#I don't want to be living like it's normal if it isn't

[elliesglock]

CRUMBL COOKIE LIVE ANALYSIS :

okay so boom this was one of my most popular analysis before i fucked myself so enjoy everybody!

so you have to skip ahead a little bit because azzi isn't in the live from the start she's actually wanting to die over her accounting homework for some of it so she couldn't join until later. 11:31 is when azzi joins the live. so honestly i have a tiny theory about something before we jump into the full live. before this, paige is kinda on high alert and staring at the door continuously before azzi comes in. my theory is maybeeeee azzi texted her about struggling with her accounting homework and p boogs was trying to find a way out to go help her/comfort her. ORRRR azzi texted p saying im coming up soon or she was gonna be there soon and that's why p keeps looking at the door every so often cause she so ready for her girl to come she keep hallucinating footsteps. okay sorry just a theory.

11:31 before anybody else, paige already sees azzi coming in. even before kk yells her name, like she's literally being hidden behind yanna and paige's girlfriend senses start tingling and she knows her girl in the room and looks at her. she's been looking at her for a solid 5 secs before kk even goes, "OMG ITS AZZI FUDD!!!!". i just find it so cute cause she can literally sniff her girl out of anywhereeeeee. 11:35 paige and azzi make eye contact and it's almost like paige understands immediately something is up because she points at the camera to say they're live. she probs knows just from azzi's body language that she's upset about something and maybe thinks she's gonna go in for a hug or a cuddle. that's my personal opinion cause she points at the live to warm azzi for no good reason other than she was a little scared azzi might come get some lovin from her girl. but she kinda lets it go and giggles while kk wails azzi's name. but i think she can already tell before anyone else that azzi is maybe a little overstimulated/needing some comfort. that's what so interesting about paige. she is ALWAYS dialed in when azzi's in the room, her demeanor from before azzi comes in to after is a compete 180. before azzi comes in she's like giggling and joking, and then when azzi's comes in she's dialed in on her and concerned about her and what's going on. i'm telling u she don't play about her girl or her feelings. when azzi's in the room u might as well shut the hell up cause p ain't listening to u. she's displaying a little bit of concern and has already kinda turned off that goofiness to focus on what's more important, ie her girl coming into the room not smiling. even when azzi falls down on the bed paige's body almost instinctively tries to go after her. like she stops sitting on the tv stand and is almost leaning her whole body to get closer to azzi. and it's def second nature. it's not she's adjusting or something as soon as azzi lies on the bed and seems a little overwhelmed, she almost does her normal bodyguard duties and gets up to hold her girl like she would if the cameras off. 11:45 paige doesn't get super serious until kk offers azzi a cookie and azzi goes noooo! even kk seems a little unfamiliar with how she's presenting. paige gets real serious and her tone of voice when she asks, "what happened?" is just. yall. like. i'm wet. her tone is very not fucking around and she's not playing. she wants to know what's got her girl sad and she wanna know nowwww. all fun and games off the table when her girl don't want a sweet treat cause azzi LOVES a sweet treat. i also love how even though everybody's asking her what's wrong, she don't say anything until paige asks what happened. like ahhh her protectors here lemme vent to her. so we find out poor baby azzi is having some issues with her accounting homework. 11:48 she asks kk if she can ask the live if anyone can tutor in accounting. and kk kinda hears here but is focused on something else but big p ain't letting it slide. she's like da fuck?? almost and taps kk to ask the live. sheeeee notttt playingggggg. this live honestly is a great way to see how much paige can be a protector and a representation of comfort for azzi because she immediately gets strict asf when azzi's upset. she even gets a little annoyed w kk cause she says something else instead of doing what her girl asked. and her face when she turns around and we see her in the camera. LORDDDDDD. it's never been a joke. i'm sorry big daddy I MEAN PAIGE. i'll help yo girl in accounting shit please don't stab me. that's what her face is giving. ion even know accounting and i'm about to help azzi with her homework from the way she looking at us.

like damn bitch??

