#HOOOOMYGOD YOU GUYS

[blogishdaj]

WHATS CLAW HOOOOMYGOD

Newest Wildbow web serial, you can read it here.

Doesn't have any supernatural stuff (so far) but it seems to be set like 20 minutes in the future where society/institutions are unraveling a bit more than they already are (there's mention of civil warriors and elections getting postponed and forest fires seem to be the norm)

Protagonists(?) seem to be a husband and wife duo who help give people on the run from the law new identities and leave their old lives behind. Also they have kids. Couple is pretty cute ngl, I enjoy their interactions quite a lot.

So far we've got two chapters from the POV of the mom (Mia) and its been very fun seeing how her mind works, how many layers of obfuscation they have to maintain to keep themselves from being discovered. How their "business" works. Its all really smart and cool and I love that kind of thing.

Mia's also weirdly relatable and #girlboss and the fact that she does treat her whole secret job as... a job is kinda funny.

like (chapter 2 spoiler) there's a scene where she plays solitaire while waiting for a guy to die from suffocation.

Its definitely not everyone's cup of tea but it has similar vibes to Twig, which i loved, so it's definitely worth checking out.

[decembermoonskz]

👀✨🤧 [read me!!]

HOLY FUCKING CRAP!!!!!!! YOU GUYS 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 YOU GUYS!!! NO WAY THERE’S 300 OF YOU GUYS NOW!! I’m so speechless because this blog was supposed to be self-indulgent. I came here to write and practice and work off my perfectionist edge, but you all actually enjoyed stuff and now you’re here and a part of this little (well not so little anymore) family!!! seriously I can’t thank you all enough!

I have a couple people I wanna thank, although 300 isn’t a lot of people in terms of like, social media. I’m celebrating it anyways. (I’m also in like a high emotional state and I feel the need to express my gratitude) 

@sleepylixie​ lily darling thank you so much for always being there, for being my brain twin lol for screaming with me over skz or literally anything, and for always being my soundboard and my go-to when I wanna share ideas and work through stuff and scream over snippets. you’ve been like a best friend and we’ve only known each other for what, less than a month? no matter the amount of time I’m so thankful for you. your encouragement helps me more than you’ll ever understand. thank you and ilysm you high fantasy angel xoxo

@rebecca-noona​ becca! you were one of the first people to reach out to me, I had no expectations to meet anybody so soon but I was so happy when you reached out and I saw your message like almost as soon as I started this blog. your words of encouragement and support mean so much to me. on top of just our conversations about kpop, korea and just whatever, they helped me feel more open here on tumblr in the beginning. really idk how to thank you enough ily.

@skzctnightnight​ bel! bel! honestly you were the first person I had ever spoken to on tumblr back before I even had it myself. you’ve been one of the nicest people and your kindness really touched me. honestly your support helped me make the big decision to even start a blog at all. so I’m really grateful to you for helping me take the leap and do this. I always enjoy talking to you and you always make me smile whenever I see your messages. please know ily lots.

I also wanna shoutout @chogiwow​ @hanflix​ @aliceu​ @mikoto-ica-fics​ @delicatewerewolfsoul​ @redsandroses​ because they’ve made me smile so much and they’ve been so sweet and everyone I’ve mentioned here on this post have made me feel so welcomed and I never expected to meet so many people and make so many friends so quickly, thank you so much all of you.

also a special shoutout to all my lovely nonnies, you make my day when you send in messages thank you for being little lights of my life for real. you’re all lovely and wherever you are I’m sending you hugs 🤧

okay I’ve rambled on long enough, seriously thank you to all of you 300 amazing people!! I cannot express how truly thankful I am but I hope this is enough and also....

you’ll be getting something special as a thank you 😏😏 look out for it!!!

