#tjs tag navigation

[tjemegames]

An ongoing log of my gaming shenanigans. Looking for something specific? Allow me to be your guide.

All the headers lead to a personalized tag of my created content for the corresponding game. Everything else will lead to its listed category (or to a secondary navigation post if that specific category calls for it).

Any answered queries from the ask box can be found under tj yaps. Submissions from the dropbox are under tj looks.

Reblogged content from other creators can be accessed through tj reblogs.

Sorted navigation links are under the cut. Feel free to query my ask box if you’re looking for something specific that isn’t listed here.

Safe travels!

HSR:

Anniversary Playthrough Recaps

Returning Player Invitation

Character Build Archive & Build Changelogs

Character Showcases

Simulated Universe Runs

Endgame Challenge Recaps (MoC/PF/AS)

Warp Results & Warp Sessions

WuWa:

Convene Results

Genshin:

Serenitea Pot Decoration Diaries

r1999:

Nothing yet, check back later!

Reblogs:

Art & Fics

Guides & Information

Videos

[billysjoel]

basic info

tj. 30. cis bi woman. she/her. wisconsin, usa. chronically ill/spoonie. gifmaker. gif requests & gif tutorial requests are OPEN tracking #usertj pcrrycox -> mikelogan -> craintheodora -> mikelogan -> billysjoel

other blogs & networks

flanaganhorror [owner] #flanaganhorror gifmakerresource [owner] #gifmakerresource officialhbo [owner] #officialhbo smoshcentral [member] #smoshcentral crimeshowsource [member] #crimeshowsource dailynetflix [member] #dailynetflix lgbtqcreators [member] pscentral [member]

links

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so, before we end and then begin we'll drink a toast to how it's been a few more hours to be complete a few more nights on satin sheets a few more times that i can say i've loved these days

[nishloves]

NAVIGATION;

MAESTRO;

nish | age : 18+ | enf/tj | affiliations : @kflixnet , @c-bouquine , @caratlibrary , @svthub | semi-hiatus

LALALI;

guidelines , svt masterlist , anime masterlist , moots

SPELL;

recent works

seventeen : domesticated(scoups)(f) , mingyu golden retriever! (s) , how they eat you out(m)(hc), hate it when you cry(m) anime : the archangel - gojo (idea) , unholy- (gojo)(s) , be late- gojo (d)(a) , blue eyes- gojo(f)

CHEERS TO YOUTH;

for recommendations, click on #nish recs or #nish recs : anime tags on this post.

read guidelines before requesting/interacting.

INBOX : OPEN , REQUESTS : CLOSED.

[reyofluke-ocs]

OCs DESERVE BETTER -> Tegan "TJ" Jackeline Tyler (Doctor Who) FC: Kathryn Newton

"Honestly, I don't know what I am. Half Time Lord, yeah, but am I more half human or half Bad Wolf? What even is Bad Wolf, really?"

In a universe where the TARDIS energy wasn't burning Rose up from inside and the Doctor doesn't regenerate from absorbing the energy to save her life, Rose Tyler and the Doctor get a longer time together. The result is a baby girl named after one of the Doctor's previous companions and a nod to both Jack Harkness and Rose's mum - Tegan Jackeline Tyler, or TJ. Life in the TARDIS on different adventures is all TJ has known - until cracks begin appearing in the multiverse and she accidentally falls through one. Now she finds herself navigating a universe vastly different from her own, with a Doctor very much not her other parent, trying to help fix the multiverse while finding her way back to her own.

psd: oblivion-crackships

tagging: @endless-oc-creations@stanshollaand, @foxesandmagic , @hiddenqveendom , @arrthurpendragon , @cas-verse, @eddiemunscns , @far-shores, @oneirataxia-girl, if anyone wants to be added/removed or I accidentally forgot, please let me know!

