#Just respond ok 👏

[somuchwatersoclosetohome]

good morning job seekers here are my thoughts on last night's stage/fright!! others have covered the main plot points and points of interest so this is literally ~1000 words of self-indulgent inane drivel that i wrote in my notes app at 1am (so sorry if there's misremembered lines / typos etc.), you're welcome

(will edit as i remember more stuff)

spoilers for stage/fright 22/03 evening show

le general observations

ok first up let me just say the VIBES for this show were IMPECCABLE. as many of you know this is my third watch and i feel like the energy this time was j u i c y

this time and the last time i went were both saturday evenings which i think can be good? like this audience were super engaged but not overly rowdy... it felt the right level of keen-ness that the company were responding to

all of this to say that it definitely looked to me as if the company but especially R&S were 👏 feeling 👏 themselves 👏

also means that when y'all go and see s/f be keeeeen!! they really respond to (the appropriate amount of) whooping and hollering at the right moments. i mean they literally say in the programme "you can't hear smiles" lol and we all know about reece's experiences with the 'corpses' in the producers lmao

speculation.com, i wonder if the company are feeling this but i'm definitely acutely aware that there's <2 weeks left of the run now 🥺 (where did all the time go???), which i'm trying hard not to think about because (1) sad and (2) what will i base my personality on from 6 april 2025

i’m going to cry SO HARD on the final shows

act 1

R&S got a muuuuch longer applause than i've seen previously when they come out in front of the curtain post-hamlet / a house divided scene to introduce the show. like the applause and wooping went on what felt like a solid minute. they looked happy it was cute!!

paul whitehouse was the hostage and lmaoooo did the guy milk it. the bit where they ask him what he's been in he just kept going listing stuff for aaaages

BUT it looked like R&S were having a great time here. i mean tbh reece spent most of this section with his back to the audience or adjusting his moustache bc he was lol'ing so much

an EXCELLENT fast show reference when paul has to do the spanish accent on the phone and len/eddie comes out with "SCORCHIO" iykyk

covered elsewhere but eddie knows paul from gone fisting / gone girl (and one other that i have neglected to remember)

paul whitehouse cannot play the trumpet. like at all. no sound was produced (len/eddie even says "try turning it on" and mimes switching it on haha)

len/eddie/steve's voice goes so high when he says "it's jUst a sTiCK of ceLerY" and tommy/ray/reece visibly loses it cracking up

🚨 jeremy dyson callout 🚨 as paul is leaving he said something about working with the clever/smart one jeremy dyson haha

also from the BCDR wider bit, tommy's voice crack on "you almost died len" was hearTBREAKING reece nailed it 10/10

act 2

let me open this section with HUGO my one true love this character has grown on me so much and he is honestly such a highlight. he needs his own spin-off tbh

reece was also playing hugo turned up to 11 imo

hugo/reece got a full on applause for his elements song dance number i was so happy!! last couple of times i've seen it's just got some laughs but this time people clapped for ages again to the point they had to wait for people to stop clapping before they could continue. YES BBY YOU'RE AMAZING

hugo did the leg amputation bit SO exaggeratedly this time, from the "this one sir?" to dragging the bone saw along the tray when he takes it from madam cragg

in general the p h y s i c a l i t y of reece in this production is just something else. he does it as eddie and hugo and the fucking bunny hops and exaggerated movement are just so good and make such a difference so thank you rs for the commitment to the bit

between the last time i saw s/f and this time i learned about the concept of sleeve garters (i think thanks to @vagueeyes) and now i noticed them on goudron muahah

i'd picked up from others' watches to watch marcus during the trepanning scene and yes! very worth it!! he mouthes along with the lines very nice detail

every time i've seen the musical number R&S have both looked sooo happy and again tonight. honestly petition for both of them but especially r to be in a fully fledged musical bc he smiles so much in this segment man is in his element

standing ovation 💖💖💖

stage door

right ok so first my GOD i have not seen the line this long so far?? like it literally went from the stage door around the corner onto charing cross rd and almost back to the main entrance of the theatre?? and they still came out and signed everything for everyone that was waiting 😭 true kings i'm still in awe at how they just... don't have to do this at all and yet they still do and they're so patient with everyone

i mean i said nothing of note to them bc i was on cloud 9 (hur hur) but just !!! thank you for coming out

i noticed this last time i went but absolute lols how steve is always the always the one carrying all the gift bags etc. from fans and reece is entirely unencumbered (apart from infamous CAT bag) like yas king go off

i overheard someone asking steve if there was going to be a DVD of the show and he said no 😔 but i wonder, who knows if you can trust these jokers... theres_been_a_twist.mp4

and THEN i had A Thought: imagine the concept - a filmed version of stage/fright with a commentary a la TLoG shows..... please simon evans do it for the fans

omg this is so long and i've said like nothing of note hahahaha ok well thanks for sticking with it

(oh also i'm actually writing this from the afterlife because i touched reece's hand)

[urautismdiagnosis-wistie]

Is it me or does Barnacles needs to press the octoalert at least once a day?

It probably feels like that to us cuz of the episodic format of the show-

HOWEVER I know I already said it on the notes of a different post but-

I imagine he does at LEAST once every 2 or so days and like-

These are my notes in @brownyanyk s post lol

I feel like he's called the octo alert for like... a random snail having a depressive episode🥺

Anyways hed totally press the octo alert just to be like "hey wtf guys who stole the ENTIRE BOTTLE OF IBUPROPHEN?"

Maybe he has two types of alerts?

Like one for "HEY EVERYONE LISTEN UP" and "hey guys I think someone might die yall hurry up 💀🙏"

He wouldn't talk like that but u get it

Dad ahhh energy "WHO TURNED UP THE THERMOSTAT?!"

">:[ tis too cold for pirates and EVERYONE IN THE FCKING OCTOPOD!"

">:[ no its not we all agreed on this temperature mutually-

*starts arguing like an old married couple*

Lmsoooo yeah

Btw I am still gonna do the art requests lol including the lwazii loaf one for the anon who requested it!

Image description under the cut! I'm not the best at it but I tried lol

[ Image Description: screenshot of Tumblr notes in a re blog:

#octonauts everyone head to the hallway

#omg is there a creature loose???

#somebody clogged the bloody sink ( frowny face)

#... (three dots representing silence from the crew)

#"we are not leaving until I found out who did it (angry face) >:(

#😩👏(exhausted face emoji paired with a hand clap)

#bwoop bwoop bwoop octonauts to the hq

#omg captain whats happened?

#ok notice how shellington isn't here?

