#10 years with this guy. goodness gracious

[cosmerelists]

Should You Invite These Cosmere Characters to Boardgame Night?

As requested by anon. :)

I've done two boardgame-related posts before this (I love boardgames): Favorite Boardgames of Each Knights Radiant Order and Should You Invite the Shards to Boardgame Knight?

In this list, allow me to provide some advice about whether or not you should invite these Cosmere characters to your next boardgame night!

1. Adolin: Yes

Adolin is a delight at every social gathering. He brings wine that somebody at the store told him was good. He has fun with every game whether he wins or loses. By the end of the night, he is somehow the best friend of each individual guest.

2. Shallan: Yes

Is she cheating? Maybe. But she makes a lot of puns and you know that if she tries to cheat TOO much, Radiant will stop her.

3. Kaladin: No

He wins everything. It's annoying. He joined Settlers of Katan twenty minutes late and STILL won. How does he do it???

4. Kelsier: Yes

At first you were admittedly intimidated, as Kelsier kept smiling to himself and saying things like "Just wait until I reveal my Master Plan!" But actually, he kinda loses games...a lot. Keeps smiling, though, so you assume he's having a good time! What a good sport!

5. Vin: Only if you like losing

Like Kaladin, Vin wins all. the. time. But unlike Kaladin, she doesn't come late & then win in a blaze of sudden glory, no. She simply...destroys you. Continuously and brutally for the entire night.

6. Harmony: No

No offense to Harmony, who's a good dude 'n' all, but man, he takes FOREVER to make his next move. It's like--we're playing Sorry. You either move forward 10 or back 1. It's just two choices! How is he thinking for like 10 billion years??

7. Lopen: Maybe

Lopen likes to play around and tease people. He MAY mock you a little too much when your attempt to "Draw 2" him backfires and you find yourself drawing 8 cards in Uno... but other than that, he's a good time.

8. Blushweaver: Maybe

You didn't realize checkers even COULD be played as "Strip Checkers."

9. Tien: Yes

Tien is mostly concerned with making sure that everyone else is having a good time. Even after he gets killed during a round of "Werewolves," he continues to grin and encourage the rest of you to have a good time. W-Wait, why do you suddenly feel like crying?

10. Skar: Yes

Like Tien, Skar also seems chiefly concerned with making sure everyone else has a good time. Bonus: he's GREAT at explaining the rules!

11. Lightsong: Depends on how competitive you are

Ask yourself this: if there's a guy there who wins every game despite clearly and loudly not understanding the rules, would that be fun? If yes, then go for it. If no, then don't invite Lightsong--he doesn't understand how to play Hearts and he doesn't care to, yet he has shot the moon TWICE.

12. Nale: No

No one likes a rules lawyer.

13. Shai: Yes

Shai knows all of these obscure, complicated games that actually turn out to be really fun!

14. Hoid: No

Hoid knows all of these obscure, complicated games and while he does explain the rules, you can't shake the feeling that he's actually playing by an entirely different set of rules that he's not being totally honest about...

15. Elend: Yes

Elend was born to participate in board game nights weekly.

16. Telsin: No

She cheats 100% of the time. You didn't even know it was POSSIBLE to cheat in Connect 4, but she somehow found a way...

17. Raboniel: Well...

Raboniel is ENORMOUSLY competitive and cares very deeply about winning...but she also respects the game. She is surprisingly gracious about losing despite her eyes blazing with the heat of ten million suns as she slapped down that 7-letter word in Scrabble. Yet when you responded with your own, better 7-letter word, clinching the victory, you could tell that she respected you for it.

...But on the other hand, you've been clammy with fear sweats for 45 minutes now.

[etherealdelusion]

chapter one

Series Masterlist

summary: Suguru Geto is a top soccer star at Jujutsu University (set in the states). Entering his senior year, he is focused on getting drafted to a Major League Soccer (MLS) team. His mission is slightly disruptee by the school's newest soccer reporter Charlye Posh. A nasty breakup leaves her wanting to stay single but Suguru could change her mind. She knows the risk that comes with messing with your sources but Suguru makes the conflict of interest worth it.

pairing: suguru geto/oc (soccer AU)

word count: 1.5k

author's note: it has been agessss since I have dabbled in writing fanfics. I just recently wanted to flex my writing chops so this chaptered fic is a result of that. I am very nervous dropping but this but I hope y'all like it. Depending on reception, I'll post more of thr chapters I have written. And the OC is Black. Enjoy!

"I'm sad I can't go with you guys. Toji doesn't want to take on daddy duties this weekend," Taron huffs as she balances Califiya on her hip. 

The five-month-old drools on her baggy white tee as she sleeps soundly on her shoulder.

Charlye frowns, rubbing Taron's arm. "You can come! It's just a bowling party. You don't have to worry about alcohol, and I'm sure Cali would have a blast seeing all the colors everywhere."

Taron gives Charlye a gracious smile, shaking her head. "Don't worry about it. We can plan for something later this week. I'll just threaten to take Toji to court again. That gets him to act right."

The two snicker.

"Alright. Let's go," Jaryah adjusts her denim mini skirt, but Charyle rolls her eyes at the attempt, knowing the fabric was barely covering her ass.

Charlye claps her hands together, doing a little cheer. "I'm ready to partyyy!"

"Damn right!" Jaryah says. "This is the last free night before we start classes, and you get bogged down with sports."

Charlye sighs, realizing how busy she'll be writing about soccer season soon. It is her first time covering college soccer after asking transition from her features beat. She'd be lying to herself if she said she wasn't nervous about the big step.

"Let's make the most of the night." Charlye hugs Taron, giving Califiya a delicate kiss on the forehead. "Night, Taron! We will be sure to be quiet as a mouse when we return."

Taron presses her lips together, knowing Charlye's promise is more ambitious than doable. 

"Be careful! Use protection! And please don't text me if you see my ex!"

Charyle and Jaryah nod before exiting out the door.

"Strike!"

Satoru pumps his fist in the air as his sky blue ball collides with all 10 pins, sending them scattering across the slick wood.

"Eh, beginner's luck," Suguru says as he gets up to grab his ball.

Satoru sticks his tongue out. "No need to be jealous. I'm sure you all will match my dominance soon."

Satoru always held a bowling party before starting the first day of classes. While it was something his parents started, he wanted to make sure to continue the tradition.

It gives me good luck going into the year, he'd always claim.

"You said your friends were coming, right?" Satoru says to Nanami, who is preoccupied with his phone.

"I wouldn't call them my friends, but I thought the one was nice. I haven't met the friend she's bringing," Nanami answers.

"Coming from someone who's the school's tour guide, I think it's a habit for you to call anyone nice," Satoru jokes.

Nanami ignores Satoru, checking his phone as it chimes. "They're here!"

Jaryah texts Nanami who to look for as she searches for perfectly placed blonde hair amidst the packed bowling alley.

"You said this is a friend, right?" Charyle asks as she follows Jaryah.

Jaryah laughs, slightly tinting her head. "Welllll, I wouldn't say he's a friend, buuuut I thought he was nice when I bumped into him in the student center."

"He thought you were hot," Charyle says matter-of-factly.

Jaryah briefly glances at Charlye, shrugging. "You caught me."

Before Charyle can respond, a muscular white arm waves them over. When she catches sight of the owner of the arm, she understood why Jaryah would accept a stranger's invite to a party.

"He's hot," She says to Jaryah as they get closer to the rowdy crew.

Jaryah hums in response as she greets Nanami with a hug. "Hello again!"

Nanami smiles, hugging her, but his eyes follow down to what's behind Jaryah. He lowly whistles at the sight of her skirt struggling to contain her protruding rump.

"Nice to meet you," Charlye quickly snaps his attention. "We appreciate the invite."

"Absolutely," Nanami says, "Please enjoy yourselves. The tab is on Satoru, so order any drinks you want."

As Jaryah and Nanami get deep into conversation, Charlye is interrupted by a white-haired, blue-eyed figure approaching her.

"You must be the friends Nanami mentioned to us," Gojo says as he extends his hand, "I'm Satoru."

Charyle shakes his hand. "Charyle, but with a y."

Satoru raises an eyebrow. "Why the spelling?"

"So I don't get Charlie Brown jokes."

Gojo's lips quiver into a laugh. "I wasn't going to do that, but hey, good to know."

Another person walks up, and Charlye is mesmerized by his beauty. The long dark-haired guy extends his hand, smiling. "Suguru."

"Charyle," she quickly replies, shaking his hand. She squeals inside at the quick contact between their hands. If it wasn't for Saturo's clapping, she would've kept her hand lingering on Suguru's.

"I hope Satoru doesn't annoy you too much tonight. He can get a little—”

"OH YEAH, ANOTHER STRIKE!” Satoru howls, causing Suguru to sigh at his outburst.

"You get the idea," Suguru chuckles. "Can I get you a drink?"

Suguru is intrigued by the woman in front of him. He didn't expect much when Nanami mentioned he invited two random girls. After all, they shared different types. Suguru was impressed to see two gorgeous women walk up. He noticed Charyle immediately, who donned a Black crop top paired with baggy tanned cargo pants and brown Nike dunks. Her dimples complimented her baby face that was flawlessly covered in makeup.

Suguru had no intention in hooking up with anyone as he had a soccer season to focus on, but he thought he could bend his strict rule for this cocoa brown bombshell.

"I'll do a vodka soda with lemon," Charlye's voice brings Suguru back to reality.

His cheeks burn in embarrassment as he sees from Charlye's eyes squinting at him that she can tell he is checking her out.

"Right," Suguru clears his throat as he heads to the bar.

Charlye didn't mind when a guy checked her out. She normally never entertained advances from guys, so any kind of attention she received felt like a treat. While she had no intentions in possibly meeting a guy, she couldn't help but wonder if Suguru would be worth her time.

Suguru returned with two drinks in his hand. He handed Charlye her clear concoction while he took a swig of his beer. As Charlye sipped her drink, she could sense Suguru's eyes undressing her. His eyes had a hunger behind them she didn't see when they first shook hands.

