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willowtron · 8 months ago

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Is Mike Tyson a mascot for Western Apathy? The Age of Ad Revenue.

I have a really bad habit of trying to make my "first" posts really special and good, so this time I'm going to break that habit by talking about something I really don't care about.

Okay, so Paul vs Tyson; probably the least exciting boxing match that could be conceived, where a semi-competent novice takes an easy and gentle win against a heavyweight champion from thirty-five years ago - where said novice has gained fame purely from being a large enough dickhead on the internet that people started giving him money, and the fifty-eight year old former champ seems both depressed and in poor health. Regardless of who you thought might win, the whole point of this was quite obviously just for Jake Paul to be able to say "I beat Mike Tyson!" (who really seems like he actually, genuinely, couldn't care less about losing).

This is at the same time as president-elect Donald J Trump (part 2!) has announced some of the most brainrot cabinet choices possible. I'd like to say they're smart grift choices or whatever, but it's pretty clear a lot of them are just people that built their career on being loud and divisive - and, most importantly, are disliked by most everyone on the left. Elon Musk, a man who earned his wealth through a combination of inheritance from slavery, scams, fraud, and cryptocurrency is going to be in charge of a government department named after a meme that stopped being funny almost a decade ago - and he's not even getting it to himself, it's a shared position. Matt Gaetz, who alleges he is technically not a pedophile, will also hold a position in government; as well as RFK Jr, failed presidential aspirant, who is (supposedly) largely opposed to Trump's political stances and perhaps very existence, but likes the idea of being involved in government enough that he still endorsed Trump to be president in the 2024 election.

About a month ago, around October-November of 2024, YouTube (owned by Google and ran by CEO Neal Mohan) quietly updated the way it serves ads; "unskippable, longer, more" seem to be the three main elements of YouTube's new ad direction, and this most recent change appears to be one of the most aggressive yet. Even in minor territories like the Isle of Man, where licensing small print has previously lead to a small amount of ads served, the number of ads has dramatically increased - all while YouTube's copyright systems remain famously unequal toward actual content creators, and ads themselves retain a high probability of breaching YouTube's terms of service.

After a series of aggressive acquisitions lead by CEO & Chairman Satya Nadella that had EU, US, and Chinese governments regarding the merger as anti-competitive and monopolistic, Microsoft successfully bought ownership of Activision-Blizzard-King; while the ABK name is perhaps most famed for titles such as World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Overwatch, it is actually Swedish partner King who owns the title Candy Crush Saga and the infrastructure to make strides into the mobile gaming industry for Microsoft. While the ownership of titles like Call of Duty unofficially "ends" the console wars (with Xbox's Halo and (sort of) PlayStation's CoD now being under the same company), minor aspects like this haven't been major factors in the gaming sphere since the more wide-spread adoption of PC gaming and handhelds like the Nintendo Switch. even so, in my opinion ABK as an acquisition pales in comparison to the purchase of Mojang's Minecraft, now just over ten years ago, which to this day retains a chokehold on the market of "games for children".

Minecraft, initially released in 2011 by Swedish company Mojang, and created by now-disgraced game designer Markus "Notch" Persson, has made a lasting cultural impact that I genuinely believe to be impossible to quantify. To try and provide even a slight amount of perspective, the iconic Steve "oof" has not been present in the game since Beta - which was now around fourteen years ago. And hey, remember King? Markus Persson used to work there. Anyway, in 2014 Microsoft acquired Mojang, and Minecraft with it, and has now owned the title for a decade. Perhaps one of the most controversial changes to the game (perhaps second only to... voter interference in the Mob Vote? Okay. Sure.) is the introduction of Microsoft's global chat-report moderation; regardless of whether you are in a public or private server, players have the ability to report any chat message from any player, and if deemed appropriate, Microsoft will then temporarily or permanently "silence" this player across every server.

I have a lot of love for Minecraft. If you took my playtime from every other game I've ever played, combined it, and doubled it, you still wouldn't reach my playtime in Minecraft. I was a child during its Alpha, I helped my school friends bypass security on school computers so they could play it, some of my closest friends were met on servers in that game, and there'll probably come a time where I write all of my thoughts about it properly. For now, all you need to know is that I don't look down on the title by any means, when I say Microsoft, and the capitalist elite, have ruined Children's gaming.

Every now and then, I think about the "Decline of children's spaces online" Reddit post on r/tumblr - the comments I feel are worth including in this, so forgive the link to reddit. I don't disagree with any aspects of the OOP or Reddit OP's collation by any means, but I feel it frames the problem from the perspective of people very much... more terminally online than myself. Not once have I ever thought "grah, these kids are taking my space away!" when I see a badly censored swear word or my favourite content creators lamenting demonitisation, I just think "wow advertisers fucking suck". Because they do, and the need for increased "family-friendly-ness" in an endless quest to make ad revenue actually profitable is killing all forms of social interaction online, be it via social media, video games, everything.

Shortly after the full acquisition of ABK by Microsoft, there was a large wave of permanent chat and account bans for players of the game Overwatch, due to the sending of swear words in chat. This caused uproar on social media, but was also largely seen as so ridiculous as to be funny; in a game where one of the characters will say "wanker", out loud, in game, you can be permanently banned for saying "fuck" or "shit". To my knowledge this has been reduced, but is still technically punishable. In a game where you go around, killing people, blood flying off their model as you hit them with your fists or shoot them with bullets, or electrocute them to death as they yell in agony, saying the fuck word is a bannable offense now.

On January 7th 2023, YouTuber and Twitch streamer RTGame posted the video "Youtube is Restricting My Content" in response to a back-and-forth with the media giant regarding a subtle and ambiguous alteration to YouTube's Terms of Service, and monetisation guidelines. This was, at the time, the latest in a string of ad-restriction changes that included requiring content creators to not use any foul language at the start of the video, requiring content creators to not use excessive amounts or severities of foul language, not show real actual human death, gore, and mutilation (which is still apparently allowed generally, but will cost you ad revenue. ???), etc. Three years prior, on March 23rd of 2020, YouTuber Tom Scott uploaded the video "YouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is." The video highlights how copyright law and systems of enforcement have been outdated for years, in no small part due to the ability for individuals to make a living for themselves creating content and uploading it, without any form of corporate support beyond host websites like YouTube and Twitch. Ad revenue is the driving force behind an entire industry of online content creation - even things that utilise regular payments as part of a streaming service do so, typically, for the purpose of allowing the consumer to avoid ads. YouTube, Twitch, Spotify; all allow for individuals to post their own individual content, as long as the services themselves get a cut.

And as more and more of our infrastructure has moved online, and ads have become a tolerated nuisance tightly integrated into using basically any online service, we've been hit by the emergence of the largest obstacle yet; AI.

"AI" is not just ChatGPT. I do not say the term "AI" and refer to DallE or Grok or whatever other nonsense environment-killer is the Monster of the Week for anti-AI proponents. In many ways, the insinuation that these even count as "AI" is offensive to me as someone who grew up with the belief that the only true AI is one that deserves to be recognised as sentient. ChatGPT is not sentient. None of them are.

AI is ChatGPT, but it is also the way mobs move in the game Minecraft; it is also YouTube's content ID system for copyright; it is also the myriad of bots that operate on the stock market. It has been part of your daily life for years, much longer than it's been used to generate soulless art from the stolen work of actual artists - AI has served to remove the human element from the things too tedious or too numerous for humans to actually manage. Ads and copyright are right up there on that list. Which ads to serve, who to serve them to, and automatic filing of copyright claims have all been part of YouTube for long enough that I'd wager most people don't even really know the term "Content ID" anymore

"oh but those aren't really AI" yeah neither is a thing that just collects sentences and tries to blurt out something similar. They all just do data collection and then try to find trends, and no that's not the same as being neurodivergent, we're getting off track just trust me that they're the same for the purposes of this post. All you need to know is that your ads are served by AI, and probably largely generated by AI, and the entire content creation industry (be it social media like Twitter, live streaming platforms like Twitch, or hosting services like YouTube) is built almost solely upon ad revenue.

Games like Overwatch haven't been sanitised because children are stealing the spaces from adults; people don't censor swear words on posts because they care about the children; RTGame isn't replacing all cursing on his videos with literally the word "YouTube" just because he finds it funny (it is, though). Sanitisation occurs because ad revenue demands no limitations; because corporations that pay for ads don't want to hear about how the videos they have their ads on aren't appropriate for certain audiences, they don't care about the actual content they help pay for. They just want their cut - for their ad to reach as many people as possible.

I really didn't want to have to, but... I have to at least mention it. In a world where user consumption, clicks, ads viewed, and time watched are the primary metrics for financial success online, TikTok is the primary driving force behind a lot of "foul language focused" sanitisation. Censoring of the words kill, die, fuck, shit, sex, etc, etc, etc. It's... depressing. And the permeation of these habits onto other sites does make it feel like the only internet spaces available are baby spaces for people who can't handle a swear word or innate parts of the human experience. TikTok drives a significant amount of online discourse, both niche and mainstream, and acts as both a means of escaping real-world issues like genocide, poverty, and the horror of having a meaningful vote in the world's leading democratic nation, as well as a source of news and information in a world full of unacknowledged bias, misinformation, and five-second attention spans. TikTok has made the dystopian vision of a humanity that is both apathetic and powerless seem closer than ever by proving that, given the choice, a significant proportion of the population will not resist attempts to misinform them and dull their ability to process long-form information. TikTok is evidence that if your algorithm is good enough, then morals, beliefs, and self-respect are all secondary.

And that's the really important part. People do not think critically about the information they consume because the internet bombards you with a constant stream of it; this isn't TikTok specific, or even particularly restricted to just online content. It's about how accessible good, reliable sources of information are; it's about how trustworthy megacorporations are in regard to humanity's best interests; it's about whether ads are trying to serve the consumer, or trying to manipulate them. And most importantly, it's about how much people care - how critically they think about the information they receive and the content they consume, and how parties who don't want that can disincentivise it as much as possible.

