#that's that then innit

[akaanonymouth]

“You were crying in your sleep.” 

Serena paced the landing outside their bedrooms, worrying at her necklace. She’d awoken barely ten minutes ago, confused at her sudden thrust into consciousness, and was about to plump a pillow and settle back down, when she heard a sound that caught her breath, then launched her out of bed before her legs even realised they were awake and expected to function. She was about to barge into Bernie’s room when she caught herself, hand poised over the handle, her breathing audibly rapid and shaky. 

They hadn’t expressly had a conversation about their sleeping arrangements; Bernie still had yet to utter more than a couple of croaky words since she’d been found, but Serena had become adept at reading her body language and her eyes, and it became clear that it was more comfortable for Bernie to have her own space generally; that sharing a bed, or even a room, mightn’t be for the best at the moment. Serena slept in the room across the hall, and once she’d helped Bernie undress whilst her broken bones and bruises healed, she’d go to her own room, and leave the door slightly ajar, just in case.

Giving in to the worry, but tempering her natural instinct, Serena knocked gently on the door. “Bernie?” she called. When she received no response, she cracked the door as quietly as she could, and peered around. The lamp was on, as it had been every night since they’d arrived, and Bernie’s face was half buried in the pillow. Even from a distance, Serena could see the pain etched on it. Eyebrows knitted together, one hand scrunched around a handful of hair, Bernie was sobbing, every now and again a heart wrenching keening noise coming from her. 

“Bernie?” Serena called more insistently, starting to panic a bit when Bernie remained asleep, tears soaking the pillow. 

Given how Bernie reacted to unexpected touch at the best of times now, Serena didn’t want to jolt her awake, but was unwilling to leave her festering in what was probably less of a nightmare and more of a recollection. She got down on her knees next to the bed, called out a bit louder as she nudged the mattress. Bernie’s eyes fluttered open on the back of sobs.

“Oh, my darling,” Serena muttered, letting her fingertips linger close to Bernie’s hand. Bernie blinked rapidly, scowling as she uncurled her hand from her hair, unable to stop the intermittent hiccups or the tears. Her eyes widened as she took in Serena, kneeling in front of her, eyes raking over her face.

“S’rena,” she whispered, hoarsely, and when Serena smiled, it sparked a fresh wave of tears. Serena could see her mind struggling; she knew from her own experience what waking up fresh off the back of a living nightmare felt like, unable to shake off the grief of it, before the reality of it sunk in and brought a fresh hell When she felt Bernie’s fingertips at her wrist, she turned her hand slowly, waiting until Bernie moved before she started stroking her hand, slowly, grip open and loose. 

“You were crying in your sleep,” Serena murmured, her eyes concentrating on their hands to give Bernie time to adjust without scrutiny. “Just came to check you were all right,” she waited a beat, then looked at Bernie. “I can leave, now, if you are?” Bernie swallowed, her lips moving soundlessly until she managed to clear her throat. “Stay.” Serena knew she would remember the sound of that word for the rest of her life.

She squeezed her hand reassuringly before getting slowly to her feet. Around the other side of the bed, she pulled back the sheet and propped herself up on her side, head resting on her palm facing Bernie who, with some effort and wincing, turned towards her. Serena made sure Bernie could see her arm as she lifted it to stroke strands of hair away from her face. When Bernie only blinked, Serena let out a breath. She could see Bernie’s breathing was still uneven, a tremor to her lips even as the tears dried. 

