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monstermoviedean · 1 day ago
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"it's the same in other countries" no the fuck it is not. "yeah in my entirely different field it's exactly the same" no the fuck it is not. literally any anecdote i tell about my (limited!) teaching experience gets me a starbucks drive thru meme response. it is NOT the same. you do not fucking get it.
#even my grandma who I love and respect was like well the problem is that they aren't making reading fun#you have to read a boring book and write a report on it. it sucks#and i was like okay but that's not it anymore. students get choices in books and choices in assignments.#and yet no matter what you do the teacher is still likely to fail at teaching a kid to love reading because reading is less fun than tiktok#and no one else in their life is saying hey man you need to 1) know how to read and 2) learn how to do things even when you don't like them#i had so many kids say well xyz isn't interesting to me. and I'd say okay let's find you something you're interested in#but they couldn't come up with anything either. if they did it didn't stick#I don't mean this as a kids these days. i mean this as a society these days is not encouraging appropriate behavior#it's encouraging the worst in people#and it's not a teacher's job to fix that#(not that you can fix people but ykwim)#i don't want to be an alarmist but i do think things are getting worse and people are behaving worse#and will continue to do so until it becomes cool/rewarding to be a decent fucking person#ugh. sorry. sorry.#big rant. but i saw someone say dog grooming runs people down just as badly as teaching does#I don't doubt that dog grooming is a difficult job sometimes but like. it's not the same as working 60-80 hour weeks with a masters to be#treated like shit. idiot shit in fact. by anyone and everyone because you cannot do ANYTHING.#you can't do anything about it. you are the punching bag of kids and parents and admin and the school board and every asshat online#and you could be perfect and yet years later there will be some asshat online saying you ruined their life#and everyone will say oh yeah I had a teacher that ruined my life too school is so fucked up they didn't teach me anything#ok. sure.#and you just have to sit there and take that#UGH#i was trying to wrap up the rant and it got worse#anyway. please. PLEASE. be kind to teachers. yes teachers specifically.#teachers have a singular job and no comparison really holds up to what teaching in a us public school is actually like
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choiuikawa · 2 months ago
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ꪆৎ KENMA HEADCANONS
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CONTENT: Kenma HCS, just absolute yapping, Kenma x Reader included, they met in UNI, reader plays persona, Time-skip!
WARNING: OOC, non prof read, i suck at writing
AN: I had this in mind while grinding on brawlstars, and I took some lines on pinterest for inspiration LOL yes i play brawlstars
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• was banned from roblox multiple times for bullying people with you
• both of you aren't fans of PDA but whenever you get stuck in a crowd, you hold his hand so you don't lose him in the crowd. vice versa
• he is a pussy and couldn't ask you out himself.. but God was probably in his favor because you asked him out yourself (hdodhsjfuns kenma was going crazy when you asked him out)
• this might sound silly but he confessed first. YES you heard that right he confessed first!! 🗣️🔥 and obviously you said yes you said no as a joke then he broke down until you started kissing him
• he's the type to stare at you instead of the breathtaking view. (you're the breathtaking view in his eyes.)
• he loves whenever you pepper his face with kisses after his long streams
• cannot flirt for the love of god. he would step on his words and just wished he kept his mouth shut cause all that would come out is "i don't know how to flirt imma just stare at you until you marry me." and he follows on with his words (HE'S PANICKING INTERNALLY)
• his heart would absolutely melt at the sight of you right in front of him but ofc he'd never admit that
• the type to want you close to him all the time, aka spending time together like building legos, puzzles
• you are the type to make him do those couples trends you see on social media, you stumbled upon a couple video where they switch paintings every 5 minutes, and of course the great S/O you are, you make Kenma do it with you.
• whenever he's sulking or upset, he needs you to coax him out of it. would sulk even more if you don't realize it at first.
• HIS FAVORITE SODA/SOFT DRINK IS DEFINITELY MONSTER. PIPELINE PUNCH FLAVORED SPECIFICALLY.
• he would be very gentle and patient with you no matter what it is, after a heated conversation, or a personal issue, he will always be patient with you. also vice versa!
• YOU DRAGGED HIM INTO PLAYING PERSONA. He loves loves LOVESSS persona 3 reload 🙌 you created a monster cause he says persona reference all the time. "you disturbed my peace. Disturbing the peace—" Gosh i love persona..
• his love language is quality time, acts of service AND DEFINITELY GIFT GIVING.
• mf would buy you a dress in all the colors available because he "felt" like it
• he flexes you on stream without you even knowing. he would flex you on stream whenever he gets a chance, "FUCK YOU I'D RATHER SPEND TIME WITH MY S/O THAN LOSE MY MIND PLAYING WITH YOU—!"
• doesn't easily get jealous cause he knows damn well nobody can ever replace him 🤣🤣 anyway.. if he ever does get jealous he'll make that clear that you're his
• I absolutely love thinking about how he'd get flustered whenever hes helping you get ready, such as fixing your tie, or zipping the back of your outfit.. ykwim 🙌
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weebsinstash · 7 months ago
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You brought this on yourself. Bringing up Al and Doggy Darling.
Before the show was out(might've changed sense idk), Viv said Al used to actually have a fear of dogs but now only dislikes them. And I live for the idea of Al struggling with that a little bit.
Al with Dog Darling who he expects to be a total slob who can hardly keep focus, only for them to be neat and dedicated to doing any tasks given to them.
Al with a Dog Darling who constantly feels the need to do things for others even to their own detriment.
Al who falls for Dog Darling who acts more like a cat than a dog. Having learned to mute their reactions to things and who is 'ok' with being alone in fear of being used. With him wanting to eventually have them always with him or at his home, never wanting them to lift a finger.
I hate that my first instinct is always to swerve in the opposite direction but "what if Alastor had a dislike of dogs and he expects them to be a dumb slob" AND WHAT IF YOU ARE
Alastor: --and I always do enjoy adding a nice mirepoix to my dishes, although I suppose one of my favorites is a classic crawfish étoufée! Always reminds me of home!
Dog darling: ummmm.... I love pizza rolls and corn dogs! 😋 and mac n cheese!
