#I remembered when back then before the memes a lot of people had a strong hatred for that one main character being Sandler's Toonsona

[the-indie-owl]

Man, 8 Crazy Nights is so bizarre, I thought I was originally gonna hate it at first but for some reason, the Memes just twisted my opinion upside down as I am now in love with it (despite the gross humor).

And I hate it because the one song is catchy as hell that I can't stop listening to I guess.

[cocogum]

The Great Wave - Chapter 19 Review

‼️SPOILERS FOR THE CHAPTER‼️

Y'all I remember when I used to think that the chapter cover was supposed to be a yumalia shower scene from that one ankama tweet mentioning Cathiane 😭😭😭😭

Like idk why we thought that this would've been THE shower scene that Ankama had mysteriously mentioned through a meme of all things. I can't speak for everyone, but the reason why I personally thought that this would've been a yumalia shower scene was because I thought that her hair seemed like it wasn't tied up in the chapter cover. And whenever we'd see her hair let loose in the Great Wave, it would usually mean that she'd be dominating Yugo or would share a very intimate moment with him.

This chapter ended up being the latter. Because it wasn't a shower scene.

It might be something related to it.

But before I explain all that, let's first focus on where we left off with Joris explaining Grougalorasalar's deal to Yugo and Amalia.

I mean Yugo come on....

I get that Grougalorasalar is a hottie who likes to cause shitty problems for everyone due to his color but the only people in Yugo's race that ended up being big deals for the world were Yugo himself, Qilby, and their mother the Goddess Eliatrope. Three people aren't a lot to suddenly have the world's nations hate an entire race but when these very same three people are supposed to be two primordial eliatropes and their goddess, then yeah...you might have fucked up a bit too hard.

Joris agrees.

Omg yes, Joris hates his past tormentor, but even he thinks that he's right in a sense.

"Do what I tell you, not what I do."

PLEASE OMG HE COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER‼️‼️‼️

I love how JORIS just soothes his tired eyes and describes Grougalorasalar in only a few words while clearly looking disappointed but not surprised.

Like THIS is literally Grougalorasalar's quote! If someone had to describe him in a few words, THIS WOULD BE IT.

He's such a hypocrite but in a way that makes him aware of his actions and yet doesn't give a shit cuz he's strong af and can do whatever the hell he wants. Running away isn't an option, this guy WILL DIE TRYING TO MAKE HIS POINT AND NO ONE WILL MAKE HIM THINK OTHERWISE.

The royal osamodas family needs to take some notes. Write these traits down, you inferior wannabe antagonists ✨️✨️✨️

Are we surprised? No lol

Well shit.

Guess that wave is coming after all.

LIKE OFC DADDY DRAGON LOVES FIGHTING!!! HE PROBABLY THINKS TALKING IT OUT IS LIKE THE MOST CORNIEST THING YOU CAN EVER DO.

What Joris said: "It would be best if the fight happened in his territory."

What Joris actually said: "Rasalar is gonna catch some bodies anywhere else. Fight him where he lives. Like that, he'll only ruin his own place."

😭😭😭😭😭😭

Seriously how big is Luis's extended archive room?????

They got a library that looks like an illuminated underground village, a small secret passageway that leads you to Joris's private room, and a freaking side room showcasing a board with connected maps and research on each of the primordial dragons' locations....

So in a nutshell, Joris is a hoarder, an analyst, a theorist, a lost media collector, AND a stalker lol

We stan Joris's messy lifestyle ✨️✨️

Makes sense, really.

The primordial dragons were born here with the world. So they originated in a certain beginning point of the world and made it their own place.

This would explain why we saw Dardondakal inside a floating rock in the middle of the ocean while being protected by invisible barriers. It was because that was his own "source location".

Oooooohh is Yugo gonna bring back the entire gang??? 🥰🥰🥰🥰 OMG WHAT IF THE REASON WHY TOT DECIDED TO MAKE SEVEN GREAT WAVE VOLUMES WAS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE TOFU REUNITING AGAIN!? This would actually be so cute. They would all end up going to one of those dragon locations together while getting into all kinds of problems just like they did back in Seasons 1 and 2! The idea sounds so nice to think about because come on, you're telling me you don't miss the gang solving problems together all around the world while they were getting closer to their goal? If that's what's going to happen, THEN SIGN ME UP!! We'll get to see them all interact with each other just like in the good old days, except that Pin and Elely will be there (without Flopin...). Or maybe they'd most likely have Goultard babysit them while the rest leave lol. It's better to have a iop babysitter for iops than anything else 😭😭 And Adamaï will most likely have to stay in the Sadida Kingdom for Yugo and Amalia's sake again 💀💀💀💀

But what I would really love most of all, would be to see these adventures WITH A GROWN UP YUGO HELL YEAH BABY ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

That is, IF Tot wants to bring back the old adventuring days lol

Yugo.

Yugo who did you give it to.

Last time we saw the Eliasphere, it had been kept in the Eliatrope goddess's garden during Yugo and Amalia's (unconventional) ceremony.

So like....Did Yugo move it around after a few days or was it because of Harebourg in season 5 fucking around and finding out?

Either way, there was a reason, and I think it must've been the latter. I think Harebourg might have been the cause. Because the Eliasphere had been kept in the garden since the sadidas and eliatropes knew that touching it could fuck them up. Which meant that none of them would be stupid enough to try to take it. Besides, the Eliasphere has a defense mechanism anyway. So maybe when Harebourg had fused with the Eliacube, he might have been capable of taking it during Season 5 (I'm only speculating here) without getting attacked by it since the artifact recognized Orgonax's heart inside Harebourg. After some fight with him, Yugo might've realized the danger of keeping the Eliasphere out in the open like this so he gave it to....

He decided to give it to....

Bonta.

So....queen Astra technically has it in her possession.

Like it's painfully obvious that it's Bonta who has it now, given that it zooms at Bonta's Kingdom as soon as Joris says that Yugo didn't give it to him!

At first, I was incredibly perplexed as to why Yugo gave it to Bonta's queens. But when I thought about it some more, the decision to give it to queen Astra...actually made some sense.

Before Season 4 came along, we've never actually seen the world nation rulers' opinions of Yugo and his people.

But when the necromes attacked and Yugo had to explain the situation to the rulers of the world, we were able to fully grasp what each of those kings and queens thought about him.

The Brakmar King and his general unsurprisingly hate him and his people (but I'm sure they initially started hating him first for making a mockery of their court justice, defending Kriss Krass, and creating a chain of events that would make their best boofbowl player enrage them for her gender reveal and making her fight for women's rights lol)

Astrub and Amakna's governors didn't even waste a breath and told him to scram.

And even the Sufokia Empress told him that he was being delusional.

Count Lance Dur hasn't been shown talking to them, but there are no clues hinting that he might have been given the task to keep the Eliasphere. Sure, he spoke to Adamaï and they did get along, but Yugo had no connection with him.

So in general, every single ruler specifically rejected him as well as his people.

All except for queen Astra.

Her conversation with Yugo ended much more differently.

Unlike the other rulers, Astra welcomed Yugo and even told him to stop kneeling so he could properly stand up. She told him this because according to her, he was also a ruler and had also saved the world countless times. She recognized his efforts and accepted him. Joris might have also played a huge factor in this since he does present himself as Bonta's representative which means that he tells Astra everything that's going on, including his moments with Yugo, making him one of the reasons as to why she is at ease around Yugo.

But the second Nora, a complete stranger, tries to stand up as well, Astra forbids her and commands her to stay kneeling. Even when Yugo tries to explain that Nora is his sister, Astra doesn't back down.

This is crucial to remember because this tells us that Astra believes in Yugo, but not his people. He's not a stranger to her. He's not a burden. He's a hero in her eyes and a king. But his people? She considers them to be strangers and outsiders of a world they had never been in. She finds them strange and dangerous.

And now that the Eliatrope goddess left with most of her children, this only leaves Yugo and some of the elite eliatropes who helped the sadidas during the necome war. Without the Eliatrope goddess's presence, Astra might feel less tense about Yugo's people since there aren't too many in the world now.

So given that she's the only royal in the world who seems to appreciate Yugo, this only pushes us to further believe that she might have been the one who is now in charge of keeping the Eliasphere in a safe place.

Remember how chapters 16-17 had these two morons just blatantly sitting down at Kerubim's place without any security???

Well here they are CASUALLY WALKING IN PUBLIC AS IF THEY WEREN'T ROYALS.

Is anyone around them not bothered by this??? I get that they might have not brought any security because they could technically kick ass very easily if something did happen, BUT COME ON NOW!!!

