#you feel useless

[cryptvokeeper]

don’t get me wrong I think the general interpretation of Leo being like “I put up a cocky front but deep down I don’t actually think I’m that great and that’s why I have something to prove” is good. It’s cool, plenty of drama/angst potential and probably what the creators were going for, I’m here for it.

But there is a distinct appeal to me of the slightly-to-the-left interpretation of Leo being like “it’s not a front, I know I’m that good/smart/skilled, but I also know I’m seen by others as just the goofball face man and that’s why I have something to prove.”

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

it really does bug me that we have this weird caveating in some conversations around Dark and Messed Up Writing (fanfic and real fiction alike) where there’s that pussyfooting of “they could be working through trauma/they could be processing things/they could this that or the other” in some way to still cater to the purity politics brigade. 

And it’s like, who cares? Who cares why people write what they write? Who gives a fuck? Maybe they’re working through trauma, absolutely. Maybe they’re not and they just really like the dynamic of these characters. Maybe they think it’s interesting to explore the dark, twisted and fucked up side of what it means to be human. Maybe they thought it was hot. Maybe they just had this thought and it wouldn’t leave them alone, and sure it was twisted, but they had to get it out so they did in a safe normal way which is through writing. Maybe it’s some combination of the above. Maybe it’s something else entirely. Who cares. 

Who fucking cares. 

Christ ya’ll. No one needs to make excuses for why they write what they write. 

Full stop. 

The end. 

No more, no less. 

tag appropriately; if you don’t like don’t read; if someone doesn’t tag appropriately be an adult and be polite about giving them a heads up; if you can’t be an adult about that you shouldn’t be online reading fic. 

god. 

[stopiwanttotalkaboutcheese]

No but Mustang and Olivier Armstrong as political rivals post-series must be HILARIOUS. Can you imagine? I feel like every time they would try to have a debate it would devolve into covert verbal attacks and trying to get as much pettiness as they possibly can under the rader before someone (Hawkeye) figures it out and gets mad (shoots them). 

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

pov youre talking to a dst minmaxer and theyre bashing on literally every fem character in the game.

+ stupid bonus beneath the cut

[cometblaster2070]

This scene was so painfully relatable to watch for me.

Because I was that kind of a child.

The kind who’d be so excited and passionate about something.

The kind who’d always want to share with others.

The kind whose voice would bubble up and get louder and louder and more and more excited while they talked.

The kind who’d get told they talked too much.

The kind who’d get told ‘shut up’ every time they tried to share something.

The kind who just stopped bothering after they realized this would happen.

And the kind who’d be so surprised when someone would actually be interested in what they say.

It just...hurts.

[nephrosoupp]

[joshuaalbert]

ok so this is another thing I’ve never done a lore deep dive on bc I try not to spoil too much for myself so all I know is what I’ve seen onscreen, and other people have definitely talked about this concept way more and whatever, but like. i have to believe after some amount of time of people taking the kobayashi maru it becomes pretty common consensus that it’s a no-win kind of deal. i feel like they kinda try to imply that people go in not knowing but there’s no fucking way everyone keeps their mouth shut about that. and i think to keep trying at that point even knowing this requires a certain amount of...“rip to everyone before me but im different” energy, to the point where the legacy best of the best (kirk) will alter the test to make that possible. like yes I think it’s ultimately a humbling experience for a lot of people to find out that they (who have probably been exemplary their whole lives) cannot win, but the conditions of the test still require you to have the type of confidence that will allow you to go into a scenario you know is supposed to be unbeatable and still think that maybe you’ll be the one to handle it right.

so this energy is, to a degree, encouraged among cadets. if you are going to command, you need to learn to make challenging decisions even in the face of impossible scenarios without losing your crew’s faith in you, so that kind of confidence and belief in oneself is necessary, but then we also see how easy it is for it to tip over that line. surprise surprise im talking about the first duty again but the nova squadron crash is such a front and center examination of that determination turning into hubris. they LITERALLY go “rip to them but we’re different” about the five people who died doing the kolvoord starburst last time, and they pay for that dearly, even if it’s not on the exact same level of catastrophe. and it’s easy to judge them more harshly because this was a demonstration and one of them died because they wanted to show off, but when your organization operates to some degree off your commitment to believing you can be the person to succeed where everyone before you fails, i think you’re inevitably gonna get things like this sometimes. in the grand scheme of things it’s a small example, but I still think it’s a really interesting examination of how one of starfleet’s greatest strengths that’s encouraged in its trainees is also so easily capable of being ruinous the second you step over a line that’s NOT always clearly defined, and in fact is often defined in retrospect by the outcome.

