#score is not looking good

[impastopesto]

THIS IS DEVASTATING. I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABT BOSTON. IM DEVASTATED. THE MOLASSES FLOOD IS REAL??? PEOPLE DIED????? GOD I LOVE PUBLIC TRANSIT. GOD I LOVE WOMEN. DEVASTATED DEVASTATING.

[brewing-mischief]

Imagine you finally meet up with the guy who stole both your wives from you

And his first threat to you is "now it's your turn"

Like Adam sure did hesitate with his attack for a hot minute there and can you blame him? Man was having his world wrecked before the fight even started.

[midnight-ramblingswfc]

An Arsenal legend, Jordan Nobbs

[turtleblogatlast]

Okay I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure Leo has the most episodes that are mainly focused on him, which is interesting

This was a very interesting question and I wondered if that was the case! So I went and tried to take a look.

What I found going in is that Leo seems to be in the most non-Ensemble episodes, and the episodes that focus on him stand out more since they tend to not have the rest of the cast (as in, Hueso stands in as his other focused character, rather than one of Leo’s family members like most everyone else gets.)

Leo’s focused episodes also tend to have the entire Ensemble as supporting characters, again rather than the one or two other main characters that his bros and April tend to get. What is most notable I think is that while other characters have just about as much focused episodes, Leo’s (and Donnie’s) in particular seem to focus on their personal struggles more rather than just an outside conflict, so they stand out more than others in that way too.

Honestly going through the episodes it’s pretty amazing to see how overall even things are? Like even if some got more focus than others, the range is under 8 points for the four bros, which is nice to see.

Below is a messy and hard to read culmination of my research which undoubtedly contains mistakes here and there. Fair warning that this is based on my own memory and of episode synopsis and the like, and I didn’t include the movie but that one is pretty obvious. It’s also fairly subjective what one may consider to be a “focus” or not. I tried to take into account what happens within the episodes, so hopefully this is fairly accurate? Beware it’s long so I’ll put it under a read more-

Notes to take into account before the scores-

Full Focus means that a lot of time is spent with the character and they’re one of the “focuses” of the episode outside of an ensemble way. Example of this is Minotaur Maze which is both a Leo and Ensemble episode, but Leo gets the Full Focus while Ensemble in this instance gets-

Partial Focus just means that the characters are present in the episode and have enough focus put on them to differentiate them from the Ensemble. They have a notable part in the episode but it is not about them, and this can even include when they are directly involved in the conflict. And example of this is Donnie’s Gifts which is an Ensemble and Donnie episode where despite Donnie being the driving force, Ensemble gets the Full Focus and Donnie gets Partial Focus but-

Main Character is the scoring which takes into account whether the episode centers around a specific character or characters. Note than even if a character has Full Focus, it’s possible that they’re not the Main Character, and even if the character has Partial Focus, they can still be the Main Character. Main Character scoring does not add into how I calculated the-

Overall Score - aka the culmination of both the Full and Partial Focuses. Full Focus gets 3 points, and Partial Focus gets 2s.

Here is the scoring-

April - 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3

Full Focus: 6

Partial Focus: 3

Main Character: 5-6

Overall Score: 24 (range 23-25)

Raph - 3 2* 3 2* 3 3 3* 3 3 3 3*

Full Focus: 9*

Partial Focus: 2

Main Character: 9-10*

Overall Score: 31 (range 30-32)

Donnie - 2 2* 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

Full Focus: 9

Partial Focus: 5

Main Character: 8-10

Overall Score: 37 (range 33-37)

Leo - 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3* 3 2* 3

Full Focus: 8*

Partial Focus: 5

Main Character: 8-9

Overall Score: 34 (range 33-37)

Mikey - 2 3 2 3 3 3* 3 2* 3* 3 3

Full Focus: 8*

Partial Focus: 3*

Main Character: 6-8*

Overall Score: 30 (range 29-30)

Splinter - 1 3 3 3 3 3* 3 3 3 3

Full Focus: 8

Partial Focus: 1

Main Character: 9*

Overall Score: 28 (range 27-28)

-!Bonus!-

Draxum - 2 2 3 3 3* 3 2

Full Focus: 4

Partial Focus: 3

Main Character: 4-5

Overall Score: 18 (range 17-19)

Casey (Sr) - 3 2 3 2 3

Full Focus: 2

Partial Focus: 2

Main Character: 3

Overall Score: 13 (range 12-13)