#"uh yeah?" Crew responds

#"yeah this is an intervention I dont think he's slept in the past 4 days , everyone huddle up and get ready to smother him in blankets"

#"i have some catnip it might help"

#"hes not a cat kwazii but peso do you have any sedati- (the word sedative is abruptly cut off)

#this is so out of character lmso

#incorrect quote ahhh

[sirenlulls]

get him back! → theburntchip

pairing , theburntchip x youtuber!reader

summary , where, in lieu of yours and chip’s reconnection, fans find out how it happened, and just why you ended things in the first place.

part one (bad idea, right?)

oh, i wanna get him back! 'cause then again, i really miss him, and it makes me real sad

🔴 Y/n L/n Talks On Breakup, Reconnection, The Launch Of Her Brand, & More! FULL POD EP.77 -Saving Grace

join premiere!

LIVE CHAT !

user: stop i’m actually gonna cry ☹️☹️☹️

user: I KNEW THOSE TWITTER B WORDS WERE WRONG I KNEW THEY DIDNT END BADLY

user: that’s so lala land of them

user: “if i ever complained, i’d be the nagging girlfriend” NO BABY 😭😭😭😭

user: never thought i’d say it but i’m glad they broke up bcs if they hadn’t done it then, it would’ve been MESSY messy

user: off topic but can we please talk about how pretty she is :(

user: “if he ever complained about you, i would’ve given him a belting” YES GRACE 👏👏👏

user: WHY DIDNT WE GET Y/N ON HERE SOONER OMGGGGGG I LOVE THIS DUO SM

user: Sending love from Brazil! XX 🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️

user: stop that’s so sad ☹️

user: she’s so real for the anxiety thing

LIVE CHAT !

user: i feel like i’m watching a tv show

user: “i don’t want to lose this again” and when i start sobbing????

user: ok but is the dick game good

user: HE SWIPED UP ON A COSTA TOASTIE ☠️

user: nah he’s down BAD me too but like 😭

user: he def would’ve thrown a temper tantrum if she didn’t respond

user: grace booing is so real i wanted a kissing in the rain screaming ‘i love you’ confession

user: her smile when she said she’s happy now man they’re literally my parents ☹️

user: Love you both X ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

user: ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

user: the world is healing

user: NAH MAN SWEAR THATS CHIPS BOICE COMING IN NOW

LIVE CHAT !

user: i’m actually gonna cry i missed them sm ☹️😭

user: the camera switching to her looking at him with heart eyes after calling him a bellend is so funny GET HER ASS 👏

user: chip is the new an*rew t*te 🙏

user: oh how i missed him calling her lady and missus

user: he’s the leader of the sassy man epidemic oh lord

user: OMG I FORGOT WHEN SHE YSED TO GO ON COFFEE DATES WITH HIS MUM

user: leave my girl and her spotify playlists alone

user: this has literally made my year

user: just in time for y/n’s fall vids

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yourusername mum! mum! i made it! i’m on saving grace!!!!!! (and i figured i deserved at least one pic of chip from the launch x)

user that episode was the funniest thing ever i can’t even i nearly pissed myself when grace pretended to spank u with the paddle 😭😭😭

user mother ur so gorg i’m speechless

user you know the content is gonna slap when y/n l/n is there

user im so obsessed with u pls

user CAL AND CHIP AT THE FUNCTION SIR 👏🙇‍♀️

user best video in youtube history methinks

gkbarry_ loved having you on babe, even if the boss man gatecrashed 🫶❤️

yourusername he doesn’t like feeling left out smh

theburntchip oh alright then

max_balegde ICONIC!!!!!!

user MY ROMAN EMPIRE

user i hope you know that twt is in flames rn

user i gen teared up a bit when you talked about the breakup 🥹

user icons only

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yourusername self representing by wearing @ ynapparel the past (and every) week 😩🤭 featuring the love of my life & chip ig…

theburntchip wow alright

theburntchip i thought you were a g 😔

yourusername oops sorry babe

theburntchip we’re over smh

yourusername oh no… what a shame ☹️ anyway… hot girl winter!!!!!!

theburntchip the fits are fire though 😮‍💨

yourusername as always x

user EATING SLAYING DEVOURING

user OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

user forever obsessed with u

user graduated from cuntingtion university with an phd in slaying

nellarose love you bae x

calfreezy chip looking dashing as per usual

theburntchip aye thank you brotha

nellarose AYYYY LOOKING SEXY 🔥🔥🔥🔥

yourusername ALL YOU BABY 💋💋💋

ynapparel looking good and dressed to kill 😉😇🩷

user face card NEVER declines

lissiemackintosh this barbie is my mother

user ur so real lissie

faithlouisak doll 🤩

alice_hez 😍🔥🖤

user WHATS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 64?????

user angel girl 🤍

centralcee 😮‍💨🔥🔥🔥🔥

user NAHHH HES BRAVE COMMENTING ON THE POST W HER BOYFRIEND

user CENCH GET OUTTA HERE MAN

user SIRENSIRENSIREN Y/N BABY RUN!!!!!

user OH??????

user wait am i missing smth why are we freaking out

user @ user cench has always been lowk flirting with y/n, like she interviewed him at some event last yr and he was being so flirty and obviously she was giving him blank wall back BUT when her and chip broke up he got even WORSE like man was always in her comments tryna chat her up and she entertained it a lil but now the bitch is back and he’s bold

user NAH MAN GTFO WE JUST GOT CHIP BACK IN THE PICTURE WE CANT HAVE U RUINING THAT

theburntchip just posted to their story

[ducksido]

I'm kinda mad about the fact that you never played TWST but your characterization is always just SO ON POINT!!! IT'S SO ACCURATE!!! I'M MAD MAD!!! /pos /pos /pos(Love your writing)

(lol lol my hack is just reading copious of fanfic from wattpad, tumblr and quotev and i also read their wikis for my info SO im going to give you headcannons on Jade,Floyd and Azul)

🍄JADE��� Tea enthusiast-He has an extensive collection of exotic teas and enjoys brewing them with precision. If you show interest in tea, he’ll make it a habit to prepare a cup specifically tailored to your taste. Artistic Talent- He’s skilled at calligraphy and enjoys drawing detailed sketches of mushrooms in his journal. Occasionally, he’ll sketch people too, but only if they interest him.

ASMR YouTuber Vibes-His voice is so smooth that if he ever made an ASMR channel, it would be all creepy yet oddly relaxing stuff—like “mushroom foraging in a haunted forest” or “gentle ocean sounds… with distant screaming.”

