#unabletocomply

[heartstoppercentral]

Are there any gifsets comparing Nick fondly watching Tara and Darcy kiss in S1 with him watching Sahar and Imogen this season like "oooh that is MESSY"? If not.... please please please

here you go!

[kalemakar]

Desperately want to see Elle and Isaac's direct messages. The SHADE they must throw at Charlie and Tao...

is this from a year ago? yes and i’m so sorry but you’re also so right LMAO elle and isaac have custody of the braincell like all the time

[benedictusantonius]

Top First Time Watches of 2024

tagged by @avnj0gia and @jakegyllinhaal

Rules: post 9 of your favorite films you saw for the first time this year that aren’t new (2023/2024) but are new to you and tag 9 others to do the same.

In order of production/release:

Pink Narcissus (1971) directed by James Bidgood

Starman (1984) directed by John Carpenter

Matador (1986) directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Nowhere (1997) directed by Gregg Araki

Donnie Darko (2001) directed by Richard Kelly

Love is Strange (2014) directed by Ira Sachs

The Bronze (2015) directed by Bryan Buckley

Summer of 85 (Été 85) (2020) directed by François Ozon

See How They Run (2022) directed by Tom George

tagging: @kitc0nn0r @gladdolinrosewind @travalicious @slowgravity @dannypinot @jonathan-bailey @zanephillips @dan-cyril-kingston @unabletocomply and anyone else who would like to share

[abetterdaaye]

Weekly Tag Game

Thank you to @juliakayyy for tagging me 🥰

Name: Dana

Age? Not quite fine wine but a nice cheese

What kind of day is it? The horrors persist

When was the last time you ate? 6.5 hours ago

About how many hours of sleep did you get? ~5. Hoping for an early night tonight

Name one thing you could do to make your day better right now: A long, tight hug

Why are you not doing that thing? I live alone and am unattached and am… bleh

What are you going to do tonight to relax? I don’t know. I have a movie on while I’m working on lesson plans, though

What comfort food do you not eat often enough? Cornmeal porridge.

What's stopping you? I can make it but it’s not quite how my mom used to make so it doesn’t hit the same

Have you ever had a professional massage? I have. It’s been too long since my last one, actually

Have you eaten fruits and vegetables today? Do veggie straws count?

How much water have you had today? Maybe 4 sips… I know. I’m not doing well today.

Is there a self-care gadget you really want to buy? It’s not a gadget, per se. I want a sensory hammock that I can climb into and cocoon in on days like today

What is your favourite healthy snack? Homemade kale chips.

What is your favourite unhealthy snack? I’m currently hyperfixated on harvest cheddar SunChips

What is one thing you are going to start doing RIGHT NOW to take better care of yourself? I just took another sip of water

And to close, I want you to say one NICE thing to yourself that you really need to hear right now: One endeavor not being successful does not may you a failure. Keep going.

✨ Tagging @abundanceofnots @artofobsession @bi-panic-actually @bubblegumbarbie33 @cdt12345 @deakysgurl @danarenee101 @endometriosis @everwitch-magiks @fredless-george @fuckyeahheartst0pper @hella-cious @haunted-phantom-student @its-a-queer-thing @ifallonblackdays @jezzibelle89 @jrooc @krysmiss @kyrbs @lyricailove @littlechase21 @lupeloto @look-i-love-u @nyhmeriah @octoberscigarettes @palepinkgoat @pippin-katz @ririsasy @redwiccanrobin @steorie @twinklyylights @unabletocomply @violetmac @whatthebodygraspsnot @whatkindofnameisvolta @xninetiestrendx @you-are-so-much-better-than-that

[queer-book-character-tournament]

thank you @unabletocomply for your smut propaganda

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Andrew Blur/Sam Halse- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 

Niko/Myla- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Sam Sylvester/Shep- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor

Oliver Barlow/Felipe Galvan- The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen

[sonseulsoleil]

Loved your post about Charlie causing multiple boys to question their sexuality and it made me think--how many real-life boys do you think are questioning their sexuality because of Joe? Because it's probably more than a few 🤣

Hmmm, millions.

[fahye]

Howdy, I just read AML and just HAD to drop a note about how much I loved it! They were such perfectly drawn characters. I loved how Robin SAW Edwin when no one else did, & how Edwin finally risked caring for someone/thing. And the blood-oath scenes, so powerful! I'm sorry the sequels won't be focusing on R&E, it seemed like it was setting them up for a mystery/adventure, but I do look forward to them and it sounds like the broader story will continue. Thank you for an excellent (& sexy) novel!

thank you so much for reading!