[1634archive]

1634archive navigation

disclaimer: i’ve edited none of these pics beyond removing the gettyimages (or other stock site) watermark , and i don’t own them obviously. they’re as the photographers edited/posted them, and i’ve copied and pasted the legitimate captions from the site entries as a way to provide the context and allow you to go back and find the source image if you’re interested. i’ve also weeded out some pics that felt redundant or lower quality, but other than that, the entire 1.1k+ photos tagged with mitch marner and auston matthews from getty are posted on this blog, as well as a couple hundred from other sites like usa today and the canadian press. i will try to continue to update this as seasons go on as well. the tagging system is listed below! enjoy!!

first and foremost: for randomized fun, click this or the ‘random’ link in the bio to get your 1634 pic of the day 

tagging system:

if you’re looking for a specific date, the posts are tagged as ‘mm.dd.yy’ (i.e. april 10, 2021 is tagged as ‘04.10.21’) (yes, the american way, it’s habit)

if you’re looking for a specific leafs player that isn’t auston or mitch, they’re tagged by just their last names (i.e. william nylander is tagged as ‘nylander’). 

if you’re looking for a specific opponent, they’re tagged by just team name, not location (i.e. pittsburgh penguins are just tagged as ‘penguins’).

pro tip: if you’re wanting to search multiple tags on mobile or on the desktop blog, just put a comma between them in the search bar (i.e. if you want photos of 1634 with morgan rielly from the year 2019, search ‘rielly, 2019′)

years:

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

type:

arrival (fit pics/walk in)

handshake (hallway pre game)

warmups

anthem (post warmup pre game)

game (all in-game)

overhead

bench (anything near bench)

celly 

practice

locker room

media

gloves

fans (any pic where fans are framed prominently)

my own personal favorite pics

events:

playoffs

16-17 centennial classic

all star game

2021 blue vs white intersquad game

any specialty/warmup/third jersey games

22-23 heritage classic

non-hockey events

most common photographers:

mark blinch (our lord and savior)

kevin sousa

claus andersen

andre ringuette

julian avram

andrew lahodynskyj

steve russell

list of less occurring/non-leaf photographers here.

some of the other most common leafs:

morgan rielly

william nylander

john tavares

michael bunting

justin holl

tj brodie

if there are any other specifics someone would like tagged, feel free to shoot me a message on this blog or my main. i’ll be revisiting and tweaking this blog lots in the future (potentially making it more than just a picture archive but we’ll see), and i’m not opposed to retagging for certain things that would be helpful to all the web-weavers and narrative tellers out there. 

hope a single other soul gets some use out of this! ❣️❣️❣️

[ashen-crest]

summer writing/reading tag

Thanks for the tag, @writingmaidenwarrior!

Tagging in turn, with zero pressure: @cwritesfiction, @samfoxheartwrites, @bloodlessheirbyjacques, and @loopyhoopywrites.

1) Describe one creative WIP project you’re planning to work on over the summer.

I’m currently working on draft 2 of The Spirit Well, a cozy fantasy romance with higher stakes and pseudo-Regency vibes. Now that Emry, Cal, and Aspen have saved the day in The Stray Spirit, we follow the trio as they work to save a city of dying spirits...and as Emry navigates a social season to officially court Cal. 💕🌿💕

2) Recommend a book.

I recently read Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, and while I don’t think it was as good as House on the Cerulean Sea, it did still make me cry like a baby at the end, so...

3) Recommend a fic.

Alas, I haven’t read fic in years.

4) Recommend music.

I recently added “Would That I” by Hozier to my Spirit Well writing playlist!

[somuch-for-gallavich]

ahh tyy @iansw0rld for tagging me :))

name: tj or tate either or

zodiac sign: cancer

personality type in enneagram, myres-briggs or both : INFP (i think-)

before we get on route, what snacks u wanna bring???: definitely bbq chips n maybe corn chips?? some ice tea n monster too 😋

navigator gets to pic he music so what r u putting on??: idekkk probably fall out boy tbh- some ptv, mcr, falling in reverse, tmnt music 🤷

what universe from a fantasy show would you like to visit??: i actually have no idea. i dont watch a lot of fantasy tv-

and what about fantasy movie?: again, no idea.

