#should't be too much of a difference

[venriliz]

Portia Montez for @rainymoodlet's Rock of Love Bachelor Challenge! <3

in depth info + full wardrobe below the cut! ↓

✮ Portia was born and raised in Evergeen Harbor, an industrial port town known for it's huge import/export businesses and even more so - it's heavily polluted environment especially at the shores of the sickly brown-ish sea. The early death of Portia's mother directly caused by the affects the bad air had on her health has instilled somewhat of a love-hate relationship towards Evergreen Harbor into the then 8 year old girl.

✮ Her father tried his best to raise his daughter by himself but despite his long working hours in a local shipyard the money was barely enough for them to survive, the possibilty of moving away far out of reach.

✮ Early in her youth she found her talent and passion for skateboarding, winning many prizes in junior competitions all over the country. After barley graduating from highschool (some ppl just aren't made for the educational system lol) she became a promising professional and quickly made a name for herself in the skating community all over the world. Her biggest successes were two back-to-back street skateboard world championship titles and several self-invented tricks where named after her. Life was good for Portia not only professionally but personally too after meeting Davide Montez who became not only her manager but als her husband.

✮ Sadly, as the saying goes though - nothing lasts forever and about a year ago, Portia found herself forced to retire from competing professionally because growing up in the bad environment of Evergreen Harbor finally started to catch up with her own health. Her retirement caused her marriage to suffer as well and soon after she announced the end of her career as a professional, Davide called it quits and they agreed to divorce on good terms.

✮ Now with her financial stability and free time to pursue new things, Portia took the chance and applied for the bachelor challenge to win Jackson Roth's heart. This is mostly thanks to her friends pressuring her to try after catching her gawking at one of the billboards with Jackson's photo on it (i mean HELLO?! he's hawt! °-° she just... doesn't like the music lol). Portia is (somewhat) ready for a new adventure and maybe, just maybe she'll find love again! <3

likes:

colors: orange, red, black music: electronica, hip hop, latin characteristics: family-oriented, hardworking, idealistic convo topics: flirting, deep thoughts, affection, talking about hobbies fashion: rocker, streetwear activities: fitness, dancing, wellness, rock climbing decor: industrial, mid-century

dislikes:

music: metal, cottagecore, ranch characteristics: egotistical, argumentative, ambitionless convo topics: evil interactions, arguing, gossip fashion: polished, country activities: fishing, cooking, mischief decor: farmhouse, cute

wardrobe:

[no1blacksapphirefan]

Shadow milk watching us refer to different cookies are our ‘favorites’- I just told my best friend that Holly berry is my favorite followed by Golden cheese

how do you think your Self aware au cookies would react to being called the readers favorite?

That is a funny thought ngl, I always tell my friends my fav is black sapphire and how much I love him (I think they're getting sick of it/silly) These 3 requests seemed a bit similar, the plush one kinda connects to the rest cuz I feel like a lot of ppl would buy a plush of their fav character if they could hehe (Someone make a black sapphire plush I beg)

Pure Vanilla Oh he's so flattered, out of all the cookies you favour him the most? It's just so sweet of you, he tries to contain his blush as he overhears your conversation with your friend, he knows he should't listen, even though it is a bit harder.

But how can he not hear how giddy you sound as you happily show your friend the screen with him there, he hears your praises of how you love him so and oh he can hardly contain himself from giving himself away as he sees you show your friend a plush you've made of him.

How can you be this sweet? You're carrying it around too?? Oh my, you're gonna make him hope he can meet you in person now.

White Lily Hearing you gush so sweetly about her and her character makes her so flustered and embarrassed, even the part of her story as Dark Enchantress made you love her?

Oh she isn't sure how long she can keep a straight face as you go on and on about how much you love and favour her character out of any other, she's so flattered, she wants to thank you so much.

As soon as you pull out the home made plush you made of her, she nearly lets out a squeak before happily telling other cookies about it, she's so happy about it believe me.

Dark Cacao He's so startled as soon as he hears you gush about him to your friend while showing them who you were talking about, he stares with a straight face as he watches your friends giggle at how much you loved him and honestly? He wanted to join in, of course not in a bad way but damn he isn't used to this kind of love.

He doesn't know how to fully feel knowing out of all the cookies you could've favoured you chose him, your're so kind. He's sure there's other cookies worth your love but knowing you still chose him makes him feel content.

His eyes can't help but widen as he sees you happily cuddle a plush version of himself, you made that? Because you liked him? He wonders what else you do just because of that, he isn't complaining though, he can't deny the plush looks cute. Maybe he can find find someone who can make a plush version of you...

Golden Cheese Oh she loves it, high praise. She loves hearing you talk so it's a win win, hearing someone praise her for her story, design and game-play and it's you saying it? Oh you talk her up too much. Though she can't complain. She loves hearing you speak.

She stands pridefully as your friend looks at her from your phone, seemingly also amazed by her appearance. Oh she enjoys hearing how giddy you seem to get as you rant on and on about her, nearly makes her blush.

She can't help the smile that creeps on her face as she spots the plushie you made of her, seeing you enjoy her character so much fills her with pride no other praise can imagine of achieving.

Hollyberry She swears her heart soared to all new levels as she hears you talk about her, seeing that amazing cute smile as you happily list out the reasons why she's your favourite. Witches, she could probably do the same for you. List countless reasons why you're her favourite person.

Hearing you rant about her to your friend? How adorable!! She's so happy to hear you seem to like her just as passionately as she likes you. Makes her smile to each corner of her face.

Oh and her heart might as well have floated away as she sees you make a plush of her, oh how she wants to reach out and give you the biggest hug instead, she can't help but let out a laugh every time she spots you cuddle it as you play the game.

Shadow Milk Really? He's your favourite? Don't get him wrong he's honoured and he has always wanted your attention and loved how you showed it to him but actually hearing the words fall out of your mouth? That was different. You truly favoured him out of the countless cookies there was? You truly want to stay by his side?

Hearing your loving voice talking about him to your friends, telling them how much you loved his design, his back story. Maybe you told them he was the reason for you to join or come back. Honestly any verbal mention of why you favoured him so makes his heart beat faster, he won't admit it though. He plays it off to others as if it were "To be expected" but truthfully? He can't help but be a bit flustered.

It was different, he swears it's different from your usual small displays of affection cuz not only were you talking about him and what you loved, you're talking about him to a friend and showing him off...and seeing that plushie you made of him? Almost intensified his want to get out of the game and meet you.

