#I blame Ross

[kokoiep]

GUYS- GUYS-

JUST HEAR ME OUT -

SONGBIRD (Adam/Michael [@neonross vers]) GOOD CRACK SHIP ISTG JUST LISTEN PLEASE-

(Also this is how it happened ISTG)

[night-triumphantt]

want//need//dread

Kiara (the wayhaven chronicles, sorta lol): “I’m here for you.” // “You do not have to shrink to make room for others.” // “No one you love will stay.”

Fareeha (a tale of crowns): “You have survived all this, you will not break.” // “Trust yourself.” //“You will bring this kingdom to ruin.”

Zaphira (the Exile): “I see your anger, and grief, and they are justified.” // “Becoming numb will only serve to hurt you more.“ // “You were not worth saving.”

Silas (the Exile): “I know you’re trying, its not your fault.” // “It’s ok to be tired.” // “No amount of doing good will save you from your fate.”

Suraya (the Exile): “You gave them all you had, and I’m sorry they failed you.” // “Your anger will tear you apart.” // “You are nothing more than a weapon for others to wield, even now, you never had a choice”

Cal (the Exile): “You are more than your past.” // “You are allowed to move forward.” // “You are incapable of bringing anything but pain.”

[copperphysics106]

Is it 20 seconds of ross recreational time yet

[lawrussoauto]

the only impression i had of suits for the longest time was my mum saying ‘every girl needs a harvey specter in her life’ and i can safely say that after watching the batshit insane things he does for mike. yea i want a harvey specter

[chaoticneutraltor]

[hillmon]

read It’s Not Enough To Be In Love here

Fandom: Men’s Hockey RPF

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Characters: Ross Colton, Miles Wood, Logan O'Connor, Zach Parise, Colorado Avalanche NHL Team Ensemble

Relationships: Ross Colton/Miles Wood, Ross Colton & Zach Parise, Ross Colton & Logan O'Connor

Freeforms: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Social Media as a Literary Device, Breaking Up & Making Up, Panic Attacks, Misunderstandings, Omega Ross Colton, Alpha Miles Wood, Alpha Logan O’Connor

Word count: 21,886, 11/11 chapters (completed)

[wonder-worker]

"The feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist being appointed as the day upon which the coronation of the king [Edward V] would take place without fail, all both hoped for and expected a season of prosperity for the kingdom."

-Excerpt from the Croyland Continuator / David Horspool, Richard III: A Ruler and Reputation

Even though Edward IV’s death was unexpected, after twelve years of peace there need not have been too much of a sense of foreboding about the succession. The great dynastic wound from which the Wars of the Roses had grown had not so much been healed as cauterized by the extinction of the House of Lancaster. There was no rush for London, as had happened in earlier, disputed successions. The royal party didn’t set out from Ludlow for ten days after hearing the news of Edward IV’s death, while Richard took his time, too. And the new king had [his mother the dowager queen and] two uncles to support him: his mother’s brother, the sophisticated, cultured, highly experienced Earl Rivers; and his father’s, the loyal and reliable Duke of Gloucester, to whom Edward IV had entrusted unprecedented power and vital military command.

... [Richard of Gloucester] had achieved his goal by a mixture of luck and ruthlessness, and if he made it appear, or even believed himself, that destiny played a part, this only made him a man in step with his times. Modern historians have no time for destiny, but sometimes the more ‘structuralist’ interpretations of the events surrounding the usurpation can come close to it. When we read that ‘the chances of preserving an unchallenged succession were . . . weakened by the estrangement of many of the rank-and-file nobility from . . . high politics, which was partly a consequence of the Wars of the Roses and partly of Edward IV’s own policies’, it is hard not to conclude that an unforeseeable turn of events is being recast as a predictable one. But without one overriding factor – the actions of Richard, Duke of Gloucester after he took the decision to make himself King Richard III – none of this could have happened. That is, when the same author concedes ‘Nor can we discount Richard’s own forceful character’, he is pitching it rather low*.

