#the background is purposefully shitty

[bubblybloob]

Long Quiet gives Shifting lover... The Look.

LQ: You’re making fun of me, aren’t you?

SM: Maybe…

[macherkissed]

Hi! I was wondering if I could get some headcanons of Charles & Tiffany (poly), Gomez & Morticia (poly), Alice Liddell, and Nemesis with an S/O who is shy, especially during sex.

Hell yea borther! This is the first time I've written Alice in NSFW, so that may suck, and the first time in a while I've written for Nemmie. I also have a fever and can barely see straight but I got a new keyboard and had to type

How They React to a Shy S/O

Notes/Warnings: GN!Reader, Smut, Polyamory, Shy!Reader, Tiff kind of babies you but she's just like that, mentions of murder and violence, mild-to-moderate dom/sub and sadism, light choking(very brief), mention of virginity loss (Alice), possessive behaviour, Exophilia

Charles Lee Ray and Tiffany Valentine

They certainly are a mixed bag

Chucky will tease you and purposefully try to get you out of your comfort zone, both to get you out of your shell and to get an embarrassed reaction from you. he finds it funny to make you uncomfortable

if you seriously tell him to, however, he will always stop and try to make it up to you.

Tiffany will defend you against Chucky's torment, of course, but she'll verbally tease you about how sweet and cute you are, she'll squish your cheeks and sometimes babytalk you

She'd do that anyway but it makes her giggle to see your reactions

Tiff will also try and guide you into situations you're not comfortable in, but as more of a helping hand and will stick by you

Should anyone else try and tease you or pressure you in any way, they'll both instantly be ready to throw hands. Whoever gets there first is the intimidator, the other only stepping in if they don't get the message.

Charles has been down to kill someone who made you upset and uncomfortable, more than once, and you have to talk him down since Tiff never seems to want to (because she wants to kill them too, but she's internally simmering while Charles is raging)

They have both killed at least three people who were shitty to you, but they'd never tell.

NSFW

Charles likes to be given lap dances and stripteases, regardless of how shy you are. He might even enjoy it more if you're shy; nervously showing yourself off to him, being unsure of your movements, looking to him for guidance. It's exciting to him, part of his sadistic streak

Tiff, meanwhile, thinks it's adorably sexy when you're nervous during sex and will coo at you to make you flush even more, and encourage you to be louder or show off more

If you keep your eyes closed or your face hidden during sex, both of them are the type to try and coax you out of it: Chucky by pinning your hands down and stopping until you look him in the eye, and Tiff by softly asking to see your pretty face until she gets impatient and puts her hand around your throat, growling at you to listen to her

When the two of them get together to tease you? Oof. Tiff may not outwardly seem it but, as seen before, she's just as sadistic as Charles and he only encourages her when they team up

If you get out of your shell even slightly and take any form of control in the bedroom, Charles lets out a low chuckle and will either sit back and enjoy it or try and egg you on to do more (brat taming Chucky???????). Tiffany, meanwhile, is instantly all for it and will play into anything you want with hearts in her eyes.

Sometimes, Charles will prefer to watch you and Tiff together, throwing comments to encourage and fluster you.

Gomez and Morticia Addams

It's easy to be overshadowed as the third in this relationship, with Gomez's full eccentric personality and Morticia's magnetic aura drawing all attention to them, but being shy makes fading into the background easier.

At any point, especially during parties, you can be swept up into a dance by either or both of them to catch people's eyes, both showering you in compliments; "How beautiful you look in the moonlight, my budding thorn." "Cara, nobody can take their eyes from you and Gomez. You move like an enchantment together."

Gomez will see you looking uncomfortable in the crowd so will slide up beside you, take and kiss your hand, and twirl you into a dance until you forget everyone around you, especially when he spins you into Morticia

With Gomez's intense affection, constant kissing and flirting, you can easily get flustered. He will stop if it gets too much, but he says you look so gorgeous when you get shy on him. Morticia is less frantic with her affection, but her words are just as poetic and teasing

They encourage you out of your comfort zone, as does the rest of the family, saying the fear helps you grow and will disappear eventually, but nobody will push you too far

When you start talking passionately about something, they'll both watch you with unfettered joy and love, only chiming in to encourage you to carry on even if it's not something they like

NSFW

They are obviously not the most vanilla couple ever, and one of their newfound pleasures if trying to make you express yourself sexually.

If you're shy about a specific part of sex or even intimacy, they are both very open to conversation and have an extensive library

They'll set the mood and try as much as possible to make you comfortable, with slow flirting through the day and gradual foreplay, and will be fine to pause or stop at any point

They love any noise you let out so will encourage you to be louder and 'sing' for them, using every trick and pleasure point of yours to bring out the most of you

If you feel uncomfortable with anything, they'll understand and either stop or adapt; if you prefer to keep your eyes closed or don't want them to see you, they will turn the lights off and they have blindfolds aplenty; if you want to keep covered up, they'll delight in seeing how much they can do while keeping you dressed up for them; any places you'd rather they not touch are avoided as such

To try and boost your confidence, you know that Gomez will worship your body with his words and hands and mouth until you're trembling, literally waxing lyrical about everything he loves about you (which is everything). Tish, meanwhile, will slowly dress you up and point out everything dark and delicious about you while teasing touches over your body

If you decide to try out any form of taking control, vanilla or otherwise, they are both very eager. Tish is her usual form of almost stoically appreciative, purring at you that you're doing amazing and she loves seeing this side of you. Gomez is more openly excited, complimenting you at every turn and repeating how he's yours to do with as you please, tesoro

Alice Liddell

Alice is quite blunt post-asylum, post-Bumby, which is both a blessing and a curse for you

She'll stick up for you and encourage you to stand up for yourself, but tends to say it in a way that can make you feel back for being shy

It's not that she doesn't understand how you feel, she was a shy child and rarely spoke up even in the asylum, but she also keeps a few of those old words to heart

"Fight or Flight implies a permanent choice. Flight often means putting a fight off to another day." -It seems to be the one piece of advice Radcliffe gave that actually has served her well

Not to say that she's cold and unfeeling to your struggles. She's more than happy to lead you through situations you feel uncomfortable in, praising you with a smile and a kiss when you push yourself

If you push yourself too far and become drained or too nervous, she'll take you out of it and will tell you how proud she is of you

Even the slightest crack in your shell will make her smile and she'll encourage you to open up more, to talk about anything no matter how ridiculous it may seem

She is very much a "They asked for No Pickles' GF

NSFW

At first, she was just as shy as you were at the mere prospect of sex; you were her first after all. Unlike you, however, she soon became comfortable

She understands that you won't tend to initiate sex, even if you+'re needy, but she's also learned your tells

If she's feeling nice, she'll take pity on you and take you to bed, but if she isn't feeling nice then she'll give you the briefest and most teasing of touches, riling you up more and more until you use your word or, even better, act on it

If you take any control in the bedroom, even just by kissing her or touching her without being told to, she'll encourage that spark and hope that you gain more confidence to do more

She's just as blunt during sex as she is in general, and she's picked up a lot of dirty ideas and words that never fail to make you squirm

One of the ways she tries to get you to express yourself is by asking you to repeat words she's saying and refusing to do anything until you do

"Ask me to use my mouth on you, bunny. Ask nicely." "Don't cover your mouth, I want to hear you. You sound so pretty." "If you want something, you have to tell me, love."

Nemesis

You're one of the research scientists working on him, making sure the virus is stable and that he understands his missions before they give him the Big S.T.A.R.S mission.

You've always been shy, even around your coworkers, so they choose you to be the one to go face-to-face with him; they think you won't be seen as much of a threat so less likely to trigger a violent reaction from him

They're right. Where other attempts have ended in death, Nemesis doesn't even raise a fist to you (he growls, but he always growls so he might have just been saying hello)

He's used to people being cautious and quiet around him so he thinks it's just that until he sees how you are around the other scientists. By that time, he sees you almost as a friend, as something small to protect, and thinks the shyness is fear.

He starts to step between you and the other researchers when he can tell you're getting nervous, and even starts pulling you away and over to him eventually.

People worry then that he's getting too attached to you so try to move you away, but he is having none of that

He isn't a conversationalist in the slightest. but he liked hearing you talk so he'll make literally no noise when you start talking so he can hear you better

He doesn't care how quiet you are or how awkward you think you are, he does not judge or stop you and that might even make you become more confident.

NSFW

It doesn't matter how hesitant you are about approaching sex, Nemmie can tell when you want him. He's very observant and has enhanced senses, so he will pull you close and touch you in ways that make you melt

It's easy for him to draw noises out of you. He uses every trick you've taught him, learns from every experience, exploits everything he can to make you tremble and squirm and whine until he's satisfied

When he notices you getting obviously shy or self-concious or anything during sex, he'll become single-minded to get your thoughts away from wherever they're taking you and make you focus on how he's making you feel.