Mystic Flour She didn't expect it, sure, her design is pretty to most and perhaps her backstory pulled at your heartstrings, hearing how she became a beast and looking at how she still truly cares, even but deep down. But she didn't expect that those things pulled together made you favour her so much.

Hearing you chatter away to your friend about her, sent a weird feeling in her body, you really like her that much? You're willing to talk about her to others? Despite her usual apathy, you continue to be an exception to how she feels. Perhaps it's because you seem to understand her story well, you would never betray her or constantly ask things of her.

Upon seeing that plush you made of her to continue showing your love for her, even if you didn't realise she was watching your every move. Just seeing that small plush you made for her, makes her heart swell in happiness and nearly pride. She likes the fact that she's your favourite. And she hopes she continues being your favourite.

Burning Spice His eyes quickly perk up as soon as he hears his name and "favourite" in the same sentence. He lets out a loud laugh hearing you happily talk about him to your friends. But not one in mocking, one in a mixture of confusion and satisfaction.

After becoming a beast, he nearly expected everyone to be scared of him, sure he has his minions who aren't but to others they should be scared of him. He'll bring destruction to your land but hearing you talk so sweetly about him? With words he swears shouldn't be used for him but...if it's you? Maybe he's willing to make a small exception. Besides, it's your voice that's speaking right now, he could listen to it all day, plus your almost boosting his ego with your sweet words.

Oh he loves that plushie you made of him, even if it's getting more physical affection then he is. Yes he knows you couldn't even if you knew he was wanting it but hey!! He wants those cuddles too, they kinda look nice...he wonders how willing you'd be to hug the real thing, are you going to change your mind and be scared of him? Oh will you continue loving him?

Black Sapphire Oh how he wishes he could podcast the words coming out of your mouth. To record and show other cookies and make them jealous that you yourself have stated that he was your very favourite. It fills him with so much pride.

Though, he won't deny your words nearly make him flustered, hearing your voice talk on and on about him, his part in the story, the despair in your voice as his banner left. Hah, you really know how to make a cookie swoon huh? He smiles so sweetly as you continue to speak, not daring to say a voice line to gain your attention if it meant hearing those kind words of praise continue.

Oh and that plush? The cutest lil thing, don't worry you'll get the real one soon. For now, he's content with pretending it's actually him in that plush, whether that be his soul is in there or he's fully replaced the plush? But for now, he'll settle for just imagining it.

Elder Faerie You first started to do it after his death scene, or at the very least he first heard you. Well you ranting to your friend about his death. It was strange for him, he had died yet he was here, you truly were magical. Hearing you so upset over his death surprised him for a bit, he could've sworn there wasn't much information about him though...he guesses that doesn't matter.

He doesn't mind hearing you chirping away to your friend about how much you like him, he's figured it out after hearing your sadness due to his death. He didn't think it would effect him at all actually due to the prior information but he was proven wrong as he felt his heart race. You truly were something, he didn't mind though. Simply smiling as he hears you continue talking to your friend, who to him, seemed a bit tired. Seems you've done this alot, even without the game being open.

Oh he finds the plushie you made adorable, and it's of him? If other cookies see that, they might get jealous...than again, not many would dare to possibly upset you by somehow taking it away. While he wishes to be in the plushes position instead, he can't help but smile so sweetly if he sees you fall asleep with that plush in your arms. He didn't think he'd adore you this much.

Espresso Cookie It catches his attention almost immediately, nearly breaking him out of his tiredness as he had researches quite a bit the previous night. He isn't surprised per say, he guessed as much when you paid extra attention to making him stronger than any other cookie but hearing you talk your friends eye out with reasons why you like him?

He listens intently hearing you speak of him, he knows technically he's ease dropping but you aren't aware that he's listening in, plus when you show him on the screen in the cookie profile, he can't help it. He tries not to smile, your sweet words almost getting to him. Well they did get to him, he's been thinking about it for awhile. Hearing you talk so happily about him makes him feel almost refreshed and energized despite his previous fatigue.

When he catches wind that you made a plush just for him? Oh he can't help but look at every detail, he's impressed. You got everything done to a tea, if he could he would praise you for your handy work but for now he'll settle for just staring at that plush, thinking about how much it continues to show your favouritism towards him.

[gojosrighteyebrow69]

Not what it seems

Isagi Yoichi × Fem!Reader

SMUT 18+

Where the guy you just met at a mixer party, was not what he seemed like

🔞NSFW🔞 alcohol consumption, oral f!receiving, vaginal fingering

'This is fun!' You thought as you find yourself in a mixer party with few of your college friends. At first it seemed like a bad idea, Going to a party to meet bunch of dudes? But it in the end, it wasn't so bad.

Sounds of laughter and glasses clattering was all you could hear as your eyes were fixed to the raven haired boy sitting by the window. He hadn't said much, or drank at all. He looked like a timid and nice guy. Which was exactly your type.

As the party got over, people left in pairs to go hookup. Which left you in a drunken state next to the raven haired boy.

"You drunk?" He asked in his deep husky voice

"A bit" You replied as you observed his face. He was rather handsome which was making your face heat up.

"I saw you staring at me earlier" He smirks, his gaze piercing yours.

"Oh I was? I'm sorry" You seriously didn't know what to say to him. His attractive looks were making you weak in your knees.

"Nah its okay. You like the food?" He says as he watches you gobble down the food.

"Um yeah, its good" Your drunken state was making it difficult to keep the conversation going with this handsome young man Infront of you.

You didn't knew how, but somehow you both instantly clicked. After conversing him for almost an hour, you got to know he was actually a famous footballer!

His timid and reserved demeanor made you feel at ease, That's why when he offered you a ride home, you accepted without any second thoughts.

"Do you often let guys drive you back home?" Yoichi asks as he starts his car.

"Oh no, its the first time" You smile at him while wearing the seatbelt.

"What if I was a Dangerous guy?" He chuckles as he drives the car on the empty road.

"A Dangerous man would never say that. I think you're more of that type who'll protect me from a dangerous guy" You didn't even knew what you were saying due to the amount of alcohol you had consumed, all you knew that Isagi Yoichi looked insanely hot while driving a car.

He only replies with a chuckle. You couldn't help but keep glancing at him time to time as he drove and spun around the steering wheel. He had long fingers, you noticed. Unholy thoughts were filling your head, and you kept blaming the Alcohol.

