#I think they’re promoting less and less and it makes me sad

[emeraldbabygirl]

There’s like no promotions for E’last this comeback? I’ve noticed I have found less and less love stages for idols? And idk why cause that’s weird to just not promote? Like E’last are back to busking or something? And it makes me sad cause I feel like people are turning their backs on E’last cause of what happened and it’s not even their fault and they deserve love rn and attention and I just honestly feel like ‘Kiss me baby’ was their last comeback cause with Seungyeop in the military and Choi In gone idk where he went I just feel like there’s not much hope for them and I feel the same with VAV and it just sucks like my two fav groups tbh and same with great guys ugh I hate when things happen to good groups and then that just cause them to disband or lose members or whatever and you see them less and less until you find out they disbanded like to1 I feel like after what chanhyuk did that everyone got mad at they just turned away from them which isn’t fair, to1 went through a lot and like wake one is shit for letting them just flop. But ANYWAY UM I REALLY HOPE THIS AIN’T THE END FOR E’LAST and I hope Choi In and Seungyeop can have a group to come home to I really miss them all :(

[crazy-ache]

Do you guys not remember Elriels calling Eluciens boy moms and abuse apologists and how hard they ride that Lucien is a coward and sucks and isn’t good enough for Elain? How they would rather him have yet another terrible ending than anything good? How they say you can’t love Elain unless you’re an Elriel? How they’re always making fun of Eluciens? I’m an Elucien who thinks this whole thing is so stupid. You don’t have to ship Gwynriel, but those people defend us often. During Elain gate, whenever Elriels make fun of Lucien/Elucien, etc. I think it’s pretty sad that you guys are getting chummy with Elriels when they’re not afraid to turn around and laugh at you behind your back (and to your face).

They’re baiting you guys into creating this weird tension in the fandom that doesn’t need to be here. It’s embarrassing knowing that they’re laughing at us and goading this on. They don’t give two shits about Elucien/Eluciens and they never will. Just wait until next week when this blows over and they’re back to making fun of Eluciens again.

You’re taking this way too seriously. If you’re a so called Elucien shipper, you need to focus on the ship more than the ship war. Multishippers exists. Being nasty and mean to others for this imaginary ship war will only bring you negative fulfillment in this fandom.

Everything I have been saying is to promote the freedom to allow others to express themselves and their ship. We all deserve that respect. A multishipper came to my inbox nicely and brought valid points I agreed with? Great! Being considerate of others is included in that respect.

No, I don’t condone the behaviors you’ve mentioned. But I could also call out specific instances of bullying from Gwynriels- and yes the kind of behavior that has impacted me and directly hurt my close friends. We can sit here and point fingers or we can treat people individually. If you treat others only like their ship (and your perception of it), you lose your humanity in this fandom. And this place becomes less and less of a community.

[awh-bowie]

⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪21 things i’ve learned since becoming an adult

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ three years is not a terribly long time, but, i feel like regular metrics of time simply cannot be applied to girlhood and the transition to womanhood. my childhood felt like a single moment and being a teenager felt more like a century. but i digress, what have i learned in the three years since i became a legal adult?

୨୧ fostering meaningful friendships is far more important than any romantic relationship ୨୧

♡ the thing about romantic and physical relationships, especially when you’re young, is that they are not a reliable constant. all i can say about this is that close, trusted friends will benefit you better than any “situationship”.

୨୧ think of yourself like a plant, just a little bit more complex ୨୧

♡ what i mean by this is simple: if you feel awful for seemingly no reason, get some water, eat some fruit and go outside. more often than not, the mysterious specter making you sad is just yourself forgetting fundamental self-care!

୨୧ the best product for glowing skin is free! ୨୧

♡ drinking enough water is one of the easiest and most effective ways to maintain healthy skin. hydration helps flush out toxins, keeps your skin cells plump, and improves elasticity. scientifically speaking, staying hydrated supports your body’s natural detoxification processes!

୨୧ cry, cry, cry! ୨୧

♡ crying is a wonderful and natural way to release negative emotions, not something that is weak or embarrassing. we go into this life screaming and wailing, why stop now?

୨୧ invest in blue light glasses ୨୧

♡ blue light is the enemy of your eyes, especially looking at it in the dark. getting yellow-tinted glasses is a game changer, especially if you prefer low light! i never turn on my big light.

୨୧ you have boundaries, period. ୨୧

♡ there’s no such thing as not having boundaries. you can go through life without experiencing things you’d rather not experience again, these experiences create boundaries. if you genuinely can’t think of any boundaries, i suggest doing some journaling! here are some prompts i made for myself that really helped me.

୨୧ balance is good, but extremes aren’t evil ୨୧

♡ it’s okay to indulge, to be hedonistic! as long as you’re honoring yourself and the people in your life, go crazy every once and a while. that’s what life is about, diving into the things you love.

୨୧ use lighter concealer under your eyes ୨୧

♡ a lighter shade of concealer under your eyes helps brighten your face and hide dark circles!

୨୧ diet affects your skin and hair ୨୧

♡ proper nutrition plays a critical role in skin and hair health. consuming foods rich in vitamins and antioxidants, like fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins, can help prevent acne, improve hair growth, and promote a radiant complexion. see my post here to learn more ;3

୨୧ no one is looking at you, seriously, it’s biological ୨୧

♡ let me get a little sciency here. humans tend to overestimate how much people actually notice us, and this is something called the spotlight effect. it happens because our brains are wired to be super focused on ourselves, making us think everyone else is just as tuned in to us as we are. spoiler alert: they’re not. studies have shown that people pay way less attention to you than you think. realizing this is so freeing because once you know that your little slip-ups or bad hair days go unnoticed, you can start living with a lot less self-consciousness. embrace the freedom—no one is watching as closely as you imagine.

୨୧ independence isn’t loneliness ୨୧

♡ being independent doesn't mean you can’t ask for help or rely on others. sometimes the strongest thing you can do is reach out for support when you need it. true independence comes from knowing when to lean on others and when to stand on your own!

