#It's literally just called “Dust”.......

[indiaalphawhiskey]

Hello hello! I’m new here but not new to the fandom by any means but I’ll be truthful, I’ve been inactive for years. I saw one of your answers floating around Twitter so I decided to dust off ye ol’ tumblr and have a chat. My question is: does it ever just feel? Overwhelming? I firmly believed in H&L for years but it got to the point where we were analyzing tee shirts for hidden messages (this is post RBB/SBB saga) and celebrating when one of them wore blue or green or certain numbers and it just felt like I was participating in nitpicking. Like the fandom was literally nitpicking tiny things to validate our beliefs. Then I left. You’ve been here for years. It never feels overwhelming at times? Like “what are we doing analyzing tee shirt references or other minute things? Has it really come to this?” I think I struggle with guilt feeling like “are we actually listening to them? Do they want us to do this or are we way overstepping?” And I don’t know how to reconcile those feelings. Your thoughts?

Yeah, of course it feels overwhelming. There have been some particular points that come to mind where I was personally like 'dude, I'm out'.

But, what I'm getting from your ask is that you largely felt overwhelmed based on the content you were surrounded by, and not what was actually happening. And to that I say: a big portion of the fandom remaining somewhat fun is making sure you're getting content from the right people. In other words, people who know their shit -- who know facts, who will honestly differentiate between canon and headcanon, and who are also willing to adapt their understanding of who Larry are now versus who they were in the earlier years.

For example, the blogs I follow don't read into coded clothing anymore, unless it's in an overtly attention calling way, like at Glasto. And, even then, the call to read into Louis' shirt came from a series of events -- liking the tweet + H stunting -- and not just because he was wearing a shirt, you know what I mean?

Sure, the blogs I follow will make memes and jokes, but they know that the coded clothing heyday of Larry is very much over, the same way the era of RBB/SBB is also over.

Longevity in fandom (in any fandom, as I've learned) is down to finding people who can have measured and reality based conversations about things, and who know when to put headcanon and speculation to bed. I think a lot of the more measured takes on Larry have been buried by the Old Guard leaving, because I remember a time when we really really really cultivated a culture of vetting and fact-checking, and it feels like we've largely lost that.

A lot of us have forgotten the reason we got into Larry in the first place, which was to support two people who were asking us to see them and their love. Signaling to us. Fighting for themselves and needing our support to do it.

I think there are much fewer Larries now who hold true to that call, and are willing to adjust their expectations based on what we're reading from older Larry and what they need from us now. Many more people would now prefer to treat this like a huge game of Come Out Clue and then will throw tantrums when they're no closer to "winning" than they were a year ago.

And yeah, if those are the people you're seeing content from, then I'm not surprised it took a toll on you.

[wonwunss]

–ᝰ.ᐟ✮ In a quiet evening spent lounging together, Seokmin finds himself suffering in the sweetest way—completely smitten by his girlfriend’s effortless beauty and cozy presence. When he groans dramatically about how unfairly pretty she is, a soft kiss to the cheek shuts him up… and his heart just about gives out. A fluffy, cozy glimpse into a relationship a few months in, full of love, teasing, and quiet affection.

pairing: seokmin x f!reader

genre: fluff, established relationship, soft domestic romance, tooth-rotting sweetness

word count: 580

a/n: i will start tweaking out if somebody calls me pretty out of nowhere frrr

You were just sitting there.

Curled up on his couch, legs tucked beneath you, hoodie far too big and sleeves falling over your hands—his hoodie, actually. The one you’d "borrowed" weeks ago and never gave back. Hair loosely tied up, a little messy from the long day, cheeks soft and warm in the dim glow of the fairy lights he’d hung up months ago and never took down.

You weren’t even doing anything special. Just scrolling through your phone, eyes occasionally flicking up to the drama playing on the TV, completely unaware of the way his heart was slowly, steadily imploding.

Seokmin was supposed to be watching the show too.

Instead, he was watching you. And then, out of nowhere—he groaned. Loudly. Dramatically.

You looked up, startled. “What?”

He threw his head back against the couch cushion and covered his face with his hands. “Stop being so pretty,” he said, muffled, “it hurts.”

Your brows scrunched, confused. “What are you talking about?”

He peeked at you between his fingers, then groaned again like you were physically causing him pain. “I’m serious. I’m suffering. Do you know how hard it is to sit next to someone who looks like that and pretend to act normal?”

You blinked. “I’m literally wearing your hoodie and have Cheetos dust on my fingers.”