ok what about sci-fi tv show: loki?? is that sci-fi?? cause that i want that

and a sci-fi movie?: uhhhh yeah idk im stumped- amazing spider man is that sci-fi?? idk what the definition of sci-fi is 😭

any other tv show or movie you’d like to swing by before we move on: YES. OK I WANT VIOLENT CRAP. TWD, THE PUNISHER, DAREDEVIL!!!!! maybe shameless 😋 ouuu or ahs but coven specifically cause i heart zadison

ok hold onto your buts cause were switching to the fanfic universes. tell me which fanfic you wanna visit first: imma be brutally honest, my immortal. and cause everyone needs a lil angst, a splitting of the mind

cool do you have one more you’d like to stop at before we head home? nopeee im good going home sad and disgusted 🤠

alright, on our way out of fanfic land you get to snag some tropes to bring home and apply to your own life, think fast!:

rivals to lovers/coffee shop au

n thats abt it

TAGS:

@depressedstressedlemonzest @mickeymilkovichsimp @miilkoviich @m4ndysk4nkovich @redwiccanrobin

n anyone else that wants to join :))

[delightingintragedy]

About Me:

Name: Riley V. Thorn

Age: Adult

Gender: Cis Woman

Sexuality: Aroace Lesbian

Zodiac: Pisces Sun, Cancer Moon, Pisces Rising

Started My Path: 2017

Beliefs: I'm an Omnist, a Hellenic Polytheist, and an Animist. I also consider myself to be a Solitary Witch and a Pagan.

Devoted To: Apollo, Hekate, and Melpomene, but I honor all the Theoi when I can.

Interests: Ancestor Worship, Astrology, Catholic Folk Magic, Gemology, Hekatean Witchcraft, Hellenic Polytheism, Spirit Work, Tarot, Traditional Witchcraft, Vulture Culture

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Check out my writing here!

Requests:

I am CLOSED to hymn/prayer requests!

I am OPEN to ONE CARD tarot requests! You can choose between the RWS, PNW, or Ethereal Visions Illuminated tarot decks.

Currently Reading:

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

Protection & Reversal Magick by Jason Miller

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

My Other Blogs:

@rileyvthorn - My fandom blog.

@prickedbyinspo - Inspo and reference blog.

@rileysart - My art blog.

@rileysocs - Aesthetic for my OCs.

[demonbanisher]

Get to know me tag game

Relationship status: Aroace, very single and happy about it, lately very grumpy about amatonormativity 

Favourite colour: red, especially deep reds, or any type of red paired with black

Favourite food: POTATOES (boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew)

Song stuck in your head: Whatever that new Meghan Trainor song is that’s all over TikTok, which is very annoying cause I have beef with Meghan Trainor

Last thing you googled: Webtoon. I wanted to read my Sundays updates but I’m cozy in bed and didn’t want to get my phone

Favourite time of day: Night. I’m a night owl. Miss my witching hour now that I work and have to go to bed at a decent time

Dream trip: I really want to travel and see more Canada because there is so many gorgeous spots I haven’t see yet, but I going out West next week so going to try to see what I can in a short time.

Last book/fic you read: The webcomic The Reaper and the Waiting. A great binge read and so beautiful and heartbreaking. I’ve been trying to get back into reading more since starting my new job.

Last book you enjoyed: Last book I absolutely loved would have to be The Summer Children by @dothutchison​ I am obsessed with this series. It’s so refreshing to read thrillers that actually take a nuanced and honest look at the justice system and focus on the victims over the perpetrators. I have one book left in this series and I’ll be so sad when I finish it.

Last book you hated: The last book I can remember passionately hating was Wolfsong and I’ve loved all of TJ Klune’s other stuff. I won’t get into it here but hey if anyone wants to hear me rant come hit me up in my dms.

Favourite thing to cook/bake: Hmmm, I bake a lot but I’m trying to think if there’s one thing I like baking more than others. Maybe chocolate chip cookies?

Favourite craft to do in your free time: If you name an art medium there’s a good chance I’ve tried it. Working on my bullet journal, which is all Disney themed, and painting have been the one’s I’ve been spending the most time on. I actually have a gallery show coming up that I’m super behind on.

Most niche dislikes: pineapple? (I don’t know if that’s niche), I got a lot of beef with really specific romance tropes that I’m probably a little too passionate about sometimes

Opinion on circuses: I mean historically they treated the animals quite poorly and were pretty ableist but if we are talking modern circuses I think the performances are so cool and I would love to be able to do half the stuff they do. I’ve always wanted to try aerial silks. (Hence Sirius’s job in Snapshots of Parenthood)

Do you have a sense of direction and if not what’s the worst way you’ve gotten lost?: My sense of direction is weird in that I need a GPS to get there but then I can get home fine, which might just be because I have a good memory. I’m much better now that I drive more often but when I first starting driving my friends and I went to see Rocky Horror and I told her I didn’t help navigating getting home and it took us two hours longer then it should of because I kept getting lost. 

