#Rope Of The Week

[i-love-ropes]

ROPE OF THE WEEK (1):

T W EVANS CORDAGE - STAR MANILA ROPE

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WITH OVER 110 REVIEWS AND RATED AT 4.5 STARS

THIS ROPE IS BOTH BRAIDED AND TWISTED

THATS SO AMAZING!!!

THE MATERIAL OF THE ROPE IS MADE OF BOTH MANILA AND POLYPROPYLENE

I LOVE THAT IT’S MADE OF TWO MATERIALS THAT MAKES IT COOLER!!!

THE THICKNESS OF THE ROPE RANGE FROM 1/4 IN. TO 3/4 IN AND CAN BE AS LONG AS 100 FT!!!

THAT MEANS MORE ROPE TO HOLD!

BUT I’VE BEEN TOLD BY KING DEDEDE THAT I SHOULDN'T HOLD MANILA ROPES ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY’RE SCRATCHY

I’M STILL GOING TO HOLD MANILA ROPES BECAUSE THAT FACT IS FALSE! MOST MANILA ROPES ARE ABRASIVE RESISTANT

SO THAT MEANS KING DEDEDE HAS JUST BEEN BUYING SCRATCHY ROPES FALSELY ADVERTISED AS MANILA ROPES

IF I HAD TO GUESS JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, HE HAS BEEN BUYING STRAW ROPES

ISNT’T THIS ROPE JUST BEAUTIFUL?

WELL THAT’S BECAUSE IT WAS MADE FOR DECORATIVE AND LANDSCAPING PURPOSES!!!

I USE IT AS A WRAP FOR MY OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND FOR HANGING ROPES ON MY WALL BECAUSE I LOVE HOW THIS ROPE LOOKS!

I ALSO USE IT TO MAKE MY FENCES LOOK NICE

THE FENCES I USE TO KEEP OUT ANY ROBBERS WHO WANTS TO MESS WITH ME BY STEALING MY ROPES (DAROACH)

(+Some random waddle dees, Daroach only stole his rope one time btw, never again)

I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE STEAL MY ROPE!!! IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD!!!

THIS ROPE IS ALSO VERY STURDY! HOLDING UP TO 300+ POUNDS!

THAT MEAN I CAN USE THIS ROPE TO HOLD 300+ POUNDS OF MORE ROPES

I RATE THIS ROPE A

10/10

[screams-at-dark]

I cant wait to use a frogtie on other girls

[the-ellia-west]

Okay So was listening to Epic and like...

How the heck is Odysseus getting the Attention of SO MANY gods

Don't they have things to do?

Or are they all just like, Lazy Wednesday, let's go torture this war veteran.

[ellbell23]

inspo for 11/24

[comfortablyisolated]

Well I probably should be drug out to sea, where I can't hurt no one and no one can hurt me.

[glitterylilis]

Sometimes I wonder if I was ever truly loved, at least one time. I feel like I was just used.

[toldentops]

talk about kinoga. NOW.

GAH I JUST THINK THEY ARE SO............. well first of all. they are so cute and handsome. look at them right now

Second of all I have one million feelings about them and it's barely an exaggeration. For those who aren't familiar, Kinoga is one of my beloved splatoon ocs and I think about them all the time. Originally made when I tossed a "what-if" idea about Trito, my first splatoon oc, who was once part of the octarian military, if he runs into one of the old squad members on the surface, and Kinoga was born with the help of @igneouskit. Brainworms ensue. its terminal. check out their toyhouse

(extremely brief rundown for those unfamiliar with splatoon lore the relevant bits are as follows: some octolings are part of a military that were forced underground after a war with the Inklings over land due to rising seas. At some point during the plot, the song Calamari Inkantation is sung by the two idols, which is apparently imbued in the DNA of all creatures and compels octolings to see the surface. In the splatoon 2 DLC, octo expansion, some octolings are recruited by a shady company called Kamabo Co, which entices participants to enroll in tests through a deep sea metro, and offers the "promised land" as a reward. Completing the tests entails collecting parts of a blender, and the "reward" is getting blended into sludge. This sludge can get injected into other octos which causes them to lose their will and consciousness ("sanitization").

timeline-wise much of their story takes place between splat 2, through octo expansion, and is currently in the splat 3 era. When they were still in the military, they ended up hearing the Calamari Inkantation like Agent 8 did. Kinoga and their squad were incredibly close to each other. Unwilling to just up and leave the underground but wanting to give their squadmates a better life, Kinoga hears about Kamabo's "promised land" and wants to seek it out, so they leave the squad to embark on the metros and promises to return. They do not <3 Some of the tests make them encounter sanitized octolings and they begin to question what's really happening in the metros. Their tipping point is when they run into Agara, one of their squadmates that decided to enter the metros to look for Kinoga and ends up being sanitized. Kinoga, facing the crushing realization that their squadmates had followed them, unaware of the danger, narrowly escapes being killed by Agara and eventually makes it to the surface.

