#My Thoughts are Extraordinary

[juhnkit]

Motivational Music in the Morning … Colossal, My Thoughts Are Extraordinary (Official Audio Track) … from the Album: The Stretch Armstrong Show featuring Bobbito the Barber (Bobbito Garcia), WKCR Demo (Baltimore, Maryland) (1996) #MMitM1

[pangur-and-grim]

I updated the breeder on what's been happening, and she called Belphie out for being bald

[mswyrr]

"When I told you that you mattered to me, I didn’t mean as my tribute. I meant as you. You, Lucy Gray Baird, as a person." // tboas 191-192

[dimonds456]

Gonna say something controversial.

Ford Pines is a nuanced character who is neither good nor bad. Absolving him of his crimes is actively a detriment to his character and does a disservice to the storytelling of Gravity Falls, but defining him exclusively by his mistakes without taking the time to understand him is a purposefully bad faith take that actively makes your enjoyment of the show worse.

He is neither a good or bad person, because "good" people and "bad" people aren't real. There's just people. And people fuck up sometimes.

If no one fucked up and if no one held onto those fuckups sometimes out of sheer desperation, the world of fiction would be way more boring, unengaging, and dull.

Ford Pines is a mess and I don't want him to be sanitized or demonized. I just want him to be a mess.

Thank you

[beccawise7]

Facts.

Life serves some pain & loss, but oh my, how freeing that becomes. It's a blessing to be given the gift of perspective, passion & love.

Live your life in an extraordinary manner. Always. ��️

~beccawise7 💜🖤

[lovelyisadora]

Also when sep restarts his apprenticeship is he like. Okay so you rlly did cut out a lot of stuff huh. Wtf were u going to if I finished the apprenticeship. And marcia's like idk I didn't think that far ahead. Or like. What happens andjdndjfn I need More

quick context because this has been in my inbox for at least two years but this is about the apprenticeship arrangement in rewrite au (at least I am like 95 percent sure it is).

if Septimus had actually finished the apprenticeship, he wouldn’t have been able to take over as extraordinary wizard because of how she modified it to be age appropriate and because he went into it with little to no experience with or knowledge of magyk (in rewrite au, the extraordinary apprenticeship is more of an elite position; if the purpose is to train potential extraordinary wizards, then only apprentices who are top of their magyk classes or programs are considered). Marcia was never going to have him take over so young, but without the proper training, he couldn’t have taken over ever. so since she didn’t have a plan and never thought that far ahead anyway, and because the arrangement was always about his day to day functioning, she really was just figuring it out as she went (with no help from Silas or Sarah, but only because Marcia is the extraordinary wizard; the apprenticeship hiding the fact that she is his legal guardian is hers to figure out as far as they are concerned).

the hardest part, since she did want him to take over eventually, would have been keeping the arrangement a secret and finding how to prepare him in a way that qualified him without him realizing what was really going on. she would have pushed him to higher education, would have found ways to introduce new books and extra lessons and spells in a way that didn’t clue him in that she was teaching him the way he should have always been taught. anything, so that when she was ready and he expressed interest in replacing her, it could happen. but because he doesn’t have the easiest apprenticeship even modified as it is, none of this happens. it all falls apart because it wasn’t sustainable, but also because he wasn’t ready and neither was she (which she did warn Silas and Sarah about).

she tells him this, after the first three months of his restarted apprenticeship, but only when he asks. because he knew, after they finally talked about it when it all fell apart that the actual apprenticeship was different, but he hadn’t realized just how much. he’s taking magyk classes because Marcia warned him she wasn’t going to bridge his gap in knowledge. he would be more than prepared for some of it, but nowhere near ready for a lot of it. if he was serious about recommitting to the extraordinary apprenticeship then the extraordinary apprenticeship was what he was getting, nothing less, and he needs do the work he missed on his own. Marcia is also Marcia, so she pushes him harder and expects more of him than other extraordinary wizards might have expected of their apprentices if they were in this situation. his first three months are very difficult as a result and he starts realizing that being the extraordinary wizard is a lot harder than it looks, that the work required to get to that position is harder than he thought, and he’s like, oh my god, Marcia, were you going to throw me into that without any of this?

telling him the second part of it, that she still wouldn’t have told him about the arrangement had he finished his original apprenticeship, is almost as hard as it would have been to cover it up. he really does not like hearing that Marcia still would have lied by omission and kept it from him. he thinks that he would have deserved to know, had he not found out by accident when it fell apart.

Marcia ends the conversation there though, to his frustration, because there’s no point in talking about what would have been. he knows now. he’s doing the apprenticeship now, the right way. they’ve already discussed the arrangement, at length. they don’t need to discuss it any further.

except they do, because they resolved it without resolving it. if Marcia kept this from him, if she would have continued to keep this from him, what else must she be keeping from him? he never fully trusts her again.