Anyone who wants to feel free to join in!

[bluejayblueskies]

tagged by @ombreblossom - thank you!

Relationship status: single

Favorite color: olive green and mustard yellow

Favorite food: raspberries!

Song stuck in my head: Ghosts of my Hometown by The Strike

Last thing i googled: "macos charge to full now" (bc i just updated my laptop for the first time since i got it and was like 'why is my battery sitting at 80%?')

Dream trip: I want to take a low-key trip to Scotland where I can just go around to a bunch of different towns and shop and eat things

Last book read/currently reading: I think it was Saved by Grace by Sita Bethel

Last book enjoyed: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Last book hated: Saved by Grace by Sita Bethel (it was really not that good y'all, I had such high hopes for it but no dice)

Favorite thing to cook/bake: I enjoy making soups of all kinds, and I like baking bread, but I haven't done it recently bc the kitchen of the house I live in rn is a disaster alskdjgs

Most niche dislike: niche as in 'everybody else seems to like it but i don't' is my chemical romance (their music is fine but not really my thing) and niche as in 'this is a dislike extremely specific to me' is getting to the end of my coffee and accidentally drinking coffee grounds

Opinions on the circus: i haven't been to one since i was a kid and i don't recall feeling strongly one way or another about them

Sense of direction: pretty good provided i've navigated in the area before, preferably without using google maps. i can usually get around an area once i've been there one or two times, though my directions to others are usually landmark-based since that's how i orient myself

Some people I want to get to know better (tags):

@suttttton, @shadow0haven, @organchordsandlightning, @judesstfrancis, @thewrongshop, or anyone else who's interested!

[tjemegames]

This blog is tailored towards dark mode: some visuals may not be visible on white backgrounds.

Hey, y’all. I’m finally starting this side blog because I wanted a casual space to talk about gacha gaming.

You can call me TJ (they/she)! I’m a long time lover of video games who has stumbled into the gacha world in the last few years.

I’m a huge advocate for Honkai: Star Rail! I’m slowly grinding my way through Wuthering Waves. I’m also playing a bit of Genshin Impact and Reverse: 1999 when the mood calls for it.

I’ll be posting all sorts of things related to my playthrough experiences within the aforementioned games (primarily HSR since it’s my favorite), as well as any other gachas that I decide to give a try. You can expect to see ramblings about storylines, pull results, gameplay showcases, character builds, fics/artwork (i.e. if the brainrot gets too severe for me to keep to myself), and more!

This blog is a honestly just a dump site for my gacha-related yapping: a.k.a. my way of saving irl friends from having to listen to me ramble about things they don’t understand/aren’t all that interested in. You should check out my Tag Navigation Masterpost for easier traversal of the place!

I’m also on YouTube now! I created the channel to host videos that are too large for Tumblr; they will always be cross-posted to my blog with whatever additional content/commentary/insight I may have for them. I doubt that I’ll be posting there too often (as of now), but you’re more than welcome to subscribe if you’d like.

If you’re a returning HSR player, please consider using my invitation code when you decide to come back (I’m begging—I need every stellar jade I can get.)

Game UIDs/Friend Codes (always down for more pals to co-op with) and links to my most commonly used tools/resources are under the cut.

Thanks for stopping by!

Game UIDs & Friend Codes

HSR: NA - 600433643 (Dracorian, Main) / EU - 704233421 (Solaria, Standard + Freebies Challenge Alt)

WuWa: NA - 500214126

Genshin: NA - 650062088 (Main) / EU - 751038014 (Alt)

r1999: NA - 401382294

Tools & Resources

HSR

Fribbels Honkai Star Rail Optimizer / Relic Scorer

Prydwen's HSR Characters List (build guides)

StarDB Achievement Tracker

HoYoLAB HSR Leveling Calculator

WuWa

Prydwen's WuWa Characters List (build guides)

Genshin

Enka.Network / Akasha System

Any text dividers that you see on my blog (that I didn't make myself) were made by the lovely @saradika-graphics. You should check out her blog, she makes tons of cute things that are free to use!