This results in them experiencing a good amount of crushing guilt about leaving, they never knew it would lead to the possibility of dooming their whole squad that followed after them because they were loved and trusted. Kinoga had no way of letting the rest of them know that they should turn back and it's so. AAUGH. They have no choice but to continue on, finding life on the surface and eventually making it to splatsville with the belief that the rest of the squad may be gone. Agara and Trito end up running through the metro, Agara gets sanitized and Trito survives, albeit without getting a nasty scar from an accident that nearly got him sanitized.

Trito makes me insane also. he's my funny silly rabbit. I care about him so so much. trito goes through the metros, to maybe catch up with kinoga or meet them at the promised land, trusting that it was worth leaving if Kinoga decided it was worth it for all of them too.

Trito, upon learning about The Horrors in the metro later, realizes what could have happened to Kinoga and Agara and is unwilling to return to the rest of the squad with this knowledge, struck by the possibility that they're both gone. <-also has to realize that these horrible things have been happening to all the octlings that left to go do the metro tests. He too, eventually escapes to the surface and makes it to Inkopolis.

Years later, Trito, on a day trip to Splatsville, encounters Kinoga on the streets, and they lock eyes. and. fuck. They thought they were dead and had dealt with the grief and accepting that they were gone, effectively pushing those thoughts aside, and now they're physically in front of each other and they have to deal with it again. they make me SICK. Kinoga knowing that trito went to the metros and followed them and made it out also. Trito knowing that Kinoga experienced the horrors as well and survived. Neither of them able to return to tell the rest of the squad but they're both here, alive on the surface and aarrghhhhhhh. now they have to cope with this. they hastily exchange contact information, having to leave each other again, and end up meeting later to really catch up.

I'm so normal about kinoga and their relationship to trito post-domes. They don't even realize that they miss each other so much because they accepted that they were already gone. Seeing how much the other had changed. Being each other's only tie to their previous lives and it dawns on them that they never can move on from this. Kinoga struggles to tell Trito that they couldn't bring themselves to go back, not knowing if they could escape a second time, not knowing if any of their teammates were still left, already dealing with occasional spurts of being wracked by grief. Trito feeling the same, wanting to forget the terrible things and find happiness on the surface, but disheartened when learning that Kinoga also couldn't bring themselves to go back to look (though now that the both of them are together.....they do eventually muster the courage to go back to the domes to look for their old squadmates). It like. sucks so bad. They didn't intend to abandon their squad, but they were given circumstances where they just could not, and none of the other squad members could have known and suffer for it. aarghhhhh.

They end up at Trito's place, Kinoga and Trito end up being very affectionate towards each other after reuniting, definitely Trito being clingier...Compelled to hold onto each other and not let go, not after feeling so much regret about leaving in the first place. It's like. they left once before and terrible things happened out of their control, so they're allowed to hold each other as close as they can so it doesn't happen again (THE DEMONS) (GRIPS). it's irrational for Trito especially to think that he'll never see Kinoga again when they have to leave, since they live in separate cities and have to go in the morning. and kinoga knows it's irrational and they do their best to comfort him anyways because. who could blame him for wanting to keep them there after being gone for so long and so unexpectedly. The slow, crushing experience of not fully registering that someone could be gone and it creeps up to them until it hits. auuuuugh. they have to be so tender with each other, not really knowing where to take things afterwards but relishing in the moment of having each other there. riding the high of each other's comfort. fuck. this post is just getting worse as it goes. Trito breaking down in Kinoga's arms because he's had to hold in his grief and having nowhere to put it and then finally being able to release it. just being able to feel Something again. kinoga feeling so heartbroken to see trito like this, remembering that he was always so outspoken and smiling and having him curled up against them unable to say anything. holding him as tightly as they can. Feeling the need to take good care of him. They aren't his squad leader anymore but they still feel compelled to look out for him because then they can feel like they're doing at least something right. whatever. you guys get the gist. I'm way too much of a sucker for like...............pained intimacy. I'm down terrible. I think both of them deserve a little kissy and more. again. very touchy and affectionate with each other, I guess theyre still like "friends" (A WARRIOR'S BOND. OR WHATEVER) and are not "together" like a couple but here are words from igneouskit who put it better then I could ever. they love each other so much and they make me blow up. worlds most situationship

and also one bit I forgot to mention is that Trito has a huge scar on his chest that he hates talking about, it just brings back the fear and pain felt when he got it, and by association reminds him that he's alone from his squad who may never see again, so he's very protective of it. Upon getting back to kinoga, they do find out about the scar accidentally, and Trito lets them. like auuuugh they were so familiar with each other and now get to see what's changed since the last time. exploring eachother's bodies. whatever