Pinterest Core Aesthetic-His room is absurdly aesthetic. Dark academia meets “I definitely know how to get away with a crime.” His bookshelves? Immaculately arranged. His handwriting? Looks like it belongs in a spellbook.

Annoyingly Good at Tying Ties-No matter what, his tie is always perfect. If you ask him to help you, he’ll pretend to take his time, just so he can mess with you.

Loves Gossip-He acts all sophisticated, but if you tell him the latest drama, he’s listening intently. Might even casually manipulate the situation for entertainment.

Extreme Horror Game Player-The scarier, the better. He’s completely unfazed by jumpscares and will play with the lights off just to make everyone else uncomfortable.

🏀FLOYD🏀 Loves Drowning People (Playfully)-If you swim with him, be prepared—he WILL grab your leg and pull you under just to see your reaction. He thinks it’s hilarious.

Unironically Loves Kid Shows-This man will sit down and watch Bluey or Dora the Explorer without irony. If you judge him, he will not hesitate to wrestle you.

Petty Level 1000-If you slightly inconvenience him, he WILL remember. Didn’t share your snack with him? Oh no, now your pen is missing. Took his favourite seat? Now your shoelaces are mysteriously tied together.

Unpredictable Sleep Schedule-This guy either sleeps for 14 hours straight or doesn’t sleep at all. There is no in-between.

Probably Eats Whole Lemons-No reaction. Just full sends it like an apple. It freaks people out, and he loves that.

Horrible With Technology-Texts like a dad who just discovered emojis. Sends you messages like: “OK. 👏🔥🍔” and expects you to understand.

🐙AZUL🐙 Sleeps with a Weighted Blanket-It helps with the stress. He’ll never admit it, though.

Overthinks Online Messages-Takes forever to respond because he types out a full essay, deletes it, rewrites it, and then decides to wait five more hours before sending “ok.”

Hates Math But Is Good at It-He despises numbers but can calculate a 25% discount in under two seconds. Capitalism wins again.

Dramatic Coat Flips-Every time he turns, he does that dramatic anime coat swoosh. He does it so much that Jade and Floyd have bets on how many times per day he’ll do it.

Spotify Wrapped? Embarrassing.- His music taste is either the most refined classical pieces or nightcore remixes of 2000s emo songs. There is no in-between.

Owns an Embarrassing Childhood Nickname-No one knows what it is… except the twins. And they use it strategically.

[fuck-customers]

Managers👏fucking👏communicate👏challenge!👏

I've asked many, many, many times that if managers are going to ask me to come into work on my days off to provide the necessary information. They refuse or "forget" or only provide partial information. So if I'm not given all of this information initially, I am not responding.

1. What time do they want me to clock in at? "ASAP" or "whenever you can be here" can sometimes be acceptable answers, in instances where I'm extending my already scheduled shift, not coming in on my day off. But if that is the answer, then I definitely need to be provided with more information. Such as...

2. How long will the shift be? I will accept answers in two forms: "from x time to x time" and "come in at x time for a x hour shift" This is actually a surprisingly big one, because I learned the hard way that if I didn't confirm ahead of time, I got suckered into a 2 hour shift. A complete waste of time. Or the opposite- I end up getting roped into an 8 hour shift but wasn't given the information ahead of time and couldn't pack a lunch and now I have to waste half of my lunch break buying food during lunch rush.

3. What department? Ok so I clock in and go....where? At my store, we are all cross-trained in all departments (or we're supposed to be- I am at least- so we can fill in wherever needed) I need to know what section of the store to head to. And depending on the department, I need different tools. For example, if I'm a cashier, I usually don't need to grab a box cutter. But if I'm stocking, I need one to open shipping boxes. Also, I hate register and I want the option to decline ahead of time.

I just received a text that simply says "are you available to come in?" which meets 0/4 of the necessary information requirements, so I will not be responding.

(Just to be clear- I have repeatedly explained to all members of management over multiple years that I need ALL of this information in order to determine if I can cover a shift. It's not like I made up secret rules in my head and magically expect everyone to read my mind. I have been very clear and consistent about needing this information. So no information=no coverage from me)

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[cryptocism]

So, out of curiosity (AND a slight fear of messing with what you've laid out so clearly in Frequency, which I see as the most reasonable and rational explanation to Thad's character inconsistencies basically, ever), I am wondering if this version of Inertia from Flash #760 fits into the Too Many Thads AU anywhere? From what I can tell, he's the only one not mentioned in your very thorough (and impressively detailed, he was at boomerang's funeral, excuse me sir why are you here???) timeline of Thad appearances. Would you consider him one of the clones we get from the AU, like Six? Or maybe just Thad himself given he's sort of just... chilling in the Speedforce lol. Or did you just not consider him given it's yet another instance of Thad appearing, doing something wild, then disappearing as quickly as he came haha. (Also, I just noticed he says vibrational FREQUENCY, nice👏)

i did... kinda include this iteration. but admittedly it's pretty brief, and the bits of story that take place in the speed force sit in dreamy abstraction rather than solid prose

start of chapter 2 when Thad is running thru the speed force:

He thinks he sees the Flash, once or twice. Tick tock tick tock. You’re running out of time, Barry. But he often thinks he sees lots of people. Once, he thought he saw Max. But the memories exist in his mind the same way a daydream would, and he can’t be sure if it was real.

The "tick tock tick tock" line is taken directly from #760

compared to the other threads of canon that Frequency is written around, it's definitely more on the borders of believably. The "tick tock" line and the bit where Thad threatens to snap his fingers and "blast Barry's mind to pieces" harkens back to the Kid Zoom era and Rogues Revenge, which fucks with my attempt to differentiate this Inertia as a separate person from Kid Zoom. but the hiccup feels minor enough that i think it still works

(and on a tangential note the whole "i'll snap my fingers and blast your mind to pieces" line straight up doesn't make sense to me because YES Kid Zoom famously snapped his fingers and exploded a baby, but he accomplished that by fast-forwarding that baby's timeline so quick that its literal molecules shook apart under the stress. Barry is a speedster and would not respond to timeline manipulation in that way - if at all - because his molecules are already used to that kind of shit. it's a weird and out of place threat to make and i think Williamson may have gotten the impression that Kid Zoom acquired the power of spontaneous combustion which he Fucking Did Not ok rant over)

the general idea i was going for was: Thad is running on rage, sees Barry, has the brief confrontation in #760 where Barry mostly just feels bad for him, and then disappears back into the storm. Implication being that Thad has actually had a couple different interactions with people during his 5 years in the speed force (Eobard, Max, Barry, etc) who try to convince him of things or promise him things, but staying for that long in the speed force (without being dead) fucks with perception a little bit, especially perceptions of Time. so when he's out and looking back on it, Thad can't totally discern what happened, what didn't, or in what order.

