#THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK

[fadetodvst]

a sin i breathe

[inkieflame]

I think the Majorwood shippers have something going actually. There's just something in a relationship between someone who has only known love and someone who has only known war.

Scott is always happy, always loved, always surrounded by people who care for him, Jimmy, Pearl, Cleo. Yes he's been hurt for his love, but it pushes him to cherish every fleeting moment.

Martyn is always at war, always caught in conflict. He's been a soldier, he's been abandoned, he's been heartbroken. People are always leaving his life, Ren, the southerners, Cleo, he's always left alone. It makes him bitter and spiteful.

And so to pair Scott and Martyn together is significant. It's like Ares and Aphrodite, war and love.

They both burn with a passion

Similar but not the same.

They both care too much. And it hurts. It hurts but what else can you do?

"Everytime I love, I get hurt" Martyn tells Scott.

And Scott nods, "I love a lot too. It does hurt."

"How do you do it? How do you keep loving knowing it might hurt again?"

Scott takes a pensive moment before answering... "Because." He says, "The thought that I might never love, or be loved, ever again? It is far more terrifying than the fear of being hurt again."

Martyn grips the red and white flag he carries around his waist. A banner to a kingdom long fallen. "What if I can't move on though? What if it just keeps hurting and hurting and never goes away?"

"It will." Scott promises, "one day the pain and anger will ease" He hugs his jacket closer to him, thinking of those pale slashes that cover his back. Matching scars he shares with Pearl.

One day the betrayal and abandonment ceased to ache. One day he did move on. He would help Martyn move on too.

Anyway, I think they would be good for each other. I think they could fix each other.

[zolo-san]

So I started thinking about Skypiea/Post-Skypiea Zosan last night...

and thinking about how there's no way that Sanji had an easy recovery with the full body burns he ended up with and I could see Zoro going out of his way to help Sanji out because Zoro has been there He's been seriously hurt and had to take care of himself and while Sanji has chopper, I think that Sanji would be similar to Zoro (If not worse because Sanji has a worse self image than Zoro) in that he would be afraid of worrying Chopper or being a burden and would try to do a lot on his own or act as if it wasn't that bad But Zoro would clock that shit immediately because he does it too And I think Zoro would also be able to tell when someone is moving differently because of pain or an injury But I think some of the things Zoro would do to help Sanji would be small like grabbing something for him so he doesn't have to move too much and hurt himself or making sure he doesn't spend too much time out in the sun and get dehydrated or over heated I think he'd try to get him to sit tf down more too which would be hard since Sanji is such a care taker and gets joy out of doing things for Nami and Robin (I think Robin would be more insistent that he doesn't do this during this time tho because she's suspicious that he's not totally healed/hiding the pain while Nami may not pick up on it right away, very much to Zoro's irritation) But I think he would also try to help Sanji in bigger, more meaningful ways too, like going out of his way to ask Chopper to each him how to change Sanji's bandages because he knows Sanji hasn't been going to Chopper when he needs too and he knows how hard it is to do something like change your own bandages, especially when in pain, because he's done it himself in the past and I think he'd know that it's something really vulnerable, so he'd be very gentle about it and not push too hard, but still insist that Sanji let him help And I think Sanji would be seriously blown away by how caring and gentle Zoro is being towards him He'd notice all the things he's doing and be really touched It's not like Zoro wasn't helpful on occasion in the past or never showed any care for when Sanji was hurt before, but I think that this being one of the first time Sanji got seriously injured and the fact that it happened because Sanji was trying to protect others would make a big difference to Zoro I think Zoro would know that Sanji really needed the help and would want to show how much Sanji and his actions meant to him

In my own little Zosan timeline, Skypiea is when Sanji sort of has to come to terms with/admit to himself that he has feelings for Zoro, but I think that he would assume that there was no way Zoro would feel the same way about him because how could he? but I think something like this would be a sort of "Oh...." moment where Sanji realizes that Zoro really cares about him but I also think it would make him really confused and conflicted (in my timeline at this point Zoro almost completely assumes that Sanji is straight and has come to a point of fully accepting that he and Sanji will never be together and he's okay with that, as long as Sanji is happy and he's still allowed to be a part of his life) Anyways.... just some Skypiea stuff I kept thinking about last night~ It'll probably make it into a fic one of these days if the universe would just give me some time to write o(-< I have a full scene in my head and I want to write it very badly, but the whole fic isn't fully cooked yet~

Also thanks to this post for getting my brain thinking about Skypiea Zosan and leading me here lol

[dustyforgotten]

Just to be clear: there's actually no such thing as a "Roman salute"! While they did raise the right hand to symbolize power, it was always the authority figure, and never the masses hailing to that power. Orators of the time ascribe this gesture to be relaxed, not stiff, and never exceed eye level. The Augustus of Prima Porta is a good example!

The first example of this stiff, right arm outstretched gesture attributed to the Romans is from a French painter, Jacques-Louis David, in 1784. David used this several more times in his works, and other painters followed suit, eventually leading to the salute's apocryphal association with the Romans.

We, in the United States, adopted this gesture in the end of the 19th century, called the Bellamy salute, as part of the Pledge of Allegiance. By 1942, the Bellamy salute was disallowed due to its associations with fascism. In the meantime, it appeared in several movies, including 1914's Cabiria, with subtitles written by Gabriele d'Annunzio, an Italian nationalist. He then imported this to Italy, where it was adopted by Benito Mussolini's Fascist Party in 1925, and similarly by the German Nazi Party by 1926.