I love you all to the moon and back! xoxoxoxo

[gazebodj]

OK VALENTINES SHOUTOUTS!!! <p>I wanna send love to all my babes in the PEEBOT SQUAD!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙 Thanks for including me in your discord. Yall are all amazing i love you guys 😘😘😘😘</p> <p>Also the blogs that I look up to!!! @royalstanley Lil youre such a doll. All your posts lighten up my day. 100% queen of stenbrough!! You’re so gorgeous too?? And ur accent? God perfect. You're beautiful, ur blog's beautiful, everything u do: BEAUTIFUL💙💙💙 I actually can’t believe we’re mutuals. I hope we can talk more tho. (Im such a bad texter tho LMAO)</p> <p> @birb-boy -GOD SO TALENTED!?!? Your art is absolutely incredible!!! Love the traditional!!! U inspire me sooooo much! (Including long crazy haired Bev???? Yep please and thank) Never stop god blesseee</p> <p> @kriyonce YOU’RE FUCKING SO TALENTED AS WELL!?!? Your work makes me so happy. God I can’t wait for those stickers to come out cuz, YOU LNKW IM GETTING THEM. U inspire me so much, especially in Richie’s design??? Like them clothes? 👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Blease never stop what you do best. 💙💙</p> <p> @loverlymarsh -BEVERIE IS SO AMAZING HOOOOMYGOD!?!? You got me into beverie with you’re amazing skills? Josh thank you for coming out with that top notch content. Beverie needs more recognition. I love them so much lmao </p> <p> @denbroughbill the CREATOR OF HANZIER!!! Do I have to say more??? Please never stop creating such amazing content. Also your hair!?!? GOALS. Syd ur awesome!! Let hanzier rise to the tops!!!!

Ok! I'll shut up now lmao. There are much more blogs out here that I could shout out, but I'm 1.)lazy 2.)bad at remembering users lmao. Totally ignore this if u don't care! I'm just full of love lol.

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[sergeant-angels-trashcan]

i have no idea how this crossover would work, but pls imagine a dcu/marvel crossover that leads to kate/kara. like, ive read some p good kate/stephanie brown fics before, but pls imagine kate/kara danvers

hoooomygod though. 

so like. the whole thing before secret wars, and all the universes smash into each other (I HAVE SO MANY AUS THAT UTILIZE THIS) so some of Marvel’s characters wind up in DC land and have to make their way and Kate and a few others wind up in National City and all of these superheros and everyone is way more chill about aliens only no they’re not. and there’s ANother archer how dare

Kate has a crush on Kara because she’s so cute!!! and sweet!!! and not really smol but with like a tiny smol cinnamon bun spirit!!!! and just how could she not!!! Kate is only human. and maybe she’ll have better luck dating someone who is not a superhero??? new world, try something new, right?

But Kara is super awkward and she’s probably straight, way to go, Hawkeye, falling for straight girls again, Kara is just adorable and awkward with everyone ok? ok

but Supergirl

Supergirl has caught Hawkeye no less than three times and stopped no fewer than two cars from hitting her; she has rescued Hawkeye from at least one burning building and stepped in between her and no more than four bullets.and she’s started to???? make eyes???? at Hawkeye??? and Kate doesn’t know what to do with this because she’s Supergirl, okay, she’s a superpowerful VERY ATTRACTIVE ALIEN and yeah it would be great to date her or whatever because then Kate wouldn’t feel weird about asking to be bench-pressed because that’s weird to ask a coworker but not weird to ask your girlfriend

and SO MUCH INTERNAL ANGST because she really likes working with Supergirl and she has so many fewer injuries but also she is hopelessly in love with Kara Danvers  like it’s so obvious to everyone BUT Kara. Cat is even like UGH KATE CAN YOU REEL IN THE HEART EYES I’M GOING TO BE ILL (because Kate does...things???? that utilize her pi skills and helping break news stories idk ok)

and like. Kara really likes Kate!!! But she is crazy about Hawkeye and all the shit she gives Oliver and her willingness to throw her very!!! breakable!!! human body in between other people and danger!!!! and Kara has a few nightmares about her not reaching Hawkeye in time and how has this woman managed to live so long with such a lassiez-faire attitude about danger?????