also the attendance at Captain Boomerang's funeral gets a shout out near the end of chapter 8 when Bart is going through Six's collection of Four's old stuff:

Some of the items on the shelf he didn’t recognize. A shot glass. A funeral pamphlet for one Digger Harkness. Several empty syringes and auto-injectors all meticulously arranged. A variety of small gadgets and devices that Bart couldn’t place.

because the funeral is technically Inertia's return after the events of Mercury Falling, I translated that as Four's first appearance in the 21st century

[zot3-flopped]

I’ve been reading around various blogs lately and what strikes me is that Harry just never behaves in any other way than Harry. He’s been his own person for so long. Doesn’t communicate his intentions, just does what he wants and if people respond, great. If they don’t, well ok, there’s other music to make or clothes to wear, he’s changing it up all the time anyway. The criticisms of him are wafer thin and weak, because he dgaf. Like that anon said, it’s all circular stories with supposition at the heart of it. I don’t just mean Larrie shit, I mean all the stuff about him being a cheater or questioning pronouns or even relationships, just balls that got written at some point by someone who’s got it in for him, or who needs to file a story. And still, no reaction from him.

I really wonder why Harry hate blogs continue, they are riffing off the weakest suppositions and must be tired by now that he simply is a quiet millionaire who seems to like making stuff with people he likes. It’s not changing. He’s not letting them into his evil empire any more than the fans are being let into his private life. What do they get out of it? What misstep are they hoping for? At least we fans enjoy what he puts out. They can’t even do that.

👏👏👏 Their latest inane theory is that Harry carries a brightly coloured plastic bag because 'he wants to be seen'!

[collectorcookie]

@rebelscythe123 this is for u <3

Loooots and lots of spoilers for everything caiowe for anyone reading this btw

Ok so a lot of cain's roles in the narrative focuses on him sacrificing himself. He's a knight so he should put his life in danger to protect others. He's a sage's wizard so he should, again, put himself in life-threatening danger to save the world. He is arthur's personal knight so, you guessed it, he should protect arthur at all costs, including himself. He's so kind and sweet and he made being a shield to others his meaning of life <3. This isn't a good thing, duh. He has no sense for self preservation and is very suicidal, maybe not in the depressed way, but in the extremely willing to throw his life away way. Like, in central ballad, he immediately puts himself between akira and oz throwing a rampage KNOWING ozzy can instant kill him, accidentally or not. And in central prelude, he also just throws himself at a beast with no consideration for his own safety.

Now, owen. Owen is the complete opposite of cain. If cain is generally puppy sunshine who's willing to die for anyone, then owen is depressed and thorny and puts his own survival above anyone and anything else.

Owen is the first person in cain's life that DOESN'T require cain to sacrifice anything for him. If anything, owen is the first person to offer cain something. Freedom. Cain, up until that point, had to keep himself hidden away. Now of course, owen defeating cain and stealing his eyeball was very traumatizing for cain, but it ends up in a net positive development for him because he doesn't have to hide anymore. I think cain even thanks him for it eventually. And another thing owen offers cain is a goal to strive towards. Now that owen has defeated him, cain has to work hard and train himself to become a better wizard. Wait i have two screenshots from anni2 that kinda

Just. Them. Ugh.

Now back onto owen, obviously everyone knows that owen latched himself onto cain because baby owen was locked up in a basement with nothing but a picture book with a knight. And cain is number one picture perfect knight. But another thing to consider about owen's character is that....kizu owen isn't owen himself, he isn't the real owen, he is just a trauma holder for owen's past memories. Wait holup i have more screenshots somewhere surely.

Yeah like in north ballad, owen wants to cure his injury because he wants to stay as himself. He's no longer the helpless small child calling out for anyone to save him, he crawled outta that hell himself, he saved himself, he's strong now. I don't like the way people treat kizu owen as the "real owen" or whatever because that kid just straight up isn't, i like the idea of the real self of a traumatized character is the self that overcame the trauma, not the one haunted by it.

And for kizu owen, anyone could have been kizu owen's knight in shining armor, as we see in ms2, where he sticks to oz like glue instead of cain. This fucks up cain severely. Because the reason why cain stuck to owen is because of his kizu self. Because his kizu self straight up says things like "save me" and "don't leave me alone" and what could a knight like cain do but respond? Yeah sure there's this other real owen that's a brutal murderer but let's ignore that for now because see! There's this other him calling out for help! And all of cain's identity is helping others despite the risks so trying to help kizu owen in spite of real owen potentially hurting him is such a cain thing to do.

But kizu owen will stick to anyone willing to respond. He's not a person. He's doesn't form bonds. He doesn't learn. He's just a trauma holder. In ms1, even when cain shows him over and over again that the door is open and it isn't locked and you can literally open the door, you aren't trapped, i wouldn't do that to you, kizu owen still ends up scratching and hitting at the door because he👏doesn't👏learn👏or👏move👏on. That's his thing. It doesn't matter to him if it's cain who is protecting him or if it's oz, he wants anyone.

And now cain is feeling like shit because arthur doesn't need him, owen doesn't need him, his knights don't need him, nobody needs or chooses specifically cain for anything, he has no space to exist. This is why he changes himself 180 degrees in ms2 because in his mind it's "well manipulating people is something only i can do so i will sacrifice myself and all of my morals for it." Are you. Are you seeing it yet?

BUT who does end up choosing cain specifically, over and over again? Owen. The real owen. He goes and fetches arthur aaaaall the way from central country to check up on cain. And ms2 isn't the only instance for this. He teaches cain magic and then later also prays his name in anni1. Owen ends up helping cain even when oz gave up on him in the knights event. Hell, even in central prelude, the only reason cain is alive is because owen's eyeball protected him. I don't remember where but i think there was once a convo between owen and mithra where mithra was like "that guy will take a 1000 years before he gets on your level" and owen was like "i'll wait". Owen WANTS to see cain grow, he wants to see him succeed.

Owen is the only character in the narrative that pushes cain to grow, cain is the only character in the narrative that pushes owen to see the world for what it is instead of the traumatized version he is holding onto.