Suguru felt the same way. He could sense Charlye feeling the similar desire to feel their bodies collide. Unlike a few minutes ago, he felt no shame showing he wanted her.

“So…did your friend drag you along to this?” Suguru attempts to break the silent eye-fucking game between them.

Charlye shakes her head. “She was super nervous about coming. I am merely here for moral support.”

Suguru hums in response. “How nice. Well, I am glad Nanami's guest brought cute company.” 

Charlye raises an eyebrow. “Oh? So I'm only cute to you?” 

A grin stretches across his face as he tilts his bottle for another sip.

 “Gorgeous? Breathtaking? I can throw out many words. Just wanted to be polite.”

A slight heat creeps up Charlye's cheeks. 

“How considerate,” she sucks on the straw in her drink, hoping the liquid would ease the bundle of nerves in her stomach.

“Can I follow you on social media? I'd love to take you out some—” 

"Not interested," Charlye quickly responds.

Suguru chokes on his drink, coughing to relieve the bitter liquid stuck in his windpipe.

"Excuse me?" He croaks.

"I'm not interested," she repeats.

"Wait what? Did I say something wrong?" Suguru is confused by Charyle's sudden switch after feeling the sexual tension between them.

"I know. I just….." Charlye trails, fishing for a lousy excuse to avoid giving another man a chance at her heart.

Suguru patiently waits for her answer, but Charlye's lips remain scrunched as she thinks.

"Listen I don’t—"

"Suguru, it's your turn!" Satoru shouts over the loud music.

Charlye sighs in relief at Satoru being her saving grace out of the situation. She watches Suguru reluctantly go take his turn to bowl. While he walks away, she darts to Jaryah who is entangled with Nanami on one of the couches. She's giggling loudly as Nanami whispers in her ear.

"Hey, I'm ready to go," Charlye taps Jaryah on the arm.

"What? Char, we just got here," Jaryah protests, shooting her an annoyed look her way. 

"Can we at least stay for another hour?"

"You can," Charlye says. "I'm leaving." Before she can hear Jaryah's response, she heads toward the exit to call an Uber.

Satoru hands Suguru his ball, grinning. “You made that hot girl run off. Damn, are you that rusty?”  

“Shut up,” Suguru grumbles as he chucks the ball down.

Satoru nudges him, chuckling. “What happened? You tell her you’re too laser-focused on making your dreams come true? You know you don’t have to let a round ball cockblock you. Loosen up, dude.”

Suguru rolls his eyes. “Is it a crime to care about my passion? Besides, I do hope I get to see her again.”

And little did he know he would right on his home turf.

[oacest]

I'm....I'm aghast. I have so many feelings about these two. So first of all, I had to create a oasis timeline a few days ago to keep all the gcest things straight (Gay) and I feel like It's getting out of hand with how much absolute batshit crazy stuff they have done and continue to do.

That MV is so see through its insane. Also Noel and Liam both think the other writes exclusively about them? I keep falling deeper, lord save me. OKay but Liam singing about how Noel will always be a Gallagher brother. and "You told me we could live forever". i need to breathe ouuughh. And now they're back together, but I'm sure Noel thinks he can Just Be Brothers. I mean that is obviously going to go either horribly wrong or amazingly right. Either way I'm here for it. AND,,,, MIGHT I ADD,,,, one of the first lines of One of us is about how 16 years ago we fell apart or smth. that song came out in 2020 and ACCORDING to my Oasis timeline, nothing much happened in 2004? Which could mean that the brothers had an awful year and Liam just somehow didn't do anything crazy at Noel for 12 entire months, OR THAT he knew about the Oasis getting back together thing in 2025 (16 years after 2009 when they broke up...)(Ignore my delusions I am overdosing on The Gallaghers absurdity).

And on the topic of always being blindsided by these guys, yeah I keep finding lore on just how crazy they are. I mean I just yesterday found out about the time the band tied Liam to the ceiling and the whole time he was up there he was uncharacteristically quiet, then once they took him down all he said was "I really enjoyed that". Or Noel joking-but-really-being-worried about the cycle of incest continuing with his own kids.

With all that out of the way, I found them on ao3 by scrolling the b/b incest tag lmao. I was bored and decided to try and find some fics of one of my favorite things, brothers in love, and I kept stumbling across Liam/Noel fics. After like 10 I was like "Okay what's all this oasis business about anyway". I had no clue what they looked like and I was honestly expecting the worst (boys are gross ): -said the boy) so I googled them. God was I wrong, they're gorgeous. Then I was like fuck it, let me check tumblr. I found this Gallaghercest list of incestuous lore that lead to me researching all the events on it. As soon as I began I had to start a timeline because they do too much stuff. Also as soon as I started I was so taken aback by how many people are into it, and then immediately taken aback by how many people DONT see it for how entirely obvious the brothers are. Even if they haven't actually had sex (which they almost certainly have), they do have a really unhealthy codependent relationship that truly borders on incestuous-- and that's only the things caught on camera or in interviews.

At first i was surprised by the star shaped tambourine lore, then the loch lomond kiss, then ALL THE OTHER KISSES. Those kisses are probably on the tamer side of what they do and say, which I keep finding as I keep learning about them. I feel so lucky that I found them, but also I need to focus on other things in life. I cant even yap about them to my friends!!

Goodness gracious, sorry for the long ask. Can you tell I just spent that last week ingesting oasis content (they're all I listen to anymore) <33333

never apologise for a long ask, we're absolutely living watching this unspooling trajectory of insanity for you 😂. it's beat for beat what we went through, down to the instant archival spirit of "gotta make a timeline" lmao. have you found the gallaghercest primer and the oasis/gallagher timeline yet? both indispensible jumping off points.

re the "16 years ago" line in one of us, it's possibly a reference to an incident in 2002 when noel and his then-girlfriend (now ex-wife) sara briefly split up. noel's passport disappeared just before they went on tour, which was obviously a huge issue that caused a bunch of drama. almost immediately thereafter, noel and sara messily broke up for a few months, noel went on a bit of a bender, grew a depression beard, was photographed drunkenly riding on some hot boy's shoulders, etc. in 2018 (which is probably when one of us was written) liam claimed (via tweet) that sara was the one who stole noel's passport, causing them to break up and noel to "come crying" to liam. presumably by now you've also learned that sara and liam fucking hate each other due largely to noel-related jealousies, and that liam blames her for oasis splitting up/staying split up. since there's really nothing else Known about what that 16 years ago line might be talking about, seems quite possible it's regarding the last time noel & liam were a sara-less unit, when noel was potentially making liam some promises that ultimately didn't stick.

the tied to the ceiling thing is..... let's just say it's very near and dear to our hearts 🙃🙃🙃. for reasons.

there's just like...... no end to The Lore lmfao. as soon as you think you've hit some kind of bottom or plateau, SURPRISE, MOTHERFUCKER!!

oh and also love for you that you googled them with low expectations but ended up pleasantly surprised 😂. that was. well. not our experience it must be said. but we knuckled down and reprogrammed our brains and now we're all unibrow fetishists, god bless us everyone.

[thatgirlwithasquid]

Stranger Things M/M Pairings AO3 Ranking

It's that time againnnnnn. Ship stats fuck yeah!! These take me hours to do and it's literally only me who cares but WHATEVS ITS INTERESTING!

These numbers are as of 5th March 2025

1. Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson with 31,801 works

2. Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington with 11,828 works

3. Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington with 1,357 works

4. Billy Hargrove/Eddie Munson with 995 works

5. Argyle/Jonathan Byers with 664 works

6. Tommy Hagan/Steve Harrington with 343 works

7. Jason Carver/Eddie Munson with 217 works

8. Jonathan Byers/Billy Hargrove with 99 works

9. Jonathan Byers/Eddie Munson with 98 works

10. Tommy Hagan/Billy Hargrove with 92 works

11. Argyle/Steve Harrington with 65 works

12. Gareth/Eddie Munson with 57 works

13. Andy/Gareth with 55 works

14. Tommy Hagan/Eddie Munson with 41 works

15. Gareth/Steve Harrington with 40 works

16. Argyle/Eddie Munson with 31 works

17. Argyle/Billy Hargrove with 29 works

18. Gareth/Jeff with 24 works

19. Jason Carver/Steve Harrington with 23 works

20. Jason Carver/Billy Hargrove with 22 works

21. Argyle/Gareth with 17 works

22. Andy/Jason Carver with 16 works

23. Jeff/Eddie Munson with 14 works

24. Jason Carver/Chance with 11 works || Jonathan Byers/Tommy Hagan with 11 works 

26. Andy/Chance with 10 works  || Gareth/Tommy Hagan with 10 works  || Steve Harrington/Jeff with 10 works 

29. Billy Hargrove/Patrick McKinney with 7 works  || Jason Carver/Gareth with 7 works 

31. Andy/Eddie Munson with 5 works || Gareth/Billy Hargrove with 5 works || Jason Carver/Patrick McKinney with 5 works || Steve Harrington/Kilt Guy* with 5 works

35. Chance/Patrick McKinney with 4 works 

36. Steve Harrington/Patrick McKinney with 3 works  || Jonathan Byers/Gareth with 3 works 

38. Andy/Steve Harrington with 2 works || Patrick McKinney/Eddie Munson with 2 works  || Tommy Hagan/Patrick McKinney with 2 works || Tommy Hagan/Jeff with 2 works  || Chance/Eddie Munson with 2 works 

43. Fred Benson/Billy Hargrove with 1 work || Fred Benson/Jonathan Byers with 1 work || Fred Benson/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Argyle/Fred Benson with 1 work || Jeff/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Jason Carver/Tommy Hagan with 1 work || Jonathan Byers/Jason Carver with 1 work || Chance/Gareth with 1 work || Chance/Tommy Hagan with 1 work || Jonathan Byers/Jeff with 1 work [NEW ARRIVAL!] || Argyle/Jason Carver with 1 work [NEW ARRIVAL!]