and Kate flirts with her at work and it’s nice, Kate is funny and sarcastic and makes the best coffee but she’s just--Kara feels bad about thinking this, but Kate is normal. And Kara can hurt normal people, she’s too dangerous and powerful and has too many people coming after her. Hawkeye stares danger in the face and makes sarcastic remarks about danger’s fashion choices

(and Cat Grant is SO DONE with these idiot nerds my god)

and I feel like EVERYONE knows that Kate is Hawkeye and Kara is Supergirl before either of them figure this out Tommy knows Alex knows J’onn knows Jimmy knows Peter Parker knows (because sure he’s here why not) LITERALLY EVERYONE KNOWS

and then idk maybe something kryptonite related happens and Kara stays home from work and Kate is just going to bring her chicken noodle soup it’s an old family recipe she’s just checking on Kara like a friend it’s not weird Cassie shut up

only maybe Kara has carelessly left out her costume (but of course Kate would at first be like “Maybe Kara and Supergirl are together???” because CLEARLY this is the most logical thing) but then holy shit nope Kara IS Supergirl and she realizes Kate is Hawkeye because she has broken ribs or something 

and they all lived happily ever after 

only when they fight bad guys together they turn into a 110% married couple with Kara constantly being like “do you HAVE to stand so close to the edge of the roof???” and Kate being all “wow was it really necessary to FLY those five feet WOW.”

[heironymous-smash]

So I keep running into these "involuntary celebate" guys online.  This is a whole segment of the human western culture that's hyper-frustrated at not feeling able to get laid, and is yelling about it because they feel they're being treated unfairly.

There are several things to sympathize with here.  Getting some is a nearly-universal human urge, and having no access to a means to fulfill it is definitely a ragemaker — we're not the first or only culture to have dealt with large swaths of angry young men, willing to burn society down and start over if it fixes that problem for them.  (It's been the cause of civil unrest, riots, and uprisings, even.  And it was known even in ancient Greece that men who couldn't get any would lose their shit — read Lysistrata.)  It's pretty well-known that if you take away a needed thing (which includes emotional needs like seeing your family, going to work, and yes finding physical intimacy once in a while) from a big chunk of people, especially one of your society's most energetic and able demographics, you get trouble.

And there's a lot of awful behavior and sloppy thinking to point, too, with the incels, as well.  I won't go into it, but hoooomygod do they say some awful shit, mostly about women.  To them, they aren't getting laid because "women" are keeping them from it; because if women would just behave differently, the fact that so many people can't hook up and be intimate would be solved.

This is a monumentally incorrect conclusion.  They're all justified in their anger, but they're angry at the wrong thing.  What they SHOULD be angry at is the anti-sex and anti-woman nature of our society.  It's that thing being called "the rape culture" that traumatizes women sexually and demonizes women who have sex and puts all the responsibilities and consequences of sex on women's shoulders.  It's this patriarchial society that punishes sex-workers and sex-work, taking away men's ability to just use their hard-earned money to solve that problem, if they wanna.  It's the lack of plentiful birth-control, the hateful lack of justice for rape and assault-victims, and the constant dissing and slandering of sex in general and women in particular, that keeps the incels from getting laid — not the women they attack so viciously for it.

The women are victims too.  (The women also aren't getting laid, in addition to being the butt of the violence and hatred.)  Both women and men are being made "involuntary celibates", by our culture which refuses to teach positive sex, refuses to celebrate or encourage healthy sex, and refuses (or is super reluctant) to legitimize and legalize the consentual sex-practices that get people laid — like being gay, being kinky, having multiple partners, etc ad nauseum.