"We're here" He looks at you with his seductive eyes as he stops the car Infront of your apartment. Before you could say anything, he was out of the car, opening the door for you and helping you out of the car. What a Gentlemen, you thought.

You thanked him with big smile and lead him up the stairs to your apartment. "Would you like a cup of tea? I wanna thank you for driving me back" You cheerfully walked to the front of your door and turned around to face him.

His eyes, seemed different, like they were clouded something.

"If you were any sweeter, It would worry me" He held your chin with his finger, making you look into his eyes.

Before you could reply, his lips were on yours. And in a matter of seconds, you were kissing Isagi Yoichi.

His lips were warm and soft, you didn't knew what was happening, but you found yourself exchanging hot kisses with him by the door of your apartment.

He had your back pressed up against the door as he devoured you lips, his hand trailing down to unbutton the front of your dress.

"Such a Naive girl, you should't just trust guys like that" His kisses trailed down your neck to your collarbone while his hand worked on the buttons of your dress. "Especially the quiet ones" He looked deeply into your eyes, with his finger caressing your bottom lip.

Your mind was too drunk and clouded with lust to even form a reply You just let him do what he wanted, as you felt arousal pool in your panties.

"Are you really that innocent?" He finishes unbuttoning the front of your dress and pull down your bra, exposing your breasts to the cold air. "Or are you just pretending?" You let out a gasp as you feel his lips latching onto your nipple, while he squeezes the other breast harder.

His thumbs grazed over your nipples, teasing them gently, and he could feel them hardening under his touch. He lowered his head, his lips brushing against the other nipple, teasing it. His tongue flicked out, tracing circles around the sensitive bud, and he groaned low in pleasure.

He suckled on your nipple, his tongue wrapping around it, and he savored the taste of you. Your breast filled his mouth, and he moaned around it, his hand kept squeezing the ther breast, massaging it gently.

His hand slowly trailed down your dress, pressing his fingers onto your clit and rubbing it through your panties. "So wet, you really aren't that innocent are you?"

"I knew you weren't, when the moment you looked at me with those eyes" He held your cheeks with his fingers, slowly pushing you inside the apartment and closing the door behind.

"You looked at me like you wanted me to devour your" He held you by your hips, lifting you up and making you sit on the nearby cabinet.

"So I'm gonna do just that" He pushed you back on the cabinet, spreading your legs wider.

Your face was burning as he pushed your panties down to your ankles, your glistening folds on full view.

"Let's get you comfortable, yeah?" He gave you a dirty smirk and lowered his head, kissing your inner thigh, his lips trailing up to your pussy. He licked his lips, his tongue flicking out, tasting your wetness.

You couldn't believe that a man that you just met only a few hours ago had his mouth of you, and was making you feel like you just ascended to heaven.

His tongue darted out again, tracing circles around your clit, feeling you twitch in response. He couldn't hold back anymore, sucking your clit gently, his tongue flicking against it. Your juices coated his face, the taste of you filling his mouth. He couldn't get enough, his tongue darting out to lap it up, his cheeks flushing with desire.

You tangled your fingers through his hair while covering your eyes to avoid looking at the sight of the stranger devouring you on the cabinet.

His fingers slipped inside you, feeling your wetness, your walls tightening around him. "Nuh-uh, come on now. Look at me princess, I'll stop if you won't" He teases his tongue on your clit, looking up into your eyes.

Your face feels like it's burning as you look down at him, and find his eyes looking directly back at you as he worked his fingers and tongue on you. Just the sight of it makes you cum instantly, your juices flooding his mouth.

He licked up every drop of your juices, savoring the taste "That's it... cum for me..." he growled, his voice deep and husky.

He then pulls away, his lips and chin wet from your juices. "You taste sweet, just like I expected" He licks his lips and looks into your eyes.

"Now don't go around trusting guys like that. You shouldn't be so kind and naive, this is how guys take advantage of you" He says while petting your head.

"And don't forget to lock the door" He pecks your lips and walks out of the door, leaving you sitting on the cabinet, dumbfounded about the whole experience.

'What just happened?' You think to yourself.

A/N - Hey guys! Sorry for disappearing. I'm back now and will probably be writing more. This work is heavily inspired by a manga a read recently. Thankyou for reading!

[rabid-orannge]

Calmford inhabitants (part one of ??)

reusing their artfight thumbnails bc i don't have anything else to put here

Flanelle (co-protagonist with Dots)

A kind, smart and quiet mime boy, born in a family of a french mime and a redhead canadian clown.

Flanelle is an excellent cook, and he likes strawberries more than anything: strawberry ice cream, strawberry jam, chocolate with strawberries… But his absolute favorite is whole strawberries with whipped cream - yum!

He gets his red hair and friendly smile from his mother, and from his father he gets his outstanding flexibility and an ability to create and use invisible objects. All mimes can do that, and Flanelle is no exception! The only problem is, he also inherited his father's frailty…

Dots (co-protagonist with Flanelle)

A peppy, optimistic and energetic chatterbox, tracing her roots back to Шут Гороховый himself, she was born in a family of an aerial gymnast and a ciircus clown from USSR.

Dots absolutely loves catching butterflies and bugs. Her favorite type of butterflies are the ones with eyes on their wings, she admires them to no end. Don't worry, she always sets them free once she's done looking at them.

She inherited her mother's agility, strength and sturdy bones, and her father's contagious laugh and a good sense of humour. All and any scratches and bruises she ever gets heal very fast, and she also can lift up to 100 kilograms! Her uncle was a great circus strongsman, after all.

Gears (resident mechanic and inventor)

A talented but a bit absent-minded handyboy. He was found among some scrap metal by scrap yard workers as a baby. Nobody knows who his parents are, but there are theories that he's a fae child.

Gears can tinker with machinery for hours, sometimes forgetting that he has to eat and sleep. If you bring him any broken mechanism he messed around with in the past, rest assured he will fix it in no time!

Despite his possibly fae origins, Gears is not repelled by cold iron. Even more, he's attracted to it like a magnet. But, despite being a great handyman, he just cannot cook anything to save his life: his cooking turns out tasting bad or just otright inedible. Good thing that he has friends!

Vivienne has a crush on him, but he's too busy tinkering with scrap metal to even notice.

Vivienne (little witchy herb specialist)

A young but very talented witch, Ugorim's beloved granddaughter. She made herself a cozy spot in their house attic, where she does her witch things.