Alastor and his lovably simple, lovably dim dog darling, with all the more extra nuances and caveats if you've got the soulmate trope in there (I've just really been huffing that gas lately ykwim? The, mechanism for them to feel metaphysically attached to you, their obsession kinda lowkey justified/explained by your sorta-soulbond, them feeling like they need to take care of you "because they're supposed to as your partner "). Alastor who thinks you're just so adorable but maybe just maybe cringes in secondhand embarrassment at some of the things that you do. Alastor who thinks, oh, you're actually so charming and, he sees quite the potential in you, but... he just needs to... fix you up a little bit... fine tune you... grind down some of those rougher edges to polish you up nice and pretty--
Also. Just. You know. The thematic lowkey flirting and menace in him like, saying he has to tame you/train you if you act against him. Having you in literal restraints just like he would with Husk and calling you a bad dog because you like. Snuck off to go to the club. Or hang out with friends he doesn't approve of.
I like my apples and oranges in my fiction and that means that on top of having yandere that love every part of you, I also think of yandere who meet you and think "oh no, honey, oh my gosh let me help you, I need to save you from yourself, what the fuck are you even doing here, just look at the state you're in" which, actually, I have a Velvette post deeper in my drafts I need to dig up, but. Like. Alastor falling for/getting drawn to/soulmated with a dog darling who is just kinda. Rowdy. Dare I say, a little trashy. Like idk, my mind conjures up an image of like, for a woman I guess it would be something similar to, you swear all the time, he doesn't like how you dress, he thinks you hang out with too many guys/the wrong types of guys, you may have an outright fratbro personality. Idk. You're just loud and rambunctious and he thinks you could be just the cutest little lady if he could just... give you a little coaching
But also. Cute lovable dog Darling who, obviously he's not entirely heartless but you just completely Flip His Switch with how sweet and loving you are to him, you just really make him feel soft and gooey. You could just be meeting him for the first time and be wagging your tail in excitement and holding your hand out for a handshake and you don't even mildly conceptualize he's, um, a cannibal serial killer. But then Alastor immediately realizes, oh no, honey, you can't be this sweet to people down here! The people down here are just AWFUL! They're terrible! The dregs of society! He can't let this sweet little pup meet some unfortunate accident involving some methed-out vagrants or something! Guess you'll have to be his little lap dog so he can keep a close eye on you. Meanwhile you're just like "!!!! Best friend!!! Thank you for being so nice to me, it's so scary down here and i was so lonely and scared before you came along 🥺"
Vox 🤝 Reader talking/getting rowdy during TV/media solidarity. Absolutely love the idea of Reader somehow becoming besties with Vox and Alastor is just BEYOND MAD because, he's trying to make you more sophisticated and, "bring out your true potential" and you're sneaking out to chug mountain dew baja blast and smoke weed with his arch nemesis while the two of you, like, marathon older seasons of Family Guy (also just envision your mental image of Dog Reader just like, excitedly being like, "oh! It's Vox! Vox! Vox! Hey Vox! Vox!" And trying to get his attention while he's on a jumbotron or something, basically saying his name like a bark, like, Alastor having old timey cartoon steam coming out of his ears while Vox is just obviously smitten with your adorable clueless ass because your tail is wagging and you're so excited to see your super cool TV friend 😋❤️ Alastor forced to watch you have total chemistry with Vox because you can talk about TV and video games amd Alastor is getting progressively enraged because HOW LONG have you guys been hanging out without him knowing??? And Vox didn't even know you knew Alastor he just legitimately liked your vibe
Reader being inevitably somewhat dehumanized and while he does adore you and want you all for himself it really almost sort of IS like you're a pet to him. He decides what you wear, what you eat, what you do, and most importantly, he really, really, REALLY doesn't like it when other people try and touch his dog :)
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forbidding-souda · 5 months ago
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Hi! I was wondering if you could do korekiyo, hajime and makoto with a shsl underground surgeon
I'm sorry if it's to much 🙏🏾
Shinguuji Korekiyo, Hajime Hinata and Makoto Naegi with a SHSL Underground Surgeon S/O
I rated american mary as 4 stars on letterboxd bc oh my goddd i love underground surgeon shit in high school i used to dream to be one.
straying from the usual formatting until I get my feeting in ykwim so this isn't gonna have the scenarios written in the indentation like i used to do. but i tried. also sorry if things are written incorrectly grammar and wording wise.
also guys send me requests rn so i can keep posting daily
-Mod Souda
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Shinguuji Korekiyo
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❤ The moment you two had your first conversation there was an immediate connection. Your actions are too vile for his sister's liking, but they were just vile enough for his. And you're very knowledgable about your studies, it's not as if you're working out of anger or malice towards normalcy. You're like him.
❤ He finds you two very similar.
❤ Oh how the two of you will have a blast talking about anatomy. You both are extremely educated and experienced in human anatomy, tearing into people, often 'fixing' them (if you believe it to be that way).
❤ Wait omg you'd be so good at finding victims for him. There can be a sweet lady who just wants teeth sharpening and you're like omg I have someone you'd want to meet.
You'll be taking off your latex gloves, wiping the blood from your face when he comes into your studio. "My dear," he announces himself so you won't get startled. As if he'd startle you anyway. You always know when people enter. He stares at the patient, alive but unconscious, on the table before glancing back at you. "I suppose you're busy?" "Depends," you turn away and focus yourself on wiping the bloody body next. "What do you need? Is it life or death?"
❤ You know about the gruesome things he can do and he knows about yours. Fairs fair. You're both doing illegal things.
❤ He finds most interest in the requests you've been given. People request you to remove their limbs? Their eyes? Their teeth? Humanity is so interesting...
❤ He'd rock a split tongue just saying.
❤ ^ Moaned.
❤ The first conversation was def you two mentioning niche body mod things from history. He wanted to use trivia to inform you on disturbing things but you'd be like "oh yeah I've done that before, easy peasy" and he's like you've what.
❤ On a cuter note, imagine teaching him all the surgical stitching patterns you know. If there's a tear in the pillow you can highkey fix it, just in a unique way.
❤ People from around the world come to you for commissions and you get to surprise them with your knowledge about their country and customs. It makes you even more popular. Where once you were admired, now you are loved. You make people feel at home.
❤ Morbid ass pictures hanging on the walls of your shared home. Crazy shit that both of you find beautiful.
❤ If you're the type to want a big wedding, imagine how insane the audience would appear to onlookers.
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Hajime Hinata
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❤ Yeah he knows an interesting group of people. He never thought Hope's Peak would be able to introduce him to such a versatile group. His class holds a lot of illegal activities, fair's fair. Whenever he wanted to avoid Fuyuhiko, somehow he'd end up in your view. No matter where he turned to run, there was somebody scary beside him. But unlike him, you didn't threaten him, you were kind. The stare you gave him had compassion.