& I too missed edwin and robin while I wasn't with them, but I promise there's a great deal of them in the third book of the trilogy. and mystery! and adventure!

[agents-of-frickle-frackle]

I have my fingers crossed that the Zephyr jumps again right above the big Avengers Endgame battle and they're all like "the fuh" and Coulson squints and goes "Hey is that Cap... holding a big hammer?" and then the Zephyr jumps away again.

SHKSJDHSKG wait that would be so funny omg like if the zephyr just started doing a bunch of quick jumps across the mcu and they only get like five seconds to try and figure out what’s happening and then POOF they’re gone?? love that concept

[benedictusantonius]

@travalicious @dannypinot @gladdolinrosewind @lynchoid @indiedrone @unabletocomply @lemlizon @almost-never @charlespudding anyone else?

POV you're in a horror movie

Tagged by @portraitofadumbassonfire

In my Brenda Bates era ok

Find out your role here

Create your look here (tbh this looks more like me about 10 years ago lol)

Tagging @jakegyllinhaal @thegayhimbo @meant-to-be-a-hero @eigeel @agentthirsty @josephqueen @scalec @benedictusantonius @quarian-ark-searcher and anyone else that wants to do this

[thesearchforbluejello]

Imagine a "Star Trek: Lower Decks" style sitcom in the Stargate universe. Stargate: SG-47... the crew that follows up on all the really boring planets SG-1 goes to once and never again. They always debrief with Walter instead of the General. They annoyed the Nox once and now they show up to pull pranks on SG-47 in revenge. Minor Goa'ulds catch them and are depressed they're not SG-1 or someone more important so they just release them.

My notifications ate this ask; I don't know when it's from, but I'm just seeing it now. Please accept this totally unedited bullshit fic as my apology and thanks for how hard this ask made me laugh. I'm definitely not supposed to be writing a final right now. And I know you said minor Goa'uld but like I couldn't resist this opportunity. Also, me, using a minific to talk about my obsession with what the hieroglyphs in a Goa'uld ship could be? More likely than you think.

​A Soldier, a Linguist, a Botanist, and a Biologist Walk into a Ha'tak

Major Lissa Cannon emerges from the event horizon into the bright, clear sunlight of P4X-737. She takes a deep breath and immediately sneezes. "Great," she says.

Dr. Jess Abubakar passes her on the right, heading down the stone stairs of the gate platform without hesitation. "Better get used to it," he says with a cheerfulness that she doesn't-- and any reasonable person wouldn't-- share.

"Jess, I swear to God," Dr. Beth Rosenberg says as she follows him down the steps.

"You're just salty you have to help us collect samples," Jess counters, more affable than Cannon would have expected anyone to be before she actually started working with him.

Beside her, Dr. Chris Richardson just gives a wry smile before heading down the stairs after their teammates. Cannon sneezes again.

"It's the pollen!" Jess says as she joins the group. "Initial samples brought back by SG-1 indicate that it's at least twice as potent as anything we have on Earth."

"How is that a good thing," Cannon gripes even though she'd sat through the briefing and already listened to Jess and Bill Lee go on about how important it could prove to be.

"I mean, just think of the possibilities!" Jess says, more than happy to repeat himself. "We could synthesize new antihistamines, or even make existing ones more effective. We could develop new crops that are potentially more resistant to blights or unfavorable growing conditions."

"Yay," Beth says, drier than the climate on this planet has likely ever been.

"You're just mad because there are no indigenous people here to talk to," Cannon points out.

"You could talk to the plants," Jess says.

"Studies have proven that talking to plants encourages growth," Chris adds, soft-spoken as always.

"I'm not talking to the plants," Beth says.

"Why not?" Cannon asks. "With this much pollen in the air, after a few hours they might start talking back."

"Oof, like when SG-7 was on P8Q-984," Jess laughs. "That's not an experience I want to have for myself."

"Those were spores, not pollen," Chris corrects amiably as the team starts into the forested area beyond the field in which the gate sits.

"Sentiment's the same," Jess says.

Cannon hears a rustle in the undergrowth and raises her P-90, her team stopping immediately in defensive positions behind her. After a moment of nothing but birdsong and her own breathing, she relaxes. "Must've been an animal," she says.