୨୧ dedicate time in your day to unplug ୨୧

♡ taking regular breaks from technology allows your brain to rest and recharge. studies indicate that unplugging can improve focus, reduce stress, and enhance well-being. scheduling time each day for a digital detox is beneficial for your mental health and productivity.

୨୧ you don’t have to justify the things you love ୨୧

♡ “i know it’s dumb but i really love [media] because it has my favorite actor in it!” STOP!! if you find yourself preemptively insulting your interest or explaining why you like it, stop and think. ask yourself what about the situation made you feel like you needed to do that.

୨୧ it’s okay to outgrow things ୨୧

♡ i wish i could stay a kid forever, but being an adult is kinda sick. drifting away from people, hobbies, media, etc… is a natural, unavoidable part of growing.

୨୧ it’s okay to not outgrow things ୨୧

♡ that being said, there’s nothing wrong with hanging onto the things that make you happy! if something you have from when you were a kid still brings joy to your life, it would be silly to give outgrowing it another thought. the fact that it still brings you joy means it cannot be outgrown.

୨୧ vitamin C for bright and even skin ୨୧

♡ vitamin C is a powerhouse for your skin!! it helps brighten your complexion, fade dark spots, and even out your skin tone by reducing melanin production. dermatologists recommend incorporating a vitamin C serum into your skincare routine to fight off free radicals and promote collagen production.

୨୧ being “busy” doesn’t equal being productive ୨୧

♡ it’s easy to confuse busyness with productivity. but being constantly busy doesn't mean you're getting more done. true productivity is about working smarter, not harder, and taking time to rest when needed.

୨୧ taking breaks IS productive ୨୧

♡ like i said, taking time to rest is key. studies show that regular breaks throughout the day, especially short ones, can improve concentration, reduce mental fatigue, and enhance performance!

୨୧ cold water rinse for shiny hair ୨୧

♡ a cold water rinse at the end of your shower can help seal your hair cuticles, resulting in shinier, smoother hair. cold water also helps reduce frizz and preserve hair’s natural oils.

୨୧ celebrate every victory ୨୧

♡ no win is too small! celebrating your successes, big or small, reinforces positive habits and boosts motivation. you deserve it, every day you exist is a victory in the eyes of others. according to psychologists, taking the time to acknowledge achievements can increase your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

୨୧ they say “trust your gut” for a reason! ୨୧

♡ your gut feeling, also known as intuition, is your brain’s way of quickly processing information based on past experiences and instincts. neuroscientists have found that gut instincts often come from subconscious pattern recognition, and trusting them can lead to better decision-making in situations where logic might not offer clear answers.

-Beau

[bleedingcoffee42]

Little Speirton drabble I wrote after reading one of those 'Don't write out accents' writing advice posts and saying 'challenge accepted'. Then Lipton's Holland file mentioned Smokey's accent so...

And forgive my tense shifts, I have not slept much this week and past/present/future is one and all when you wake up at 2:30 am every day for no fucking reason.

Captain Ron ‘Killer’ Speirs came back to the billet drunk.   Carwood paid no mind to that, soldiers drinking off duty was hardly notable, and he was not going to say a damned thing to a superior officer about it either.   He thought Speirs a different kind of officer, more disciplined with himself, but he didn’t really know the man that well.  Besides, even if he wasn’t a man who liked to drink, taking Lewis Nixon up on an offer to ‘celebrate his promotion’ would undoubtedly lead to this inebriated mess staggering into the room. 

Then Speirs landed on his bed, fell really, and hiccupped.   His face was flushed and it almost looked like tears were streaming down his face.   Ron Speirs, the man, the killer, the legend, was sitting on Carwood’s bed and crying.   He put his book away and sat up, “Sir, are you alright?”

“No, suh.”  Ron said and wiped his eyes.  Fuck.  He’s in hell.  He’s crying and a goddamned mess and he can see on Lipton’s face how bad he looks and sounds. 

“Can I help?”  Lip has no idea what he’s signing up for.   He doesn’t know Speirs, even though they’ve both been hinting they want to know each other a little better.   Or as Luz would put it, ‘Just fuck him already, it would be less embarrassing than how you two look at each other every second of the god damned day.’   That moment could have been tonight, but Nixon and Welsh….

Oh no.  Nixon and Welsh gave him a push.  Shit!   

Lip grabbed a pile of fresh handkerchiefs he found in a home they cleared and handed one to Speirs.  He looks back at him like he just gave him the world.

After an attempt to stop the water from coming out of his eyes and blowing his nose, Ron attempted to form a coherent sentence without crying.  “After suppah…”

Lip raised his eyebrows and can’t help but crack a smile.   The captain looked so soft, so sad, so majestically beautiful and absolutely wasted.   Wasted enough to let his Boston accent surface and it’s adorable.

Ron gave up, just gets mad at himself, and finally words come out like they should with more force and bite than intended.  “I have taken care of myself all my life. They say when they make you a captain they ruin you.  I haven taken care of myself all my life and I’m drunk.  I think they’re right, when they make you a captain, they ruin you.”   

Carwood stood up and put his hands on Speirs, no, Ron’s shoulders- because he can not look at his CO right now as anything but a friend who has come to him in his time of need.  Despite years of intense training, surviving D-Day, Holland and Bastogne, Ron has been defeated by the bottle.   “How about you sleep it off?   Your secret is safe with me.”

“Yah huh.” He put his head on Lip’s chest and sniffled.   

“ Nobody will remember this in the morning.” Lip assured him and rubbed his back in an effort to  console him.

“Life is ruined.”

“I wouldn’t go that far.”  Lip figured he might as well run a hand through that majestic hair of his and not have any regrets.  It prompts Ron to wrap his arms around his waist and pull him closer.   

“Cah…Cahwood?”

Lip has to admit he likes the accent. A lot. “Yeah, Ron?

He giggles.  “You called me Ron.”

“Under the circumstances,” Lip said as the man lifts his head and looked up at him with glassy, red eyes, and the most soft and adoring look. “I feel we’re solidly into the casual here.”