12:10

so after kk do what big mama say, she makes a little joke saying "this should be good." poking fun at how kk's dms gon be looking crazy from people dming her weird stuff from now on. azzi and a few others laugh at this and she seems so much lighter after she makes azzi laugh. like ahhh my girl is laughing at my jokes i made her feel betterrrr. which is the ultimate plan in paige's eyes everyday you know. everyday is a mission on how to be the best girlfriend and how to accomplish making my girl feel like the most important girl in the world. i think she's been doing a pretty good job for a while now yall. again, with paige being the representative of comfort for azzi, we know why azzi feels this way. because paige will do anything to make her smile when she's sad and will always be the first one to light up when she's happy. LOVE in its purest form yall. 12:27 azzi kinda stands up for a second and paige being paige is back on high alert cause she LITERALLY watches her every move as soon as she stands up. like her eyes immediately zone in on her as soon as she stands up. she's searching azzi's face and body with her eyes to see if there's anything she can do to help almost cause azzi seems a little confused after she stands up. and i think if the cameras were off she would've walked over and had az come sit with her for a second so she could listen to her when she tells her what's wrong. i think it bothers her a bit in this live she can't do that. we know paige is very much the type of person who doesn't like to wait and doesn't like being held back from something, especially regarding her girl. remember earlier when i mentioned how p completely zones in on azzi when she walks into a room well kk asks her to get a fork and she goes up to get one and then comes back when she hears azzi ask what one of the cookies are. she's veryyyy zoned in on her. i think she knows she already doesn't like she can't comfort her when she wants to cause the live is on, so she ain't gonna go further and leave the room while her girls starting to perk up a little bit you know. p is ALWAYS observant of everything azzi does and i think she can read her like a book. they've been together for so many years that's not shocking. further more, she even sits down when azzi continues talking cause she knows the forks aren't more important than whatever azzi is asking/saying right now. okay lover girlllll. 12:57 azzi asks if she can try the peanut butter cookie and kk says girl boo while she's handing it to her. now honestly i can't tell what paige's facial expression in this moment means but she gives kk a kinda side eye and a "mm" noise like she's like be careful now. but i have had anons theorize its because kk is not using girl boo right when she gets on everybody else about using it right you know lol. idk her facial expression and the way she acting is like oo u tryna make my girl laugh rn or sum? but that might just be me being delusional as always. azzi says one of the chocolate chip cookies sound lame and paige gives her this sassy little p face that would def get her in trouble if azzi was full on looking at her at that moment but we let it slide. and then in the next couple moments p is just having a full on STARING CONTEST while azzi eats these cookies. like she is not letting up on that eye contact. and i think it's partially to see if she likes it but i also think it's another checking on her/admiring her kind of thing. she's got her in her view and azzi is focused on something else so you know damn well she's gonna keep an eye on her and finally get a good look to see if her girls doing alright, instead of glancing over like she's been doing. 13:23 now idk if i'm hearing things but kk almost kinda sees her staring at turns around jokingly and says "oo are you hungry?" and yes it can be interpreted as kk just asking if paige is hungry for another cookie but it sounds lowkey like that tone they use with an inside/teasing joke. she like damn girl look at u looking at her like that u hungry or sum?

15:03

so, jana is talking about sharing a bite with paige and paige says "yeah im all set" and then jana says "okay imma share it with azzi" and that perks paige's ears up. and she kinda looks between them and is like "oh you and azzi?" almost like she's saying yeah we don't share unless it's me and her and she not sharing tonight lemme tell you. she not playing w these underclassmennnnn. she's like nah my girl is set too thank yewwww! i love sassy p she really holds nothing back unless she's about to get grounded by azzi.

and that's about it basically lol. azzi kinda goes silent cause she's stealing jana's fries and paige is doing her gay adhd shit in the living room with her cartwheels. honestly i love watching this whole live through not just for the pazzi moments but paige looking good everybody looking gooddddd andddd they funny too. hope you guys enjoyed and im going to bed thank yallllll! love u 😛💕

[skretnika]

oc intro: skeet riley

you might notice i'm introducing her again, that's because 1) her intro got accidentally lost in the void 2) i want to revamp all my ocs intros cus the ogs look like dookie–so expect my other ocs soon–and most importantly i'm now pretty sure about their personalities. now onto this creature

skeet is a pretty much sly, shameless, all up in your face kind of girl. she isn't inherently a bully and her goals don't really consist in making the life of the less socially fortunate a living hell unlike some of her friends and people she associates with, but still is an amusing pastime and doesn't really do anything or hold strong beliefs against it. she behaves the way she does mostly out of spite, of her mom, authorities and overall whatever rule she deems stupid or unfair enough to bend.

if she does bully someone, it's to get something outta them. be it money or homework. fake flirting or screeching in someone's ear can get u anywhere, detention mostly but she still can get away with lots of things)) she enjoys rattling people rather than subduing them in most cases. she happens to hang around the bullies because they don't really expect much from people + they're not caught up in dumb clique bullshit on a daily. except with the nerds

what landed her in the academy is her strained bond with her mom. laura is a retired escort, and she has always made it known to skeet and her older sister that their existence was the end of her lavish lifestyle. while the luxury was guaranteed, it's obvious the way she lived affected her behavior deeply. skeet and her had argued and it turned physical, after that laura did everything in her reach to "send the brat away" which got her a seat in the countries most elite school. lovely 💕💕

word around the academy says skeet's a tramp boy crazy. and while it's partially true, it's not like she tries or enjoys revolving her life around them. there's not much to do in town if not getting in some dude's run down car. she sees guys more like a fun thing: a shitty date, a kiss, cop a feel if u want then just go and don't even greet me in the hallways. she prefers it like that, no difficult feelings or much to think about, she struggles with commitment and consistency as much as she wants somebody to stay. and let herself be vulnerable with

yeah she dates casey she locked him in the girls dorm laundry room and he fell for her idfk what matters here is heterosexual love. they break up more than they go on dates. love is complicated lola told her when they were pondering life chainsmoking in the parking lot

talking about lola, she sorta looks up to her.. a normal amount. they do agree on the fact they fear there's not much else in the world but men. alas they can bond about girls sneering at their mere presence too. she also gets along with christy, but doesn't trust her social stunts. a smile, a wave in the hallways and small chat in the dorm is alright. she might also seek to befriend zoe

models.. they look weird but icba editing new ones

as always: interactions welcome!!!!!!!!)))))