“Exactly.” He pointed accusingly. “And somehow, that just makes it worse.”

You couldn’t help it—you laughed. Bright and breathless and entirely too pretty for someone who just laughed at his pain.

“Lovey—”

“No. No talking. You’ll say something cute again and I’ll combust on the spot.”

You tilted your head, biting back a smile. “That serious, huh?”

“You think I’m kidding, but I’m not,” he said, voice muffled. “You’re—ugh—you’re just unfairly pretty. Sitting there all effortless and cozy in my hoodie like you own my whole soul or something.”

You blinked. “I do own your soul.”

He peeked at you from under his arm. “Exactly. And you’re so casual about it.”

You rolled your eyes fondly, scooting closer until you were pressed against his side. “If it helps,” you whispered, fingers gently playing with the edge of his sleeve, “you’re not exactly easy to sit next to either.”

That made him pause.

He slowly moved his arm away from his face, eyes meeting yours. “What do you mean?”

You smiled, leaning in—and before he could say anything else, you kissed his cheek. Soft and warm and lingering, just enough to make his breath hitch. His skin flushed immediately, bright pink blooming across his cheeks like spring arrived early.

You leaned back, satisfied. “I mean… look at you. You’re literally glowing. You’re the one who’s not fair.”

He blinked at you, brain buffering, hand slowly coming up to touch the spot where you kissed him like it might disappear if he didn’t catch it in time.

“I—” he cleared his throat, voice slightly higher than usual. “I wasn’t prepared for that.”

You giggled. “Good.”

“Oh my god.” He groaned again, this time collapsing dramatically into your lap, burying his face against your stomach. “I’m gonna die here. This is where I perish. Cause of death: girlfriend too sweet. Too powerful.”

You stroked his hair gently, laughter melting into soft affection. “You’ll live.”

“Mmm, debatable,” he mumbled into your hoodie. “But if this is how I go… not a bad way to go.”

You rested your hand over his. “You’re ridiculous.”

“And you're dangerously pretty,” he mumbled. “We all have our burdens to carry.”

[shehungthemoon]

So... so.

For something stuck in production/editing/post/reshoot hell(🔥👺!!!) for 5 years, I definitely expected something, uhhh, tighter? And more cohesive? And more focused on the individual characters than a convoluted plot. Which is what made the first film so brilliant, even if they did it in a subtle way! TOG2 did have some pretty good scenes showcasing relationships between the characters, but a lot of them felt isolated from the rest of the movie and some also lacked the individual foundation that made them so strong.

My two biggest issues were:

1) Joe being the one reaching out to Booker, despite it going COMPLETELY against his character from the first film. One of his key traits is his passion, but his passion is based in loyalty, and he felt Booker's betrayal more than anyone. It would make sense for literally anyone BUT Yusuf to be sneaking around helping Booker. It was a really weird and out of place plot-line that solely served to add tension in the first third of the movie, and then just goes nowhere. Ugh. So stupid.

2) Tuah, a totally new immortal whose existence not only makes no sense given anything they've already established in the first film, but more importantly whose existence absolutely undermines EVERYTHING about Copley's character. Copley serves as the wake-up call that Andy (and to Booker, and a lesser extent Nicky and Joe) needed to "reset" their lives. His entire career is spent compiling all of these incredible connections throughout history that come together to make a story that gives the Old Guard purpose, and shows them something truly wonderful about themselves that they've never seen before, despite their hundreds of years of living. It's weighty and quite literally life-changing, not to mention that the entire concept is a really brilliant and unique role to give to your secondary antagonist.

...So the idea that all the same information was just sitting collecting dust with some other random immortal, and that Andy knew about it the whole time, just cheapens the entire previous journey of her character AND the entire purpose of Copley. And the worst part about it is that there's truly no need whatsoever for this character to exist. His sole role is to blanket-provide exposition. That's it. That's CRAZY. It's lazy and clunky. Him being an immortal I feel also throws a wrench into so many things, and it would've been so easy to get around that by just saying smth like, he's a mortal that comes from a long family line that has always been some sort of record keeper and ally to the immortals, for example. Or just just not having him at all and have Discord's existence be something that the Old Guard themselves stumbles across by looking through Copley's research and finding discrepancies or holes or something like that.  at the very least that would've given Joe and Nicky something more important to do for once. 

The direction also felt sloppier, less focused and with harder to follow action scenes. Also editing discontinuities that are crazy for something that was in post for so long.