54. Gareth/Patrick McKinney with 0 works

*kilt guy, for those who are unaware, is a background extra visible in the scene at Tina’s halloween party. for a while he was doing numbers in the harringove fandom

Compared to last year... (see 2024 rankings)

the top 5 remain in the same ranking position

the largest increase in number of fics is: steddie, with 5,516 new works (goodness gracious you guys are dedicated)

the 2nd largest increase in number of fics is: harringrove, with 684 new works

the largest increase in ranking is: jeff x eddie, with an increase of 12 places

the 2nd largest increase in ranking is: stason, with an increase of 3 places

Pairings with no ao3 tag:

Eddie Munson/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Argyle, Tommy Hagan/Fred Benson, Tommy Hagan/Andy, Billy Hargrove/Kilt Guy, Billy Hargrove/Jeff, Billy Hargrove/Andy, Jonathan Byers/Patrick McKinney, Jonathan Byers/Kilt Guy, Jonathan Byers/Andy, Patrick McKinney/Kilt Guy, Patrick McKinney/Argyle, Patrick McKinney/Andy, Jason Carver/Kilt Guy, Jason Carver/Jeff, Jason Carver/Fred Benson, Gareth/Kilt Guy, Gareth/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Argyle, Kilt Guy/Jeff, Kilt Guy/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Andy, Argyle/Jeff, Argyle/Andy, Jeff/Fred Benson, Jeff/Andy, Fred Benson/Andy

Interested in other categories?

M/M pairings for the stranger things have a total of 48,045 fics. This is 35,380 more than F/M pairings and 36,113 more than F/F pairings.

[independent-fics]

Inde watches “The Tower Job”

Leverage Redemption 1x04

The description warns about recent events affecting the viewers and if I remember correctly when redemption first aired it was right around the Miami(?) apartment collapse. Dang. 

Listen let Harry take initiative on this one okay.

“So she thinks she has taste” I love you Breanna

I love Parker dropping in more

And Breanna just being like I can just have the plans? She wants to steal so bad

Ahhhhh I love Eliot and Parker standing so close. And the klingon I can’t those nerds and the smile Parker has hehehe now Eliot’s grumpy again and she loves it

10 million hurts my brain too Breanna

Eliot’s head shake at her French hahaha I love them

Why is the wife and driver giving affair

“Because my American accent is better than yours” honestly I wanna explore Parker’s language mannerisms (? Idk if that’s the word I’m looking for)

Harry I love your enthusiasm. There isn’t rules just guidelines haha

Also Sophie’s fit is so nice

Parker I too am uncomfortable in business clothes

Idk which pair is having more fun Harry and Sophie being annoying or Eliot and Breanna destroying things

Off brand European tranquilizers goodness gracious

Nooooo Harry not you being in on the first lawsuit

“Your screwups make me look good” once again Breanna I love you

“The man’s trying to make amends I respect that” ugh Eliot my heart

Parker once again on the ceiling I love you. Reminded of Hardison always finding her places with rafters

Oooo Eliot love you suggesting the play of the con

Love Breanna and Harry being newbies supporting each other

The way I screamed with Breanna’s character

I love them all supporting Breanna’s art and then just Eliot’s “WHERE.” I LOVE THEM

Mrs Crawlys “I did a year at college of art” is like my “I did a study abroad” 😭 I’m sorry but I get her

Love Harry and contract law hehehe

“We never say no to parties” I love her and how foreboding that sounded and now I’m thinking about every other party the original leverage team invaded hehehe

Oh goodness not Parker knocking Breanna out hahaha but love Eliot helping her up. I’m only four episodes in but I’m desperate for new team old team bonding

Harry and Parker begging for the safe I love them

Eliot absolutely hating the kissing up he just had to do hahah I love him

THERE IS AN AFFAIR

Not Eliot’s lack of tipping annoyance reminded hahaha

Okay I am loving learning more about Harry and the changes he’s making. I get the doing your job and doing it well because who doesn’t want to do that but then realizing it’s not something that you want to be doing.

“We’re not heroes. We’re just necessary”

“ Sophie Parker Hardison and Nathan ford showed me there was another way” ugh Eliot my beloved but HA PARKER IN THE BOX

Wait I love Parker’s fit

Lil Bucky hehehe

“Wow Harry was a good bad guy” yeah Breanna he was I might be taking notes because I gotta retire one day

“I’ll go find some chopsticks” girl

I am also taking notes from Breanna dang

HARRY KEEP IT TOGETHER

“And you’re not graded on a curve Mrs Casey” dang

Oh gosh nvm as someone who also sometimes experiences vertigo get that remote away from me

I love Sophie narrating this whole thing as a show

Breanna putting on the headphones with that evil smile I love haha

BREANNA YES I TOO AM A CHEERLEADER WHEN ELIOT FIGHTS I love her enthusiasm so much and narrating. Eliot don’t deny it you’re flipping the sticks to show off

As much as I love leverage they do have a couple of iffy episodes where they really cause some trauma like wow I’m rooting for Harry rn

That chute thing would terrify me but I love that Parker is loving it

Love them buying the tower

Gosh the change in Harry from being in the first lawsuit to protecting the victims in the next

“It’s not every day someone gets a little piece of their soul back” ugh this was good

[fernandomagicalonsomanydances]

In preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix I feel I must give my ranking of my top 10 on the Grid as some way to soothe the frustration that I have no way to watch the race.

Carlos Sainz Vazquez de Castro Cenamor Rincón Rebollo Birto Moreno de Aranda de Anteriuga Tiapera Deltun absolute king of my heart and the reason I got into this sport. The prince charming of Spain who's so classy and gracious and just such a good teammate no matter where he is at. With his powerful tractor beam big brown eyes. Long live the smooth operator! Vamos Carlos!

Esteban Ocon. Am I aware that this is like loving the problematic lead in a film or book just cause he has babygirl energy? Yes. Is that gonna stop me? Hell naw! I like his backstory, disarmed by his squishy little face, and I vowed to defend him from all harm like the minute after I watched him analyze Cars as being an accurate depiction of various racing aspects. Plus he's from the same region of France as where my family originates. So while Carlos is my F1 husband Estie is like my F1 baby bro. I will call him "teapot" it's a long story feel free to send me an ask about it. I will also call him Esteban "Can Do No Wrong" Ocon. Yes I'm fully self aware of how delulu I am about this man having no flaws (he does I've just elected to ignore them in favor of being charmed by the innocent face)

Daniel Ricciardo - I'm from Texas, I'm an extrovert, I'm legally obligated to stan this man to the moon and back. The Honey Badger is my spirit animal. Not the actual creature, just chaos gremlin Daniel. His energy is infectious and he brings the party and he loves my state. How could I do anything but support him?

George Russell - he was probably the second crush I got in F1 and I kinda love how in spite of his posh model energy he actually isn't from some moneyed or legacy background and he's so delightfully clueless at times "goat, sorry?" And the videos of him with kiddos he's so sweet and attentive to them

Checo - the Mexican minister of Defense. The down to earth friendly dad energy. He's just so solid and sweet and I love what he does to help mellow Max just by ya know being the chill dad Max never had. Also he an authentic Mexican, endorsed Tex-Mex so obvs I'm gonna love this man and wanna get tacos and drinks. He has that approachable energy and given the US's one driver might not even have a seat next year I gotta support our neighbor Mexico's driver cause I sure ain't supporting the Canadian nepo baby

Fernando Alonso - this mainly has to do with sex appeal let's be real. He's got that edgy bad boy kinda external vibe in some ways but then he's backstage arranging flowers and it's like "I could fix him and make him settle down" he's got charm style and is basically an immortal and foxy as hell. Let me try to domesticate this man please!

Charles Leclerc - sweet, I would vote him most likely to be true even while he's traveling abroad being swooned over and having fans handing him marriage licenses. He's just a little too type A for me to love him like I do my golden retriever energy chaos creatures and chill guys of the previous 6. But he's great and it's because of him and Carlos in the C² videos that I got roped into this sport so he's gotta make it. Plus after all the loss he's experienced he's a real inspiration in staying kind in spite of the pain of life

Max Verstappen - speaking of inspirations my traumatized ass can't help but support one of my own. He's an icon of breaking cycles. Yes he's definitely had his issues but he's matured in some ways and while I don't care if he wins or not on the track I'm very invested in him winning at life which him being a doting stepdad to Penelope is the kind of healing that helps me heal too. Children of hard ass dads who didn't realize their childhood was fucked up, unite! Plus he's an absolute goofball and that's endearing

Logan Sargent - I'm american, independence day is literally my favorite holiday, I have to have this man in my top 10 and I genuinely do think he's a classy guy (especially considering he's from Florida) and I can't help but love how the one American driver is just so painfully American looking. He looks like Captain America fucked an apple pie. He looks like scientists designed an American in a lab. He looks like the Beach Boys had a grandson with the descendants of Betsy Ross. He looks like a team scoured frat parties for a year to find the most American looking guy in the country. He is Logan Sargent and he is Kenough.

Valterri Bottas - his absolute self confidence and zero fucks given. He does not take himself too seriously and he is wholesome AF. He also has practical guy energy. Like if I hand to rank drivers on Most Likely to Pull Over and Help You Change a Tire he's definitely in the top 3. He seems like getting his hands dirty is something he's not too good to do and he seems like a good dude. Plus he's hilarious. He's as chaotic as Daniel in some ways he's just a little less boisterous about it. Calm chaos vs 5 year old given 16 energy drinks in an hour Ricciardo energy

[twothpaste]

earthbound old man tier list

S Tier: Doctor Andonuts. idc what anyone says, he is a fascinating bewilderful tragic morally dubious rubiks cube of a character, and if i think about him for longer than 10 seconds i get so emo i wanna dye my hair black and run away into the woods. he is also very funny. i would squash him like putty.

