#Hope it isn't broken

[royalarchivist]

Fit: It would, um... Uh, how should I put this... It would be like a date. Because... um... gosto de você.

Pac: [Delighted laugh] Gosto de mim?

Fit: Uh yeah. I'm s– did I butcher that? I'm sorry.

Pac: No no no no no no no! It was good! It goes: gosto de voce também.

Fit: Oh. [Laughs] Um yeah. But uh, I just– just think you're cool and I– Tuesday if you wanna– yeah! I got something cool that I think you might like. Is all.

Pac: To be honest with you, I never had a date in my 10 year life in Minecraft.

Fit: Yeah, you know, I've– I don't– I've never had a date in Minecraft either, now that I think about it. [Laughs]

Happy 1 year Anniversary to Fit confessing to Pac and asking him out on a date! 💕🌹

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Pac: Yeah, Tuesday sounds great!

Fit: It would, um... Uh, how should I put this... It would be like a date.

Pac: Oh! It would– [Realizes] Ohhhhhhh

Fit: Because... um... gosto de você.

Pac: [Delighted laugh] Gosto de mim?

Fit: Uh yeah. I'm s– did I butcher that? I'm sorry.

Pac: No no no no no no no! It was good! It goes: gosto de voce também.

Fit: Oh. [Laughs] Um yeah. But uh, I just– just think you're cool and I– Tuesday if you wanna– yeah! I got something cool that I think you might like. Is all.

Pac: No, yeah yeah!

Ramon: [Audibly takes a photo]

Pac: [Laughs] Ramon! Can I hide behind the bench just like you? [Laughs]

Fit: [Laughs]

Pac: You know, I think you're cool too Fit, you know? I'm down for the- for the date you said on Tuesday, you know. I– to be honest with you? Like, I never had a date in my 10 year life in Minecraft, you know?

Fit: Yeah, you know, I've– I don't– I've never had a date in Minecraft either, yeah, actually, now that I think about it. Yeah, so it– [Laughs] Well, hey! I mean, may– you know, I bet it'd be cool!

Pac: Yeah, you know– you know, I– I- when you- when you started like, giggling, I thought you would say like– [Deep voice as he leans into the mic] "In the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft!"

[They both laugh]

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Not included in the clip, but they have this fun little exchange immediately after this scene:

Pac: I hope that date is not on 2b2t, you know? Otherwise I'm gonna be scared as fck.

Fit: No, it is not– it is not gonna be on 2b2t! No, don't worry.

Pac: [Laughs]

Fit: That would be... That would be... No.

Pac: That would be– right? That would be something!

Fit: If- if it was on 2b2t, we would be both banned from Twitch, so no, it will not be on 2b2t. [...] Plus, a bunch of fire and destruction and a bunch of hate is not... the most appropriate place for a date, you know? So...

[marvelnatswhore]

I stubbed my toe so hard i fucking sprained it 😭

it's literally black and blue

[everchased]

at least it'll be wonderful while it lasts.

(a little post-game downtime discussion, when they have the time and space to talk about these things. also in my canon, scratch gets to stay. :/)

[marihem]

stupid question but I love your dynamic between frisk and sans, this is exactly how I picture them in my head and was wondering if you or anyone has written fanfic with them in this dynamic? I would read the short out of it

Aaaaa I'm really glad to hear that you're enjoying these as much as I am úvù

And no please it is not a stupid question at all! In fact, it is an interesting one. Assuming you're talking about my QPR Frans...yes, there is a written one shot little fanfic of them. And I wrote it long long ago 👁👁

No it is not published anywhere nor isn't shared with anyone aside from my close friends. But I'm gonna change that today. Here's the google doc for it! So this is a little something that takes place some time before this video happens and 4 years before Frisk and Sans become super duper extremely close friends which I have been drawing for the past months. Writing isn't my strongest but I tried my best and you know what? It's pretty aiiiiiiighttttt

Yeaa give it a shot when you got the time. It ain't much but it's honest work. And thank you for being interested in this too XD

[catsoftheclans]

spottedleaf

[bigcatenthusiast]

Ah so controversial opinion on the Jayvik ending

I don't understand the point of Jayce's "You're never broken" speech. It is heartfelt, it is genuine, but

Viktor has never felt he was broken? One of the very first things he says in S1 is "I simply believed in myself". His storyline in Season 1 revolves around his desperation to help people with what limited time he has, hindered by his disability and illness. He never feels broken or that he is not perfect. He wants to secure his legacy, to improve the world with their inventions, and decided to take an extreme step when it became apparent his body could not keep up any longer. The main source of grief here was how Jayce was becoming more involved in politics, the accidental death of Sky Young, and his own short-sightedness in achieving their goals - "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good"

What was Jayce's speech all about? It didn't make much sense to me.