All in all, caiowe is an EXTREMELY HEALTHY relationship, they literally make each other better, they just need a lot of communication, and they deserve each other, and i love them <3

[miniscrew-anon]

Texting HC for the boys

Wind - Uses discord way more than text. Commonly mutes chats. He gets a million discord messages from different groups and he can't be bothered to listen to every time someone complains about the mountain of dishes he left in the sink. If you really want to reach Wind you have to jump on discord or go to his room.

Twilight - Doesn’t like to send more than one message in a row because someone called him desperate one (1) time in high school and he never recovered. So instead he’ll send you a whole paragraph and agonize if he forgot to mention something. Everyone’s told him its fine to send literally a million texts in a row but Twi can’t get over it.

Warriors - Will 🙌 ironically 😎 text 📲 like ❤️ this 👏. But only when he wants to be annoying. Otherwise he’s fine and he can use emojis like hieroglyphics if he wants and he’s able to make himself very clear with just an eggplant emoji and a raised brow emoji.

Wild - Commonly texts the wrong chat and confuses the hell out of people. Accidentally forgets his phone in the other room and doesn’t see people’s messages until its several hours too late btu still texts them back like “oops sorry just saw this man” as if they didn’t know. Uses emojis liberally and goes on tangents and makes everyone forget what they were talking about. The people love hearing from him, but its hard to stay on topic when Wild is in the group chat.

Champion - Full words, no abbreviations. Will straight up send you an “acknowledged” instead of an “ok” to let you know he read your message. Never uses emojis. Ever. The one time Warriors did convince Champ to send a thumbs up emoji to Sky instead of “affirmative”, Sky almost broke down the dormitory door because he thought Champion had gotten kidnapped and was sending a coded cry for help.

Legend - Spams the fuck out of everyones phone when he’s pissed, which is a lot of the time. Doens’t give a shit what group text he’s in he’ll fucking send you an essay one sentance at a time cursing Sky out for eating the last of his goddamn breadpudding.

Hyrule - Never responds on time. He’s always busy and in a rush so when he reads a text and it doesn’t say something like “help i got shanked and now my liver is flopping around on the ground like a beached fish” then he’ll promptly forget what he just read. At the end of the day he might flip through his messages to check what he missed but normally he relies on Legend to fill him in on anything important.

Sky - Forgets which group chats hold which roommates so he’s the guy who will start a new chat every time he has a question. Has basically every permutation of group chats possible and yet will still find a way to make more. And he gives them names like “get milk” and “hairdryer?” so you never know whos in the group chat at a glance. It’s impossible to find anything. Plus, he sends texts half-asleep that mean nothing when he gets woken up too early.

Four - His texts are inconsistent as hell. Sometimes its emoji hell, sometimes it’s MLA essay format. But two things are always consistent: you can always detect the sarcasm and he’ll turn on his read receipts just to let you know he left you on read.

Time - Texts in full sentences but overall is a normal texter. But he types with his pointer finger with two hands so his real crime is being old.

Dark - When he got put away texting was in its infancy so he texts like “G8 C u L8r” and “ur 2 much”. The first time he texts Time after he gets out Time feels his soul vaporized by the blast from the past. Thankfully it only takes Dark one text to Shadow before the boy is physically showing up outside Dark's door to bring him into this century.

Shadow - Spams dumbass videos and memes like his life depends on it. His job is a lot of waiting around so he’s got time to kill and you Will receive messages from him at 39 mph (memes per hour).

[kudosmyhero]

Edge of Spider-Verse #4: I Walked with a Spider

Read Date: August 24, 2023 Cover Date: December 2014 ● Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman ● Penciler: Elia Bonetti ● Inker: Elia Bonetti ● Colorist: Veronica Gandini ● Letterer: Clayton Cowles ● Editor: Devin Lewis ◦ Ellie Pyle ◦ Nick Lowe ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers (👏=didn't like it, 👏👏=it was ok, 👏👏👏=I liked it, 👏👏👏👏=I really liked it!, 👏👏👏👏👏=I loved it!)

● this one is dark… damn. Patton is horrible. ● never thought I'd be glad to see Morlun! ● well that was creepy AF ● 👏 👏 👏 👏

Synopsis: Patton Parnel is a young teenager who acts in disturbed ways, such as incinerating ants and spying on his next-door neighbor and classmate Sara Jane, all the while being yelled at by his Uncle Ted. On a field trip of his school to the Alcorp Industries HQ, Sara Jane talks to him so she can get his help to uncover Alcorp's experiments on animals, even though her boyfriend, Gene, is picking him on.

While the excursion goes off, Sara Jane and Patton sneak into the laboratory, setting off the alarm once they step in. While Sara rushes trying to save the animals, Patton becomes mesmerized with a spider, ignoring the warning label indicating that it's a irradiated female spider. As he picks up the spider, she bites him on the hand, just as he and Sara Jane are caught by security. After being reprimanded, they're both allowed to leave, with Sara Jane inviting Patton to join her since he reveals that his parents are dead and his Uncle works at night. Once at home, Patton starts to feel sick and then he's confronted by his uncle, who yells at him and beats him with his belt. Later on, Patton searches for food, finding a mouse behind the door, eating it as he discovers that the spider somehow imbued him with its powers.

Patton starts hunting other animals as food, until his Uncle Ted comes home, discovering to his horror the house wrapped up with spider-webs. Patton states that it's dinner time before attacking his uncle. The next day, he resumes his normal life until he's confronted once again by Gene, who challenges him to a fight at lunchtime. Later, Patton meets a kid whose dog is missing, and tells the boy the dog is at his house, inviting him over. That evening, Patton researches about the spider species that bit him, discovering that their females lay their eggs through their bite. Afterwards, Sara Jane visits him, asking him about Gene's whereabouts since he's not responding her calls. Patton tells her she deserves someone better than Gene and then kisses her, only to bite her neck immediately afterwards.

Sara slaps him, revealing his mutated eyes and Patton sheds his skin, transforming into a new spider-like form. Sara tries to run away entering into his room only to discover to her horror lots of cocoons hanging from the ceiling, including one with the kid from earlier and his Uncle Ted tied up in his bed. Patton professes his "love" to Sara Jane, while hundreds of baby spiders emerge from Uncle Ted's body as he screams in pain. As Patton approaches Sara Jane, Morlun suddenly arrives. When Sara Jane asks him who he is, Morlun simply introduces himself as a "surprise dinner guest", while acknowledging her presence with an indifferent glance. As Patton attacks Morlun, Sara Jane takes advantage of the situation to escape. Morlun muses that Patton is a very young totem, but he will suffice as an appetizer, dismembering him and absorbing his life force.