[heartmilheart]

Queer Mike Wheeler

I swear some people don't understand how important it would be for Mike to be queer. I may be a little biased because I'm a big Byler shipper but there are so many hints that make him queercoded. He is more queercoded than Will, the CONFIRMED GAY CHARACTER. But people don't see it but that's also the point. Let me explain:

He has internalized homophobia and forces himself to be "normal" and live up to society's standards. He wants to be as normal as possible sexuality wise.

If he doesn't have internalized homophobia then it would mean that he became an asshole to his best friend, Will, and his presumed love interest/gf, El, for no reason.

If he doesn't have internalized homophobia/he isn't queer, it wouldn't make sense:

- that he couldn't hug his best friend who he hasn't seen in six months

- how both he and Will exaggerated the time that has passed since they have last seen each other. They DOUBLED the time, it's been six months but for them, it's been a year because they've missed each other

- that, despite Will thinking that he was being completely ignored at Rink O Mania, he described what Will was doing as if he's been observing him the entire time while he was supposed to have his attention on El

- when he and Will were arguing, Will said "what about us?" and he took it romantically, repeating the sentence "We're friends" twice, like he was trying to convince more himself than Will. Will meant the question friendship wise, but Mike taking it romantically might indicate that he has been questioning and thinking about their relationship that past "year"

- for him to have his eyes wide open when El kissed him in the last episode of s3 or for him to make that face after the kiss

- (still in the finale of s3) that he looked back at Byers's house for El because El didn't live there. He looked back for Will because he knows he'll miss him. You could also take this friendship wise but him being sadder for his best friend rather than his gf is very suspicious if you ask me 🤨🏳‍🌈

There are way more hints to prove he is queercoded but this isn't the point of this post, I simply went a bit off tracks.

I'm putting my whole trust on the Duffer Brothers for them to do the right thing because queer Mike Wheeler would show an experience for gay men in the 80s: suppressing themselves, trying to fit the "norm" and have a girlfriend. It would be very important for queer representation, not only in this show, but also in general because it's also "unexpected" because you wouldn't expect him to be queer because he hides his queerness in the safety of an hetero relationship.

I'm not saying mileven fans can't ship mileven, they can, but I'd like for them to understand the possibility of this, especially with that amount of queercoding, instead of saying "I won't watch the show if Byler happens".

Honestly, I think the Duffer Brothers are making it happen in s5, the last season, on purpose. What is Netflix gonna do? Cancel the show? Too late for that! It's already over!

If Mileven fans understand that queer Mike could happen and how great of an impact it would have, then I'm happy but for now I only saw two Mileven fans like that.

Anyways, heartmilheart out. Best believe I will make more posts about Stranger Things 😎 (I have some in mind already)

[thebunis-steamed]

life is being a pain right now so I'm going to redirect my frustrations into complaining about the appletv murderbot show

spoilers ahead

my biggest gripe is that gurathin has been transformed into a pillow sniffing creep. hands down this represents everything wrong with the adaptation - the way it has worn down the anti-corporate message and the radical idea of a future that preservation aux represents

i get it, ok? i have my own blorbos that are scummy and flawed. but the whole point of presaux is that they are a radical vision of our future (care for its people, compassion as culture, resource sharing, universal care provided by leadership, etc.) that is successful! the story isn't about them fighting to establish that success! they've succeeded, and the reason the presaux team is kind of naive in book one is because some of them have never known anything different. they've had the privilege to be soft. all systems red is their first exposure to the corporation rim. pillow-sniffing gurathin is such an affront because gurathin the ex-corporate left for something better and he found that better thing! he doesn't want to be part of toxic corporate society! and though he can be an asshole and is very suspicious and, yes, assumes the worst of murderbot -- he is at his heart good! he lives the presaux ideals because he chose them and he can now afford to do so. and you know what would be unacceptable on presaux? SNEAKING INTO SOMEONE'S ROOM WHILE THEY ARE OUT AND SNIFFING THEIR PILLOW. uuuuuu i'm so riled up. book gurathin would hate appletv gurathin!

the tv show seems to think minor violations are funny like the pillow sniffing, and mensah standing there and talking to murderbot while it's naked and being repaired, and leebeebee forcing an awkward kiss on murderbot's chin. the amount of people who have found that last one funny!! hey did you know that despite being enslaved and forced to live a life of violence and constant violations of agency and self, the books don't contain a scene of sexual/romantic violence against murderbot? did you know this was the one area that murderbot was not depicted as being violated in? (an argument can be made for murderbot being forced to monitor clients in intimate moments as a form of sexual violation against it but at least that is not a violation enacted on its physical body) but haha, it's soooo funny to see it frozen with an uncomfortable expression on its face, right?