Look, the problem you're up against is that we live in a backwards, fearful, religion-underpinned social culture that slams and shames women for nearly everything related to sex.  By the time any American girl is fifteen, she's seen images of women being humiliated sexually a million times.  She knows that "whore" is one of the worst things you can be called, and that if you display yourself sexually in any way, including just admitting that you like sex, you'd better have no imperfections or they will be pointed and laughed at in public.  Adult women have almost *all* been harassed or traumatized and then shamed for it, meaning that even just having a normal, healthy sex-life for them is gonna take years of therapy.  ...And remember, those women want to get laid just as much as you do — they're just taught that they're completely responsible for anything bad that happens if they do, and that their wanting to enjoy it makes them a bad person.

In even slightly more matriarchial cultures, paid sex is usually legal, with the attention paid to regulating it and making it safe.  But a culture where women can sell sex is not a culture where women make good slaves, so in *our* culture's (recent) history, women were forbidden from working *including* selling sex, so that they'd be valuable commodities to be bought and owned (because it's illegal to rent one, even/especially if she'd prefer being rented).  If you want more women to have sex with you, you want the liberation of women from secondary-citizenship and slavery of all kinds, because it's free, enabled women who can have sex with you on purpose.  Your anger at the slaves for not putting out more is prettty gross, BUT if you'd just turn your anger towards the system that keeps them as slaves, and set them free so they can voluntarily have sex with you, you'd be getting laid like crazy compared to now.  And oddly enough, because this is a problem aimed at women and so super hard to fix from "downstream", you, sitting upstream, can fix it pretty easily.  Change the culture.  Step one is just, "start saying different things", and start getting your friends to.

…And it's not all about sex-work, either.  There's a HUGE swath of women who can't have as much sex as they want, due to (ignoring health, safety, legal and financial stuff for the moment) a combination of past and current shaming.  Start glorifying women liking to get laid, already.  And not just hot celebrities, but ALL women, because it's the non-celebrity women you'll probably be sleeping with, and they're the ones who need the encouragement.  (Cheering for slutty models is its own part of the problem, but I'm skipping it for length reasons.)  Start publicly complimenting regular, imperfect women who act and look sexually, instead of yelling at them to get on a magazine cover or shut up.  Stop mocking women for being sexual and they'll be a little more inclined to do it, eh? 

Then start making it easier for women to get laid without getting pregnant, and to pay for sexual health services, and to report and have something done about rapes and assaults, and they will stop being so scared to have sex.

Do you understand?  Do you get that for an average woman, simply having a moderately healthy sex-life involving a few people is a monumental task, and for women who'd prefer to have a lot of partners (maybe including you), the pressure to not do so is overwhelming?  

By piling on more shame and anger, you're only making the problem worse.

Start fighting the sick, stupid culture that's keeping everybody from getting laid, and everybody wins. 

…Ok, rant over.  :)

[junker-town]

Here's all 30 NBA teams' best 3-on-3 lineups, ranked

Here’s a hint: The Warriors would still win.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) introduced 15 new events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. One of those events is 3-on-3 basketball.

That got us at SB Nation thinking: which three players would each NBA team send to compete in a 3-on-3 tournament? And which team would have the best shot at winning?

Here’s our list:

30. Los Angeles Lakers

D’Angelo Russell Jordan Clarkson Larry Nance Jr.

I’m only here for the Russel-to-Nance lob passes. If the Lakers could have Lou Williams back, they’d move up to 29.

29. Dallas Mavericks

Seth Curry Harrison Barnes Nerlens Noel

I deferred to our in-house Mavericks expert, Tim Cato, who picked hand-picked these guys. I had Wesley Matthews, Barnes and Dirk Nowitzki. Here’s why he chose his lineup:

... Alright, Tim isn’t available, so I’m speaking for him. These three guys are the youngest talents on the team and provide more athleticism than my lineup would have. That’s about all I’ve got, though.