If you'd prefer to do things for him, like go down on him or focus solely on his pleasure, then you have to say it because otherwise he'll easily turn the tables

If you decide to take control, you'll find he's quite malleable, almost submissive. He was made to take orders, after all, and you are one of the few people who has the ability to tell him what to do

No matter what, he loves having your attention on him, even if it is hesitant

[whatudottu]

I don't have too much context on the Aligned books, but a part of me thinks that the reason why the Decepticons in TFP are a bit more hesitant to actually accept Starscream as a leader (an official one when Megatron was found comatose rather than a temporary one while Megatron was soul searching) is because of his status of being forged and alloted as a military bot, whether it's seeker high command or what.

The Decepticons in Aligned started because Megatron was a charismatic gladiator from the pits of Kaon, speeches like poetry and ideology loud and proud. A lot of mecha see him as the face of the 'Cons (despite their symbol being clearly Soundwave's face) even if Megatron's grasp on tactics had to be learned in a fight never flight scenario that the pits put him through. When it comes to being a functional leader, Megatron barely knows anything and is leading by being essentially a figurehead though if you brought that up he'd slay you the instant you spoke, which would probably be the reason WHY Megatron insists of having Starscream be his Second in Command despite all his treachery.

The Decepticons feel that they NEED Megatron, for having anyone else be in charge would feel like hypocrisy, the closest anyone would ever get to being a leader based purely on being a model Decepticon would probably be a Vehicon which well... 1) they'd have to outclass Megatron's very impressive charisma, and 2) Vehicons don't have the best eh track record of being treated well. And seeing that Megatron NEEDS a competent Second in Command, competent enough to plan out strategies he wasn't forged (or constructed) to train in, the second element in play perhaps is the satisfaction of being of higher rank than a military bot. And I'm not pulling that shitty 'exotic bird' seeker shit in here, seekers aren't an entirely different species or worse a fucking animal species (it's a job, it's a rank, it's a role, etc), but who wouldn't feel even a remote sense of accomplishment, glee, whatever at having to fight tooth and nail to get to the very top of something and having someone that didn't have to work hard to be good under your command?

And that shit pisses of Starscream so fucking bad.

As the SiC, Starscream can preen all he likes about suggested strategies and pathways and general other management duties of an entire army (or at least to the sphere of influence the Nemesis holds), but it is Megatron with the final word. Like a rich idiot CEO flaunting their power and kicking dirt into their adviser's eyes, Megatron still has the mindset of a gladiator, has only the experience of a gladiator that Starscream gawks in horror at. To be fair, in combat (even in minor activities like fencing and mind combat like chess) you fear the amateur that knows no opening strategies for if the beginner has no strategy how can you outplay them, but that would only work up until a certain extent. Sometimes games of combat last near forever, a complicated battle between winning and losing of micromanaging fleets and squads to correctly combat the enemy, other times you make a fatal error, exposing your weak spot and cringing as the knife sinks deep.

If Starscream ever were to permanently take over the Decepticons as their leader, he would have far more foresight in planning - as evident by his competence at the beginning of TFP whereby he, the entire Nemesis, and their mining operations went undiscovered for years - and probably needle the Autobots with far less casualties between engaging and victory. However, he from his background is not representative of the Decepticons, for he came from something. Starscream did not battle his way to the top, not in the same way Megatron had to in the pits, nor did he battle his way into the Decepticons, he from memory was purposefully sought after. Hell, given his tendancies as SiC already giving Starscream a bad rep with many a 'Con, Starscream isn't as... not liked (Megatron would hardly be considered 'likeable') but... compelling, as grandiose of a leader as Megatron had built himself to perfectly appeal to an audience.

They need each other to rule, and the saddest part of TFP and it's characterisation is that statement is inherently contradictory. Neither can stand being in the same room as the other, there is a significant power imbalance between the two and frankly? Their mutual dysfunction working with one another is detrimental to the effectiveness of the Decepticon High Command.

As it is in canon, it's eh not the easiest to watch. Megatron makes the dumbest decisions and Starscream has to pull a plan out of his ass to make it better, or Starscream gets over ambitious and Megatron feels threatened and sets everything back to the status quo in the way a gladiator does.

I think that it might've been cool, interesting maybe, if the Megatron and Starscream had a more balanced dynamic. Megatron cannot have a Second in Command that doesn't know what they're doing, cannot have one that doesn't take initiative and seize the moment; Soundwave isn't a military bot, Airachnid's impulse is to run away to try again. Starscream cannot hold an audience, he cannot inspire troops with a rags to riches story he himself does not have; Vehicons have less power in their voice fresh off the assembly line, they are the people Megatron inspires.

Maybe in some universe where the Decepticons are more akin to a fucked up family, this could be... something better. idk... I just think it's interesting.

[evanspresso]

Reader starts to compare herself to other girls online, but evan is there to make sure she knows how perfect she is 🥹

surrender my thoughts to you

listen to this

It’s not like she meant to scroll through their Instagram and purposefully feel bad about herself, she meant to look for a purse that the model had posted and wanted to confirm the exact style.

It’s not like she meant to scroll through their Instagram and purposefully feel bad about herself, she meant to look for a purse that the model had posted and wanted to confirm the exact style.

It’s not like she meant to scroll through their Instagram and purposefully feel bad about herself, she meant to look for a purse that the model had posted and wanted to confirm the exact style.

Of course y/n found the purse and took a screenshot of the Dior saddle bag but her fingers were naughty and she kept scrolling.

searching for nothing in particular as she sank deeper and deeper into the cozy couch her boyfriend owned.

Evan was out getting takeout from their favorite taco shack. He was only gone for about twenty minutes before she decided she’d go on the hunt for her dream bag. Y/n never meant to fall into the endless pit of comparison as she scrolled through the pictures.

It’s just not fair.

She stood up, shaking her head as she tried to shed off this horrendous feeling that started to pull her down towards the depth of self consciousness.

She stood up, shaking her head as she tried to shed off this horrendous feeling that started to pull her down towards the depth of self consciousness.

Y/n slowly makes her way to the kitchen to start setting up plates and napkins but her hands started to shake and her eyes started to water making her suck in her breath. She shook her head at herself and made her way towards the bedroom to go change into one of her boyfriends hoodies and sulk.

-

He held the door open for himself with his foo making his way inside, the takeout bag heavy in his arms. He hummed to the song he had stuck in his head as he made his way towards the kitchen to set down the food.

Evan furrowed his brows when he noticed that y/n was nowhere in sight. The plates and napkins weren’t set up in the counter either. Only sign of her in the apartment was her phone on the floor and the tv playing in the background.

“Hey, babe?” He called out, no response.

He frowned as he made his way around the warm apartment but he didn’t see her anywhere until he stopped dead in his tracks when he heard her sniffles from the bedroom.

Evan pushed open the door to reveal his girlfriend sitting on the window seat, knees up to her best as she looked out into the city streets. He cleared his throat making her jump ever so slightly before she turned her head to look at him.

Y/n’s bambi eyes that he loves so much were red and her beautiful, soft cheeks were swollen and tear stained which made his chest give in and his feet bring him to her side immediately.

“What’s wrong?” He panicked, slipping next to her on the cushion. “What is it? What’s wrong?” He pressed more forcefully after she looked away from him.

He stroked her hair and cradled her chin in his large palm causing her to shudder against his touch as she brought herself to look him in the eye. “It’s nothing. I’m being stupid.”

Evan narrowed his eyes at her, pulling her onto his lap causing her to sigh in response because she knew he wasn’t going to let this go. He never does.

Y/n knows how he is, and she hates it and it and loves it about him. His rule is to always speak yo our mind, and never go to bed upset. She likes that rule, but sometimes she wishes he’d just let her sulk for just one night.

“Do you really have to know?” She whispered.

Evan gave her a small smile, his eyes gleaming from the lights down below making her close her eyes. She rested her head against his chest and bit her lip as she heard him let out a low sigh, his hands caressed her small back.

“Please?”

“I feel shitty about myself, okay?” She sniffed. “Some days are just hard and today is a bad day. I know I shouldn’t be so hard on myself but I can’t help i- it when I see all of these beautiful and p- perfect people all over my timeline.” Tears run down her cheeks as she looked over at the window, too timid to look him in the eyes as she speaks.

He was quiet at first, letting her spill out her not so nice thoughts out in front if him. He soaked it all up for her and wiped her em tears as she cried silently as she could.

He knew she was embarrassed and he hated that she felt that way, he wanted to take all of her worry’s and negative thoughts and pluck every single one of them away.

He nodded, and frowned, and let her cry into his chest as he held her strongly against him. He wanted to be her rock and he was trying his best to comfort her in the way he knew how.

He hated the fact that she kept saying she was sorry and that she was stupid, “shh, it’s okay. I know. It’s okay.” He kept repeating as she clung into his now soaked sweater.

“You probably think I’m a crazy person.” She giggled dryly at herself making him hold her tighter.