“I used to have nightmares a lot,” Serena started, slowly. “I know you were there for some of it, but,” she shrugged, smiling wanly. “It’d take ages for the sadness of the dream to wear off,  only for it to morph into sadness about reality. Or sometimes it was so beautiful that I’d already be crying for the loss of it before I woke up properly, knowing the grief that was waiting. In the end, it was all a blur, really.” Bernie’s eyes crinkled at the corners, and Serena stroked her ear as she tucked another strand behind it. “I started listening to audiobooks,” she continued, her voice dropping an octave. “Funny stuff, you know, to try to cancel out the horridness. There was this particular Terry Pratchett one about wee free men, and let me tell you, the dreams I had after that were nothing short of psychedelic. The story went something like…”

Serena kept talking, recounting bits of the story and making up random things, until Bernie’s drooping eyes closed completely and her breath evened out. Bernie’s grip slackened around the wrist she’d reached for when Serena started talking, and after making sure the curtains were wide open so that in a couple of hours, daylight would stream in and Bernie wouldn’t be frightened by her presence or the shadows, she linked their little fingers loosely, and closed her eyes.

[tmmyhug]

(SOUND IS CRUCIAL) this video is has murdered me dead the music the editing the way information is slowly revealed about the two of them the plot twist the breaking bad images. WILLIAM WILLIAM WILLIAM. all over minecraft parkour someone help im seizing

[samgatinho]

its grian and grian !

big fan of lailaimei's animatic where cm!grian meets hc!grian hehe

[jewish-sideblog]

did you guys know that the Hebrew word for phoenix is "sand chicken"

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

Anyway, while people are discoursing about men and not sharing Shubble points, here’s the actual advice I got from watching the stream bc I think that probably needs to be spread more. Shubble elaborates it much better but if you can’t watch it’s better than nothing.

Physical abuse is not just hitting or kicking, anyone causing physical pain intentionally to you without consent is physically abusive, regardless of how that manifests or if it seems silly.

Pressuring someone into using a safeword on something that’s not, like, a mutually agreed thing and is just something one partner wants is controlling and creepy.

Partners who push at the edge of your boundaries and avoid safewords are abusive.

A partner insisting you’re remembering things wrong and making you seem crazy is abusive (specifically, it’s gaslighting)

Grand romantic gestures from the beginning can very easily be a sign of abuse, as abusers use it to endear themselves to their victims.

Controlling behaviour and refusing to break up while also refusing to make changes is possessive and unhealthy at best.

Abusers will manipulate things to make it seem normal to those outside of their victims- by being kind and helpful even as they neglect their victim, by pressuring their victim to treat their abusive behaviour as a joke, ect. It’s often very hard for an outside observer to know if something is abusive, and making assumptions off of what you know in front of closed doors isn’t helpful.

It’s very hard to tell that you’re being abused, and you'll often still retain affection for your abuser for a long time- this is normal, and this isn’t your fault if you wanted to stay friends.

Even if an abuser is struggling with their own problems, taking it out on you is not acceptable. People can be bottling up their emotions and struggle with depression and past trauma and that gives them no excuse to hurt you.

If your partner relies entirely on you to take care of them, and support them financially, that’s financial abuse one way or another.

Abusers tend to hurt more than one person, and their actions escalate without outside influence (be it intervention if possible or something that keeps them away from victims if not.)

Listen to your gut, if you think a relationship is bad. Even if you’ve been through this before, sometimes you can’t realise in it, but you’ll feel it subconciously.

Also, Shubble is being supported by friends who helped her cope and went through different but similar things. She's specifically mentioned right now keeping the stories anonymised, but she might change her mind, if I interpreted the last bit correctly. She's doing alright, she's healing, and it sounds like she's being believed by her friends, at least most of them. I wish nothing but growth and healing for them, and wish them the best moving forward.

[evankinard]

my one criticism of the bucktommy kiss is that it didn't reboot buck so hard he started speaking in a british accent. missed opportunity I feel

[waddei]

its the tomergy baby

[skimmeh]

This gotta be the funniest clip I could ever- ... They are the silliest

[killjoyous]

DSMP asl HCs

AU where Tommy is profoundly deaf and always getting yelled at for being loud, but he claps back with “IM DEAF, SUCK IT UPPP!!!!”

also clarification: Tommy in this au uses ASL but in-universe it’s just generally referred to as ‘sign’ even though I know realistically, it’d probably be BSL. I do not know BSL. 😭 so for my sake he’s using AS Tubbo learned sign language for him, but isn’t fluent yaya. Techno learned his from a book (for tactical reasons because communicating silently and effectively is really useful) but he gets a lot of it wrong. Phil has the same issue of using signed exact English/incorrect motions for signs, but they’re catching up. techno is probably a fucking polyglot so it’s not that big of a problem 😭😭 oh and Ranboo goes nonverbal when overstimulated!! And uses rudimentary sign language to communicate.