The next day, Sara Jane, thinks that the whole ordeal was just a dream until she checks the bit mark on her neck and sees hundreds of baby spiders emerging from it.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Edge_of_Spider-Verse_Vol_1_4)

Fan Art: Spider-Man by Zonov

Accompanying Podcast: ● Untold Talks of Spider-Man - episode 21

[boppeepudding]

👏LET👏EARTH👏WORM👏JIM👏BE👏GAY👏

i dunno what this is about and iwas just gonna respond "ok"

just know i hate earthworm jim

[mintytealfox]

So, tumblr acted weird when I tried to send this the first time. Idk if it will do it again, but what I was trying to send was like a bit of an addition to anon's AU idea.

Where like, Norton is like canon Norton, a miner from the 19th to 20th century so he has to get used to the modern world. Catching up on current events and events he missed (The Great Depression, Covid and its chaos, just in gen the 60s to 90s). Alice having to get Norton books form the library or let him borrow some because if he gets near the TV, it may just die.

Can see Norton not understanding modern slang and Alice having to teach him it, only for him to abuse it and her go insane from it. But as a treat, Norton teaches her 19th to 20th century slang.

I can also see Norton not used to the loudness of the modern era. The first time Norton hears loud car alarms go off, or the sudden thumping of the upstairs apartment or anything, he freaks out. Maybe screaming when the fire alarm goes off, etc. Its not because he is a scaredy cat, no its because he is overwhelmed by all the sudden new noises from the modern world he cant process it all, acting akin to a scared animal. Also just imaging how pure hell it would be on like Fourth of July or New Years and all the fireworks going off and Norton freaking out, causing everything to go in the fritz in the apartment because dude is having a PSTD episode. Alice probably ends up investing in noise canceling everything jkfd. And maybe introducing Norton to more calmer noises and or music, like white noise machines, lofi music, those channels that are like meant to help you sleep.

OH NEW STUFF! I got the first one but I see you added new stuff to respond to 👀 The teaching him slang would be effin hilarious! We have some seriously mind boggling things now that would just blow his mind HAHA "ok boomer, is a funny one" "?" "I could say that to you, actually. Oh wait...you're far older than a boomer hold on" -looks up his generation- "Okayyyy.....Missionary? that sounds ridiculous wipe all of this from your memory" -- Then him saying his things like "she's a church bell" -after having to hide while a woman was visiting Alice and trying to see what is going on in her apartment and Alice not letting her in but the lady wouldn't stop talking- "a church bell?" "a woman who talks too damn much" ("church bell - This term refers to a woman who talks so much she reminds you of the incessant clanging of church bells." LOOOOL)

The strange noises for sure! Imagine those jumbo loud airplanes flying overhead maaaan 👀that would be so alarming! AND the fire alarms going off while he is in the apartment alone with no explanation to what is going on would be so not okay. The calm noises would be such a blessing oh my gosh ;;

THE MAGNETIC PTSD RESPONSES OH MY GOOOSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[kalpasio]

I (Werewolf Kalpas Anon, who was dying from work) AM BACK FROM THE DEAD AND I TOO WOULD WISH FOR THE MOST WONDERFUL CUDDLES AND KISSES WITH OUR BEST ANGY BOI! I WANNA SMOOCH HIM, WRAP HIM IN A BURRITO (or be wrapped in a burrito by him) AND JUST SMOTHER HIM WITH ALL MY LOVE! Eventhoughsummeriskillingmerightnowandit'stoohottodoallofthatstuffbutthat'sirrelevant-

By either way, I am dying from Hoyoverse no longer doing stuff for our greatest angery boi and that's a huge crime imo. Like plz, there was something they did by making our angery boi an idol and dressed up in the most girliest dress with the cutest fking cat mask and I want to know more on that. I need the expansion on that idea, good gawd.

(But aside from that, how are y'all doing these days? I personally suffered for a bit from the construction workers but I'm fine now.)

I thought I responded to this a week ago and now I find it in my drafts I am so sorry 😭😭😭

BECOMING A SUSHI ROLL WITH KALPAS IS MY ONE GOAL IN LIFE AND I WILL NOT BE PERSUADED OTHERWISE 😭the absolute second he's not about to kill me he is getting so much love and then I took will die from heatstroke but it's fine

I KNOW ever since they started the new chapter I feel like they just want nothing to do with the flame chasers? which, fair, I love her but I'm a lil over Ely for the moment like where did the anime go???? ok we got the elf typewriter in ER but where is that Kalpas 👏 ass👏 I NEEEEEEED to see the magazine that he modeled for in the anime it is killing me

what did the construction workers do?!?!???? like just being loud or are they fucking up traffic and stuff??

[puckandgossip]

Ok random tangent because I was reading some stuff on another blog today that pissed me off.

The opinions of people on this app regarding these hockey guys ARE INSANE. I keep seeing people finding absolutely ANY excuse for the behavior and choices of these GROWN ASS MEN. Blogs will respond to asks about certain players and say something like “ he probably would date a woman of color/plus size woman etc., but there’s pressure to maintain an image, so he likely won’t” or some bs about how these men don’t date the girls they are actually into in order to keep up appearances or conform to some hockey standard.

NEWS FLASH

These are adult men, with autonomy who are in control of their own choices. Who they date, what they say, who they vote for etc. they are responsible for themselves and their choices. People keep excusing the casual racism of players/the league/the fans or excusing who these men likely voted for and the truth is, YOU DONT KNOW THEM. I KEEP seeing the same posts where people are empathizing about how these men can’t date the women they want to date or how they are in PR relationships. The truth is that these men

A) choose to date who they are dating

B) may not have the best morals, especially in a political sense

And C) arent actually in need of PR relationships??? Like let’s use our brains?

I think this blog is great for those of us who are actually realists because I’m sick of seeing people infantalizing men who could very well be racist and as someone who works in hockey, very likely voted for trump. Sorry not sorry but there’s a disconnect from reality on some of these blogs that’s SO severe

(Ps ily miss puckandgossip)

Sry this is messy

Girl. Not messy at all. this is facts on facts and I’m so glad you said it. Like YES. 👏👏👏

The mental gymnastics some people on here do to excuse or soften the reality of who these grown ass men are is honestly wild. You said it perfectly: they are adults. Not confused little boys under the spell of some invisible NHL PR overlord. No one is forcing them to date the same type of girl over and over. No one is pushing a button that makes them follow certain accounts or wear a certain hat in their off season golfing photo.

Also, this whole "they want to date WOC/plus size girls/etc. but just can’t" narrative? Like... wow, what a noble fantasy these men have! Too bad society won’t let them. That’s not empathy, that’s projection wrapped in a delusion. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT!