“No.” He said quickly. “Why do you keep talking down to yourself like that?” He questioned.

“I-“ her voice broke.

“I don’t like when you talk about yourself like that, you’re degrading yourself like it’s our job. Y/n, the way you speak to yourself matters and if you keep being negative all of the time you won’t have room to even remember what it’s like to be kind to yourself.” He said sternly.

“I can’t help it if that’s all I think of when I look at myself. It’s not like-"

“You’re talking about my girlfriend here.” He said making her crack a small smile. “She’s perfect in my eyes. I cant breath when I think about her and I’m always so shocked when I see her come home to me.” He let out a breathless chuckle like he was in disbelief.

“Evan..”

“The girl of my dreams is actually mine and she loves me? I’m the luckiest man alive.” He said. “Baby, you are poetry, roses, and galaxies and don't even know it.” He said earnestly.

Y/n stared at him and sucked in her breath trying to hold back her tears as he spoke. She froze, she felt all fuzzy and her head was spinning she didn’t even know how to respond to him.

“You’re everything.” He whispered.

Y/n blinked up at him and he let his head fall to the side as he squeezed her little hands. “I don’t know what to say.” She whispered.

“You don’t have to say anything.” He mused. “It’s all true and I want you to think highly of yourself because you… you are magnificent and I love you.”

“I love you too.” She hummed, tracing her fingers along his bicep as he pressed his lips into her temple.

They both hummed against one another, taking in each others scents and the comfort of one another’s touch.

“Thank you.” She said looking up at him through her long lashes causing him to bite his lip and nod.

“You’re everything.” She added, “Sometimes I look at you when you’re sleeping or when doing something random and my heart feels like it’s going to burst because I love you so much. I feel like I’m not good enough for someone like you.”

“Someone like me?” He chuckled.

“You’re such a good man. I am so- so enthralled with you and I am so in love. You make me feel like a handful of marshmallows with a drizzle of chocolate ribbons on top.” She gushed making him laugh.

They both giggle against each other’s lips as he holds her face against his, her cheeks burning against his touch.

She looks at him like he’s molten sex appeal in a soft sugar cone, right there, right in front of her.

Y/n leans in and presses her forehead against his and she grips onto his sweater, rubbing her nose against his and they smile at each other lovingly.

“I think the food is going to get cold.” She whispers making him laugh loudly.

“Er..probably. You hungry?” He asks.

“I’m starving!” She giggles.

[wildpeachfarm]

Idk maybe I’m stupid but can someone explain it to me like I’m 5 years old how Hannah has enabled or how her audience has pushed TERF ideas or rhetoric? Because it’s the one place the dots are not connecting for me every single time this conversation gets rehashed. I think it’s fine to disagree with how she’s acted in all of this, but it feels like taking what could just be called shitty or annoying and turning it into a moral issue when it doesn’t really NEED to be one to claim she or her audience are acting like TERFs. I just would like to hear one explicit example of how this is the case. Because I just cannot see how it’s “TERF-y” for a woman who has spent years facing immense levels of misogyny to make the decision to distance herself from friends who potentially victimized another woman which looks extremely horrible on the surface, even if her decision was made suddenly and under pressure. Whether she regrets it or not is not relevant to it; it just feels like an extreme lack of empathy to take how she reacted while under a microscope to a situation that looked horrible at first glance and claim it’s her pushing harmful ideas. Especially when she deleted most of her original tweets about it anyways and has not spoken on it since. And I don’t even mean this as hate, I am just genuinely asking. Because I don’t necessarily love her distancing herself either, I just also don’t see the reason to keep harping on her about it or making it into some huge moral issue where she is in the wrong when it does not have to be one. And especially when other women involved from the sidelines have done the same or more than her. Sometimes we can just say behaviors are shitty or nasty and leave it at that.

ehhh honestly that's not even a part of that ask that I was hard agreeing with and that's also just anons opinion, but also I myself wouldn't even go as far as to say "terf rhetoric enabler" (because I don't agree with that) but more so just concerned that she could be attracting a bad crowd in her fanbase unintentionally that some people wish she became more aware of.

last time i talked about this i was getting yelled at to hell and back and being purposefully misunderstood as claiming she was somehow creating a terf army in her fanbase which...let me be crystal fucking clear I AM NOT SAYING OR EVEN IMPLYING. Nor am I saying that her actions in response to the gogcident are somehow fueling terf ideologies. Not saying that at all and please don't think or claim I am saying that.

However, recently a decent amount of people have seen an increase in people in her fanbase (even some that she interacts pretty frequently with) start speaking using terf and specifically radfem phrases (notably during and right after the gogcident) which was raising some red flags for people who are either fans of hers or on the periphery. Now, I've said before that of course hannah probably does not know this and it's not her job to do a background check on everyone she follows on twitch and interacts with on twitter (that is just a ridiculous expectation). However, I think that when you speak a lot about feminist issues, etc. (all very important topics to discuss!) sometimes terfs and radfems just come into your community because they think you are all talking about the same things and have the same ideology. But, as your community grows and as that portion of your fanbase starts concerning people, I think it could be good for CCs to at least be aware of it. Personally, I have more issue with certain fans than with hannah herself but I do think some of her mods are shitty and she needs to stop it with the idea that "any friend of hers that makes a big mistake is no longer a friend" because that's just not going to hold up for very long in the real world.

As per her reaction to the george situation: yeah it was incredibly shitty and honestly I think she could have been fine waiting a bit before making responses because her quick jumps to conclusions (and shooting friendly fire at sylvee in the process) without talking to anyone involved first was a very foolish thing to do and disappointed a lot of people.

I feel like a broken record for constantly having to say this but I get that these female CCs want to do good by the women in the gaming space, i get it. But sometimes they make impactful mistakes and publicly react to situations poorly and I will say that about any cc who I think makes a poor call, guy or gal. I will always have empathy for people reacting badly to initial news dropping like this because I don't know what these people have gone through in their lives, but what I don't have as much empathy for is people immediately broadcasting their initial emotional thoughts all over twitter and then backpedaling when they realize they were being too extreme or emotional. I have criticized Dream for that, and I will criticize Hannah for that.

And you're right not everything needs to be a moral discussion! I don't really agree with people that are trying to heavily mix these two discussions because I honestly don't think they really coincide that much anyway.

I will never say her reaction is "terf-y" because it's just not. These are two separate discussions in my mind so to put them together in that way just isn't something I necessarily will agree with. And I've said this probably 10 times at this point, that I have never once said Hannah intentionally fueling terf/radfem rhetoric in her fanbase. I'm saying it's a somewhat inevitable byproduct of being a large female CC who speaks on feminism and misogyny on the internet. It happens to tiktokers, youtubers, other streamers, etc. This is not a hannah specific issue but people in the mcyt see it with some of her fans because she's simply just a larger female CC so of course her fans are more easy to spot. (same logic on a larger scale applies to the few bad apple dream stans that get the spotlight because of how popular dream is)

Hopefully this makes sense, it is nearly midnight for me right now so I am very tired but I wanted to answer this as thoroughly as I could because it's always an important distinction I want to make and I hate being misunderstood.

[ghoultrifle]

😈😈😈 #40 with hmmmmmmmmmm either swissalps or rulti take your pick trifle 🖤

⁴⁰⁾ “go on. fuck yourself on my cock/strap/hand.” SwissAlps

ohh this just fit so well with swissalps I couldn't resist! I transed their genders for u <3

The common room was empty save for Mountain and Swiss, the rest of the ghouls long gone to work or sleep. On the TV a shitty action film was playing, “Pfft! They’ve been fighting for twenty minutes now,” Swiss snickered, “that’s a bit excessive don’t you think?” he asked, looking at the stoic ghoul by his side.

Mountain appeared unbothered but his mind was racing, he felt like a duck in water, furiously peddling his mind to keep up appearances. All he could think of was that damn multi ghoul. 

Two nights ago, Mountain was up late, unable to sleep. On his way to fetch a herbal tea from the kitchen he heard a high-pitched whine coming from Swiss’ room, not unusual, he thought, better have a look to see who he’s bagged tonight. The answer was better than Mountain could have ever hoped, his knees almost buckled at the sight before him, as he peered through the slit in the door the multi ghoul had curiously left open.

Swiss was jacking off, sounds about right. But it’s how he was doing it that made Mountain’s mind whirl for days. He was laid back on the bed, feet planted on the mattress as he mewled and whimpered at the sensations of the toy. Inside him was a strapless strap-on, his walls clenching around it as he roughly jerked the bright pink cock, pressure on his engorged clit unrelenting.

Between the slick sounds of the strap moving inside the lean ghoul, Mountain could have sworn he’d heard it vibrating, only adding to Swiss’ blissed out face. His free hand moved to run lasciviously down his chest as his hips bucked up into the stimulation.