You got the literal SADIDA QUEEN WHO'S WALKING WITH THE ELIATROPE DEMIGOD KING FROM ANOTHER PLANET RIGHT NOW.

Back when they were kids, it was much easier to blend in with the crowd. BUT NOW THAT THEY'RE OFFICIAL HEROES AND RULERS OF A FREAKING KINGDOM, THESE TWO IDIOTS ARE STILL CASUALLY WALKING LIKE RANDOM CITIZENS AS IF THEIR JOBS ISN'T RULING A FREAKING KINGDOM AND GUARDING AN ANCIENT TREE OF LIFE.

Also why is no one stopping them or looking at them?? They're clearly walking in a busy road of the city, do these people seriously not recognize who they are??? They should at least be glancing at them for looking so out of place! My god these people are dumber than iops.

Amalia...Honey.

The trees are still technically there.

They just ended up being roofs now.

It's for a good cause, I swear ✨️✨️

Amalia's over here explaining the tree's deforestation process to Yugo while he's swimming (HAHA GET IT!?!?!?!?) in his own inner turmoil.

Alright people.

This is where we can finally discuss that yumalia tweet shower scene being linked to this chapter.

So I've mentioned that this shower scene could happen in a later volume because of what Yugo and Amalia will be discussing right now.

Yugo tells Amalia that he's pretty much grown tired from the constant threats and enemies they've had to fight back to back due to his actions/choices he has made in the past.

He's had enough and just wants to take a break from it all. He wants to spend those free moments with Amalia.

And he doesn't just want a vacation...

DRUMROLL 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

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GUYS I CALLED IT I FUCKING CALLED IT‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

THIS THIS WAS WHAT MADE ME WAIT FOR TOT TO FINALLY CONFIRM IT FOR US

I'VE BEEN WAITING AND I'M SO HAPPY I FUCKING CALLED IT SINCE SEASON 3‼️‼️‼️😭‼️😭

I am SO FUCKING GLAD that Elely's foreshadowing back in season 3 MADE ABSOLUTE SENSE!!!

I just knew that if we ended up thinking about potential yumalia kids for the future, WE WOULD GET TO FINALLY SEE THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE SOME TOGETHER!!!

I get that when season 4 ended, we knew that these two would've eventually thought about having children since Amalia is the last of her bloodline and will have to produce a new heir.

BUT IT'S STILL SO FUCKING AMAZING THAT YUGO GETS TO SAY IT OUT LOUD RATHER THAN SEEING THEM KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT SAYING IT OUT LOUD!!

Yugo. Buddy.

If Dally managed to have a kid WAY BEFORE MARRIAGE with Eva, then don't worry. You're both adults now. It's not too soon and definitely not too late. You lovable idiot.

ALSO WTF!?!? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT AFTER ALL THE IMPLIED SEX THEY HAD, SOME OF US HAD THIS THEORY THAT AMALIA MIGHT'VE BEEN PREGNANT WITHOUT REALIZING IT.

But nope. It looks like they used protection or something. But I obviously don't believe it lol Amalia would DEFINITELY want no barriers or restrictions between them. I guess she just got lucky enough not to have gotten pregnant so many times (it is possible because it does actually happen but it's so funny when you look at these idiots).

Yugo has so many enemies, and the one time he tells her he wants a family is right after they're getting threatened by a PRIMORDIAL DRAGON.

Bro has such shitty timing I swear lol

He's over here with clear eyebags asking her to have his kids 😭😭😭😭😭

Now as funny and stupid as that sounds, I'm honestly not that shocked.

I recently talked about this with @geekgirles because if there's one thing we can say about this interaction is this: Can you imagine how incredibly hard it is for an ancient adventurer to take a break from adventuring???

Yugo had MILLIONS of lives, and all of them had been about ADVENTURING.

The twelvians were incredibly pushy and judgemental to the point where Yugo's optimism just completely faded away, WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY A HUGE PART OF HIS PERSONALITY. He's genuinely tired of everyone and everything that keeps pointing fingers at him when they haven't even looked at themselves in the first place.

It's not that Yugo's unaware of his situation. He's just so fed up with everyone that he just ended up getting used to all the attention as if those were normal occurrences.

That's why he just asked Amalia for his kids out of the blue. Bro isn't fazed about the danger anymore. He just treats this as a normal tuesday.

Guys.

This is where we'll get to see that mentioned shower scene that Ankama tweeted at Cathiane.

We've come to finally talk about what I meant by that tweet.

So if you saw it, you should know that Ankama, for some unfathomable reason, tweeted Cathiane and sent her a yumalia shower meme. Then Cathiane replies with... "Saw the notif and panicked...”

I bet that Yugo and Amalia will get to go on vacation and only fuck. Like straight up just fuck. And we'll get to see it. And one of these scenes will have that one shower scene.

Omg. I actually fully believe this to be the case.

This is gonna happen.

One of the future volumes (which Tot said that there will be seven in total) will just end up having all the chapters with BIG ASS LABELS IN RED WORDS SAYING "FOR MATURE AUDIENCE" like in chapter one lol

And there it is folks.

That kiss panel that we've seen being used as a sneak peak a few months ago for the second volume. Absolutely perfect 💖💖💖

[a-minke-whales-tale]

Sorry if you've answered this before-

But are there any things you'll miss about human life? Certain foods, shows, anything?

I have talked about this before a bit, though in a more general sense, but there are certainly things I will miss about human life. Human life on a whole is very comfortable. I will miss a lot of the entertainment things - especially things like star trek and minecraft. I will miss drawing. I will miss a lot of the various youtube videos that exist. I will miss all the funny memes and jokes humans make. I will miss the specific music I listen to. I will miss my family and my parents and my friends. I will miss being able to talk about so many things. Even though I already cannot have many of them, and what I can have of whats left is quite limited, I will miss a lot of the nice human foods especially their various spices - fried chicken in particular is one of my favourites as well as chocolate and anise candy (though the anise might be able to be mixed into some of my jelly). I will miss the feeling of a light breeze on a damp day. I will miss hunting glass. I will miss being able to scratch an itch with my hand. I will miss the work and research that has filled much of my life. I will miss my plushes. I will miss the feeling of a soft blanket against my skin. I will miss fresh berries. I will miss conversations late into the night with friends. I will miss drawing. I will miss carbonated water. I will miss playing bounce with my mother and father. I will miss long walks on the beach.

There are a lot of things I will miss. In some ways I think of human life almost as though being fae-touched, or having lived among the fae how people sometimes describe them. There are so many luxuries and comforts to human life that would have been completely unimaginable to me had I not been taken from the water. I still feel such a strong pull to return home to the water. I always struggled with confusion why so many therians would choose to stay human if they had the choice or would only take being an animal under condition that really only their outside appearance changed but otherwise they would be effectively still human. When you write out how much you will lose or miss, even for someone like me that is denied or excluded many of the various joys and interactions in human life, I cannot blame them for wanting to stay. That is a common trope among fae stories isn't it? You eat their food and spend time there and never want to go home. Paralleling those stories is that those who do come back from the faelands are never quite the same as that left. I know I will be forever changed from my time among the humans and there will be so many things that I give up to return home. I also know that those first few months losing access to all those human luxuries I have enjoyed for so long will be very rough, but after a few weeks that will fade and I can relax and enjoy simply being home and my new life and after half a year or a year or so I will not remember things ever being that different except the occasional memory seeing a human do something that I used to enjoy and remembering how much I gave up to get there, but also how much I have gained now that I am finally there.

[max--phillips]

Okay here goes

First, the spoiler free stuff:

Ridley Scott knows how to make a fucking film.

If I don’t see fics of Acacius x reader x Lucilla I will begin biting

If you are going in it for Pedro, I will warn you his character is very important but kind of… idk, shallow is too strong of a word, but not very fleshed out. I don’t think that’s an issue in the greater scheme of the movie though, it makes sense in the plot and doesn’t feel out of place or bad in the universe.

If you are going in it for Paul Mescal, you will not be disappointed.

Please watch the first movie first. The story will not make any fucking sense if you don’t.

Just the right amount of flashbacks and footage from the first movie . Chefs kiss

Ridley Scott really said “all emperors and tyrants are nasty little freaks with terrible vibes”

Oh also if you’re squeamish about gore and stuff like. It’s a movie about gladiators so set your expectations accordingly. There is an instance of a disembodied head used as a prop. So y’know

Okay, spoilery stuff below the cut

Arishat was hot :( rip

Monkeys at the beginning? Terrible. 0/10 did not enjoy that. Also did not enjoy seeing and hearing Mr. Mescal BITING ONE

I love Ravi I would watch a whole movie just about him tending to gladiators’ wounds quite frankly. Give me that story

We love to see bisexuality on screen (even though that wasn’t a social identity at the time but we’re not here to talk about that) what with the concubines and drunk as fuck Macrinus

Speaking of drunk as fuck Macrinus: that whole scene was so fucking funny. They’re like that meme about people getting high. You know the one

Speaking of Macrinus—Denzel Washington stole the show. When TIME magazine pushed a story to me today headlined “Gladiator II Belongs to Denzel Washington,” I was like, pshhhh, nah. But it really does. It’s not about him? But it’s his fucking show.