A Tier: Wess. mother 3 wouldn't be mother 3 without Wess and i'm not kidding. i love how he is written as both a terrifying abusive father and also a genuinely wise antifa ally, the duality of humanity or whatever. a bunch of his lines still give me chills to this day. especially [ this one ]

Leder as well. absolute fucking real one. imagine taking a vow of silence for the rest of your life to protect your beloved community, none of whom even can remember the sacrifices you've made for them, singlehandedly bearing a lifetime of unfathomable trauma to spare them theirs. he is atlas with the planet earth on his shoulders. yet another character who turns my brains into spaghetti-os.

B Tier: George is one of the most intriguing characters in the series. Boy, I wish Itoi took the time to actually Write him!!! so many questions, so little canon material, but my imagination does drive me a bit to madness with this guy I fear.

C Tier: the fuck do you mean Geldegarde Monotoli was super wicked evil under Giygas' influence, kidnapped Paula, took over Cartoon New York with sheer capitalist ruthlessness - then as soon as you break the Mani Mani statue he's like -tiny bichon frise sneeze- "ouuugghhh goodness gracious i'm so sorry, i don't know what came over me, i am so harmless and frail and made of pudding also" -little pekingese cough- and Paula is like "don't worry ness 👧 he was just a sweet old man all along lol!!!" nvm it's pretty funny actually

Grandpa Alec goes in C Tier too. imo he's well written in chapter 1. his reaction to grief feels really off-kilter in a strangely human & believable way, like?? he is snapping at Lucas and immediately feeling remorse, cracking jokes to try and assure Flint (and himself) everything is ok when it clearly isn't, kooky silly and also unsettling at the same time. i think people forget that he's also a messy clumsy maladjusted grieving dad, just like Flint. but after chapter 1 he kinda falls off, doesn't have much interesting to say or add to the story. i find myself kinda wishing Lucas had a closer relationship to his grandpa implied post-timeskip… oh well.

is Jonel old? his sprite doesn't look ancient but considering his attitude & his adult kids I imagine him to be in his 60's probably. i like that he's a bit of an asshole, and his moment at the prayer sanctuary implies a religious aspect to the village that's super intriguing… iirc he has a line all the way in New Pork where he trash talks Flint for still holding out hope & tryin to find Claus, and it's like?? damn, Jonel, a cunt to the bitter end!! gotta love that.

likewise Mayor Pusher is one of those Tazmily villagers who really highlights how fake & callous some of these people can be. i love the part toward the end of chapter 7 where he blabbers about how much he hates this hick town and he's so eager to leave already, and when he catches Lucas eavesdropping iirc he's rude as ever to him. what a douchebag! no wonder his son is so depressed ❤️

Nippolyte is a benign real one and I like him, even though there's not much to him.

wish Scamp did or said literally anything of note before dying. oh well

D Tier: yeah fuck Mr. Carpainter though. i don't believe for a second he was solely driven to become a cult leader by alien brainwashing alone, dude's gonna be on some MLM shit within a year mark my words

??? Tier: i don't consider Mother 3 Porky an old man, i consider him Very a forever thirteen year old trapped in a sickly grotesque disproportionaltely aging body. but if you do consider him an old man, he's in the stratosphere tier blowing up the moon

[docmerlin]

good luck on your medical thing!

please tell me about that bbno$ guy you've been sharing about these days! i haven't been able to understand by osmosis what exactly is going on with this dude and his killer miku cosplay (or how is name is pronounced bc so far i've been reading it as "baby number dollar")

:3c

everything went FINE thankfully, i wrote most of this up in the waiting room and it was a nice distraction so ty 😌

it's pronounced like baby no money! although people have been calling him bibinos/bonobos/variants thereof to torment him. i tend to jst call him alex (his name) or baby or bb or whatever especially when i don't want my rambling coming up in searches gkdhfj

he's a rapper/singer from canada, he really blew up in 2019 with lalala which you may or may not have heard bc it was mostly a tiktok thing. he's kinda been in my line of sight for a while bc he interacts with a lot of streamers & youtubers i watch, he actually did a song with smosh last year (smosh's first song in like..... 10 years i think, since anthony returned after a long time away) and that's what kinda started this whole SPIRAL for me but the full obsession started like a month ago.

basically he's just really active online and with online people and does a lot of random Side Quests™ so he's been fun to follow!

the cosplay stuff is recent! he did a gojo cosplay last summer and tbh i think it started as a way to bait for tiktok engagement but he seems to be really enjoying himself. last month he cosplayed an arcane ship (jayvik), he commissioned the cosplays and streamed the photshoot with the profits going to california wildfire relief efforts. and miku was for the immunodeficiency fund! since then he's basically just been asking "WHAT SHOULD I COSPLAY NEXT" and making plans for photoshoots and such (he's gonna do a sonic group this weekend actually, and he's planning for silco and vander)

i like him because?? he's just so silly. he doesn't take himself too seriously but at the same time he puts his heart and soul into everything he does. like with the cosplay stuff he found people who could help him get into it, he's respectful of a culture/community that's new to him, and he's happy to do whatever seems most fun. one time he did drag with rebecca black who was also doing drag dressed as him. i also think while he raps abt like getting money and his dick being huge and all this other shit it's more of a character, he seems like a rlly sweet dude under it all tbh

i've also been talking abt yung gravy/matt who's like his Partner In Music, they are bff ride or dies who regularly smooch onstage for the bit. idk if i can quite put into words my thoughts and feelings abt gravy but here's a slide from a presentation i made recently that i feel gets my point across

anyway. recommended listening:

goodness gracious

i see london i see france

welcome to chilis

and betty is a fav if u want some solo gravy

if you don't like rap/hip hop much, alex also sings sad breakup songs sometimes:

help herself

still

meant to be

[amour393]

ok. dragons rising part 2 thoughts

these will be in no particular order but I'll try to stay somewhat organized XD

spoilers ahead!

(this ah. got long)

Characters

Lloyd: As sad as I get when I think about Lloyd growing up, I love what they're doing with him. Seeing the parallels between him and Wu is so poetic and I LOVE the dynamic with Lloyd and Arin. Lloyd is kind and strong and wise and he has been treated so well in dragons rising

Arin: Speaking of, Arin is absolutely amazing. He is precious and adorable and I love him. Sweet polite boy I love you so much you have never done anything wrong ever and I love you

Sora: Sora is fine, I like her but I'm not like obsessed with her character like I am with Arin. I love Sora but I'm never super jazzed about her. Her arc in part 2 was alright but I wish it had more buildup. I think with a few more moments here and there of her trying to use her powers without Riyu would have made the payoff much better. And I know they were trying to go for a "resistance never quits" moment with her speech at the end but. Idk it just didn't hit the same

Zane: Zane I love you. I feel you I also am BROKEN over Pixal being gone. Literally everything about Zane in part 2 was perfect. I love him so much and he loves pixal so much it makes me unwell. Also. Zane Day is now an international holiday

Nya: I love Nya's dynamic with Sora and how she gets to be like. The first positive female influence in Sora's life. Especially because Nya didn't have that as a kid or uh ever so I love that. HOWEVER!!! Oh my goodness gracious give Nya feelings. She has emotions. She has trauma. What are we doing guys. I'll go episode by episode later but I am incredibly salty at how Nya was treated in episode 14. and also. OH MY WORD. WHAT ABOUT JAY. You have said his name TWICE and Cole looked more distraught than you!!! You care about this boy more than almost anyone else in the world!!!!!!!! Why aren't you acting like it???????????? I see you with a lightning dragon but that's like the most we get.

Kai: oh Kai I absolutely love how they are treating you and i also hate it. It's like with Jay gone they were like haha let's make Kai stupid so he'll be the new comic relief! However I love teacher Kai. He is my favorite, the growth, the development, the parallels! Yes! Kai is an accomplished ninja!! He's been a ninja for over 10 years at this point!! He has learned so much and grown so so much since then and I love him so much.

Wyldfyre: I'm about to make a lot of people really mad but I absolutely despise Wyldfyre. I love the concept of Kai having a kid to train (and all of them each having a next-gen kid to train) but Wyldfyre was not the right fit and I just disliked her more every time she was on screen, which was really upsetting because every time it switched back to her and Kai I was already annoyed and I don't want to be upset when Kai's onscreen but she is just so intolerable it made it hard to enjoy Kai, which is so so sad because I absolutely love Kai! Wyldfyre is selfish, arrogant, irritatingly reckless, petty, and INCREDIBLY rude and disrespectful to Kai. I don't care if she was raised in the wilderness. Kai spent all of part 2 trying to help her be better and the most of a character arc we got from her was her. Not acting like a jerk. Which we should not have to be proud of!! Not being a jerk is expected!! That's not a character arc that's just being a decent human being!! I think Wyldfyre's character could have worked in theory if she had literally any likable characteristics but she just doesn't. I don't think I have ever disliked a ninjago character this much which is such a bummer. It fills me with rage every time they compare her to Kai. Sure, in the early seasons Kai was kind of reckless and a bit self-absorbed. But not nearly to this extent, and Kai was still likable. The things about Wyldfyre they try to play off as humor aren't funny, they're just annoying or gross. I'm not opposed to the concept of Kai adopting a feral child, but if the feral child is like this then I don't want it. Replacing Wyldfyre with Skylor or a new character that is actually likable would have made Dragons Rising SO much better.