Mountain stared slack-jawed at the multi ghoul for what felt like hours, his own wet patch growing by the second. As Swiss stopped to reposition himself against the headboard, the larger ghoul came to his senses, wicking the sweat from his forehead and heading back to his room, herbal tea long forgotten.

His mind was in overdrive, not a single coherent thought able to occupy it as he found himself in a similar position to Swiss, only with just his hands. He quickly brought himself to climax, already close by the time his back hit the duvet, a finger and thumb fervently stroking his t-dick. Mountain made a walk of shame to his bathroom to clean himself up, not only had he invaded Swiss’ privacy but he’d gone and jacked off to it? Disgusting.

So tonight, as the two ghouls sit, Mountain is struggling to keep it together, struggling not to pin Swiss down, fill him up with the toy, and jack him off. Swiss knows, he knows everything. He knows Mountain watched him, he knows Mountain masturbated afterwards, and he knows what’s filling the earth ghoul’s mind right now, weighing him down like concrete. Quintessence has its uses, eh?

Another thing Mountain doesn’t know: Swiss has been playing the long game. He purposefully left his door ajar, he quickly followed Mountain to his room to hear the debauched sounds of the earth ghoul, and most importantly, he’s wearing the strap right now.

Mountain had taken a bathroom break right as the twenty minute fight broke out and Swiss seized the opportunity to fill himself up and wait, draping a blanket loosely over himself to conceal the obvious erection.

The credits started to roll, a cinematic orchestra playing quietly in the background, just quietly enough that Mountain immediately glanced at Swiss when the multi ghoul clicked the strap’s remote, moaning softly as the earth ghoul’s eyes widened.

“Son of a bitch!” He growled, “You planned this, you smarmy bastard!” Mountain playfully slapped the shit-eating grin off the multi ghoul’s face. “At least let me have a look” He whined, pulling the blanket down to reveal Swiss with no underwear on, a puddle of slick dripping off the toy, leaking into the sofa.

The smaller ghoul scoops a handful of slick and brings it to the head of the cock as he begins to stroke in a slow, languid motion. Staring lovingly into Mountain’s eyes, his own rolling back as the toy simultaneously hit his dick and g-spot. Mountain went to place a hand over his mate’s but Swiss flicked it away, “Oh no, this isn’t for you, darling.” His face contorting to that shit-eating grin again as he held out his free palm, middle and ring fingers extended, “Go on. Fuck yourself on my hand.”

The angle was awkward, Swiss not bothering to help his lover, too engaged in his own pleasure to care. Mountain did his best to sink down onto the outstretched fingers, manipulating Swiss like an artist’s manikin to reach the spot that mattered. 

They were both a moaning mess, the wet sounds of toys and fingers echoing in the room. Mountain was fucking himself in earnest now moving Swiss’ thumb to knock over his clit with every thrust he made, his cunt fluttering at the now drenched fingers, close. All he could focus on was the way Swiss’ hand moved over the dick, like he’d had it his whole life, a natural.

Swiss pretended he wasn’t bothered by Mountain’s whines, the older ghoul falling apart just at the sight of Swiss jerking off, but he was coming closer to the edge with every small manoeuvre the ghoul made of his hand, it was torture to pretend he didn’t want to shove Mountain on his back and fuck him nasty. But it was so worth it to watch the earth ghoul cum on his fingers, “Fuck Swiss, your hands are so good. ‘M cumming!” Mountain howled. Swiss could feel Mountain’s walls clenching as he drenched the multi ghoul’s hands in cum, still using Swiss’ hand as a joystick, ramming it in and out as he rode out his orgasm.

Watching Mountain fall apart like that brought Swiss over the edge, just a few more tugs on the silicone and he’s working himself through one of the best orgasms he’s had. Mountain’s hand goes to join his and he can’t deny either of them the pleasure as they both stroke him through his climax.

“Shit, Mounty, wasn’t expecting you to actually get off on that.” Swiss smiled, genuine care in his voice now, “Thought I was gonna have to fuck you but Satan if that wasn’t hot.” Mountain blushed at the statement, his mind still unable to slow down but at least he had the memory of tonight to play over and over.

“You’re gonna have to do that again, Swiss. Surprise me with a different toy next time though.” The earth ghoul muttered, winking as he stood up to head to the bathroom. Swiss was more than happy to oblige.

[the-world-wont-listenn]

Marauders head cannons!!!

Lily draws hearts as the dots above her i's

James would say "I'm just being a silly billy!" then stick out his tongue (okay drake)

Marlene's favorite Taylor swift song was getaway car and she'd literally pick up dorcas and run around carrying her bridal style singing it at the top of her lungs

sirius made loads of thirst traps but really shitty ones and Marlene bullied the living shit out of him calling him a dumb bitch and that he looked ugly and that she could see all 5 of his chins from that angle

Remus is Jewish and to show his support James once ran into the dorm with a tiny kipper on his head singing god save the queen thinking 100% that god save the queen was 'the Jewish national anthem'

James had a lisp for a week cause of a prank that went slightly too far and lily took the piss out of it every time that they argued and she would just randomly switch to a lisp and say stuff like "oh does wikkle jamesie not wike dat?" and she'd purposefully make it so she spat on him

sirius watched bluey until peter and mary bullied him out of it

"I'm a big strong man I can win Evans heart over!" "James last night you wore a purple onesie with tiny green dinosaurs on it the only heart your winning over is a child's, fucking pedophile" - Remus and james

James wears the footies onesies and remus bullies the living fuck out of him for it

James and sirius lost at theme park:

"uhm can 'my little Remus moony sugar pie plum' come to lost and found we have a special present waiting for you" "honest to GOD I can't take him ANYWHERE"

‘this anyones kid?’ ‘yes that is actually my boyfriend’ ‘…how old are you two.?’

"wait where's sirius and James?" "LILY ESCAPE WHILE WE STILL CAN"

' lily look how about we go on the ferris wheel instead of finding those two’ ‘you have amazing ideas’

sirius and James would be at the top waving down at them with cotton candy and 2 of those massive arse teddies that cost shit loads to win

sirius would have a wolf one and James would have a unicorn

James was obsessed with pokemon and he bought harry a Pikachu onesie and himself a Squirtle one and lily had an Evie one

Snape watching anime

James and sirius did too but they stopped as soon as they found out that Snape watched It aswell

they definitely did the Naruto run down the corridors while Remus and peter slowly died from embarrassment

"we don't know them wdym I've never heard of a specky lad called James or an unfairly attractive boy that may or may not be my boyfriend before whatttttt"

"Remus, sweetheart, darling, baby, love, hunny, don't try and lie to me I'm not particularly pleased that the other one is MY boyfriend but at least I'm taking responsibility for my own actions"

James is obsessed with prime

Remus is obsessed with orange lucozade and milk chocolate

James makes harry try his prime

‘That dead nice!’ He says while vomiting 😍

"so, what'd ya think pringle?" "mmmm really nice" "JAMES STOP FEEDING OUR CHILD YOUR WEIRD YOUTUBE JUICE"

Pringle - sirius started it and now James calls him it

lily calls him cute things like sweetheart and stuff but James calls him pringle and big hazza

"oi hazza, help your old man with these won't you" "James he's 3" "so? when I was 3 I was building myself a doll house!" *sirius in the background* "AHA FRUITY MOTHER FUCKER"

Remus got tickled alot when he was he so when someone tried to tickle him he’d just do that slow turn around and stare and James tried to imitate him but with his prime and he just looked stupid

James would say let's skaddadle and buckle up buttercup when someone makes him angry

James called lily sugar bunny once and lily broke his finger

and once when he was trying to be sexy he said "buckle up buttercup, it's going to be a bumpy ride" and lily removed James off of her, looked him in the eye and said "I'll be back in five minutes so I can recover and we're going to pretend this never happened."

then lily told sirius and sirius called him buttercup for ages

‘Oi buttercup! Cmre!’ ‘Huh? U mean remus? He isnt here ‘ ‘no you fucking nob’

"hey you wanna" *lip bite and awful attempt at a wink* "you know"

James is afraid of the word sex

if they had the internet james would post ‘Christmas haul 😇’ and Marlene would join in half way through to take the piss and in the end half of Hogwarts was showing off James' shit that he got and at the end Alice and lily held hands, bowed then just walked off

James would watch 1000 pound sisters and dance moms religiously

they did a nativity one year

Remus was the donkey

sirius was the baby jesus

James was pregnant mary and sirius was inside James shirt for half of it until he fell out and fell off the stage

cracked his head open but still went on with it and he was bleeding severely but he was still the best damn baby Jesus out there

and Minnie was the in keeper and Marlene was the inkeepers wife but she went all out for her one line

Marlene's line- "sorry love, no room here, you can stay at the barn if you'd like?" but she made a song to go with it and a choreographed dance team - made up of Severus, Dumbledore and 3 elves from the kitchens

and Alice was Joseph and from then on called sirius her little baby jesus

sirius had the nickname jesus for ages afterwards

Elves had a rap solo each

one time James and sirius were arguing over the best Taylor swift song (james-love story, sirius-anti hero) and then Remus walked in with chocolate and an orange lucozade singing bejeweled and Mary and peter were singing shake it off

peter was literally everywhere. everywhere you looked peter mfing pettigrew was there, most of the time singing shake it off like if you go to the great hall at around 2:30 at night on a Tuesday peter will be on the tables singing shake it off

Sirius can't speak french but is 100% convinced he's great at it.