"SG-1's initial exploration didn't indicate any indigenous animals on the ground," Beth says.

"Well, that's why we get their leftovers, because everything is just 'initial,'" Cannon points out. She takes the lead as they continue between the trees, rifle still ready in her hands just in case.

"Bloodthirsty squirrels is not on my extraterrestrial exploratory bucket list," Jess says.

"Yeah, mine neither," Cannon agrees. She's barely got the sentence out of her mouth when she hits a force field, face-first. "Motherfucker," she tries to say, a natural reaction, but the syllables come out muddled because her face is suddenly very numb. She drops to a knee and raises her rifle, looking for whatever danger has to be in the forest with them. Around her, her team drops the specimen cases they'd been carrying and raise their own weapons. They're not armed for this; SG-1's previous mission and the UAV surveys hadn't revealed anything dangerous enough to warrant coming through armed with anything more than Cannon's P-90, a couple of flash-bangs, and an assortment of 9mils and zats carried by her and her teammates. Except for Cannon, they're scientists, not soldiers.

"Lower your weapons," a voice commands from the trees.

"You lower your force field," Cannon calls back.

"I think not." Around them, Jaffa begin to materialize from the forest.

"Fuck," Cannon says.

*

The Jaffa strip them of their gear, tossing their vests, holsters, and packs in a careless pile on top of the specimen cases they'd dropped when the force field had initially gone up. They're surprisingly respectful about it, which Cannon almost laments because she's pissed off and ready to fight, even if she knows it's a fight she won't win. She watches their gear disappear from view in a flash of light as they're beamed up to a ship she knows must be waiting above.

Gold walls and a polished floor illuminated by dim lights materialize around them. Another group of Jaffa is waiting. One of their captors reports to a man Cannon assumes is his superior. She tries to pick of bits and pieces she recognizes from the language but doesn't get much.

"Wait," Beth says, "can you say that again? That's word isn't in the lexicon we've been developing."

The Jaffa looks at her sidelong in confusion before his superior barks an order.

"This way," he says. The Jaffa behind them push the team roughly forward.

"Yeah, I heard him," Cannon says, her face still numb and her words muddled, "relax."

They spend the next several hours sitting in a cell. Beth whips a notebook out of one of the pockets of her pants and starts making notes on the glyphs in their cell.

"Does that actually say anything?" Jess asks. "I've never been on a Goa'uld ship before."

A chorus of variants on "yeah, me neither" precede Beth's answer.

"It does, actually, though most of it just repeats. A lot of it is just vague, seemingly formulaic stories of someone's victories and conquering and blah blah blah, but the name has been chiseled out," she says, tapping a glyph that's clearly been destroyed deliberately.

Cannon turns her head against the wall from where she's sulking with her arms wrapped loosely around her knees. "Why?"

"My best guess? Whoever owns this ship now stole it from another Goa'uld and had their name erased. Think damnatio memoriae."

"Huh," Jess says, setting his hand of cards down to Chris's obvious annoyance. "But they kept the part about the victories?"

"Why not? Obviously they had someone spend all the time necessary to do this to the whole ship, so keeping the rest saved a hell of a lot of work. Plus, if they bested the guy this ship used to belong to, that's quite a flex." Beth shrugs and goes back to writing in her notebook. Jess picks up his cards again and Cannon can tell by the barest quirk of Chris's lips that they have the winning hand.

"You know what I'm thinking about right now?" Cannon says. "Mashed potatoes."

"Ugh, the mashed potatoes in the mess taste like plastic," Beth says without looking away from the wall.

"I know; once I start eating them, they're so disgusting I just can't stop myself. It's like the flavor gets grosser with every bite."

"They're not bad with the roast beef," Chris says.

"That's because the roast beef is the only palatable thing the mess serves besides jello," Jess points out.

"It was lemon chicken today," Cannon sighs. She rests her head against the wall again. "My vest had all my granola bars. What could these guys possibly want with us," she complains.

"Do you think they've realized that we're only number 47 because they want any potential enemies to think there are more SG teams than there really are?" Jess asks.

"I don't know," Cannon says stiffly, "but say that again a little louder and I'm sure they will."

Jess holds his hands up in placation, tipping his cards towards Cannon. Chris is about to destroy him with that hand.

"Well," Cannon sighs, "the good news is that I can feel my face again."