The politics . THE POLITICS

It feels a little heavy handed right now but that wasn’t probably how it was intended, given it was made before. Y’know. The election. But the whole dream of Rome being a place where everyone is equal and cared for but you can only whisper it or it’ll shatter? Yeah.

Oh, right, Acacius: that dude is so tired he does NOT want to be there. Let him go home to his hot wife. Alas, his hot wife is the way she is and like… no good deed goes unpunished.

And I fucking called it with my text post a few months ago. Two (2) movies now where Denzel Washington (either directly or indirectly) kills Pedro Pascal. Brilliant

Admittedly selfishly I would’ve liked to see more of him. But it felt like the correct thing in the context of the story. If he didn’t die then, if he wasn’t the inciting event for the uprising of the people of Rome, it wouldn’t have made sense and it would’ve just been fan service and “look, we got Pedro Pascal!” at that point.

I would’ve liked to see a more in-depth exploration of the change in relationship between Lucius and Lucilla—it seems like they went from Lucius screaming at her to get out to them hugging it out without any real development between the two of them specifically. Obviously a lot had happened in the world of the movie at that point but nonetheless

Macrinus shooting Lucilla was his Icarus moment. There was no coming back from that. “But what about Geta” “but what about Caracalla” no. It was Lucilla. If she’d gotten got by the praetorian guards or something else, it would’ve been fine. But because it was Macrinus there was nowhere he could go from there other than [checks notes] getting his hand chopped off and then gutted in a dirty irrigation ditch.

Remember kids, the people in power who are causing all of the things going wrong in the world have names and addresses and are mortal <3

Also another takeaway from the movie: imperialism, religious extremism, ableism, and authoritarianism will be the end of us all <3

Anyway. Good movie. Can’t wait to watch it again in my own home with subtitles so I can actually like… process everything everyone was saying LMAO and take better reaction notes.

I’m still sitting in the theater parking lot it’s been like 30 minutes LMAO okay thanks for coming to my tedtalk or whatever

[princessbrunette]

alright. i know. i literally gave you an anakin prompt already. but☝️ ..i’m here with another one.

modern!anakin running one of those tumblr porn blogs to talk about his nasty little fantasies. (not sure you remember this, but i wrote him posting “i like doing evil things to pretty girls.” while ago as an example of that behavior) and you happen to follow him. maybe you interact with him because you’re intrigued by his gross language and you reach out (maybe you swap some pics, and agree to meet). not sure how you’d wanna play it but ! i thought you’d wanna know about it

i think what’s so sexy about him doing this is he’s like… oddly nonchalant about it? he’ll mutual you, but never come onto you in a sexual or creepy way bc he’s a people pleaser and cares too much about people thinking he’s a weirdo. instead he just sends you memes relating to something you posted about one time just to show he listens, you know?

and like duh, he wants to fuck you, he’s a guy with a dick. but it’s better just to befriend you first, right? doesn’t wanna be a douche about it.

but then the two of you start talking properly outside of just memes, and calling, and flirting, and oh god — you’re one of those people. falling for someone online. someone who wouldn’t care that much to fly out to see you right? right?

he ends up in your city, and suddenly you’re picking him up from the airport ?? and you’re thinking jesus christ, yeah i’ve seen pictures of him and he’s very good looking but that’s gotta be… altered in some way right? there’s no way someone that fine runs a tumblr blog that depraved… and soon all 6ft- what, 4? of him is walking towards you in the airport, smiling so friendly and opening his sculpted arms for a hug and you’re just ????? fuck my life ??????

so the two of you go out to a bar, and literally one glass of wine in each and you’re giving him the big doe fuck me eyes, talking so much you don’t even think to get a second drink, the chemistry buzzing through your bones and up your skirt. he didn’t think he’d be getting lucky this fast, jesus — he booked to be here for like 2 weeks so he can really milk it out of you. poor thing was just too needy for it.

you’re blabbering how you’ve never done this before, having some guy fly out and fucking him on the first night when you leave the bar arm in arm, headed straight for his hotel. you think he might crumble under the pressure, again — who runs a blog that depraved and actually knows how to do all the stuff they talk about? but he’s so calm, collected, chuckling at your eagerness, reiterating one million times that there doesn’t ’have to’ be anything. not to feel pressured to do anything just because he flew out. great, so he’s a good guy too. you’re surprised your arousal wasn’t running down your legs like a faucet.

he knows his stuff, and it shows back in the hotel room, bringing you a glass of water even though you had one glass, telling you to drink it, forcing every form of consent out of you because he needs to know you want this like he does. even so, so much kissing once you start — giving you time to back out, giving you time to get so drooly and desperate you’re humping his lap and nearly crying.

anakin soothes you. “what do you want baby? flew out here just to see this pretty face, lemme give you what you want sweet girl just gotta tell me.” muttering it against your lips like he’s casting a spell.

“wanna — wanna do all the stuff you wrote about. thought about it every night.” you mewl, your tits heaving against his strong chest. there’s that low chuckle again, pretty smile lines on his cheeks you can’t help but kiss.

“mm, i remember a few you liked a lot. what was that one about having you on my lap, dick all in your guts, just rubbing that pretty clit ‘til you cream all over it. something like that, right baby?” his hands are massaging your hips and god — yes, yes yes whatever you say, nodding so hard your head might come off.

safe to say he keeps his word, showing you everything he knows.

[nerdygeekypastrychef]

The Swap

for the @steddiebingo kissing booth prompt: body swap

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A/n: I am the meme about the porn needs more plot because I need to know why they're fucking. And they never got around to the fucking. (maybe i'll part 2? idk) body swap. soulmates. first time. steve harrington has a MASSIVE cock. Eddie is impressed and terrified and turned on all at once.

For twenty four hours after the first time you touch your soulmate, you swap bodies.  A statistically small percentage of people meet their soul mate and experience The Swap as babies, and therefore it basically goes unnoticed. As a result, most people grow up just waiting for it. 

Everyone knows someone who almost died during their Swap. Everyone knows someone who did something totally disgusting and/or inappropriate during their Swap. Sometimes it’s exciting, sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes it goes totally unnoticed by the people around you. 

Sometimes it causes a commotion. 

Eddie has always been a touchy person with the innnate ability to tell if the people around him are okay with being touched or not. With no mom and no dad to confirm, he assumed he’d touched his soulmate when he was younger and lost them. Sometimes it saddened him but sometimes he reveled in the fact that it meant he could choose for himself. Or so he thought. 

The top of the food chain at Hawkins high had been in some upheaval since Billy Hargrove, the asshole, had come into town. Suddenly Steve Harrington was like a social pariah, hanging out with his ex and her new boyfriend and regularly getting shat upon by the people that used to be his hangers on. It perplexed Eddie to no end but wasn’t any of his business. 

Until one day he was actually at his locker and Hargrove shoved Harrington behind him, causing Harrington to slam into him. Eddie fell forward into his open locker with the smell of Harrington’s rich boy cologne filling his nose and the feel of his strong body all along the back of him. 

“Oh man, Munson. I am so sorry. Are you okay?” Steve’s big hands were gentle on his biceps as he helped Eddie stabilize on his feet. 

“Awww how sweet. The loser and the freak.” Hargrove teased from the other side of the hallway. Eddie watched as Steve rolled his eyes and flashed Eddie the tiniest commiserating smile before turning around. 

“Fuck off Billy. Seriously. Or do I need to call Max?” Billy’s face fell before it turned red in rage. 

“Gonna call a 12 year old girl to fight your battles for you? Two bitches.” Billy tried to scoff but everyone in the hallway had seen his face at the mention of her name and now could hear Steve’s sexy condescending little laugh in reply.

“At least I’m not scared of her.” Steve turned his back to Billy to check on Eddie again. 

“You’re sure you're okay? Need the nurse or anything?” Eddie shook his head silently, completely out of his depth for this bizarre conversation. Steve smiled again, but this time a big movie star smile, before walking away. 

Eddie obsessed thought about it the rest of the day. 

When Eddie woke up the next morning, he knew something wasn’t right but not WHAT the difference was. He’d gone to a party the night before, to sell since it had been Friday, but he didn’t remember partaking in his own wares or even drinking more than one beer. He opened his eyes and was assaulted by PLAID. It was then that he realized what happened. He was in the middle of The Swap. 