He finds out he's 1/4 french and walks into the dorm wearing a beret and a baguette in his arms with a fake twirly mustache.

Remus can speak french and uses it for his own benefit.

"es-tu un pervers qui tripote des vers pendant qu'il dort" - are you a pervert that fiddles with wormy while he sleeps

Remus would use reddit religiously

Remus and lily were childhood friends due to both growing up in the same area (tho Remus is Welsh and lily is Scottish) and dancing around to Abba is still their favorite hobby

Remus-welsh

Lily-scottish

James-scouse

Peter-scottish

Sirius-posh british but 1/4 french (assmued that meant he was fully french and 'turned french' for like a week

Regulus- posh british but 1/4 french (actually bothered to learn french to get in touch with his french roots unlike sirius)

Marlene-northern

Alice-northern

Mary-southern

Lana del ray would put James into a coma

Peter used a ketchup bottle as a fake guitar once

James would randomly grab lily's leg while she was say down and use to as a fake guitar (when they were dating ofc)

Remus loved Bowie more than life itself

Karaoke nights in the gryffindor common room

When Remus was pissed off with sirius he would call him tampon rather than pads

Peters favorite horrible histories song was Pachacuti and he had a full choreographed dance for it

James favorite flavour of chocolate was white chocolate because he couldn't handle dark chocolate and milk was 'too basic'

James is the type of guy to say 'me me me me me' when he's snoring

At least once James was angry at snape and was abt to fight him and he said "someone hold me back!" then literally no one did

Sirius would randomly quote the most random stuff when he was stressed, for example, when sirius found out that Reggie got the dark mark he quoted dance moms on 3 occasions

"I had not choice, sirius!" "I cut my finger on my mom's ring, I hope I can still dance!" "Sirius shut the fuck up."

Sirius would play my singing monsters 24/7

If they were a band. Sirius is the singer. James is the guitarist. Remus plays the bass and Peter is the drums but Peter only knows shake it off so marlene stood in for him. Dorcas is the band manager and Mary and Peter watch rehearsal. Lily doesn’t bother with that crap but to support James she plays keyboard sometimes

James wanted to be the singer but sirius said he wanted to be it cause he'd be at "the front and he'd be the eye candy for the girls" Then he’d wink at remus

"the marauders and sirius" “no it’s Sirius and the marauders “ "sirius why do you need to be specifically mentioned" "because I'm special" Then him and James would argue over Sirius’s name being first "ITS SIRIUS AND THE MARAUDERS" "ITS LOVE STORY." "ANTI-HERO."

Go-to insults

Peter: fatty

Sirius: numpty, plonker

James: cheeky spaz, jizz face

Remus: idiot or something really personal

Reactions to someone calling peter fat

Remus: he's not fat he's just plus sized

James: he's not fat he's just big boned

Sirius: he's not fat he's just a big boy (whacks peters belly as he says big boy)

Mary McDonald:

- came from a caribbean single parent immigrant home

- helped raise all her siblings as the eldest daughter so had a complex about never having children

- was estatic about coming to hogwarts each year but constantly feels guilty leaving her mother to do everything on her own

- loved traditionally feminine things & was gryffindor seeker

- came off as brash & egotistical, it was really just a cover for her insecurities

- struggled to come to terms with her asexuality after immense racially targeted sexualisation from her peers

- looked out for people

- lit up a room with her laughter

- very funny

- fashionable

- spoke her mind & for that reason was stereotyped as loud & abrasive

- often felt separated from her culture so tried her best to embrace it & share it with her friends

- was very chill about realising she liked girls

- observant & emotionally intelligent, it made her scarily good at reading ppl & knowing what to say to hurt them when she's mad

- made it a point to not make the same mistake twice

- didn't join the order after remembering dumbledore's actions (or lack thereof) after her attack

- peters bff

Lily Evans:

- was petunia's "weird sister" for most of her childhood because of her quietness & lack of interest for boys & getting married

- craves their big sister's approval

- was anti-social her first year at hogwarts out of guilt for being there when her sister couldnt be

- stopped hiding in petunia's shadow at some point & reinvented herself as the noble head girl most remember her as

- projected an image of being perfect & hid the darker more selfish parts of themselves away as she feared everyone would leave her if they saw

- was not perfect

- often felt pressured by people's expectations of her to do the right thing

- struggled with depression

- always seemed so wise but never truly knew what to do

- considered going back to snape many times as they felt he was the only one they could be their true self around

- fought comphet valiantly

- was NOT overjoyed about having a kid in the middle of the war

- battled the urge to run away & leave everything behind more than once

- died hiding a huge secret part of herself so dumbledore could sell an image of a courageous matyr to the world

Marlene McKinnon:

- was friends with james & peter growing up

- had a completely innocent crush on effie as a child & teenager

- rivaled james in their love for quidditch

- extremely competitive and determined to best everyone in everything, takes silly games way too seriously but it's endearing

- struggled coming to terms with their sexuality & identity as they grew older

- often felt isolated from their female peers when they couldn't relate to them when they talked about boys

- struggled with feeling perverted when female friends would get comfortable around them

- fought more with not liking boys than liking girls

- their parents' relationship issues at home made them go through a dark phase in sixth year

- became snappy & temperamental, lost interest in quidditch, fought with dorcas alot

- started wearing leather jackets & dark eye makeup

- after years of struggling to identity crisis, they eventually found themselves

- they regained some of their brightnesw, but still kept their style, often traded clothes with sirius with how similiarly they dressed

- was eventually murdered by a long time friend

Dorcas meadows:

-despite her high status as a rich pureblood, she defyed slytherin stereotypes with her progressives views on blood status

- her dismissal of blood hierachy were partly shaped by her experiences as a black witch because being pureblood unfortunately didn't save her from racism

- she was conscious of her temper & presented herself in a practiced way, understanding how being dark-skinned & black could affect how she's perceived

- was elegant, poised & remarkably fashionable

- could cut ppl like a knife with her words without even raising her voice

- had a motherly nature to her & always looked out for first years

- even non slytherins respected & admired her

- it wasn't until marlene was kiIIed that she lost all her elegance & control & went batshit insane, no longer caring about getting herself dirty

Alice Fortescue:

-lily's role model

- herbology queen

- kind & loving but no pushover

- wise beyond her years

- talented at balancing being responsible & having fun

- more of a trouble maker than people gave them credit for

Pandora lovegood:

- grew up in the woods with her paranoid grandmother surrounded by more magical creatures than people

- had a tendency to ask sudden philosophical questions, only regulus could keep up

- polite but extremely detached from her social surroundings

- sweet to those she really liked

- had a comforting presence but was much darker than people assumed

- intelligent in a mad scientist way

- rules & concern for her life never stopped her from experimenting with dark magic

- had really thought she had the hang of it when trying to destroy the horcrux

- she didn't

Remus and lily had choreographed dances to most Abba songs and when they were played at her wedding they both still preformed them though lily was in heals and sirius and James were absolutely gobsmacked and just watched in amazement

Things that would send walburga in to a coma

-sirius' hair in poa

-either of her kids liking men

-james potter in general

-sirius dating a half-blood

-muggle-borns actually being good at magic

-lesbians

-marlene.

-remus being a werewolf

-gingers

-peter

-american girl dolls

-pirates of the caribbean

-jeggings

-james Corden

-ellen de generous

-barbie princess and the pauper

-that one scene in were the millers where they pretend that drugs are their baby (also the one where Kenny got bit by a tarantula)

-max stani

-raisins

-skinny jeans

-shark boy and lavq girl

-michael cera

-the barbie movie

-love actually

Peter is the BIGGEST 1d fan (rock me was his favorite)

James always has his feet out

Lily's favorite Christmas film was love actually

Dorcas' fav colour was orange/yellow

Alice and Frank as the olive theory but like not really cause they both loved olives but frank lied about it cause Alice was so happy when they fit the olive theory

James had a Lego collection

Sirius had a shit poker face

James once broke 4 bones trying to do a back hand spring (sirius did it perfectly first try)

Sirius can't stay still when he's sleeping ending in Remus with LOTS of bruises

All of them (the marauders + the girls + frank) played a massive game of hide and seek all throughout Hogwarts and peter went missing for three days

James but as the 'drakes the kinda guy' trend.