Even though Vivienne is talented, she is still young and inexperienced, so some of her magic is done on accident. One should't look her straight in the eyes, or else she might unintentionally hex you. This is why she wears her hat in such a way it obscures half her face, to prevent accidentally hexing someone.

It's no secret that Vivienne is one quarter fairy on her mom's side. Maybe it's the reason she and Gears get along so well. Vivienne genuinely admires him, even though outside of his field of technology and invention he's mediocre at best. She is a hopeless romantic with a crush, but Gears is too oblivious to even take a hint.

Doctor Pellet (the all-around doctor)

A bit cranky, but very kind and caring metamorphic doctor. He never knew his parents, but loved the people who raised him very much. He's deathly afraid of apples.

Pellet can take on any form, but prefers being a tall blonde man. The only thing he cannot change is his eyes, so he wears glasses - he sees better, and the other people are spared from the many eyed look.

Pellet was raised by a married couple of doctors, so he's been fascinated by medicine and biology since his childhood. He knows a lot about different illnesses and their treatments, and he also keeps a collection of pickled small animals. Don't worry, all exhibits died of natural causes like old age or a disease.

Nova (catman tooth fairy)

An optimistic and a bit air-headed tooth fairy, a dentist by title. He was born and raised in a family of tooth fairies like him, all hereditary dentists (except his uncle, who went to become a hockey player). He's ridiculously afraid of cucumbers and vacuum cleaners.

Nova is like a mix of a bumblebee and a fat cat: bold, gluttonous, lazy, according to all laws of aerodynamics should't fly but flies anyway. Just like any fairy, he has wings, but he rarely uses them - too lazy.

Like any self-respecting tooth fairy, Nova keeps a collection of teeth: baby teeth given to him by kids, teeth knocked out in fights and accidents that he couldn't put back in his clients' mouths, extracted teeth with cavities, etc. But the special place in his hoard is held by wisdom teeth; he jokes that his power grows and strenghtens with every new addition.

Trufelle (the short confectioneer)

A gorgeous confectioneer, a loving wife and a great woman to be around. She is married to Bisquit and keeps a joint bakery and candy shop with him.

Trufelle might be short, but she is very kind and outgoing. She knows every Calmford's residents' preferences in sweets by heart.

When making cakes, Trufelle is the one who makes the creme and decorates, and she knows plenty of sweet recipes, including caramel, chocolate and ice cream.

Biscuit (the soft baker)

A great baker, a loving husband and a very kind man in general. He's married to Trufelle and keeps a joint bakery and candy store with her.

Biscuit is built like a closet: tall, wide-shouldered and angular, but it doesn't stop him from being soft and sweet like a freshly baked bun.

He often helps his wife make cakes, baking the layers for them while she makes the creme, frosting and cake decorations. His baking is unmatched, and his bread is always tasty, soft and light.

[latinfeline]

i just saw the actual worst take ever about the tts/volot situation so im going to shadow rant about it cause i blocked the author

keep reading if you want to see me rant about elves/volot while summarizing the og post ig

ok so op is like super pissed that rc is changing the tts mc's sprite to add elves with poc features claiming that they were bullied for the sake of "politically correct foolishness"

i don't think asking for ONE mc who doesn't look like she's of european descent is too much of a demand especially since most games give themselves to self inserting, that's why we have white passing amala

also having multiple elven races is not diverse if they all have the same face and hair type, and claiming that giving them poc features/brown skin options is "human diversity" is nuts, elves in almost all fantasy can have whatever shade of skin (ex. drows can have skin ranging from gray to black with a purple undertone), hair type, etc. the only thing they need is their subrace-specific traits (which iirc NEVER say "this elf can only look like a white person" it usually covers skin color, not shade, eye color, etc) and pointy ears.

op then goes on to say what happened to volot WASN'T racist

changing a character from black to race of choice (black or white) because of backlash from people who didn't want him to be black for any reason is racist

op also argues that since tts is fantasy and doesn't take place in the real world that there should't be a need for diversity standards of our world to apply

so where's the same energy for volot? one of the main complaints is that he was black in a slavic inspired setting. it doesn't take place in our world so why should we expect him to look like real life ancient slavs?

then they say that writers shouldn't have to sacrifice their vision for the wants of fans

SO WHERE'S THE SAME ENERGY FOR ALICE? she had to sacrifice her vision of volot to appease racist fans

they then say that people read fiction to escape reality and so it shouldn't be a reflection of reality

bffr right now you basically just said you need an escape from people of color

after whatever the fuck that was they then say that the elves were actually super diverse actually because they have different skin colors like no your mcs should look different outside of skin color

they then also link each elf subrace to a real life race which seems iffy as fuck but i'm white so i can't really speak on that

they then conclude that fantasy races shouldn't adhere to human diversity standards (which in this case is including at least ONE poc) and that since some people choose to play as the mc they find prettiest (i actually do this) that diversity is not necessary

what the fuck, right? it gets worse though

they then say that poc were included less in old stories because of racism, but that today writers usually do put poc in their stories so people usually don't complain "so stop making a fuss over something that was never an issue to begin with"

WHAT THE FUCK? that is insane to say.

imo unless an author has an explicit reason to not include more than one race in their story (ex. one of jester's other stories, lotw, took place in an era where there was nobody except japanese people in japan) they should include it. especially in a cyoa story where the player is meant to project onto the main character.

rant over ig if you want to argue with me, don't, if you agree with op, i can't stop you but i'll block you

[daresplaining]

Hi!

I was wondering if it's possible to recognize a person by their heartbeat?

A lot of authors have Matt do that, but aren't heartbeats pretty much the same, basically? I mean, there ought to be a lot of people with Foggy's same heartbeat, should't there be?

I'm confused but very interested about this. Thank you for your time!

    This is a great question, and I'll start by saying that my personal interpretation of anything to do with Matt and heartbeats is that "heartbeat" is shorthand for something a little more complicated. What I mean is that when Matt claims to recognize Foggy’s heartbeat (or Bullseye’s, or Natasha Romanov’s, or anyone else’s he has claimed to recognize over the years), it makes very little sense that he would only be picking up on that specific detail. The same goes for when Matt listens to someone’s pulse to tell if they’re lying. The heartbeat might be part of it, but he would also be noticing things like nervous sweating, fidgeting, tone of voice, etc. And when Matt detects the presence of someone he knows well, yes, he might pick up on their heartbeat, but he would also be noticing their scent, the sound and rhythm of their footfalls, and countless other little physical and behavioral details that would serve as identifying features. Considering the fact that those of us without hypersenses can kind of do this, minus the heartbeat detection (Have you ever heard someone moving around in your house and automatically known which member of your family it was? It’s not just me, right?), logic suggests that while Matt might be able to identify the heartbeats of certain specific people, that would probably not be the first, or even the fifth or, heck, tenth thing that he would recognize about them. I think the reason that many writers focus specifically on the heartbeat party trick is because 1. it's cool, and 2. it's a memorable, shorthand way of showing off how sharp Matt's senses are.

