#takes less than 5 minutes

[passingbypainfullyaware]

I’m not sure if this is a hot take or not. But I can tell u that after their confession scene, I didn’t really enjoy Qtoey all that much. Every time they were on screen I was just internally screaming bc I was hoping for any Chain & pun scene. Christ there are 4 parts each episode and 4 main couples. There’s an easy division of screen time there. However it kinda feels like 2 parts PhumPeem, 1 part Qtoey and then 1 part either TanFang or the whole gang. I would have loved to see a lot more Tanfang & Chainpun if I’m being honest.

A kiss in the last 10 minutes of the fucking show is not a story.

TanFang have a whole narrative arc and the way that info gets revealed to us about them is so satisfying. Like when I recall past interactions I now do so with a whole new lense, I see depth and meaning in things that I simply brushed off.

PhumPeem are such a delight because of how emotionally well connected they are and I thought I would not like this ship all that much but it’s so precious and the story is so conceptually simple and yet so well written. Obviously there was a lot of beating around the bush but honestly? I was hooked.

Qtoey also had a great story of meeting in high school, and falling in love with each other through little notes before ever seeing each others faces, and the destined meeting once again as a senior and junior in College. However if I were to speak honestly, after getting Q and Toey together all of their scenes lagged. Also as a side note, they absolutely didn’t need that scene of Q and Toey doing the nasty. Especially since the og character for Toey is Ace. Hell! they could have done a really cool storyline of Toey and Q navigating this part of their relationship while being respectful of each others needs and boundaries.

ChainPun, got an off screen visit to the vet, a scene of them getting snacks, a scene of them releasing the bird and then suddenly a kiss. And before anyone says that Chainpun was a slow burn of childhood friends to lovers… babe no they’re not. A slow burn is slow I get that, but at least there’s SOMETHING to burn? I’ve been living off of crumbs here.

Finally, I don’t wanna come off as a hater, despite this post I do love this series. There’s a deep connection between all of the characters and it’s such a healthy depiction of so many different types of relationships between family, friends and lovers. The love of people who once hurt each other, those who have reconciled, those in the process of it, even the love of those who are so afraid of hurting each other they would rather hurt themselves.

[angelnumber27]

violently forcing myself to have better days

[sakebytheriver]

Lil John at the DNC?!?!? 😭😭😭😭

[mistninja]

Almost done watching alabasta. It's even better than I remember

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]

home from work

[queerdiazs]

yall have got to stop being cowards when it comes to calling out zionism in fandom. the genocide of the palestinians is not something that should be vague-posted about because you’re scared of your reputation and it is not discourse. there are people dying everyday, every hour, horrific deaths from bombs being dropped on them. parents are carrying their children’s corpses around in plastic bags and pets are eating decomposing bodies under tons of rubble but you’re too scared to unfollow and stop interacting with known zionists? horse shit.

you’re all pussies. spineless cowards. the ethnic cleansing of the palestinian people has been going on for over 75 years. you KNOW this. you can’t NOT know. and you all know who the zionists in this fandom are and yet you STILL choose to give them the time of day. you see them liking pro-zionist propaganda but not reblogging to stay under the radar, you see them going into peoples inboxes with copy and pasted words of affection to feel people out and reply with positivity toward them and why? WHY? because they write fics? because they make pretty gifs and edits? because they give you attention you desperately want? grow up.

women are being cut open without medicine and delivering babies that are going to die but yeah, sure, let’s continue to make nice with zionist fucks anyway!!

i don’t care how popular in fandom you are, how long youve been here. whether you’re known for your gifs or edits or codas or you’ve written 150+ fics that have given you a celebrity-like status on tumblr—the least you can do is stop interacting with zionists. the fucking LEAST.

if you call out zionists and zionism, do your research and use their names. if you continue to vibe with zionists when you know what they are or talk about how these conversations need to be approached with empathy, you’re a privileged and uncaring piece of shit out of touch with reality and i wish nothing good for you. fuck u and fuck your feelings.

[mrs-luigi-vargas]

I know I'd decided to only write one more bowuigi fic aside from the one I'd already written but I can't stop thinking about the idea of Bowser repeatedly kidnapping Peach for relationship advice and Peach getting so fed up with him about it that she tricks Luigi into being her body double so that Bowser kidnaps him instead and they can talk like Actual Adults instead of using her as a third party to vent to all the time

[carrion-art]

my favorite hobby is going through untagged pinterest art and finding & commenting the OG artist

[sparklyoats]

Been hearing from my grandma that one of my cousins is attending lil mans christening… which is interesting cause shes not said anything to me..🤷🏻‍♀️

[red-dyed-sarumane]

chat is 17 chibis in 12 days too ambitious an endeavor

[loregoddess]

well I certainly made an attempt at the final map for Unicorn Overlord--had to go check a spoiler-free guide to see if there was some gimmick I wasn't picking up on (this has happened before to me) but no, there isn't, that fucker really is just annoying and hard to kill, so I might have to rethink my strategy a bit...