Being unable to traverse the sheer expanse of opinion, information, and style that exists across the internet is just one barrier for uneducated and uninformed westerners. Partisan and tribal politics, distraction techniques targeting minorities and scapegoats, a skew towards conservative and reactionary political leanings from most every major news outlet, as well as a general sentiment that the world is "speeding up" - no time to rest, no time to think, just have the right opinions and work work work! - all contribute to the hostility of nuance and accuracy. "These people hate you and want to destroy your way of life" is a lot easier to understand than "well they don't actually hate you specifically, they just have a built up resentment for the systems that support your way of life due to the disenfranchisement of minorities and the working class - and they don't so much want to destroy your way of life as they want to help you understand that your way of life is actually harmful to you as well, because it's designed to only benefit the ultra-rich capitalist elite" when the people you're talking to have intentionally been given a biased and low-quality education (if any at all). FOX news likes stupid people; but those people don't like being called stupid (understandably) - and unfortunately there's no easy way to say "your preferred news source appeals to the uneducated" without it being insulting, or failing to get the point across.

It is both a societal and an individual responsibility to be educated and provide education, but I digress.

Remember Paul vs Tyson? and Donald Trump's cabinet? It's been a little while since we started, but I promise I didn't mention those for no reason.

Twitter (or X if you're a loser) is currently seeing a mass migration over to competitor Bluesky - a mix of Elon's appointment to Trump's government, as well as some unpopular changes regarding the block function, have spurred people to move away from Twitter once and for all; but it remains the world's largest social media site.

Overwatch has had global chat, the "looking for group" system, and the "unfiltered" text chat option all removed from the game - things like the in-built LFG or "Guilds" were promised, but never delivered. They likely never will following Microsoft's acquisition.

YouTube's largest channel is currently MrBeast, with T-Series, Cocomelon, SET India, and Kids Diana taking up 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Three of these five are aimed at children (aged 15 and under, per my arbitrary definition); The remaining two are multimedia brands. While PewDiePie is a controversial figure, his dethronement from the top of YouTube in 2019 fully signalled the end of YouTube being a site for individuals and its transition to being a site for brands, with more focus on ads and marketability.

TikTok's parent company ByteDance reported a revenue of one hundred and twenty billion dollars in 2023. US$120,000,000,000. The "Usage" section of TikTok's wikipedia page makes for... enlightening reading. By all means, check the original sources, but there's a lot there.

As time has gone on, major corporations have killed human interaction online. Limits on video length on sites like TikTok, limits on characters for sites like Twitter, removal of "undesirable" (not advertiser friendly) kinds of interaction from online gaming, a continuous push for the most profitable content to be the most supported content. News outlets, media platforms, all of them exist as businesses with the sole driving motivation of making as much money as possible - quality, truth, and the betterment of humanity be damned. Scratch that, sacrificed.

In a pre-match interview with Jazlyn Guerra, posted to YouTube channel Jazzy's World TV, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is seen scoffing in bewilderment - the five minute long interview between the fifty-eight year old and the fourteen year old is... awkward, pretty much the whole way through, as the interviewer does her best to empathise with the weight of nearly six decades of a life she could not possibly comprehend. She agrees with statements on adversity in childhood and throughout life, dressed in designer clothes at 14; she asks what Tyson thinks of Jake Paul, who responds that he just thinks "he's very funny". In a question about legacy, Tyson responds bluntly "who the fuck cares about me when I'm gone. - I'm dust. I'm nothing." Tyson does not care about who his opponent is, or why he's fighting, or even seemingly what comes next. When Mike Tyson stepped into that ring he stood for nothing at all; when Jazlyn Guerra heard his fatalism she simply accepted it; and Jake Paul can say "I beat Mike Tyson!". Apathy, marketability, a legacy of vanity. That is what we teach young people in the modern day.

So when you see Donald Trump choosing the most "memeable" people possible for his cabinet - when you see the most powerful person in the democratic world slotting their country in as a cog in the machine that is mass-media consumption - "brainrot" is truly the most appropriate word for his decision making. The President of the United States has been determined by how much money he generates for media corporations, while the populations of the Western world become less and less savvy to nuance and complexity; all while the concept of "legacy" is eaten away by a pervading sense of apathy present in every online space, even in spite of generation-spanning crises regarding climate change, the capitalist system, and global inequality.

None of this is coincidental. It has simply been determined that nuance isn't profitable; that even skill isn't profitable.

This is the age of ad revenue.

#mike tyson #twitter #overwatch #minecraft #youtube #tom scott #rtgame #advertising #copyright #tiktok #anti capitalism #“AI”

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blackbutlerfandomnerddomain · 2 years ago

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@gay-salt-amber asked: "Y'know, what if one by one Kalim introduces his bfs to his parents? Like he knows they'll never accept them but he's mostly doing it so his siblings can meet his partners and stuff They meet esther first Kalimes parents are mad that kalims friends with a vampire and blah blah blah...imagine esther going off on their asses Hcs?"

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~!

I can see Kalim bringing them all on vacation to the Scalding Sands to do this slowly but surely but with every partner it goes bad with the parents but with the siblings they're just impressed and amazed by them all!

Headcanons:

As you mentioned, Esther would volunteer first to spade their loves of the stress of it

Things would start to go well with this vacation, with some discomfort of the family trying to shame Jamil for not being 100% like a servant by helping with the bags and walking hands and feet for everyone there as "Kalim's guests" and ignore they're also Jamil's friends/guests even though the others insisted to give Jamil a break a bit and that they can take their own luggage

While showing around town, the two ran into Najma (Cater: deja-vu-)

Like I mentioned before she knew WAY early something was afoot with her brother and their master, even more when she started to notice the hugs and looks when playing Basketball with Jamil's supposed "basketball buddies who annoyed him"

So Kalim decided to do the whole parents meeting Esther, his beautiful sexy and smart nonbinary Queer Icon vampire partner, about the third day of vacation and have day one is relaxing from traveling and second day being sight seeing and fun and meeting the siblings more

My goodness does meeting Kalim's 30+ siblings suddenly make a lot of their hearts long for a big family with their golden sunshine baby boy

Kalim and the others were melting a lot seeing Leona, Malleus, Silver, Esther, Lilia, Ace, Floyd, Trey, and Rook good with the kids

Like Leona slowly "dying" when the kid played fight with him, " Oh no... I'm dying... Ruggie, tell my nephew...I love him *dying noises* "

Seeing Lilia and Malleus and Silver in a funny circle holding some kids with Malleus having one of Kalim's little sisters on his lap standing and holding his horns and every time she moves he makes some car engine noises which makes her burst into giggles, Lilia bouncing a toddler and humming a little Celtic ditty, and Silver letting two girl put flowers in his hair

Esther dancing a bit with a curious toddler and turning into his bat form and flying around which makes said toddler and others laugh and reach

Ace having a kid on his back, one clinging to his front, and two on his arms as he does hand magic for them

Floyd was having fun with the kids giving piggy backs and running around and doing this to one

YOU CANNOT WATCH THE VIDEO AND NOT SEE FLOYD WITH A KID!

He also had a funny moment with a kid when they asked about his and Jade's eyes; Floyd: That's just our heterochromia Kid: You're scared of straight people Jade: *laughing* Floyd: *laughs* Yes! *playfully lifts the child in a silly voice* Straight people be craaaaazay~!

Trey playing "chef" with the little little ones and using Doodle Suit a bit to make things happened, he did this to them later (with permissions from Kalim of course) to make their vegetables taste like their favorite desserts. He does this for Kalim sometimes when they started dating

And Rook is just a natural with this pack of children and toddlers and teens alike, braiding some's hairs, talking to them as equals and enjoying the babbled imaginative stories he's hearing, and rolling around playing with all of them

So by the time the introduction happened the siblings and young cousins are having a good time with the lovers and are happy to hear Jamil is also a romantic partner of Kalim's

Kalim proudly took Esther's hand and introduced bat as his partner to the parents

They are shocked and disgusted to say the least and mutter "pishacha"

Ace leans to Jamil and whispered, "what's a pishacha?" Jamil whispers back, "It's a name of a demon in our religion. It's a blood and flesh eating creature that some people are made from people's evils." Ace's face scrunch up, "That's kind of racists-" Jamil nods, "Yes it is"

Kalim's parents were imminently scolding Kalim for bringing "that" into their home and demanding him to "break out of it's spell and break up with it" Arie was about ready to chuck a wine glass at them for saying that

Then Esther opened their mouth and just rips them a new one

"How dare you-" and "You treat you son like this-" and "You mother fuckers-" was just some wonderful starting gems of a whole five(5) minutes of bat going off none stop and interrupting whenever the parents tried to stop and speak up with a "AND ANOTHER THING-"

Everyone's watching in complete awe and Kalim, Arie, Jamil, Azul, and Silver are finding this weirdly hot and they can't explain why while Chenya finds it hot and knows why

The night ended for all early because of that and they spend the night in town comforting Esther they best they all could

They all ate some street food, dance to some music, and enjoyed the time of the Scalding Sands being perfectly surreal beauty of the night

Think that fun as hell scene from prince of Egypt where Moses is growing with his people

This song

Rollo never been more in love seeing his lovers dance with the stars freely while Kalim is bring so much joy without magic and money, he even joined the dancing which is rare!

Esther felt better from the name calling after this night since regardless being called a "flesh eating demon of people's evil" still stings from your boyfriend's parents

Their might've been a newspaper story of that night with rumors of Kalim kissing a unknown beauty with skin as pale as the moon while his servant hugs said mysterious person from behind but Jamil and Kalim don't care, no one actually knows it's Kalim or that's Esther but them but just didn't care of the earful from Kalim's father of "Do you have any idea what rumors are being told of our family name?!"