Ensemble - 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2* 3 1 3 3* 3 3 3 2 1* 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

Full Focus: 25

Partial Focus: 17

Minimal Focus: 3

Overall Score: 112

*’s (it’s not very easy to decipher what asterisk leads to what, sorry):

*1: Mascot Melee is pretty ensemble, but Raph does quite a bit in it

*2: Stuck on You is majorly ensemble but Raph is still focused on quite a bit

*3: Hot Soup: The Game has ensemble qualities, but is mainly Mikey and Casey Sr

*4: You Got Served can arguably be a 2 as well since major focus is also on Hueso

*5: Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of the Rat Man can arguably be considered more of a Donnie and Splinter episode so Mikey will get a 2 here

*6: Repairin’ the Baron - same as above sorta. All three of Mikey Raph and Baron have big roles to play in this episode but as they share them with each other, it’s arguable whether these 3s should be 2 1/2s.

*7: The Hidden City Job - despite Leo being the only main character really present, the main focus is more on Hueso and his brother

*8: Finale can be considered high for both Raph (he had a lot of great focus) Casey Sr. (she was a major part of the finale AND we learn her name) and especially Splinter (literally everything he did tbh)

Main findings for this are than Raph and ESPECIALLY Mikey deserve more episodes tbh. I hope I didn’t miss any episodes, but it was a bit difficult to keep track of everything haha.

[greenerteacups]

Hi! I am an ardent fan of your writing, and I hope to be as sorted and planned as you some day in my own writing journey.

My question is: you have a keen eye when it comes to planning character personality, dynamics, and such. I've also been wading through your ask replies, and your insights into how you write people and how you make them play off of each other is so wonderful to read. If it's not too personal a q, how did you learn how to write like this? Did you go to school for writing, does it come from years of observing people, do you have reading list recs for "how to write real people and real interactions"?

Thanks! This is a really flattering question. I'll try to answer it honestly, because I wish someone had been brutally honest about this with me when I was a young writer.

I didn't go to school for writing. I started doing it when I was about nine years old. It sucked very badly. I kept writing throughout high school, and it still mostly sucked, but some of it was occasionally interesting. ("Interesting" here does not mean "good," by the way.) I took a break in college, and then came back. I've been writing ever since. Sometimes, I feel good about it. A lot of the time, I don't!

I hate giving this advice, because I remember how it feels to get it, and it's the most uninspiring, boring-ass, dog shit advice you can get, but it's also the only advice that is 100% unequivocally true: you have to write, and specifically, you have to write things that suck.

I do not mean that you should make things that suck on purpose. I mean that you have to sit down and try your absolute hardest to make something good. You have to put in the hours, the elbow grease, the blood, sweat, and tears, and then you have to read it over and accept that it just totally sucks. There is no way around this, and you should be wary of people who tell you there is. There is no trick, no rule, no book you can buy or article you can read, that will make your writing not suck. The best someone else can do is tell you what good writing looks like, and chances are, you knew that anyway — after all, you love to read. You wouldn't be trying to do this if you didn't. And anyone who says they can teach you to write so good it doesn't suck at first is either lying to you, or they have forgotten how they learned to write in the first place.

So the trick is to sit there in the miserable doldrums of Suck, write a ton, and learn to like it. Because this is the phase of your path as an artist when you find what it is you love about writing, and it cannot be the chance to make "good writing." This will be the thing that bears you through and compels you to keep going when your writing is shit, i.e., the very thing that makes you a writer in the first place. So find that, and you've got a good start.

Some people know this, but assume that perseverance as a writer is about trying to get to the point where you don't suck anymore. This is not true, and it is an actively dangerous lie to tell young writers. You are not aiming to feel like your writing doesn't suck. You are aiming to write. You are aiming to have written. Everything else is dust and rust. And of course, you'll find things you like about your pieces, you'll find things you're proud of, you'll learn to love the things you've made. But that little itch of self-criticism, in the back of your brain — the one that cringes when you read a clunky line, or thinks of a better character beat right after it's far too late to change — that's never going away. That's the Writer part of you. Read Kafka, read Dickens, read Tolstoy, you will find diary entries where they lament how absolutely fucking atrocious their writing was, and how angry they are that they can't do better. A good writer hates their sentences because they can always imagine better ones. And the ability to imagine a better sentence is what's going to make you pick up the pen again tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that.