And don’t even get me started on the “PR relationship” excuse that people love to throw around every time one of their favs is dating someone blonde, skinny, and influencer adjacent. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes the answer is just: he likes that. He chose that. He has a type, and it’s not revolutionary. And maybe that stings to some a bit, but it’s reality. You’re 100% right. there is a massive disconnect from reality on some corners of hockey tumblr. Like people are out here building entire moral redemption arcs for players who’ve never shown an ounce of growth or depth just because they looked soft in a post game interview once. These men that certain people would die for are NOT WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE!

So YES to realism. YES to holding people accountable. And YES to refusing to infantilize men who would never return the same grace to the people doing all this apologizing for them. Let the delulu blogs stay pressed. We’ll be over here in reality with our eyes wide open.

Thank you for bringing this energy because it’s needed. Also... ILY more for that shoutout love y'all 🥰

[darkmaga-returns]

3/27 ASTROLABE LINKS:

(39) Jack on X: "The future's looking green https://t.co/O9Bng16tzt" / X

(23) Paul Suda on X: "TRUMP 47 Week 10 of 208 "EYE OF THE TIGER" https://t.co/Wgywq2ybpj" / X

(28) Paul Suda on X: "@DaddyWarpig @IgorBrigadir not only do I GOT YOU, I chose a superior cover https://t.co/Q3twPg4l5B" / X

(28) Aesthetica on X: "Generational President https://t.co/1i9kBB0zl9" / X

(28) Fr Calvin Robinson on X: "https://t.co/ITUPcs7f0V" / X

(28) Angantýr on X: "Morning btw https://t.co/JwYYvYqCgg" / X

(28) Jordi Hays on X: "good morning https://t.co/WbAhm4DdRo" / X

(28) The White House on X: "https://t.co/Bw5YUCI2xL" / X

(29) bone on X: "Studio Ghibli presents SPIRITED OY VEY https://t.co/pgunTGn7OL" / X

(29) PJ Ace on X: "What if Studio Ghibli directed Lord of the Rings? I spent $250 in Kling credits and 9 hours re-editing the Fellowship trailer to bring that vision to life—and I’ll show you exactly how I did it 👇🏼 https://t.co/IqUeBSH4H0" / X

(29) Kunal Bagaria on X: "what if interstellar was a ghibli animation https://t.co/AJsjpZ1RGK" / X

(29) pagliacci the hated 🌝 on X: "I love studio ghibli https://t.co/fFKXigtix5" / X

(31) ☦️ Kingpilled 👑 on X: "“Hey ChatGPT I need you to ghiblify my entire FYP” https://t.co/54fav4kQ8A" / X

(31) Trung Phan on X: "Since Studio Ghibli is trending, worth noting the mind-boggling effort Hayao Miyazaki and his team put into a film. Each has 60k-70k frames, all hand-drawn and painted with water color. This 4-second clip (“The Wind Rises”) took one animator 15 months to do. In the documentary https://t.co/BwvipsyVCl" / X

(33) Howard Mortman on X: ""Should the Defense Secretary.." Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?" "From the UK" "OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country. We have a major migrant problem. You should care about your own borders" https://t.co/l1lYrYdEbH" / X

(33) Breaking911 on X: "POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman." https://t.co/XF70L5jOak" / X

(33) Dr. Ben Braddock on X: "Instant canon https://t.co/lAfDLUH028" / X

(33) Rep. Lukas Schubert on X: "On Monday, I presented HJ22, a resolution to acknowledge that Christ is King to the judiciary committee, here is my testimony: https://t.co/2ReiiruD32" / X

(20) Rapid Response 47 on X: "Archbishop Elpidophoros of America: "Allow me to offer the congratulations of the Greek-American community on your re-election to the presidency of our nation!... I also want to thank you for creating the White House Faith Office, which promises to be an extraordinary https://t.co/tFsgkF4OW9" / X

(20) Rapid Response 47 on X: "Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presents President Trump with a Holy Cross: "Through your leadership, you embody the values of our Christian faith and love for the Gospel. You remind me of the great Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great." https://t.co/CbtYYHl2hL" / X

(22) Nick Sortor on X: "🚨 #BREAKING: CDC under RFK Jr. just canceled $11 BILLION in COVID funding for state health departments GREAT news! “The COVID-19 pandemic is over, & HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years https://t.co/ltrO8GwKr8" / X

(20) Texas 🇺🇸 on X: "BIG PHARMA TARGETED EASTERN KENTUCKY! A familiar story (all around the country) put to song! 🎶 “The Devil Wore a Lab Coat” She’s really good! 👏👏 Mary Kutter https://t.co/QmKhvphYDc" / X

(33) The Vigilant Fox 🦊 on X: ".@RobertKennedyJr: "The Media Is an Extension of the Pharmaceutical Industry" "75% of advertising revenues now on the mainstream media are now coming from pharma — and that ratio is even higher for the evening news." "Anderson Cooper has a $12 million a year annual salary. https://t.co/KOkibk2dYM" / X

(33) Liz Wheeler on X: "If reports are true—and I pray they are—that RFK Jr. is gonna ban Big Pharma ads on TV, a massive society earthquake is about to happen on two fronts. #1: The corporate media will fail. You will watch before your very eyes as highly paid MSM anchors are fired, networks panic &" / X

(21) Holden Culotta on X: "“This is the biggest secret Big Pharma has been trying to keep from us.” Nicole Shanahan just exposed the truth about autism. “This is the biggest cover-up in my lifetime.” “I was knee-deep in the autism literature … I can remember a call I had with a neurologist—and I’m https://t.co/RadhMByLVn" / X

(21) George on X: "RFK Jr. says Elon Musk & DOGE are now inside the Department of HHS, exposing & eliminating massive fraud. "We've identified extraordinary waste in my department and HHS. The expenditures, and the budget of HHS during the Biden administration went up by 38%, the employees went up https://t.co/y4dJayTN9M" / X

(34) America on X: "President Trump signs an Executive Order enabling the U.S. Treasury to modernize its payments system, in order to reduce waste, fraud and abuse: – Gets rid of all of the 47 “independent” payment systems and centralizes. – Makes use of the Do Not Pay list of fraudulent entities https://t.co/H7CsFhKRy7" / X

(21) Jack's complete lack of surprise on X: "@realKingpilled #showprep" / X

Recession Canceled... Again: US Durable Goods Orders Back Near Record-Highs In February | ZeroHedge