on that note, it felt regressive to introduce a messy throuple subplot when polycules are just a normal fact of life in the books, not just in the hippie dippy presaux crew but throughout corporation rim.

i also have a minor gripe with the scene where presaux picks murderbot because it's the cheapest option. i just feel like this is another small way to undermine the concept of a successful radical society. presaux has money! their objection to a secunit was ethical not monetary! they could afford the bond on mensah!

anyway apple's agenda is to tell us that humans suck, it's not the fault of corporations and capitalism, and people who believe in more are naive hypocritical hippies who are just as violating as everyone else. that's what we get when a major corporation adapts anti-corporate media!

(there are aspects of the adaptation I have been enjoying but this is not the post for that)

[a-sctir-a-day]

Q. If Han Yoojin becomes a transcendent, wouldn't the theme of "My S-Class" change?

The possibility of Han Yoojin becoming a transcendent isn't something that he can achieve through his own power. To be precise, it's because he's the nurturer of transcendent-level beings, including Han Gyeol and Han Yoobin.

In case of good parent-child relationships, children usually wish for their parents to live long and healthy lives. The problem is that Han Yoojin's children can go beyond just wishing and make those wishes a reality. Han Gyeol can actually make fantasies come true, and Han Yoobin is a Source that can easily grant immortality to someone, or turn them into a transcendent. As the two grow up and Han Yoojin ages, the children will naturally want their dad to continue living with them.

So, since Han Yoojin decided to raise Han Gyeol, and especially Han Yoobin, the issue of lifespan is bound to come up eventually. In addition to these two, there are many others around Han Yoojin who will grow into beings capable of easily extending his lifespan. So it won't be easy for Han Yoojin to maintain his own will in that situation.

Han Yoojin will have to pick a side or find another solution.

If one decides to raise children who are completely different from them, they'll continue to clash with them in the future and keep trying to understand each other and resolve these conflicts and differences, even beyond the matter of lifespan. Still, there might be areas where one absolutely cannot back down.

As I wrote before, if there is a side story, it will be mentioned, but it will likely not be explained in detail since it's a matter of the distant future. Han Yoojin can live as long as he wants, but conversely, living a normal and ordinary life will be difficult. It's a problem he needs to contemplate and prepare for starting now, while his children are still young.

However, in the end, he will not be unconditionally dragged along simply being led by what the precious people around him want, but will be able to look back at himself and make decisions according to his own will. ^^

Note: This is long and a doozy of an answer. Also clearly a follow-up to this previous Q&A.

I don't think any of this actually ends up coming in play in the side stories so far (maybe that means author-nim is not actually done yet, and maybe we'll get more in the future with a platform change or something?)

Note: these are mtl-based amateur translations of geunseo's q&a from after they finished the main novel in 2022. Original Korean under the Read More for reference. Please do correct if you find an error.

Q. 한유진이 초월자가 되어버리면 내스급 주제 같은 게 달라지는 거 아닌가요

근서 22.06.23 09:54 || 한유진이 초월자가 될 수도 있는 가능성은 한유진 스스로의 힘으로 이루어지진 않습니다. 정확히는 한결과 한유빈을 포함한 초월 급 존재들의 양육자이기 때문이죠.

사이가 좋은 부모자식간의 경우 자식은 보통 부모가 건강하게 오래오래 살아가기를 바랍니다. 문제는 한유진의 아이들은 바람을 넘어 실현이 가능하다는 것입니다. 한결은 환상을 실제로 만들 수 있으며 한유빈은 사람 하나쯤 불로불사는 물론이고 초월자로 만드는 것도 쉬운 근원이죠. 둘이 성장을 하고 한유진이 나이를 먹어 가면 아이들은 자연스럽게 아빠가 계속 함께 살아가길 원하게 될 겁니다.

그러니 한유진이 한결을, 특히 한유빈을 키우기로 한 이상 수명의 문제는 언젠가는 생겨나게 될 수밖에 없습니다. 이 둘 외에도 한유진의 주위에는 수명 정도는 쉽게 늘릴 수 있는 존재로 성장하게 될 이들이 많기에 한유진이 그 속에서 자기 자신의 의지를 지키기란 쉽지 않겠지요.

한유진은 어느 한쪽을 선택하거나 또 다른 방법을 찾아내야 할 겁니다.

자신과는 완전히 다른 아이들을 키우기로 결정한 것이니 수명 외에도 앞으로 계속해서 부딪치며 풀어나가고 이해하려고 노력할 겁니다. 그럼에도 서로 절대 물러서지 못하는 부분이 생기게 될 수도 있겠지요.

