture is everywhere in it, which I adore and appreciate. Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman and Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson are nothing short of brilliant in it. I love Lenny, but only because I love historical shows that weave in real people (I’m not a Lenny/Midge fan, sorry; I was rooting for Benjamin, even though I didn’t think it would pan out). I can’t wait to see how the series ends. I’ve loved every minute of it. 

The Mindy Project. My guilty pleasure show, and I shouldn’t feel that guilty about it. A show about a successful doctor who struggles to find love and herself in the big city? Yes, please. It’s sweet. It’s absolutely hilarious. Mindy Kaling is so relatable sometimes it hurts (in a good way). I wish I had her entire wardrobe, it’s amazing. Even the supporting cast is adorable and endearing and you just want to hug all of them and tell them they’re doing great, sweeties. It’s a super-sweet pick-me-up show, just a joy. 

And I tag...whoever. Here are a couple: @houseocats​ @olivelune​ @scienceoftheidiot​ @deelaundry​ @hondagirll​

[redrosecarnage]

he looks so baby girlish in this pic 🥺

[voltfruits]

my 25 favorite albums of 2023 :)

Parannoul - After the Magic (shoegaze, indietronica, space rock)

McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (progressive hip-hop, jazz rap)

Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? (singer-songwriter, chamber folk)

Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (avant-jazz, jazz fusion)

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (indie folk, art pop)

Wednesday - Rat Saw God (alt country, noise rock)

Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit (indie rock, punk)

Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (chamber pop, americana)

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross (soul, chamber pop)

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! (gospel, avant-garde, lo-fi)

Home Is Where - the whaler (emo, folk punk)

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (alternative pop, synth pop)

Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows (art pop, jazz fusion)

Being Dead - When Horses Would Run (indie rock, surf rock)

Mandy, Indiana - i've seen a way (industrial techno, noise rock)

L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog (slowcore, art pop)

Greg Mendez - Greg Mendez (singer- songwriter, indie folk)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes (country, southern rock)

Hozier - Unreal Unearth (chamber pop, folk, soul)

Ratboys - The Window (indie rock, power pop)

Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (abstract hip-hop)

Ada Rook - Rookie's Bustle (hyperpop, screamo)

Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall (post-rock, symphonic pop)

Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (shoegaze)

Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure (afrobeat, r&b)

[meat-loafers]

Ratboy Genius, and Little King John my beloved

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happy birthday nat!!!

honestly i think you’re a major reason why i joined f1blr. i got introduced to so many of my beloved mutuals because they are also ride-or-die for esteban. and i didn’t really know anything about him until i saw your blog; now i absolutely ADORE him. he is my beloved string bean/ratboy. and that’s all thanks to you. so thank you so much for introducing me to a community i love deeply.

i hope you have a fantastic birthday because you absolutely deserve it!!!

omg thank u so much, i feel honoured and happy 💗 the esteganda never rests 💪