❤ Everyone involved in Japanese street fashion and alternative cultures know your name. And as a man who is usually indoors, he hadn't the clue of you.
❤ You can't be too scary with the way Ibuki keeps fawning over your medical abilities like you're a superhero. And to make your credibility even more astonishing, Sonia was thoroughly pleased to hear all of the things you've done. Class 77-B would love you srry.
❤ ^ Ibuki immediately pulls up her phone to show Hajime how you gave her friend pointed ears.
❤ ^ He's like woahh I see the vision.
❤ You have a certain glow in your eyes when you get to explain your work to him. Sure, the elf ears are pleasing, but there are so many other things you can do.
❤ At least once a week you try to convince him to get some form of body mod. You should make a argumentative slideshow.
❤ Your hands are really steady. He notices this almost instantly. You have the steadiest hands he's ever seen, very different from how shaky Mikan can appear.
❤ ^ Oooo you wanna imagine you sitting on the bathroom counter doing his eyeliner so bad oooo.
❤ ^ "You'd look good with tatted eyes."
❤ ^ "No."
❤ Sometimes he'll catch you staring at him, and you do this thing where you tilt your head as if you're examining his features. You have a hawk-like stare. Though, when his eyes reach yours, you look away with a small smile. In some occasions it creeps him out but in others, he finds it flattering.
❤ You are often forced to hear the life stories of your clients, depending on their modification, some of them feel the need to justify their decision to you. It reminds you of how Hajime gets along with others so well. He's such a good listener and mediator.
❤ Last thing but. Listen okay so realistically how likely is it lore-wise that a SHSL Underground Surgeon would help implement Izuru. Very likely, right? Anywho.
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Makoto Naegi
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❤ Be careful with him because if he's not gonna know how to hold his tongue if he finds out some of the stuff is illegal. But he has to remind himself that he is friends with the Toko Fukawa, so his lover being an underground surgeon isn't that bad, right?
❤ It's not as if you're torturing anyone... right?
❤ Your SHSL is scary to anybody once they learn it. You just know how they'll look at you when you have to announce it yourself. But like enjoy your craft; your life's work.
❤ He researched you ahead of time, of course he did, but he stopped at the pictures of people with tatted eyeballs, it made him queasy. When he researched your name, he saw a gallery of your work. You're world renowned.
❤ You do carry photos of your work in your backpack. You have a good portfolio of things you'd do. Silicone horns, rare piercings, skin removals. Nothing murderous or bloody like he thought when you pulled out a big, scary leather folder.
❤ And you're not openly sadistic towards him, you never have been. You're likeable - loveable. Nothing like the scary monster other people claim you to be.
❤ When you explain some things you do he's like "oh, so things like nipple piercings?" and you're like "well it's a little more complicated than that-".
❤ He meets one of your patients that has lip plates and he's like ykw not as scary in person as in the photographs you showed me sweetie.
❤ When he talks to you at night, he's always scared to ask "what did you do today?"
❤ ^ Or if you're in your workshop he's scared to ask you what you're doing.
❤ He doesn't have a job, so his time is mostly free, and you always seem to be busy. You're either talking to a new client, refreshing with an old one, or working on somebody. Your life is filled with your business, but that's what makes you a SHSL, doesn't it?
❤ Can't say his family is the most stoked when learning your SHSL.
❤ Slowly but surely he'll want to be apart of your world, but sitll, he'll always get nervous around your more extreme clients. There are times where your client will enter your workshop and have another people with them, and Naegi is more likely to get along with that person, especially if they're just as unaware of this scene as he is.
❤ You think it's a bit funny.
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yikessmicah · 11 months ago
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bloodweave
heres some bloodweave brainrot copy pasted directly from my priv twitter bc i was going insane at like 3am last night
// tw mention/brief discussion of astarion and gale's trauma, including sexual trauma. ill highlight it red so you can read the rest if youd like while avoiding the triggering part.
also obvious spoilers for part of astarion and gale's personal stories/quests.
AND DISCLAIMER this is my opinion and straight up brainrot u can ship whoever u want in bg3 idc <3
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sorry im having bloodweave brainrot because out of everyone in the camp i think gale Would be the objectively best match for astarion to be in a successful relationship with.
he wouldn't push him to do anything (tho i dont think any of the companions would, but ykwim) and since gale has his own form of relationship and sexual trauma (the fact mytsra groomed him since he was Literally a child and was only ever intimate with him on the astral plane therefore he's never had real physical human touch and intimacy) it would be overwhelming for him too!!
hed WANT to take it slow, he'd WANT to be as accomodating and like. he also has something on his body that represents his trauma the same way astarion does!! astarion has his scars and gale has the orb tattoo on his chest. i also think just. astarion's whole life as a spawn was only surrounded by people he Hated talking to. people who would spit insults and berate him, treat him like he was pathetic and disgusting - but gale? gale of waterdeep who never fucking shuts up?
gale of waterdeep who would gladly wake up and immediately shower him with compliments using words astarion had never even heard before? gale who would would describe astarion's features for him re: him not being able to see his reflection in such words and with such ease that eventually astarion starts to *like* the fact he doesnt have a reflection?
gale of waterdeep who would spend every waking moment of his day - that he wasnt spending talking to or being with astarion - working on a way to cure astarion of his vampirism or at Least a way for him to walk in the sun?
GALE OF WATERDEEP . who would gladly and without fucking question give up touching astarion ever again if he told him to?
gale of waterdeep who would answer every question astarion had? who would comfort his every dark thought?
gale of fucking waterdeep who would CARE for astarion so fucking well that he would genuinely start believing and KNOWING !!! he was worthy of love.
gale of FUCKING !! WATEDEEP !! who would vow to never shut up again if thats what helped astarion deal with the memories of sitting alone in a dungeon for months or YEARS at a time at the hands of cazador (not that that would be particularly hard with how me he talks already /pos).
gale who would gladly give up ever seeing the sun again and completely flipping his sleep schedule if it meant being able to walk the streets with astarion safely.
gale who would truly and wholly give nothing but his honest and real self. bare and beaten but NOT broken. show that astarion was the same. not broken. not something to be "fixed". simply something - SOMEONE - that needed to be guided a little. simply someone that needed safety.
gale of waterdeep who would do anything for his blood to taste sweet for astarion again. so he wouldnt have to fear where his next meal was going to come from. so astarion would never have to sink his teeth into a beast - let alone a sewer rat - ever again. never again would he let him have to hunt criminals in the night through the streets Alone. EVER AGAIN!!!
gale of waterdeep who would give up sleep to be by astarion's side as much as he could (since hes human and astarion is an elf). i just. he would do anything for him. Truly Anything.
gale of waterdeep who would wait weeks, months, YEARS - CENTURIES. if that's how much time it took for astarion to say i love you back. gale would say it 300 times a day and not once would it ring with the exigency of needing him to say it back.
gale....