But whom? He tossed the blankets off and looked down at his body for the day, The body of his soulmate, and was struck dumb. 

Hairy tits with the cutest little pink nipples. Strong stomach covered with perfect, soft layer of thin fat. Nice healthy happy trail of dark hair leading down into soft flannel pajama pants. He lifted up the waistband of the pants and nearly yelled at the biggest cock he’d seen outside skin mags. He could see lots more dark hair at the base and covering juicy thick thighs but his attention kept coming back to his cock. His soulmate's cock. The mouthwatering cock nestled between his thighs. 

He was about to shove the pants down to his ankles and jerk off just to feel the monster between his legs, when the doorbell rang. He groaned and instantly recognized his voice. Eddie stumbled out of bed and into the fucking attatched bathroom to look in the mirror and confirm what he already knew. 

The face of Steve Harrington stared back at him with horror. The handsome face twisted in annoyance as the doorbell rang again and again so he stumbled out into the hallway wondering where Steve’s rich parents were “or the butler, damn” as he tried to find the front door. 

When he yanked the door open his own face stared back at him with an expression he was certain he’d never made before. 

“Jesus, do I really look that much like a drowned rat?” He asked and his own face split into a grin. He stepped back to let…. Himself inside and shut the door. 

“I don’t think so. I think you have a sexy kind of dirty rocker thing happening. God, am I really that square?” Eddie fell a little dumb at Steve Harrington speaking in his voice, and calling him sexy. 

“Not square. Traditionally Sexy.” Eddie replied as he was backed against the wall by his own lanky frame. Up close he could see that he was a scant inch taller than Steve and couldn’t help the flash of heat that gave him. 

“Well, if we each think the other is sexy, what are we doing talking about it?” Steve leaned in and Eddie has to close his eyes to stop thinking about how he was kind of kissing himself. 

They made out against the wall for a long while. Till they were both breathing heavily and rocking their hips together. At that, Eddie twisted his head away to break the kiss. 

“Stevie, baby, I gotta know. HOW do you walk around every day with the anaconda in your jeans?”

[adachimoe]

If this guy had just been a magician then we wouldn't be dealing with this shit

During one of his Social Link rank ups, Adachi implies some things about his career. I know, I know, he said "I became a cop because GUNS". But also: he's a dumbass.

Thus far, the player has only seen Adachi being a bumbling moron running away from a little old lady at Junes. But we see a side of him we haven't seen before: It turns out that he has sleight of hand and he's quite good at performing magic tricks.

He doesn't think he could have made a living if he had gone into a profession working with his hands, even if he does demonstrate that he's good at it. He does acknowledge that his life might have been different. And when fiction does things like this, we in the audience know that the unspoken implication is that he would be a lot happier this way.

Adachi doesn't exactly try to hide how much he hates his life. But, at the same time, it's not like he tries to do much to change it. Part of it we see in his rank 6 social link when he talks about how "I'm lonely, but it's easier that way". But another part of it is that by being a police officer instead of a magician or something else, he gets to work at a government job. Job security certainly contributes to one's quality of life.

But I think there is something else worth noting about this, and it's based entirely off the year Adachi was born - 1984. (Insert the "literally 1984" calendar meme image here.)

Adachi was born when Japan's economy was flourishing and the Yen was quite strong. Based on the timing, I think his parents had a kid under the assumption that, "Japan is prosperous, the Yen is powerful, things are great, everyone has money, or other valuable assets (stock/land)". If you've played Yakuza 0, this might vaguely sound familiar when it comes to Kiryu's story and his adventures in real estate.

This is a hilariously bad and overly simplified explanation, but it wasn't until the year after Adachi was born when the country and the bank began having economic issues. This eventually lead to the big blow up in the early 90s, stock and real estate nosedived, and the whole country went into a period of economic stagnation called the Lost Decades.

During Japan's period of growth, the country was seen as a powerhouse. My dad remembers when Japanese tourists were traveling all over due to strong yen - really a reversal of how it is now with people flocking to Japan due to how weak it is. People there would get a job and be set for life. While this was thanks to their economy and the assumption that "Wow, we have a lot of $$ in land and/or stocks, things are great", the "hired for life" thing can also be seen as being tied to Japanese labor laws. This changed after the economy exploded, and some companies began taking on temp workers who had less rights and less protections.

If you start to compare Adachi's situation and birth year to the main cast, it's really no wonder they make him so damn mad and frustrated lol.

Yukiko and Kanji can inherit their family businesses. Their families aren't wealthy, but they have stable businesses they operate out of their family homes. They can inherit both land and jobs.

In Yukiko's Social Link, she talks about getting licensed as an interior coordinator as a backup in case the ryokan doesn't work out... Hm, I think learning that she even has options would piss Adachi off further lol.

Naoto I am under the impression is doing well since she already has a career as a detective, plus the backing of her grandfather.

Yosuke's family doesn't own Junes, but his dad is the manager at the Inaba store, and nepotism is a thing. But it seems that he too has options, as in Ultimax, he's going to cram school so he can go to university.

Rise already has a career. Unfortunately, it's part of Japan's terrible and exploitive idol industry.

Even Marie has a career, it seems.

One can assume that if Adachi's parents got on his ass if his grades dropped, then Adachi does not stand to inherit something from his parents (or perhaps their assets lost value?), nor is he already successful.

Chie feels like the outlier here. From what we know about her, her parents don't have a business she can inherit, no famous grandfather, she's not a popular idol, and she doesn't have Main Character privilege. We also know from her Social Link that she wants to become an officer like Adachi.

Really, I think Adachi is too young to have grown up on promises of some kind of prosperous future thanks to Japan's strong economy, merely to have the rug pulled out from under him and have his dreams crushed in 1991 (he'd only be 7, after all). So where Chie might optimistically see the ability to help and protect people as an officer, Adachi might see stability and survival because of his parents and how they raised him and the economic situation.

"Don't be a magician, get a secure job" is something our parents would tell us in the west too, so maybe it doesn't seem that special or related to their economic situation at all. Pretty sure his folks would say it to him even if he was born some 10-15 years earlier. But I think it does help illustrate why he would pick security (or why his parents picked security for him), his failure case (have fun being a replaceable temp worker while waiting for your big break as a magician), and what some of his ire towards the Investigation Team is about (he had to study; why do they get to go kill god after school???). In some ways, he feels like an American millennial whose life was affected by economic circumstance, but everything that comes out of his mouth makes him sound a boomer lol. Get off my dungeon lawn, you damn kids.

[accio-victuuri]

CPN : the birth of “weiba” ( weifen wangba ) 😂

even while writing this, i’m still not entirely sure how people are seeing the data about these newcomers. i’m thinking it functions like any other online groups like a super topic. you can see which specific accounts have recently joined.

if you’re looking at the bjyx st, it’s pretty lively and people are celebrating because of the rapid increase in members ever since last night. around 2PM i think it’s 6k++ and then right now i checked again, it’s 9k+. that’s a lot, considering these two have not interacted publicly for so long. maybe we will finally cross the 4 million mark before the year ends. 🫶🏼

so what’s all this talk about “weiba”?

it’s a combination of weifen ( what we call solo fans ) and wangba ( us turtles ) . the conversation is around these wfs joining the ST overnight. so much so that you see people posting a meme ( taken from ome and only )!about a moto & shrimps housewarming 😂😂😂

This is actually not new, the whole concept of a wf being cpf friendly. There are spaces like douyin where these 3 groups co-exist and will sometimes tease each other. It’s not always toxic, but oftentimes it is. There were a few times before too when a particularly strong cpn comes out and turtles screenshot the reactions of wfs who are confused and feel like bjyx may be true.

Now what’s the “cpn” that probably sent them over the edge?

I’ve talked a bit about it here and it’s related to XZ’s work schedule change.

For the longest time, he was going to work in Condor Heroes early in the day. Then in 7/26, it was bit late but this could only be slightly affected by WYB’s condition. Remember that YBO announced that WYB is sick in the evening of 25th and they were in Hunan ( based on the IP ). We are not sure if Yibo is also there or just the staff but the thought is he did intend to come. In the 26th, WYB probably came back to Beijing a bit later or if he was already in BJ, ZZ can’t change his schedule. Then on the 27th, ZZ’s schedule is way later than his usual. Same with the 28th. These days we CPN that ZZ spent time with sick WYB before going to work. Then on 7/29, ZZ goes back the his old schedule and WYB is the same.