    Whether different people's heartbeats are actually physically distinct in a noticeable way is a different question, and I have to be honest: I don’t know the answer. (Even very down-to-Earth superpowers like hypersenses require some suspension of disbelief, and there are some things I just accept that Matt can do without worrying too much about the real-world science involved.) There are some people in Matt’s life who do have unique heartbeats-- Tony Stark and the Hulk, for example...

[ID: A panel from Daredevil volume 3. The background is pink, and the close-up silhouettes of Tony Stark, Dr. Strange, and Hank Pym are shown in purple. Tony and Hank are clearly in civvies. Their heartbeats are superimposed in front of their chests in neon green, and Tony's looks unnaturally measured and mechanical.]

Matt (caption): "Three familiar heartbeats. Dr. Strange, Hank Pym, and the metronomic rhythm of Tony Stark."

Daredevil vol. 3 #16 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Javier Rodriguez, and Joe Caramagna

[ID: A panel from Daredevil volume 1 showing Matt, dressed in a fancy black suit and tie, standing on a balcony in the twilight, holding his cane.]

Matt: "That distinctive, frenetic heartbeat...loud as a jackhammer, even blocks away! There's no doubt-- the Hulk is loose in New York! He's probably confused. Certainly dangerous. I--!"

Daredevil vol. 1 #163 by Roger McKenzie, Frank Miller, Josef Rubinstein, Klaus Janson, Glynis Wein, and Jim Novak

    ...So it makes sense that Matt would be able to recognize theirs. But as far as his more cardiovascularly-normal friends and enemies are concerned, the person you really want to ask is Christine of The Other Murdock Papers, who is extremely knowledgeable about the science (or sometimes lack thereof) of Matt’s sensory world. She has a post on heartbeats in which she says, “I don’t doubt that [identifying someone by heartbeat] is possible, but it makes about ten times more sense to use a heightened sense of smell for that.”

    I will also take this as an opportunity to share that the book she is writing on the science of Daredevil is almost finished!

[ID: A Tweet by Chris_TOMP: “Good news on the book front! I’ve secured the services of an editor and have a deadline in early April for the work that still remains. Shit’s about to get real and this baby will, fingers crossed, drop in July.”]

    So keep an eye out for that (I’ll definitely make an excited post about it when it becomes available for purchase), because it will very likely answer this question. In the meantime, do any of my medically-minded followers have thoughts on this? It's something I'm very curious about as well.

[sneakyboythingz]

❗proship discourse //

Looks like some proship people are uncomfortable by the concept of other proship people enjoying content made by real life actors? but i?? dont really see a proble about people shipping and making sexual content about characters from live action media as long you know the difference betweeten the actor and the character??? (The same works for voice actors too)

Example:

User claralikescake really like a fictional couple that are interpretated by two Very talented actors from a live action show, the user enjoys that couple very much but they never have shipped and romanticezed their actors together because they know the clear difference betweeten them and their characters

But now, theres user pompomthousand they really like this one fictional character, but they loved this character so much that they started to enjoy their actor too, and then started making make all kind of fantasy content about the actor but not the character. And why thats wrong? Its wrong because a real person cannot be fantasied about for a lot of reasons

The only thing you should't is make dead dove content with a live action child character interpretated by a actor who is also a child. That is another history

(and If Its a animated character interpretated by a voice actor who is a minor, Just dont include their voice in your content)

At least thats my opinion

[sex-advice-saturday]

Hi. I hope I don't bothering you. I'm 18, and I'm a virgin. And for a long I wanted to start masturbating, but when I asked my mother about it she said masturbateion is natural, but later on she said that I should't masturbate, because if I put my finger inside of me, then my future boyfriend may feel like I'm not a virgin, and think that I lied to him. Is this true? I don't know what should I do.

There is nothing wrong with masturbating. Have no fear.

Fingering yourself is not going to make things feel different or less pleasant for a future sexual partner. You are not going to loosen yourself too much. The vagina is a muscle that can squeeze and recovers quickly from stretching.

I've gotten countless messages from people who never penetrated themselves until the first time they tried to have penis-in-vagina sex with their partner, only to discover that they weren't accustomed to being penetrated by something so large. Practicing with penetration now will probably make future penetration more comfortable. That said, if you want to wait until your first partner before doing anything penetrative, that's okay too.

There's nothing wrong with not being a virgin. There is no reason for a hypothetical future boyfriend to be upset about thinking that you aren't a virgin. Someday, you might not be a virgin, and there will be nothing wrong with you when that day comes.

You don't need to put a finger inside yourself in order to masturbate. For most people with vaginas, the primary erogenous zone is the clit, which can be stimulated without any penetration at all.

I hope that helps!

[brightlotusmoon]

Dear TMNT Fandom,

I am a panromantic demisexual demigirl in my forties who 1) didn't even know those terms until recently, calling myself a bisexual who didn't want casual sex for a decade, and 2) found some memories from the late 90s of conversations with folks with ties to Mirage Studios, and I need to say this:

I cannot believe we as a fandom have to explain that the Ninja Turtles, fantasy creatures, can be headcanoned as Asexual not just because it is a real thing and not weird like some are saying, but because specifically the original Mirage Turtles were asexual, not attracted to humans, and as the series went on and they grew up, more concerned with their own unique bond as the only members of their kind over romantic relationships.

For example: Mike's fling with the Styracodon princess Seri was a manipulation, and Future Leonardo being with Raven Shadowheart was a choice. They're still asexual, even maybe gray or demi. We never got to know if Seri's eggs were Mikey's but we know he didn't have feelings for her.

In all the cartoon versions, we see various relationships happen which reflect some of the era and audience. Great example is 2012.