[stars-inthe-sky]

Tagged by @apollabarnes

Rules: You just got an old car and it doesn’t have Bluetooth. You can only buy seven cds and you can’t repeat an artist. What are you getting?

Chess (2003 BC/EFA concert cast, I know there's not an "official" for-sale recording but shh, I'll buy the bootleg I've been listening to for two-plus decades)

Hair (2009 revival BCR)

Graceland (Paul Simon)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)

Pippin (OBCR)

In The Heights (OBCR)

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (OBCR)

no pressure tags for @ballroompink, @miabicicletta, @village-skeptic, @running-rabbit, and @awkdinosaur

[ilovereadingandstuff]

Just finished watching episode 11 season 7...

and god...

it was...beautiful.

Traumatizing.

Painful.

But so poetic...

I truly can't express how I'm feeling.

I hadn't caught up with the manga yet when his death happened and I knew of it as an spoiler...the knowledge was there even though I deny it to myself for long time up until i read it myself...and I also didn't cry because the impact wasn't just there...

BNHA has always touched something so deep within me...the show resonated with me for the very first moment i watched it, and it accompained me throught some of the toughest moments in my life these past few years...

But I have counted the times it has made me cry...And I'm actually suprised to see that this time I didn't.

I'm kinda dissapointed in myself for that...when I'm aware of how this show in its totallity means to me...but the pain was also there...to a palpable degree.

Izuku and Katsuki are the ones who i love the most...because I feel them to a personal level...

Their characters and personalities got me up when I most needed it...and they still do 'till this today.

And even though everything had happened with my conflicted feelings and reactions throught these years...Katsuki's death made quite the impact on me, because of my love for his character, and just the beauty of the suffering in the whole chapter...now episode too...

Because I can feel how these little things caress my soul...Just like...

Katsuki's growth

Katsuki's regrets

Katsuki's drive for keep on winning, improving time and time again to unbelievable levels...

Katsuki's empathy...for Izuku.

...

The music, the settings, the visuals, the silences...every bit of it was beautiful in this episode, nothing less. They certainly catch the feeling of the manga when I read it...and they even added even more to it.

And 'beauty' is the only word I can think of to express what it meant for me.

So I'm...in peace.

Knowing this is NOT his end...looking forward for the ending of the manga, but just thinking on chapters 403 and 423...

I can say I'm in peace.

I wanted to see this episode with my whole being, I was craving for it just like I needed air...and I'm satisfied.

This chapter reminded me the enchanting beauty of Hori's work and why I have loved so much this series all along...

And, as I'm certain Katsuki's end was not here...either way, this moment became a changing point for many...including me.

[cxttlefishcxller]

Fake Fic Title: Where the Water Takes Us

Okay I was SO stumped on this one for a second until my brain aggressively told me that this was about Venice, so.........it's a Clannigram AU apparently, I don't make the rules jfkld;safd Will Graham is chosen as the FBI liaison on loan to the Italian government and sent to the shining city of Venice to help them track down a killer they've dubbed "Il Drago." As he's not officially FBI, he has very reluctantly agreed to pose as "assistant" to an agent fresh out of training -- one Clarice Starling. They butt heads frequently -- she's too eager to prove herself, and he's too used to working alone to want anyone in his way -- and through their struggles, they find unlikely assistance from the caretaker of the Palazzo Capponi in Florence -- one Christian Fell. Neither knowing that this is the alias for murderer, cannibal, and FBI Most Wanted List veteran Hannibal Lecter. He's fascinated by this case, helping unriddle Il Drago's macabre tests with his knowledge of Italian folklore and history. They have to navigate their own differences and a growing attraction between their little team, acclimating to a dynamic and a country that none are truly native to. And all the while, they're racing against the clock to catch this killer before the festival of Carnivale, where Il Drago has promised to ensure that thousands will end up dead in the canals before the night is over.

[longlostcentury]

the only reason to effectively lower my standards is to stop consuming any form of media and that is simply not an option

[chenfordswopez]

Free Leia (T9S 1x02) || Girl Meets Ski Lodge (GMW 3x09)

[forcedhesitation]

I get most people only care about the singularity for memes and don't appreciate his character at all... and he is just a fictional character.... but wow I hate it so much when people call hux, the "transgender allegory" killer, by the wrong pronouns.

He is NOT an "it." his lore literally mentions him changing his pronouns from the ones he was given by humans to ones HE personally identifies with.

the transgender themes are not subtle at all, in any of his lore. there is even a scene in the archives in which he injects himself with genetic material in order to create his "perfect form."

how much clearer can they get without slapping a fucking pride flag on his face?

[jacqcrisis]

Can I talk about the boat scene with Gale? I'm gunna talk about the boat scene with Gale and my boy, Alfonso "The Face-Breaker" Tombstone.