Heavy footfalls sound in the hallway and Cannon stands, shifting her weight to ease the stiffness in her legs. Beth hurriedly stuffs her notebook back in her pocket and Chris and Jess shove the cards into the pocket of Jess's pants.

"You will come with us," the Jaffa says.

"Sure," Cannon says as she leads her team after him. "I don't suppose you guys have any snacks on board this thing? You've got to eat, right?" He doesn't answer. "Didn't your mom ever teach you to share?"

The Jaffa ignores her and leads them into an open room with a throne at the fall wall. Ba'al surges to his feet as they enter. "Fool," he spits at the Jaffa beside him, who Cannon recognizes as the leader of the group that had captured them. "This isn't SG-1."

"My lord--"

"Who are you?" Ba'al interrupts.

"Major Lissa Cannon, leader of SG-47," she says, raising her chin.

"Forty-seven," Ba'al says in disbelief.

"We're a science team; we were studying the flora of P4X-737 when you so rudely interrupted."

Ba'al just looks at her. "You're scientists."

Jess raises his hand. "Doctor."

"Doctor," Chris agrees.

"Major," Cannon says with a shrug.

"Doctor," Beth says.

"I've seen this episode of M*A*S*H," Chris says.

"I did also once make a baking soda volcano for a sixth-grade science fair," Cannon adds.

Ba'al sits back on his throne, crossing one leg over the other and resting his elbows on the arms, looking the picture of a carefree megalomaniac.

"Bring them back to the surface," he orders the Jaffa with a lazy wave of his hand, without so much as raising his arm from the throne. "Finish studying your plants," Ba'al says, "I have no use for you."

"That's kind of rude," Cannon says.

*

The Jaffa drop them on the planet's surface and beam back up to the ship. Cannon pulls her vest off the pile, slings it over her shoulders, and pulls a granola bar out of the pocket. She rips it open and stuff it into her mouth, chewing as she zips her vest and secures her holsters around her legs.

"That was easier than I expected," Beth admits.

"Sometimes I think the only reason the Goa'uld try to capture SG teams is just because SG-1 pisses them off so much," Jess adds.

Cannon snorts at that. "Let's get our samples and haul it back to the gate before the mess runs out of mashed potatoes."

"You realize that's extremely unlikely, right?" Chris deadpans.

Cannon shrugs and stuffs the wrapper of her granola bar into her pocket. "Even so, let's get a move on."

[samcaarter]

unabletocomply replied to your post “if you stand in front of the open gate and push your butt into the...”

Obviously the gate has some sort of compensating mechanism. Otherwise people holding their arm in the event horizon would bleed out quickly as blood left the aperture and spewed out the other end of the wormhole.

fair enough

though regarding the other side of the wormhole

Grodin: The stargate transmits matter in discrete units. The front half of the ship cannot re-materialize until the whole ship has crossed into the event horizon. The stargate is essentially waiting for the contiguous components—meaning the jumper and everyone inside—to enter completely before it can transport them.

Elizabeth: He says the gate only sends things through in one piece.

[heartstoppercentral]

my friend's kissing a girl: 🥹🫶 my friend's kissing a girl: 😟🚨

requested by @unabletocomply

[donnajosh]

For once I just have a question not a request! I was just rewatching "Angel Maintenance" and I kind of got the feeling that the gay Republican congressman Josh was working with on the Chesapeake Bay was being romantical toward Josh? Just he kept using the phrase "incredibly beautiful" and the two of them shared some longing looks. Just wondering if I'm nuts (I've seen that episode plenty before and never picked up that vibe) or if anyone else has ever seen it too. Very odd.

posting so everyone can share their thoughts in the comments!!

[benedictusantonius]

🎬 9 favorite films that I watched (for the first time) in 2023 🍿

tagged by @avnj0gia

Trying to tag people I haven't already seen tagged: @gladdolinrosewind @nerdinessisbeauty @lemlizon @indiedrone @charlespudding @asheraviangel @unabletocomply @dannypinot @lynchoid @starkiller1701-a @spounder @travalicious @barbietrailerpark @zeta999 and anyone else who wants to share

[archaeologistproblems]

As my professor used to joke, post-post-processualism is also post-processualism

*Xzibit Voice* We put a post in your post-processualism so you can post-post your post-processualism.

[smuganya]

This or that: Throuples edition. Polo/Cayetana/Valerio or Polo/Carla/Christian?

posed here! thanks for the request <3