[billysjoel]

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basic info

tj (or taylor) || 28 || cis bi woman || she/her || wisconsin, usa || chronically ill/spoonie || gifmaker || i track #usertj so please feel free to tag me in your creations! i was pcrrycox

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what i post

art || chernobyl hbo || fanart || greta van fleet || heartstopper || house md || hozier || law & order (original) || law & order criminal intent || looking hbo || midnight mass || mike flanagan || our flag means death || photography || red, white, & royal blue || scrubs || sex and the city || succession || supernatural || taylor swift || the good wife || the haunting of bly manor || the haunting of hill house || the hunger games || the last of us || the walking dead || trust fx || + many more

links

about me || answered asks || ao3 || audio || concerts || fave posts || for future reference || gifs ||  icons || jdox reclists || laugh rule || mike flanagan pay for my therapy || my face || my graphics/edits || my hobbies include || my polls || posts about/for me || ramblings (text posts) || scrubs thoughts || spoonie life || tag games || tagged || trans jd tag || videos || words

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my fiverr

please feel free to send me an ask or a message any time! i’m open to gif requests as well, though i can’t always guarantee i’ll do them. please always remember to be kind!

[kandaarchive]

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: X-Men - All Media Types, Exiles (Marvel), Wolverine and the X-Men - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Black Panther (Comics), Marvel (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kurt Wagner & Talia Wagner, Wanda Maximoff/Kurt Wagner, John Proudstar/Talia Wagner, Wanda Maximoff & Talia Wagner, Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers, Jean Grey/Scott Summers, Logan/Ororo Munroe, Ororo Munroe/T'Challa, Remy LeBeau/Rogue, Wanda Maximoff/Vision Characters: Kurt Wagner, Wanda Maximoff, Logan (X-Men), TJ Wagner, Talia Wagner, Clarice Ferguson | Clarice Fong, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Lorna Dane, Pietro Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Tommy Shepherd, Billy Kaplan, Rogue (X-Men), Remy LeBeau, John Proudstar, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, Rachel Grey, T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel) Additional Tags: Family Feels, Team as Family, Family Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Coming of Age, Slice of Life Summary:

TJ (Talia Josephine) Wagner, the plucky daughter of Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch, navigates fulfilling the roles of the X-Men's niece, heir to a monarchy, sister to goofy twin half-brothers, grandkid to a crazy shapeshifter named Raven and friend to a mysterious pink girl.

[bangchanswaistchain]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: One Direction (Band) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik/Liam Payne Characters: Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Vampires, Werewolves, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Gay, Sex, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Witches, Fae & Fairies Summary:

Harry Styles has lived several lives and he has only truly loved one person - Louis Tomlinson.

Louis never wanted immortality and struggles to accept the hand fate dealt him even though he loves Harry more than anything.

The two of them must learn to navigate their lives as immortals, their love for each other, and the struggle of keeping one's autonomy despite the visceral bond between sire and progeny.

[lovetenya]

✧ —𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.

class potluck dinner; scheduled for 1/31

please sign your name below if you’d like to attend and bring something to share!

grades on the december term are posted on the main hall’s bulletin board.

that was just for fun, but here’s the real info.

⋆  this blog is safe for minors. no nsfw content will be written by me or posted otherwise. do not comment inappropriate things on my writing or artwork. this is a zero-tolerance policy and i take it very seriously. anyway,

⋆ my main blog:

⋆ @katsukidynamight ! i barely post there, but that’s where i interact from.

⋆ anon info: anon emojis that are claimed!

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⋆ tag info:

⋆ #please read! OR #vips (very important posts) : posts that it’s important to me that you read / see

⋆ #my writing and #my art! : all of my original writing or artwork

⋆ #tj talks and #tj answers : nerd rambles and answering asks

⋆ # filled request : anything sent in that i wrote something based off of

⋆ # fic recs : anything i liked and recommend to others

⋆   link broken? let me know, and i’ll fix it.