Actually, since Peter hated romance and Kevin was the one to sign off on the Next Mutation which was the straw that broke the camel's back for their split, we know Kevin is supportive of a lot of headcanons, even the actually weird ones, and thanks to my brain suddenly yelping "holy shell I remember that" I know how a lot of TMNT franchise crew members support inclusive headcanons even if they might not be canon. So someone saying "why are fan writers and artists making the turtles ace [or trans or NB], I think it's so weird" is absolutely one of the more bizarre things to come from the fandom. Because... they're turtles. They're mutants. Hell, to get super technical they're essentially genetically aliens, since the mutagen was created by aliens and fused with their DNA. They have more turtle in them than human. They're not human, the actual entire point of the characters, so the other entire point is how they learn to become psychologically and socially human, which rules to follow, which morals to have that don't need to be human. Thus, it extends to fans who create Alternate Universes and Canon Divergent worlds. And asexuality, the ace spectrum, is a real world thing that has always existed even if we didn't always know the words. To try to insist that these not-real fantasy creatures - ones that don't exist, have no bearing on real life except our imaginations, and should't be so restricted - cannot represent orientations and identities for fans who share with fans is, at the very least, disingenuous, controlling, upsetting, and exasperating.

I didn't spend nearly thirty years fighting oppression as both LGBTQIA and disabled to see my my favorite fandom pushed against by aphobia, transphobia, and bullying in general.

Although, really, I am a fool, I should have seen all this. I know Tumblr is completely different than other platforms, completely different from my Olde Fann favorites like Livejournal and the old Geocities forums, and online social communities are now faster than, say, my ADHD thoughts in a hyperfocus, but I still want to be Old Man Yells At Cloud and Get Off My Lawn You Kids when it comes to this very specific fandom thing and I totally see how weird that is on its face. I've been studying neuropsychology a lot, I usually notice my own weirds and faults more than usual.

Anyway. Aaanyway. Uh. So. *exhales*

Haa, panic attacks are the worst, aren't they? Also, I gotta stop believing the depression and anxiety monsters in my head, they take up too much real estate and I'm tired and getting too old for this weird AAAAAA-ness.

(One of my inner voices is like, "Woman, you are talking about ninja mutant turtle creatures that were created as a parody of gritty superheroes, who are you calling weird and AAAA?" and all I can do is shrug with a "you got me smile" and a long sigh. But I try, oh my god do I try, all the time, in this institution - *pause to break into song I said hey hey hey* - and I keep learning from my fictional sunshine child as I go so I can keep up with all the So Which Of My Identities Is Being Threatened In Society This Time discourse and especially the memes. All the memes.

I am a cautious optimist, after all. Nihilistic Optimist maybe? All I know is my entire life is multiple piles of junk cluttering a small room and everything is shiny even when it's hidden in shadows. Just smile until it feels better.

[kimnjss]

k, here's my two cents on the whole LoY situation: everybody is wrong in different ways. Y/n should't be keeping secrets from her best friend, I get why she is afraid, but it's still wrong. Miju should not expect anything from Jimin just because SHE has a crush, her liking him does not mean he owns her shit, if she likes him so much and wants to be with him so bad she should say it instead of giving ant-size signs. (1/3)

yn shouldn’t be lying to her best friend, right. miju is putting too much weight on the crush she has for jimin, right. with the way miju has gotten her way all of the time ., she feels like jimin should be paying attention to her just bc she wants him to . nd even if he doesn’t... hher friend shouldn’t be moving in on him . it’s very ‘if i can’t have you no one can’ mentality . that’s one of the reasons why yn is so nervous about talking to mijju ., she feels like she’ll turn around w those exact thoughts and make her choose . 

[rosesanthology]

Golden Hues | Bokuto Koutaro x F!reader [GreekMyth!AU]

That was incredibly hard to write thank you very much🤡 figuring out how to write a certain character is quite the challenge so today i offer you, offbrand Bokuto in an Ancient Greece setting !

[Songs] : • Towards the sun by Rihanna

              • All good people by Delta Rae

[Tags] : @raevaioli @hqxreader

- your whole life has been revolving around the same things, not that you minded them

- you were the oldest daughter of a noble in Greece, and your family was known by the people as being descendants of gods and godesses

- throughout the years you've been taught how to act like someone your rank, how to uphold a position of power even in situations where a woman should't be

- you were grateful for that

- you were taught manners, litterature and arts as well as the art of fighting and that was pretty much it

- war, was not inherantly seen as a bad thing, it was almost like those plays that you often watched when you were a kid

- vast sceneries of warriors blessed by the gods to fight alongside them, defending their beliefs or properties

- at least that's what you thought back then, the reality of war was a whole other thing, and yet the necessity of knowing how to defend yourself against any ennemy was not one to ignore

- fighting wasn't pretty. But it had to be done.

- another reality was the one of the gods, you had witnessed it yourself one faithful day of training with your servants

- a young man carrying a lyre had approached you, seemingly coming out of nowhere

- you were pretty sure that it was Apollo, god of the sun, healing, arts and oracles; patron deity of your family for centuries now

- at the time, he had whispered words that you still managed to remember clearly :

        On the horizon of a sacred dawn,

    When the sword and arrow cross paths  

A union that will make the earth shake all the way to the farthest parthenon, shall rise

          And with it the fall of an order.

- a prophecy

- that sounded ominous to say the least but at that moment you had felt something in you that you could only describe as being some sort of repressed euphoria brewing deep somewhere in your mind

- sadly, the prophecy reached the ears of your parents and soon you found yourself trapped in your quarters for the majority of your days

- only going out for classes and eating, your parents having cut down most of your sparring sessions anyways

- your once fullfilling life now reduced to a scheduled routine, the only fun part of it being when you got to hear the stories of your litterature instructor paired with the occasionnal sneaking out during the afternoon or at night

- he felt as if in order to understand the "outside world" better you had to get actual informations on it

- and so he started talking to you about random things he heard during the day

- some days it was just about how the flower merchants closest to the royal grounds had gotten engaged and made a joined business

- other days like today it was about how the people have been effervescent about a certain talented warrior from a neighbouring city

- allegedly, he mained the bow and arrow with an unmatched deadly grace, making his way through entire battlefields in no time, some spread the rumor that he did so while smiling, unbothered and untouched by ennemy attacks

- some speculated that he was a demigod, son of some powerful deity or the reincarnation of Achilles, however one thing was sure is that he took the spotlight everywhere he went

- it would be an understatement to say that you were intrigued

- how was that possible ? Was he really unbeatable ? How was he the same age as you ?