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rowebug · 3 months ago
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What exactly do u like about walle (i’ll draw u eve if i ever find the time)
BOY.
the topic of "what would happen to earth if all humans disappeared" has always been interesting to me, and although its not technically the main focus, its one factor that intrigued me.
i love how its a great example of show, don't tell. wall e and eve don't have humanoid facial features, but they still convey so much emotions through their body language and eyes
i love how it takes a jab at capitalism and overconsumption
i love how this movie is animated. i love looking at the little details- especially in wall e's home (truck? YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT I MEAN). i love looking at all the little trinkets he's collected. i like looking at the layout of the axiom. ALSO the space scenes (wall e on his way to the axiom and the 'define dancing' scene.
i love the way they show how wall e influenced the people (and robots) he interacted with. he shared his own curiosity with them, and helped them realize that there is always room for exploration.
i LOVE the soundtrack. i listen to it on spotify when I'm studying, cleaning, or even just to sleep. i love listening for recurring themes, and listening to the instruments that play. define dancing is absolutely stellar, and bubble wrap is such a fun track to listen to.
and i absolutely adore both wall e and eve's development throughout the film. the way wall e looks at eve with puppy eyes. i love that it's wall e's silliness that intrigues eve. i love wall e's excitement in showing her the things that he loves, including his favorite movie. THE SCRIPT. OH HOW I LOVE THE SCRIPT.
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this scene is so cute. wall e you stupid little lovesick fool ❤️❤️ (that's me. I'm the lovesick fool)
even though he annoys eve at first, she still cares about him. she still makes sure he's okay. its so funny to see eve try to tell wall e to stay put, but he's a stubborn little shit (affectionate) and tries to help anyway. when wall e gets freaking tased, and his memory chip (?) is messed up, she chooses helping him over her own directive. wall e becomes her priority, her directive. once he's okay then she can continue on.
holo detector scene :(( wall e gets crushed and eve wasn't right there to help. even when the plant successfully registers, it doesn't matter, because HEY is he wasn't fucked up before HE SURE IS NOW. there is such an urgency in the way she fixes wall e (fantastic scene by the way. it really is satisfying to watch and listen to).
unfortunately, in the process of fixing him, he lost what made him special; his humanity. all his trinkets are just more pieces of debris to throw out. they hold no importance to him anymore. hello dolly is just another sound in the environment for him to ignore. and eve is just another life form to not bother. even if it seems like she is trying to interact with him, the best thing is to move on and follow his directive. it's heartbreaking to watch honestly. eve desperately trying to get him to remember anything, the little moments they shared, anything from before. she even holds his hand (he doesn't technically have any but ykwim), but he still remains soulless. when it seems clear that wall e isn't coming back, she gives up. she got to fix him. at least she got to know him. now it's time to move on.
eve gives wall e a little kiss/spark as a goodbye and moves away. surprise surprise, because we can't just leave the kids watching devastated, wall e comes back 🎉🎉🎉
lets assume that the spark sort of rebooted wall e into remembering, it doesn't matter, because now he's back, and they both have feelings for each other. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!! *explodes into a bunch of glitter particles*
I love wall e's character, he is such a boyfail i lob him 😢😢 he's passionate about collecting little trinkets, he's a curious little guy, he's clumsy as hell and he's somehow the last one standing. autistic wall e is so important to me chat HELP MEE
eve is such a girlboss and we love her for it. polite little lady I LOVE HER DESIGN. she gets frustrated easily and honestly, I can relate. she's really determined in whatever it is she needs to do and she DOES IT. if you asked her to find someone she'll do it, no matter how much legal trouble she gets into. it's so silly how she carries wall e hebwjevwjev
i adore their love story so much eve and wall e are the literal embodiment of me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic. they are my favorite ship that falls under the girlboss x boyfail trope. THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO ME I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART ❤️❤️ they really are my comfort ship of all time nobody will ever make me hate walleve <3333
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repotting · 3 months ago
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Okay I'm high rn so bear with me but.
Queen Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) was hated by her husband, King George IV of England.
He dragged her through the mud and had her tried for adultery etc, he wanted to take away her throne.
1820, when this all came to a head, wasn't super long after the liberal revolutions in France and before that the newly formed USA, and a lot of British people figured they were due for a revolution too.
People were agitating for voting rights, for a free press, for the right to assemble, on and on. Publicly disagreeing with the Crown was fucking treason. Liberalism was the fresh new ideology everybody was huffing, and the monarchy was not fucking having it.
So that's the state of things when old Georgie boy, who had very publicly been incredibly cruel and disloyal to Caroline, decided to start legal proceedings to get rid of her altogether.
And a lot of those would-be revolutionaries were like. Wait a minute. If we disagree with the king by supporting our legal queen, that's not actually technically treason.* Also the queen is so easy to sympathize with, she has just as much reason to hate the king as we do, surely she'd be on our side!!
Maybe we don't need an actual revolution, some of them said, we just need the right monarch.
Anyways she died a year later and never had much actual political power but do you think, even if George had died first and she had ruled, that people would've gotten their basic fucking rights from the graceful, unpressured concession of a monarchy that was actively making its living off the remains of feudalism, capitalism and the imperialist robbery of so many different peoples that fueled capitalism?
To be the monarch of that land was to take on the responsibility of furthering that theft and violence. That's the job.
Someone who took the throne and then was like "no let's just give back all the wealth we stole and let everyone vote on everything we do and always let them criticize us publicly" when it was not tactically necessary to preserve power, would not fucking survive in freedom long enough to actually do that.
That's the momentum of such a massive machine, it does not stop, much less turn into a machine that does the opposite of its designed function for one person, even the person that directs where it will focus its violence.
The idea that the right king or queen could make the UK a free and fair paradise was insane.
Anyways it seems like some people think just having the right president is gonna fix everything that's wrong with the USA and turn it into a machine whose function is serving humanity instead of blowing up large swathes of it for cash.
You're thinking too small. You can't actually find that perfect parent of a ruler who will make everything better, that's not a real thing. Please start engaging with the reality that what's wrong with the USA is not just a matter of one ruler.