[cavennmalore]

tagging @myfairkatiecat because it is only fair after you requested this word vomit lol

The thing about Keefe not being a good person is a little complicated. Full disclaimer, I don’t really believe in the whole good/bad person dichotomy, and definitely not for KIDS. Nevertheless, I don’t disagree with the people who say that Keefe isn’t the awesome person Sophie’s (biased) opinion makes him out to be. Not for the manipulative reasons -- which, Keefe is a teenage boy and I don't know about anyone else but that is like THE demographic for being a little messy in relationships lmao -- but for a lot of his planning. Joining the Neverseen without telling anyone what his plan was? Proposing himself as Mercadir without giving anyone a chance to refute him? Lying at the end of Legacy and showing up to the confrontation even though it was explicitly agreed he'd stay back? Basically, everything he did in Lodestar? Not great.

It's not Certified Good Guy Behavior. But that's his role. Keefe was literally designed to occupy this grey, questionable space, both in the narrative and outside of it. He's Sophie's character foil. Lady Gisela's plan revolves around pushing Keefe to become a worse and worse person; that involves raising him in a way that cultivates bad behavior and forcing him into increasingly extreme situations that are designed to make Keefe "ready" when the time comes. That is a huge part of the plots of Nightfall and Legacy.

Admittedly, I don't think Shannon has made him evil/grey enough, which I know isn't a popular take. There was real potential to make Keefe a wild card in Lodestar and make it so that the question isn't what stupid scheme is he planning? but to what extent have Lady Gisela's machinations worked? It's an interesting plotline to me. It's why I'm so excited for Unraveled; it's a chance to see this push-pull in action without Keefe's "north star" (AKA Sophie) guiding his decisions.

But a lot of people don't feel this way. A ton of the complaints I see around the book have to do with Keefe getting too much page time, the plotline taking up too much space in the story, etc. Which is fair! If you don't like Keefe, I'm sure a lot of this is grueling. However, a point I see connected to this line of thought is a wish for the books to return to a more ensemble vibe. That there should be more Dex, more Biana, more Stina, more Tam, etc. the way that it used to be.

That version of the books, though? It only really exists in the first book. Keefe is a prominent character in Exile and a huge driver of its plot. It's only in Book One where he only exists on the margins and isn't super involved. The ensemble cast has grown exponentially since then, to the point where there are frankly too many characters to keep track of in a scene without straight-up listing them all (which did happen but I'm forgetting which book). The decreased page time of supporting characters isn't solely because Keefe is eating the narrative, but because there are way too many characters for everyone to get a subplot; rather than have pre-existing characters solve issues, Shannon tends to just pull new ones in, and then leave them to hang out for the following books. If the series was for a more adult audience, I would say that it was time to start killing people off (like the popular critique of The Boys) but because this is a kids series, they're going to just hang around and not do much.

A lot of the nostalgia for this old version of KOTLC presents itself in fandom discussions of Dex. Full transparency: I didn't really like Dex that much in the early books when I did my reread. I found him unbearably rude to Fitz and Biana. His crush on Sophie felt invasive at times as if she was catering to a boy that was projecting his feelings and making her accommodate him. It's very similar stuff to the current criticism of Keefe! But I have yet to see any discussions around Dex that don't characterize him as kind, goofy, or sweet. Maybe there is some discussion of him being snarky or sarcastic. The most criticism I've seen of him is about how he treated Stina in his introduction, which was taken largely in isolation.

But that sweet, goofy version of Dex that people talk about missing? He doesn't exist. Sure, Dex mellowed out a ton in the later books, but he didn't become a whole new character. And I don't believe that he disappeared from the books in the way that some people claim. He just... doesn't have a subplot anymore. His crush on Sophie was resolved. It was a sticking point in his and Sophie's friendship which made him part of her character arc, and that arc is done. If that went on for any longer, it would be a drag on the pace of the series. Like I said before, the presence of so many side characters, each with their own needs and motivations, makes it difficult to introduce him into new stuff. It's why he gets so much more page time in Unlocked. With the presence of so many other characters, Shannon tends to handwave a lot of the background group dynamics. Dex ended up becoming close to Keefe and was able to shine there, away from Sophie's perspective and their finished arc.

