#17 minutes and not a minute more

[questionableadvice]

~ The Whittier News, December 5, 1903

Mr. M. R. Hadley is out of jail and will sell 18 pounds of sugar to any child capable of carrying it. Otherwise he will deliver in seventeen minutes. Not fifteen or twenty. Seventeen.

[obsob]

love is stored in the parallel play

[marc--chilton]

people who watched house md and bojack horseman can compare the two titular characters easily on first glance, but real mentally ill people who WATCHED both shows have to deal with the knowledge that no matter what a casual watcher might say, bojack is undoubtedly so much worse than house

[likealittleheartbeat]

I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

[tacomicyuri]

Sooo. ii17…

imagine getting back your relationship which is the closest bond either of you have ever had and then dying right next to each other. Taco literally died in ii15 out of fear of seeing mic again, then she gets forgiven, a second chance to be with the one person who she’s ever truly cared for, the one person who cares for taco anymore, just for it all to immediately be ripped away from you. lol what if they died holding each other. As a last plea for help they cling to each other. They’re both the most each other have ever had. And now they’re both gone. Looolll

when taco died in ii15 she didn’t think she’d be brought back, that she was forever doomed to be a terrible person and no one would ever forgive her. But mic did. Taco was made to be that way, taco was made to live a life knowing no one would trust her or care for her. But mic did. No one else. Pickle hates taco and would never forgive her, truly seeing her as someone incapable of change, but mic believed in her. Mic was the only person taco ever knew that truly cared enough to help her change and see it through. Taco didn’t get the time to fully fix herself. She died still a fracture of a better person. But mic still cared. They were right next to each other in those final moments.

mic lived her life not being enough. No one ever cared enough to just Listen to her. She somehow always did something wrong. But taco beginning a partnership with her allowed her to prove herself. Taco shows pride in mic multiple times, she knows mic can achieve these things, she gives mic that chance no one else would bother to. Taco listened to her as well, for the most part. She helped her return the taser even though taco viewed that as stupid and she had a chance of getting caught, she did it because it was what mic thought was right. In ii17 she mentions that she didn’t do any physical violence, specifically because mic doesn’t approve of that. Taco cared for what mic wanted even though she didn’t exactly agree. Mic was giving her this chance to be better and taco was taking it so she could be better For mic. Taco went against mics wishes once, in ii14, but she did it because she Thought the outcome was what mic had wanted. She was willing to try and give her everything. Mic was appreciated and understood by One person, and then as a sort of final straw she breaks that apart. But neither of them stop thinking about each other. Taco especially doesn’t. After mic leaves it gets rid of her incentive. She stops caring about the money. All she wants is to fix herself. The person she cares for more than anyone, who also had been the only one to care for her, is gone. She suddenly had nobody. She needed to be better. She Wanted to be better. Because she lost the most important thing in her life. Mic leaving made her desperately try to get everyone else to leave just as she had. Because she realised the game was so much more, because she had lost everything from it. Her everything. Mic ends up forgiving her because she never gave up that hope. That hope that taco would change. She never stopped caring for her, she needed taco to see she wasn’t in the right. That she Needed to change, and that wouldn’t have happened until she left and gave her the time to. As she sees taco actually giving effort to be better, she allows her back in her life. Taco’s effort got started and now mic was here to help her along the rest of the way. Or, at least, she would’ve been there if it weren’t for their end. She stood by her side as she was brought out to the rest of the contestants, they stood by each other till the moment they died. Two people, err objects, who have only ever been understood by each other. Together in the end. Side by side. As their entire world is deleted along with them.

[tommygotwrittenoff]

i just think if roles were reversed and buck was the one saying those gay ass lines to eddie, eddie wouldve proposed like four seasons ago

[royalarchivist]

[Takes place after Roier sent a message in chat calling for help claiming Cellbit was working for the Federation and had kidnapped them]

Etoiles: Hello! Is everything fine?

Cellbit: Yeah yeah yeah it's ok, it's ok. Just- it's Roier being stupid, it's fine.

Roier: [Pretends to be gagged]

Cellbit: Most of the times you can't believe Roier, yeah. YOU'RE NOT BEING MUFFLED stop pretending you're being muffled!

Bad: Hey, Roier, are you ok? Are you ok?

Jaiden: He's tied up!

Bad: Cellbit, why did you tie him up?!

Cellbit: I didn't do anything, he's just pretending!

Bad: Here, let me help you out. Alright, I'm- I untied you Roier, I untied you. Are you ok?

Roier: [Shakes his head 'no' still "muffled"]

Bad: Oh, oh yeah I forgot. No, actually, I sorta like you like this, keep the gag in, keep the gag in.

