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[mobius-m-mobius]

I can rewrite the story.

Loki 1x01 // 2x05

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GtWAC Day 1:

Reblog your go to comfort fic

If you have not read The Stranding (and by extension, The Rescue) by the darling @belethlegwen you are deeply missing out! The sheer amount of content is truly a blessing, and considering its still being updated?? ASDFJHSLK

Belle is an incredible story teller, and this shines through in her writing so well I feel like I'm getting flashbanged by talent.

You know that typical writing advice about not introducing too many characters, especially early on as it divides the reader's attention?? BELLE STOMPS ON THAT.

AND

IT

WORKS

I genuinely can't get over how much I am in love with her characters. I must admit- I am the typical reader with one too many bonks to the head that can't seem to focus on/ remember/ care about more than 3-5 characters- that is not the case here.

Every character she introduces has my interest piqued- each one feeling alive and at home in their setting. And its not just likeable in the sense of "oh I'd be friends with them" (and she absolutely has many characters I'd love to be friends with)- its these raw and real characterizations that make you like them as a character.

They have their own mystery to them too- even if its not direct. Her characters make you wonder more about their past and why they act the way they do. They can be frustrating, immature, stubborn, even cruel- but they feel so deeply real.

Both written works from Sizeable Ship Wrecks are among my favorite things I've read- both inside and outside of the G/t sphere to the point I feel as though I could shamelessly recommend this to someone outside of the G/t community and be confident they would enjoy it.

[dkettchen]

[spaceratprodigy]

"Hah, I do so love when you jest with me."

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[im-not-your-nice-jewish-boy]

I am once again telling anyone who needs to hear it (read: throwing the chair at you once more) that dead Jews are not your toys to play Barbie with and make up stories about how you'd be the "honorable allies" or "this is what this dead Jew would say and you (((filthy zionist))) should be ashamed of going against your ancestors this way"

Keep your hands off of us and our ancestors

It's really not that hard to keep your mouth shut

[citnamora]

Aro who enjoys platonic content: Oh wow, this media I just found is full of affectionate friendships! And it's got a pretty sizeable fan base!! I bet I'll find loads of fan content that reflects the canon relationshi-

Fandom infected with the plague that is amatonormativity: They're dating. More than friends. There's no heterosexual explanation for this! Fellas, is it gay to *insert a behavior that can be interpreted a number of ways*?

Aro who enjoys platonic content, and no longer feels welcome in this space: Nevermind.

[bomberqueen17]

not to be crabby but whatever happened to people tagging for fucking gore

i have the tags for several shows blocked so i should not be seeing their gifsets anyway but if you're going to post a gifset of someone graphically slitting another person's throat i feel like it should be tagged with

literally anything

like i don't feel like that's a weird hangup on my part

if it were tagged with the fandom i would not have seen it and if it were tagged with something about the gore then i probably still would see it but at least that would be on me but to not fucking tag it at all is pretty fucking wild to me but i have now seen several gifsets of this incredibly violent scene from a fandom that i have blocked every iteration of the tag of and have had blocked for years so like

well that sucks and i don't want to see that and i'm cranky about it.

FUCKING TAG SHIT. Thanks.

[minimitchell]

underrated ballum scenes [4/?]

[asweetprologue]

I just finished a rewatch of s13 of red versus blue and it's so crazy to me that the show kind of majorly diverted in plot after the finale

I really hope s19 and the retcon finally give us what I feel like it was all leading up to: epsilon fracturing into the other AIs and each of the reds and blues getting one. in church's monologue it seemed so clear to me that he was planning to break himself up into those individual pieces - the others even appear when he says as much! but then s15 (after the hiatus season) just has epsilon gone, having left nothing behind. when the season 13 finale originally aired I was so pumped bc I assumed we would get something I'd been wanting since like season 6, which is for the main characters to get AIs themselves and armor enhancements. maybe not permanently, but I always thought it was a missed opportunity to once again highlight the difference between Project Freelancer and the sim troopers. and also it would have opened up so many opportunities for new jokes. really hope s19 goes that route

[grimgummies]

Y'ALL I'm havin a huge nerd moment because I found a video which I had assumed was lost to time

I dunno who decided to archive the page for the exact Youtube search query 'Sonic Heroes 2' back in 2019 but I CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH because not only did they preserve something that I considered important as a child but the archival of the page on the Wayback Machine allowed me to download that very video for safekeeping