[katiehwang]

Ran: *have suspicion*

Shinichi: *confirm deduction with evidences*

Ran: *deal with the culprit*

They're such a good team XD

[meova101]

This just in: Seb definitely uses Reddit

[itsme-tori]

CaitVi and MelJay

Being in your rich gf's room and seeking comfort

Vulnerability

Hand holding

[flecks-of-stardust]

okay seriously. does anyone ever, completely unironically, use deep focus? and where, and why? no judgement, i’m just very curious.

[lhrry]

x

[letterstotheflre]

Imagine him stuffing your panties on your mouth so you don’t wake up others by your loud loud moans <3

you don't understand. being stuffed with your own panties is probably my favourite thing in this horny world

he's got your pressed against the wall in the middle of the staircase-- he was so wound up he couldn't even wait to get to his room. "quiet," he snarls when you moan a little too loud once he finally pushes his cock into you. "or d'ya want those weasley boys to know what a slut you're f'my cock?"

"d-daddy," you scramble to grip his shoulders, your eyes rolling back and mouth falling open when sirius starts his unforgiving thrusts. your head hits the wall with a dull thump! "s-so good, you're so good," you whimper.

sirius rolls his eyes and pats the back pocket of his jeans for your panties and without any warning stuffs your mouth with them. betrayed, you whine into the makeshift gag.

"fuckin' useless," he hisses. "just like everyone else in this fuckin' house. can't even do what you're told. 'least you got me, right? to fill this pretty pussy up every night?"

you nod shakily, your eyes falling down to where the two of you meet, completely missing the extendable ear hanging by the railing.

[focsle]

Ancestry dot com thinking I’m looking up my family when I exclusively use it to find my dead whaling boys. Yes every ancestor of mine was a man born in the 1830s somewhere in New England yes. My family tree is a boarding house in 1850s New Bedford yes.

Genealogybank thinking I’m looking up my family when I’m just keyword searching the names of assorted ships.

[that-was-anticlimactic]

so anyways nanami with tourette’s, right? he experiences a lot of hand pain due to his tics and has trouble using his phone or typing or using his weapon on really bad days. and one day after he comes back to the world of jujutsu, gojo sees how much pain he’s in and is like “let me help you” and obviously nanami says no at first. but gojo keeps pestering him so nanami finally is like “fine” and gojo gets kt tape from shoko and gently wraps nanami’s hands and wrists with it. and nanami finds it hard to breathe for a second because never before has anybody touched him with so much care (well, someone did once, but that was long ago... that was something he tries not to think about). and gojo is like “thank you for letting me help you” and something swells in nanami’s heart and he has his oh, he genuinely cares about me and doesn’t want to see me in pain moment.

[fregget-frou]

Spoilers but nothing too serious

Angst because I needed to

Gavin and freelancer

I wrote more about this under the cut

So after listening to Gavin and FL today I only imagined Ben holding him like this as Gavin broke down.

He didn’t know what to do, he couldn’t confort Gavin and he could feel how much he was in pain. He only wanted to take it away, but he couldn’t. He felt useless, he couldn’t save the people around him, he couldn’t protect anyone.

So seeing Gavin break down in-front of him, words couldn’t work anymore and just held him like this.

Trying to do something, Ben held him as he made himself a wall, trying to block out all the overwhelming feelings Gavin felt.

Trying to do something, say something but nothing seemed to come out. He couldn’t say it was going to be ok, he couldn’t say that it’s going to be over soon, he couldn’t even say that he’d be able to stay in fear of him or Gavin dying.

Ben feels horrible and doesn’t know how to comfort the one person that needs his comfort, and it tore him apart.

Gavin just wanted him there, atleast one person he knows is alive. Not seeing through the tears he lets Ben’s body heat ground him, and lets himself wrap his tail around his ankle.

Trying his best to ignore it, trying to make sure he can protect, protect the people around him, Ben and himself from shades.

Anyywayyysss I’m making Angel/David angst tomorrow too :)))