All of this is to say, it's not wrong to dislike Keefe or like Dex. But I think a lot of the conversations surrounding these guys can get muddled in nostalgia and what people think the books should be rather than what they are. I'm (severely) guilty of it too. It's part of a broader trend in fandoms as "fandom" as a concept becomes more popular. That is a whole other post, though, and frankly, this one is long enough lol

[manic-pixie-aquarius]

We moved on too quickly from the Rockie/Byler parallels

Still thinking about the fact that the conversation Byler has in the van where Mike is airing out his insecurities about his relationship with El exactly parallels the conversation Rockie have about Vickie's ex-boyfriend

Mike/Robin parallel: them looking completely dumbstruck saying "Cool." when things are indeed not "cool"

Mike/Vickie parallel: where Mike apologizes for his rant saying "sorry, it's so stupid given everything that's going on" and Vickie says "sorry, I'm rambling about my boyfriend when there are people out there suffering"

And of course, the scene where Mileven reunite and when they break apart Will is centered between them...mirroring the scene where Robin sees Vickie and her boyfriend at the supply store, and they kiss and when they break apart, she is visibly upset

(Sorry this is the only gif I could find including the part where Will is visible) Anyways peep the fact that Jonathan is also in this scene but not in view in this particular gif + Steve viewing this from an outsiders view with the knowledge that Robin is queer/has a crush on Vickie just like Jonathan knows Will is queer/has a crush on Mike

Extra proof of this: Steve n Jonathan witnessing Rockie n Byler conversations (of course Steve looks happy while Jonathan looks upset but like I am hoping and praying we get Jonathan witnessing happy mutual pining Byler next season🙏)

The parallels between Rockie and Byler are my favorite pieces of evidence when it comes to Byler being cannon...

[cookinguptales]

Do me a favor, okay? Next time you have a chance, close your eyes for a minute and take a deep breath and imagine someone loving you.

Imagine someone who gets excited just thinking about you. Imagine someone who loves the things you say and do and who genuinely enjoys spending time with you. Imagine someone who feels lucky every moment they get to be around you.

It can be a real person or someone you just made up. You can imagine them praising you or laughing with you or touching you or whatever love means to you. It can be romantic or otherwise. Take your pick.

And if you had a hard time doing it?

Do it again. And again. And again.

I read once that it’s important for us to visualize being loved. That your brain needs to be trained like a muscle, and like a muscle, it can become weak from disuse. Your brain can only do the things that you practice doing, and if you never, ever visualize someone loving you, it becomes difficult to even imagine someone loving you. You get stuck in a rut. And once it’s impossible to imagine someone loving you, it becomes impossible to believe you will ever be loved.

I think… sometimes it can become easy to stop believing that we’re worthy of love. And I think sometimes we have this fantasy of someone making us believe that we’re worthy of it again. Or that somehow we’ll just — earn it, one day. Being worthy of love and desire, respect and affection.

But I think the truth is that we can only start believing that we’re worthy of love if we’re capable of imagining it. And it becomes much, much easier to imagine it if you practice doing so.

It may feel awkward at first. Embarrassing. Silly. Maybe even painful. But think about it like this, maybe: your first day in a dance class, you’ll fall. You’ll look ridiculous. It’ll feel like your body will never be able to do this fluidly. But by the end of the class, you’ll be able to move in a whole new way. Maybe not perfectly, but… better, y’know?

Learn to waltz with your own mind, and try not to cringe too hard at your first awkward movements. Start small and work your way up if you have to. Someone liking you, then someone liking your conversations, then someone liking your presence, then someone purposefully seeking you out. Someone putting time aside for you. Someone thinking about you when you’re not there. Someone being with you because there’s nowhere they’d rather be.

It may feel self-indulgent, but… I mean, we all deserve to be indulged sometimes. And we all deserve to feel worthy of love.

So… indulge yourself. Take a moment and have a silly little fantasy. Get into the habit of imagining love, and imagining it for the you that exists right now, not the you that you wish you were.

Learn to speak the language of love as it applies to you, even if you think that it doesn’t, and one day you’ll realize how to use those syllables to say your own name.

It’ll come one day. In the meantime, let’s learn to dance together, okay?

[olathesmostwanted]

What are we even gonna do with you?

[moonhze]

gonna hopefully get back to posting sims next week 👉👈

[yellowocaballero]

ORV Characters Ranked by Least to Most Likely to Commit White Collar Crime

You guys said you wanted my ORV takes, and I try not to say things unsolicited, so I'll drop the good meta-analysis and literary criticism that I'm known for. For comedy purposes please pretend that ORV is American.

Omniscent Reader's Viewpoint characters broken down by likelihood to commit white collar crime, least to most:

Lee Hyeonseong: he's convinced that he's never committed a crime in his life. Intentionally, of course not. Unintentionally, he takes shopping for groceries extremely seriously, and is sometimes so wrapped up in the fruit inspection experience that he'll leave without paying. Due to his innocent face, bulk, and sheer confidence, he's never caught. In an economically thrifty maneuver, KDJ always sends him on snack runs for parties and texts him math problems while he's there. He insists it's like couponing. It's not couponing.

Jeong Huiwon: similarly, of course she would never choose to commit a crime. Also similarly, when KDJ says, 'Hey, wanna commit a crime?' she always participates. Since the crime is normally targeted at rich people, KDJ can usually morally justify it to her. She calls this harm reduction. It's not harm reduction.

