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guy who has ibuprofen: I have ibuprofen if you need it btw

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Anthony Bridgerton

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problematic swag gap relationship

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Lord William Blakeney & Dr. Stephen Maturin Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

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i fucking hate the “this is the good luck post.” Girl stop contributing to a superstitious environment with ur anecdotes there’s a million goddamn notes on it it’s statistically reasonable that a bunch of people remember the good things that happen after they reblog it

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A lot of Richard Bashir's bluster and bullshit is an attempt to get people not to look too closely because of they do, they'll see there's nothing to him. In the early seasons especially, we see some of that same tendency towards (more justified) self-aggrandizement in Julian. Julian, who has only a few years ago learned that he's genetically augmented, and who now lives in fear of being discovered, of being revealed as a criminal, a few and a monster. Julian, who is all too familiar with the way Richard's behaviour keeps people at arm's length. Julian who, consciously or not, starts bragging like his father to make sure that no one gets close enough to realise that he's just too good to be true.

Julian, already steeped in self-loathing about what his parents have done to him, already "unnatural," who thinks of himself as the thing that lives in Jules's corpse, now feels like he's turning into his father. And he can't stop. He doesn't even know how, can't imagine how to just... become a different person all of a sudden.

And then Garak comes up to him in the replimat. And he's so taken aback and so out of his depth that he forgets to put that wall up--he doesn't brag or bluster at all. He's not smooth or practiced, he's awkward and a bit weird and very obviously freaking the fuck out and Garak... Garak's still talking to him. Seems absolutely fascinated by him, actually. And that's one of the first reasons they become friends, because in that brief conversation, Garak suddenly became closer to Julian than anybody else on the station, than anybody since before he'd found out what happened on Adigeon Prime.

But it turns out, that one crack in the veneer is exactly what he needed for the whole persona to crumble. He slowly starts being vulnerable and real with Dax, funny and weird with O'Brien. For the first time in his life he has an actual community, and some part of him can't separate Garak from that--Garak started it all, and now, no matter what happens, no matter where he goes, Garak always feels like home to Julian.

And that's why, when all is said and done, when the war is over and most of the station's crew have long since moved on, you'll find Garak and Julian on Cardassia. They're standing in their garden as the soft, warm light of the setting sun turns the ruddy walls of their home crimson, bickering about which vegetables are going in the soup they're making tonight.

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They call it “cinema” because you go “ahhh” once you seen ‘em

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Lyra, my beloved cat of 13 years, passed away this year on Father's Day. She's been by my side through very difficult times and was my little rock of steady and unrelenting love. I struggled a lot drawing this, and struggled a lot posting it, but I know I would've wanted to read a comic like this that validated my grief for her when I lost her.

Wherever you are, Lyra my little summer star, I love you always! Thank you for being the best thing in my life.

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'hey so what's the plot of Count of Monte Cristo?'

The plot:

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I’m out of the loop on film and need to forget my troubles—someone explain to me why Emilia Perez is bad

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do you have a relative that you know of with a wikipedia page?

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The word you are looking for is “selfish.” Not narcissist, not sociopath, selfish.

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literally what the fuck do you mean its still january. how is that remotely possible. its been six months minimum

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Me when someone offhandedly mentions my special interest or something that relates to it

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"so your uncle wants me to spank your ass until you cum like every few months or so?"

"yeah. he was really insistent about the cum thing too you have to do it hard enough that i cum"

"alright sounds good to me i guess"

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What would you rather be? A lion or a panda?