Cole: on a MUCH more positive note, I literally don't think they could have done Cole any more perfect. I am SO GLAD HE'S BACK I MISSED HIM SO MUCH. Cole being thrown into the Land of Lost Things is absolutely heartbreaking and says so much about his character. Cole, who had an entire character arc over fear of being forgotten ending up in the Land of Lost Things? I AM BROKEN. Dad Cole is back and better than ever. He found a bunch of children and immediately adopted them? Perfection. Could not be better. He actively chooses to remain in the Land of Lost Things to protect them?????? Amazing so in character it hurts and I love him so much. A lot of this season made me remember how much I love Cole. I spent this entire season freaking out over Jay that I forget how much I love Cole and this season did not fail to remind me. His first line being "NO ONE TOUCHES THESE CHILDREN!!!!!" is amazing and perfect and so in character. I cannot applaud what they did with Cole enough. Well done. I am very curious to see where Wu is leading him, can't wait to see him in season 2. I will die mad he didn't get to see Zane or Kai or Lloyd but ITS FINE IM FINE

Geo: I would throw him in with the other characters but oh my gosh. Geo's existence is absolutely perfect. The symbolism?? The metaphors?? Absolutely perfect. Him being a hybrid of two peoples who have a reputation for hating each other being the Master of Fusion, of bringing two things that don't belong together? I am destroyed. It occurs to me that when they first met Geo was probably like "yeah, I'm half geckle half munce and I was exiled from my people since they hate each other and they will never reconcile their differences" and Cole was like "Well that sucks but I have some good news for you" but then Geo couldn't even leave to try to find Shintaro. I am depressed. I love love love Geo based on his symbolism alone, not to mention the fact that his powers are genuinely super cool.

Other Characters: when i tell you I lost my BLOODY MIND when gulch showed up it is a vast understatement. I freaked out I screamed it was amazing. It was so fun seeing Gulch again. This is the dragons rising I love, new characters doing important things and running into old characters we know and love. Frohicky is fun I love him. Lobbo has never done anything wrong and I'm so proud of him for winning the Zane lookalike contest. Slay king. Jordana is uh there I guess, she's boring so far. I will give thoughts on Arrokore when I talk about episode 14

Villains: Beatrix is incredibly boring and I am SO glad she's not gonna be the actual villain. Lord Ras is much more interesting and compelling (is Chima the Wyldness????? Because he is definitely from Chima and the writers are COWARDS for saying anything different). This is the first time we've had a Ninjago plot genuinely stretch across more than one season and I am sooooo relieved that Beatrix isn't actually the big bad. I'm really excited to meet Ras' master. I'm not going to lie I literally forgot about Rapton and had to come back and talk about him. I cannot emphasize how neutral I am about him. He is a Guy and that is the extent of my feelings. Same with LaRow I keep forgetting about her

Speaking of villains! That brings us to the Administration. I absolutely love it. The concept of the Administration is so interesting and I cannot WAIT to learn more about them and see more of them. There's something so interesting and also poetic about an organization of micromanagers being part of the same realm as the Realm of Madness that just. hnng. The Administration is totally sick and i can't wait to see more of them. Which leads us to...

Jay: Hm. Ah. Where do I begin. When I tell you I screamed, I lost my freaking mind it is not an understatement. I think I've watched those same 20 seconds like 30 times at least and I need those five lines tattooed on my brain. I have so many emotions. It breaks my heart. I'm elated. This is everything I've wanted. I'm so mad that's all there was. It makes perfect sense. Why would they do this. There's something that destroys me so much about Jay- sweet, kind, fun, creative, quirky, genuine Jay- in an organization of micromanagers. He is passive-aggressive and sassy and degrading and mean and I LOVE HIM. It is so inherently not who Jay is (except for being sassy I'm so glad he's a little brat) and I think that's great. It makes me SO excited to see what they do with him in season 2. If they don't do him justice I will RIOT. This has the potential to be one of my favorite plot points in all of ninjago history if they do it right, but if they do it wrong I will be broken. He looks so good in this animation, I absolutely LOVE IT. He is beautiful and sassy and it BREAKS ME that they don't know he's there. They were so close and they missed him. No one knows Jay is there. I am destroyed. He's a manager!! He's working his way up in the world!! I am so proud of him. He would buy himself a worlds best boss mug. Everyone loves him and they hate him. I might make a whole other post just on how I need that reunion to go but. I miss him so much. So much. I don't know how long I can wait without them knowing he's there. Go find your brother. You know where everyone else is now GO FIND YOUR BROTHER!!!!

Episodes

11. Temple of the Dragon Cores - Solid episode? It makes me curious about the lore. Surely either the Wyldness or the Garden are Chima there's no way Chima is separate. There are literally snail people and giant trees. If that's not Chima core idk what is. Rapton is there I guess. The guardian thing was cool. Lloyd dropping random earth-shattering facts is such a Wu thing to do I am LIVING for it.

12. Gangs of the Sea - When I say I spent this whole episode wishing for Bentho I'm not joking. I freaking miss him why didn't they mention him it would have been so easy!! Arin you are so cute and I love you.

13. Wyldly Inappropriate - This episode filled me with so much rage solely because of Wyldfyre. I'm sorry Wyldfyre truthers I am happy for you but oh my word it's just painful. She is so arrogant and just straight up unkind I hate her so much. This episode would have been so much better with Skylor instead. Or literally anyone but Wyldfyre.

14. The Last Djinn - Ok as a skybound truther I have So Many Emotions about this episode. How did Nya know this was a place of the djinn and she was just? Fine? Ok. Arrokore is fine as a character but i absolutely hate what it did to the Djinn. Having a character who has lost their whole society is fascinating! I would have preferred if they made him more of a Ronin-type recluse, where he's extremely paranoid and distrusting instead of just straight-up depressed. All of the experience we have with Djinn is that they are extremely powerful and evil and crazy and dangerous. Switching from Nadakhan to Arrokore was such a hard shift that as a fan it was so hard to be able to enjoy Arrokore as a character. That's not the main thing I'm upset about, overall he's likable and he's fine, I just think he could have been a lot cooler. My main issue with this episode is Nya. Is she just perfectly fine? GIVE HER EMOTIONS OH MY GOSH. SHE HAS TRAUMA YOU COWARDS SHOW IT!!!!!! Literally one of THE most traumatizing times in her life was directly tied to a Djinn and she runs into one and she's just. Fine? There was pretty much NOTHING that alluded to Nya having any sort of history with the Djinn except maybe a little bit of salt when she's talking about their showmanship. A Djinn kidnapped and tortured the love of her life. A Djinn almost destroyed her entire home. A Djinn captured her and caused her own possession. A Djinn killed her (more or less). You want to look me in the eyes and tell me she's going to run into a Djinn and just be perfectly fine? Absolutely not. They could have done this SO much better. Show the trauma. Show the distrust. Show me Nya jumping in front of Sora, show me the fear running through her. Give me Sora asking how Nya knows so much about the Djinn and Nya just can't bring herself to answer. Or she does! And we get a moment of "the only other person who remembers is Jay, and he..." [ACTUALLY SAD MOMENT THAT GENUINELY SHOWS THAT NYA HAS EMOTIONS AND ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT HER LITERAL FIANCÉ WHO SHE LITERALLY GAVE UP HER LIFE FOR] and maybe Sora comforts her! A "we'll find him, Nya" moment. Just a moment. Nya left and Jay fell apart and I hate how Nya is shown to be perfectly fine when Jay has been gone for years. We could have had a little arc of Nya overcoming trauma and distrust and learning that not all Djinn are the same! Okay, fine, we didn't get that. But how dare they let Nya start wishing. Wishes got her killed. Wishes caused the most traumatic weeks of her life. Wishes almost killed the love of her life. You want to tell me that she's just totally fine firing off a few wishes? SHE DIED. GIRLY DIED AND SHE'S JUST MAKING WISHES LIKE IT'S NOTHING? We could have had a moment of Arrokore saying they have to wish for it and Nya being like "NO Sora you can't trust him, they're all the same" and then Arrokore proves himself! Even so, Nya should not have let Sora make a wish without protesting, and she CERTAINLY would not have made one herself. As a skybound stan this episode made me so sad. It was genuinely a good episode but I am so so broken up over what could and should have been. Zane did put a picture of Pixal on a broom though so this episode gets points for that

15. They Call It Doom - YOU'RE TELLING ME THE ADMINISTRATION JUST CASUALLY ALSO SHOOTS BLUE LIGHTNING. FINE OKAY THAT'S GREAT. I already shared my Nya and Arrokore and whatnot thoughts but still. I'm still salty. Anyway this episode's ending was glorious. Teacher Kai you will always be famous I'm so sorry this is the trainee you got stuck with. NO ONE TOUCHES THESE CHILDREN lives in my head rent free and his powerup is so so cool. Baby Serpentine. yes.

16. Land of Lost Things - so you're telling me that Cole has adopted stray children who have run away from home because they felt unwanted and unloved. no I'm totally fine I'm SO normal about cole and his character and the respect he got and the sacrifice of him staying there to protect these kids. I am so broken but its fine I'm fine everything is fine

17. The Administration - See aforementioned thoughts on Jay. The Administration is so cool I love them and I am stoked to see more of them. It's giving men in black tbh. They are so cool. When they follow the directions and find Zane and they're like oh hi Zane! we didn't even know you were here! A) peak comedy and B) when he said "who did you think was going to be here?" THAT WAS DIRECTLY TO US THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT JAY AND IM SO MAD AT THEM FOR IT NOT ACTUALLY THOUGH. Also I don't remember which episode Zane Day and Gulch was in but every moment of that was both perfection and also the peak of comedy. The music when Jay walks on screen destroyed me it was so so good. He is a tired office worker the headcanons were RIGHT. Cannot get over that. I love the look of the Administration, the style, it all looks so good. The concept of a whole organization with an entire division assigned to realm reassignment is fascinating. I want to see Kai's teaching in this episode is great and the parallels between him and Wu were amazing. At the end of the day Jay was here and that gave me enough serotonin to last me a good long while.

18. Absolute Power - I'm not gonna lie this was hard to enjoy because I just wanted to see more of Jay but it was a solid episode. I wanna know what Beatrix' sister's elemental power was. Ras is very cool I am so glad he's going to have a bigger role. Nya and Cole's relationship in this episode is everything to me. They are So Siblings and also Best Friends I love them so so much.