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[smartguyreviewed]

2x5 - Dumbstruck

Original air date:  October 8, 1997

Yay, an episode where TJ is actually acting like a kid! And also an excuse for me to rant about how much I despise group projects.

A very over it Lisa Simpson (played by Yeardley Smith) is handing back tests to her dumb ass students save for TJ and this annoying white kid named Clark that we’ll be introduced to briefly because Mackey ended up being the lead token white on this show, right next to Yvette’s cute friend Nina.

Clark asks how TJ did. He humble brags and Marcus snatches his test to gloat about his brother finally not doing well at something. Sike! TJ got a 110 on his assignment. Marcus is dumbfounded since he clearly doesn’t even put in the bare minimum. 

Lisa has to remind Marcus that demonstrating how you actually studied will get you more points. She gives her lazy, remedial students a chance to make up for their piteous attempts with a makeup assignment, an oral group report on WW2. Now everyone is mad at TJ because he fucked up the curve of the grading system, facilitating the need for a makeup assignment. Mackey is pissed.

Marcus and Mo of course decide to stick all the work on TJ while they go to Dawgburger. TJ, now wanting to fit in with his cool brother and bestie, agrees but is promptly thrown into a garbage can by Mackey and his 30 year old goon when they give him shit for being smart. Because the plot calls for it in this episode, TJ isn’t masterminding a plan to put fudged up charges on Mackey’s record or flunk him out of school forever. 

At the Henderson crib, TJ is attempting to do the assignment but the boys are watching The Three Stooges with non-copyright stock sound effects and can’t be bothered to lower the volume. Even Floyd stops scolding Marcus and Mo to join them. Apparently, TJ thinks being a genius and being entertained by slapstick are mutually exclusive.

Yvette is in the kitchen frowning at her fruitless yogurt when TJ comes in to whine about feeling left out. Yvette, as usual, is there to provide motherly advice and reassure TJ that he’s too brilliant to relate to simpleton humor. She even suggests that he’ll be the only non crooked black politician on the Supreme Court. Aww. TJ will revenge porn her in the future.

Just then, a truck pulls in with daddy Floyd’s wood--hehe--and the boys, including Mo, gather in the garage to bring in Floyd’s wood--last time, I promise--to wherever it needs to go.

Yvette comes in after the gang delegates how the work flow will commence and then commands the plot for the episode when she tells TJ his shoe is untied while Mo and Marcus are handing boards to each other. This ended well.

After passing out, Marcus, who is terrifyingly not alarmed, just calls for Floyd and then we end up at the hospital where it seems that TJ’s relatively light board smack has now rendered him dumb. Not only dumb but more childish than usual.

Marcus cares nothing about TJ’s prognosis, however, because he is a horny teenage boy and the doc is hot. Yvette has to literally drag him out of the room by his ear.

The doctor tells Floyd that this strange concussion could leave TJ acting like this for weeks. Of course Floyd is concerned since TJ is gifted. The next morning, TJ is so forgetful and delayed at breakfast that Floyd and Yvette have to play charades to help him navigate feeding himself.

Marcus comes in and asks if TJ is back to normal because he doesn’t want to do anything that makes him use his own damn brain for a change. After Flody sees this because Marcus did it right in the kitchen where he was about three feet away, he of course takes Marcus aside to tell him to quit badgering TJ to get well again.

At school, Mo thinks it’s a good idea to simply undo TJ’s problem by hitting him in the head again. Since we’re working off corny sitcom logic, he’s not exactly off base here. I mean, it did only take two light hits from a wooden board to turn TJ into an imbecile so why not do the same to get him back to normal, right?

During class, TJ is wowing everyone with his diminished IQ that was announced to everyone in the class for some reason. Eh, it’s Piedmont so I really shouldn’t be surprised that all of his business is out there.

Lisa is pissed because now that TJ is dumb and she hates Clark for some reason, teaching will be damn near impossible because nobody participates. I think I feel her pain because she asks a super easy question (what naval base did the Japanese attack) and nobody but annoying ass Clark answers. Poor thing. She probably came into this profession bright-eyed and bushy tailed, ready to change students’ lives and become the next Erin Gruwell but ended up becoming nothing more than a de facto babysitter.

