#please know for future reference

[incorrect-tmnt1987-quotes]

Irma (wails, sobs): Men are scum! Why do I want a man so bad?? I guess I need one if I ever wanna get married.

April: You know, you do have other options.

source: original one I made up

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[kinky-cas]

the thing that really makes me insane about the mixtape scene is the arwen and aragorn reference (“it was a gift. keep it.” at 4:40 here). because that’s not just a reference the writers are making it’s a parallel dean himself is drawing.

like okay! hey dean, how much time do you spend thinking about star crossed lovers kept apart by duty and the mission? about the guy you’re in love with trying to sneak out on dangerous quests without saying goodbye? about immortal otherworldly beings made mortal by their love for a human? about those immortals choosing to stay on earth because of that love, even when the rest of their kind returns to heaven the blessed realm? about the love of your life visiting you in your dreams? a normal amount, yeah that’s what I thought.

[hintcoined]

we need to talk about the end of this case because what

[psychopomp-namine]

yingdu episode 5 spoilers

ohhh my god this is everything I want from cheng xiaoshi. yes. perfect. sorry, but I'm a cheng xiaoshi whump liker and link click always brings out the best of them in episode 5 of each season.

there's just something cathartic about how when cheng xiaoshi becomes an emotional mess, it's also when he's most disconnected with the people he knows (physically, as he's diving in a photo and his only link to his home timeframe is a disembodied lu guang in his head) but it's also when he's most connected with strangers (when their own personal trauma lines up with his). to me, it's a showcase of empathy and a strange manifestation of his own agency. something about how the disconnect gives him the space to blow up, and the connection heightens it and grants him permission, almost, to express his anger more freely for his own sake and for another person's behalf.

like. listen, okay, I'm gonna ramble now because cheng xiaoshi is my favorite character in this entire show, but listen. sometimes some fans will conflate adjectives to his character that are usually associated with his character archetype, but they aren't necessarily true about him as a character. and I don't mean it in a, "he's not like that because he grows out of those traits" kind of way. I mean it in a, "he was never like that" kind of way.

one of those adjectives, for me, is when people call him immature. he isn't! to me! imo! he's got big emotions, yes, but I personally don't think the presence of big emotions indicates anything about maturity. because you know what? as long as his primary trauma (feelings of abandonment) isn't touched, he is very good at handling interpersonal conflicts, and that's what's interesting to me.

qiao ling hides relevant information from him? he removes himself from the situation to give himself space and sort out his feelings. he tells her he's fine and that he'll be back.

post-earthquake arc? I'll just copy paste what I already said in a previous ask:

what initially got me was when I was first watching S1, I thought the earthquake arc would have devastating effects on [shiguang's] relationship. listen, I didn’t know what I was getting into with link click, but I thought that was expected. it’s ripe for drama! but how do they handle the fight? they put their side business on hold but they still keep being roommates. they still do their day job. they still talk. they’re still upset but they give each other space but not to the point where they can’t stand existing in each other’s spaces. that’s when I realized that oh, they really trust each other. they have a very solid foundation for their relationship that not even the earthquake arc can break. they’re pretty level-headed about this, actually, all things considered? all the doomed yaoi stuff came later, but that’s just the cherry on top. it’s the way they handled conflict and disappointment in S1 that got me.

okay, protect-namine, why go through that whole tangent? BECAUSE! circling back to yingdu episode 5, we finally, finally get to see cheng xiaoshi let out some of his anger. and it's precisely because his primary trauma point was on the table. he can forgive a friend lying, and he can forgive being told not to change the past. because at the end of the day, qiao ling and lu guang stayed. they never left him.

but he cannot handle abandonment. he cannot understand why people leave. he cannot understand why he's been clinging on to false hope this entire time. and more importantly, he cannot understand how someone can be such a hypocrite about it. "a man who'd rather be kind to strangers than face his own son" like fuck man. cheng weimin you fucked up so bad.

it's the disconnect/connect thing again too. thematically, it makes sense. when does cheng xiaoshi blow up? when he's alone, far away from the people that ground him. alone, the feeling he hates the most. he's not even in his own body. he blows up when he's inhabiting a stranger's. he doesn't even get to be angry as cheng xiaoshi.

how fucked up is that. man. I love him so much.

also I'm going crazyyyy over the family themes going on in link click. much to say about the show itself across all seasons (the twins, qiao ling and cheng xiaoshi, even the liu siblings), but for this episode... god. okay this is slight speculation territory now and I'll try to keep this very short, because this is only tangential to the post. but. imagine xia fei getting the good parent figure in cheng weimin that cheng xiaoshi never had. and he doesn't know!! he's bitter inside about his dad and he's having hotpot with xia fei and he doesn't know he was in that school!! fuck that's so good. that's so juicy.

