#I'm going to have to cut contact

[allastoredeer]

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4233823

Can I recommend this series as a healing fic to cure your saltiness? The author nails my thoughts on Top/Bottom right on point. Asexual Alastor starts exploring sex with Luci because why not? And he's having a LOT of fun while also being oblivious to the effect he has on others (Plus extra points because I'm a sucker for characters who revert to their native language during sex and, little spoiler, I laughed a lot at Alastor saying that Luci gave him a little death 🤭). Lucifer also says that something he likes about having sex with Alastor is the trust Alastor places in him and that it is SOMETHING he can control when he is unsure of his position as king and as Charlie's father

I don't think Alastor is incapable of being the top.I just think my interpretation of the character tells me that that would be a LOT of effort and the stuff they normally pull off from that position isn't something that would appeal to Alastor right off the bat. Most people write him as a Christian Grey-esque Dom and...Why would Alastor bother with dominant sexual control when he seems to be attracted to more subtle and manipulative methods? I really think Alastor would find that kind of control cheap.

I see Lucifer, on the other hand, as being too oriented towards his partner. I think he could get pleasure and satisfaction from any sexual position and context as long as he know the other person is enjoying it too. I think he might benefit from having control because of the things the fic brings up, but he also wouldn't be bothered if he had to give it up. That said, nothing will get me out of a fic faster than Lucifer as a Pillow Princess. I can't seem to get him THAT passive and I think you'd need to tie him up or order him to stay still to prevent him from his hands wander or try to touch his partner

We could add Stolas and Vox to the mix because Vox would undoubtedly be the CG. He needs to be in control at all times, to know that he is the most alpha in the room and would revel in control for control's sake. And even then I don't think he's a hard NO to having other dynamics even if it's not what he normally prefers.

With Stolas, I have seen many wonderful metas of how complicated his personal relationship with power is and how that translates to his needs in bed, which can be summarized in that yes, he is the one who has control due to the power dynamics in which he is, but he does not want to be passive for the sake of being passive, but because he wants to be taken care of and wants to feel desired.

Here we have four men who have power, who are in positions of power, but they all have more aspects to their personality that make the sexual positions they prefer different and what they get out of them. Saying someone prefers x sexual dynamic JUST because of their social position is sadly reductionist.

(Sorry, I got salty too)

OOH! Thank you for the palate cleanser.

I can see the ways Alastor can be depicted as a top. I understand why people would write/draw him topping, but it just...it never hits right for me. I see the appeal of a powerful monarch getting railed to an inch of their life, and I see the appeal of the antagonism between Alastor and Lucifer adding to that, I see Alastor's insecurity about how powerdul Lucifer is in comparision to him adding to it too, but it just is not appealing to me.

Like I've said before, it could just be the general depiction of top!Alastor radioapple that I've seen. It could just be that I haven't found a version of it I like. But its gone on long enough that I just don't go looking for fics or art of it. I'm here to have fun, not subject myself to an experience I've disliked 99% of the time (saving that 1% for the possibility of there being a version of top!Alastor radioapple that I like, you never know, afterall).

Also, you are SO write about Alastor using subtle methods of manipulative, not outright dominance. I guess it could be argued that Alastor and Lucifer's song in "Dad Beat Dad" could be considered a fight for "dominance" but all I saw was a slap-fight between two insecure as fuck doofuses.

Hahaha now that you brought it up, I don't think I can see Lucifer being a pillow princess either. I love the idea of having to tie him up to get him to stop moving or using his hands. IDK he's got that energy about him that makes it hard for me to see him being super passive or staying still for long (unless he's have a depressive episode, in which case, I can see him laying in bed for weeks on end without moving an inch).

I love how "alpha male" Vox is, but I actually really enjoy him being a switch. I can see him bottoming and topping in RadioStatic, and I definitely see him doing both in StaticMoth. I Also love Vox being a sub. I can see him being a dom too, but sub!Vox and dom!Alastor really hits so good.

"Saying someone prefers x sexual dynamic JUST because of their social position is sadly reductionist." <- Anon I couldn't agree more.

Haha no worries, I feel your saltiness. Totally get it.

[megamindsupremacy]

okok my brain not braining rn but.... smth smth stan starting to figures tbings out when SHERMIE calls asking ford to watch the kiddos like

stan: hello? if this is the irs you can talk to me in person!

shermie: ford blah blah blah kids blah summer blah blah

stan: (why tf is my brother calling this ford guy????? and familiar with him?????) uhhhhh...