Marlene calls James her little white boy

Parental issues:

Sirius: issues

Marlene: mummy

James: mostly daddy but he's chill with both

Peter: single mum

Remus: daddy issues (mums dead)

Lily: sister issues

Alice: happy family

Dorcas: happy family

Mary: divorced parents but happy with both

Frank: closer with his mum

Mary and peter play hello kitty island adventure

James is a girl dad

Lily is a boy mum

Fav ts song:

James: love story (tv)

Sirius: anti hero

Remus: bejeweled

Peter: shake it off

Mary: Betty

Marlene: getaway car

Lily: paper rings

Alice: All too well (tv)

Dorcas: champagne problems

The girls did a ranking of all the boys based on looks and personality and they put James and sirius at the bottom to piss them off but just above James they put Snape to spite James. Frank and peter were at the top.

Fancasts

James: Aaron Taylor Johnson

Sirius: Ben barnes

Remus: Andrew Garfield

Peter: lewis capaldi

Regulus: Timotheè chalamet

Lily: Sophie Skelton

Marlene: bebadoobe

Dorcas: Janelle osei-tutu

Mary: Sofia Bryant

Alice: young winnona Ryder

Frank: Jim sturgess

Snape: Louis Garrel

Barty: young David Tennant

Peter is lactose intolerant but eats the most dairy

[lambert-simnel]

just showed the first three episodes of Torchwood to my best mate while he recovers from top surgery because now I have a captive audience for my insanity

long fucking post of my opinions under the cut

First of all the audio stings and sound track and burned into my fucking frontal cortex I watched it for the first time 3 years ago and the moment i heard it again I was like yeah this is all i’m gonna hear for months now

I honestly remembered it as worse than it is, first ep is not super batshit, the dialogue is insane but well written, my friend was like “why did you think i wouldn’t like this??”

also to add to my Owen bullshit i had completely forgotten his fucking gay kiss moment in episode 1?? like why do they never revisit this like I know we joke about how every character is bi but he is the first character confirmed as bi and then he just never gets to make out with dudes again?? (also yeah that scene completely unethical like massive date rape vibes I am aware) my friend really liked Susie which was a shame lol seeing as she doesn’t stick around but anyway

He actually really enjoyed the sex gas ep like all the stuff with the girl purposefully using the alien sex murder to kill her shitty ex boyfriend my friend was like “jennifer’s body could never” like we do joke about this ep a lot but it is interesting. my friend also didn’t think the complete hornyness was bad like he said that it’s about being in your 20’s so it works. I honestly remembered it being a lot more immature around sex and now i’m actually in my 20’s i’m like no i know people like this, it’s like being a horny teenager but with a lot less angst around sex this kinda makes sense.

What I will say is I had forgotten how many unsolicited sexual comments people make especially Jack and Owen it’s definitely a product of it’s time in that regard especially as Owen is treated as a fuck boy but Jack is “charming”. Obviously episode 3 is kinda Owen realising he’s part of the problem so like early character development yay but yh I did get worried showing it to my friend while i’m soft launching him as my new blorbo of the week lol.

anyway, i was pleasantly surprised that i remembered it as worse than it is and that my friend is now hopefully going to be as insane as I am about this and it’s fuelling my anger about what happened to Tosh and Owen.

they are so prevalent in the early episodes, Owens gets basically his own episode in episode 3!! Ianto barely shows up until obviously ep 4 is cyberwoman and it was probably intentional to have him fade into the background early on so he’s more secretive but still??

like I remember so clearly being confused about how little screen time he got and how much Tosh and Owen got when I knew he was in the doctor who crossover so I knew he was a big deal, it just fucking sucks that Tosh and Owen were clearly major characters from day one and they just get dropped for Gwen and Ianto later on !!

[missbyng]

scott cawthon is a moron for all the reasons you already know but the way he chooses to handle his multi million dollar franchise is so mind bogglingly stupid that it aches my brain . he’s 45 years old , he’s got an entire family , he’s been doing the funny bear game thing for nearly 10 years come this august and he still finds it so difficult to do background checks or read a comprehensive list of the shitty things his borderline employees have done and then wrap it all up with a beautiful bow that says ‘i didn’t know about this . it is what it is .’ i genuinely believe if you think Scott cawthon is a smart man and not one who acts purposefully obtuse to get in the good graces of cock suckers who love his franchise so much they’re willing to defend this grown man from those Evil Critiques then you’re a fool too . what other defenses do you have to say about this guy that hasn’t been regurgitated like bile since he was found to be donating tens of thousands to republicans . it’s all fluff with no real substance and a thinly veiled excuse or ‘how’s he meant to know ?’

[themidgardlibrary]

Something that peeves me off is how people will claim that gifted kids were 'privileged' because of how adults treated us. And like. Bitch. No! There's a reason why so many of us are burnt out disasters! It's not a privilege to be told your primary, if not sole worth is your ability to do good on tests.

I never got praise from any adults for my actual inherent traits. I didn't get praised for my interest in art by any adults until I BECAME an adult. I didn't get praised for my thoughtfulness. I didn't get praised for trying to be fair. I didn't get compliments on ANYTHING unless it was related to my school work. My personality did not exist unless it was in service to my school work. I was a trophy, a bragging right, not a PERSON.

Like, I get it, being considered 'dumb' is ALSO hell - and surprise surprise I know exactly how that feels because the moment I struggled with anything I was accused of purposefully being stupid, or pretending to be stupid. The MOMENT I was not performing I was clearly just being stubborn, not, you know, finally hitting a wall of what I could understand without an adult explaining it, not, you know, someone with untreated ADHD who was hitting the early stages of a total burnout because it turns out that when you excel at academics, PEOPLE PILE MORE ACADEMICS ON YOU without regard for whether or not you can handle all the extra work.

At least in general non-gifted kids were allowed to have FRIENDS. And do things OUTSIDE of what would get them good grades. They were allowed to build up some form of self-identity or self esteem that wasn't directly connected to their grades. I and many other gifted kids didn't do that!

And, I need to make it clear, I'm not saying that gifted kids have it worse than normal kids or kids who do poorly in school. WE WERE ALL FUCKED OVER. Every last one of us was hurt because of this. The kids who struggled with schoolwork were written off as hopeless, or not worth the time to teach, as well as being compared to people who excelled. AND THAT IS INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP. Average kids were always being compared to both their gifted counterparts ("Why aren't your grades like your sister's?") and told very clearly they would be less valuable as people if they had any REAL struggles with school. Which, AGAIN, IS PRETTY FUCKED UP.

We were all used against each other, every one of us. We were all made to see each other as enemies, or superiors, or inferiors, when in reality we were all fucking KIDS with our own needs and specialities. The adults in our lives FAILED ALL OF US, and blaming gifted kids only serves to ignore that fact, while further victimising people who in a LARGE number of cases got demoted to 'failure' the moment we were no longer worth bragging about.

Have gifted kids pulled the "Well I'm smarter than you and that makes me better :)" schick? Yeah. And those individuals were being douchebags, often times douchebags who had NOTHING other than the fact they were doing well in school as a sign they had ANY value. Non-gifted kids have pulled the "Yeah you're good at school but you're also a loser who has no practical skills and also you're boring, and you don't deserve friends", and again, those were INDIVIDUALS being assholes, individuals who were constantly being made to see themselves as somehow less valuable. None of the 'sides' was perfect, and none of the 'sides' deserved what they got from adults.

And some of us? Some of us were 'privileged' to get it from both ends - being told by other gifted kids that CLEARLY our failure was a sign we were never really valuable to begin with, all while the people who knew our background as 'gifted' treated us with contempt and often rubbed it in our faces that we were failures.

Again, this insisting any one of the 'sides' was privileged in this situation is fucked up and only goes to further support this shitty system that assigns value to *anyone* based off of academic success when they should be focusing on making sure their kids are happy, healthy, and prepared for the world!

[a-mag-a-day]

MAG 33 - I think I accidentally skipped this episode during my first run because when I heard it on my second listen I didn't remember any of it, not Tim and not the statement. I think that's also why I totally missed the Lukas family until Peter Lukas himself stepped into the Institute. So… When I first listened to this episode, I was on my way home from the dentist.

"Boatswain" - one of many English words, of which I don't understand why it's pronounced the way it is.

Ha Tim, back when he was still a cheery character.

Oh someone's pissy when they realize they made mistakes…

You hear voices in the background, like the door is open and we can hear all the commotion of a workday in the Institute.

"Ohhh… okay… Alright, so what happens if more than one statement is given on the same day?" - Well, if it's intentional like MAG 39 and 40 it just gets the suffix A and B. But if it's… probably unintentional? (like MAG 15 and MAG 150… though the 1 and 5 coincident is funny…) nothing, just the same statement number.