okay, sorry, I have a lot of feelings about cheng xiaoshi. he's my link click blorbo of all time, and I love when he experiences The Horrors™ because it's also when other sides of him gets to shine.

on a brighter note:

VEIN AND CHENG XIAOSHI MEETING AGAIN!!! their greeting was so cute. also omg does xia fei know? that his boss is maybe possibly a cannibal? actually, wait, I don't think I'd be surprised if he does know.

ah and finally. finally:

I've been having many thoughts on how yingdu approaches "friendships" and their transactional nature (mostly with regards to liu xiao) but I mostly thought they're headcanon stuff. but now. I'm so so happy that episode 5 is bringing out more of the quid pro quo theme. liu xiao with the gift giving. wang qing's "friends" (bullies) demanding her to cheat on the exam for them. and now, vein and cheng xiaoshi having a friendly greeting but also exchanging favors. so good. so good. it goes along with how there's so much handshakes and handholding this season (not just with lu guang and cheng xiaoshi, but with cheng xiaoshi and the the antagonist trio too, who have all met him by "helping" him in some way). something something trust and favors. probably something that deserves its own post though, but I wanted to point this out because I am soooo here for that. it's goes hand in hand (ha!) with the whole fraud/lies vs innocence/honesty theme this season, and deals/contracts being an equalizer to the two. very good. very tasty.

edit: ooh they also point to this in the YE6 trailer too. nice, nice. if you knew someone's true colors, would you still be their friend?

man, I love episode 5. it just hits all the stuff I personally wanted to see. the only flaw is that we still haven't seen the older version of wang qing, but yeah I kinda expected that they'll hide her until episode 6. they're giving her the liu xiao treatment from season 2. sigh. really wish she'd keep showing up in S3, we need more female characters in this show 🙏

[astralzeraphias]

maybe i came too early, maybe i came too late

i’m waiting in the shadows of the scaffolds of the old cafés where you told me to wait

[ethmaron]

dickroy tonite 👀 dickroy tonite queen?? dickroy tonite 👀

yeah okay

[splinnters]

tmnt 2012 they could never make me forget the extensive future lore I carefully crafted over the course of many months for you. anyways look at these goobers

[starleska]

oh? you thought i wouldn't do it? i would do anything in the name of fictional character simpage 😉 here is a colour gradient of 50 of my most beloved fictional blorbos!!! they are in no particular order, with the criteria being that they have had to cause a hyperfixation bad enough that i've forgotten to eat, sleep, or drink 😂 all the characters are under the cut!!! i'm so sorry 😭

Mr. Sparkles (Big Hero 6: The Series)

Jack Frost (The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause)

Baldi (Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning)

Augustus St. Cloud (The Venture Bros)

The Toymaker (Doctor Who)

‘Big’ Jack Horner (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

Mad Mod (Teen Titans)

Maxime Le Mal (Despicable Me 4)

Rolando (Helluva Boss)

Jervis Tetch | The Mad Hatter (Batman: The Animated Series)

Swan (The Phantom of the Paradise)

Ramón Salazar (Resident Evil 4)

Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Professor Zündapp (Cars 2)

Dave the Octopus | Dr Octavius Brine (The Penguins of Madagascar)

Warren the Eagle (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)

Wally Darling (Welcome Home)

Dr Rowan North (Ghostbusters 2016)

Spamton (Deltarune Chapter 2)

Jeremiah Valeska (Gotham)

The Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who)

Sans (Undertale)

Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry)

Syndrome (The Incredibles)

Chester V (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2)

HABIT (EverymanHYBRID)

Gargamel (The Smurfs)

Fingers (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

Siegfried von Schroeder (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Adam (Hazbin Hotel)

Myc Cellium (Inside Job)

The Spot (Marvel)

M.O.D.O.K. (Marvel)

Dwight Schrute (The Office)

Kinito (KinitoPET)

Colin Robinson (What We Do In The Shadows)

Mr. Puzzles (SMG4)

King Candy (Wreck-It Ralph)

Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)

Comfortable Doug (Centaurworld)

The Love Glove (Doom Patrol)

Chef Saltbaker (Cuphead)

Ben Chang (Community)

Pennywise (IT)

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

Cagney Carnation (Cuphead)

Klaus Kickenklober (Sing 2)

Austin Powers (Austin Powers)

Calvin Fischoeder (Bob's Burgers)

Rouxls Kaard (Deltarune)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

thinkin bout magneto's lil list of aliases from that One Shot of his government file or w/e in 97 and how it lists the three main men who've played him (David Hemblen, Ian McKellen, Michael Fassbender) and kinda cackling at the idea 1.) if they included All his names 2.) having 'michael' on that list twice

[dailyish-mario-hugo]

* day 31 . take 2

[syltheanti]

They finally shut the fuck up and deactivated their account XDDD

I swear I was getting a damn headache from them constantly being so circular with how I'm supposedly a narc to them with no proof except for disagreeing with their ableist takes on NPD...