The vacation did spark some sweet lyrics for Esther

Sorry if this is weird but the ask ate itself away while I was finishing up the ask and I just copy paste everything again

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mymanymerrymuses · 1 year ago

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I showed my mum pictures of every muse on my blog and got some HILARIOUS descriptions of who they are as people, so now I am sharing this.

Please enjoy. I did.

Okay here's my blog promo picture, which is what I used to show her all the muses. I'm going to go row by row and tell you how she described each character (some were in pairs, I'll say when that happened)

First, Asahi: "Almost like Clark Kent. A geek sat in his office and then he goes and does something amazing." 8/10. He's not superman but he is surprisingly good when he steps onto the court.

Norman: "Wants to be a private eye." 5/10 not quite accurate, but I could see it.

Gemima, who got paired up with Conny: "They're just annoying. Just look at them, you know they're annoying." 1/10 it was funny, but they're very sweet little girls.

Bruce: "Thinks he's gorgeous." 0/10 ma'am you do not know the self-hatred this man possesses.

Kili hilariously got paired with Fili, and my mother said they both look like they're thinking: "Where the fuck did I park my horse?" 25/10. She has never seen the hobbit and I laughed SO HARD because she knew if anyone was going to lose a horse it was those two idiots.

Jedediah was missed because she recognised him and wouldn't have had to guess his character.

Oikawa: "Boring." 2/10 it's funny because he'd be so insulted, but he's far too dramatic to ever be boring.

Ray: "Angry." 10/10 perfectly accurate.

Emma: "A trendsetter." 7/10 Technically she did inspire an entire crazy escape plan, so I'll take it.

Camilo: "The annoying friend who sings everything." 5/10 accurate, but I deducted points because despite loving Encanto and having watched it multiple times, my mum did not recognise Camilo and thought he was a girl XD

Pietro: "Super fast. If he ran it would be fast. If he rode a horse it would be fast. He'd want to be moving fast." 8/10 I think the icon gave her too big a clue (though she said she didn't realise he was running and thought his hand was up because his wrist was broken), but I would LOVE to see Pietro's superspeed transfer to a horse.

Ori: "He has a speech impediment and is a bit slow." 0/10 more of an unfair judgement than my mother usually gives people, and not accurate at all. Ori is very smart and I love him.

Revali: "Bit of a mean bastard." 10/10 perfect yes he is.

Yamaguchi: "Looks shocked at the world." 9/10 he is, in fact, intimidated by most of the world, so I'll accept that as a correct answer.

Kagari: "Wants to be in a boyband." 8/10 not correct but given that my depiction of Kagari is deaf, I did laugh quite hard at the irony.

Don: "Know-it-all. Thinks he knows everyone's secrets and he doesn't." 3/10 Don does like to think he knows more than he does, but he definitely doesn't think he's really super smart and knows everything about everyone.

Bilbo she vaguely recognised (enough to know he was a Hobbit) but had nothing to say about him.

Thaumas: "Physically strong." 6/10 his whole character is he's too pretty and wants to be left alone because too many people are into him, but there's nothing to say he isn't also physically strong.

Viktor: "What happened to it's eyes?" 9/10 I have no words.

Tsukishima: "He has a 'fuck off' expression." 10/10 yes he does.

Hawthorn and Attalea she had nothing to say for because she 'wasn't sure what was happening'.

Damien: "That's Billy Bullshit. He's two-faced." 3/10 technically he keeps the two sides of himself very separate, but he's not mean or bitchy and he's learning to embrace every part of himself and I love him for that.

Piers: "Scary." 6/10 he's a sweetheart but many young pokemon trainers would agree with my mum XD

Miguel: "Geeky gay Jesus." 10/10 not accurate but sheer perfect anyway.

Nori: "He's a wannabe wizard." 9/10 not AT ALL but I loved that anyway.

Tyler: "He wants to be a personal trainer but he can't." 4/10 it was funny but he dresses that way because he's gay and also we have watched Turning Red more than once so again, I don't know how she didn't recognise him at all.

Kenma: "A sulky teenager." 9/10 yep. Yep he is XD

Lucien: "He looks gay." 9/10 he would be very happy to know that he is not being mistaken for a heterosexual being

Jack got missed because, like Jedediah, she knew who he was.

Ryan: "He thinks he's the strongest but he cries if he can't find the red skittles." 10/10 I have NO IDEA why she went for skittles but she's completely right.

Takuto: "Tarty, because she reminds me of somebody." 6/10 well yes, Takuto could be described as a tart, but is not a she, and now I want to know who he reminds her of XD

#I've put it under a read more because it's long #but this is very fun #my merry me (ooc)#I am not tagging every muse but they're all here XD

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tiny-sassy-aggressive · 5 months ago

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9-1-1 WATCH AND REACTION

S4 ep 6-10

Ep 6

Clipboard buck is back!!! Eddies gives in so easily.

RAVI RAVI RAVI RAVI I ALREADY LOVE HIM

buck hen and chim trio is so iconic.

ANA! Dammit she’s gorgeous. AND SMART OKAY PHD

This don’t stop me now sequence was PERFECTION. This might be the funniest episode to date. Genuinely haven’t laughed this much ever. HELIUM.

Dispatch gossiping about 118 is everything I needed and more.

..buck looks amazing in the truck I’m sorry season 4 is really his era…

Eddie being so sassy over the jinx is giving me LIFE inLOVE him.

Book club is cute as heck.

Bobby / Eddie heart to heart! Wait I wasnt expecting that! Needed but wasn’t expecting! Only Bobby could have seen right through Eddie

awww little breakfast with the team moment :) NO STOP ITS AN EMEGENXY IM SVREAMJG

OHHHH EDDIE AND ANA DATE !!!!!

Ep 7

Okay these are getting too long I’m gonna chill a bit

That was the most uncomfortable date I have ever seen OUCH but bucks “we have to move” was SO REAL id do the same thing that was so funny.

Is Michael not? Stalking?? Is this legal?

WHAT IS THIS SCENE WITH THE TURKEY??? IM CAKCLIKF I LOVE THIS

MICHAEL ANS BONBY ARE THE BEST DUO EVR IM SOBBING THIS IS FHE BEST SVWNE BER. OH DAVIDS HERE ROO THIS IS AMAinf. MORE IF THIS TRIO MORE OF THIS TRIO

I always love when the show gets into complicated parental relationships. Thought I was a little confused about the mom’s comment about her hens age and medical school and how it was resolved. I got their end goal but didn’t understand how we got there

Ep 8

Okay we can stop the teacher student role play immediately. Wish we didn’t even need to start that. Also. If you’re involved with dad. There’s no way you should be tutoring child!! Separate that ish!! Yeah okay. Of course buck was watching Chris I-

Ayo are Taylor and buck besties bc I LOVE that for them.

Jump jump jump. The owner of the house is lowkey iconic. How did nobody notice him around the back

Why the HELL did buck not tell Taylor what she was in for???? That’s just genuine common courtesy, I see why Taylor was mad bc damn.

Oh my gosh chris ran to buck :( AH! they had such a beautiful, genuine heart to heart. I’m actually gonna sob. The Buddie is aligning guys buck is a whole father.

Also totally sobbing at the fact Eddie didn’t realize Chris left the house and CHRIS CALLED AN UBER. lowkey iconic behavior.

I’m glad buck could make it up to Taylor!!! Be a good friend!!! Also vaccines oh my gosh this Covid season is so weird to watch back

Ep 9

Maddie birth time!!!!!

I am STRUGGLING with hens anger. Bc I totally see both sides, but fostering makes emotions so so complicated. I’m glad we are seeing this perspective. But I am struggling with it bc there is no fight.

So I’m really losing it listening to Jacob’s cries- I felt total body anxiety that entire scene horrifying.

Also Bobby’s ptsd watching this. The drunk mother and the fire burns I am SO glad we are addressing this with Bobby bc I was just thinking we haven’t discussed his past trauma in a second and I felt like that was so essential to Bobby’s character earlier and we lost that.

Sorry the juxtaposition between Maddie giving birth and Albert literally dying killed me GUYS I thought we were losing Albert the for a second.

Bobby’s final speech was EXACTLY what we needed.

JEE-YUN BC OF CHIMS MOM IM GONNA LOSE IT

Ep 10

Buck always being around kids makes my heart SOAR he’s so so good with kids!!

When Karen tells Nia that yes she will see her later my heart dropped THAT was so impactful. Always doing what’s right for the kids

JEE-YUN ! Yall Chim is such a good dad he’s so precious

Do buck and Eddie wanna share something with the class here? Or really just buck? What do they as a collective know about good cop bad cop parenting??

I DID have to skip the scene with the dying mother bc wow. I read the subtitles and. Oh that hurt

Oh okay? We hired a PI? I guess? Can’t say I love that happened but peace of mind.

May listening back to her mom’s 9-1-1 call was such a powerful scene.

#911 discourse #911 abc #911 show #911

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kingdomoftyto · 1 month ago

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Let's GOOOOOOOOO (I meant to reblog this the first day lol)

Anyway hell yes I have been so excited for this. Best longform internet book club idea since Dracula Daily. Let's get right into this week's chapters. >:3

FUCK YEAH!

Best intro ever. It's so stupid and funny and I adore it. Shinichi you absolute maniac.

Followed immediately by maybe the most adorable Shinichi face in the entire manga. The cherubic face of a boy who just put an old man in the hospital.

I hate how unexplored Shinichi's relationship with soccer is throughout the manga, but it is admittedly VERY funny that the reason for this is because he ONLY played it to be like Holmes.

It's also funny that he took up a sport that you'd THINK would be less inherently violent--or at least less useful in combat--than fencing and made it into a weapon lmao. Genuinely, Holmes would be so proud.

Fascinating how it's not about achieving justice nor even solving the puzzles for him. It's about the thrill of the chase. It's about besting his opponent. I feel like a lot could be said about Shinichi as a character from these two panels.