This country is a machine that turns lives into cash. It is massive and has centuries of momentum and it is going to require coordinated actual action from a lot of people to get it to even slow down its rampage, much less stop, much less to actually start disassembling it, destroying the most dangerous parts and refashioning it into something that starts to solve the problems it's so doggedly, aggressively creating.
Some people look at this problem and shrug and insist all that can be done is to pick the person who says they'll aim the machine at slightly fewer people.
But I think even if you do that, you should also be learning to use a screwdriver and talking to your friends about what would be the easiest piece to break off that machine. Ykwim?
*Georgie boy disagreed, and Caroline's most vocal supporters were closely watched and harassed by his military, so working within the system didn't actually help them much. Treason was in the eye of the beholder then, as it often is now!
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milogreer · 8 months ago
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the thing about morgan and obscura is that i want obscura to feel like the most treasured person on earth and i know he would treat them that way. because for all that morgan is guiding them through learning how to live with their sight, obscura is the one leading the dance - they choose the time/place, they set the pace, and he meets them exactly where they're comfortable. a real slow burn with them would be so rewarding and i want it so badlyyy
i've talked before about the intimacy of "time is a song" and i am not an essay writer, i am a rambler, so if this is repeating points from that post, that's life! i just wanna talk about them again, more so this time in the context of "consulting with a seer" and how morgan sets the tone for their following relationship right off the bat
You don’t have to answer any of my questions, you don’t have to ask any of your own, this meeting is what you want it to be. But—you’re the one who reached out to the Department. Not the other way around. Clearly you wanted… something. No one’s keeping you here, you can leave at any time, you can tell the Department to go kick rocks and never speak to them again. But you’re the one who asked to meet with another Seer. And now you’re saying… nothing. Is it me? The Department asked that I be the one to speak with you given that we’re the only two Seer Obscura in existence right now, but if anything about me personally is offputting, I’ll gladly ask that a different Seer be the one to help you. Getting you whatever support you’re looking for is the only goal of all this. If someone else would do that better, then that’s what I want for you.
the consistent reassurance that obscura can dip whenever they want to. like from minute one his top priority is making sure they're as comfortable as possible because he knows the anxiety that comes with being a seer obscura
To be Obscura is incredibly rare. To be a Seer Obscura is unheard of. The chance of you or I existing at all is infinitesimal. The chance of us existing at the same time is unfathomable. But we're here.
it's hard to even find the words for how this makes me feel LMFAO it's .... it's the inherent soulmateism of being the only two people alive experiencing the same thing. and the fact that it involves someone who maybe not even necessarily believes in "fate" if i'm understanding ?? like he hates the term "Known Outcome" because he doesn't believe the future is fixed and totally knowable, but he acknowledges how insane it is that they've been brought together despite the chance of it being literally unheard of. ykwim. am i talking nonsense
You and I have a unique circumstance that we face. One that no one else can really understand. [...] It’s just you and me. That said, nothing about that fact is an obligation. Being the only two Seer Obscura doesn’t mean we need to be friends, or even have a relationship at all. It’s your life to live as you choose. If you want guidance, understanding of a shared experience, maybe even friendship eventually from me… then I would like to get to know you. To help you where I can. But if you don’t want those things, if you came here for an answer, and you got it, and you want to go back to what you know, I completely understand. You don’t owe anyone anything by virtue of being who you are.
and back to the gentle insistence that nothing is expected of them - if obscura wants to turn and run, pretend this never happened and continue suppressing their sight, they can. it's entirely their choice. but he's also giving them the reassurance that they aren't alone if they don't want to be.
like. i think what really gets me about all of this is that it's so genuinely selfless of him? because imagine meeting the one person who could truly understand you on a level no one else ever will, someone who by all accounts should not even exist in the same space as you, and then completely sincerely telling them that if they have no interest in sticking around, that's okay. you know? like i imagine the majority of us would at least try convincing them to stay. but he doesn't. he puts all the cards in their hands and lets them choose how to proceed, and he doesn't hound them when they vanish for a while after this meeting. everything happens on obscura's time; there's no pushing them towards anything they don't want
i think obscura is ... fragile, perhaps? and i think they need careful hands and a patient heart and morgan could be everything they need. i want them falling asleep on his couch after a late night talking and i want him to gaze at them fondly before putting a blanket over them. i want brief hand touches when they pass him something and to hear his breath catch in his throat at the contact. i want more instances of that tense pause before "...i want to know you." i want him to make silly jokes just to make them laugh and then to get starry-eyed when it works, and when they try to cover their mouth to hide their smile, i want him to tell them they have a beautiful smile (without telling them not to hide it). i want them to almost kiss but be interrupted by someone's phone going off or otherwise interrupted so they turn away, flushed and awkward, and they don't talk about it again. i want them to kiss in the rain, soaked and shivering but not caring about anything but the way they feel on each other.
sigh. where the hell was i going with this. i don't know. i just think they have so much potential for a life changing slow burn. i cannot believe they make me feel so strongly when they've only had three audios
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bix-bom · 2 years ago
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Marble hornets crew but as random things i do on the daily (you cannot stop me from self projecting)
Tim: wiping his nose with his hand even if his nose isnt runny, makes him look like hes on something but its just a stim or something swear. Also mouthing words/ talking to himself without actually saying anything and it makes people give him weird stares
Alex: Biting his nails/ constantly fidgeting with his mouth. Like biting his lip, flipping his tongue, chewing on a toothpick, running his tongue over his teeth, anything. Hes also a clothing fidgeter and runs his fingers across the seams of his clothes or buttons or something (anything easy to get his hands on)
Jay: Flapping his hands/ shaking them or just holding them out all stiff and awkward when hes overwhelmed or upset. Also flips his pencil an unnecessary amount when he switches from writing to erasing, like turning it once to use the eraser then flipping it 5 times before he actually starts writing
Brian: zoning out hard while eating food (hes so adhd coded to me) and constantly zoning out to the point of complete brain deadness. Also i think hes a finger tapper, will tap his fingertips on anything hes resting his hands on (jay also does this)
Jessica: messing with her hair, constantly twirling a strand or running her fingers through it with seemingly no control. Also runs her thumb across the back of her other hand when shes sitting with her hands clasped together
Seth: Cracks his neck a lot, like, a lot. He also messes with his earlobes a lot. Just grabs them between his pointer and his thumb and messes with it constantly. He also 100% puts his hand under his shirt a lot and its entirely subconscious it just happens
Sarah: constantly readjusting her hair when she puts it up in a ponytail/ claw clip or whatever. Like if one strand feels out of place its the end of the world and give her 3 minutes so she can fix it. Also squeezes her eyes shut really tight randomly, sees those worms you see when you rub your eyes ykwim
Amy: Humming a LOT. Also very fidgety with her shoes, if the tongue of the shoe feels wrong or the back is rubbing her ankle the wrong way she will fix it immediately. You were walking across the street? Damn thats crazy her shoelaces felt slightly uneven so she squatted right then and there and fixed them
I think as a group they all echo off of eachother. Like theyre a real echo chamber and its completely subconscious too. Alex will say a direction then everyone repeats it either as loud or quietly to themselves. Same inflection and tone and everything
They are so neurodivergent. Allofem.