앞서 썼듯이 외전이 나오게 된다면 언급은 되겠지만 먼 미래의 일이라 자세하게 풀리지는 않을 부분입니다. 한유진은 원한다면 얼마든지 오래 살 수 있겠지만 그 반대로 평범하게 살아가는 건 오히려 힘든 일일 거예요. 아이들이 아직 어린 지금부터 고민하고 각오해둬야 할 문제지요.

그래도 결국은 주위의 소중한 사람들이 원하는 대로 무조건 끌려가지 않고 스스로를 돌아보고 자신의 의지대로 결정할 수 있게 될 겁니다^^

[tsukaretartist]

Akechi sketches referenced from P5 dancing

Very long rambling/analysis(?) about his dance and character below:

I genuinely can't believe how much characterization and storytelling was put into his roughly three minute dance in a silly dancing game spinoff. The entire dance clearly imitates Akechi's character throughout Persona 5 (with the cracks in his detective prince persona showing at the beginning and him completely losing it by the end). I'll do my best to skip over the obvious stuff so this isn't too boring.

The dance starts with Akechi looking sad and miserable. I find this pretty telling, as while it's never explicitly stated that Akechi is depressed, there are certainly a lot of hints. His line of "god, I live for this" during his all out attack also says a lot. Of course, the sad expression almost immediately fades once he takes on his role as the "detective prince."

During the first section of the dance, he starts off casual and completely in control. As time goes on, the mask begins to slip a little, as he throws quick evil smirks towards the camera. Towards the end, he slips up slightly, and for a moment his movements become extremely robotic and rigid. I could be overthinking this, but I think this could be meant to mirror his phone call with Shido. The slip up is him failing to kill Joker, after which he behaves a lot more timidly than usual when talking to Shido. He even struggles more during his interviews and gets distracted with his thoughts.

Just like in P5, a wild Joker then appears! Initially, the two are perfectly in sync with each other, but Akechi starts to feel like he's loosing. I think this is a parallel to their first fight in the engine room. Just like Morgana said, Akechi begins throwing a tantrum like a little kid. You can see him flailing around wildly behind Joker just after the two jump (I don't know dancing terms sorry), while Joker carries on, seemingly unbothered. If you slow it down though, you can see that Joker clearly looks sad and regretful, despite dancing normally. (This says a lot about Joker's character too, but that's an entirely different analysis.)

Mirroring the game, Akechi tries to pull himself together and keeps dancing, the equivalent of fighting in P5. The two dance a bit more, which is analogous to the black mask fight.

For me, one of the saddest parts of the dance is when the two lean in towards each other, before pulling away. The two move in again, closer this time, and you can see Akechi screaming angrily at Joker. Joker is saying something too, probably desperately trying to convince Akechi to join him despite everything that's happened.

But it's not enough. Akechi pushes him away, and is left alone again. You can see Akechi walking over the line for the watertight door as Joker goes the other way, literally sealing their fates. Akechi seems incredibly upset through both his face and body language, though it's hard to guess at who. My guess would be he hates both himself and Joker, though his "hatred" towards both is very complicated.

After this, his dancing somehow becomes even more unhinged. He seemingly can't control his body, his motions are robotic and jerky, and for the most part he isn't smiling any more. While he was dancing somewhat robotically before, this could also be a reference to cognitive Akechi revealing that Akechi was just a puppet the entire time.

At the very end, his head whips around towards the camera, and his expression is just...completely empty. At this point, Akechi has lost everything. His mother is gone, Joker is on the other side of the door, and he won't get his revenge on Shido the way he wanted to. All that's left for him is to die.

If this was at all interesting to you, the channel "Designing For" has a really good video analyzing Akechi's dance. It goes into a lot more depth on the actual dancing aspect, which is something I know nothing about.

[archive-of-the-lost]

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 — ♡ @loremellos ♡

You like people who are patient and welcoming. Well, Trey certainly fits the bill! He isn't the first few people who might come to mind if you're trying to think of someone smart from NRC, he isn't so bad. His grades are decent and he's the well read type. Though you both don't seem likely to gravitate to each other, Trey would be a good match for you in terms of a relationship. His friendly, diplomatic and accepting personality allows him to slowly make you come out of your introverted shell and handle your moods, and even your selective mutism. Besides, he has his own secret weird side. He's not the most normal one around (despite what he says).

♡ Trey doesn't have much time for hobbies, having to juggle schoolwork and his vice dorm leader duties (that seem to involve a lot of baking delegated to him simply because he can bake), but he tries to connect with you over the hobbies you like when he can. He finds that he quite likes your taste in hobbies, happy to read books or play indie video games with you. It's relaxing! He likes relaxing (hobbies). Watching fantasy anime with you isn't bad either, and he comes around to the magical girl genre too, just because you like it so much. And the characters are cute but he won't admit it to you outright.

♡ Your love languages align quite well! Like you, Trey is also one for quality time and gift giving. Most of the time you spend with him is chill and relaxing, whether it be just chatting, reading different books side by side or eating together. Speaking of eating, most of the gifts he gives you is baked goods baked by yours truly (and dental floss and toothbrushes but we don't talk about that).