(and perhaps about how he takes away some of the wrong messages/misses some of the real points of Conan Doyle's work AHEM who said that)

dshafjksdhgSDFHJ listen it's not my primary ship for the series (or even my top 3 for Shinichi probably) but I do love what freaking dorks these two become over each other. Genuinely, I think their relationship is really wholesome and adorable.

(Don't worry btw, I'm gonna try to avoid getting too into the shipping weeds in these little liveblogs, aside from occasional jokes, and just focus on talking about canon as it happens. There will absolutely be jokes tho bc these dumb teens are always gay-flirting on accident and it's hilarious)

Anyway Ran Martial-Arts-Tournament-Champion Mouri is way too cool for you, Shinichi. Even your dream confession involves you wearing a dorky little bowtie. You dork.

... Moving on to the actual first case of the series: the iconic rollercoaster beheading! The deductions are fun but the tumblr image limit means I gotta keep this rolling so let's just skip to after the killer is caught.

1)LMAOOO SHINICHI NOOO and 2) this sort of thing would make for REALLY INTERESTING relationship conflict/growth if it was explored more, because Shinichi and Ran DO have wildly different perspectives on death and what's "normal" and his work in general. Alas, due to what's about to happen, the only obstacle to their relationship canon is allowed to discuss in depth is "Shinichi's absence as he lives a secret double-life" 😔

Aaaaand there it is. The Shrimpification of Kudou Shinichi. Bye-bye, Shin-chan. It was nice knowing your arrogant teen self. 🫡

As for chapter 2, it's been a few years since I got into this series and I'm still in disbelief how it plays the premise so absolutely straight. You hear a summary like "teen detective gets turned into a little kid but continues to solve crimes!" and most likely think "oh haha that sounds like a kooky kid's show :)". Oh what's that? It's not aimed at young kids? It's actually pretty violent and dark? "Must be some kinda ecchi thing where the guy's always perving on girls then :/" But NOPE. It's just a very direct "hey what if this fucked up violent body horror ACTUALLY happened to a character who was smart enough to do something about it? Plus what if we explored how the physical changes affect his physical health and ability while we're at it, and make him feel vulnerable and weak and hunted? Would that be fucked up or what? :)"

Does the secret identity thing become kind of strained and silly after enough time has passed? Yeah, of course it does, lmao. But at this point in the story? Agasa is right to have Shinichi lay low for a while.

(Which Shinichi immediately fails at because his little otaku heart is incapable of coming up with an inconspicuous alias LMAOOO rip)

IS Shinichi "dependable", Ran? Is he really? Lmao I guess he is in the ways that really matter. Either way, I am not immune to the saccharine sweetness of this moment.

...So Shinichi Conan goes to live with the Mouris, and they all get whisked away to the first multi-chapter case: a kidnapping...

....with a hero dog!! Not much I want to get too deep into with this one, seeing as it's mostly just a demonstration of how Shinichi needs to learn to adapt to being a helpless tiny kid that no one will listen to. Important plot-establishing stuff, and an enjoyable but fairly simple case.

Special shoutout though to the clear parallel with the Holmes story "The Silver Blaze", in which a suspicious lack of barking dogs is a major clue to solving the mystery! (My partner was the one to point this out because she is a much better Holmes scholar than I am rofl) Of course Aoyama is going to work in as many references as he can, and we love him for that.

Skipping ahead to the final case of this week, we get the voice-changing bowtie! I swing back and forth between loving and hating this gadget because on the one hand the impersonating Kogorou thing is really funny and Shinichi DOES manage to use it in some other creative ways later on, but at the same time seeing that kidnapping case again made me realize how much potential there would be in Conan having to puzzle out not only the solution to the crimes at hand but also how to convey that info to the investigators without revealing himself. Maybe that gimmick would get old fast, idk, but I think the "oops, I'm just a silly kid who tripped over the most important evidence!" thing could be utilized more lol

Anyway this case itself is, again, mostly notable for Shinichi figuring out new ways to overcome his Smallness. This is of course where we first meet the Great Detective Sleeping Kogorou, who will become a staple of the series moving forward. God bless 🤣

We also meet Youko, an idol who will--minor spoilers--also become a recurring character! I don't really have strong feelings about her but she's a sweet lady. She's also a fun nod to a recurring theme seen in a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories, where a flustered young woman comes to Holmes for help because her problem seems too odd or insignificant for the police to bother with or because no one would believe her in the first place. These clients, like Youko, almost always get proven right that something strange and threatening was happening, and Holmes saves the day both because he's smart and because he respects women enough to listen to what they have to say.

Oh also,

^ Presented without comment.

The actual "murder" in this arc of course ends up not being a murder at all but a suicide, with a standard melt-the-ice-to-conceal-the-method trick. Simple but effective. A classic in detective stories for a reason.

And we end our first volume with Ran despairing about her best friend's disappearance and Shinichi using the voice-changer to impersonate... himself. The bittersweetness of it all 🤌

Also I want to note that it's snowing in this scene. It's been about a week since Shinichi got shrunk, and it seems we're in winter. Now let's see how consistent the timeline stays going forward (lmaO 🤡)

Til next week, detectives~!

Week 1 | 5.25 - 5.31

Case 1: Ch. 1 (Volume 1, File 1) Case 2: Ch. 2-5 (Volume 1, Files 2-5) Case 3: Ch. 6-9 (Volume 1, Files 6-9)

#DetCoBookClub #DCMK #dunno how long I'm going to be able to keep up this little liveblog. at least in this much detail.#but this was fun! I look forward to next week.#talk to me about Detective Conan! >:)#(p.s. I found out halfway through this post that tumblr increased the image limit from 10 to 30 on desktop like... three years ago)#(if I was ever aware of this I totally forgot. so I definitely could have gone on longer / made more jokes here lmfao)#(something to keep in mind in future weeks I suppose...!)

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You know, I'm kinda divided on Kiyo being a serial killer...

...On the one hand, they set him up as the "guy who looks like a serial killer, but is harmless" and I'm kinda disapointed that they pulled a "jk HE IS fucked up"... also that "only the first murder counts" rule was used for nothing, even if it was made on the spot I still think it would be cool if it were actually used

But at the same time he is unironically the most iconic blackened in all the three games!! Unlike those amateurs, he actually had a pretty solid plans on how to frame someone else, how to hide Angies body and get rid of the evidence, I also think that the way he killed his victims were pretty creative even if it was obvious that someone was going to die in the seance.

If kokichi didn't knew how to lockpick and kiibo didn't had that photo function he would have gotten away, he definetly knew tf he was doing

Ps: I also don't like that he died because he was my favorite character and I really enjoyed his antics, v3 wasn't as intersting without him, Gonta and Miu :[

i feel you on that! it adds so much context to him as a character and it also gives way to SO many plotholes. revealing maki's past does something similar, but since she wasn't doing what she was out of her own free will, one is willing to look the other way. she is also implied to have worked under some organization instead of, whatever kiyo has been up to. just walking around ig.

i agree, setting up the locked room mystery was actually quite smart, especially considering angie ran into him by chance. he wasn't intending to set that whole mess up, which makes me think he has either done the general concept previously to the killing game or he's just really good at thinking under pressure. which, judging by his trial, i don't think is the one.

i was also super disappointed by the survivors minus shuichi... chapter 4 carries itself because kokichi is such a strong lead, but by chapter 5 you're just left with the most mediocre (to me.... maybe saying passive would be more nicely put) characters of the game. and shuichi. which i suppose gives space for the lore to be uncovered, but at the same time, we have literally no funny bitches left so. what's the point.

#the first two games understood the importance of having at least one funny bitch in the final lineup #miu shoulda been endgame #mcfreakin answered #anon #kiyoanon

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flowers-and-literature · 3 years ago

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abelia, camelia, palm tree

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?

Omg so many. So so many. But my really amazing friend made me pronoun bracelets with she/her, he/him, & they/them when I came out as genderfluid and they said I could mix them up if I'm feeling like a mix of them and it just- 💖💖💖 also this one bracelet I got saying "we are the change" with the progress flag on it and yeah. Enjolras moment

camellia ⇢ what were you like when you were younger? do you think you’ve changed a lot?

Aaaah I was SUCH a weird girl when I was younger you have no idea. Also a straight up bitch. A bitchy weird girl. But I do think I've changed alot, probably in a way little me would find hella annoying. "who is this buffoon skipping around and talking to flowers? I'm sorry that's my future self? Nah fuck this I knew I should've ran away when I had the chance" hfladhjglfsujglfau. But I think I've become alot more grateful and happy than I was when younger, and I managed to transform my bitchiness into unfiltered rage for the rich so :D

palm tree ⇢ do you have a fictional villain you shouldn’t like but love regardless?

Montparnasse montparnasse montparnasse montparnasse montparnasse MONTPARNASSE MONTPARNA-

Ok I know he's not the best character out there. Far from it. But. He's such an interesting character to study under a microscope and poke with sharp tools think about in terms of narrative parallels and moral standing. He's definitely not a good person I wouldn't say, but then again he isn't a villain either. I honestly don't know what he is except for a plastic bag on the road covered in mud and dog shit that's been run over a few times. He's cruel and merciful and smart and stupid and beautiful and ugly the way poverty will rob you of gratitude and. I have alot of emotions on him. Also he's just. Such a fucking loser. Mans got his ass kicked by an old man and robbed by a 10 year old in the same fucking day. What an icon. Montparnasse's relationship with Gavroche is also fucking hilarious too, so added bonus there. Also I think it's funny how Victor Hugo keeps absolutely roasting the shit out of him whenever he appears. In conclusion: he's a loser and he's pathetic and I love him with my entire being

Ask game

#sorry for the montparnasse rant lmao #actually not sorry you walked right into this my dude #but anyways #ty!!!!! <333 💖💖💖

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hotvintagepoll · 1 year ago

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Propaganda

Joan Blondell (Footlight Parade, The Public Enemy)—My Pre-code QUEEEEEN. Joan is a large part of why I love 30s movies. She's got such a flair and presence. She's not known for her voice, but her rendition of Remember My Forgotten Man will grab you by the heart. She played a variety of roles, and held her own with major stars like Bette Davis and Hot Vintage Poll icon James Cagney. She was a hardworker, even as Hollywood stopped giving her prime roles, and continued working in film and television up until her death. She's an absolute firecracker, even in her supporting roles I end up focused on her. Also, I just think it's cute that her name (real!) is Blondell.