An additional speculation here is the photo going around of ZZ giving out drinks to Condor Heroes cast and crew. This is not something new. We know ZZ loves to treat the crew. However, this time, we interpret this as him giving his “apologies” cause he had to come in to work later than usual for the past days. ☕️

That’s it everyone! tbh, I don’t care if wfs cross over to being turtles or what. I still believe in staying in our own lanes and treating each other with respect. Just enjoy our own corner/s fandoms. ✌🏼

PS: Another probable reason for some newcomers are those who watched One and Only, then looked into WYB. 🫶🏼

-END.

[royaldollybox]

Logbook: The Heart Killers (2024/2025)

(Sorry if the grammer and/or spelling is fucked, it's not my strong suit. Also this is just a log for me to remember the media I have consumed and what I thought about it, if you don't want to see that block this tag> #ro's media logbook)

It's been 3 weeks and I miss this show so much, but I need to get this log out before I forget and after friday I need to focus on the ThamePo log, so here's some of my thoughts about The Heart Killers.

I can't believe this stupid little show that owns my heart has ended. Quite frankly I want it back. (Give me the Our Skyy 3 wedding special! please please please please ple-)

I actually kept up with this show from episode 1 all the way through episode 12, which is a miracle for me. (I didn't start Thamepo until like ep 4 was out and I have some catching up to do with Us.) But The heart killers kept my attention through it all… probably becuase the concept: queer romcom based on Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew with hitmen, speaks to me, and what a time it was... and how it stretched what can be considered a romcom.

The Heart Killers will probably always have a place in my heart, even if I most likely won't recommend it to most people (asking someone to suspend their disbelief to outer space feels like a bit much, especially if they're not familiar with thai bls). I love this show, I love these characters and I love their love stories.

Is this a perfect show? No. Absolutly not. There is a lot I could criticise about the show. Like: The return of Lilly in ep 12, how the tjechovs gun of proposals never went off in the end, shrödinger's call to Babe (did Bison or Kant ever call Babe after Bison kidanpped Kant?), love defeating Kant's fear of the sea pretty fucking quickly, injuries having the whackiest healing time, KantBison not talking about the BDSM thing again, etc.

But honeslty, I don't care. This show and these characters made me so happy each week and the fandom here on tumblr kept my happiness and excitment alive through the wait the rest of the week. I'm not gonna leave the fandom just because the show ended, though realistically I'm probably not gonna post about it as much as time goes on, but I don't want it to die so I'm gonna try to stick around as much as I can. (This show even made me want to write fanfic again, but honestly I don't understand how I ever managed to write fic in the first place, the mental block I have for writing is crazy. If I ever manage to write that fanfic a miracle has occurred.)

Some of my notes and take aways from The Heart Killers:

So belive it or not this was my first time seeing FirstKhao act togehter and my first time ever seeing Joong or Dunk in anything (I started watching Hidden Agenda after watching ep 3 of The Heart Killers) aaand I care them now. I will probs always get excited when I see them in shows or on my tumblr feed from now on.

I will keep watching a flawed show as long as it's entertaining to me, this show had me cackling and feeling like I went to a different planet with some of these plot points (shout out to ep 8,9 and 12 specifically).

I am coco bananas about FadelStyle and I think about them everyday. I have been cursed to now have the thought "This reminds me of FadelStyle" when I watch or read other things.

(One of the shots of all time to me, head + shoulder kiss my beloved.)

If I become obsessed enough, I can make 220+ text post memes about a 12 episode show, 195 of which have been posted at the time of this log. See > #ro makes thk hahas for more information.

(Have one I never got around to posting while the show was airing (196 posted now))

For now I have the last ep of ThamePo infront of me, I have quite a few eps of Us the series to catch up on, and when I'm done catching up I'm gonna continue watching Only Friends. I'm past ep 5 of OF but I paused watching it because it seems that everything is about to go to shit in ep 6 and I wasn't prepared for that at the time.

[upon-a-starry-night]