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hostilemuppet · 11 months ago
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Dear Muppet "ill never give up on this miracle!" Hostile,
I hope this ask finds you in amicable circumstances. I am sending it to inquire as to your thoughts on the Snack Pack, most particularly in the terms of canon. What did you think of them in the first movie versus the subsequent installments? Do you have a favorite Snack Pack member?
Yours Truly, 🦶👃💦
😭😭😭😭 i like the snack pack! theyre fun
biggies really cute and i hate how people act like hes sooooooo annoying just bc hes fat. hes just a sweetie who loves his pet worm! and you all treat him like SHIT
guy diamonds fun! i think its hilarious that they had no personality to work with from the first movie for the cartoon so they just made him a massive (pg rated) whore, and then when he became a dad in world tour, for trollstopia he apparently is basically nothing like how he was in the tbgo. fatherhood fixed him
smidge is REALLY fun i like how shes so intense all the time. i wish people would stop calling her a child just bc shes short. have you not heard her voice? the fuck kinda 6 year old sounds like that. she is a full grown woman who wants milton moss carnally
I LOOOOOVE THE TWINS SO MUCHHHHHH theyre so awesome and they SERVE. i REALLY hope the twins are the important snack pack members in trolls 4, i would love 100% canon undeniable personality for them thats not just in the cartoon. id even be happy if theyre nothing like they are in the cartoon! but i still LOVE them in the cartoon, theyre so bitchy and cunty. AND LOOK AT THEM!
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dj suki, her design is REALLY good im not really that gripped with her personality in the cartoon. sucks she can never be important to the movies bc of her va but what can you do
related, legsly. she seems very divisive! people either hate her because she "replaced dj suki" (she did not replace dj suki. dj suki wouldnt ever be used in the movies again regardless of whether or not legsly was made) or love her but in a way that seems mostly out of spite to the people who hate her. me, personally? i just dont care one way or the other. she doesnt particularly grip me as a character and her design is okay. shes just kinda there
fuzzbert i think is really funny conceptually but in the cartoon i dont like how fuzzbert is apparently, like, his own little clan. i think only fuzzbert should be fuzzbert, ykwim? it should be unique to him
edit: I FORGOT COOPER IM SO SORRY COOPER. he is really cute in the movies hes just a silly guy! but hes so fucking annoying in the tbgo. its like they thought he had one personality trait that is "loud" and cranked it up to a kajillion. he deserves better! i hope they dial it back in trollstopia, but i also know hes barely used in trollstopia so
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fizzywashere87 · 10 months ago
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If we were friends irl:
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We would be baking a lot
But like absolutely chaos baking ykwim
Halfway through baking brownies we get into a food fight and lose most of the batter to the floor
But we don't care because we're having fun laughing
I'll pretend to scold you for sneaking a taste of the cookie dough but then i'll smile and sneak some too
Decorating competitions
Who can decorate a cupcake better? And we ask whoever is nearby to judge us on it
Overall we just have a lot of fun baking little treats
Especially if it's a sleepover and we just wake up at 2 in the morning to make a cake
Trying to suppress our giggles so we don't wake our parents
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Yes is this because of what you told me earlier? Maybe
Anyway, we would totally do some crazy shit to our hair even though we definitely shouldn't be
Late night run to the store to grab some shitty box dye and we are on our way
Whether it's my hair getting changed or yours, somebody's is changing
We probably gossip a ton while this happens
you would tell me about your crushes and your boyfriends and your drama
And i would be there giving you hilarious and pretty mean roasts
I would tell you about my drama and give you some advice that isn't actually that good
hi :)
OML OML OML YESSSS OMGIEEE
i can't cook for shit but i'll gladly steal ingredients :)
yes, i'll eat brownie batter off the floor five second rule, time me
arts and crafts will consist of me drawing something inappropriate to make you laugh but i can't even finish the drawing because im laughing too hard it probably wasn't even funny but here we go
you'll record me going up to random strangers and asking them if a dill pickle and a crayola crayon had a baby and named it felipe would the titanic still have sank
how old are you? *deletes blog becuz ur a minor* /reference
being up at 2 am and i drop something/accidentally hit something and we shut up so our parents don't wake up but we're trying not to laugh
heheee i get the joke:)) (my hair was okay!!)
ill fix our hair to make sure it doesn't fall out! but it's gonna change
do u want bangs but too scared to get them? i gotchu
yesss you're gonna know who the school thot is with atm i'll keep you up to date on that shit!!