Ron grinned, his head is swimming and he’s not sure if it’s the booze or the way Carwood’s hand is still on his head and is now brushing some hair from his eyes.  He melts into the touch.   

Carwood has a hard time rationalizing the drunken man rubbing his head against his hand like a kitten with the man he is in combat.   Or the beautiful man in the convent that made him have a good dream for the first time in a year. The man currently running a hand down his back and squeezing his ass cheek.

“They did it….”  Ron said. “Lickah did this.”

“Lick what?”  Carwood asked and sounded out that last one only to realize he said liquor and not suggest he put his tongue on something.  It’s Carwood’s turn to have his cheeks turn red.  

“Nix. Welsh.”  Ron said and licked his lips.  “Cause me and you in church.   In front of Easy.  Nuns.  Gahd.”

Lip sighed.   “Yeah, I figured.”

“Not when I’m drunk.” Ron said firmly.

Lip felt a tingle of excitement at that, like Ron has already made the decision for both of them to advance this thing of theirs.  He’s not really sure this is part of his life he wants controlled by his CO, but he wants to know and define exactly what is crackling between them.  Find out why he’s drawn to Ron, how naturally he gravitates to being by his side, and closer in proximity than he has been to anyone outside of a foxhole the entire war.   Plus there is the fact Ron touches him so much, as pointed out by Luz on every occasion.  He’s not sure how to balance the military protocol, the professionalism with the personal and…Ron’s squeezing his ass again.

“I’m going to bed.”

“Okay.”  Lip said and Ron let go, and he felt the absence of that embrace immediately.  He watched Ron rub his eyes and look at his own bed which is farther away than he must want to go.  “Just use my bed, sir.”

“Suh.”  Ron snorts.  “Cahwood, I…”

“Use my bed, Ron.”  Lip says as he moves to get the pillows adjusted and take his book.  It’s all of five minutes before the man more than half the 506 feared is passed out on his pillow.

Xxxxx

Ron felt awful.   His eyelids were heavy, his head was pounding and there was an unfamiliar smell on his pillow that was making his morning wood throb.   Reluctantly he opened his eyes and was thankful the room was dark.

“There is water on the floor next to your bed and some aspirin.  Don’t worry about your morning duties, I took care of them all.  Welsh and Nixon were still up, drinking, asking if you want to come back for a breakfast cocktail of some kind or Irish coffee.”

Ron groaned as he tried to move.   So his pillow smelled like Lipton.  Because he had come in last night, crying and falling into his bed and hugged him and grabbed his ass.   “Pass.”

“Good to hear.”  Lip said and smiled to himself.  “Also good to hear I don’t need to find a translator for Bostonian in case you want to address the men this morning.”

Yeah, where the fuck did that come from?   Ron tried so damned hard the entire war to cultivate an image of the perfect soldier, a fearless leader, a trigger happy war criminal who didn’t come to bed crying about a few drinks too many.   “I..”

“It’s fine, suh.”  Lipton chimes in trying his best at replicating his C.O. 's accent.

Ron hums. He remembered Lipton talking about his friend,the machine gunner that got shot up in Bastogne.   He was giving the boys an update on his condition, which wasn’t great.   So, of course, kind Sergeant Lipton chimed in with a more upbeat story about Smokey, that was his name,  from Holland when they found each other at the replacement depot.  Because his southern friend said ‘hyeh’ in his southern accent instead of ‘here’.   Noted.  Carwood had a thing for accents.  Perhaps he could let a few things slide every now and again for his amusement.

Lipton squatted down beside the bed and he is sure Ron can see him in the darkened room.  He pulled the curtains closed to give him something less horrible to wake up to.  “Anything I can get for you?”

“A quick death.”

“You’ll survive.” Carwood said and resisted the temptation to ruffle up his COs hair, then stood up.   “You’ll survive or I’ll come find you and drag you back.   We waited long enough for you as a CO, you’re not getting away that easy.”

Ron wasn’t expecting to wake up to the kindness of Carwood Lipton this morning any more than he was expecting to wake up hungover.

“You should stay in bed, though.  The men will appreciate not dealing with you with a hangover and you deserve a day off.  So, not to abuse my new power as a Lieutenant, but you need to take the bed this time, suh.”

Ron smiles and he knows Carwood can probably see it.  

[loverofstufflof]

Airing out my LMK trailer/S5 thoughts cause u gotta do this somehow

Most glaring, animation. It’s not bad, by any means. I’d certainly be proud of myself if I were able to come up with it.

However, I think it’s important to consider the context of the show’s style, and how it’s been improving significantly over instalments. Also, it’s Flying Bark. Flying Bark is just gonna make banger animation.

Am I a bit disappointed when comparing it to Emperor’s Wrath? Yeah. Especially when we’ve been waiting a full year for this—twice as long as usual.

But I’m not saying I won’t be watching the show because of it. I still love this story. Fuck, my favourite series is Epithet Erased. The show that’s best described as JPEGs wiggling around your screen for 2 hours. I can handle less than expected animation if it’s made up for by good writing.

I’ve been seeing a lot of people attacking invisible fans that claim they’re going to boycott the show because of this. Respectfully, source? The most aggressive criticism I’ve seen is “man that’s disappointing ig, still excited tho”. Who are you guys even fighting lmao. (Unless this is something happening on other platforms and you’re just venting on here which, valid)

Nevertheless, as I’ve said before, it’s not bad animation, just not up to the standard we’re used to. People are allowed to be disappointed. Let them be. This show isn’t flawless.

It’s looking to be real, all things considered. We’ve never gotten a fan leak this elaborate before, and it contains a lot of elements that were just recently revealed. Unless they’ve been getting announcements much earlier than we have (considering this fanbase’s sleuth skills, I’d doubt it) then there’s no other explanation other than it being official.

Official, however, doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to look that way the whole time. The animation is being done by another studio, yes, but only partially. Flying Bark is still here for the fun. This other studio also isn’t incompetent, they’re behind things like Carmen Sandiego. They know what they’re doing.