[skrunksthatwunk]

genuinely and with no judgement at all how do people who Hate kiryu enjoy rgg?

like i understand that/why people see him as a neglectful father and whatnot, and if you see him that way that's a good reason to dislike him (not that you Need a reason like that to dislike a character), but if you hate him that strongly, wouldn't that make it hard to play the games at all? like there's tons and tons of stuff to love about the series outside of kiryu, but he's the lens through which we see and engage with so much of it that I'd think it'd be hard to separate most of those things from him, especially in earlier games. wouldn't it taint the parts you like if you're seeing it through his eyes? and wouldn't it suck slogging through several games of kiryu-only player character stuff to get to [insert beloved non-kiryu rgg character(s) of choice here]?

maybe it's because the reasons ppl have for viewing him this way build up over the games. so like if you started hating him bc of 5/6 or whatever you might be in too deep emotionally at that point. hm. but i think if i viewed him as an abuser the extremely forgiving treatment the games and his kids give him would piss me off too bad to stick with it (hell, it bothers me anyway, and i LIKE kiryu. like. challenge him a bit. confront it more bc his kids sure won't and he Has done them wrong).

and the fandom is very (debatably overly) kiryu-centric, so i think it would be similarly frustrating/unfulfilling to spend time in it, so i can't even imagine somebody just subsisting on fandom stuff and avoiding the games.

idk but my point is im curious because that sounds like an unfortunate position to be in

[mildhigh]

Hi *smiles*

[echthr0s]

In the center, mirror images entwined, blood-dappled and exhausted: Nuadha and Astarion. Sheltering the two, their laughter warm as firelight and their protecting blades sharp as truth: Wyll and Karlach. Illuminating the four, their hope and joy and rage and love brighter than any moon and stronger than death: Isobel and Aylin. The six of them bound in place by thinnest spidersilk, an arcane Weave to rival Mystra's, an architecture constructed with infinite wisdom by Wyll's truest patron and Nuadha's truest creator: Ioannu.

[fratboykate]

I've been silently suffering and spiraling for like a week about Single Mom Kate Bishop having a little blonde, green eyed five year old girl from a past relationship. College boyfriend. Dad's in the picture. He's a good guy, it just wasn't meant to be. As far as Kate is concerned he wasn't The One but he did give her the greatest gift and she'll forever be thankful for that.

Enter: stranger that keeps popping up in her life in the randomest ways. Stranger is a bit of a fucking grump BUT BOY IF THE KID DIDNT GET KATE'S CHARMS AND ENDEARS HERSELF TO THE CRANKY STRANGER. Of course stranger is Yelena lol. And /of course/ she has agreed to take a dream job back in her native Russia in less than four months. Her clock in New York is counting down.

Adorably devious baby is hellbent on getting them together come hell or high water. She wants a sister and goddamn it is she going to stop this stranger from moving because she's gonna get one out of these two if it's the last thing she does. The best chaotic series of event ensues.

[asterchats]

i belong with my friends. you belong with me (if you want to) 🌼

[lovecolibri]

SaL anon here friend, back to (continue to) bitch in your inbox. Just read @outrunningthedark's excellent comments on the sperm donor arc on my lunch break and felt the need to continue my tirade. I would add to her observations that, while we did see Buck break up with TayKay, it was over "drama" not a choice on Buck's part after really considering if he was happy (and why it fell so flat next to the eddieana breakup). Anyway when I left off I was bitching about how illogical the whole premise

of this arc was, and would have probably dropped my whinging over how nonsensical everything about it was if not for last episode. How the hell did we get from Buck saying "donor, not dad" to Hen in episode 3 to "I'm going to be a father" in the finale?? Is there some conversation that happened in KR's head she forgot to mention?? Because Buck seems pretty clear on what his role is in this whole process when talking to Hen, but now has done a 180 and is calling himself a dad. That's a pretty big leap, and while I agree Buck can get pretty enthusiastic or go overboard as part of his personality, he's not fucking naïve!! He knew then, and if he didn't, as you pointed out once, the mountain of paperwork he would have to sign to be a donor, that makes clear he's giving up all rights to that, sure as hell would!! So what changed, why is Buck suddenly convinced he's going to be playing a role in this kids life? More importantly, Eddie's snarky comment aside, why aren't his friends calling him out on this?? Again, this seems so contrived as a way to put Buck through the wringer at the expense of making him ignorant (what's that?? Oh, its the echoes of Michael Guerin's s4 plot). Anyway that wraps up both lunch and my bitching on this particular aspect of this dumb arc, next up we can talk about how there is no good way to wrap up this storyline or accomplish what KR supposedly wants (Buck's growth). Till later!!