TJ is taking advantage of being one of the guys by making fun of the more deadly effects of dropping bombs and says it led to radioactive monsters. The boys laugh but Lisa is aggy that nobody is taking this seriously. To spite her idiot students, she makes the reports worth half of their grade. Mackey blames Clark instead of the teacher who literally just assigned it. For some reason, this tickles Clark even though he’s going to end up in the garbage soon.

Since TJ is one of the guys again, he manages to tag along with the crew at Dawgburger, a place he wasn’t invited to earlier since he was going to do their group assignment all by himself. In hindsight, I hated group projects because I did all of the work anyways since my cohorts were dumb as rock boxes, so this wouldn’t have bothered me at all. Abolish group projects!

Post Dawgburger, TJ is in bed reading a comic and shooting the shit with Marcus. This is sweet. I like seeing siblings bond on TV shows because the regular narrative always seems to involve them all hating each other. Here, there’s no drama, just Marcus actually being responsible because he’s studying for the oral report and TJ, in what would be his natural state if he weren’t a genius. They even have a heart to heart when TJ asks if he’ll be okay and what would happen once he’s back to normal. Marcus says he’ll still stick up for him. Aww.

In geometry the next day, TJ’s intelligence just comes right back after he flawlessly recites the Pythagorean theorem when the dorky teacher asks. Once he realizes this, and after having probably the few easiest days in a while, TJ understandably commits to pretending to be a dolt. That is until pops sees TJ’s quantum physics magazine inside of a comic book!

Floyd traps TJ by making up a pretty damn good scenario in the Jughead comics but later confirms the lie by letting TJ know that wasn’t in the comic. He goes into how he likes being dumb with the guys because they like him more. Makes sense! TJ has nothing in common with them outside of attending their school but now he’s intellectually on their level. He knows this would change once he goes back to his regular self. Floyd should know this too but alas. I do love how he tells TJ he won’t rat on him. TJ returns the favor by telling his dad that he should write for the Jughead comics because that story he made up made him LOL super hard.

We cut to school where Mackey is just finishing up his group presentation about the X-Men invading Iwo Jima. Lisa Simpson isn’t impressed. Marcus and crew are up next and poor Marcus is struggling. I think it’s so funny that Marcus, a singer with a whole ass band, has stage fright upon trying to remember everything he studied for but just goes to show that music comes easier to him than school.

The internal monologues of everyone come up. Marcus is trying to remember what he studied. TJ contemplates bringing his brain back. Mo is...fucking beatboxing in his head. This shit had me dead when I first saw this episode. 

However, Lisa ain’t having it. She is two seconds away from using the dreaded red pen before TJ saves the day and begins talking about WW2. The boys are shocked but it helps trigger Marcus’s memory and then he’s able to spew out the facts. Mo doesn’t contribute but he will definitely take the credit! 

Later in the Henderson crib, Marcus is pissed because TJ almost let them fail. Although TJ is reminding Marcus that he put his effort into something and it paid off, Marcus is still annoyed leading TJ to think he doesn’t like him anymore.

Marcus explains that he enjoyed TJ’s company when he was dumb because he finally felt like what he is: his older brother. Kind of hard to feel that way when your younger brother is better at everything you do and a major know-it-all. He even admits that he can’t even pretend now that TJ is smart again because it won’t feel the same. I like when Marcus is doing more than chasing girls every episode because he shows maturity at times that is pleasing to watch.

He offers to instead be an older brother in other ways like threatening other people with violence if they make fun of TJ. Cute, but we all know Marcus is scary. Nice gesture though! Floyd comes in and tells the boys good night. At the end, we see Floyd took TJ up on his advice and is submitting an idea to the Jughead comics. Aww Floyd. I wish we’d gotten a subtle nod to if his idea was used because he seemed really happy with himself afterwards. Eh, whatever. Parents aren’t people so who cares.

Things I noticed:

- Clark being oddly satisfied that he knows Mackey and his fellow middle-aged adult friend are going to put him in the trash. Clark either has a crush on Mackey and didn’t like TJ for the attention he got from Mackey or he has some sort of a trash fetish. Or both. Maybe that’s why Lisa doesn’t fuck with him.

- “Okay students, now watch as I turn left to a right triangle.” I’m a dork and this actually made me laugh. Tough classroom, though.