Number Neighbors Pt.1

Natasha x Fem!Reader

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Word Count: 970

Summary:  When you catch sight of the newest trend going around you know you’re all but bound to at least try it, it was harmless anyway. What could possibly stem from something so little?

~~~~ You were told you were a naturally curious person, you tried every hobby you saw, new things caught your attention, and trends were constantly popping up on your social media that you’d wanted to try. So when you’d caught sight of the newest trend going around you knew you were all but bound to at least try it, it was harmless anyway. 

What could possibly stem from something so little?

You’d just woken up from a dream about living in a beautiful house with some woman you’d met online, inside of the dream you were sitting on the counter while the woman made breakfast. Your brain was still fuzzy with sleep as you were trying to recall the memories of the dream before they faded away. 

You really should keep a dream journal with all the odd dreams you have.

You remember the dream almost exactly but the woman was blurry in your memory, her face never fully visible and always changing so you could never quite get a clear grasp on her features. But there is one thing that you could recall; clear striking green eyes. 

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Your second alarm spooked you out of your thoughts and you shook your head, silently erasing the dream like an Etch-a-Sketch. As you grabbed your clothes for your shower you remembered your late-night activity; scrolling through copious amounts of online videos, and deduced those were definitely a contributor to your weird dreams. 

As you were opening your phone to set up your shower music you got a notification from one of your favorite news articles.

“Social Media’s New Craze! Meet Your #NumberNeighbor!”

You chuckled a bit, this new trend had been going crazy ever since some girl had found out she was number neighbors with a celebrity. No doubt everyone was trying to have the same lucky result as she did. 

Even you had to admit over the past few days you’d been resisting the temptation to try it for yourself. But you were worried your number neighbor might be some sort of perv or weirdo that asked you for feet pics. However, with all the stories you’d been reading over the past few days of people finding new internet best friends, the temptation and curiosity were quickly becoming too much to bear. So to save yourself from curiosity overload you shrugged your shoulders and typed your number with one digit off into your phone.

          Unknown Contact

                                    Y/n: Hello!

It was simple, nothing fancy or weird for a first text, you didn’t want to scare them away by coming off as too strong. You could save the memes for the future- if there ever was one. There was no immediate response and you deflated after a few minutes, sometimes no one owned the other number, and a lot of the time people chose to ignore texts from random numbers. 

You couldn’t really blame them honestly. Although, you also had to take into account that it was currently 7 AM and most people didn’t wake up at that hour on purpose… except for those who like to indulge in self-torture that is.

You got yourself ready for the day, taking a nice long warm shower (including having a shower concert) and making yourself a quick breakfast. You were seconds away from forking another bite of your syrupy waffle into your mouth when your phone chimed with a notification. You were a bit confused at the sight of a text notification, having forgotten about your spontaneous early morning decision, but as soon as the memory popped back into your head you were eagerly unlocking your phone and opening the message.  

          Unknown Contact

Unknown: 

Hi? I’m sorry, who is this?

                                                                                    Y/n: 

                                 Right sorry, I realize now how weird just saying hi is

                                 I’m your number neighbor!

Unknown: 

What is that?

                                  Y/n: 

                                  :0 You don’t know what a  

                                   number neighbor is?

Unknown: 

No.

                               Y/n:

                                It’s where you text the number that’s one digit off of yours!

Unknown: 

You expect me to believe that you got this number by coincidence?

                             Y/n: 

                              Why? Are you some sort of celebrity?

                               If you don’t believe me just look at my number 

                               it should be one digit different than yours.

                              You can even look it up online it’s super popular right now

Unknown: 

huh

I guess you’re right

but I’m going to need you to lose this number

                               Y/n:

                                Aw, what? Why?

Unknown: 

because it’s a very private number

                                   Y/n: 

                                    Wait omg are you like the FBI or something?

Unknown: 

or something.

                                    Y/n: 

                                     That’s so cool!

                                     Do you solve crimes like how they do in criminal minds?

Unknown: 

You mean that crime show

on Netflix?

                                          Y/n: 

                                           Yes! I’ve seen like all of the episodes a hundred times

                                           Have you ever seen it?

Unknown: 

can’t say that I have

                                          Y/n:

                                           You have to watch it! It’s sooo good

Unknown: 

I guess I’ll have to take your word 

seeing as you’ve seen it a hundred times

                                         Y/n:

                                          😳 ok so that miiiight have been an over exaggeration

Unknown:

I never would’ve guessed

                                        Y/n: 

                                         Ha! So you do have a sense of humor!

                                         Good to know

                                         Oh shoot I’m gonna be late for work, It was really                                                    lovely texting you!

                                         Byeee!

Unknown: 

Bye. 

You were smiling the whole drive to your work, sure they might be some sort of FBI secret service person but they seemed nice- not a dry texter at least, and it didn’t seem like they were too annoyed that you were texting them. You wanted to give them some space since they’d asked you to lose their number, and you completely understood their hesitation, but the excited feeling that settled in your stomach told you that you were not going to be able to resist texting them again.

Pt.2

A/n: I’m still contemplating this format but I think it’s better than pictures of text messages don’t you? Lmk :)

[sepublic]

Haha we meme on Stilgar as the funny "LISAN AL-GAIB" man but tbh I think there's a lot of nuance towards his character arc in how he doesn't really start off that way? In the context of Part 2, I mean. Because I think of how early in the film he approaches Jessica about becoming Reverend Mother, and he pretty blatantly acknowledges that Paul isn't necessarily the Lisan al-Gaib; The way Stilgar has to basically strong arm Jessica into agreeing doesn't come across as a fanatical worshipper appealing to his gods. He knows he holds power over these outsiders and he's blunt about it behind closed doors, more or less admitting that he isn't 100% sure but this Lisan al-Gaib figure is very useful for helping the Fremen overthrow their oppressors, so that's where Stilgar is throwing his lot.

It reminds me of a lot of the discussion regarding the Catholic church, particularly in regards to stuff like Galileo. I remember a lot of the mainstream assumption being that the Pope and his followers were superstitious guys who were genuinely afraid of deviating from the Bible, but then actual historians came around and painted a more realistic picture; In the end, it wasn't that they necessarily thought the sun went around the earth. It was that by challenging what the church decreed, Galileo challenged their authority and made them seem weaker; And so they had to double down on their geocentric understanding of the universe to defend that. Similarly, King James I didn't necessarily believe in witches, but they did provide a handy boogeyman to rally his people against, and make himself seem like a more legitimate leader.

That's how I see Stilgar, as he starts off; He doesn't necessarily worship the Lisan al-Gaib, but he believes that a messianic figure is just the kick the Fremen need to rally together and defeat their colonizers. Everybody loves a martyr, after all. He might chant about the Mahdi, but his priority has always been the Fremen people, and he is their true leader, with Paul being the puppet face he's pushing everyone into paying attention to.

The scene where Paul denies being the Mahdi, only for Stilgar to be like "Omg the Mahdi is so humble that means he is the Mahdi!!!" feels less like he actually thinks this, and more like... He's bullshitting his way into interpreting whatever Paul does, even if it seems fairly anti-Mahdi, as proof that he's the guy the Fremen need. Paul denouncing the idea was pretty inconvenient but Stilgar found a way to make it work; I guess it’s like how Jessica is also trying to push an unwilling Paul to embrace his role, but for different reasons. And Paul and Stilgar seem much more in tune with one another over how far they’ll go, because they’re much more in agreement about this being for the sake of the Fremen; Indeed, before he drinks the Water of Life, Paul seems to begrudgingly go along because he’s been convinced that it will help these people that he realizes he cares about too, which leads to his outburst at his mother when he feels her motives are insincere (unlike Stilgar’s).

So Stilgar is, for a while, the actual leader of the Fremen, and he is knowingly using Paul and Jessica for his people's freedom, without being aware that he's falling for the Bene Gesserit's propaganda to begin with. He thinks it can't be that bad, he's got a handle on it, but Chani knows better. And I should clarify that I don't blame Stilgar for this, he is an indigenous leader fighting back against colonization who desperately needs what he can get, and Paul and Jessica do end up colonizing the Fremen themselves.

Plus, he's still fairly decent to Paul himself, because even if Stilgar doesn't necessarily consider him the messiah, he still views Paul as an ally that can help the Fremen; That's how he becomes a friend to Paul. When Stilgar pulls Paul over and reassures him not to get a Sandworm too big, everyone already believes in him, it feels like they’re both in on the mutual secret that Paul isn’t necessarily the messiah but he IS a rallying figure for the Fremen, so they both play into that for the sake of the Fremen, right? There’s still enough of a level field that Stilgar can pull over the Mahdi for a private conversation away from the others about something potentially scandalous, rather than the other way around.

But then that friendship is ruined, because somewhere along the way Stilgar sees Paul's achievements rack up, and get closer and closer, in an uncanny way, to the prophecy; And Stilgar begins to think, Oh hey that's actually just like what was written. Okay that's only what a Lisan al-Gaib could do. Holy shit I think he might actually, literally, be a magical chosen one. And now Stilgar is willing to eat his own shit for Paul if the Lisan al-Gaib told him to. And that's why Paul mourns their lost friendship, because you can't have a real friendship with such an inherent power imbalance between worshipper and their God.