Oh my god finally.

That's insane to me..

Armchair diagnosing smh.

[strang3lov3]

Hi love! So kinda serious question that you dont have to answer at all, but how do you feel about other people indirectly calling you out for your joel inc3st fics? I've noticed they do it after you post and compared to others their shade is always aimed at you.

Which I get it's not for everybody, but you literally post on your main page and in the tags multiple warnings and disclaimers so I dont get why they click on it clearly knowing and then complain instead of blocking?

Anyways you're an amazing writer who is versatile and wanna thank you for putting out great work regardless of what it is❤

It is what it is. I can’t do anything to stop it but I can ignore those people. Not sure why they can’t seem to ignore me.

I mean, I do know. It’s because they like to bitch to someone who will listen, and they know that’s not me. And what I’m guessing is happening is that these are people I’ve blocked (it’s like 500+ ppl), going to the inboxes of other people I’ve blocked or maybe not, idk, and they’re calling me some pretty extreme and hurtful things. In any case, they’re doing it to circumvent me filtering out my own hate.

So, yeah. Whatever. It hurts but snarking is all they have. Hopefully they grow up and realize that people have been writing incest way fucking longer than I have, and that it is fucking fiction, and it literally doesn’t affect them at all. But it’s not gonna happen, ik. They’re gonna continue to have their little bitch fits over something that they can block and filter because they’re that fucking miserable inside. Piss on ‘em.

[wigglyobsessedweirdo]

Checked with the other two people who created the Mayor Wiggly AU, and they're completely fine with Willow being in it! 😊

OMG HELLO??? I DID NOT EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT UH TY??

I gotta get to WORK now EHEHEHEEE

[dovahkiin-official]

i'm going a little crazy here. so, i've been thinking about the kier eagan painting that resembles caspar david friedrich's "wanderer atop a mountain." you know. "Kier Invites You to Drink of His Water."

(courtesy of reddit user ex_dem)

i've also been thinking about the recurring water motif. so i took a closer look at this painting and really thought about it. Kier is standing atop a mountain. it's supposed to invoke this:

but he's looking out at the Great Lakes. and the Great Lakes have been mentioned a few times now. first by Alexa. and then the employee whistling "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald." i think it's a safe bet that the Great Lakes are significant to the narrative of Severance. and then i got thinking. maybe the painting can tell us the location? is there a mountain south of the Great Lakes? turns out... not really, no. there is no mountain tall enough or close enough for this view. this painting is completely fictionalized. Kier never climbed a mountain and appreciated the sublime nature of the Great Lakes. but still, it's "His Water." obviously, it's symbolic then. so then i came up with a theory. maybe Kier Eagan discovered something in the Great Lakes. we know Lumon started as a company that made salves. maybe Kier discovered something in the Great Lakes and made the salves from it. maybe whatever was in the Great Lakes has a greater significance than we could know. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald goes, "The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead." i have a feeling that whatever they dredged up from the Great Lakes should probably be put back.

[hellcatchvalley]

chatgpt reminds me soooo much of the old cellphone arguments

like yea, telling teenagers that cellphones are going to ruin their brains sounds really fucking dumb when the screen isnt bigger than your finger and all it can do is call and text real other people and ringtones cost money and dont even DARE to open the internet 'cause you'll get charged an arm and a leg

BUT NOW THAT ITS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM AND ACTUALLY WORTH DISCUSSING, PPL THINK ITS THE SAME PHENOMENON AND ITS LIKE no!!! you fool!!!! the argument was too early!!! THESE are the children that need the cellphone scare of the 2000s!!!

[thunderstomm]

HWLR: Future AU- Casual Outfit References (Coop & Cruise)

I’ve drawn these designs a few times, so I found it befitting to make proper references for these two looks! While the racers don’t get many days where something isn’t going on (wether that’s races, training, events, advertising or something else entirely), it would be silly to spend the days you do have off in the racing gear… even if they’re still incredibly recognisable without it on.

Like my previous design references, I made these to use for myself, but wanted to share the full looks as I’ve drawn them before, and they have changed or evolved in little ways as I’ve refined them. They also include abridged descriptions for both characters, and a few design notes.

Bonus! Some of the developmental material and further annotation on these looks! A small look into my process and some of the choices I made in designing and finalising these looks. You can also spot some scrapped or unused concepts on the visual inspiration boards, and what stayed the same. As always, any and all questions regarding the AU are open!