19. We Are All Dragons - good for the Imperium kids starting the revolution, but Rapton being the traitor made no sense. It's like they tried to pull a Kallus in Rebels but there was not nearly enough buildup for this to make sense. I really couldn't care less about Rapton so I'm not mad about this it just didn't make that much thematic sense lolll. I did really like Sora's moment with her parents and rejecting them in favor of the found family, but her speech didn't make sense. It would have hit so much more if she actually explained what ~being a dragon~ means but she really just went WE ARE ALL DRAGONS!! and everyone went YEAH!!!!!!!!!! like girlie uh what does that mean. I liked the parallels but Lloyd's moment was better.

20. The Power Within - I still don't understand why Beatrix wanted to uh. destroy the universe but pop off. I'm not gonna lie I literally cheered when Wyldfyre got sucked into a mergequake. Kai's reaction was in theory great but i am still salty it was over Wyldfyre, this child has been absolutely horrible to you Kai what are you doing. I don't understand how everyone is perfectly fine when everyone comes back from the merge quakes when Beatrix literally went through one of them. I loved Sora's showdown with her parents and I can't wait to see what's up with Ras. I will DIE MAD THERE'S NO MURAL ON THE WALL but WHATEVER.

Returning Characters

I want Pixal back so bad. I'm very optimistic she'll be here in season 2 and I cannot wait for her to be back. I'm hoping that she'll come save Zane from, idk, sensing his signal or something.

SKYLOR. OH MY GOODNESS BRING BACK SKYLOR. I need her back so bad it's unreal

I want Vania back. I want fugidove back. WHERE IS GARMADON. WHERE IS HE. WE HAVENT EVEN MENTIONED HIM WHERE IS HE.

I miss Ed and Edna and Lou and Cyrus Borg and Scott and the elemental masters (WHERES KARLOFF I MISS HIM SO MUCH) and BENTHO and yeah. i miss them

SO, I have a lot of thoughts as you can see and this probably isn't all of them. I want all of everyone's thoughts please send me asks send me messages I just want to scream

AND BRING BACK JAY

[harper-sherman]

In honor of Robert Fuller's 90th (!!!) birthday today (July 29, 2023), I'm posting about meeting him last month at the MidSouth Nostalgia Festival. @sportstudfan put me up to this, lol. Hope y'all enjoy it!

The MidSouth Nostalgia Festival was held on June 8-10 in Olive Branch, Mississippi. That's just south of Memphis, Tennessee for anyone like me who had never heard of the place. The festival brought together a bunch of classic actors (and one or two contemporary), who mainly appeared in Westerns but from some other genres as well.

The first morning we were there, we got right in line to schedule a time to see Robert, or Bob as his fans call him. Most guests had tables that you could walk right up to, but such is his popularity that his fan club orchestrates time slots to make sure everyone who attends has time to speak with him and get autographs and photos. It was a pretty good system, I believe we waited less than 2 hours. We were able to get into his first group of the day. When Bob showed up, he walked right by the line and greeted everyone very enthusiastically and gave out hugs to some of the more eager fans. I could only smile as he went by because I was honestly starstruck by this point.

Once our turn came up, we probably got a good five minutes talking to him. I got the impression he would've allowed us to stay even longer, but we tried to be sensitive to the others waiting to see him. We discussed some of his stunts, such as jumping onto Hoot (his horse) in Duel at Alta Mesa. He confirmed that yes, that was actually him and not a stunt actor. He also told us about breaking his leg on Wagon Train. There was a stunt involving a breakaway chair and he wanted to re-shoot it, but he neglected to check the chair beforehand. It had been replaced with an actual chair! We also talked about his quick draw abilities, and he informed us he had been clocked at 28/100ths of a second. Talk about fast! Before we left his table, we got his autograph on a photo from his Emergency! days. If I ever get to meet Randy Mantooth, I plan to point out that Bob's signature went over his forehead, so he can give him Hell about it.

Something that really amused me watching Bob interact with his fans is how much attention he gives everyone. He was more than happy to hand out hugs and kissed many of the women in attendance. He even autographed a woman's chest (upper sternum, lol) so she could get it tattooed. Keep in mind most of the fans were middle-aged or elderly women, who had fallen in love with him during their youth. The guy's still got it!

We also attended a few panels. The photo below is from one of them; from left to right we have Tony Cameron (son of Rod Cameron, one of my favorite Laramie guest actors), Patrick Wayne (2nd son of John Wayne), the panel interviewer, and Bob. All of the guys were really enjoyable to listen to. Tony is dedicated to keeping his dad's legacy alive and is just a lovely person in his own right. Patrick was very funny and used his some of his time on the panel to advocate for the John Wayne Cancer Foundation.

There was also a panel with Bob and his wife Jennifer Savidge that I unfortunately did not take pictures of. Those two are great together, they had everyone laughing and you could really tell how much they love one another. Jennifer is also incredibly gracious about the attention Bob gets from his fans. She's a wonderful actress in her own right, having been on her own medical series St. Elsewhere, JAG, and much more.

The MSNF also had vendor tables where you could purchase comic books, memorabilia, or even original art. One woman rented a vendor table so she could share her miniature Sherman Ranch! She removed the roofs so we could see inside the ranch house and barn. She also told us she has swappable backgrounds for different times of year. We were really impressed with the detail and talent that went into her creation.

On the last day of the festival, we had a photo taken with Bob and Jennifer. We dressed up as Slim and Jess. The first thing Bob said to us was "Wow!", so I think he liked the outfits. ;) On the way out, a few other fans in line stopped us to tell us how much they liked our costumes, which felt really great.

And that was pretty much it! It was honestly one of the more laid-back conventions I've been to. I wasn't used to having a bunch of downtime between the things I wanted to do. It was also a little weird being one of the younger fans there, but everyone was pretty nice and we were all there for the same reason: to meet Bob!

Bonus pic: while in Memphis we visited the largest Bass Pro Shop I've ever seen, known as The Pyramid. The inside looks like outdoors (as is normal with every Bass Pro), but it was lit like nighttime with string lights and stuff. Along with the usual fish tanks, there was a pond with ducks. I unfortunately did not pay to ride the elevator to the observation deck.

[noodyl-blasstal]

Blupjeans Week: Bet (day 2)

It's @blupjeansweek day 2. This follows on from yesterday's prompt. You can also read on Ao3

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"It's going to be fine."

"Easy for you to say, you just casually revolutionised thermodynamics, you're gonna walk your viva." Barry could hear Lup rolling her eyes at that one, though he stayed resolutely focused on the raggedy copy of his thesis which was, at this point, 70% sticky notes. Could he read what any of them said because of how much they overlapped? Shut up.

"Natch, evocation is never going to be the same thanks to cha'girl's research, but that doesn't meant you're going to fail, Barold."

"No, they're just going to MPhil me out."

Lup sighed heavily. "Oh no, you worked hard and gained mastery in a subject, how terrible, what an embarrassment."

Barry did look up then, didn't she get it? He’d thought she’d get it. It was an embarrassment! She’d watched him put so much into this, the stupid well thumbed, badly bound paper stack represented four years of late nights, early mornings, cancelled plans, 3am anxiety… he thought she understood. She’d lived it with him, they were working for the key to the next level, if they gave him the wrong one what was even the point? "You think…?"

"I'm being flippant because that's not going to happen. Once again, I've read your work my guy, it's good, in fact, it’s great. In fact, right now, you’re arguing with established fact.” Barry grimaced as Lup spoke, but she ploughed on. “... you've already published three chapters of this thing in peer reviewed journals. 6/6 esteemed peer reviewers agree!"

"But they publish bad science all the tim…"

Lup cut him off. "Barry stop. You know you’ve done good science because a) I would have told you if you hadn’t, and b) peer reviewers might be lazy but you’re not. You know your submissions were solid, just look at the citations.”

“But…” She was right. But Barry still struggled, sure she hadn’t said anything incorrect, he knew he’d done solid work, but he also just knew that he’d fucked this up.

“...But what? But maybe they're idiots who can't recognise genius? They're gonna recognise it, Barry. It's impossible not to recognise how brilliant you are. That thesis is just you yelling “I’m Barry Bluejeans and I know what the fuck I’m talking about, pay me money about it.” Plus, publish a few more chapters and you can do PhD by publication without those losers to worry about anyway."

Barry didn’t even register the second part because Lup thought he was brilliant! Lup thought he was brilliant and she was telling him and he kept shutting her down instead of just being grateful about it. Maybe if he tried to accept the compliment. "Than…"

Lup started speaking at the same time. "In fact…" She paused to let him speak, but he shook his head and gestured to her, he could try being gracious another day. "... Okay, if you're sure." He nodded. "I think, Baraldo, that we should make a bet, you and I. I may as well profit from all this self doubt, so I bet you're gonna pass with no corrections."

Barry laughed bitterly. Whatever she was betting she'd be losing. "Lup, I'm going to fail."

Lup shoved his shoulder gently. "You're not and you know it. Be serious."

"Oh, like yours was serious?"

Lup's ears flicked back defensively. "Serious? Barry, c'mon. Obviously we all know cha’girl’s out here shaping the future of evocation, but you're doing magic within magic on all your spooktacular stuff. The chapter on spell wheels? I'd never considered it, and even if I had, I definitely would have taken at least 10 minutes longer than you to come up with something so elegant. You know what you're doing, I know what I'm doing, it's why we're such a great team."

They did make a great team. They’d met the first day of undergrad at orientation. Barry the lone mature student in a sea of babies, then Lup and Taako had appeared, and sure there was The Nerd Incident, but they cleared that pretty fast. They coincided in most classes, worked together in labs, and powered their way through a ridiculous amount of higher education together. There hadn’t been any question about it when the option of choosing housing came up, they lived together off campus and were joined by a rotating cast which had pretty much always featured Taako (well, until this year), but LupAndBarry, BarryAndLup? They were a constant, they worked. “We do work well together.” 

“You can say that again.” Lup glared at him as he opened his mouth to repeat it. “...And you know exactly how smart I am, right?” Lup asked. Barry could taste the trap-ness of this question, she was an angler fish and the question was a beautiful little light, he was going to answer it honestly and wholly and she was going to chomp him down with her big clever teeth.