Kinoga also ends up feeling really guilty at some point for Trito being immediately so affectionate towards them, they harbor thoughts that they don’t deserve it after having him go through that pain, and trito having to tell them that he made his own decision, nobody was forcing him to go, and besides, did it to see kinoga and now that they’re right in front of him he can give him all the love he’s been holding for them. Auuughhhh. Like don’t worry about feeling guilty for it. It wasn’t their fault. What matters to him now is that they’re both alive and with each other. I feel like blowing up

Even after Kinoga goes back to splatsville the next day trito is still aches about them......like a few days of reunion could never be enough to compensate for the years that they spent apart. every time they meet up after that trito jumps in kinoga's arms and kiss them like it was the first time they'd reunited

anyways. they eventually go back down to the domes to find the others. By that time, Agent 8 had dismantled Kamabo, the Sludge shit was no longer in operation, and octolings have started going to the surface. Kanu, another squad member, left the domes to find Kinoga, Agara, and Trito(jilon was another squad member who left for reasons I haven't decided yet). Denchu, the last remaining member, stayed behind, holding on to the hope that the missing members would someday return (denchu is a whole other can of worms. theyre everything to me and I feel so terrible for them <3). Trito and kinoga meet denchu, they update them on everybody else, leaving agara unaccounted for. Kinoga, who was the only one to see Agara firsthand, knowing that she might be completely unsalvageable, hesitates to bring it up, but Trito insists on going to look for her. aughhh. kinoga wants to spare trito the pain of seeing her dead or unconscious. They do eventually find her </3

She is alive, but not doing well at all, Kinoga desperate to maybe find some way to undo sanitization and restore her to full health, knowing full well that it may not be possible. They take Agara back with them to the surface and Kinoga spends a lot of time agonizing again over having caused this, feeling that agara's state is somehow their fault (ITS NOTT they're beating themselves up so bad for this because they feel responsible for the squad. aughhh).

I think thats all I have for kinoga. for now. obviously there are more thoughts I can get into but currently my brain has just latched so hard on trito and kinoga's fun situation and I love them so much. didn't think I'd get attached to them this bad but here we are </3. I hope everyone who has read this far also enjoys them as much as I do

[hmstartnell]

Blanky and Hartnell have so much potential for the mentor/mentee to father/son dynamic and I don’t think we run with that enough

Tartnell’s natural talent for reading the ice, which Blanky sees and so takes him under his wing to help him hone his skills. Their relationship developing until Tom starts opening up about his brother and the grief that he’s never really had the opportunity to come to terms with. Blanky being his confidant and helping him deal with John not being there with him anymore. They have the most heart-wrenching goodbye when Blanky leaves to sacrifice himself. And Tom is left wondering why the only two people in the world he ever depended on had to leave him

I need an infinite amount of fics of this to cry about

[yappingbitch73]

I feel so uglyyyyy

[moonshynecybin]

imo wrt rosquez cryptic pregnancy baby like. if vale is first not believing that the child is his/doing accusatory mind games there and then later trying to take the baby away he does kinda become The Bad Guy even if his emotions make sense on his side. but yeah saying that. alex running interference obviously marc is very protective irl but it’s clear it does go both ways

scream trust that even while im exercising empathy for vale in terms of his exact spiral down into crazy during the 2015 season i am ALWAYS hashtag team marc. metaphorical t-shirt that says VALE IS THE BAD GUY that i wear to every grand prix in my mind. i need him to grovel and i know he never will so i need marc to win ten titles minimum

[play-my-game]

[cybernomads]

i took this back when i made this lore post, but i didn't have the chance to edit it until now

bonus: zoomed out version that messed up the lighting again

[pjharvey]

my cat has regurgitated his food two days in a row. should i be worried. im aware this is phrased like a reddit or quora post

[sacrificethelamb]

lucky you ~

[mint-termsandconditions]

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