OH HEY i hadn't even read this ask when I wrote my response to that other one so I guess we're just on the same brainwave with "Shermie is the one to ask Stan to take care of the kids"

Stan is so confused because like. Shermie is his brother. He knows Shermie is his older brother. Everytime someone mentions Stan's brother they're obviously talking abut Shermie. Right? So why is Shermie calling up Stanford (how does Shermie know Stanford exists? So why does his brother Shermie somehow know who Stanford is? Does he know Stanley stole this random dude's identity? Except, no, Shermie thinks Stanford is his brother, which is super weird. And Stan is so absolutely baffled about this whole thing that he finds himself agreeing to Shermie's request before he can think through "taking care of a couple of kids for an entire summer"

[shadyhouse]

i keep getting rejected from job applications and i have no idea what im doing wrong. i wish they would just tell you WHY you're getting rejected and ways to improve. its a guessing game that ends up making me feel even more worthless than i felt before

[satoshihiwatari]

smh are your 30s just about losing friends because of principles. it's worth it but whyyyyyyyyy do so few people extend human compassion. ARGH

[candlebel]

I cared. I still do. I still think of you and I still cry over you. You were importat to me. You still are.

[anaalnathrakhs]

i <3 feeling like i'm literally always making the wrong choice

[lilacs-and-memes]

This is the second Tuesday I don't rest and I feel I've been chopped into pieces. Ough.

But my sis had no school so we went out. Despite everything I had a good outing.

[cappurrccino]

so many fears in my brain today...!

[multishipper-baby]

Thinking about how Eak got his scar again because Eddo is never going to say anything on the subject which means I'm free to speculate and theorize like a mad man.

[chplatoon]

I keep thinking abt my little inkling. who is she? why was she in torn clothes with a smallfry when the story started why did she move to the city where does she come from does she have a family where is she living now how does she feel abt living through the single player adventure and not being friends with anyone she met then what about working for grizzco isnt that fucked up

[halohamilton]

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[thereismusicinmysoul]

apparently i am back in my sads about a friend who suddenly cut me off two years ago with no explanation. had a dream where they started talking to me again and now i'm stuck here past midnight sad that it isn't real instead of falling asleep.

[neverendingford]

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[carbonateddelusion]

I can't make something poetic and beautiful out of my pain, so what's the fucking point?

[arttsuka]

idk if ur still having this issue but the tag problem might be due to one of your settings!

if you go into your blog settings, under visibility there should be the 'Exclude [blog] from tumblr search and reccomendations' button. turn that off, and it should fix it! i had the same issue.

i hope this helps!

Nah don't worry, problem solved (I think it was a glitch or something, I wasn't the only one affected either).

Thanks for the advice though (you're the second person to mention this 'solution' to me, I'll keep it in mind for any future problems I might have)

[do-you-have-a-flag]

Text recounting of the full events below but oh my god please watch this person explain the wildest thing happening to them

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Today my aide cooked what should not be cooked

I have to get this out, because today feels like an actual nightmare I keep expecting to wake up from.

I'm disabled, and need help with stuff around the house. Today was the second day with a new agency and new home health aide, "Tina." I set it up so she would come by in the morning while I'm sleeping (insomnia is killer), and I texted her last night what I would need done today.

One of those things was to roast some precut squash I'd gotten so I could have it with my salads and pasta. I was very clear in my instructions: what it looked like, where it was in the fridge, how to use the oven, how to cook it. I also have a roommate who was up and told her she could ask them for help if she couldn't find anything. Or come get me if truly necessary.

Now, I have three pet ball pythons. They eat rats that I thaw from frozen in the fridge in a reusable plastic bag. Yes, that's where I'm going with this.

Tina couldn't find the squash, and so, obviously, that meant she should roast the first other thing she could see that was technically also encased in plastic, in a completely different area of the fridge. The FUCKING RATS. In butter and salt, in my nice baking dish.

And like, that's insane all on its own, but if you're going to cook any animal, you should at least clean and skin it first, right??? Like, do the crazy, disgusting thing properly so I can respect the effort, instead of sticking them in as is. Fur and guts and all.

And the smell. Good God baby Jesus the SMELL. It woke me up and had me gagging the moment I opened my bedroom door. Definitely not squash. Or food-smelling for that matter. At first I thought the squash had spontaneously rotted overnight and she'd tried to cook it anyway. That would have been slightly less insane and much preferable.

I had to pull it out of her what she was cooking instead when she said she couldn't find it (it was in plain sight), had to open the oven and see my snakes' dinners in place of my own and still couldn't process what the fuck was happening, what I was looking at and smelling. I don't like yelling at people and generally avoid it. Today was a day for exceptions. And at the end of my half-crazed, dissociative rant, I told her to get the whole dish and its contents and herself out of the fucking house. And to not come back.

Suffice to say, I've contacted the agency to report it and am requesting a new aide. Now I'm sitting at a cafe trying to calm down and eat something despite the scent memory that's taken up permanent residence and turning my stomach. The whole house reeks like musty, sewage-dipped pork that had been left out for a whole day before being cooked in rancid oil, and I'm not sure Febreeze is gonna cut it. I don't want to go home. 🫠😭