They’re also primarily handling additional material, means promotions, meaning trailers. Listen, it’s a bit of a stretch considering the fact that all trailers so far have been taken directly from the show, but also it’s industry standard to make a trailer before you’re even done, meaning you gotta cut some corners for the scenes you’re showing until you polish them up in post.

We know LEGO has a habit of keeping LMK things in their vault until they need to, this may be something they had lying around from early prod and released to maintain hype.

Any which way, this development is very much temporary, only applying because the team is currently working on a movie and need to momentarily lessen their workload. Even if the odds are against us and S5 looks like a PowerPoint presentation, it’ll likely go back to normal later.

Biiig animation rant aside, I am a tad bit sad about the direction the story is going in (namely the abandonment of Red Son) and the fan service is a bit much, but honestly what else are we expecting from JTTW fanfic.

I’m stoked to see more Macaque though—he’s looking to be becoming a proper protagonist, which is great for angst! Yippee!

One thing I haven’t seen anyone talk about is the complete lack of Nüwa. You know, the character they’ve been teasing this whole time? Where is she? Not in the trailer. Not in the posters.

Makes me wondering if this is a part of the new season, teasing the next one, the one Nüwa’s in, later.

[skitskatdacat63]

Educate me about vettonso homoer- i mean rivarly please. Seems like these two rivarly often forgotten by newer fans because of mark/seb and fer/lewis rivarly

Whoops sorry anon, this took a bit! But, yes, they do 😞 but I am also a self aware stannie, so I do understand why they aren't often a topic of conversation. Doesn't mean I'm going to ever stop promoting/loving them! Just that I feel like you have to be pretty committed to get into them. The reason why is honestly down to the fact that there were so many ships during their time as rivals(and since then.) Since they tended to be much more distant rivals than all those other pairings, they thus tend to get overshadowed. Maybe if the WDC had just been down to them, and less competitive overall, they'd be more popular? But that era had, just to name a few: Martian, Webbonso, Sebson, Simi, Ferwis, etc. So...both a competitive field in terms of racing AND shipping. However. They are the best 😌

Also, preface. I get weirdly nervous even writing a post like this cause I’m scared someone will come out of the woodwork and accuse me of being ooc sksjhka. So don’t take me as the arbiter of vettonso or anything(even though I am in my own head), this is just how I personally interpret them!!! <3

There's been fics of them across the years, but they seemed to get their day in the sun moreso around the time after Fernando came back from retirement, and they started being a lot more buddy-buddy. It's one of those ships where I feel like it took over a decade to really come to fruition 😭 Their relationship is characterized by bitterness and jealousy, but also it’s very important to keep in mind: they are mirrors. In my opinion, Fernando is always going to have this inherent jealousy of Seb and subsequent bitterness over having jealousy of someone he considers to be less talented than him. Jealous over Seb’s achievements, his records, the fact he had a good, dominant car for so long, the fact he has a family, etc. That’s why there’s so many occurrences of him being seemingly nice and happy with Seb one minute, and then rude the next. For example, when he was super sad at Seb’s last race, grasping his hands, saying he’ll protect him; and then cue him getting podiums in 2023, and suddenly he’s snarky in the press, saying how he doesn’t think Seb could achieve what he has. I think most people see them as distant, less passionate rivals, but to me, it’s the complete opposite. To me, Seb makes Fernando deeply question his own life and self, and because of that, their rivalry isn’t something that can soften easily like others. Seb himself reflected and said something along the lines of how his rivalries with other drivers were more lighthearted, but his with Fernando was extremely tense and made them both anxious, so it was tough to develop outside of that. HOWEVER, it’s very funny to me how he says in the same interview that they’re very different people, because in my wholehearted opinion…THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT!

In my opinion, they’re so similar it’s like they are living in the same skin. Because they are living in the same skin, it’s so difficult to step outside that, and actually be capable of recognizing it and begin to bridge that gap. Maybe if they were teammates, they could've, or maybe it would have gotten even worse, who’s to say? I say they’re mirrors because I think they share a lot of similar traits, and they have a lot of parallels in their career. They’re so similar that they end up feeling threatened by each other’s presence, and struggle to look past that to be able to actually try to appreciate those similarities. I mean, imagine being Fernando, and seeing this new, impressive rookie rising up the ranks in F1 just as he himself is getting into a more struggling part of his career. At first he’s impressed, impressed enough to be the first to physically congratulate Seb after his very first win(omg) But then after that point, I feel like he started to become bitter, seeing this new kid break all the records, ones that Fernando had held and ones that he hadn’t. And then they become rivals!!! What I said about “questioning his own life and self” has to do with this too. Seb is just as vicious, hungry for victory, ruthless, competitive, etc. And NOW he’s even winning more than Fernando! That’s seriously gotta raise some insecurities. After that point, you don’t ever really see them, or Fernando more specifically, wholeheartedly congratulate the other. Particularly, after Seb won his first WDC, he complained in the press about Fernando not thanking him LOL. So incredibly bratty of Seb considering how upset Fernando was after that loss. 

A really interesting development is how Fernando changed how he spoke about Seb at Ferrari. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but I feel like in the early years just as Seb was about to and then replacing him, Fernando was basically implying Seb was going to fail because he wouldn’t be able to handle not having the de facto best car. Yet when Seb did in fact fail, in the press around the time Fernando was coming back, he instead said things like how Ferrari couldn’t handle drivers of their caliber, that it wasn’t Seb’s fault, that Seb had to struggle with more than he had. I feel like maybe he had seen parallels between them, and realized, ah hey, it actually isn’t as satisfying as I thought it’d be to see my rival fail, it just reminds me…OF ME! I mean consider the fact that journalists were literally calling it the “Fernandofication” of Seb 😭 So that’s why I feel that 2021 is when they actually started coming into fruition. After all this time, they’re finally kicked down to the same level, finally at the same part of their career(what comes after ultimate failure? What do I do now?) Now if only they became teammates…We got a glimpse of what that might’ve been like when they reunited at Suzuka 2023(aka my 9/11) Where there were these soft pictures of them smiling over the car that was the result of their dual effort(Seb “building up” Aston to that point, and Fernando getting to benefit from it.) Agai, maybe if they had been teammates and actually forced into closer proximity for once, they would start to realize how similar they actually are(care for the environment, bicycling, paddle probably, same hunger for winning and hatred of losing, same insanity, family men, etc etc etc.)