“You’re incredible Lup, your research is amazing and you’re passionate and eloquent and so smart…” 

Lup’s teeth closed. “Then you know I know my shit well enough to know your shit’s good, so, what’s your bet?”

“I pass with major corrections?”

Lup raised an eyebrow. “Question, or an answer?”

“I pass with majors.”

“Fine. If you want to lose whatever you’re betting then be my guest, Bluejeans.”

“I don’t think I have anything you want.” Barry said, and he wasn’t sure, it was a ridiculous thought, but he could have sworn that Lup’s ears reddened at the tips. She coughed loudly, then almost shouted “Jeans.”

“What?”

Lup coughed again and spoke in a softer tone. “I get rights to your wardrobe. I know your jeans are comfier than mine.”

Barry hesitated. He’d already lost a good chunk of his shirts and sweaters to Lup. Not that he minded most of the time, he usually managed to steal his favourites back briefly on laundry day, but his jeans? He only had three pairs and they all served specific purposes in his life, he couldn't afford to sacrifice them, no matter how cute Lup would look in them. But, <;i>but</i>, there was no way he was actually going to pass without corrections, everyone at least got minors and Barry's supervisor definitely didn't think he'd even manage that. According to the available evidence, this seemed like a safe bet. "Deal!"

Lup grinned big and wide and dangerous . "GuyWhoJustLostHisJeansSaysWhat."

"What?" Barry asked.

Lup snickered. "Just asking what you wanted from me if your externals are somehow struck incapable of recognising brilliance?"

Oh... yeah, Barry had forgotten this part. Lup's brash overconfidence in his abilities had essentially signed her up to do whatever he wanted. He could stick her with dish duty for the next hundred years; make her actually use the dregs of her body wash before she moved onto the next one so the edge of the shower wasn't a terrifying pile of upside down barely balanced bottles; he could ask her to tell him whether there was an expiration date on their whole thing, whether the end of study meant different directions and fond memories, phone calls which dwindled as she remembered less and less… "You have to come home with me." He blurted out the thought before he could properly consider what he was asking. Was that too much? Oh it was probably too much. A trip home meant a road trip, motels, meeting his Mum. There was no way Marlena wouldn't pick up on exactly how he felt about Lup, not that she hadn’t already, but it was easier to lie on the phone. Plus, there was no way his Mum wouldn't love Lup too. How could anyone not? Then he’d only disappoint her when Lup moved on with her life and left him behind. Maybe he could back track, do the dishes thing instead…

"You have yourself a deal, Mr Bluejeans, may as well use that title one last time. Now, I have some outfits to plan, go eat the sandwich I made you, then I'll help with the last minute prep." Lup disappeared in the direction of Barry's room. 

Barry resigned himself to losing another few shirts while Lup investigated his wardrobe and obediently shuffled his way to the kitchen. It was definitely time to eat, he wasn't entirely sure when he last did… probably the last time Lup shoved food at him. He definitely had to thank her when this was over. 

-

"...And why did you decide on Necrostics?" Lup looked expectantly at Barry. 

"It was the most logical methodological approach as it incorporates acknowledgement of the agency held by constructs and the undead while also acknowledging the influence of social and summoning factors. I modified the approach to ensure it was appropriately controlling for the new spells I developed."

Lup clapped her hands delightedly. 

"It was that good an answer?" Barry asked.

"It's that good a wardrobe. I cannot wait to get my hands on it, Barold, you're gonna be living in your pants… although…" Lup narrowed her eyes. 

"Absolutely not, no!"

Lup shrugged. "You can't watch your stuff all the time, Barry. Cha'girl needs some new sleep shorts."

Barry felt his face flame at the thought of Lup sleeping in his clothes, Lup wanting to. "I'd better go now!" He said, too fast and too loud. "Gotta go get it over with."

Lup jumped up. "Cool, I'll grab my book and and few other bits and come with. There's some comfy chairs in the corridor with my name on them."

Oh. Lup was going to come with him. Lup was going to wait for him. "You don't have t…"

"I want to."

–

"Good luck Barold, you've got this." Lup hugged him firmly, he squeezed back. If he didn't let go he didn't have to go into the scary room. Can't defend your thesis if you’re in the middle of a hug, that’s just science. Lup pulled back slightly, then dipped her head to kiss him on the cheek.

Barry didn't have time to react before Lup pulled away and planted herself across the corridor chairs, head buried in her book.

"Are you ready, Mr Bluejeans?" A voice asked from the door behind him. All Barry could do was touch a hand to his cheek, turn, and nod. 

– 

"Congratulations again, Dr Bluejeans, this may be the most enjoyable viva I have ever taken part in." Said Dr Combish, opening the door for him. 

Barry was going to pass out. The adrenaline finally drained out of him, weeks, months of panic, gone. It was over. An outright pass? It was so rare, so ridiculously unlikely. He should be raring to celebrate, but mostly he just wanted to go home and sit very still in the dark. He stepped into the corridor, remembered to thank Dr Combish, and stared numbly at the door as it closed. What did he even do now? It was over. A whole chunk of his life was just… done. He had the keys to the next stage, had the fancy title, had everything he'd worked for and… and? 

"Hey Bear?" Lup nudged his arm gently. "How'd it go?" 

"I… I passed?" Said Barry. "Yeah. They. Well. I passed!" His voice broke momentarily, to say it was so surreal. "Lup! I passed!!!" He grabbed her into a hug. "I did it! We did it! Thank you, thank you thank you thank you!"

"Knew you could." Lup said thickly, hugging him back. They didn’t say anything for a while, just held on tight. “We… we should do something.” Said Lup, eventually. “Celebrate, you know.”

“We’ll celebrate together when you pass next week.” Barry didn’t even have to think about it. Whatever he could do, Lup could do better, there was no way she’d be correcting anything.

“Fine, but we’re getting pizza, from the good place.” Lup grabbed her backpack from the chairs.

Barry stared for a second. “You… you’re wearing my garden jeans. Lup!”

“And they look great on me. Told you I believed in you. Fair’s fair.” Lup winked, wiggled her butt, and grabbed his hand. “Now, let’s get you home, Baraldo. We need to ring Marlena and tell her, she’ll be having kittens.”

Barry couldn’t do anything but nod.

[ikram1909]

OKAYYY everyone please calm. this is a long one but all these assumptions need to go to bed * inhales * after an acl your knee doesn’t go back to feeling painless or “normal” until the 2nd/3rd year (sometimes it never does). i have a friend who had a knee injury and she still can’t walk normal. my other friend quit sports and another guy plays but with a brace. gavi is calm cuz he didn’t get to play football for a whole year, football and barca is his whole life, now he can watch the games with the team and has the possibility to play. OF COURSE he’s okay with that! why can’t he be?! the role gavi plays as a 10 might not be as majestic, but it’s useful to the team so he does it, that’s respectable. he’s got his whole life ahead of him, he can take it slow, it’s fine. this isn’t supposed to be a real season for him, it’s a recovery, just enjoy he’s there? players don’t return to their peak after an acl until their 2nd season, this is normal. flick has said a couple of times now that he sees gavi preforming well, gavi had several games under flick in the pivot, and during it all he’s been having discomforts and misfortunes throughout the season, it’s normal everything is up and down. flick has always been blunt when he doesn’t like a player, gavi is not being isolated or ignored. also if flick were to place him as a main player this season, how would that work? he can’t play every game, him playing till full time is almost never certain. if he controls the midfield, then can’t play the next game and other players aren’t as “ready”, it would be difficult, so flick will naturally give more priority to play the players there who have more chances of being there more often(like think abt it from a team perspective for a sec). flick is NOT relegating gavi to a press role, he’s sometimes pressing, someone’s pivot, he’s just having fun wherever and helping the team. that’s good for him. i really REALLY need everyone to get it through their heads that this is more of a ‘welcome back gavi we missed you’ season, and not a ‘gavi is winning the b’dor’ like please relax. ALSO imagine being out for a year with the worst injury possible, and then you come back and your coach is throwing you into intense games expecting you to be the MVP, like that’s crazy. i feel we’re also forgetting he had this injury at 19, now he’s 20, he’s a growing kid not some developed adult. cut him some slack goodness gracious.

No because people are genuinely way too demanding of him and it kind of sucks especially when they start being shady to him. Just give him this season to settle in then we'll see.

[amyfreak111]

Hooking Up at Macys

I've told this story many times and it always seems to be a hit. Someone asked me once in a chat group, "what is the most random sexual encounter you've every had?" I didn't have to think too long.

First, the background. I'm a quad amputee...that means I'm missing all my limbs. I lost them when I was 18 to meningitis. To be specific, my legs are both very short -- about 10 inches long. My arms end just below my elbows so, I have elbow function which, quite frankly, is a Godsend because it gives me so much more control than I would have without them. Now, since my legs are so short, I really never use prosthetic legs and rely on a wheelchair to get around. I do use prosthetic arms and have come to rely on them very heavily. I use body powered hook prosthetics which means I don't rely on any electronics or batteries to open and close the hooks...just cables connected to a harness that I can manipulate with my shoulders. Okay, so that's the image. Not a pretty one although I am, as I've been told, very attractive. I manage to stay trim and have been blessed with good genes.

Now, I'm not into labels but I guess I'd say I'm bi-sexual. I have always been with guys and girls ever since I started exploring sex. To be fair, I've been mostly with women the last 5 or so years so, maybe I'm a lesbian? I don't know...I don't care.

Given my disability, I do maintain a high degree of independence. I drive, go shopping, and otherwise enjoy a robust social life. A few years ago I was bitching about my wardrobe and decided to head out shopping. The local mall had a Macy's and I usually find decent deals there so, I headed over. I made my way to the women's department and started looking through the various racks of tops. A very nice older store clerk saw me and offered to help but, I was okay so I thanked her and declined.