[maigetheplatypus57]

Tommyinnit could announce "Sorry guys, on further reflection I think I'm just straight" tomorrow and I would support him (questioning is so valid and we respect ppl who even dabble in exploring their identity) but he could never take away the beautiful collective insanity of the last 13 hours through memes and jokes and shitposts and "OH MY GOD????" posts i love you guys and this fucking hilarious community so much <3

[cupcraft]

The magic of being an inniter is no matter what you do or what fandom you're in he still finds a way to surprise everyone and change the course of the dash forever. What's next for all I know he's nuking the moon

[charlikesboba]

"we're going to sing the lesser, more underappreciated songs"

"BOY TOY!"

"don't make me do that."

-lauren lopez + an audience member

[tmmyhug]

i don’t grow out of my interests they simply become absorbed into me as i get older like tree rings

[artistmarchalius]

Innit VS In’t - a PSA

I’ve seen some confusion in Hobie fics around the word “innit” and I think I’ve figured out why: aside from general confusion about the use of the word, I believe some people are occasionally mixing it up with “in’t”.

So let’s dive into it!

Innit - isn’t it

Can be used at the end of a sentence to make it a question or for emphasis.

E.g. “That’s a load of rubbish, innit?” Or “I’m Spider-Man, innit.” (The latter is an example of emphasis. It’s not grammatically correct but using slang isn’t always about being grammatically correct).

“Innit” can also be used in the middle and at the beginning of sentences (in place of “isn’t it”).

E.g. “Innit lovely out here?” Or “You told me that a Vulture variant was loose in Holborn, but innit true you’ve been tellin’ porkies?”

In’t - contraction of “isn’t”

You can use “in’t” in place of “isn’t”.

E.g. “In’t that the guy who was in here earlier?” Or “That’s a metaphor for capitalism, in’t it?” (You could also use “innit” in the second example).

It can be a bit confusing to a non-English ear to distinguish between “innit” and “in’t”, especially when they’re spoken quickly. For example: if you think you’re hearing someone say something like “Innit that right?” (which would be saying “Isn’t it that right?”, then you’re probably actually hearing them say “In’t that right?”

But wait!

Couldn’t you just use “ain’t” instead of “in’t”?

Sure!

“Ain’t” is a very versatile contraction. It can mean: am not, are not, is not, have not, has not, do not, does not and did not.

E.g. “I ain’t a liar!” Or “He ain’t done his homework.” Or “Ain’t that the truth.” Or “It ain’t right.”

Fun facts:

The earliest records of “ain’t” are from the 1700’s but it was popularised by Dickens’ representation of Cockney dialect.

“In’t” originates from Northern England.

So why use “in’t” instead of “ain’t”?

Personal preference, innit?

And there you have it, a dive into the world of “innit”, “in’t” and “ain’t”!

As always, I’m not an expert, I just wanted to share the knowledge that I do have. There may be other ways to use these words, depending on what part of the country you come from, but this should cover the vast majority of them (if not maybe all of them)! Hopefully someone will find this helpful, informative or entertaining at the very least. I know a lot of this seems basic, but there are a lot of non-native English speakers in the fandom so I wanted to cover all my bases.

Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like me to cover and I’ll see what I can do! If you’re using “innit” or “in’t” in your writing but aren’t sure if you’re using it right, I’m happy to look over any sentences you’d like me to!

Happy writing!

[waddei]

bust a move!