Hu Die (Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple)—i haven't seen any of her movies but apparently she was China's first "movie queen" in 1933? she was also in the the first Chinese sound movie!

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Joan Blondell:

A pre-code sweetie. Hot, funny and practical.

Criterion retrospective:

Sharp-tongued, sharp-witted, and beautiful - what more could you ask for from a dame of the gangster film/screwball comedy era? (Also, James Cagney would want you to vote for her!)

with her sunny smile and characters tending to exhibit a blend of happy-go-lucky cheerfulness and scrappy toughness, joan blondell is one of the quintessential stars of the pre-code era. she and fellow fast-talking wisecracker james cagney were close friends, having met when they were in a broadway play together in 1929, and made seven movies together that ran the gamut from gangster pictures to comedies to musicals.

She's absolutely hilarious and I love her

She's the wisecracking blonde who has been around the block and knows the score, but just look at those big blue eyes gazing at Jimmy Cagney as she burns the midnight oil to help him achieve his dreams and picks him up when he gets buffeted by life

Smart, snarky, and so sexy!

My Forgotten Man is one of the most haunting depictions of the consequences of WWI that I’ve ever seen, knocked out of the park by Joan Blondell’s performance. In one song number it traces sending the boys off to war, bringing them back to die in the streets maimed, drunk, and full of PTSD, then leaving them to starve in the Depression, framed by the suffering of the women who loved them. Holy shit? This is a musical number? They fucking produced this barnburner in a mainstream musical?

My Forgotten Man, in two parts:

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Hu Die:

#hu die #joan blondell #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2 #Youtube

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sanchoyo · 4 years ago

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danny phantom 14-20 thoughts!! I finished up s1 :D these last few eps were actually really really good!!!

-did. did tucker really just say esperanto was a dead language only spoken as a secret code between geeks. google says around 100,000 people actively speak it. oh my god...it being an auxiliary language doesn't mean its 'just for geeks to speak in code' ...it helps bridge gaps between people who don't have a language in common...

-danny really isn't pulling punches when it comes to fighting the ghost-cop possessed people huh. like he SLAMMED KWAN INTO THE CONCRETE SO HARD. HE THREW PAULINA INTO A BILLBOARD. will that...I mean it WOULD carry over to their bodies non-possessed, right? like if the ghost piloting their bodies gets hurt?? itd be so upsetting to be possessed, lose time, then wake up covered in bruises (and possibly, broken bones??) real horror movie stuff im sure wont be addressed in any way

-tuckers parents seem nice! I like them :)

-WULF IS CUTE AND I FEEL BAD. im so glad the gang realized he was only causing trouble bc of the shock collar walker put on him and helped. also, him wearing that big hoodie with the hood on, and thinking its subtle. we can tell youre still a giant wolfie :) THEN GETTING SUCKED INTO THE PORTAL AAAAH :( anxiously waiting to see Him Again....

-DANNY BLASTING HIS PARENTS THINKING THEY WERE OVERSHADOWED LMFAO GET THEIR ASSES. maddie marking how many ghosts she gets with lipstick tallies on the side of her portal gun? kindaaa iconic tho. (ALSO, SHE WAS LIKE, 2 FT AWAY FROM HIM RIGHT AFTER SHE TRIED TO SHOOT HIM. HOW DO YOU NOT RECONINZE YOUR OWN SON??? like sure, he might have diff hair/eye colors. but like, if one of my family members dyed their hair, and was wearing contacts, its not like id be like 'wHO IS THIS STRANGER!!!' ...he still has all his facial features!! same everything!!! I hate it here)

-paulina being #1 girl realizing danny's a friendly ghost immediately. smart queen. lancer and kwan ran away right after he made this sweet baby face at them:

which is hilarious.

-ok. im not saying his bullying is JUSTIFIED, but. dash looked so pleased with the (cute!) poster he just painted, and danny comes thru the wall and spills paint on his nice letterman jacket. his anger is justified maybe 65% of the time so far...(not the way he handles it, but STILL.) at least lancer is stepping in!! and them making a silly little bet was...cute?? until dash pulled out his GROSS UNDERWEAR AND SAID DANNY WOULD HAVE TO EAT THEM???? WHAT THE FUCK MAN. TUCKER WAS SO RIGHT ITS FUCKING WEIRD TO CARRY THOSE AROUND EWWW. THIS KID IS UNWELL. lancer was right, his animatronic setup was SUPER IMPRESSIVE?? hes actually pretty creative. danny meanwhile is stealing the fright knight's design...I hope dash is taking art classes or smth with his sports

-fright knight is the most bestest ghost so far i LOVE THAT DESIGN. I am biased towards knights, and characters with swords, but he fucks so severely. and should sue danny for copyright infringement for stealing his design for his haunted house. if some 14 yr old broke into MY house and stole MY sword, id also be pissed. his evil winged unicorn rules too with its FANGS. and he just CAN SHOVE THE PORTAL OPEN WITH HIS HANDS??? is he the strongest ghost weve seen so far? idk but hes my fav. SOUL SHREDDER IS SUCH A COOL SWORD NAME TOO. ANY NAMED SWORD ALSO FUCKS. 'flaming bedsheets of DEATH' funny king. ALSO he was polite to dash and tucker when just asking for directions and telling tucker 'oh maybe, just a suggestion, maybe be nicer to me and be more respectful :)' I LOOOVE HIM.

-I noticed this in the Ember ep, but jazz has an electric guitar in her room!! talent musical queen!! its cool to see hobbies just in the bg.

-fright knight's murder castle reminds me of the booby trapped murder castle in zexal!! another supposedly 'for kids' show with murder/trap castles! we love that. if you are a dp fan reading this, give yugioh zexal a try. its also got 13-14 year old protags and involves (alien) ghosts. the cardgame is just a vessel for the plot, which is really good. (I just want more people to watch my fav yugioh, man)

-danny. with a SWORD.

-danny doesnt NEED TO WIN this contest, dash didnt STEAL HIS DESIGNS AND STEAL A SWORD. he also got excited to hear lancer got sent to a dimension with his worst fears too just so he could win the contest? DANNY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! BRO MAYBE YOURE 14 AND HAVENT FULLY DEVOLPED YOUR WHOLE BRAIN YET, BUT...THATS FUCKED. this kid casually says the most deranged things, I do worry for my spooky son. once again, therapy needed. that judo toss was great tho. I wonder if he actually did pick up some martial arts stuff from his mom?

-danny can fly 112 mph!!! thats so fast! I love the lil montage of him and his friends testing his abilities and stuff, very cute and a good way to showcase what he can do by now and how much more proficient he's gotten from ep 1!!! I'm sure he's going to get more abilities :)

-im glad...maddie's at least TRYING this ep. I do feel for her because her husband is a man baby. but the fact it took 16 episodes to get a kinda semblance of any kind of real concern or attempts at bonding. hmm. jack's 'BACK OFF SHES A MINOR' @ the ghost trying to attack jazz. also was very funny. and him wanting to make an action figure of her? are the parents redeeming themselves to me? slightly. they gotta Work Harder

-THE GHOST. IS FLYING. THE PLANE.

-fenton machete. but she doesnt carry a PHONE??? ???

-I mean I expected vlad when you namedrop him earlier in the ep, and also the title card picture, and dalv corp being fucking vlad backwards. but seeing him just pull up on a golf cart made me bust out laughing. WITH the gift baskets prepared. why wouldnt you at least be suspicious. also, if he wants danny to be his lil sonboy, why is he so fucking malicious?? dude you are going about this in such a bad way. stop it. get some help.

-maddie not even hesitating to drag danny out. fucking good. danny is so right, go on the internet to date. get a cat. how do you spend...how many years?? has it been since college?? at least 20, right, since the parents/vlad are in their 40s? hung up on ONE girl. my god, man. incel drama queen. her kung fu IS impressive, but dude. 'we both know hes a creep' SO right. it sucks but they do need a phone and shit being in the middle of NOWHERE. also, just stealing his helicopter was great. <3

-'you must be exhausted carrying the weight of that mistake you made years ago' 'well we all make mistakes. maybe I'll make one now!' WHY DID THIS EXHCHANGE SEND ME. AND VLAD WITH THE BREATH SPRAY EWWW BITCH. 'OLD BAIT BREATH' SOO RIGHT. both danny and his mom playing him HAHAH hes so dumb. or rather, I think he thinks with his emotions too too much and is...actually pretty gullible? lmao he believed danny was ready to give in SO fast. (which is sad hes that hopeful, like you have SO MUCH MONEY YOU COULD EASILY GET ANOTHER GIRL WHO HAS A KID. AND WOULD WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND BE SUPPORTED. GET OVER THIS (1) WOMAN ALREADY IM GETTING SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT AAAAH)

-GHOST BEAR GHOST BEAR GHOST BEAR. it was also in the title card, but I still got very excited. we love bears here

-SAM'S BAT SWIMSUIT COVERUP!!! her outfits are simply iconic.

-'i'd tell you to go to the mens room, but I don't think you qualify' top paulina transphobic moments. :( and him wearing a tanktop to the swim park? hmmm! (actually I think she was overshadowed by then, so, KITTY top 10 transphobic moments??)