Cause here's the thing. Alfonso Tombstone isn't a religious person. It's not that he doesn't believe in the gods (in fact I dont think you can in this universe), but he disregards them mostly. Given his upbringing and his poor background, the gods are not a direct force to Al. They can be to other, more special people; people of influence and power and interest, but to little old Al, he's just another ant on the ground, living his life with as much of a thought about divinity as the divine probably have of him.

Given his status pre-tadpole, Alfonso fully knows that his life is more determined by the world and the people around him than any gods. And that's fine, that's preferable as divinity is not a replacement for the life that surrounds you, but it's also never going to get him into a tabernacle praying for a change in his circumstance because the gods don't care about lowly old him and, frankly, he doesn't need them to. If he wants a change, than either he will make that change, a person in his life will make that change, or some random chance will make that change.

And then he randomly gets scooped up by a mindflayer ship and everything goes topsy-turvy. He's miles from home. Surrounded by weirdos. Having an adventure.

Yet he still takes that core belief about deities with him. Its one of the things he and Gale bond over as the academic and divinely troubled wizard finds this uneducated athletic performer of an orc to hold surprisingly nuanced opinions about the very thing that vexes him. They debate about, argue, spend long hours into the evening discussing this chasm between their opinions on the role of the gods that do or do not affect their lives.

They never come to a consensus or an agreement, but it opens the door for their budding romance. The divine stops being argued. Conversations move on, relationships deepen, time passes. Shockingly, Alfonso still believes the gods have little interest in him even as he's suplexing the avatar of one deep in the bowels of a mindflayer nest.

And he's in love. Al doesn't want to admit it, doesn't want to plan for a speculative future, doesn't want to give himself that hope because outside of this adventure, outside of the tieflings and the children calling him a hero, he's still the same old Al. No amount of praise or good deeds done in the world could make him believe that if they survive all this and if life goes back to normal, that Gale won't finally see how goddamn uninteresting Alfonso is and immediately forget about him in favor of anyone more worth his time.

But maybe he does start to think about life after. Maybe he does daydream about simple times and simple days. No mindflayers or tadpoles or cults or dead gods or living gods and maybe Gale is there when Al is at his weakest of daydreams that they could have something in the after this. Maybe a home life or another adventure, but something together where Al can and does measure up to all the things in Gale's life that came before him.

And now Alfonso is sitting in a boat among the stars being asked by this person he finally started admitting he loves if they can ascend to the very thing that will make them leave Al behind. Because Alfonso wouldn't ascend with Gale; that's never going to be something he, the most salt of the earth kind of person to ever exist, would want. He isn't divine material, isn't capable of wrapping his head around the minutiae of that, is interested in that at all. If Gale ascends, he would be doing it alone and who would Al be to him but an ant staring at the sky, grieving the person he loved.

I like to think in that whole conversation, Al told Gale all that. That was his rebuttal to the 'tell me you want what i want' line, along with the whole 'I love you for who you are and not the god you'd pretend to be'. Which leads to the rest of the boat scene and I've got too many FEELINGS ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[kirjavas]

There were once three brothers travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too treacherous to pass, but being learned in the magical arts, the three brothers simply waved their wands and made a bridge. Before they could cross, however, they found their path blocked by a hooded figure. And Death spoke to them.

[mylittlepimp]

*My conversation with my nonverbal (in the way of words) nephew*

Me to my nephew: "I watched the first 3 X-Men. Well not the prequel... The first 3 before the prequels, that I grew up with."

My nephew: 🤗

Me: "and I cried for 2 hours."

My nephew: 🥺

Me: "then I watched Van Helsing..."

My nephew: 🤨

Me: "and I was sad again. But I didn't cry."

My nephew: 🥹

Me: "then I watched league of extraordinary gentlemen for the first 20 minutes so I could prove people are who I think they are! And they were!"

My nephew: 🤨

Me: "I couldn't finish it because I promised Grandma (my mom) I wouldn't finish it without her."

My nephew: 🤣

Me: "but they are who I thought they were! Dracula - uh Van Helsing's Dracula is M."

Me: "and Marcus - uh underworld and underworld evolution, because he dies in evolution (spoiler alert) Marcus is Skinner - the invisible man!"

My nephew: 🤔😘

Me: "I don't recognize their faces but I recognize their voices. It was in the first five or ten minutes that I knew "M" or the masked villain was Dracula and he was speaking in an entirely different language." *Laughs*

My nephew: 🙄 *giggles* 😁

Me: "I'm not crazy."

[beccawise7]

My wish for you is that your soul is free.

Your mind at peace.

That every day you take a moment to be thankful you still draw breath & get to live this extraordinary life.

Be well.

~beccawise7💜🖤