♡ Your dream dates are the kind that Trey would totally gravitate towards arranging! He's a fan of cozy and intimate dates like you, so he would be more than happy to arrange for picnics, bring you to cafes and libraries even before you tell him those are the kinds of dates you like. You both are a good match for each other in that way.

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��─・──・・♡ 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫/𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬

It's a sunny day. Perfect weather for a picnic. You breathe in the first winds of spring with a smile, basking in the warmth of the sun.

"You ready to go?" You open your eyes to see Trey with a picnic basket in hand, smiling at you expectantly.

"Yeah." You nod, noting his outfit curiously. He's wearing his nicer clothes, plaid button up and overalls. It's cute. He pulls it off well. But why dress like that for a simple picnic for just the two of you?

You don't have to walk far. There's a park nearby your house, a nice space for all the neighborhood to walk or play. Trey lays down a red blanket close, but not too close, to the lake where a family of ducks live. You watch as a pair of siblings feed them breadcrumbs and bits of cooked carrot and smile. Your hometown is as cozy as you remember.

Trey doesn't call your attention back to the picnic, and he's already got everything laid out by the time you turn back to him. The sight of cheesecake, a pie, cookies, berries and juice greets your eyes. You look to Trey with a delighted "ah". "Can we finish all of that?"

"If we can't, it's fine. My siblings will be happy to eat it." He shrugs with a lopsided grin. You don't miss the tenseness in his shoulders.

You hum. "So what's the occasion?"

"Occasion? No occasion."

"You just wanted to have a picnic?"

"Yeah, just wanted to spend some time with you. Do I need an excuse?" He looks away, reaching up to fiddle with his glasses frame.

Then, it all clicks together. The invitation for a picnic out of the blue, without any of your other mutual friends, Trey's nice clothes, the impressive spread of food that he insisted on packing without you needing to bring anything, the nervousness.

"Trey Clover. Is this a date?" You ask with a teasing lilt.

He still can't look you in the eyes, more flustered than ever. "No. I mean, yes. I mean- Only if you want it to be. If not, that's fine. We can just hang out like normal and it doesn't have to mean more than-"

Your laughter snaps him out of his rambling. The way his nervous expression softens into an adoring smile too, you don't miss. "It's alright, Trey. This can be a date. I was wondering when you'd finally ask me out, and you didn't even do it properly."

"I didn't want to overstep." He pouts playfully, finally settling into your usual comfortable dynamic. There's the Trey you know and love.

"Let's eat." You direct your attention back to food, eager to find out what's in the filling of the enticing pie.

The both of you settle into a comfortable silence as you dig in, not mentioning the air now charged with tension. You ignore it for now, content to enjoy Trey's presence as it is. Maybe later you'll take his hand in yours, just to see how he reacts.

[blkkizzat]

i kinda feel like this is tmi but i need help and your big sister core so um… I smell, not good. it’s a down there smell and idk how to fix it without like going to the gyno cause i really don’t wanna go to the gyno. do you know how to help? i’ve tried like soaps, washes, and even like apple cider vinegar and stuff like that but it doesn’t last and it stresses me out cause what if i meet a guy and he’s super cool and he wants to yk and he runs away cause i smell? this sucks butt

🙍🏽‍♀️🔫

hi nonny babe, aweee ty for thinking of me as big sis haha 🥹 🫶🏽.

So there are things you can do to help however, going to the gyno IS important and necessary. I get not liking pap smears though (and lol ive had a colposcopy before which is fresh hell). But if you have weird colored or chunky discharge, or any kind of itch/swelling/rash—or if your discharge smells like blood ("normal" for pcos) or like bread-y (bread smell is sign of a budding yeast infection) you should definitely go!

more/tips below!

Okay, with that out of the way there's things you can do, but before that keep this in mind. At the end of the day its a vagina, its gonna smell like one. It's not gonna smell like a field of flowers or fresh linen lmfao. So it having a scent isn't bad but I get you could feel like something is off down there. So there's somethings you can try.

Wash your vjay with sensitive skin dove liquid soap or cetaphil sensitive skin face wash i had an obgyn tell me this. perfumed soaps are often too much or clean too well getting rid of good bacteria along with bad. (personally i also have used this its PH balancing which is the goal but its 99% natural ingredients).

If you are at home wear loose pants/shorts/shirt with no underwear. Like my mom always said growing up "gotta let it breathe", any moisture on panties with tight clothes is going to breed bad bacteria which could lead to smells. If you HAVE to wear underwear as a invest in moisture wicking underwear (like sports performance or the light weight period panties) and make sure to change panties at least 1-2 times a day.

Try a women's probiotic, theres probiotics expressly for the good bacteria in our vag. I use this, ive used this too but it gave me headaches (some probiotics give ppl headaches).

Drink water!!! Then drink some more!! Water not only flushes our system and keeps it healthy, it also dilutes pee so it wont make the few lingering 1-2 drops smell.