I really liked Sebastian's end (despite how mad I am he didn't get even a single goodbye), and how the Nile-the-Destroyer plot (as convoluted as it was presented) lent itself to his decision in a really full-circle way. Andy and Quynh's end scenes together were also really good, and I absolutely ADORED everything abt how they shot that street scene with Andy in Rome. That felt like something magically lifted out of an alternate universe 2O2G that only exists in pieces on a cutting-room floor somewhere.

It was hardly the worst movie I've seen, but they set their bar so so high with the first one that it really makes no sense to have this drop in quality in all aspects with so many more resources at their disposal. I will admit I do feel much better abt the runtime and pacing now, knowing that it's intended to just be a Part 1, though I'm still on the fence about that decision in itself. I really really really hope that the third one gets green-lit for starters, and it actually wraps up this plot in a satisfying way while also delivering on a lot of the things that I think this film was missing.

I think I'll have more thoughts on this tomorrow, it's super late right now and I'm not at my top analyzing ability right now lol. I also hope that the more I mull on it the more I'll think of things that I really did like about it! Anyway, wow. The Old Guard 2. Can't believe it's actually real!

[returnofeternity]

butch skateboarder eating lottie after to take her to the skate park.. she’s riding in his face !!!!!! u were awesome about it

-🦊

you've been there for a few hours, it's nighttime now, just you and lottie and a few other skaters out there. she's been watching you for a while, even went out and rode on your board a few times, but it's late now, and it's time to go home. thinking of it being a big skatepark, loadssss of skate room, has full pipes, which comes in handy when lottie tries to get in your pants.

she's on top of a ramp, watching you finish your trick that you wanted to show her, when she tells you that it's late. you reluctantly stop and skate over to her, throwing your board up beside her before climbing the ramp and sitting next to her. there's just something about you right now that makes lottie's breath stop. maybe it's the glimpse of your stomach that she gets when you wipe the sweat off your face. maybe it's the way your cheeks are dusted pink, reminding her of how you looked this morning after she fingered you.

whatever it is, she gets needy.

the sweet, innocent kiss you give her turns into an intense make out session. you can hear the nearby sound of the other skaters doing tricks, making you only slightly anxious that they can see you grope lottie's tits under her shirt. but they're far enough, and it's dark enough, for them to not make you guys out. at least you hope.

thinking of her groping your packer over your pants while you make out with her 😵‍💫 it's rubbing against you so good, and you start to melt into a puddle when she starts mumbling about fucking right here, right now, because she needs you badly. ur still anxious about the skaters, so you agree to fuck, but you lead her to the full pipe instead of staying there. you rest her against the curve of the pipe and undress her, kissing and touching all over her body.

she feels like shes on fire while doing this. probably--no--definitely gets off from the idea of getting caught. she accidentally kicked your skateboard when you pulled her nipples, and it made a loud screeching noise which was definitely heard by the skaters out there.

she rides ur face like she's trying to suffocate you and you love every second of it. her arousal is literally dripping down the sides of ur mouth and you greedily try to lick it up every time she bounces up. thinking of her calling you such a good boy for eating her so good which fires you up to eat her even better, until her legs are all jelly.

you have to carry her back to the car while you skate.

[the-voldsoy]

Remnants post-ep 15 thoughts/theories/etc

My GOD this was a hefty one . I have a lot to say

Ok to start, some notes on the episode. Mostly focusing on A/Sir because the Remnants themselves are a very different beast

Sir keeps saying "Shelved" instead of "Reshelved"

A has been remade hundreds of times (minimum)

Sir seems to be able to control A's actions to an extent, coaxing him into starting the Remnant

[I'm going to need to trawl through the episodes again to gather all the information I can about Perry]

[I would quite like to make little information profiles for reoccurring characters]

I've already seen a theory I quite like from the.vast.general on Discord that Perry is Death, which I do quite like

The Apprentice was Perry

A thinks he's being kept here for punishment, Sir seems to disagree

A tries to discard himself, Sir seems to save him from the fire

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The capitalised letters in the captions read, in total:

HE IA M OR EOR LESS MST HAS ILTOT ALL YLIGO NENT ODUS THERE

This can be separated into two sentences:

He more or less has totally gone to dust

I am still in here

(They can also be found here, separated into the sentences)

I can only assume the first sentence is from Sir (about A), and the second is the Apprentice (about himself). This code being intertwined in this way could speak to the two of them being interconnected in a deeper way than just where they work, but I'll get to that later.