[kennys-parka-jacket]

Me when I was 18: omg imagine having a caffiene dependency and having withdrawal symptoms if you don't consume every day. I could never. It's gross how normalized addiction is in this country.

Me at age 22: Texting my friends "sorry for what I said to you before I had my coffee that morning"

[lifblogs]

I tried a light makeup look today, and I am not feeling it. Where is my bronzer, highlighter, and eyeliner, at least? I miss them.

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

hmm actually rogue as an exploration of 15’s impulsiveness- the highs of breathless new love but the lows of dooming it (and nearly your own best friend) thanks to a bitter need for vengeance

[villain-in-love]

And here I present to you two clowns who have formed an unfortunate alliance, explained in 5 minutes (or not):

So here we have the smartest and the strongest guys in the Pandora organization. If only they would act accordingly...

Don't forget that this couple consists of a criminal investigator and a former serial killer, so if you decide to mess with them, I can guarantee that no one will ever find your body.

Anyways, very lengthy explanation of the points made is under the cut:

♤ Age is a complicated matter in this manga, as one of the possible side-effect of having a contract with a chain is that the body can stop aging. Which is why Break doesn't look even a day older than he was when he concluded his first (illegal) contract. Also at first I intended to do the same with Mortifera and freeze her at the age of 29, but then I thought that it just sounds too convenient, so screw it, it’s fine as it is. Now Break can get on Mortifera's nerves by joking about her being a creepy older woman who's into men "much younger" than her.

♤ Let me tell you, this level of trust is already a lot for Break. This man has serious trust issues – you can be friends for years and still know almost nothing about him, and he always preferred to stubbornly deal with everything alone. Sometimes Mortifera still has to resort to a third-degree interrogation and complicated psychological manipulations to get him to tell her anything.

♤ The difference in the horny level… Mortifera is suffering here. Break is also suffering – from sexual harassment, or at least that’s what he likes to call it. Obviously, Katharine won’t force him into anything, but she still possesses a remarkable ability to make anything sexual, and it gets annoying.

♤ Both have relatively low levels of jealousy simply because, well, they really don’t give each other that many reasons to get jealous. Mostly because no one else will be insane enough to even try to romantically pursue these people. However, there is one thing Katharine still can't get over, which raises her level of jealousy...

♤ ...I also suspect that the reason Xerxes doesn't get jealous might have something to do with his absolutely fucked self-perception but let's talk about it the other day. This is too much to unpack right now.

♤ Speaking of the relationship attitude, they are so reserved about it that most people don’t even know that they are dating. Everyone thinks that they are best friends that are just a bit too comfortable with each other.

♤ First kiss wasn’t on the lips, by the way, and happened before they actually got together. It was one of those weird sexually charged moments between them that none of them knew how to interpret but it just happened by itself…

♤ Xerxes wakes up first, but he also falls asleep last. It was canonically stated that his hours of sleep are short and restless, so he can go to sleep at 3am and wake up at 7am. Katharine tries her best to do something about it, but they don't really live together, so...

♤ None of them really cooks, nor does housework. In the rich households that are Rainsworth and Ledford, there are other servants that take care of it, and both Break and Mortifera are a separate class of servants that are above the regular house staff, which is why they can enjoy some privileges. Same goes for driving carriages. And it all also applies to Pandora's headquarters.

♤ Though they do clean their own rooms because both Xerxes and Katharine value their privacy too much to let other people inside. That is to say, “clean” is a strong word, because their rooms are always a mess anyways...

♤ Also, technically they can cook, to some extent, because there were times when they lived alone. But they'd rather avoid cooking if they can.

♤ Break is canonically protective, and violently so. Mortifera is no better, and she's even more aggressive. Which means that if you hurt one of them, if they don't kill you themselves in retaliation, the other one certainly will.

♤ Xerxes likes spewing cryptic bullshit and speaking in riddles. Mortifera, despite being a great detective, cannot catch a hint to save her life. Do you see why it took them so long to get together?

♤ I really don't think they would be able to exchange clothing since they have rather different fashion styles and are 100% committed to their personal aesthetics. Also there's obvious difference in clothing sizes and body types... Though there was one occasion when Mortifera suddenly barged into Break's room, took one of his fancy hats, and ran off, because she urgently needed it for some outfit. Break still cannot get her to give it back.

♤ When it comes to "mature – playful" scale, they are perfectly capable of acting like serious adults. But it’s not fun, so they would rather not. (When the situation actually gets serious, though, more often than not these two turn out to be the most sensible and competent people in the room)

♤ For the “ray of sunshine – doneTM” scale, I put them in the middle because while both Break and Mortifera maintain this cheerful and happy-go-lucky, if not slightly menacing façade, underneath all the pretences? They are tired and lowkey depressed.

♤ Same goes for the “tense – easy-going” scale. They might look like the type of people who are not bothered by anything, but Break is always on his guard, and Mortifera is stressed 24/7...

[kittlyns]

I had yet another long, strenuous day yesterday and didn't finish work until super late and then I couldn't fall asleep until well past 2am cuz I was in so much pain from standing literally all day