Which is what I mean, and probably what all those other annoying, preachy advice-givers mean, when we say: a good writer is just someone who writes every day. It's that easy, and that hard.

[larsnicklas]

[240206 van at car] elias lindholm is tapped for the intermission interview after scoring his first goal with the canucks

[barzyhughes]

just two guys with culinary degrees

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

She’s right and she should say it.

[cosmoknightchaos]

OKAY I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS

So I've seen talk about Mike replacing Cassidy as Golden Freddy in the movie and guess what. I'm on board with this. Not only because it would be kickass if it happened and would fit the vibe of the FNAF series, but also because of a small detail that I'm going feral over.

Is this coincidence? Probably. But then again, this is Five Nights At Freddy's and analyzing is what we're known for.

So in the opening of the trailer, when Mike and Abby first show up to the pizza place, Mike tells Abby to hold his hand.

Presumably, this is so she doesn't wander off and get lost. But it's kinda odd it's "Gimme your hand" and not "Stay close" or "Follow me" or anything. I get that holding hands is more reassuring, but hear me out.

Later on, we see Mike get stuffed in a springlock suit. Since we see Springtrap/Springbonnie already, odds are this is Golden Freddy.

And then at the end, we see Abby and Golden Freddy. And what are they doing?

HOLDING HANDS

[discocleric]

Bed Friend is such a good example of why even though I hate the miscommunication trope, I lowkey love the misunderstanding trope.

Because the truth is that Uea and King are actually pretty good at talking to each other and saying what they mean. The problem is that they are working from different frames of reference and neither, especially King, has the context to understand the other person's motives and how they will take what they've said.

So King is giving his best Tracy Chapman,

"Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around."

at the moment, and trying to make it clear he wants nothing to do with this arranged marriage, but needs to know Uea cares about losing him - needs to be in a relationship before he can use his relationship as an excuse to get out of this obligation.

But what he actually told Uea at the start of this, when Uea was up front about not believing he could actually commit, was:

If I'm serious about someone, I only care about them. And the only way you'll be convinced is if you give me a chance to prove it to you.

So Uea gives him that chance, and most importantly says:

If we meet someone else we want to be with, this is over.

The conflict of episode 6 isn't that they're not communicating properly, but that this shouldn't be a conflict at all based on what they've already said. We know throughout the whole episode that Uea isn't going to be the one to tell King he wants to stay together, because he already said he wants to be exclusive and gave King the terms of them staying together. We know Uea isn't going to ask King to take their relationship more seriously, because King already said that if he's serious, no one else matters to him.

Uea has no reason not to believe that if King wanted him as a partner, he would have already walked away from the arrangement. It seems an awful lot like King is trying to skirt a very clear hard-line rule.

And King has no reason not to believe that if Uea wanted to make their relationship official, he would have done so. Maybe after any of the times King had no problem calling himself Uea's boyfriend, or explained how he really doesn't want Uea to meet anyone else.

"If you want me, you need to ask me to stay." vs. "If you wanted me, I wouldn't have to ask you to stay."

As honest and vulnerable with each other as they've already been, they just don't know what they don't know.

[joejoeba]

I think Gyro is very conventionally pretty and like he has some serious boytoy vibes at first glance. And Okuyasu is not conventionally pretty and he's kind of loud and awkward and "looks like a mad dog".

Johnny talls about Gyro like he's a wet dog that followed him home and Josuke talks about Okuyasu like he's he perfect man

And then you actually get to know the boyfriends and yeah, Okuyasu is a darling and Gyro is kind of a freak

[cerise-on-top]

Hiya!!! I'm new and I really like your fics:)

Maybe a Hank, Deimos, and Sanford (separate) with a S/O who is a bit insecure about their weight or curves?

Hey there! Thank you, that's very kind of you! Here you go :-)