28. Sacramento Kings

Tyreke Evans Buddy Hield Rudy Gay

I tried to figure out which players would have the best shot at winning a game. Yes, Skal Labissiere is gonna be good some day, and Darren Collison is the starting point guard, but these three guys give the Kings the best shot at pulling an upset, especially if Hield is the second coming of Stephen Curry.

27. Orlando Magic

Evan Fournier Terrence Ross Aaron Gordon

This would be fun solely because we get to watch Terrence Ross and Aaron Gordon trade poster dunks. Wouldn’t be so much fun when their opponents start playing defense.

26. Phoenix Suns

Eric Bledsoe Devin Booker Brandon Knight

It would be very Phoenix of the Suns to trot out a three-guard lineup with Bledsoe, Booker and Knight. That might just give them the edge — everyone’s quick, small and can shoot. But that’s about it with this team.

25. Brooklyn Nets

Jeremy Lin Caris LeVert Brook Lopez

Lin and Lopez were the easy picks. I was tempted to go with Rondae Hollis-Jefferson because of his defense. I was tempted to go with Sean Kilpatrick because of his offense. I chose LeVert because he’s the best rookie you’ve never heard of. Still a lot of Ls, though.

24. Charlotte Hornets

Kemba Walker Nic Batum Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

This team really doesn’t stand much of a chance against the tougher competition, but hoooomygod just clear it out and give the ball to Kemba.

23. Atlanta Hawks

Dennis Schroder Kent Bazemore Paul Millsap

I was tempted to go with Taurean Prince over Bazemore, and Tim Hardaway Jr. may be more suitable for a 3-on-3 setting, but Bazemore is Atlanta’s best wing player. Can’t see this team winning more than two games, though.

22. New Orleans Pelicans

Jrue Holiday DeMarcus Cousins Anthony Davis

Not sure the two big man thing works in a 3-on-3, but they can each handle the ball and shoot. Don’t think they’re gonna win very many games though

21. Detroit Pistons

Reggie Jackson Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Andre Drummond

In a 5-on-5, I wouldn’t dare take Reggie Jackson. In a 3-on-3, however, you need a guy who can create a shot out of thin air. Jackson’s that guy — sometimes to a fault — and giving him a shooter and a lob option is a great mix for this competition.

20. Miami Heat

Goran Dragic Dion Waiters Hassan Whiteside

Give the ball to Dion Waiters and get out of the way.

19. New York Knicks

Derrick Rose Carmelo Anthony Kristaps Porzingis

This team looks great on paper, but we know how this story ends.

18. Philadelphia 76ers

Ben Simmons Dario Saric Joel Embiid

We don’t know what Ben Simmons looks like on an NBA court yet. So for 3-on-3 blacktop purposes, let’s say he’s a mix between LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and Oscar Robertson all in their primes. Yup, I’ve got Philly, too.

17. Denver Nuggets

Wilson Chandler Danilo Gallinari Nikola Jokic

Who needs a point guard in a 3-on-3 when you’ve got The Joker? I can see Chander and Gallo running action amongst themselves while Jokic either makes the right pass or gets an easy post-up bucket. They could be unstoppable... or really bad. Who knows?

16. Indiana Pacers

Jeff Teague Paul George Myles Turner

Is this team convincing enough for you to pick them in a 3-on-3 tournament?

15. Memphis Grizzlies

Mike Conley Chandler Parsons Tony Allen Marc Gasol

The Grizzlies play one way and one way only: with grit. No need to change that for a 3-on-3 game. We wanted Chandler Parsons on the floor for spacing, but he’s out 4-6 months nursing a pinky toe injury, so we replaced him with First Team All-Defense.

14. Oklahoma City Thunder

Russell Westbrook Victor Oladipo Enes Kanter

This is really a 1-on-3, but I put two other guys next to Westbrook just for fun.

13. Portland Trail Blazers

Damian Lillard C.J. McCollum Jusuf Nurkic

This is my dark horse because you have three playmakers on the floor. Imagine Lillard and McCollum getting each other open for Nurkic’s pinpoint passes? Or just a straight up iso for McCollum on the wing? Maybe a Lillard stutter-step pull-up 3?