- "well not like you would ever find out", you thought, returning to your room after class

- with the absence of servants on your way your next thought was easy : sneaking out

- it was a habit you picked up

- you went outside from the window for a few hours and came back in as if nothing happened

- and today was one of these days

- so here you were, strutting through the woods trying to find some cool rocks to add to your collection back in your room

- when you heard some kind of rustling sound

- at first you were scared cause what if it was a brown bear ??

 - well at least it would make an interesting story if you came out of it alive

- but then you saw a head of white hair peaking out from behind some bushes and a voice saying something close to

- "pspspsps" yep. Definitely not a bear

- "Excuse me ?" you said, trying to get the attention of whoever that was

- the person jumped and judging by the "thud" following, you could only assume that they fell

- going round the bushes, you were meant by a well built looking man with spikey white hair and piercing imperial gold colored eyes looking up at you from the ground

- that....was not something you were used to

- "are you alright ?" you said, helping him up

- " yeah don't worry im fine ! I was just trying to catch this squirrel" he was smiling so bright that it almost blinded you in addition to the sound of your own heart pounding that was making you deaf

- "oh im sorry....did i make it run away ?"

- "well- yes but at least now i get to talk to a pretty girl !"

- oh :0

- and that's how the conversation began

- you learned that his name was Bokuto and that he was a royal guard of a close city, one that was as powerful as your own

- "oh so do you know the rumors about that demigod archer ?"

- "you mean the ones people spread about me ?? You know, im pretty good with a bow and arrow but not to that level haha"

- SO HE WAS THAT PERSON

- you never suspected that you had all those questions for him until you started spewing them out one after another but luckily he seemed to never come short with answers

- you talked for hours until night had fallen and you had to go back to royal grounds before anyone noticed you were gone

- he walked you the whole way back to your bedroom window because he "wanted to protect you" even tho you did this like every other day

- he just wanted to talk to you more

- "goodnight princes-"

- "you can call me Y/N you know ?

- "no princess is cuter ≧◡≦" he was really thankful for the late hour because he really didn't want you to see the blush on his face right now

- "hey Bokuto !" your voice made him turn back faster than light

- "do you want to meet again tomorrow ?"

- of course he wanted to

- and the pattern went on for about a month or so

- you would meet him in the woods outside of royal grounds and you would just talk and have fun with him until night when he would insist on walking you home

- tonight was no different aside from the fact that you stayed a few hours later than usual with him

- at this point you guys were very much in love with each other but also too much of a mess to confess already and you were kind of fed up

- so he was walking you home as per usual and you were leaning against the window frame bidding him your goodbyes as the sun began to rise in the distance

- "goodnight prin-" you cut him off by grabbing his face and kissing him, the shock of your lips against his had caused both of your minds to focus on each other, and there it was

- the same euphoric feeling from that time you heard the prophecy

- so that was it....love

- "goodnight Y/N" he had said when you finally pulled away, not needing to add anything more to it as you already knew how you felt about one another

- that day you fell asleep with dreams about spending your future with Bokuto, the dorky demigod warrior who had stolen your heart

- except all dreams must come to an end

- the next day your parents had informed you about an incoming war with another city....his city

- after all those years of peace and unity why now of all times ?

- "the fall of an order" this line of the prophecy echoed in your head as you sat on the floor of your room

- you couldn't help but ask yourself if somehow this was one of the gods' jokes

- if this was your fault

- would that mean that now Bokuto would resent you ?

- you heard a soft knock on your window, you already knew who it was and you went to open it, hesitant and scared of what was next to come for the both of you

- " Y/N you're here !" he beamed, staying true to himself even now

- "Bokuto have you no knowledge of what is happening ? Our cities are-"

- "on the edge of war ? I know that and that's why i came"

- "to say goodbye" you thought, already bracing yourself for the heartbreak

- "to ask you to run away with me !"

- you looked at him in shock and he just responded by smiling as if nothing about that statement scared him, as if nothing in this world could make his golden eyes loose their oh so familiar shine

- in this moment you understood that he really was something else, a sun amongst mortals, and a song in the darkest times of your own life, a light in the battlefield.

- not hearing any response from you, he held your hands together between his warm ones, confidence unwavering as he locked eyes with you and spoke,

- "We don't have to ever be appart, must the skies and gods themselves threathen us as much as they want, i'll never let it happen. We shall stay together and brave the odds and Fate herself. With Apollo's blessing, we'll make even Aphrodite and Ares jealous."

[sol1056]

I feel a little weird looking critically at shows where the creators talk about their original plans, but the ones that do also talk about how they tried to stick to that plan despite the changes made to the show so it, um, feels justified? But also like it should't be, because what it was meant to be is not what it is. Even though there are moments where I have to do so to look at the show and understand why what is happening, is happening.

The “I would’ve liked to include X” is really just a creator talking about their pipe dreams; it’s an academic question. Interesting, but doesn’t tell you much about their approach to storytelling – except in one possible way: their nostalgia for their own work. 

The phrase “kill your darlings” doesn’t actually mean “kill your characters,” contrary to what GRR Martin and the Grimdark Boys might want you to believe. A darling is a phrase, a line of dialogue, a snapshot in time that somehow captured the writer; they think it’s the perfect comeback, the best final line, the best twist of a delivery. 

When you revise a story – or trim it down for time or word count – those darlings stand out like a goth on a Sunday golf course. A writer clinging to their darlings will end up revising around those snippets, even when that torques the story out of shape. So, you kill your darlings. Put them in a “dead darlings” file if you must, but you get rid of them, and inevitably the story is stronger as a result. 

The problem is the writer who removes – but cannot forget – the darling. They end up torquing the story anyway for a plot-point or revelation or whatever that no longer exists. When I hear someone doing more talking about what they’d left out of story than they do talk about what they chose to put in, it’s a red flag for we’re dealing with a writer who failed to truly excise those darlings.   

Granted, the collaborative aspect of visual media does mean things get cut not because they’re darlings but because of time, budget, or ratings limitations. I actually have little sympathy for those complaints, for two reasons. The first is that collaboration is the nature of some media; if you resent others’ involvement in your grand vision and you work in television, maybe it’s time to quit your day job. Temperamentally, you’re never going to be happy. 