Lol hope that was enough explanation! I could go a lot into actual events, but for this, I decided to explain I guess, the psychology behind why I personally ship them.

[bookishtheaterlover7]

She’s in way over her head and when she sees the true colors of how this industry treats you when you aren’t marketable especially after trying to fund this shitshow…..it’ll hit her very hard.

She might want to work on her actual talent. She is in a stacked age bracket. How many 20 something’s are in the business right now? And they’re doing movies based on talent. They have skincare/makeup brands. They have multiple franchises. Zendaya is a triple threat! She needs to work on her talent if she wants to even be considered in the league with those women. //

I don't see a person remotely interested in continuing being a 'working' actress instead I see a young woman who with the strong coaching of her mama has done what she had to do to 'snag' a man wealthy enough for her to be 'kept' so she can live without having to scratch about for an existence, its almost 'transactional'. She hasnt landed any substantial roles, only WN so in terms of her career it's pretty much remained stagnant and she's not promoted any of her recent bit part work since they've been 'together'. Now, just look at that miserable face; it's almost like she resents having to rock up to an event to 'promote' herself. Newlywed glow? I dont think so, that's the face of a person with a facade to maintain long enough for the transaction to reap the rewards she hoped for.

Honestly, and this might turn over some shade, but I don't think that whatever this "transaction" is, An🫶n, she won't reap as much as she thinks.

Hear me out. She's "married" to a well-known actor with a lot of potential, and a fan base that will stand by, and support him. Even hate support 😆 But the guy can barely spend 15 minutes (or however long) holding her hand through a crowded park in New York, much less in his own home. And another thing, he won't say her name.

A lot of online news and sites will say he "confirmed" his marriage by wearing a ring, and saying his wife is from Portugal. But bro, are you really married if you don't mention your spouse by name?

Chris is literally avoiding saying her name directly. It's sad.

Aside from Chris, we the people who see through the bullshit. Continuously call her and her friends out. Every move she makes will be scrutinized and met with judgement, and in our eyes she's never going to be anything but the girl that destroyed the fandom. The girl who continues to troll, and bait to try and gain attention. The girl with obvious racism, and the slut who stripped to distract from that.

Need I go on?

All I can say is that there are no rewards for her at the end of all of this. She will be that one cringey memory we can't shake, but will glad to live without.

[bossthebicon]

Why do you think cooking crush kinda flopped? OG are still pretty popular no? Or is it that the show is kinda basic, like something we’ve seen before? I also don’t remember seeing too much promotion but maybe I just missed it.

Also did u see off and gun saying they want to be doing what they’re doing now 10 years from now? I think that’s a good indicator that a “break up” isn’t on the way :)

I'm actually thinking of making a video on the topic on my channel lol, but to summarize I think there's so many elements:

1) cooking crush is a more basic show, and those tend to gather success only if they have a new ship attached to them that gathered attention (ex: 2gether, msp, etc.) also I think the trailers & promos did a bad job hooking people onto it.

2) the bl genre is now saturated. if cooking crush was released in 2019 or 2020 it would've been huge simply for having offgun's name attached to it. but now there's 100+ bl shows released every year, and statistically only like 5-10% will be a huge success.

3) offgun were never a "viral" ship. off mentioned it himself in an interview, and it's definitely what has kept them together for 8+ years, but it also means they've never had the kind of hype attached to them brightwin, fourthgemini or even kristsingto have had.

4) offgun are the oldest thai bl ship still together, so in this highly saturated bl market where there's a new ship popping up quite literally every week, they're likely seen as old & has-been by many. bc of their age they're also unlikely to touch new younger audiences of bl, which are the most outspoken & passionate types of fans. 14 years old are more likely to stan the 18/19 years old at gmmtv instead of the 30+ grown ass men for sure. also, even if that seems sad & mean to say, in this current bl economy, I feel like fans get tired of seeing the same faces for so long, which is why now the lasting of ships is shorter & shorter and just used to launch a solo career.

5) the marketing. imo the biggest issue is the show in itself that doesn't meet the demands of the bl fandom at the moment (either innovative or at least hypersexual shows, apart for the new ships having basic shows exception that I talked about (and that works only at gmmtv too)), but the marketing could've definitely helped. imo they should've added a lot more fanservice in the trailer to hook the fetishizing fans in if they wanted more viewers. the social media marketing was also quite poor but not the actual worst.

however, even though cooking crush "flopped" in terms of being a gmmtv show & an offgun show, imo it was successful in its own way. it still trended number 1 on X every week if that still means anything, and it was also a very good show. like... not every show can be life-changing, in fact romcoms very rarely are. the show did what it set out to do & was well executed until the end, which for me is a success in itself. so flop? maybe not. success? maybe not either lol.

and yes, off has been talking about babiis sticking with him for 30 more years back in 2019, so we still have a good few decades ahead :) what I do really want to see from offgun is a new innovative show from them bc atp this is the only thing that will be a success (and their age & experience will still likely be a baggage in our hyperconsumerist bl market). I'm even less confident that the trainee will even get as much attention as cooking crush did, so what I want to see is a show where offgun are dads navigating being queer parents, or as I said before a dark psychological thriller. not only could they pull it off, but they would absolutely BODY a more heavy show with more innovative aspects. bc atm cooking crush & the trainee are only catering to their fanbase, gmmtv's & the rare ones who enjoy more basic romcoms. they need something so uncommon & original it will rally the bl fandom behind them, bc sadly atp their name alone will not do it. however, I'm not confident in gmmtv at all, especially since they have 15 other ships they gotta give shows to. the dad show, though? if it ever happens, it NEEDS to be offgun 100000%!!!