-kitty just piloting paulina around makes me feel SO bad tho, paulina's gonna wake up and be like 'wtf do you mean I was dating this rando' like youre leading danny on to make johnny jealous, and also just POSSESSING POOR PAULINA. dude take your relationship problems ELSEWHERE. last time we saw them, they seemed like such a cute couple!! wtf johnny!! I mean, she sucks for trying to make him jealous, he sucks for looking at other girls...maybe they need a break, but Not Like This. or, you know, just. better communication...

-and the A-listers having a full packet and a stamp system. who organizes this. kwan fucking owning being the new danny though, this is hysterical. THE TUCKER/KWAN FLOWER FIELD TWIRL. UNIRONICALLY ADORABLE. and him giving it his all for the poetry slam. bless his HEARTTTT.

-Star owns. actually, all of the extra characters are shining this ep and I love it.

-INVISO-BILL??? NOOOO THEY DID HIM SOO DIRTY. DANNY SWEETIE IM SO SORRY.

-johnny and danny bein friends and staging a fake fight (which danny takes too seriously, once again this child has aggression he NEEDS TO WORK OUT) I hope these three stay friends, I said it before but danny needs more friendly ghosts to hang with.

-at this point, Danny's ghost enemies are a lot like, I dunno, batman's rouge gallery is the first thing that comes to mind. they all have their own gimmick and unique designs, but most of them are easy to beat after learning the Moral Lesson. I still get excited when any of them show up again, though. 18 is another valerie episode!!!! :D skulker really said you two will get along if I have to handcuff you together <3 and the gym teacher really said, youre married now, have a flour baby! ngl, I'm not really watching this show for the shipping stuff (which I am very scared to look at the fandom for after I finish this watch through- I feel like there's probably discourse/arguing about ships...) but. I'm gonna put my opinion out there. valerie/danny > sam/danny. maybe I just really love the enemies to lovers trope. And the secret identity stuff adds Extra Flavor.

-SKULKER JUST HAVING THE BOX GHOST AND DANGLING HIM BY A STRING. HILARIOUS. and him watching them with binoculars and making his silly little commentary. AND MAKING THE SACK BABY CRY. LMAO. THIS DUDE IS A BABY KIDNAPPER. skulker is super fun

-danny, you just...collapsed the water tower. and then attacked the nasty burger machine...mascot thingy...out of anger..I KEEP SAYING HE'S GOT ANGER ISSUES BUT. HE REALLY NEEDS A LESSON IN MANAGING COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!! So does valerie!! They're both pretty focused on each other. I mean it's good of Danny to say he's trying to make sure PEOPLE don't get hurt, but... (I mean I guess it's not something 14 year olds WOULD worry about, but as an adult im like, who's going to fix that? how much money will that take??)

-TUCKER MAKING BANK. and sam and tucker being super emotionally attached to their flour baby and being pretty good parents. that's cute...also him just straight kissing her and being like. WAIT. O_O JDSKAFHD. his mom baking them into cookies was the funniest possible result. tbh I dont feel like this is on tucker, if anything the other kid's shouldve been more responsible! He was just taking an opportunity to get that $$ which I respect

-Danny being more understanding of Valerie's situation in the end (helping her at her job, too, and trying to keep that a secret for her!!!) And seeing them work together this ep, and also her letting phantom get her out of the ghost zone...was very sweet. LOVE that. more valerie eps pls

-me when I realize vlad's big stupid house exploded because of his own carelessness with changing the ghost portal ectofiltrator or whatever: *pointing and laughing*

-me when I realize it means he's gonna go make danny's life hell for it somehow: >:(

-SCOOBY PARODY!!! I feel like there's gotta be some scooby doo/danny phantom crossover stuff, right? also, 'guys in white' men in black wishes

-'oh, that's right! dad married the love of your life! you're bitter and alone!' DANNNNNYY GET HIS ASS ONCE AGAIN WE ARE POINTING AND LAUGHING AT VLAD

-'jack, you captured the ghost boy!!' UMM. he did nothing <3 'we have a weapon's vault??' YOU HAVE A WEAPONS VAULT??? and jack didnt put a handle on the inside. of fucking course he didnt! why would you leave that to your son!! or expect him to clean YOUR LAB when its where you work with probably dangerous chemicals and weapons and hes 14!! give him normal chores, like, I dunno, vacuuming, laundry, dishes...CMON. I hate it here. But I'm glad Jack is more chill about danny while he's a ghost, and willing to work with him for this ep. AND. I DID ENJOY JACK PUNCHING VLAD IN THE FACE. AND GENERALLY JUST OWNING HIM. the ghost punchy fists are actually amazing. like yeah, just punch a ghost in the face. that rules.

-ep 20 opens with the coolest fucking ghost lady design. her tattoos can come off and fight. MA'AM. I like ur nose ring and your cape maam hello 👉👈😳

-sam's grandma is hilarious and the most valid member of her family and I love her. thats my grandma now. and tucker covering for sam by dressing as her. thats true friendship <3 also skipping school to go to a goth circus. just bestie things! sam's parents are haters but for all the wrong reasons.

-'my family has controlled ghosts with this for generations!' WAIT. WAIT FREAKSHOW /ISNT/ A GHOST? I didn't expect that...he's just a fucked up guy controlling ghosts? anyway watching danny shoot at police cars and rob banks while mind controlled. its like, the most stereotypical 'bad' things lmao. (tbh an evil ghost circus troupe is a sick concept)

this gives off big deviantart emo edit vibes

(I'm going to assume evil circus reaper danny has a lot of fan content. people love an edgy au, except this one is canon (even tho its via mind control...having the protag go evil otherwise might be hard, I guess?) but au where he stays with the troupe...that has to exist, right?)

ANYWAY. excited to start s2!! lowkey surprised by how many notes some of these posts have gotten. I've gone back and tagged them all with 'dp thoughts' so they're easier to find on my blog! ^^ and I will probably possibly do (more) fanart on my art blog after I finish the watch of the whole show, so like. @sanchoyodraws follow my art blog :)

#sanchoyorambles #danny phantom #dp thoughts

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theonethatwatchesalotofshows · 4 years ago

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Ranking every teen drama I've watched

I have gotten really into teen dramas lately, because it's quarantine I can't go out and have fun, but I can still watch other people my age going out and having fun and doing things I don't get to do. Anyway I haven't seen all teen dramas, I was never interested in supernatural ones, so you won't find Vampire Diaries and similar shows on this list.

From worst to best:

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

I will never understand how this show ran for five seasons. It will forever remain a mystery to me. This show is so bad it's good. The writing resembles a wattpad story, Amy's pregnancy is inconsistent (like how was she five months pregnant for like five or six episodes, aren't the episodes supposed to be set a week apart?), the acting is bad (that is not to say that Molly Ringwald or Shailene Woodley are bad actresses, obviously they're not, I'm talking about Amy's sister that has the same facial expression no matter what her mood is supposed to be), some of the views this show expresses are very old-fashioned and damaging (the madonna-whore binary, the fact that they can't even utter the word abortion) and every single male character on this show is a creep and a cheater. I can't believe I watched like thirteen episodes of this. I will never get that time back.

Weirdest moment: "I'm a whore!" "Well, you're my whore." (Was this supposed to be romantic??)

Best moment: none

Glee

This is going to be unpopular and don't get me wrong, I like Glee, but I feel like the writers put much more thought into the musical numbers than the storylines. Again, Quinn's pregnancy is inconsistent (but I'm starting to think TV shows are always inconsistent about pregnancies), the characters don't look like they're in high school at all, the cheerleaders wear their uniforms 24/7 for no reason (Quinn even wore it to her sonogram, like seriously?) the whole celibacy club thing is weird and Mr Schue is a terrible teacher. However, the visuals and the musical numbers are great, Sue Sylvester is iconic (albeit also a terrible teacher) and some of the scenes are really emotional (Kurt singing I Wanna Hold Your Hand made my sister cry) so overall, it's pretty good.

Weirdest moment: Finn praying to grilled cheese (what??)

Best moment: Quinn giving birth to Bohemian Rhapsody, Kurt singing I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Dawson's Creek

I LOVE their 90s' outfits and Joey and Pacey are really otp material, but I just can't stand Dawson! He got mad that Joey didn't tell him about his mother's affair, as if it was her place to get involved. She was 15! It's understandible she didn't want to get tangled into that mess. He also slut-shamed Jen in a really gross way. He literally stopped talking to her for a day when he found out she isn't a virgin. Why are both Joey and Jen into this guy?? This would've been a much better show if it was called Joey's Creek or Pacey's Creek.

Weirdest moment: the way Dawson's mom confessed her affair to her husband. I don't think any irl human would use this choice of words. Also that scene where Dawson's father was teaching him how to kiss while Joey was watching. Cringe.

Best moment: any time Joey and Pacey are bickering. My shipper heart!

Pretty Little Liars

I loved the book version of this, but the TV version seems way too dramatic. First of all, they romanticized Aria and Ezra's relationship (ewww) and made the whole thing seem much more overdramatic. I don't know how to explain it, I mean the books are also dramatic but the TV show somehow took it to a whole new level. None of the girls look like they're in high school, but I love the way they dress and do their makeup. It's almost as though the writers put more thought into their outfits than storylines. I still loved watching it until Netflix took it off, though.

Weirdest moment: Spencer somehow trying to block A's number from her laptop in the middle of a park and then being confused that it didn't work. Weren't you supposed to be the smart one, Spencer?

Best moment: Haleb in the shower, hiding from Hanna's mom.

Skins

This is a classic. Effy is iconic (I somehow heard about her even before watching Skins) and the musical number at the end of season 1 was out of nowhere but still somehow fit perfectly into the story. I also give this show point for being one of the few TV shows where teen characters are actually played by real life teens. They look their age, talk their age (no "I reject reality" or other cringy lines like that) and aren't unrealistically perfect like characters from American teen dramas tend to be. They look like people you might actually meet in high school. However the show loses points for all the continuity errors (are 8 episodes supposed to be the whole school year??) and the number of unneccessary death/tragic accidents. It seemed kind of over-the-top and unneccessarily dark and brutal at times.