More importantly, limitations are the wellspring of creative innovation. The canvas is three-feet square; you get 120K words; you have only three months to resolve this design issue; you get 23.5 minutes of runtime and no nudity, blood, or cussing. We like to bemoan the lack of time or money or other constraints but the simple truth is the most innovative creations come not from thinking outside the box but seeing the same box in a different light.

In that regard, the only time I have interest in hearing a creator’s original ideas is when they get into how they managed to achieve the same result given the limitations. Like Deadpool and the budget that didn’t allow for guns – a duffel bag full of socks the characters “forget” in the cab on their way to the finale – or using made-up terms to bypass television broadcast rules, etc.  

Where you can learn the most from a creator is when they talk about what they chose to cut, and why. Especially in visual media, a lot of what gets cut isn’t simply a matter of time or budget, but in recognizing where the story’s focus lies. Look at the opening to Guardians of the Galaxy 2; that big flashy fight  would’ve been an expensive set-piece, but it’s trimmed by keeping the focus on baby Groot in the foreground. (Del Toro is a great one in his commentaries for pointing out places he chose to focus elsewhere, as part of addressing the limitations of budget and time.) 

After the first Rurouni Kenshin live-action film came out, I caught an excerpt of an interview with Keishi Ohtomo. The film didn’t have a particular iconic scene. Ohtomo said he’d filmed it, realized it wasn’t needed, and got rid of it. When I finally got to see those deleted scenes, I realized Ohtomo was right. The cut version is much tighter. It might sound contradictory, but sometimes a story’s power also lies in what you take out, as much as what you leave in. 

But those cuts – like killing your darlings – must be in pursuit of a tight, well-crafted story, precision moves designed to make the story stronger. “We had to pick what we had time to tell” is not at all the same as “we kept the story as lean as possible in one area, which left us room to play in this other area.” The latter is a creator who understands the limitations of their media; they’re making judicious choices that serve the story first, with a byproduct of that trade-off giving them breathing room against other limitations. 

The former sounds a little too much like a creator who wanted to save their darlings in the face of limitations. Of course, this could be an amateur’s ignorance of how they sound, compared to experienced professionals, but the emphasis on time over story is a red flag. And that’s not even getting into the situation VLD is currently in, reduced to using the interview pulpit to give us significant plotpoints ex-canonically: because what they chose to leave in can’t stand on its own. 

[epitaph-of-rebirth]

Ok I never walk into a discussion but since I recently replayed the games I have some thoughts about it.

The decision of killing Anders or not makes more sense to how you played your Hawke and not about him being right or wrong. But this dont make Hawke be a villain because tbh even through the templars sucks and oppress the mages the game always try to also be: ''oh no but mages can be bad too!!!'' what for me is bs but whatever.

Anders was right into protesting and revolting against an oppressive system, but also he even talks about how justice made him go much more hardcore on the way he acts when see or think that some injustice with mages may be happening on certain situations. His own quest is about the thin layer of being paranoid and being oppressed and no one giving a shit.

When Hawke has to choose between killing him or not Hawke is making the decision based on:

1 - The side you choose being templars or mages depending on your player choices. Hawke decision on killing Anders may not make any sense if you always side with mages and romance him, instead if you think the templars are right even if you agree with the mages having because of the oppresion, not kill Anders dont make sense.

2 - Their relationship with Anders as a companion (and maybe LI if you choose it) and how he blowing a church and fucking the already unstable Kirkwall system will affect their lives and the life of their companions, yes the mages are oppressed and Hawke can aggree with the revolt because they are an mage/have mages on their family, but this don't mean that they may agree fully with Anders, in DAI we see how Vivienne had an different vision of the Circle compared to most the mages we meet and how interesting that was.

3 - The fact that Anders actually betray you. And yes I'll explain this better. Dragon age 2 has this cicle of all the companions screwing Hawke over some way Hawke and this happens in lots of different ways , not only on the romantic one but as an example: Isabela who get the stolen Qunari tome and run away. Merril and her asking your help to fix the anvil mirror without giving explanation on why you maybe should't fix it. Even in the end when you decide to choose one faction to be ally, their leader immediatly tries to kill you so yeah .

I love Anders and I always side with the mages, but I still choosed to kill him because after all the bullshit my Hawke went through, that was the last thin of it. Anders choose to not trust Hawke with his plan putting Hawke and everybody Hawke loves in danger, he did not try any other plan or talked with Hawke and after everything they passed through together that is Anders way of betraying Hawke. Everybody gave shit to your kirkwall champion and Anders also will give him some shit.

In my vision Hawke killing Anders is not about justice for what he did. Is about Hawke forgiving or not Anders for hiding from him all the plan on the church thing and maybe even using Hawke for his plan without telling they about it. Is not the first time someone do this to Hawke and on all that is happening in that moment when the church explodes, Hawke is about to lost a nerve in seconds. When Anders finish the blowing over he is ready to die, he is ready for Hawke killing him for it because HE KNOWS that his decision may not be forgivable for your Hawke. And this dont make Hawke an villain because he is not killing Anders for an idea or for because he wants to stop the mages from revolting, Hawke is killing Anders for his own sake, for his own feelings on all the things that are happening and will happen after that explosion, is much more about feeling hate and ultimate betray from someone you trusted and deciding if you will agree with him deciding to do all he did even through it may fuck you over or if you are just tired of all of this and want nothing to do with it.

I regret to inform you that a Hawke who executes Anders is Literally the Villain

oh but he killed people - you killed over 400 people as the player character, and when you did it you weren't saving anyone's lives but your own

oh but violence is never the answer - truly hilarious coming from Hawke but also it was Literally to prevent a genocide and 10 years of peaceful protest didn't even convince you to do something

oh but he lied to me - I like that we've now decided execution is an appropriate response to lying. Fun fact: that literally wasn't even the case in medieval law

oh but it was for his own good - very fun that you picked the ableist eugenics argument there

oh but he was a demon - historically we haven't seen demons sit down and wait for death very often. Disregarding the lack of consistent visual design with any demons, the fact Justice in the Fade self-identifies as Justice, and the fact that even the Chantry boom was Just violence, don't you think an out of control and dangerous demon would have uhhhhh put up a fight?

oh but - No. I don't want to hear it. You looked at a man violently oppressed by a theocratic dictatorship, attempting to save a marginalised community from genocide by the state, and made yourself judge, jury and executioner on the side of the religious dictators. You voted yes to police brutality, up to and including ad hoc execution.

I want you to take a long, hard look at yourself and ask yourself why that felt morally good. It wasn't.