God, hearing Jon spiraling into the stress of the chaotic Archive pluuuus him feeling that there's something very wrong with some of those statements is really sad to hear…

"It’s getting bad. I mean, Martin keeps showing me his tongue (uncomfortable laugh) and asking if it “looks infested”." - hehehehe

05:06 "container ship", thump… Is some of this intentional? With 4 of these in the previous episode and now again and the statement hasn't even started yet…

"Well, that and my bad Spanish." - ok, the majority in Brazil speaks Portuguese and not Spanish. I tried to google Spanish-speaking regions but all I can find is like, close to borders with Spanish-speaking countries. Porto do Itaqui is not near a border. I thiiiink, I remember them talking about this in a Q&A or something? That this region is Spanish-speaking? However, I did also google Itaqui (without the "Porto do"), which actually is near a border, but it's not the same as Porto do Itaqui!!! XD Porto do Itaqui is in the north of Brazil and Itaqui is in the south bordering to Argentina, which would probably make sense for this region to speak Spanish xDD

Just the nature of this statement, having a work place requiring a group with a secretly creepy boss… Having one space, which will be occupied by another "victim", only to then purposefully get rid of one member to do it all again… It reminds me of Krabat, a German fantasy book by Otfried Preußler (Haaa, get a load of this letter! ß!). It's really cool, if anyone wants to check it out, it's been translated into English and by googling this I found out it's apparently one of Neil Gaiman's favorite scary stories for children! Cool, didn't know that. I grew up with Krabat, so there's that.

"Hell, not being too comfortable around people is a damn fine reason to go to sea." - Yeah but… What if the crew is like reaaaally shitty and then I'm stuck on a fucking boat with them for God knows how long, having to work with them…

21:31 "interesting", thump.

22:27 "Elias", thump (understandable xD).

22:39 "this", thump

22:52 "UK" and "even", thump thump, the hell??

22:58 (twothousandand)"ten", thump…

I propose a new Magnus drinking game: Every time you hear a thump, drink!

It's the eyes surrounding Jon bouncing off the walls

[shinygoku]

Opinions of Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure? You’ve gone on record on disliking how Thomas’s personality has been … *ahem* truffled with.

There’s been some conversation in the fandom that Thomas in SLOTLT was a return to Thomas S1-S2 personality, and I wonder if you agree with that.

While I ain't seen all the Thomas movies, I'm inclined to think SLOTLT (read it as Slot-lit) is the best... by default. The others are various levels of pretty lame lmaoooo

So, Slot-lit! It does indeed have a more peppery Thomas than we've seen since s2, him having a tangible character arc and a story that's semi interesting. Songs and background music were good, the visuals were gorgeous, and some jokes even landed. But Thomas still ain't cuttin the mustard for me, the Locomotive lead is Thom-esque but still Off.

Like, Early!Thomas is a bit cranky and rude and impatient, but it's balanced out with his genuine zest for working hard and proving himself capable. He gripes and grouses when Gordon tells him off for being late, but he's still going to fetch the coaches, as is his responsibility. Slot-lit's early scene where he's shunting the coaches has him derail the rake and then throw everybody else under the bus in an attempt to deflect blame from himself.

Even as far back as Thomas' first appearance, he does indeed take the L. When the Train isn't coupled on to him and he sets gaily off, not realising until it's pointed out, he doesn't make the (fairly reasonable) move to point out the crew shoulda make sure it was in place first, or should have reversed before the signal box. When he speeds down the hill from Trucks pushing him, he apologises for the close call even though he stops before the buffers. When a fish is poured into in his Tank, he glumly notes he now knows better than to go fishing, when it was again the Crew who are actually responsible!

My point being, this early scene which is narratively there to knock him down a peg plain ass doesn't work for Early Thomas, let alone Edges Removed Thomas of the later TV show and indeed movies!

But wait, there's more!

His beef with Ryan comes closer to being in character, Thomas was wary of Percy when he was introduced, though that was 'cause Percy was to cover the passenger services using Annie and Clarabel, who Thomas is very protective of (and who ARE presented as being for him and him alone...!). Ryan being a bigger, more praised Tank Engine may indeed push Thomas' buttons, and seeing him with A&C would be galling, but I don't buy that Thomas would maliciously give purposefully bad advice in vengeance, he's more the sort to air his grievance verbally rather than Waluigi shenanigans. That the prank goes much more pear shaped is a bit irrelevant, cause again, the Root is where the issue lies. Thomas can be mean to other Engines (see: Henry), but it's through pointed words and complaints rather than anything physical [or proxy-physical].

tl;dr - Making Thomas blame others for his mistakes and prank others with shitty coal makes him a different character to the rude but well meaning little guy whomst I love so dearly.

Thanks for the ask! Been a while since I Thomas-Meta'd >:3c

[thegreencooler]

Well... it finally happened. (The Boys 3.6)

How fitting that it was Kripke that made me finally give in to the urge to write about the TV that I watch. Usually, I just tweet through it. But there were two glasses of wine and a big ol' honking narrative feast involved. So, here we are. We'll see if I do it twice.

This is all a first-watch reaction. I'm sure I'll glean more later.

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The first thought I had was this:

"How very Kripke to use sex to hype what was essentially a completely character-driven episode about being used by people & institutions and what you prioritize in the wake of that."

Just want to point out that the background setting for some of this episode was Herogasm, where Annie very specifically called out the abuse of sex workers. The sex is inconsequential... the power dynamics and abuse, however, are not. That's your set dressing to talk about this episode.

With that said, let's go down the list. Homelander is having a full-on identity crisis. Who is he if he is not the most valued, most powerful, most feared? These are elements instilled in him by Vought, who left him "alone in the bad room" while cultivating his very violent powers. This episode laid bare just how reliant he is on others, that if he didn't have as many people propping him up, if more people teamed up to fight him, he wouldn't be as powerful. Mark him down as used by Vought and trying to Uno Reverse some using of his own this year. His priority, as always, is himself....a self he just learned it is possible to beat physically.

------------------------------------- Soldier Boy. I don't know what to do with this character. We're very purposefully being subtly told rather than shown who he is. This makes sense because his powerset is very useful to Butcher and Hughie. We don't want to think of him as a bad guy, just like they don't want to see it, and we want them to win. Sometimes you have to ally with shitty people to get things done. They want the audience ambivalent about working with him....reconciling both Hughie's viewpoint and Annie's, both Butcher's and M.M.'s. So, we maybe don't want to pause and think about the fact that if he was present when Cosby was dosing drinks.... he didn't mind being a witness to certain events. That if he was buddy-buddy with Liberty, he was fine with her racism even as he was willing to let Black people entertain him. He has no remorse about what families he killed, but he also was used in war for 40 years... and witnessing and participating in those events, for some people will blunt their empathy. And that was BEFORE the torture. He was a veteran used by both the government and Vought, just like we have soldiers used by both the government and defense contractors. His priority is revenge and he's willing to "whatever it takes" it, no matter what the body count looks like. Was it his fault he blew apart the house? No. I'm not so sure that is a PTSD reaction or a purposeful part of Vought and/or Russians trying to turn him into a sleeper agent, someone they could turn into a bomb, but regardless, his response to it was to apathetically walk away and look for the next fight, not to help people. The warning signs are blinking in big, giant letters....he's an attack dog that people think they can put a leash on, that he won't turn and bite them too.

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Butcher. Butcher is using everyone around him in order to get revenge. That's his priority, that's been his priority since season one. Is he wrong about prioritizing taking out Homelander? No. How he treats others to get there is a real problem. But he recognizes, at least fleetingly, that his friends could die. With Hughie as his analogue for Lenny, he seems like he's teetering on having a breakthrough for what he's willing to lose, who he's' willing to let follow him into the dark. However, he's also just learned that three superpowered people isn't enough to end Homelander. He has a new incentive to draw even more people back into his orbit.

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Hughie. He's been used by Butcher, by Vicky, by Vought. His priority is not feeling helpless anymore, to not be viewed as the skinny kid who gets told, even by people he views as friends, that it was silly of him to try and help them. He didn't actually want that apology from A-Train (an apology he didn't think he'd get based on past experience), he wanted to square off and prove something. What he's proven is that Annie January should drop him like a hot potato. ___________________________________

M.M. has been used by Vought, used by Butcher. His priority has also turned to revenge, ...suicidally reckless revenge, but he's not so far gone morally that he won't put innocent people first when given a nudge.

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Frenchie, used by Mallory, Nina, and Butcher... his priority since the Lamplighter incident has been a mix of drugs, redemption, self-hatred, and love. He wants to wash his sins away and I think he truly struggles to accept love, knowing what he's done. He was saved by the two women in his life, he was simply scared for them and sorry they were in that position because of him. He viewed himself as the beast Nina told him he was. What will his priority be now that he is free...? He cares for his friends, he cares for Kimiko, he cares about not leaving more bodies of innocents around.

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Kimiko has been used by the Shining Light Liberation Army, by Vought, by Frenchie (who stopped last year), by Butcher... This year has been a process for her to learn who she is outside of those influences. She had convinced herself that it was the powers that drove her violence. Kimiko learned otherwise this episode. Her priority -- getting to live and love and Frenchie getting the same, for neither of them to be used. If the only way to ensure this is by having powers, will she embrace them again now that she knows she's potentially a killer with or without them?