Edward IV had not left behind a factional fault line waiting to be shaken apart. Richard of Gloucester’s decision to usurp was a political earthquake that could not have been forecast on 9 April, when Edward died. After all, Simon Stallworth did not even anticipate it on 21 June, the day before Richard went public. We should be wary of allowing hindsight to give us more clairvoyance than the well-informed contemporary who had no idea ‘what schall happyne’. This is not to argue that Richard’s will alone allowed him to take the Crown. Clearly, the circumstances of a minority, the existence of powerful magnates with access to private forces, and the reasonably recent examples of resorts to violence and deposition of kings, made Richard’s path a more conceivable one. But Richard’s own tactics, his arrest of Rivers, Vaughan and Grey, the rounding up of Hastings and the bishops, relied on surprise. If men as close as these to the workings of high politics at a delicate juncture had no inkling of what might happen, the least historians can do is to reflect that uncertainty [...].

(*The author who Horspool is referencing and disagreeing with is Charles Ross)

[mukuharakazui]

i sound like the youngest boomer on earth whenever i say this but it really was a mistake for baby gays to learn about the term fruit. idk what it is about the internet that makes kids see a derogatory term for a marginalized group they’re part of, or even just adjacent to, which they’ve never been targeted with and decide it’s just their new Special Inside Joke Swear Word. some 16 y/o online calling a picture of a celebrity wearing a gaudy sweater fruity or faggy isn’t “reclamation” it’s just parroting homophobia and not funny in the slightest.

speaking among onesself or close friends is one thing but when it gets to the point (and it has) where people are calling real life people they barely (or don’t) know homophobic terms, it doesn’t matter if the person saying it is gay or not.

[backseatloversz]

ohh.remembered the reason i stopped trying to make it through the panic at the disco pre-split interviews playlist on youtube.com is because theyre so painfully awkward & dry

[sunshineandlyrics]

😲

Joshua' reaction to seeing the metal fence in front of him fall down along with some fans, as he was filming fans outside Louis' hotel, 31 May 2024.

[writer-rider-flirty-thirties]

I have an idea for a tdiz fic (my first one) but that requires me to write and we (me and writing) are currently on a "break" ala Rachel and Ross style where, unfortunately, I am not Rachel so I will not be writing a letter that is "Eighteen pages! Front and back!" which, honestly, would solve everything...

Le sigh...

[sortanonymous]

Oh yeah, I kinda forgot to mention it for almost a week, but I'm so happy to see Chase Briscoe and Stewart-Haas Racing go out on a high note with that thrilling Southern 500 win!

Also as a Chastain fan, I'm kind of in hell! (Also feel for Bubba and Buescher, especially with how awful the win-and-your-in format is.)

[desire-mona]

my biggest achievement on this platform is the fact that chandler has a tag specifically for reblogging my posts

[not-so-rosyyy]

i love seeing snoopycore reblogs on my dash these days cuz it reminds me of my mom, the very first snoopycore person I've ever known. she had those little toys and stickers kept neatly when i was a kid and always tells me about the peanuts gang and charlie brown (for which my first thought was, "okay but why is this kid bald"). one of my earliest, most special memories was her face lighting up like a million stars when i asked for a red snoopy school bag upon entering first grade even though i was pretty much obsessed with hello kitty and kero-keroppi back then. she was so excited she immediately took me to the mall and got me the whole set, complete with the lunchbox and the pencil case and all that, even though i realized years later that she only had enough money for the bag. it warms my heart everytime i remember it now, as an adult, because i think it's such a special thing when your parent/s get the chance to share with you the things that make their heart giddy with joy.

[lawrussoauto]

oh whats on my mind? nothing. just thinking about mike ross saying he could pull off drag because he has soft features. and im being normal about it

[hungee-boy]

i dont know if i ever shared this story but washing my hair and thinking of my dad reminded me of it

when my dad died, he had his hair pretty long and in a ponytail and we asked for his ponytail to be cut so we could save his hair

it might seem weird and it hasnt been done in my family before in my knowledge but we all consented to his hair being cut and it wouldnt have been something he opposed

when his funeral was coming up i was debating cutting my hair the same way, just forming a ponytail and having my cousin cut it but before the funeral when i was messaging my cousin to ask her, i felt a warm tingling pressure on the top of my head

i dont know if i believe in ghosts and never physically interacted with ghosts (i guess you could say ive "felt" them before, like feeling a towering but gentle male presence in my grandmas house that matched with her father's description) but ive never physically seen apparitions or heard voices or felt touches

it felt like my dad was placing his hand on my head and it was so weird and comforting that i decided not to cut my hair and only once that thought crossed my mind and i deleted the message to my cousin was when the sensation stopped

call it a hallucination brought on by grief or a supernatural occurrence but it definitely sticks with me now and id like to believe it really was my dad telling me not to cut my hair for his sake