Do not put anything other than water or a wet wipe down there (i use wet wipes but make sure all natural ingredients). No ACV, vaginal washes, most vaginal creams, etc. If you do itch, redness, the doctor can give you a very light steroid cream that can clear it up, go to the doctor over OTC.

Only use ORGANIC tampons. The organic tampons (this brand too) are night and day. I think I lowkey used to be allergic to non-organic tampons cause by the end of the 5th day it was feeling raw almost, like it hurt a bit and was itchy inside (like inside my walls lol). Anything that could cause irritation gotta go.

Boric acid supplements. I like the AZO brand. Great after hookups especially if you raw dog cause dicks can change your body chemistry until you get used to that other person's body bateria. (nonny for you specifically for a quick fix i would try boric acid. do 3 days and if its not better (honestly it fixes me next day) then please go to your doctor cause you might need antibiotics. Also boric acid should be a reset, don't over use it cause you can also eventually neutralize good bacteria.

Also while eating pineapple or anything won't necessarily make your discharge "sweeter", strong spices or certain foods (garlic, broccoli, onions, red meats) can change your body chemistry's smell. I notice every time i spend 2+ weeks in a foreign country when i come back i smell different. (Highkey i feel like i came back smelling like sweet cream from portugal like idk i think its a sign i need to move there... lol i really wanna live there)

Also something to keep in mind the average woman's hygiene is LEAGUES, LIGHTYEARS EVEN HOE, better than the average straight male's. His dick aint gonna smell/taste like a candy cane neither, probably worse than you ever would too jcfdjhvbsdfjhvbdsfj.

Let me know if any of this works!

[mirellapryce]

Ok so I have stewed the idea a little bit and have some ideas. Rather than something intentional, this is the result of a curse that traps its victims in their most pleasant and treasured memories. The point of it being pleasant memories is so the cursed person doesn't immediately want to leave or try to break the curse. Normally this is applied to living people and I'm picturing this like a parasite where once the person is vulnerable the parasite can eat the body. It's less useful on a ghost but they can still get trapped in it.

Blah blah the curse itself isn't actually that hard to break once the victim KNOWS that tj ey should, most just don't want to. So Edwin enlists either Night Nurse or Crystal to help him get in to Charles' memories in order to help him get out. So he gets in there and he's looking for HIS Charles in a long line of memories that are all him. He finally finds Charles at the end and the beginning and he gets to see Charles' death the way Charles saw it. As something gentle and pleasant. This is Charles' most treasured memory and it might be the day he died and the day his friends killed him, but more importantly than that it's the day he met Edwin.

Edwin finds the real Charles there and explains that he's under a curse and that he's here to help Charles leave. Charles just asks him to wait a moment to watch the memory til the end. He has the most content smile on his face even as he's watching himself die. Because Edwin was THERE. Because after this he took Edwin who was bathed in the most gorgeous blue light by the hand and they ran off together, never looking back. Charles takes his hand now like he did then and even though there's no reason for it, they run.

Maybe like a reverse of Thunderbolts they then have to go back through the rooms of memories and they wind up going through Edwin's as well. There are so many of Charles there. The first time Charles called him his best mate. The first moment Edwin realised Charles wasn't going to leave him for the afterlife. Their hug after the Dragons case when he realised he was in love. Charles finding him in Hell. His first escape from Hell when he saw the night sky full of stars for the first time in so long. Edwin stops them here because somehow he knows this is it. This is his most treasured memory and the key to their getting out. He almost wishes it had been any of the memories of Charles, but Charles doesn't seem to mind. Just takes in the sight of the same stars that meant freedom to Edwin all those years ago.

That's as far as my brain has taken me beyond "They get out. Hooray!"

Very vague Dead Boys fic idea I had as I was falling asleep last night that I may or may not ever write: either pre- or post-canon; for some reason or another, the boys are requited to telepathically share their most powerful, treasured memories with each other. Maybe it’s a necessary component to a powerful spell they need to cast for a case, maybe they’re trapped and that’s the key to escape, whatever. If it’s post-canon, Edwin’s memory could be when Charles came to get him out of hell; if it’s pre-canon, it could be something like the first moment he remembers seeing the stars again after he got out of hell, or some other miscellaneous but very important memory involving his bonding with Charles. In either scenario, meanwhile, Charles’s memory would be the night he met Edwin—also known as the night of his death. And here is where I’m thinking it would be especially poignant post-canon; because Edwin has always gotten the sense that Charles is less content with ghosthood than him, that he misses more from his life, and that was confirmed in even harsher terms in Charles’s outburst on the cliff in Port Townsend. And while Edwin was aware that his presence had made Charles’s death somewhat more bearable/pleasant, he’d still been under the impression that it was a largely UNPLEASANT memory. He would be very shocked, then, to see that it is in fact Charles’s most powerful and treasured memory, and all the more shocked to see how warmly Charles recalls it.