xxx

[heybaetae]

i have no one to talk about it and you're always so open, so i'm just really getting this out of my chest, you don't need to answer if you don't want to

I'm so sad, i've been crying a lot every day since the announcement came. this was so unexpected (at least for me) and there was no time to emotionally prepare too... there were articles coming out before saying that all of them would have enlisted by december, but it was never confirmed by the members themselves, so i still had my doubts. then, out of nowhere, "hello, 4 members are enlisting at once"

they are working so much and you couldn't tell if this or that was gonna be released in 2024 or still this year. and then i thought "well, i have to prepare myself for the end of december", since there are usually between 40 or 50 days with them after the notice by bighit. if what kmedia said is true, they are leaving in less than two weeks

i feel broken and so empty, i'm so scared of my future, next year i'll go through so many changes and i never take changes easily, i always suffer so much untill i get used to something, and now... not having the only constant i've been used to have in my life..there is no time to process. it was different with jin because he was here for more than a month before he left, it was also obvious that yoongi was leaving after his tour and hobi... :/ i'm devasted

i'm gonna cry so much with this upcoming documentary, i thought that the ptd DVD would cheer me up, but i've just been feeling more weird and sad :( i laugh in the funny scenes, but there's this sadness behind it. and my bias is jungkook... his lives :( i've been asking myself if he would do a "goodbye live".. if he decides to do it, i really really really don't wanna lose it :( i already miss him so much and he's not even gone yet

i’m sorry hun. i think everyone is in the same boat emotionally about the shorter notice compared to the previous enlistments. i’m not really gonna acknowledge what is being spread around by the media rn because the same thing happened with jin and he wasn’t thrilled about that information being made public, but i’ll say it’s okay and valid to feel everything you’re feeling and to have hoped we’d have a little more time than what the reality seems to be.

i really hope next year goes smoothly for you and that you adjust as comfortably as you can to whatever your new normal is going to be in your personal life and your life alongside bts during their absence.

luckily, it‘s quite clear that they’ve each prepared things for us to release after they’re gone and while i value their safety and well-being so much more than having any content during this, it’s extremely generous of them. not only for three of those members to have seemingly held off on their enlistments until the youngest released his album and was done promoting it so they could all go at once, but for them all to have used that time to work on things to keep us entertained once they did. i don’t think it’ll feel like your constant will be completely gone, they’ve made sure of it. we’re so lucky they care about us enough to plan ahead, create new stuff to enjoy in the meantime, and to time it perfectly so they’re back on the literal day before their anniversary in 2025. you really don’t get sappier than that lol.

also on the topic of whatever content that comes out in the coming months/year (i’m sure they’ll spread it out), if you think it’ll make you too sad to watch, it’s not going anywhere and it’ll be ready for you whenever you need it. weverse posts and occasional instagram posts will be a thing. it will absolutely suck losing jungkook’s lives, but i know he’ll make the most of his social media time in other ways at every opportunity he gets and those moments of communication will feel all the more special.

feel all your feelings, let them out however you need. but remember that you’re not alone in your emotions too and you can reach out to any of us here at any time. if you need to log off on the actual day, definitely to. focus on you, do something fun, find something that’ll take your mind off of it. all of this is temporary and it’ll go by fast. we just have to take it day by day. 💜

[mithliya]

I think a lot of those “ex gays” that are just bi genuinely believe they are “cured” homosexuals. I’m don’t think they accept bisexuality or fluid sexuality as a thing, and instead view themselves as heterosexuals with a homosexual infliction that they have “overcome”. I’m not saying that makes it okay, but a lot of it sounds to me like they assumed attraction to the same sex meant they were gay and didn’t believe in bisexuality, and then later think that they have been “cured” because they are now in a straight relationship and able to “handle” their ssa. A lot of the time it seems gay people who have gone through conversation therapy and gone along with getting an opposite sex partner desist very quickly and can’t go through with the relationship, but the bi people who went through it can because they think their ssa is now just a symptom of an illness that flares up sometimes but actually they’re het because they can be with their partners, ignoring the possibility of bisexuality all together. I guess that’s a result of the straight = good, gay = bad worldview probably emphasised in conversation therapy. I wonder if these “ex gays” saw sexuality as a morality neutral thing, that they would just accurately identify themselves as bisexuals

a lot of homophobic bisexuals do indeed think that way. some will even acknowledge that theyre well-aware bisexuality is a thing but theyre against using terms like bisexual. they even hate the term gay, they might argue they were never actually gay either (bc theres no such thing to them) just 'lost' and in need of jesus. they prefer terms like homosexual (bc it was so medicalised and deemed a mental illness) or even better just "same sex attraction" bc to them gay or bisexual is like accepting that these things are neutral. acknowledging theyre bi would also destroy their entire goal of spreading the "i was gay but saw the light and now im straight!" propaganda. bc saying theyre bi would just make it clear that they used to act on their same sex attraction and now they think its evil so they only act on their opposite sex attraction, which is far less sensationalist than validating conversion therapy by saying its possible to stop being gay, if u want to badly enough.

and the other thing is, many of these people didnt even undergo conversion therapy! if u watch the videos i linked, many of them talk about having some magical dream or bad moment that made them stop being "gay" all while talking about how theyve always liked the opposite sex. they view their same sex attraction as a result of some kind of moral problem and their opposite sex attraction as natural and they bring this into their pro-conversion therapy rhetoric to argue homosexuals can be changed and homosexuals have this internal desire for the opposite sex as well. they are literally used as tools to further conversion therapy, corrective rape, and homophobic rhetoric. a part of it is sad bc obviously theyre rejecting a part of themselves too (their bisexuality) but i dont feel that sorry for them when they allow themselves to be tools to spread homophobia and promote conversion therapy

[causesciencethatswhy]

As long as they’re respectful, people are allowed to share their opinion without being called names or lectured about their psychological state.