Weirdest moment: Chris's graphic death

Best moment: Wild World

Euphoria

The Gen Z American version of Skins, but with better visuals. Much better. I loved the aesthetic, the colors, the lighting and glitter. Zendaya's a great actress and I give this show points for casting an actual trans actress in the role of Jules. However I find it weird that all guys on this show are complete irredeemable assholes (except of Jules's dad and Ethan that is). Are we supposed to just root for the girls and not the guys? Also I find it hard to believe that any of these characters are actually 16/17. They have sex all the time (yeah teenagers have sex sometimes but on this show they treated Kat as some kind of a chaste nun for being a virgin at 16) and have seemingly no rules and no curfew. It would've been much more believable if they were in college.

Weirdest moment: Nate breaking into Tyler's house, beating him up and then taking a shower. The audacity this guy has!

Best moment: "You did this to me!" and Rue having an anxiety attack on the stage in theater class

Gossip Girl

I know this is also an unpopular opinion, because many claim Gossip Girl is the best teen drama ever, but for me it just got way too soapy as the seasons went on. The first two seasons were believable, even though they didn't really look like they were in high school, but after that it was just more and more weird plot points. I will give this show points for the fashion (I mean Blair's headbands and school uniform inspired a fashion line), the acting ("I killed someone"- iconic) and the choice of background music (Nate and Serena kissing to Paparazzi, Thanksgiving with Watcha Say). Despite the wild twists and turns of events, I just had to keep watching because this show had me hooked.

Weirdest moment: Bart Bass somehow flying off the building for no reason (seriously, what he did there had no logical explanation and defied laws of physics), Dan being Gossip Girl, Bart faking his death and returning more evil than before, Serena becoming Gossip Girl, the affidavit, everyone randomly stopping going to college... there are so many but Bart takes the cake I guess

Best moment: the Thanksgiving flashbacks from season 1, Dan placing a plastic crown on Blair's head

Freaks and Geeks

This is one of the few shows where high school is depicted realistically. It's not all glitter and parties and not everyone has sex and does drugs. Okay, I admit, the bullying was over the top and it was weird how no adults cared but other than that, it was pretty spot-on. It was emotional without being too dramatic and far-fetched and also had funny moments. Yes some of the characters may have been stereotypes but at least the show seemed self-aware of that. It's truly a shame we only got 18 episodes of this show, while The Secret Life of the American Teenager somehow got five seasons??? I don't get it.

Weirdest moment: when Cindy suddenly got super mean once she started dating Sam

Best moment: Daniel showing up at Kim's doorstep, Sam breaking down in tears in the end of 'Garage Door'

Gilmore Girls

I'm not sure this one counts as a teen drama, maybe it's more of a dramedy but I'm still including it here. It's funny, the dialogue is witty and full of obscure pop-culture references and the relationships between generations complex. Same as with Freaks and Geeks, the portrayal of high school is pretty realistic. Characters are shown studying and taking tests and not just partying all the time. However the show loses points for getting weirdly soapy in the 7th season. The dialogue wasn't as good and the camera angles were soap opera like and the storylines weren't very good either. You could really tell the show changed show-runners. The earlier seasons are the best. It's hard to explain but something about them feels cozy like a warm blanket and a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy day.

Weirdest moment: Lorelai marrying Chris and then making the whole "you're the man I want to want" speech, Lorelai defending and loving Dean for no reason

Best moment: Rory's graduation speech, Rory yelling at Chris and calling him out for not having been there for her, Then She Appeared, "Yes Emily, you may go first"... there are so many!

#teen dramas #the secret life of the american teenager #glee #dawson's creek #pll #skins #euphoria #gossip girl #freaks and geeks #gilmore girls #i would've included the oc but i havent seen enough of it yet

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smediumsmeatbae · 5 years ago

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Tremble (One Shot)

TITLE: Tremble PAIRING: Chris Evans x Reader SUMMARY: Chris' anxiety throws him for a loop but you know how to make him feel better WORDS: 2.3 K SONG USED: Oh Baby by LCD Soundsystem WARNINGS: Mentions of anxiety, panic attacks, light angst (if you squint), SMUT SMUT SMUT (no one under 18, please!) A/N: This is my first for a couple of things. This is my first smut fic, constructive (read CONSTRUCTIVE) criticism is welcome. (Praise is awesome too lol.) And secondly, this is the first fic I've used with a song running through it. I really enjoyed writing this and loved using the song through it. It might be something I do again in the future. This is also a submission for @jtargaryen18 's 30 Days of Chris. Thanks to her for hosting such a wonderful writing challenge and it's been super fun this whole month. This is not to be posted anywhere else without my permission. Reblogs/likes/comments loved and encouraged. Sort of been proofread. Any grammar mistakes are my own.

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There was a hush in the air that night as you sipped your glass of bourbon out on the back porch of your Boston home you shared with your husband Chris. He was due home in a few hours and you couldn't wait to see him, so you were trying to distract yourself with your favorite spirit and a book that Scarlett had lent to you. You tried to focus on it, you really did. However, as you re-read the same sentence about five times, that was proving to be a fruitless venture. You let out a small huff of restlessness and placed the book down on the patio table before taking a quick sip of your drink and opened up your phone. Maybe catching up on some work emails could distract you enough. Before you could open up the email app, though, you noticed that you had a message. It was from Chris! You smiled and tapped on the icon to open up the message.

CHRIS: Just touched down, got an earlier flight. Can’t wait to see you. Tour’s been rough. Should be there in about 20-30 mins.

Your belly was full of butterflies as you read the message. He was going to be home! His arm around you! In twenty minutes! You tapped on the reply button.

YOU: Yay! I missed you so much babe. Can't wait to see you too! ❤

It had been so long since Chris had been home. You missed the way he sang 80's pop music when he made pesto eggs in the morning, how the bathroom smelled vaguely of his cologne and soap - one of your favorite smells - after a shower, and how he would tickle you into submission after you had any argument with him. You also missed the way he caged his sculpted arms around your head and stroked your hair gently away from your face as he made love to you. God, how you missed sex with Chris; you craved it. Facetime was great, sure, and it helped temper the desire but it could only do so much. It couldn't give you the heat of his body melting into you or how he held you close, almost protectively, as you came down from your orgasm. You couldn't wait to feel him again and would probably jump him as soon as he got home.

As if Chris could sense that you were thinking about him, you heard the door unlocking and the sound of keys being tossed on the entryway table as well as suitcases and backpack being set down in the foyer, making a noise on the hardwood floor. You excitedly went towards the noise to see your tired husband standing in the foyer.

"Baby!" You yelled as you ran towards Chris. You threw your arms around his neck and drew him close to you as you nuzzled your cheek to his shoulder, smelling his cologne and feeling the soft fabric of his shirt on your cheek. He grabbed you back in turn and buried his face into your neck and clung onto you, taking fistfuls of your shirt into his hands. You noticed after a second, that his body was tense. He was also slightly trembling against your body and he was hanging onto you like you were his salvation.

"Chris?" You asked gently, pulling away your face in concern. "Baby, what's wrong?"

Oh baby You’re having a bad dream Here in my arms

You cupped his face in your hands. He easily was a head taller than you but in that moment, he seemed so small, like a scared little boy that needed to be protected and loved. His eyes were cloudy and glazed over- he looked like he hadn't slept at all last night.

You came to me Could all be a bad thing And do you harm

"I'm… I'm ok, just really tired." He gave you a small smile but it wasn't working; you could see something was really bothering him. You knew your husband too well; that, and he was a terrible liar. He started to let you go and go back towards the foyer to grab his stuff and unpack from the press junket.

"Babe, please. Talk to me. What's really going on?" You folded your arms around your waist and spoke to him, not judging, just wanting to understand and help.

He slumped down and let out a sigh, stuffing his hands in his pocket.

"I just… need to decompress for a second. Can we not talk about it for now, please?" His eyes were pleading with you and your heart broke a bit. You wanted to reach out and hold him but instead you nodded and dropped your hands from your waist as if to say you were giving in to his request.

You run from me Shot in the dark Please wake me For my love lies patiently Please baby please

You had a feeling you knew what was going on. Chris had issues with anxiety and he said earlier the tour was rough, didn't he? How bad had it gotten? He was usually really good about keeping his anxiety in check with some form of meditation and relaxation. What happened? You followed Chris into the living room where he turned on the tv, wanting to get out of his head a bit. Sitting down next to him, you wrapped your legs under you and nestled yourself into his side, letting his arm drape over you. You felt his chest rising and falling, missing so very much this feeling of closeness that you had not had since he left one month ago. One long month. He absentmindedly kissed the top of your head and stroked your shoulder lazily with his thumb. It was like the anxious person that came in from the tour was gone and Chris, your Chris, was back. At least on the surface. You knew that he was trying his best to bury it for the time being until he was able to talk about it.

You came to me Are you having a bad time? There in your home

"The junket was… A lot." He finally spoke after a long time. "There wasn't really any time for breaks, and they just kept pushing us with more and more and more interviews and meet ups and Q&As and pictures…" You could feel his body tense up the more he talked about it. "It didn't stop. And I did my best to push it down, I made a commitment to be there and I was going to see it through, but man that last day… yesterday. I just couldn't do it anymore. I had a panic attack in between one interview waiting on another and I had to get out of there." There was a hitch in his voice that wasn't there before and you moved from your position to straddle him and hold him close. Wrapping your arms around his neck, you pushed your hands through his nape and massaged it, an act that instantly calmed him down. He let out a breath, seemingly one that he had been holding in for eternity, and wrapped his arms around you, nose nuzzled into the crook of your neck.