our sleepovers have to be at least weekly or i get grey hairs
omgieee friendly fire insults <3
i will take your advice and now we're both left overthinking
ill rant to you even if it's just about me dropping a pencil on my foot and it somehow hurt it was a ticonderoga pencil and it's why i only use mechanical pencils now
blasting music together and you'll listen to my gangster playlist
i'll put aluminum foil on my teeth to try and make you laugh
i'll play a recorder i forgot how to play
people will think we're high but its okay
handwritten birthday, and valentines day cards
random brain dumps at 3 am leaving you wondering what i was doing at such an ungodly hour as you see the message in the morning
me doing impulsive shit and roping you into it and i get a minor injury from it
INSIDE JOKESSSSS ILYSMMMM OUR FRIENDSHIP WOULD BE SO WHOLESOME AND CHAOTIC I LOVE ITTTTTTT @amorvincitomnia-14
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my-castles-crumbling · 11 months ago
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Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii Omg i havee SOOO much to tell and ask you its both sad and fun stuff, First off i wanna tell you that you are such an amazing person like seriously omggg how do u even exist like you must not be allowed away from heaven. Btw random: i heard u mention abt u in university so hows that going and whats ur majorr???? :)) And now the very very bad stuff: i messed up. not very uncommon you see, but very bad. my cousin whom i rllyyy love shes amazing shes like the andromeda to my sirius. nd my dad's side is very cruel to my mom before i ws born and they also shamed her for having a kid (my sis) that has problems (they refuse to tell me what it is but she has 2 problems idk the first one she has since birth and the second is that she had um.. men parts but when she was around 4/5 we founf out shes.. female? im a minor i rlly dont undersrand how ths works so..yeah. shes 8 now btw this year shes gonna be 9 y/o) basically very cruel people very very bad and so my cousin, whos from my dad's side, she came for like a sleepover thingy and my father commented on my mom's side and how they arent close to me even though they are my basucaly everything.. and in reply, i said how i like them and they are good and i said "my mums side is great... better than father side atlst" and she said "i can hear u yk" and i said that shes a excpetiion but when she wnt home she really felt upset and she had an exam but she stll didnt come to my house (my house is closer to her school so she stays here in exam time so it takes less tme in travelling) so my father cmpletly blamed me and now im so upset idek what to do i dont wanna apologize to her cz she doesnt know that i know that she said shes upset. my father confronted me about it and he got to jknow from my cousins mom so there was no direct contact but basically yeah thats it. i need help in what i should do to fix things again :( but this is the reason that simply talking wouldnt work and its rlly hard :( btw random: how do i start my microfic thing like do i just upoad a micfic or do i post smgthn else first if ykwim? another thing:
yeah idk but i think m bisexual and i have a bestfriend shes straight and supports lgbtq+ community but i rlly like her and cz were besties i dont wnanna ruin anything at all and im cool with how we r rn but at the same time i want more ykwim? and.. were like the touchy-feely kinda bestfriends so we hold hands n stuff as a joke nd people ship us and its so asdxdfgkhljhxx idek if i rlly like her as a frnd or i like her as in like like her.. but i also have a crush on a boy but it only lasts for 2 secs but when i see him again i start to thibk i like him again but my other rlly gud friend likes him so is it that i like hm and ignore my feelings js cs my frnd liks him or do i just like him as frnds,, idek were close we play games togheter n stuff but thtas about it..
also have i mentioned how much of an angel you are??? i literally scream and jump off a cliff casually when u reply to my texts <333 ilysm ur such a great person <333
xoxo, sweet potato <33
hi!
Aww you're so sweet! I'm not in university anymore, at least not in the traditional sense: I'm working on my master's degree. It's going.....not terrible lol. I'm majoring in ESL Education (English as a Second Language).
For your first question: I think this is a really good example of how talking through other people isn't the best solution. Do you have any way of getting in contact with your cousin directly? Because things are definitely going to be changed and exaggerated if you are talking through your aunt and dad. Once you talk to her, be truthful. Be sincere and tell her how important she is to you. I'm betting she'll come around.
For microfics: Nope, just go for it! You don't have to do anything beforehand, just start! I can't wait to see what you write!
For the last part: First, are you sure you friend is straight? If she definitely is, then yeah, it might not be worth it to say anything? But I mean, you could always try bringing it up casually. Like "Oh, I think you're really pretty!" and see what happens?
With the guy- I know it sounds cliche, but if your friend likes him, stay away. I've been there. I've seen friendships fall apart. It's not worth it, especially since you're not even sure of your feelings. I know I probably sound like a parent, here, but there was a full-on FEUD I experienced in eighth grade because two people were fighting over a guy and....yeah.
Thank you so much for the compliments, you're so nice!! <3 I hope you have a great day!
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oreoambitions · 5 months ago
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If I were somehow a side character in a longform media project I think I'd be the weird, goblin-like friend of indeterminate age (I've been partially gray since I was 15 and, if my family is any indication, I'll still only be partially gray when I die at 90+) who you hardly ever see but everyone talks about and always seems to have a weird skill or two that'll help fix a problem of the week. Main character got glue in their hair and absolutely must have perfect hair in the next 20 min for some reason? Call <X>, who can trim anything from a topiary to the mayor and his wife. You promised to drive your officemates to the out-of-town seminar and are panicking because it's not just a couple of people in a company truck but a whole-ass bus? Hey, <X> has a CDL! That kind of thing.
Incredible, outstanding, spectacular. You know how to drive a bus???? It sounds like you're already nailing the side character schtick at a very high level I think it's neat but also super helpful to think about yourself as a side character in longform media because it a) reminds you that you are not the main character in most people's stories and b) encourages you to romanticize traits/skills/habits that you might not otherwise think much of It sounds silly but I also sometimes use it to make a decision or to break myself out of a rut. Like, dang, this isn't great for my quirky side story, I probably should log out of World of Warcraft and do some gardening or call a friend, ykwim?
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samuelroukin · 6 months ago
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Tbh I don’t think it’s cool these anons are sending you things abt mistakes in ur writing. It happens writers are far from perfect and when someone has a mistake in their writing I’m a decent person who looks past them cuz I know in my writing there are mistakes and if people made it their goal to constantly send me shit abt it it’d make me stop writing and posting. So @ those anons it costs $0 to keep your stupid mouth shut.
it's valid to think that but they asked the first time (and just again reaffirmed that i could just say no thank u!) and i said i was happy (well. not Happy lol but ykwim) to hear it so i can fix things. i really hate knowing there's tons of mistakes i just did not see, but others will, and someone pointing them out means i can prevent more people from having to turn a blind eye! so i actually appreciate it a lot even if it makes me cringe at myself lmao🙏
also it's far from constantly, it's one person letting me know about a few of them. if it was constant, well first of all how much am i fucking up lol but secondly yeah that'd be annoying. i appreciate u standing up for me but if it bothered me i would just not reply 🫡
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catfinancier · 8 months ago
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idk why I feel like I have to rush everything even when I'm specifically told there is no rush and to take my time. feels like I've got ants in my pants ykwim. like I have to finish it immediately for some fake reason that I don't even know. why is that? idk where that comes from. and then I end up making all kinds of mistakes!! although that's not the only reason, idk I tend to miss details even when I'm looking for them and I don't know how to fix that. like even in every day life I miss details. if you ask me which way I went home after work I'd be like idk (this is partly because I don't drive but still). I never know when people make major changes to the exterior of their houses on my cul de sac. someone asked me if it was snowing after I'd just come in from outside and I was like, how should I know? they ask, is it windy? idk!! if im ever a victim of or witness to a crime I will be in some trouble. they'll be like can you describe the attacker? I'll say idk it was some dude. one time I got lost in a building I'd been in multiple times. it's a small building and the halls go all the way around the building so no matter which direction I went I should have been able to get back, but I couldn't remember if the door I'd arrived at was the right one. I used to take a very long route from one building on campus to another when I realized if I looked to my left I could just walk a short distance across the grass to get to the other building. like idk what is wrong with me
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mickmundy · 2 years ago
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long post of me Thinking Aloud about the way i ship bushmedicine and how i personally write them in my fic series, which you can read here.