Jaiden: You- what, wait, what, what? What?

Roier: [Complains while muffled]

Bad: No, this is way better. This is way better.

Cellbit: Did you know Roier actually wants to build a sex dungeon in his- in his castle?

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Etoiles: Hello! Is everything fine?

Cellbit: Yeah yeah yeah it's ok, it's ok.

Roier: Yes.

Cellbit: Just- it's Roier being stupid, it's fine.

Roier: [Pretends to be gagged]

Etoiles: Ok ok... Oh, ok? Ok ok ok alright, are you scared?

Bad: You are a bad person, Roier.

Cellbit: I'm sorry, yeah, yeah, I'm sorry.

Roier: [Still pretending to be gagged]

Cellbit: Most of the times you can't believe Roier, yeah. YOU'RE NOT BEING MUFFLED stop pretending you're being muffled!

Roier: [Keeps going just to spite him]

Etoiles: You're not- you're not- he is-

Bad: Hey, Roier, are you ok? Are you ok?

Jaiden: He's tied up!

Bad: Cellbit, why did you tie him up?!

Cellbit: I didn't do anything, he's just pretending!

Jaiden: Oh my gosh!

Bad: Here, let me help you out. Alright, I'm- I untied you Roier, I untied you. Are you ok?

Roier: [Shakes his head 'no' still "muffled"]

Bad: Oh, oh yeah I forgot. No, actually, I sorta like you like this, keep the gag in, keep the gag in.

Jaiden: You- what, wait, what, what, what?

Roier: [Complains while muffled]

Bad: No, this is way better. This is way better.

Cellbit: Did you know Roier actually wants to build a sex dungeon in his- in his castle?

Roier: [Muffled protest]

Bad: Alright, see you later.

Cellbit: He told me all about it, ok.

Roier: WTF CELLBIT! Wtf!

Cellbit: YOU TOLD ME THAT ONE, you're the one that told me!

Roier: Man, wtf!

Etoiles: No- no kinkshaming man! It's ok. It's ok.

Cellbit: You're the one who told me that.

Roier: No no no. Ok, for now it's not a sex dungeon, but maybe tomorrow or another day-

Cellbit: HEY wtf!

Roier: Oh, yeah now? Now- now what man?

Etoiles: Ok ok, but- but do you have XP if you farm in this sex dungeon?

Roier: Yes.

Etoiles: Ok ok.

Roier: You want- you want to go to my sex dungeon later?

Etoiles: Um, if- if we can have experience-

Cellbit: HEY! I'm right here! WTF!

Roier: HEY MAN, YOU JUST TOLD-

[chirpingfromthebox]

# of cards in the new set each PWHL Captain has (excluding parallels and such):

3 - Marie-Philip Poulin [Young Gun, Dazzler, Portrait]

2 - Kendall Coyne Schofield [Young Gun, Dazzler]

2 - Brianne Jenner [Young Gun, Portrait]

1 - Hilary Knight [Young Gun]

1 - Micah Zandee-Hart [Base]

0 - Blayre Turnbull

[teddybeartoji]

o wait before i start posting any pics.. i was thinking that maybe.. you guys could help me liquify this gender some more by switching up what you call me.... DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE . LOVE LOVE LOVE WHEN YOU USE HE/HIM AND JUST OVERALL LIKE MORE MASC STUFF THAT'S SOOO MMMMMMMMMSO FUCKING GOOD like i don't get to feel that irl at all so it really does make me so happy but i've just been thinking abt TRYING to switch it up more yk? does this even make sense...... . hhhh anyway i might won't even like it and i'll want to just go back to hehim but i wanna try... JUST TO SWITCH IT UP.

[flankittenstudios]

Don't be deceived by the red, this ain't a Corrie, it's Fordo! Strongest of the Alpha batch. The only one Jango saw worthy of carrying the Jaig Eyes (which later Fordo bestows upon Rex).

We only see him for a short while in the beginning of things, but his quiet deadly competency was super cool.

[trexalicious]

According to the alleged photo time stamps it was a rather short 'meeting'...did he even have time to beg dear Pa for a couple million...🤔

[thedailyvio]

Day 12-17

WIP Below:

[herblinz]

Meow.

Lemme know who got babygirl Merrin in the comments

[birdricks]

honestly beth and jerry have maybe my second favourite relationship in the entire show just for how interesting and tragic it is. like its brushed aside a lot in favour of other stuff but they were really both just kids... and the saddest part about them is that they maybe do love each other but its always in some way artificial

[fish-freak-requiem]

the first episode of rupaul 17 was pretty good, but why is everyone crying and pissing their pants over katy perry?