I went back to my browsing and wheeled around a rack and bumped into someone. "I'm sorry!" I said without really seeing who I bumped into. The woman turned around and saw me and immediately said "oh, no worries." She was gorgeous. She was about 40 with the body of a 20 year old. She was tall, slender with dark hair and a face that reminded me of Selma Hyak. She was wearing a simple white blouse that was very low cut and a very tight, short skirt. She looked like she was shopping on her lunch break from work.

What really struck me about her was how she looked at me. Typically, I get a lot of stares -- mostly at my hooks or my wheelchair. But, this look was directly into my eyes which gave me a real "vibe" if you know what I mean. I brushed it off and went back to my browsing. As I was browsing, I kept noticing her glancing over at me. She seemed to follow me as I went rack to rack. As I browsed, I pulled a few items off the rack and draped on my chair. I headed to the changing room to try them. As I wheeled over, I noticed my friend right behind me with a similar load of things to try on. The clerk who managed the fitting room helped me in and led me to the very last booth on the right as it was larger than all the others and would probably be easier with the chair and all. I told her I'd be a while (for obvious reasons) and she was gracious and said take all the time you need...just yell if you need anything.

I started to take off my top which can be a slow process with hooks. But, I'm well practiced now so, I manage to get through 3 of the 5 items when I heard someone from outside the booth exclaim, "Shit!" I chuckled and said..."are you okay?"

"I need an opinion", came a reply. It sounded like my hot friend. "I'm desperate. I have a party right after work and I need to look great for the new boss. I just can't decide if what I'm wearing too much. Would you mind telling me what you think?" she said.

I paused for a second as I thought it was a little odd but, she was so hot, I didn't mind. "Sure...give me a sec." I started to open the door to the stall and there she was right in the doorway. "Oh, I'll come in, it'll be easier," she said. I rolled back and she stepped all the way in. She stood right in front of me and I was looking up at her lovely figure enjoying the view.

"I know this is odd, but I'm really in need of woman's perspective and judging by the way the girl who runs the changing room is dressed, you're it."

I laughed out loud, "Sure, no problem" I said.

"Thanks, you're a savior!" she exclaimed. "Now, I have this top." She held up a red knit top that looked very thin against her chest.

"That might be a little too clingy...its hard to tell", I said.

"Oh. Ok, I'll just put it on." she said without hesitation. She went about taking off her white blouse and revealed a very ample bosom. Her breasts were perfect and I started to feel a little warm. She was quick to put on the red knit top and as I suspected, it outlined every curve of her top.

"Oh, that's lovely." I said.

"Not too much?" she asked.

"No. To be honest, its perfect!" She must have caught the lust in my voice because she paused and gave me a little inquizative look.

"Hmm. Based on your reaction, I think I'm making the right impression."

"Oh, absolutely," I said staring at her chest.

"Maybe you should help me take this off," she offered.

"Oh, I would want my hooks to ruin it. These things are great for a lot but not with fragile knit-ware," I said.

"Hmm. I can think of one or two things you could do with them that might be interesting," she said very suggestively. My eyes lit up at that point and I felt my face turning a little flush. "Oh how cute are you!" she said seeing how .

She then grabbed by right hook and guided it to her tummy. "Hmm. It's not cold like I thought it would be," she said referring to my hook. "I wonder how this would feel in my pussy." That was it. She put it right out there so, I went for it. I took my left hook and rotated my right hook so the fingers were pointing up. I then lifted her skirt with my left hook and gently pressed my right hook up against her pussy through her panties and moved it back and forth.

"Oh my! You are a horny little thing," she said. I just looked up with a little pout. Then, she reached down and pulled up her skirt and moved her panties to the side revealing her lovely vagina. I wasted no time and slowly pushed my right hook as far in as I could and began moving back and forth. She moaned in pleasure.

As I moved my hook back and forth I was grinding against cushion of my wheelchair. I was so turned on. She then leaned over and reached her hand down to my waist slipped her hand into my shorts and quickly went to work fingering me. I was out of my mind with pleasure. She used her other hand to push my hook deeper into her pussy and let out the most guttural moan.

We were both fully engaged and lost in our mutual pleasure. Kissing, fingering...it was all so good. I remember trying to keep quiet but being unable to keep my ecstasy contained. Then, as if we were both programmed, we came together. We both quivered and shook and I could feel my seat cushion getting drenched.

"Oh my god," she exclaimed as she started to gather herself.

"Oh my god is right," I replied.

"That was amazing...but...uh...I..I have to go," she said shakily.

"Wait...what's your name? Can I call you?" I asked.

"Uh...I'm sorry...I just have to go." And with that she left the changing booth and ran off. I was so confused and wanting for more of her. She was so hot and turned on ... I just couldn't understand why she bolted off like that.

Over the next few weeks, I kept going back to that store around lunch time on the chance that I might run into her, but I never did. Every night I would replay that encounter in my head and end up getting off using my hooks.

[variousqueerthings]

@autistic-puffin tomorrow we hit nine's regeneration and in honour of that my partner and I are going to watch all of the special behind-the-scenes for season one before we get fully into the tragedy of ten, because we own all the boxsets (in fact, I own a boxset from 2006 that is squared out to look even more like the tardis -- it's... very well-used shall we say, we do not use it for watching, but keep it with fondness) and therefore all the special features! up until s7 anyway. (I might get the rest, because I definitely want capaldi's last season + whittakers, and it wouldn't be complete with the ones leading up to that)

and tonight we watched an interview that eccleston did ahead of the launch and it just cannot be overstated how gracious this man seems to be/have been about playing this role and what it meant:

some highlights:

he said that he was hoping he might be the first doctor to a generation of 8-12 year olds at the time and I almost cried, because I was 10/11 at that point, and he was, he succeeded

I mention that because I know that for years he kind of felt like he didn't, and he's self-effacing (a bit comedically, but I wish he wouldn't be) in the interview too, preparing almost for a bad reaction

he did mention that a couple of early reviews hadn't been kind, and that it hurt and I just!!!! you don't understand!!!! you became part of the trajectory of my life!!!! you're one of the reasons I love stories my guy!!!!!! you were great!!!!!!

he said he quite liked the whovians (although he seemed unsure if that was or wasn't a polite term 😂) because they don't ask about your private life, they ask what it's like to be a time traveller and about the tardis

he mentioned that a big change was that it was attempting to move away from a patriarchal model of the doctor and the helpless "assistant" and that rtd was good at writing women (he's said that several times, but I like how open he was about that opinion in 2005 when you don't even really hear many actors today use words like that)

he also - and I found this charming - admitted that apart from some of the things like regeneration and the reveal of what a dalek really looked like, he wasn't so big into doctor who, because he didn't have a "camp sensibility." it just tickled me that he used that phrasing, because it's such an accurate identifier of that early low-budget (set wobbling, as he called it) aesthetic. kind of hinted he was more of a trekkie😂 which you know. I'd call that a camp sensibility too, just differently

at one point the interviewer directly asked him about whether he'd regenerate at the end and he eloquently avoided answering the question, but I do always feel that pang that he really did all the legwork of reestablishing this iconic character, only to not feel quite... welcome. for a long time. I know he's since (I believe) more embraced that his turn is iconic to so many of us, but it's sad to see it in the moment

he said he took the role because rtd is a great writer, because it was challenging sexism in the writing of female characters, and because he'd always been told he was too serious and "not funny or charming" -- me + my partner + her husband like "YOU'RE SO CHARMING!!!!!! SLANDER!!!!!"

it's very funny being someone for whom the doctor was your first eccleston role, only to later on watch his other stuff and be like... let my boy be whimsical dammit! he's so good at it!

[fancyfade]

if i took a shot whenever a Tim stan either tried to justify him hitting a 10 year old or paint it as an Actually Heroic thing i would have no liver anymore. goodness gracious, do they not see that his treatment of damian is not framed in a positive light? i just can't with the uwufication of that boy. like why him even? if the batkids were a breakfast menu, he'd be like lukewarm oatmeal and yet his stans act as if he was some layered, super complex yet fragile character. i genuinely can't...

yeah like i've seriously blocked people for saying 'no you don't get it its always wrong to hit a 10 year old in anger... EXCEPT IN THIS CASE' its like try thinking for 2 seconds before you speak guys.

i will disagree that tim's treatment of damian is not framed in a positive light, tho. while red robin was tim's mental breakdown era and we do see a lot of hints that he'd making bad decisions under yost, the guy does have alfred (usually viewed as like the 'voice of reason') congratulate tim for punching damian in the face, then you have nicieza who IMO is very un-self-aware of Tim's flaws (being in that he treats Tim as if his issue is being TOO coldly logical when it comes to Damian, when really he was angry and resentful and bitter). i think in this case the fans are following the writers here, the writers just did not think things thru.

i think that tim is an interesting character, but he also is kind of the boringest guy on any team he's on? like he's interesting, but lots of comic characters are interesting and he's often propped up by writers and fandom above the others. which is a shame b/c his character has lots of potential if he's allowed to be a regular character. but yeah fandom does way over-emphasize his fragility i know once i read like a tim sadboy fic out of curiosity and was like (Thinking) 'do you even LIKE tim???? b/c this is just an OC with Tim's name'

[sagittarianpocky]

so… i was correct yet again. my partner made a friend through work who’s 10 years older than him (31) that has no car, smokes all day, and only dates girls way younger than him (like 18-20.) i TOLD my partner that this guy was garbage and i could tell just by seeing a picture of him. this scruffy looking white dude that looks like he hasn’t showered in four days and dresses like it’s 2008. my partner kept asking me to hang out with them and i was like lol nope! because i knew the type of dude the guy was. and my partner was like “but he doesn’t act like he’s 30! he acts like a teenager!” [LOUD BUZZER] EVEN WORSE!!!!! and guess what? HE TURNED OUT TO BE A PIECE OF CRAP!! AS I SAID!!! goodness gracious with the way people do not believe me you’d think i was born yesterday