(35) Thomas Cyr (OFFICIAL 7HOMAS777)⚡️⚡️ on X: "@StandardUser420 You're talking literal SHIT, IOW - and you don't even understand your own position adequately (the data rebuts everything you've alleged, obviously). Beyond that - and more importantly - the issue is what Friedrich List, Alexander Hamilton, Joseph Schumpeter SAID it was:" / X

(35) Christopher Landau on X: "Over the past several decades, the American foreign policy community seems to have forgotten these five simple words. Not anything that happens anywhere in the world is our business, and effective diplomacy means clearly defining what our business is and is not. The absence of https://t.co/TRMslsiP8p" / X

(25) Tanvi Ratna on X: "The American empire isn’t ending—it’s evolving. Beneath the chaos is a fast, unorthodox, and deliberately under-explained strategy to reshape the U.S. role in a multipolar world. Tariffs, geopolitics, alliances—none of it’s random. It’s a new kind of statecraft. Let’s unpack it." / X

(39) Financelot on X: "🇨🇦🇺🇸 “We're going to make sure we inflict as much pain as possible on the American People." Ontario Premier Doug Ford https://t.co/OeLz7pSMnq" / X

(37) LTC Steven Murray on X: "This is growing legs for one reason - The world is tired of the parasites in office who are owned by the EUSSR elites. This is the start of the break up of the common wealth, the EU and the UK" / X

(21) Chris Brunet on X: "according to this chart, the entire nation of Canada just spent 5 whole years fighting over a carbon tax that crippled the nation's economy to offset just *37 hours* worth of China's carbon https://t.co/8bScaW2jgE" / X

(37) Jarvis on X: "I listen to a lot of NPR and my favorite tic of theirs is what I like to call Two Good Facts/Two Bad Facts. Once you hear it you can’t unhear it. If it’s a Dem policy or politician, they get Two Good Facts. “Kamala Harris, who is (1) gaining in the polls, has a new proposal to" / X

(37) @amuse on X: "STATE FUNDED MEDIA: NPR's CEO Katherine Maher explained, "Truth is a distraction from getting things done". She didn’t realize that 100% of NPR’s editorial staff were Democrats and has never seen any bias in the newsroom. https://t.co/gJldvEUZf5" / X

(38) Collin Rugg on X: "NPR CEO Katherine Maher was completely caught off guard today after Rep. Brandon Gill started reading her past tweets to her one by one. Absolutely brutal. Gill: Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy? Maher: I believe that I tweeted that. I believe much https://t.co/TfBt0h1qDF" / X

(39) Buckley Carlson on X: "Our father's obituary. Insufficient to say he was unique. Only truly fearless man I've ever known. Richard W. Carlson. February 10, 1941 — March 24, 2025. Richard Warner Carlson died at 84 on March 24, 2025 at home in Boca Grande, Florida after six weeks of illness. He refused https://t.co/wqjeFSvKyA" / X

(25) 🕊️ on X: "God's first question in the bible wasn't about the forbidden fruit. it was "Adam, where are you?" as if the Creator of everything somehow lost track of his creation. why would an all-knowing God need to ask this? because He wasn't seeking information - He was inviting confession." / X

[thesunandmoonmakeone]

It’s like you went inside my head. 🤔👏👏👏👏👏

I agree with everything. Why is it now? “What now is what’s canon”. Throughout the show, PRE 7x04, individuals classified buck and Eddie as queer/queer coded. Now #they are mad because we see Eddie as queer? So what was buck? Did these people forget that the BUDDIE fandom got so loud and vocal the media got involved to where the SR had to respond to allegations of queer baiting? Anyone who says “"eddie isn't queer/gay," you say. "he is straight in canon, so him being gay is just a head canon. it's ok for others to think of him as straight because that's what he is”, were you happy or surprised when we got bibuck. If you were happy, it means you related to him and viewed him as bi throughout the show. Otherwise you would have been shocked and confused after the kiss. PRE 7x04, during pride throughout the years people would say happy pride to buck and Eddie and it was okay.

"eddie isn't queer/gay," you say. "he is straight in canon, so him being gay is just a head canon. it's ok for others to think of him as straight because that's what he is."

let's ignore for a second the fact that eddie has never ever ever ever not even once, said in canon that he is a heterosexual very straight guy. seriously!!! he has never once said it!!! if i am "assuming" he's gay then you are also "assuming" he is straight even though he has never once said it!!

how do you think we got bi buck as canon? like i am serious right now, answer the question. how do you think we go bi buck canon? evan buckley was never conceived to be a bisexual man at the beginning of 911. the reason we have evan buckley as a canonically bisexual character today is because us, queer fans of 911, interpreted him and headcanoned him as bisexual. i would go even further and say that it was us, BUDDIE FANS, who interpreted him and headcanoned him as bi. even before the writers were explicitly writing him as bisexual. we read his actions and his story and his identity and said: "this is a bi character!" and the writers looked back and realized that it made sense! and so they started writing him explicitly and canonically as bi.

was it wrong of us to headcanon a character as bisexual then? like for all intents and purposes we were reading a "straight" character as bi. were we doing something wrong? how come you are not complaining/chastising us/shaming us for how we took evan buckley, an otherwise straight character, and saw him as bi? is it because it now serves a purpose to you that he is bi?

also, taking characters that aren't confirmed queer and reading them as queer is what the queer community, and specifically the queer fandom community, has been doing for DECADES. look up the history of queer coding, i am begging you. it has been through the means of queer coding and the perseverance of people that are engaged in it that actual queer representation in media has increased. and let me tell you right now, eddie diaz is, undoubtedly and undeniably, one of the most queer coded characters there is. whether you think this queer coding is conscious by the writers or not. eddie diaz is queer coded.

and i want everyone who says things like "eddie diaz is not a queer character. he is straight in canon. it's wrong to assume a character is queer without the character saying so" to know that this is exactly what straight and homophobic people say. you are using the SAME rhetoric that has been used to shame queer fans for decades for seeing themselves and their experiences in fictional characters of all types. in fact, us, queer fans (and again BUDDIE FANS), were told so many times by straight fans that we were wrong for reading buck as bisexual. and where are we now? where did reading buck as bi take us? oh yeah, to having bi buck in canon.

so please just stop with the "eddie isn't queer in canon" comments. if you don't want to interpret eddie as queer then that is your prerogative. i will be judging why that is, for sure, but it is your right. but be honest about it. it has nothing to do with whether or not he is straight (which hasn't been said) or queer coded (which he so obviously is seeing as so many of us can very easily read him as queer). it's a personal preference and you're not engaging with canon better because of it.