Oh sugar Give in to me You're just having a bad dream

"Shhh, it's ok baby. I've got you." You cooed as you held him close. "Let it all out, I'm here love."

He gripped onto you and you could feel your tshirt and neck becoming wet with tears as he quietly sobbed into your shoulder. Your big man; your confident, funny, passionate, smart, loving man was shaking in your arms. You cradled his head and rocked him from side to side, wrapping your legs around his torso to feel him closer, closer, closer to you.

Oh but please Please shake me from my lovesick patient dream Please baby please And my love plays wait and see

He lifted his head up to you, lashes wet with tears and eyes still misty, kissed you softly. His hands unclenched from your shirt and they ran up your back, searching, needing, wanting to hold you. His eyes met yours, wordlessly asking and you nodded, needing to make this better, if only for a short while. You cupped your hands to his face, rubbing his cheeks with the pad of your thumbs and kissed him gently at first, then with more urgency. You opened your mouth and let your tongue explore his bottom lip before he opened his mouth for you to gain access. Tongues danced with each other for a bit, you moaning into his mouth.

Chris was pulling at your over-sized shirt, and you obliged, lifting your arms up and letting him remove it. It was actually his old shirt, but you wore it, especially when he was out of town, because it smelled like him. With your shirt off, you reached for his as he unclasped your bra. You were so hungry for skin on skin contact, to feel his sculpted upper body next to yours. Soon, you were both bare chest to bare chest, your hands massaging the nape of Chris' neck while you licked and nipped at his collarbone, the fingers of your free hand playing in his chest hair. His hands were on your ass, grinding you up against him. You could feel the prominent bulge beginning to form in his pants and you melted from the sensation, matching his grinds with your own.

“I missed you so.. Much.” He groaned into your ear as he squeezed your cheeks and buried his face into your breasts, kissing and sucking; marking you as his.

“Oh, I missed you too baby.” You gasped out as your hands scratched his shoulders and down his back making him hiss. You felt your wetness soak your panties. “I’m here, Chris. I’m all yours, my love.”

You wanted to let him take the lead, take what he wanted from you. There would be time tomorrow for talking and kissing and exploring each other anew all day, but tonight you wanted to make his entire trip melt into a distant memory. You guided your hands down his magnificent pecs and abs to his belt buckle. He adjusted himself so that you could zip his pants down and get his hardness into your hands. You both moaned out when you cupped him into your hands.

“Need you.” You heard him rasp out, nipping your jaw. You looked into his eyes and they were dark and lust blown. You nodded with a whimper, needing him just as much too, needed the familiar stretch that you had been longing for since he had left a month ago.

With one arm, he lifted you up with ease, helping you off of the couch while you both got rid of the bottom half of your clothing. Chris eased himself back onto the couch and you had to restrain yourself from just jumping onto him as you straddle back over his waist. You took his head in your hands and crashed into his mouth with passionate kisses, with teeth and tongues and biting lips, fighting out for dominance on who was giving the better kiss. His thick arms were back around your waist and butt. You put your hands on his chest to steady yourself as you lifted yourself up and positioned yourself over his manhood. He helped guide you and in one swift move, you felt him inside, stretching you deliciously. You both moaned out, chests heaving at the sensation.

“Oh fuck baby.” Chris groaned as he bit down on your shoulder. “Feel so good… so tight for me.”

You started to move your hips, and Chris put his big hands on either side of your waist, guiding you up and down on his cock. Putting your hands on the back of the couch to steady yourself, you matched him thrust for thrust. Your forehead pressed against his lightly for a second as you kissed him again. He adjusted himself a little bit more on the couch so that he could hit you deeper and you shouted out as he hit your g-spot over and over.

“Oh god, Chris yes! Right there!” panting heavily you sped up your rocking. You were so close to ecstasy, and you could feel from the twitch in his cock as you moaned out his name that he was close too. He matched pace with you and slammed into you with all he had.

“C’mon baby, cum for me.” His voice was low and intense. He took one hand off of your hip to dip down between your thighs and rub tight circles onto your clit with his thumb. That was all it took and you cried out, your whole body shaking and pulsing as you wrapped your arms around his neck and pulled him close to you. Feeling your walls grip around him was enough to push Chris over the edge as well and he let go, moaning out your name as his strong hands went up your back and pulled you down to him.

Oh baby Lean into me There's always a side door Into the dark Into the dark, shh

Once both of your breathing had returned to normal you parted from his embrace and scooted off of him, feeling him slide out of you. You got up from the couch and walked into the bathroom for a wet washcloth to wipe up with. Finishing with that, you nestled down next to his side, running your hands across his naked torso, blissfully loving how his breathing was way more peaceful at that moment then when he came home. He pulled you close to him and dipped down to kiss your lips tenderly.

“Welcome home, Chris.” You sighed and ran your hands through his chest hair.

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azure-firecracker · 4 years ago

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All the princesses!!! (plus Catra and Angella)

This is going to be long:)

Adora:

1) Honestly one of the best written protagonists I’ve ever seen. She’s relatable and funny, while also being charismatic and fun to watch, while also having realistic flaws, and a unique background that makes her memorable.

2) She’s just so brave and loyal. Her dedication to her friends is unrivaled, and she never runs away from helping others, or anyone who needs her help.

3) It took her so long to overcome her self-sacrificing tendencies and recognize her own worth, but she finally did, and I’m just so proud of her.

Catra:

1) SUCH a good redemption arc. She hit rock bottom, and she had the strength to get back up and put in all of the work to become better. She’s determined and tenacious, and she went from someone damaged and angry to someone selfless and protective.

2) She was also SUCH a good villain. She was so smart, and so fun (mostly in the beginning.) I loved watching her every step of the way because she was just so compelling, even when she was « evil. »

3) She grew up with freaking SHADOW WEAVER and she still gained the strength and self-awareness to find love and happiness, even though she grew up being told she was worthless. She shouldn’t have had to do that, but I’m so proud of her for doing it.

Glimmer:

1) I mean she’s literally the queen. She’s regal and powerful, and she has one of the best arcs on the show. She went from a child to a queen.

2) She’s such a lovable character. She’s incredibly brave, and she’s loyal, she’s hilarious, but she’s also got flaws, and that’s what makes her human. There’s a little Glimmer in all of us.

3) She had to shoulder so much responsibility so fast, and she didn’t do it perfectly, but she tried her best, and when she messed up, she tried to fix it, and that’s what matters.

Perfuma:

1) Her belief in love and friendship is absolutely heartwarming. We need more people like her in this world, to spread goodness and make it a better place.

2) Her powers are just SO FREAKING COOL. I mean GIANT PLANTS!!

3) She’s such a good friend to everyone around her. She’s kind and loyal to the end, and Never abandons ship. She’s the friend we all want to have.

Mermista:

1) She just kicks serious ass! She wipes the floor with so many soldiers, and she’s just awesome in a fight and deserves more credit.

2) She’s an amazing detective! I know it’s played for laughs, but THIS GIRL KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE A MYSTERY GIVE HER THE CREDIT SHE DESERVES!!

3) Her one liners? Absolutely iconic.

Frosta:

1) She’s so young, and she has to shoulder such a huge responsibility, and she does it with grace and maturity that’s greater than people four times her age.

2) She is POWERFUL and she knows it! She’s never afraid of a fight, and she’s never afraid to go and kick some serious ass.

3) She ran around with ice fists yelling “BOUNCER!” The girl is an icon.

Spinnerella:

1) She’s such a sweetheart! She lost a volleyball game on purpose to make Frosta feel better! Such a huge heart!

2) She is simultaneously a woman who serves veggie platters at parties and can take out 14 giant robots. This is what I aspire to be.

3) Her power is REALLY powerful, and I feel like no one ever talks about it. But it’s REALLY powerful.

Netossa:

1) She’s so unabashedly competitive. She’s just like “Yes, I want to win, do you have a problem with that?” It’s a trait that’s often unfairly discouraged in women, so it takes a lot of strength and confidence to just own it.

2) It must have been SO ANNOYING to have everyone belittle her power for so long, but this queen just kept on kicking ass until they couldn’t ignore her anymore.

3) SHE LITERALLY KEPT A RECORD BOOK OF EVERYONE’S WEAKNESSES AND THEY’RE ALL ACCURATE!!

Scorpia:

1) She’s so kind and loyal and loving, yet also a strong fighter. We don’t see a lot of heroes like her who are so open and soft, so to speak. It gives a lot of people a character they can relate to.

2) She’s just such a good friend. She gives every friendship her all, and sometimes she gets hurt, but she never stops trying to be a friend to somebody, even if that person changes, because that’s who she is. Yet she also learns when to step away from a bond when it’s no longer good for you and I WAS SO PROUD OF HER!!

3) She can kick ass in a fight, give great hugs, and she has an amazing singing voice. Why can’t I be this?

Entrapta:

1) LITERAL GENIUS!! She can invent absolutely anything, and she’s taught herself everything she knows, which makes it even more impressive! The show would have ended VERY differently without her.

2) She’s just so funny. She’s probably the funniest character on the show.

3) Her arc is amazing. She goes from thinking she has to run away from people because it’s not always as easy for her to talk to them, and thinking that they would abandon her, to being able to trust and love and trust IN love while still always being herself and using her talents to help her friends.

Angella:

1) Such a great mom. I know she and Glimmer had their differences, but she loves her daughter so much, and cared for her so much. Glimmer would not be who she is without her.

2) She’s strategical and pragmatic, both great traits for a queen.

3) She’s just so brave and kind. She sacrificed herself to save the world and the girl who had become like her daughter because she loved them all.

Happy International Women’s Day!

#ask the theater nerd #international women’s day asks #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #spop #adora #catra #glimmer #perfuma #mermista #frosta #spinnerella #netossa #scorpia #entrapta #angella

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