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now, let's go through my theory post from last time and correct anything that might need it. A lot of them are still unclear or haven't been opposed yet, so I'll just skip them (unless they're specifically relevant)

first, more on things we learned from e11:

All the names that are assumed to be the same person: Lord du Perier-1/13, Theodore du Perier("Teddy")-7/15, Edward Pocket-3/9/15, Ted-10, Perry Wiseman-15, Basil-13, Edwin Peterson-13 (probably), and the Apprentice. I may be missing a couple, but I will make a timeline for him as soon as I can :)

On a related note, here's a link to the spreadsheet I made of all the characters. It's colour-coded <3

Sir was hesitant about the Apprentice reading e7 because Amelie was his daughter (when he was Teddy). Explains why he said "It's her" when he started reading it, and why he keeps her Remnant under his bed.

A mentions (e10) that Sir burned away something of his. At the end of e15, Sir pulls him out from the fire he throws himself into.

→ Additionally, (I can't remember if it's explicitly said in the episode) but I'm like, 90% sure that the Dust is discarded Remnants

→→And also, the way that Remnants are discarded is that they are incinerated I think

Still unsure what the veil is though. Maybe the thing that's stopping A from knowing who he was in life?

Again, Sir seems to be treating A like an experiment, something he's doing for no particular reason. Which raises multiple questions

→How did Sir get access to A? Was he just the first Remnant Sir happened to see when he decided to do this experiment? Or if it's specifically him, why? (I have a few theories on why but we'll get to them later)

→Why did he do it? Is it to test his own choices, or to compare it to what a human would choose, or something else entirely?

brief intermission because I need to point out this one from last time that I forgot I wrote. Oh Boy I Had No Idea

Anyways. That is confirmed on both accounts, we know this now, but it does, again, raise the question of why *him*. Sir does say that A is "specific" though (e11)

A is a Remnant that must be read [by Sir]. Don't have much to add to this tbh I just need to note it down

Now, just the theories:

I still don't think Sir knows what he's doing. But! I have more opinions about him.

I think he is more powerful than we think/is shown, and he may-or-may-not have been made with TF&LP. He knows *what* to do, but not necessarily *why*

I no longer think he was a previous Apprentice, though. I think that a big reason that A is who he is and the difference between him and Sir is that A has humanity that Sir doesn't. A was human, once, but Sir wasn't. That being said, Sir does seem to try to develop a sense of humor at points, but other than that he is very...robotic?

He also mentions he doesn't remember things in the same way that A does, whatever that means

He definitely has control over A in a big way, though. Not just with making him start a Remnant but with power; making him "restart", for example

Maybe Sir and A are a yin-and-yang of sorts for each other

Repeating a thought from last time: It is possible that neither Sir nor A are actual people, but rather constructs made by a larger force, or simply just concepts given bodies.

Now, the Apprentice. He is - was - human once, yes, but this is still entirely possible. As was pointed out before, he might not be an actual person. I do have a lot of thoughts about Perry; the eyes (the "windows to the soul") being different; the way he has a habit of showing up almost anywhere; how different he is in each Remnant, not just in name but also profession -- the one that comes to mind the most is where he's a solicitor by the name of Edward Pocket (e3 - ring)

All these things being vaguely inconsistent is interesting and definitely means something. Don't know what, though<3

I'm still unclear on why Sir didn't want A to read e6 (fountain pen), but I feel like the answer is glaringly obvious already. Is it because there's an explicit birth, and that's the antithesis to what they do? Or is it just one that Gets Him for some reason?

Things to also note:

“A man of many faces, a story of many fates” is the show's tagline. "a man of many faces" likely refers to A, but also likely has multiple meanings 

“The Apprentice soon discovers that when we judge others, we often expose truths about ourselves.” - quote from the RQ site. He is certainly judging other people, and Sir is learning about him from that. He also exposed his own truth to himself, about his Life

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What is the dust?

As I said before, I reckon it's the ashes of burned Remnants. It can be assumed these are the discarded ones, but it isn't confirmed

→Or, alternatively, it could just be *A's* Remnant. Although, that is more unlikely. His definitely makes up some of it, but maybe not all

→however at some point A goes to read a heart-shaped rock, and it crumbles to dust under his hand

The dust does seem to help him at points, leading him places and giving him a Remnant at some point. Maybe e6?

I'm pretty sure it's implied that the dust is sentient at some point, but I can't remember when

It is also described often in the transcripts as "scuttling", like it's a creature

And we cannot forget the message, "He more or less has totally gone to dust"

If we assume the "he" is A, what does it mean? A is slowly slipping away? His Remnant is partially burned, so it makes sense if *that* is turning to dust

It also seems to be working against Sir in some ways, making A understand who he was

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Reshelve or discard

that is the question !!