Yes and I agree, if you'd have read my post you can see that I'm clearly not talking about people who've been either respectful or understanding. And calling someone a koreaboo because their primarily complaint with a korean artists music is that it's in English, when they would have eaten up the same music if it was in korean is not lecturing them about their psychological states or name calling to me if that's what you're referring too. Asking people to reflect more on the source of their disappointment does not directly invalidate their feelings, it's only urging them to introspect. Like I said you're allowed to feel disappointment but ask yourself where exactly is that stemming from? Is it just because you wanted to hear more personal anecdotes from jungkooks life and are sad you won't get that? Cool, I get that, my post wasn’t for you.

But is it because you feel uncomfortable in your kpop bubble mixing up with the western pop bubble? Is it because you think bts's music is more real to you because it's not being sung in a language you're familiar with or because of their lyrics? Because bts have sung about solely wanting to fuck/pursue romantic relationships/break ups in their korean lyrics before but that didn’t make them feel any less of an artist to people before?

It's odd that people have already made up their minds on how golden is going to sound before we've even heard a single preview. It's odd that people have already dismissed jungkook's artistry and efforts before his promotions have even begun. And I don't think its odd to ask army's to reflect on that.

[myimaginarywonderland]

Checo’s reputation has sunk already and it’s going to sink even further because Carlos Slim can pay money to red bull. His career is done when redbull are done with him. This is such a bad move by red bull. They’re refusal to promote Yuki and keep him hostage to cut him lose when Honda leaves. But this has fucked up their succession and their junior. Promoting one of the VCARB drivers, gave Liam the chance to settle in the team and show himself for the second half or even the year and a half there to settle in and promoted to Red Bull. isack hadjar is also in the wings and waiting because he’s likely to win f2. He could have the year in super formula like we saw how Liam improved and then into that VCARB. They literally fired Albon and Gasly for less.

Frankly, as much as I like Checo he has been overrated multiple times throughout his career or gotten away with too much shit (aka the entire 2017 Force India season.)

I truly do not think money is the driving factor here but rather the clearly huge split between Horner and Marko. Yes, the money is always a reason but RB have become so popular in motorsport that I can not imagine they couldn't compensate any other way for it or get another sponsor.

100% agree but I always thought RedBull would be his last stop. He has been on the grid for like 10 years now, that's usually when drivers career come to an end.

RedBull have already suffered many blows this season and I see this like the last one. Again all traces back to Horner not being able to be a normal human being apparently.

I honestly think Yuki will start looking at the Audi and Alpine seat. While yes Audi looks like a bad step, if Yuki wants a better chance at a future he leave his current team. Alpine might be a sinking ship but they manage to plop up once in a while for some air so at least some luck points would be there. There is also the prospect of the 2026 heavily shifting. If he is smart he leaves on a one- or two year deal and waits to see the results of the next 2/3 seasons.

I honestly think Lawson should look at other series. WEC or FE are more likely to get him to the podium places than anything connected to RB. Hell, he could go to Indy for all I care, I just think he deserves to have a shot at a team where he can genuinely show of his pace. Or he could also be looking at another way into F1. He has been rumoured in Audi talks so fingers crossed there but for the sake of his future I hope he leaves the RedBull family and actually makes something of himself instead of waiting for a chance that will probably never come.

From what I have seen from Hadjar (I don't really follow F2 regularly) he is clearly doing well. I have however not really heard anything from RedBull themselves which makes me convinced they are going to push him to some other racing series for a year or two and then maybe look at what to do with him later. Sucks but that is probably the sad reality.

They not only fired Pierre and Alex for less but also for much lower stakes. This was at a team where RedBull with Max consistent great performances and Mercedes current form where never going to be fighting for any championships but wins at most.

[officialtayley]

yupp i agree with previous anons

i completely get why it’s less personal than it used to be; when they first started out they were way younger so naturally cared less about what they shared, the internet wasn’t something that was used (how it is now anyway) as a career and for promotion, they’re way bigger and of course when people get bigger they get less personal. so ofc i get why hayley isn’t how she was back in like 2009 on live journal lmao but i do miss it.

i think the reason why people dislike it is because it makes them less human in a way and more like a brand. i think this feeling was backed up to me this week when they deleted all old tweets. i get not interacting with fans and stuff but things like that really bug me honestly. it’s like sucking the human out of things, making it corporate and erasing actual history in a way which sucks (i know it’s not that deep but it also kinda..is in a way). like to do allll that just to presumably send a message like “yep fresh era” just doesn’t sit right in my soul but i digress - maybe that’s a personal problem lmao.

it’s one of those things where it’s still sad sometimes but ultimately i understand that that’s just how it is nowadays and we have to move on and get used to it whether we like it or not!

yeah. plus w the tweets, they'd already done it on instagram ages ago, i don't know why they didn't do it w the tweets at the same time but it was gonna happen eventually. hard to get used to but things def won't go back to how they used to be so you just gotta accept it unfortunately

[2k4bts]

I know what you mean. I left army when jungkook did the whole qatar thing. *I* felt embarrassed on his behalf, i can’t believe he used to stand on the floor of the un and then he chose to promote an event built on modern day slave labor…

It ruined my love for bts as a whole. I’ve kept up sporadically to see what they’re up to after that because i still care about them, and the updates i’ve read about him has just made me sad and confused. I don’t understand why he isn’t embarrassed when even i am. Everything i used to be so proud of them for, and used to defend them for, like not putting out mindless music, not doing payola, he’s turned around and done exactly that.

I feel sorry for the other guys, but honestly, my love for them has kinda died out as well because of this. I don’t think they’re in any way responsible or should’ve talked him out of it or anything, this is jungkook’s life and he should do what makes him happy, but i can’t help but feel less love for them nowadays since i avoid bts as a whole just because i don’t want to feel any more humiliated than i already do for defending them for so many years only for it all to mean absolutely nothing because of jungkook’s recent choices.

I know people are gonna read this and tell me to touch grass or some unoriginal bullshit, but that’s the thing, that’s literally what i’ve been doing. I did leave bts, i remember them occasionally and come back to check up on them, maybe hoping it’s different but it never is.