lots under the cut!
i have a really specific kind of story i’m trying to tell.. i think you’re supposed to not only relate to sniper, but also be frustrated by him too! like "augghh why cant he just let himself have a little love!!" ykwim…!! its supposed to feel sweet but also melancholy… 
medic is being delicate with sniper not because he’s smothering himself (because that goes against his own “code”), but he’s coming to terms with the fact that he Wants to be sensitive to the needs of someone else, even when it’s complex and not something he knows how to do right away. he's fine with (eager to, in fact) putting time into learning sniper. it's fun for him, surprisingly!
i think both medic and sniper are people who are frequently wrapped up in other aspects of their lives (professions, hobbies) that finding A Partner in the midst of that is either something that he doesn’t feel like he deserves (sniper) or is something he swore he never wanted (medic). 
medic is a healer. he’s a healer because that’s what he wants to be (although he prefers to do the Hurting! hehe) and not because anyone told him he should be or because he had some Higher Calling To Help The Sick. he operates on the basis of “i do not walk to the world, the world walks to Me” (imo this suits healers more than the stupid “healslut” trope lol but anyway). he knows his worth and has no problem asserting his place in the world, taking up space that is his right to take up!
sniper on the other hand, isn’t meek or even shy, really, but is always warpped up on having to “earn” everything. has to earn putting creamer in his coffee has to earn a long shower etc, it’s how he was raised. in my fics i talk about his struggle with feelings (“y’know who’s got a lot of feelin’s” <- uhhh. you!) and how he feels them and if he has the “right” to feel what he does.
so when medic says/hints to sniper “you are alive becuase i wanted you to be. i WILLED it because i WANTED it”, sniper absolutely does NOT know how to deal with someone feeling so intensely about him or his life in general, especially not someone who he didn’t really.. know. this calls into question his feelings of Worthiness and what, or why, medic is doing, being so sweet on him anyway! he didn’t do anything to Deserve It!
but to medic, sniper doesn’t Need to do anything To deserve it. it was mutually beneficial for him to do at the time (to prove he could and to revive his teammate); the revival was the catalyst that brought them together, but not the thing that makes them fall in love. they do that all on their own, much to their mutual surprise. it’s not Fate, its not Soul Mates, it’s just… them. together. in sync, understanding one another and finding peace within each other.
in another vein, i think silent envy is a characteristic for sniper that is easily applicable to his character. not that he’d take it out on the subject of his jealousy, but it adds onto this Complex Melancholy that hangs over him like a sad little raincloud…. 
medic feels freely and does whatever he wants whenever he wants and he’ll be polite and be nice to others of course, he also doesn’t feel like he should change any part of himself for others. Sniper’s envious of this, wishes he could just feel things and move on immediately and not be constantly feeling like he has to do things to please others (his parents… or what he himself Thinks he wants).
both of them have lived In Their Ways their entire lives and these ways have been what has kept them alive, so both of them see it as “well if it’s not broke don’t fix it”, but when they start having these Feelings for each other they realize no, it’s not Broken, but what’s wrong with a little fine-tuning? a little give and take. push and pull.
these kinds of things can be very hard for medic and sniper specifically bc i don’t think either of them are quick to hand out apologies or admit when they’re wrong (sniper is a sore loser and medic just does everything with Conviction so he usually genuinely doesn’t ever think he’s wrong), and grappling with not only the Desire to change, but to do so because you care about the person you have feelings for, not out of professional necessity or because something about you is Fucked Up. some change IS good and can make you a better person for it, too!
i also use food as a metaphor for hunger. hunger as in, romantic, sexual. drive and desire like a base need, like instinct, something within our blood and our biology that says ‘i need this. if i don’t get this, i don’t know what i’ll do.’ feeling that Pull for a person for the first time... knowing that hunger and nurturing it, not feeling ashamed for your desire or your Instinct to feel those feelings. Feeling them because they’re a part of you and, when you let yourself, you Love that part of you.
speaking about Overindulgence like it’s a fear; “be careful! if you feel those feelings too much, that’s Bad!” the fear of Being Bad to the point where you’ve done your damndest to wall off Feeling Feelings at all because you can’t imagine anything worse than being “bad”…. or being Unprofessional. :-) Unbecoming. some kind of Faceless Beast that your loved ones always cautioned against. and now look at you! you’re mad with love and you hate it. but you don’t want to hate it. you want to feel your feelings and revel in them, crush your jaws around the person that’s giving you those feelings and feeding that hunger, want to keep them there so that they’ll never leave. it’s scary to think about how badly you want it, isn’t it? best to not think about that plover bird that sits in your jaws it all, then, isn’t it, hungry crocodile? 
to me, the apricot is the perfect fruit for sniper in this metaphor. obviously “the apricot” inside of the body where sniper’s aim for is a super cute reference that i think medic also gets a kick out of (morbid humor that ties them together in a more flirty chemistry kind of way). the apricot is a stone fruit, soft on the outside but hard at its core. easily bruised despite its hardness. i think sniper sees himself as something similar, but is actually the opposite. i think he’s hard around the edges, tough, but inside he’s quite sensitive, and he resents that sensitivity and softness.
in my writing, the apricot serves as a symbol of his profession (the spot sniper’s aim for where the head connects to the neck) And as the person he truly thinks he is. he’s convinced he’s bitter and hard at his core, which wouldn’t be such a bad thing to be if it was what he really was. but no, he’s soft, actually, and in the hands of someone who won’t bruise you, being such isn’t really so bad. maybe it’s a good thing, even. something to be cherished, instead of a flaw, like he’d been told all his life that softness was.
the readers haven’t gotten to medic’s fruit yet! :-) but i’m excited to elaborate more on it when i post the rest of my fics. there’s no sense in talking too far in advance before i’ve even published the fics i’m talking about, hehe! but medic’s perspective and take on all of this will become more prominent soon, so >:) stay tuned!! HEHEHE
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