____________________________ Noir lets himself be used by Vought, by Edgar, by Homelander. His priority is the company, for the first time we see he might be prioritizing himself. Where he went when he ran away is anyone's guess. He could be going to hide with and protect Edgar. He could have gone to ground. Maybe he'll go grab Maeve and they'll form an unlikely alliance. Enigma that he is, his priority remains to be seen.

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A-Train... he used whatever he could to be the shiniest toy. Finally called out by multiple people.... he prioritized what he thought was the right move, sacrificing himself to stand up for others. He was a murderer, he stopped a murderer. The writers really had him use a type of lynching to kill Bluehawk. It was both powerful and uncomfortable.

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Ashley. Used by Vought, specifically Homelander and A-Train. She's prioritizing feeling powerful, no matter which psycho she needs to serve to make sure she stays on her throne. Her little speech to A-Train.... he needed to hear it. However, it revealed both of them. A-Train murdered people, Ashley was more than willing to cover it up and ride the coattails of some corpses into promotions.

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Annie January. Used by Vought, Homelander, Hughie, Butcher, and an attempt by Vicky. She's done. Absolutely done. And I am terrified for her. She's prioritizing innocents, morality, and taking down the real problem, but how she did it might make BOTH Homelander and Soldier Boy lose it. She made the big bold play Maeve wouldn't. This huge a move in an effort to save people with the power of Super Obvious Goodness might just create more collateral damage.

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tl;dr: We have a cast of characters fighting against being used and disrespected. For some of them, the response is to use others and not to care about the collateral damage. For others, the response is to try to prevent more collateral damage. And some are on the fence. Where people choose to land...? Some we know, some we don't. Everyone is telling themselves they're doing it for the right reasons. The idealists and the bad guys. Even the bad guys who feel compelled to tell us they're not the bad guys.

[kpopfanfictrash]

hey shanna! i was going through your on writing tag to make sure no one asked you this (there was an ask about it but you were agreeing with what anon said anyways), because i've been curious about it for the longest time. have you ever had an extremely long period of writer's block? and what have you done to get out of it? also is there anything you do as a writer to make sure you don't end up in that position? i absolutely adore your writing, thank you for sharing it with us❤️

I don't know if I can say I've had writer's block in the way I see it often described by other writers on this app. There have absolutely been days, weeks or even months when writing is hard and I have to force myself to put words down on paper. There are times when I can crank out a 30K story in a month and other times when a 10K chapter takes me more than two. There have also been times where I'll write a whole story (or chapter) and be overwhelmed by the certainty that the story is terrible.

My productivity on this blog has definitely slowed since the start, but I think that's for the best. Yes, I can write a 30K fic in a month but if that means I spend every waking hour writing or editing... do I want to do that? If I do that, when will I have time to live and gain the experiences I write about?

The times when writing is difficult but I need to write (due to a deadline, personal desire, etc.), I'm afraid I don't have a magic answer for you. I know people want to hear I turn my desk to the west, drink an entire pot of tea and this clears the block but... no. The best way to get over writer's block (caveat: writer's block, not burnout) is to write. As Madeline L'Engle said, "Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it." Another quote from Louis L'Amour: "Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on."

I'm a big fan of shitty first drafts as a way to jump-start productivity. It leads to a painful editing process, sure, but that's better than spending months staring at a blank page (in my opinion). Some things I do when I'm trying to focus:

Switch up my location. Don't write in my bedroom or even apartment; I'll move to a coffee shop or somewhere close by.

Get dressed. Simply changing your clothing can be a signal to your brain that it's time to get focus.

This depends on the person, but I like to have a writing playlist on in the background. Careful with this one though, lol because you may find yourself spending more time making the playlist than actually writing.

Write nonsense sentences until the story starts to flow. Or purposefully skip a paragraph and continue to the next. You can fix it in editing or (possibly) find it didn't need to be there in the first place.

I think writing will always have ebbs and flows; there will be times when the water flows easily and times when there are blocks. Ultimately, I try not to stress too much about how much I'm writing and instead focus on progress as progress.

Hope you're doing well and staying safe + healthy!

[jerriemofos]

hey! i dont want to sound very out of the loop, and maybe this is just my opinion and experience, but isnt your hate for beth a little misconstrued?

as a mixed race person (south asian father and english mother), i didnt take any offense with beths comments regarding diversity within the england squad, there have historically been players of different ethnic backgrounds but at the time she made the comment they just werent the top choices for the squad, no? i may be wrong there but that is my memory of the time.

and regarding her gameplay, she is one of the most consistent players statistically in the arsenal squad, even coming back from an acl injury. i didnt want viv to leave as much as the next person - she reinstated my love for the sport back in 2018/2019 and has been a constant in my football experience ever since. but, i think, saying that you wish it were to be beth leaving over viv suggests that you dont necessarily want the best for the club, instead enjoying hating on an athlete for not being an expert in racial politics.

you can be sad for one player leaving without hating on another, no?

honestly if thats how you feel about beths comment about diversity then whatever idc to each their own. just one thing tho, compare her comment to niamh's and lotte's then you'll understand why beth's comment reeks of stupidity cos if her own teammates can say that then why cant she. here, i'll even link it for you if you're too lazy to search it yourself

secondly, you are also purposefully choosing to ignore the part where she also publicly supported a woman beater, why? thats very shitty of beth to do and shitty of you to just brush it off

idk why yall think beth is the best player that we can have honestly shes not good anymore. shes slow, weak and cant cross even if her life depended on it. we can absolutely do better than her especially in the position she plays.

Example of players arsenal can get in the RW thats better than beth mead: tabitha chawinga, sophia smith, kerolin, jule brand, sveindis, anyomi, mary fowler, gabi nunes, mariona caldentey, mara alber, jusu bah, julie dufour, delphine cascarino etc.

notice how all of the bar mariona are younger than beth? yeah cos we need young wingers in the squad rn or else we will not have any wingers for the future 🤷🏽‍♀️

im convinced yall dont watch the games at all for you to genuinely think beth massively improves our attack

[threeunrelateddescriptors]

Venting my fury

Anyone know how to restore a Firefox session from days ago? Not "it crashed and I'm fucked right now" but more like you purposefully planned to close the session and after doing so (and restarting the computer) you realize you need all that info back...from a couple days ago?

The vent:

I just had a tech person access my computer remotely. This is fine. It was both expected and consented to.

They were remotely accessing the network I was on. Again, I understand, we're all good.

They needed to do a thing which involved running a program which would show all of the devices on that network. Cool, I follow.

My computer is decrepit by most technology standards. I love my cranky shitty whirring-fan box of noise and slow-processing.

I ask it to do horrible things like have 20 Firefox windows open with each window containing no fewer than 18 tabs.

I understand my frail violent child is being overstimulated. I allow for this.

The tech couldn't run the program they wanted to run. They tried Run as Admin, they tried giving my computer a minute. Nada.

So they said the words I was hoping we could avoid "Let's restart it and see if that'll let us run it"

Ok, my dinosaur takes time. So, I said as much and said I'd call them back when it was up and running again.

We hang up.

Now the next part of this is partially my fault. I should have given my limping ragged beast more time to fully boot. I did not. That is all on me.

I know that once my lumbering lumox has finished all it's booting up, it runs quite well TYVM. But it needs time, and patience.

Boo on me.

So, I call the tech back when I thought it had completed it's boot up. Nay! It was only finished with First Boot-Up, now it was on Second Boot-Up, which is a silent background process that shows absolutely no changes but is (as soon to be evidenced) fucking Vital.

The tech says, ok let's get into a browser.

I said, let's do Opera (because I give two shits at this point and just want it done) and I have no massive session on Opera.

We open Opera, but it is lagging to hell and back (remember Second Boot-Up...yeeah).

So for some fucking reason, the tech decides to open Firefox again. With my many tabs and windows. Which my crippled and begging-for-death computer tries to comply with while also doing Second Boot-Up. It tried, it tried so so hard.

It just needed time and patience and it would've done what was asked of it.

But no, the tech decides (while remotely in control of my computer), that the quickest way to get results is to X out each Firefox window and then confirm "Yes I want to close all these tabs" and then open an entirely new window that did not need opening and basically start a new session from scratch. While telling me I can restore my session.

This is *usually* true.

But there are magical and specific ways you can utterly fuck that "restore session" and this tech did that. Mostly by methodically and purposefully closing out every single window. Letting Firefox know "yes we really mean to be getting rid of this"

I am still struggling with the fury because it was not even necessary to do! The tech had another way up their sleeve that they used after rebooting my computer again.

I lost so many fucking tabs. Many were asleep, most were, but I use tabs as reminders. And now my reminders are all gone!

I am so very very angry.

Anyway, I've tried looking around to see if there's a way to restore a session from days ago. No luck so far.

Oh, and the fucking problem they were accessing my computer to fix? Not fixed. Didn't even get resolution out of this epic shittery.