Lee Jihye: would love to commit a crime in theory, almost never in practice. She has an idealized image in her mind of the ideal high school experience and it involves grand theft auto. However, the worst she ever gets is breaking & entering and trespassing, mostly because she didn't stop to wonder if the building was abandoned or not. She can't even shoplift from Claire's.

Shin Yuseung: the kind of kid who sets the dissection frogs in the school laboratory free. Looks up illegal exotic animal trading on the deepweb and sighs in longing. But exotic pet trading isn't very Animal Rights of her, so she just leaks information to the CIA and busts the rings. Lee Gilyeong convinces her to track down shady sellers on Craigslist and bust their kneecaps. Neither of them view this as significantly different from the dissection frog liberation. KDJ gets her a rescued exotic cat for her birthday as a reward.

Lee Gilyeong: self-explanatory.

Han Suyeong: she's been pirating media since she was eleven and has never stopped. World-class expert in pirating everything. She's the unsung hero who rips the CDs and games and puts them online. Runs the pirating websites. Has never paid for a webnovel or manwha or manga in her life. Despite this, she insists that pirating books is immoral and that people should support small authors. The FBI knows she exists and has been trying to catch her for years. She brags about this constantly.

Yoo Sangah: has committed tax fraud before, will commit tax fraud tomorrow, is currently committing tax fraud. Embezzles her company's embezzlement. Insists that she's only committing victimless crimes, mainly because she doesn't view business executives as people. Her ability to evade the IRS is mythological and it's how KDJ got a crush on her.

Yoo Junghyeok: does not understand adult life well enough to knowingly commit any sort of white collar crime. He is this high on the list because he enables and helps KDJ in literally everything he does, especially using his clout as an influencer. This is because KDJ has convinced him that these things aren't crimes, and he doesn't understand adult life well enough to figure it out.

Kim Dokja: has done every white collar crime under the sun. I can't emphasize enough how much crime he does. He's currently blackmailing SYS's college tuition out of a US Senator. HSY makes the shell companies and launders so much money with him. Alternates between running a pyramid scheme and a ponzi scheme depending on the month. Started a cult that one time but we don't like to talk about that. Runs the betting ring for YJH's esports games. Fixes the games. YJH does not know he does this, but KDJ splits the profits and Yoo Mia also needs a college tuition so he decides not to think about it too hard. Big into crypto and runs every crypto scam you can possibly think of, which is normally where the the ponzi schemes come in. Steals YJH's identity often. Somehow everything he does is technically legal. The only crime he does not commit is pirating. Exclusively targets the wealthy and ultra-wealthy and has never stolen money from a poor person. Sugar daddies all of his friends and pays all college tuitions. Anonymously yet obviously sponsors huge amounts of money to YJH's Twitch streams, mostly in apology for the ID theft. Would really rather be living a quiet life in a big house with all of his friends, but that big house ain't gonna pay for itself.

[sparxaf]

I KNOW.

And therein lies the problem, David. I NEED YOUR FACE MASHED ON MY FACE. WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG?

[ascesabo]

god i just cannot get over how every time sabo moves up in the story all he ends up getting is more weight on his shoulders. when he becomes chief of staff (or the events leading up to it, i assume) kuma is missing, dragon is more MIA than not, and ivankov is in prison. now HE'S in charge of holding the revolution together. he's twenty years old! the people who raised him are either gone or in trouble, and by the time he gets them back, everyone's beginning to get used to sabo being in charge. then he survives a meeting with the five elders and gets framed for murder and his status just fucking blows up overnight!! he becomes a figurehead of the revolution and on top of his promise to stay alive for his little brother and his self-imposed need to carry on ace's legacy (and cobra's, now) SO many people are looking towards him as a symbol of resilience. there are so many eyes on him, looking at him as either a threat that needs to be silenced or a godlike figure that can withstand anything. he can't show pain or displeasure and has even less slack to allow himself a moment of weakness- sabo has no space to slip up, ever, because people NEED him to be unshakable. himself most of all. god

[bewilderedbuckley]

I hit my toe pretty hard when i started to get ready for work and i didn't think much of it. I hit my toe many times and i was fine. But when i went to put my shoe on it hurt very very badly. I still went to work thinking it's gonna be fine but walking from my parkingspace to my workplace was painfull as fuck and i would have been on my feet for at least 8 hours. So i had to call it in and tell them i can not work like this it's to painfull. At home i looked at my toe again and it is already bruising so i at least sprained it definitely, i am not sure abour broken. Which it hopefully isn't. And i hope i get a appointment with my doctor today to see how bad it is with my toe. It is currently 5 am so i will have to wait for a respons to my email till at least 8 am

[girlivealwaysbean]

just found out that instead of my mom my fucking shitass dad is coming home FOR A WEEK