And it's all pretty sad to me, that Stilgar started off as a dude basically entertaining what he acknowledges may be a white lie, for the sake of his people... Only to find himself realizing this 'white lie' might be the real deal, and being so caught up in that revelation that before he knows it, he now prioritizes the Lisan al-Gaib over the Fremen this guy was supposed to be for. I think of how Stilgar kneels to sacrifice himself so Paul can become leader, as tradition; But then Paul says no, and Stilgar defies his own Fremen tradition because the Lisan al-Gaib told him to.

He lost sight of who this was supposed to be about, and that's why Stilgar sees nothing wrong with leading his fellow Fremen off of their homeworld to die fighting a bunch of strangers on foreign worlds. He doesn't object to Paul holding hostage their own way of life. He wasn't exactly superstitious, or at least Stilgar had people he prioritized over those beliefs; But when you see so many miracles, you begin to fear the divine and hold it above all else. Stilgar and Paul both felt the need to push this Lisan al-Gaib idea as a necessary evil, the only way to help the Fremen out of their dilemma, only to become fanatical mad men by the end of it. Maybe the idea of a Messiah seemed an easy lie, a safer and more practical way out of colonialism; But it ended up being colonialism but with a different, unrecognizable face. Because despite the promise to liberate Arrakis from the Harkonnens, the Fremen ended up worshipping a Harkonnen.

[musedisorder]

Nerdy Prudes Must Die! Part 2.

This is a sentence / prompt meme with quotes from Starkid's nerdy prudes must die for roughly the second half of the show. You can see the first part on my page! Feel free to alter / edit the quotes as needed! Lots of sexual implications / foul language / and mentions of violence in this one

"I had a nightmare! A horrible nightmare."

"He was so angry and he wasn't sexy at all."

"Do you have everything you need for school?"

"You don't say."

"They didn't say."

"Oh heck. I'm so heckin' fudged."

"Is there something we need to be worried about?"

"Holy shit! Are those cop cars?"

"Just shut up and keep your beans cool!"

"Don't look at me!"

"How do you know it was murder?"

"You wanna think a little harder?"

"Oh man! Oh no!"

"Well, we're fucked!"

"People tell me to die every day!"

"I think somebody knows what we did and now they're after us!"

"I don't know about you guys but I smell a heckin rat."

"Relax, ye of little faith."

"I'm gonna get those pigs off our backs!"

"Our town is no longer safe!"

"What about you, eh?"

"I've never known darker times."

"Watch the blame go around!"

"It ain't great."

"Suddenly this quiet town's exciting."

I certainly don't LOVE killing."

"I remember before the lockdown!"

"Where do you think you're going?"

"I wanna remember who I am."

"God! I gotta do everything around here."

"I could act. If it wasn't for my anxiety."

"In my dreams, I'm the star of the show."

"How can something be MEDIUM and WELL?"

"Life is fine. If only it were mine."

"But just for once I'd be the center of attention."

"But just for once my life could be just what I wanted."

"I used to dance."

"Booo!"

"Who's watching me?"

"You fucking suck!"

"I can't see! Somebody help!"

"What a stirring performance!"

"Take a bow, bitch."

"Who stands to gain for these murders?"

"I've been looking for this thing everywhere!"

"You're not half as smart as you think you are!"

"Uh, I don't think I should answer any questions until I have a lawyer present."

"No, no no! You can't do this to me! This isn't my fault! This isn't my plan!"

"It was God's plan! And now he's leaving me out to dry!"

" Do something you son of a bitch!"

"Look at all those cop cars. I bet they're after a PERP."

"I'm in the neighborhood watch now."

"Very smooth."

"I have been waiting for what feels like five FUCKING years and I still have not received my goddamn hot chocolate!"

"Jesus! Keep it together!"

"Oh, this is EASY for you."

"Oh, so you're saying this is MY fault?"

"We both know you can't ignore me because you're crazy about me."

"It's obvious! You can't stay away from me!"

"Have some respect for yourself!"

"Well who says I want to go on a date with you anyways?"

"I never wanted you anyway!"

"I always knew my place and my lane!"

"Who's the victim when you shoot me looks?"

"If I loved you, you would know it."

"If I loved you, I would show it."

"If you were the one I'm thinking of, oh babe, I'd let you know."

"I think you'd better go."

"You first!"

"Leave room for Jesus!"

"How'd it go with the cops? Did they buy it?"

"Gimme a cup of hot water and make it STRONG!"

"You're kinda freakin me out here."

"Does your phone plan cover calls to hell?"

"No! No more of your plans!"

"Oh my god! Is that a gun!"

"This is crazy! I'm not helping you flee the country!"

"You have no idea what the hell you're doing."

"You ruined our lives!"

"I just haven't been thinking clearly lately!"

"I've done so many terrible things! Like touching myself and lying to the police!"

"I called God a son of a B-word!"

"WHO AM I?!"

"Don't comfort her. She's fuckin' weird."

"Unfortunately, we're in this mess together."

"I don't give a shit who you kill."

"Get in the car."

"Ghost. Demon. Call it what you want."

"I've got one hell of a party planned for ya."

"Ready for your recall?"

"I beg to differ, bitch."

"You are the LEAST FUCKING persuasive person!"

"Are you out of your goddamn mind?"

"What the fuck!?"

"There's something deeply wrong with this whole town!"

"I have no idea what's I'm doing."

"Did it work?"

"The book has all but closed on your life."

"Someone's been a little naughty!"

"We heard you could help us."

"Hm, what could you give to me?"

"Do it, or die!"

"We don't give a shit about your phone!"

"You can lie to yourself, but not to me."

"I can't!"

"Pay the price or fuck off!"

"Who do they want you to kill?"

"It doesn't matter where we go!"

"There's only one way to end this."

"All my life I just wanted a girl to like me."

"I didn't want to like you. You made me."

"No matter what, one of us has to die."

"Let me do it."

"You can call this luck. That's my perspective."

"One of us is in love. It doesn't take a detective."

"I can't... I can't shoot you!"

"Let me be cool this time!"

"Is it really a crime if you get to live your life to the fullest?"

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What do you think I'm doing?"

"What if you are wrong?"

"What if I should go?"

"You get to live on."

"You're not as cool as you think you are."

"But you're as smart as I know you are."

"You have to do it."

"If I loved you... I couldn't show it."

"If I loved you like you should be loved... Loved you more than the stars above..."

"Love you like I.... could've...."

"I'd have to let you go."

"If things were different, would you want to go to homecoming with me?"

"I'm ready."

"I never wanted you anyway..."

"Careful with that thing! You might hurt someone, and that's my fuckin' job!"

"I used to worry my life would be over after high school!"

"You betrayed me! You fuckin' Judas!"

"So you do know the bible!"

"I always thought there was something about your wrath that was so... Old testament."

"Shut your fuckin' fart-hole!"

"I wanna hear this!"

"I'm a dirty girl."

"Fuck yeah!"

"That's nasty! I like it!"

"What the FUCK is happening right now?!"

"Are you really gonna pass this up?"

"I'll be right back!"

"What're we watching!?"

"Wow! I needed that!"

"Don't you wanna cuddle a little bit?"

"It means you're going to hell now!"

"I paid the price. Now fuck off!"

"No! Let go of me!"

"You're in my world now, bitch."

"Whatever!"

"It was fucking worth it!"

"What the fuck you just say to me?"

"I am gonna get some fucking coffee."

"You're such a nerd."

"I never wanted to love you like I do."

"I'm the best of you and you're the best of me."

"I think the reason I always used to put you down is because I always thought you were pretty."

"That was.... Absolutely disgusting!"

"You think the time that I was chaste is was being waste on a holy mission?"

"I'm the girl you thought you knew."

"Just keep your hand there on my thigh like all the guys that came before you."

"Are you hard because you're stressed? Or is this a power I now possess!"

"Run you little bitch!"

"Darkness will spare my soul."

[fooligandan]

very sorry if youve answered any of these already, feel free to disregard ones youve already done/give different answers LOL—but for the KH ask game—

1. How did you get into the series?

5. Favorite world?

6. Favorite song?

10. Would you change canon (past or future) if you could?

(meme)

TBH don't worry about repeat questions, if I really can't come up with any new answers to a question (I contain multitudes) I can link back to one that does answer it. And I like getting to share and talk anyway!

How did you get into the series?

I played the first game as a 6-ish year old, basically, and the rest is history LOL. I'm not sure who bought/asked for it (if anyone did?) or generally just how it got in the family PS2 library, but in any case it fell into my hands, I played it, and well.......both it and I never really left!

Also had the bradygames strategy guide for it at some point which IDK if it's, like, around but shredded with age or if it got lost at some point, I'd have to look for it. But I remember reading it a lot and it's probably the biggest reason I got as far as I did. Still don't remember beating it as a kid tho - I got to the final door but couldn't get through all of Ansem's phases. KH1 quite possibly could be the first game I looked up the ending for on youtube once it was a thing that I had awareness of. And found out about the (at the time japan exclusive) secret ending also which was crazy. Who else here remembers the age of "Who is BHK?" even a little bit?

Anyway rambling off topic now, point is I've been entrenched here for a while LOL

Favorite world?

I like a lot of the worlds for different reasons so my "favorite worlds" list is in perpetual flux and has no ranking system, but I'm going to choose Wonderland (at least this time), because I'm delighted any time it shows up and just generally enjoy it's world design. Also DR throwing in the 'Walrus and the Carpenter' bit was really good, both thematically and I like imagining it as a diegetic song and dance number happening in front of YoungNort and friends.

Also because it was a fave movie as a young kid to the point of my family members having to lie that the tape was broken to get me to stop asking to watch it all the time, so probably also just have a soft spot for it.

Favorite song?

LOTS to choose from here thanks to #thepowerofmusic being very strong in this series. However IDK if I can pick One Definitive Favorite because of that. Too many to choose from for me!

I keep listening to L'Impeto Oscuro (KH3Re:Mind mix; the link includes the 'time stop' phase's mix also) right now tho when I get back to specifically KH Tracks in my current song loop, so right now it's that by default/technicality.

I've posted independently about this before but I also mentally put it next to VS. Tatiana (both plain and EDM mix), a song from a completely unrelated game with little/no correlation between them aside from mental corkboard red strings stretching between "time stop/reversal", "electronic-classical" and "final boss music", IDK if I have a point here but keeping it in my answer as like a general song recommendation even tho it's off topic (be careful of spoilers in the comments though if you're interested in the rest of the game)

Would you change canon (past or future) if you could?

Aside from anything like "improved women" and "more skin tone diversity that isn't concentrated on bad guy(s) pleaaaase......", which I think people have rightly pointed out as being issues before and probably isn't the spirit of this question anyway... uhhhh.... Aside from little things here and there that I think In My (Unprofessional, Subjective) Opinion could be improved in regards to like information conveyance or just being fun things that I know for sure I'd enjoy seeing, overall not awfully dissatisfied with canon enough to want to make hyper radical changes? I'd have to think on this way more, and also remember more stuff to really be like "oh yeah huh yeah this could be better, here's how i'd change it!" for specific developments.