Hank, Sanford and Deimos with an Insecure!S/O

Hank: He’s probably one of the worst people to go to when you’re insecure about something, anything at all. If you have a problem with your weight, then just lose some, it’s not that hard. It would take some convincing on your behalf for him to even understand a little bit that it’s not that simple, that it takes time and dedication and is just a pain in general. It’s not that he doesn’t care, but he doesn’t really know how to show that he does. He doesn’t have a way with words, he’s not very cuddly either. But if he sees just how much your weight and your curves bother you, he’ll try a bit harder to cheer you up. Although his words may seem harsh, he means well when it comes to you. Besides, he can just pick you up still, he’s always benefitted from a naturally good physique, so I doubt he won’t be able to. Will sometimes pick you up to show you that it’s not that bad. He loves you, he just doesn’t know how to show it properly. While he won’t ever comment on your appearance, aside from you being cute, he’ll try to help you otherwise. If you ever mention to him how you feel unworthy of being loved, he’ll tell you that it really isn’t a big deal to him. Hank wouldn’t be with you if he didn’t love you beyond that. Might get annoyed if you’re too insecure too often, but he won’t let it out on you. At one point, he’ll likely tell you to shut up and tell you the reasons why he thinks you are beautiful. Again, he’s not very eloquent, but he tries. Anyone who dares to make a mean comment about you will wind up dead very quickly.

Sanford: He has a healthy layer of chub himself, but he’s not insecure about it in the slightest. However, if you show any signs of insecurity about anything, he’s probably the best person to go to. Sanford is a very understanding guy and would try his darndest to make you feel better. You’re gorgeous, you should know as much, but it’s okay if you’re not aware of that fact just yet, you’ll get there eventually. He’s not too eloquent either, but he’ll tell you just how beautiful you are. Your softness is something to be cherished in rough and harsh Nevada. Definitely not above picking you up, laying you down on the nearest soft surface and just holding you for the time being. His hand will be above your stomach so he can squeeze it every once in a while. It just feels nice to him. You’re warm, you’re soft, you’re safe and for once he doesn’t have to worry about getting killed by some no one. Will also use your tummy as the perfect pillow if he ever feels like it, all the while complimenting you on how cute you are and how comfortable he is in the moment. Doesn’t take too kindly to someone else being mean to you. In fact, he doesn’t take too kindly to you being mean to yourself either. If it’s someone else who is making you insecure, then they’ll either wind up dead or with a few broken bones. If you’re being a downer then he’ll cuddle you and nuzzle into you all the while listing all the things he loves about you. It’s his goal to either get you to smile again by the time he’s done, or maybe even hear you giggle a bit. You’re the most wonderful grunt in Nevada, he wants you to be doing well, mentally and physically.

Deimos: If you ever mention around him that you feel as though you’re not pretty enough due to being curvy, then he’ll tell you that that’s fucking bullshit. Not only do you have a lovely personality, you’re also smoking hot to him. That’s one of the reasons why Deimos ended up with you in the first place, you’re everything he was looking for. Since you’re always there for him whenever he needs it, he’ll do the same for you. Like Sanford, he’ll compliment you on your appearance. You’re sexy as fuck, you should be aware of that. You’re royalty, you should carry yourself as such and watch everyone around you go green with envy. Although he hugs you fairly often as it is, he’ll do so more often from now on, just so he can squeeze you in his arms and feel how soft you are. You’ve got the perfect body and Deimos couldn’t have asked for anyone better. Besides, food is scarce in Nevada, you being chubby just means that you’re eating well, another reason why all those other grunts should be jealous of you and worship you instead. Again, if someone ends up being rude towards you, then he’ll break their skull or shoot them. Deimos has his ways of making someone’s life a living hell and he’s not afraid to use them when it comes to you. He’ll hug you, he’ll cuddle you, he’ll compliment you in a vulgar way as well, but you really need to realise your worth. Although it’s hard for him to abstain from touching you, on some days he won’t give you a kiss until you’ve said something nice about your appearance, that’s just how it be then. However, once you’re being nicer to yourself, he’ll go back to his usual self and smother you in love.

[glovehearts]

gonna literally throw virtual knives at the next person who says 34 & 16 need to step up in playoffs as if half the problem in previous years wasn’t management not surrounding them with complimentary players. like there is only so much two players can do. a team wins a cup, not individual players. like there’s a reason people you wouldn’t assume have a cup, have a cup, and that’s because they were part of a team that was built to support the name players.

i don’t need flashy deadline adds because a lot of the time it ruins team chemistry and things fall apart after a round. i just want a team that will go to war for each other, a team where people know what role they’re there to play and do it well, a team that has depth players they can call on when injury happens, because those are the kind of teams that win cups.

like yeah some of the greatest players have cups. but so do a bunch of guys you’ve probably never heard of. because it takes a whole team.

[n1nthrule]

can't watch fight club with other people anymore i squeal every time anything happens

[skapediem]

phillipe the mouse

[sysig]

Handplates and haircut and more Handplates after that (Patreon)