I’m glad they’re all doing their ms soon. I kinda hope people will forget about them and they never make it back to this level of fame, because any time i see people point out completely valid points about jungkook’s manifactured success on the charts, i just want to kinda go die in a hole because i’m embarrassed i used to support him 🙃

This ☝🏾

This is what I mean about the effect the whole contradiction issue is having. It's sad but at the same time, I'm not gonna wish bad for their success cause at the end of the day, they did work for it.

Lord I forgot about the qatar controversy...I don't know how much of it is true because it was a translation of a video that got buried quickly. But supposedly it was to be a group thing and hybe changed it to just him??? I dont know why they would do that, I didn't see much about it after that which is....but yeah that got buried quickly I think. Yikes.

The points are VALID and you know it is when the only thing people say to that is that they're jealous. Please.

But I get you for someone who was there for all their un speeches, for their early interviews. How long it took them to get their first win. It is disheartening.

[sincerely-krp]

i hope this is a lesson to au rpers lurking on these blogs ready to accuse random au rps. your anxiety or fear doesn’t make the damage any less worse. i saw some discourse about wanting new aus to open and others saying to join the ones there already, but has anyone noticed longstanding au krps stopped advertising consistently? i can think of two in specific that i literally rechecked before making this and they either slowed their queue or stopped posting a consistent queue altogether. i’m in the latter right now and yes it’s slow, but it’s also really chill and full of, get this, ✨ writing ✨, and it’s because the admins aren’t hopping on joining a new directory or promoting in a toxic climate because they’re super active in the rp itself. makes me so sad.

hoping that this arguing shit dies and that paradigm will also give baiting the krp community a rest because it’s not the community’s fault no one really knows the current aus. they’re not joining directories, they’re not actively promoting, because a slow rp is better than a toxic one and they know it. imagine being scared to do anything because someone might say something good on a gossip blog and ppl will immediately tear it down. and if these aus start making moves towards promoting again, this is a note for sincerely too, please STOP immediately tearing them down! let good and neutral stuff out first before anything that ISN’T baseless or just a mean opinion.

and for new aus, imagine making a krp, pouring effort into lore and a strong community, just to have some anon tear it down. whether this was the clique or someone scared of the clique, you have to understand you’re doing what they want. this just feeds their delusional egos when we compare random aus to them.

if you don’t like a krp then you can leave, but i agree we need to do better. both for the cool aus that aren’t getting given a chance right now because they’re never seen BECAUSE the writers and admins stay out of this altogether no matter the cost, and the ones that people might want to make.

・❥・

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 184

The Great Escapist/A Town Called Mercy

“The Great Escapist”

Plot Description: After receiving a message from Kevin, Sam and Dean try to uncover the third trial. They boys make a discovery that sends them to a casino in Colorado

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: No one died, so…sure

Dean, you should be grateful and PROUD that Kevin is vigilant for demons

Oh GOD…it did seem too easy, too…convenient that Sam and Dean just FOUND Kevin. Of course they’re demons playing the roles in some strange illusion Crowley has set up

Dean’s taking Kevin’s non-dead death really hard. It’s gotta be really hard for him right now. Sam’s declining, Cas is who knows where, Kevin’s (not) dead.

I said Cas is who knows where but I did see Misha’s name in the opening credits. He’s in Santa Fe, apparently and super on the run from heaven

There are few times I would want to be Dean, but I think I’ve almost never wanted to be him LESS than I do right now. I’m not saying Sam’s right or wrong to want to go to Colorado, but I am saying his brain is getting cooked by whatever the trials are doing to him

Please tell me the angels didn’t kill everyone in that Biggersons to keep Castiel there for a second, just long enough to catch him. Well……..all but one person

Fuck. Naomi sucks, I just want Abbadon back

There aren’t too many demons on this show that I like, but these yes man teen demons are funny

SAM!! REST!!! Stop tryin to do shit

For as shitty as he can be, Crowley has STYLE

Nothing like watching Crowley reach and dig in to Castiel’s abdomen (not ANY kind of euphemism) on your lunch break

Oh Sammmmm. He didn’t think he was good even as a child

Every time I see this actor on New Girl, I think “that’s Metatron” and when I saw him today I went “that’s the principal at Jess’s school”

I don’t…this is some sort of tricky trap from Metatron, not having heard of the Winchesters

Omg…the…the demons were too NICE to Kevin. (Reminds me of how Dean realized Azazel had possessed John)

Oh. THIS is the episode Castiel shoves a bullet into another angel’s eye and kills him

I do like how Metatron describes the act of creating and telling stories

I’m SORRY??? What did Kevin just do?? Did Metatron just abduct him? STOP ABDUCTING PEOPLE

I’m so glad that’s one load off of Dean’s shoulder, Kevin’s not dead

How do you cure a demon??

Well that’s awfully convenient that they almost run over a TERRIBLY INJURED Cas. Did he try to teleport into the car and miss?

I love how Sam was like “we’re moving toward the end” babes, you got seven more seasons of this bullshit and so do I

“A Town Called Mercy”

Plot Description: The Doctor finds himself a reluctant marshal in a Western town hiding a secret

Theres…something really sad about this being the second episode in a row that the Doctor has mentioned having a Christmas list…

I barely remember this episode, but I’m intrigued by it

“Why would he want to kill you? Unless he’s met you” the number of characters I love who this could be said to

Between Mercy here and Refuge in TAZ, old western-y towns have don’t really good names and mission statements

The problem with this episode is that Westerns largely bore me. Not to say that there isn’t more to it because it’s obviously also sci-fi

Uh oh…the doctor they ran into isn’t the kindly old alien he led us to believe

Uh ohhhhhhhh…oh this dude sucks. Good. I’m glad the cyborg he created is hunting him down

What happened to the man who never would, though?

Good on you, Amy, telling him off.

Quite the promotion the Doctor and Amy got…following a hell of an ultimatum: bring the doctor to the gunslinger by noon or he kills the whole torn

No, for real, any time he has to deal with a group of scared people, it’s terrible and it almost never turns out right

Who else recently just sacrificed their life to make the end of the episode easier?? I know it happened but I can’t remember who it was