THAT SAID my first pick is probably something to do with un-pandemic scrunching and expanding Dark Road a bit more, like on giving the upperclassmen some more general development and let the mystery/thriller aspects go on for a little longer, and I thought the whole mystery reveal was a little too fast but, again, it was forced to end early (in addition to some delays) so it's mostly just unfortunate because what IS there is pretty damn good IMHO. Hopefully ML gets more of a chance to tell us all of what the writers want us to see? Fingers crossed...

[in-maidjan]

1, 6, 10, and 17 for grey ilya and (if you're feelin it) one of the vigilant NPCs?

late response take 2! thank you for the vigi indulgence ayyye xo out of 14 NPC options we got audoire. clearly the dice gods can’t get enough of this man. // intimate + sexual headcanons ask meme

01. what sexuality does your muse identify as, or most closely with?

GREYSON – okay so i had been going back and forth between bisexual and pansexual for a while for grey but actually in answering this it’s helped me hone in on bisexual for him since i think he does feel strong attraction to men and women as opposed to not taking notice of it?

ILYA – pansexual fits most for ilya, but i also feel after living for 300+ years his sexuality is pretty fluid. at the end of the day, he is someone that feels romantic attraction strongly and he’s essentially sworn himself to the incarnation of his true love time and time again, nothing else matters but that soul he fell in love with no matter the form it takes (insert “would you still love me if i was a worm” meme).

AUDOIRE – audoire is bisexual and most comfortable with that label. in his pre-chantry, serault bachelor days, he had plenty of time to explore who and what he liked.

06. what are some/a kink that your muse wants to explore?

GREYSON – i think bondage is an area he wouldn’t mind exploring, either being bound himself or binding someone else. maybe being bound and blindfolded and a bit of sensory play would fix him (it won’t but it can’t make him worse so have at it king).

ILYA – the easy answer here is voyeurism, that’s his bread and butter and he loves exploring it and not. testing limits per say, but being trusted to be in control of the situation, the how, the where, the who etc. i think exhibitionism and mutual masturbation are the big ones for exploring with his partner/s, and also likely queening with dom/sub overtones and group sex.

AUDOIRE – he alludes me in this area but i know i’ve talked about breeding and roleplay before for him, and some general sensory play but beyond that, I don’t think there’s much he has considered exploring? he has a lot more free time now being ex-communicated and all so maybe that’ll change. 

10. how often does your muse indulge in self-pleasure?

GREYSON – when he’s on the road by himself, probably a fair bit. it’s lonely out there and the man takes some comfort in a fantasy here and there when he’s not hunting down dangerous creatures.

ILYA – ilya would masturbate sporadically i think, he’d much rather be with someone and the attention that comes with it. that being said, i think he could marathon multiple times a day / days in a row for a good while if someone were watching him, and in typing that my brain has manifested a modern/neighbour au where he just has his blinds open all the time for the thottycule to see him going to town on himself because he knows they’re watching.

AUDOIRE – probably not as often as he needs. the life of a good chantry brother / templar probably taught him to suppress such urges. he’s likely had some loooong dry spells.

17. how confident is your muse in expressing their desires?

GREY – answered here <3

ILYA – extremely confident. he’s ancient and he’s come to (sadly) understand that for others, life is short and sometimes painful, so why waste time tiptoeing around his feelings for another? but even in saying that, he has tact, he has charisma, and he has that assertiveness to really phone in when he desires and needs someone.

AUDOIRE – he’s been out of the game for a while, it’s gonna take him a hot minute to remember the moves that had all the lords and ladies of serault and val royeaux in a tizzy. with the right people, and the right chemistry, he’s got a quiet, confident streak and that’s how situations like the moaning room almost happened to be frank.

[mercurygray]

Hi Merc! For the sleepover meme - What do you think happens to Doris after the war? Does she go back to Chicago? Marry a boy from the neighborhood? Or does life have other plans for her?

You know, Jess, I'm so glad you asked, because this reminded me that I still needed to post the epilogue of The Darkening Sky. I have just done so - and I wish everyone joy of reading it.

I think Doris likes the world that's opened up to her since being in the Army. She's met a lot of people who are very different from her, and made a lot of friends she wouldn't have otherwise ever met. Home is important, and she'll get there...eventually. But there are still places she wants to see.

Since the earliest days of TDS, I've had someone in mind for Doris - and I'm happy I can finally share this piece I've had sitting in my drafts since 2021 about it.

He was thinking about John, happy enough drinking boilermakers in a Melbourne bar and complaining through the champagne they'd made him and Lena drink at their wedding luncheon. "It's for sissies," he'd repeated, over and over until he was nearly red, but Lena wouldn't take no for an answer, and he'd finally relented, downing one glass like a shot and getting a face full of fizz for his trouble. "Lena, where'd you find an Italian who doesn't like wine?" all her friends had asked, and Lena had only laughed, his hand wrapped around hers like he'd never let go.

No one else could have made him drink the stuff but her - but that was part of what he loved about her, wasn't it? That she was an unstoppable force who would not be refused. He'd remembered thinking, watching them at that table in the hotel over lunch, that John had all the luck, a medal, a commission, this beautiful woman to love him. They'd thrown away the mold when they'd made Lena, he was sure of it, because he'd yet to meet a woman before or since who could match her for smiles and spark and sheer determination to see a thing done. (There was a reason she'd joined the Marines, and married one to boot.)

It had been a long time since JP had seen her - longer still since he'd written. He should fix that.

But thinking of her was making him glance across the room at the woman from earlier, with the jump wings and the neat row of ribbons on her jacket. She was still holding a table on the other side of the bar, alone. 

"Ask her to dance!" He could still hear Lena's voice, urging him to ask one of her friends out onto the dance floor at her reception. "Or is a big strong Marine like you afraid of a couple of strong women?" 

He and John had joked enough about what a female leatherneck must have looked like, when they'd first shipped out to the Canal - but John had never joked about the Reserve after he'd married Lena.

He looked at the beer and the shot across the table, and could almost see the man himself, giving him one of those long, unamused glances that said, in no uncertain terms, what he really thought of JP and whatever decision he'd just made. You know, if you'd hadn't been such a jackass...

 "You're really giving me that, aren't you?" he mumbled to the glass and the empty chair. But his memory of John just kept on smirking. She really is kinda cute - and marine or no, she wasn't taking any of your crap. It was pretty hot.  "Oh, fine." He sighed, finished his beer, and took John's from the other side of the table, downing the shot and pressing through the bar to her table, clearing his throat and waiting for her to make eye contact. 

"Seems I, ah, might owe you an apology. I was out of line, earlier, and I'm sorry, for being such a heel about it."

She studied him for a moment, obviously debating whether to take him seriously or not. "Apology accepted." 

"You, um, waiting for someone?" He asked, indicating the undrunk beer on the table across from her.

"Not unless Saint Peter's giving 24 hour passes," she replied, still a little sharp, her hands wrapped around her own pint glass in an almost thoughtful manner. She was cute, all dark eyes and dark hair, shorter and filling every inch of her uniform in a way that he found, on further review, that he found quite attractive. (John could keep the tall, skinny ones - a guy liked something to hold onto, once in a while, something that felt real.)

"Friend?" No sooner were the words out than he found himself adding Please don't say boyfriend.

She nodded - a relief. "A couple of ‘em."

"Me, too." She looked up, mildly interested. "Did this once with a buddy, in Melbourne," he said, holding up the beer. "Went out and got loaded on account of another friend of ours. Now I'm ...drinking for both of 'em and thinking I got no one to drag my sorry ass home when it's over."

"They'd be the ones dragging me home, too," she responded, still a little cagey, but thoughtfully so, and, finally, unwrapped her hands from her beer and held one out to shake. "Sergeant Doris Russo, 506th Parachute Infantry." Her grip was firm and her palm calloused - a hard-working hand, one that had seen some things and done some things in the last two years.

"Sergeant JP Morgan, Seventh Marines."

She indicated the beer and the empty seat in front of her with a sweep of her eyes. "Tell me yours and I'll tell you mine," she said with a patient smile, letting him arrange himself on the chair (and carefully move the undrunk beer out of the way) while she flagged down a waiter for a refill.

--

Doris Russo, uneager to return to Chicago, took a short assignment with the Army at the Presidio, in San Francisco, where she met her future husband, a Marine returning from the Pacific. She received no end of teasing about this at later Easy Company reunions. They have four children, and Doris was very active in her childrens’ education, serving on the school board.

[maaarine]

‘There are some really extreme views’: young people face onslaught of misogyny online (Clea Skopeliti, The Guardian, March 01 2024)

"The content he consumed focused on “intimate things that spoke to your insecurities”, he remembers.

In some ways, parts of the messaging he came across online, including in memes, “was quite helpful – that you are deserving of love,” he says.

“But it pointed me in the wrong direction – that [my unhappiness] was the fault of feminism.”

For a couple of years in his early teens, Ben held views that he has now done a “complete 180” away from.

He would watch videos with titles such as “Feminist destroyed in argument” and feel vindicated in his positions.

He now sees that those clips only showed a partial view. “I felt ‘I’m the rational one here’. It started snowballing from there.”

In the end, it was his father who pulled him out before he got in too deep.

During long drives alone, the two of them would have “painful but constructive” discussions about his views.

“In the car there was no opportunity to walk away, so I had to challenge how I was thinking about issues.

My dad pointed me to systemic reasons rather than the easy answers I got off the internet.

I was lucky that I had a strong paternal figure to do that for me – I’ve got other friends who don’t have someone to pull them out.”

Although Ben remembers having arguments with his older sister and mother about feminism, he says his anti-women bias at the time made him unreceptive – even though he now acknowledges that his mum’s arguments were not “qualitatively worse”.

“It can be painful to let go of a worldview that offers comfort, Ben says.

“When you’re so locked in that mindset, the difficulty in facing yourself … holds back a lot of guys from changing their minds. I felt like I had the rug torn out from underneath me.”

(…)

The rise of online misogyny is due to a “coalition of factors”, Reeves says.

“We need to think about the success of misogynist influencers against a backdrop of financial insecurity, the pandemic, social isolation and huge mental health pressures.

The success of these influencers lies in their ability to stoke insecurities – their diagnosis is misleading and harmful.”

She says it is in the financial interest of these influencers “to cultivate a sense of crisis”."