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never "recover," will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as "simple" disorders or "easy-to-manage" disorders.

It isn't a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn't a moral failure, and you aren't an awful person. You are human. There's only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.

[celtrist]

Controversial opinion: Vox's design sucks

...

Because he should be wearing a NORMAL TIE. not a BOWTIE. It would:

Add to his businessman persona

Give a place for that wifi symbol to go that isn't awkward

Be a good opposing design to Alastor's bowtie

Potentially give the idea he's moved away (or attempting to) from Alastor. Especially if they had it that Vox USED to wear a bowtie.

Also, we joke about it but seriously, why does everyone have a bowtie when it doesn't make sense for some characters like Husk--

I rest my case your honors.

...

Rebuttle:

Vox having the bowtie could signify him latching onto his past with Alastor and not being able to move on

[shakingparadigm]

what is the theory that ivan manipulated the event where till and mizi met the wagyein?

It's not a theory, actually! It's confirmed that Ivan orchestrated the whole event. The true reason as to why however is still unknown. The information provides more context to this scene, though:

During the earlier times of ALNST the most rational explanation for this scene was that Till ran after a flower crown (presumably Mizi's) and Ivan followed him in out of curiosity. Now we know that Ivan was conveniently just standing there because he was waiting.

Side note, I find it heartbreaking (and maybe a little funny, sorry) that Till most likely didn't notice Ivan in this scene. That's just like him, isn't it. Always too busy running after Mizi while Ivan trails behind, an ever-present shadow.

I'm not sure how Ivan manipulated the circumstances for both of them to end up there, but it is confirmed that everything was intentional. What strikes me most is how they describe this particular scene:

I can't copy down what they said word-for-word (Patreon info), but they described Ivan watching "creepily" as Till and Mizi are faced with danger. We know that Ivan was familiar with the Cerberus wagyein beforehand, enough to touch its teeth and even to rest himself inside its maw. To Ivan, the wagyein is not dangerous, but to Till and Mizi, it could be. Ivan prepared the wagyein, led them there, and watched "creepily" from afar as Till fell on his knees, seemingly injured.

The closest I can get to making sense of Ivan's "scheme" is that he wanted to see how other children would react in a dangerous situation. Ivan's always been an observer, after all, and he's learned to survive by copying the more "normal" behaviors of his peers. This situation occured when Ivan was still young and had not yet developed his more charming mask, so perhaps he staged this encounter to study a situational response, to learn and mimic the emotion of fear. And what better subjects for the experiment than two of the most expressive and reactive humans of their batch? It helps that he was already fixated on Till beforehand, too. I think Ivan became irreversibly obssessed after this incident, especially since it's framed as a turning point in Ivan's life, comparing Till to the stars.

This is just my attempt at an interpretation, though. It could very well be for another reason. He most likely chose Till and Mizi specifically for personal reasons, not just for reaction. I'm still not sure on the purpose behind the whole thing.

The team wanted to capture Ivan's "dark emotions" through the shot of his stalking, which could relate to his more sinister intentions. His gaze can be read in a few different ways, though. Curiosity, interest, fear, etc. Maybe that's why they decided to redraw the shot in ROUND 6.

I think this better sells the feeling they were trying to convey.

[noodlesarecheese]

Full disclosure I'm a couple episodes behind in WWW, so I'm not 100% on every thing that's being discoursed about, but I've seen enough that I just want to remind people/beg people to remember:

You are watching The Nuance Show, DMed by Mr. Philosophical Nuance and played by Notable Lovers of Nuance.

[sephospaganplace]

There are so so so many ways to experience the gods.

There is no right or wrong way. There is no blunt way. Its all feeling and ephemeral.

If you've felt warmth, if you've had a dream, if you've seen a crow that stares at you for too long, if something inexplicable happens and you're lucky suddenly, if you've caught eyes with a stranger and felt like you knew each other, if the candle flickers a certain way, if one time when you're singing your voice sounds gorgeous in a way you weren't expecting, these are all the presence of a god.

God phoning is popular on witchtok but half the time what they're saying is bullshit. I've very very rarely heard a voice and every single time it was my own voice, just suffused with something, saying something I normally wouldn’t say. Or maybe I would. I've never heard a clear, distinct, audible voice. Its an invisible world we're connecting with, its a different plane. We cannot experience it the same way we experience every day life.

We'll never sit down at a coffee table across from the physical manifestation of our god, and know that its them, not until after. And even then we can never be sure. That’s the nature of it. There are no absolutes, there cannot be. That’s what makes it beautiful. That’s where belief comes in. It isn't about being good enough or worthy enough or devout enough, that doesn't exist. That isn’t what its about at all. You are worthy even if the divine doesn’t manifest in a way we've been told is the only real way, and you are connecting even if you cant see it now. My most intense spiritual experiences are never something I realize are happening in the moment, its always only after that I can see it clearly.

The gods are all around us.

[zakiyah]

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[alongtidesoflight]

i swear my stepdad is so illogical AND stubborn it hurts