Okay so first of all, I could have saved both of us some panic if I actually READ your ask thread instead of just the heading that comes across my notification because you clearly ended your last part saying it was the last part! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ My B!

I’m glad we’re going to have another ask thread to talk about where this arc goes from here because the more I think about it and the more I read other people’s comments about it, more I become incandescently furious about the whole thing, especially in regards to what Buck is supposed to be getting out of this arc now that there is a baby. So it’s probably better that we haven’t gotten that far yet because right now my response would just be 

ANYWAY, at least on this point I have somewhat of an answer I think! It seems like KR misinterpreted the line in her interview because what I and may others heard (and I believe saw on their captions as well) was “I guess it’s easier when you can just say “I’m going to be a father”.” Meaning, Buck’s trying to figure out how to say “I got this lady pregnant” without implying he did anything with her or is actually the father.

Here’s the thing though. That....kinda makes it worse? If he’s already moved past his concerns and is accepting the “donor not dad” thing then....why is the arc not closed? If he’s already gotten to the acceptance part, why didn’t we see any of that happening? (Again, I have...MANY THOUGHTS about that possibly being the closure of the arc but that’s not the point right now.) More importantly, since this clearly ISN’T the closure of the arc, WHEN is Buck going to start questioning things? Because up until now, he’s been super chill about the whole thing and quite frankly, now that there is a baby it is TOO FUCKING LATE to say “actually, I don’t think I can do this”. So where can this even go? I’m interested to hear your thoughts and if they’ll help make mine any more coherent but I’m just baffled at what they think they are doing here. This arc has had ZERO tension once he said yes. No on has pulled him aside to have A Talk and tell him they have concerns, which would allow him to get defensive and maybe give us a peek at what’s going on in his head (a mystery for quite some time now), the couple came to yell at him at work, but we saw he wasn’t trying to back out or even having concerns so it wasn’t anything, we haven’t seen him struggling or having second thoughts, just totally on board with the whole thing. So....what? The baby dies? Hard pass. The couple ghosts him? Buck gets left behind again. Shocker. He suddenly realizes he can’t have a baby and not be involved? Tough fucking luck, it’s happening and you can’t back out now. What is he gonna do, sue for custody/visitation rights? 

I know I said we were gonna talk about it later and we WILL, but just a thought to percolate on here, what is Buck supposed to learn from this storyline? Because the options are...limited.

a) It’s okay for people to use you for parts and you need to be more accepting of that and just be happy you were able to help them. Yeah, that’s the OPPOSITE of the less Buck as a character needs to learn.

b) That he’s just better off as “fun Uncle” and is totally cool knowing there’s a kid out there that’s his and he doesn’t need to be involved/is okay just getting cards and maybe sending a few gifts over the years/maybe kids aren’t for him? Again, NOTHING that fits with the character OR what the character needs to grow. His whole story has been about finding love and building a family and having people who will stay. Does he HAVE to have a biological child to make that happen? No, but HAVING a biological child and walking away because he’s “learned” he doesn’t need one to be happy doesn’t fit for him either. If he struggled and walked away BEFORE donating, they could go that route, but even still, for what we know of his character, I think having a child that’s his could be something important for him (one of the reasons I love a “Buck is asked if he wants to formally adopt Chris” arc in fics, because Buck really needs to know that he is tied to people), and brushing it off AFTER a baby is already on the way doesn’t really work.

c) That he isn’t ready to be a dad yet, and needs tp practice being on the sidelines of a child’s life? Not only does he have a niece for that, we have literally seen him “practicing” with Chris since season 2! 

Please, tell me where else this story could go? Because you know those two random side character completely divorced from the first responder world aren’t going to just be major fixtures in Buck’s life, hanging around. We didn’t even get to hear about Bobby’s sponsor who has been instrumental in his recovery and is besties with the whole Grant-Nash family, until two minutes before he was killed off. 

Anyway, gotta stop now and go watch some other show for a bit before I start eating drywall about this. Can’t wait to hear more of your thoughts my friend! This hiatus is going to be rough I think....