No but seriously, theory time

The show is about reincarnation. I don't remember if it's explicitly said to be about that, but "When we die, the remnants of us return to the First and Last Place..." is a description of reincarnation

So one of the options must mean to give the souls a new life - likely reshelve, if discarded Remnants are burned (but !! this is not confirmed so do not take it as fact!!)

The difference between "shelve" and "reshelve" is really important to me. Shelve implies there was an original decision, so why does it need to be done again?

A bit of a crack theory, but is it A being reincarnated instead, under all the different monikers ??

Or alternatively, are the souls being reshelved being taken out of the cycle? Are they trying to make a collection of the 'best' souls?

In that case, the discarded ones might be the ones being sent back to live again, so they can have another chance at being good?

I'm sure I had more theories than this but I can't currently remember them

Ok I'm ending this here because the episode is coming out in a couple of days for patreons, and it has already been sat in my drafts since e15 came out ! If I don't post it now it might be another 2 weeks before I remember again :) I will make one of these for the Remnants themselves, but that may still be a couple of weeks <3

[scarefox]

fucking insane, what is going on in his head

[snalz-artt]

happy pride from me and the ocs!!!! damn all of these bitches are gay…they are dnd characters of course they are

[sodrippy]

ok i love my job and i LOVE making money but i am at that phase of New Job where i keep thinking 'ah im sure ill have more free time next week so itll be okay' except next week never comes and the weekends arent doing anything either and i remember 'oh right. there is no reprieve. ok awesome'

[collinnmckinley]

Bro i just saw an iNSANE post about adler... like... WHHAT?

[licorishh]

Replayed Modern Warfare 3 2011 on Veteran tonight and goooooooood night. Blood Brothers never gets any easier to watch no matter how many times you've done it and the ending really never misses huh

I apologize for the amount of yapping in the tags I reread it all on mobile and started giggling because it went on for so long but eh. Blessed are those who won't shut the freak up and all that

[junk-culture]

"visit one of our stores" shut up you absolute wank stains you're literally just saying that in the hope of increasing your sales aren't you like the desired response is for me to go "oh dear i need to visit a whsmiths to prepare for my job interview well i suppose i might as well i wonder if there's anything i need to buy from there at the same time well i could do with an extremely overpriced notebook actually hm ok jolly good i'll pop along" shut up cunts you don't fucking fool me.

actually this reminds me of when i did an interview for m&s and in the email they sent me before it they said that when i get there i should walk around the store for 5-10 minutes beforehand. and because i can be very serious and anxious about such instructions i diligently did that. and then in the interview they barely gave a shit they asked me what did you notice and what would you improve etc and then swiftly moved on. the interviewer clearly attached no importance whatsoever to my responses. they were basically just using that as a chance to collect customer feedback. anyway hello the beautiful WHSmiths reading this please don't count it against me that im slagging you off on my social media before ive even attended the interview. Love and kisses

[thetimelordbatgirl]

With all the mystery around who Ruby is and who her mom is, I really, really hope it isn't actually the Trickster like others have been saying, because while yes it would be nice to see something from SJA appear in current DW, it also would just feel weird at this point as the Trickster was such a Sarah Jane villain that it just feels wrong to give him to the Doctor as an enemy just because Sarah Jane is gone.

[pep-rambles]

I'm actually gonna die of dehydration from crying every time I find a new parallel between Takko & Lup and Anthony & Molly.

'Cause like "Hunger" by Florence and the Machine has been a word-for-word perfect Taako song for years now and then today I realized it's also a a word-for-word perfect Angel Dust song.

I can't handle this again! At least last time almost as soon as I was introduced to the fact that these perfect loving twins had lost each other I was given the satisfaction of seeing them re-unite! Fucking lost siblings will be the death of me 8 times over!

[todayisafridaynight]

call me majima the way i miss makoto so fucking much <- i am talking about a hibachi restaurant near me that shut down years ago. and i miss makoto makimura

[ilovetv99]

i know im making a big deal over nothing but you simply must understand i am not used to watching big youtubers or streamers who are My Age let alone younger than me. im just flabbergasted honestly. how far does this go. how many of these fuckin people are in their early twenties or god forbid late teens holy fuck

[deathisamotherofbeauty]

sad hours again!! truly can't have dreams in this world <- being dramatic

like not even the retail jobs id like to have want me :( idk I'm so tired bc what even if the point of anything