This is a very fun team.

12. Utah Jazz

George Hill Gordon Hayward Rudy Gobert

Gobert’s a really good shot blocker and rebounder, but he’s also an extraordinary screen setter. That’ll give defenses problems, especially with Hill and Hayward.

11. Chicago Bulls

Rajon Rondo Dwyane Wade Jimmy Butler

These guys showed you can’t count them out in the first round against the Celtics. With a healthy Rondo, anything is possible.

10. Milwaukee Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo Khris Middleton Jabari Parker

With a healthy Parker, this team is about as good as any the NBA has to offer. If you’re not the Warriors (KD), Cavs (LeBron), or Spurs (Kawhi), you don’t really have an answer for Giannis. And that’s game right there.

9. Washington Wizards

John Wall Bradley Beal Markieff Morris

John Wall and Bradley Beal are a duo tailor-made for 2-on-2 basketball. I thought to add Otto Porter here, but he’s mostly a corner 3-point shooter. You can add Markieff Morris, who can shoot the 3 but also create his own shot, instead.

8. Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry DeMar DeRozan Serge Ibaka

These guys are good up until they run into Cleveland.

7. Minnesota Timberwolves

Zach LaVine Andrew Wiggins Karl-Anthony Towns

This team would be really fun to watch. They’re conditioned to play 50-minute games. They can shoot, they’re all young and athletic. Bet’s on this squad to upset someone.

6. Boston Celtics

Isaiah Thomas Avery Bradley Al Horford

This 3-on-3 team perfectly exemplifies the Celtics’ current situation. Avery Bradley is a stud, but against top-level talent, Boston needs a third All-Star. Imagine this team with Jimmy Butler, Gordon Hayward, or Paul George? That’s a different conversation.

5. Los Angeles Clippers

Chris Paul Jamal Crawford Blake Griffin

I’m not sure you need two big men in a 3-on-3 tournament. And while DeAndre Jordan is a vaunted rim protector, our own Harry Lyles agrees: can roll the dice in a half-court setting and task Griffin with that responsibility.

What you DO need, though, is a guy like Jamal Crawford who can get his shot at any time, from any place. Him breaking ankles is only an added bonus.

4. Houston Rockets

James Harden Eric Gordon Ryan Anderson

You know why Houston’s here. Space the floor to clear the paint. Pick your poison: defend James Harden 1-on-1 or give Gordon or Anderson an open look at a 3. Sheesh.

3. San Antonio Spurs

Jonathon Simmons Kawhi Leonard LaMarcus Aldridge

Part of what makes the Spurs so good in 5-on-5 is Gregg Popovich. Most of that game planning goes out the window in a 3-on-3, so it’ll be hard for the Spurs to match up against a superior team.

Still, any time you’ve got Kawhi, you’ve got a shot.

2. Cleveland Cavaliers

Kyrie Irving LeBron James Kevin Love

We know why these guys are here.

1. Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry Klay Thompson Kevin Durant

It only took me about four seconds to choose Klay Thompson over Draymond Green here. Why? Because this is a 3-on-3, and I’m not sure Draymond is as important in a half-court pickup game as Klay is.

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There you have it. I think the Warriors (surprise) are the most unstoppable team and, if we’re breaking it up by East vs. West, the T’Wolves, Spurs and Rockets are their top competition. In the end, they’re just too versatile of a team with three shooters and two lock-down defenders.

Things in the East are a bit more complicated. It’s hard to bet against LeBron and the Cavaliers, but Giannis’ Bucks are scary, as are the Bulls and even the Knicks. I’m gonna take the Bucks in a game against the Cavs.

That sets the table for Giannis vs. KD, with a bigger Khris Middleton on Steph and Jabari Parker checking Klay Thompson. In my humble opinion, that game could go either way.

Did we get something wrong? Let us know in the comments.