So, no matter what they say, there is no universe in which the "Roman salute" is not associated with fascism.

Yes, you saw what you saw.

Yes, you saw what you saw. Yes, he did what you thought he did. Yes, they aired that with their whole chest.

The next thing they will do is deny that it happened. (you saw wrong, it wasn't what you thought it was, etc) After that they will try to downplay it (it was a joke, he didn't mean it like that, it's a "roman salute," etc) They will try to claim it was the work of AI. (its a deep fake, it's a smear campaign, it's hate speech, etc) They will do everything they can to sweep it aside. Then they will try to bury it. Then they will distract you with meaningless bullshit.

Do not fall for it. Do not believe it. Do not be gaslit.

You saw what you saw. He did what he did. And we need to make sure that we do not forget.

[eddiethebrave]

i know everyone always says don’t delete your fics blah blah orphan them blah blah it could be someone’s favorite blah blah blah

but

this is just a reminder to anyone who may need it that actually you can delete your fics whenever you want

once you orphan a fic there is no unorphaning it and then it’s not yours anymore

instead i urge readers to download their favorite fics

[marmot-bee-person]

👏 Padmé 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 pedophile 👏

She was kind to a 9-year-old child who was enslaved or recently freed the entire time. She did not encourage his crush on her. She did not like him back.

The next time they saw each other, they were both legal adults. Yes, it was kind of an age gap but not that bad. Also, still not pedophilia because it was a consensual relationship between two adults. If you apply the (widely accepted) half-your-age-plus-seven rule then it’s fine.

Also! Han and Leia have a much worse age gap. Han is literally closer in age to Anakin than Leia. And I don’t think Hanleia is that bad! I have mostly neutral feelings about it but that’s nothing to do with the (large but not too insane) age gap!

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[starlit-miasmas]

*taps microphone*

qpr jayvik

[pollenallergie]

i would like to formally declare that geta and caracalla cannot be villains because:

big brown doe eyes (geta)

malewife tendencies (caracalla)

poor baby has syphilis (caracalla)

poor baby has to babysit and share his empire with his brother who has syphilis (geta)

slutty (both)

would kill for the people they love, even if that includes killing the people they love (both)

sexually non-discriminatory (definitely caracalla, but probably both if we’re being honest)

single dad to a very adorable monkey (caracalla)

single dad to his sick brother (geta)

big fans of watching sweaty men go at it in a huge arena (both)

just wants everyone to acknowledge his pretty rings (geta)

hot as fuck, but in a menacing kind of way (geta)

brothers by chance, besties by choice (both)

girls emperors just wanna have fun (both)

confused as to why everyone doesn’t love them as much as they love themselves, and also incredibly hurt by that fact (both)

first people to ever celebrate brat summer (both)

king of having homoerotic tension with people who genuinely hate him and want to see him dead (geta)

adorably excitable, especially when bloodshed occurs, but like, hey, we all have our quirks (both)

big himbo-in-denial energy, doesn’t know poetry, but pretends he’s still very smart boy, very brilliant emperor (geta)

they’ll work it out in the remix (both)

[cool-lesbian-is-here]

Ok. So.

I was out hiking today, and my genius little brain thought up a genius little idea.

Wolfstar hiking au.

THINK ABT IT, OK.

Remus, a person who hikes in the Peak District every Saturday bumps into sirius, a person forced to hike by his best friend James, who immediately feels their tension and gives them space to work it out on their own.

And Sirius starts going there every fucking moment he can, hoping he gets to talk to remus again bc that bay is DOWN BADDDDD. And finally, after going there for a whole ass week, he sees remus again on a Saturday and remus thinks that it’s just coincidence but he’s like so in love at this point that he blushes just seeing sirius. And Sirius figures out that remus only goes there once a week, but still goes there any time he can bc it reminds him of remus and gives him the feeling that he might be able to see him, maybe, just maybe. And then finally when they’re comfortable enough, sirius slips up and starts whining Abt how much he hates hiking and remus is like so surprised bc like “?? But I thought you came here every day to hike?” And then sirius goes bright fucking red and is just like “yeah, nah, ofc I was just joking, dw Abt it” and then remus gets a sense of hope that sirius was there just for him but then immediately squashes it bc we love a self deprecating king. And in the end, they kiss and live a very happy life with James feeling very fulfilled as a matchmaker.

Ladies, gentlemen, and others,

Thank you for listening <3

[orgasming-caterpillar]

"fuck it we ball" is for stress about the future "it is what it is" is for stress about the past and "this too shall pass" is for stress about the present thank you for coming to my TED talk

[thinkingabout-girls]

rating these laios hugs out of 10 cause they are quite possibly the funniest things i have ever seen

(please note this is not based on laios’s efforts it’s just rating the overall hug)

senshi hug: 10/10. that’s a solid hug right there. bit awkward with the height difference but they made it work

chilchuck hug: 5/10. i’ve been laughing at this for 10 minutes. an effort was made. points have been awarded for an obvious attempt at making chilchuck more comfortable but still is still the awkwardest hug i’ve ever seen. it is painfully obvious that laios once attempted to crouch down to hug chilchuck and received a kick to the nuts and was cursed out for 20 minutes, and has adapted to this so that chilchuck doesn’t kill laios or himself

marcille hug: 8/10. this is the way i hug my relatives that i don’t see very often at family events but it’s still a solid hug

shuro hug: 2/10. this is a great hug but points have been deducted because shuro is a bastard man

falin hug: 1000/10. THAT is a hug and it’s a damn good one. very obvious sibling love right there we love to see it

kabru hug: ???/10. what the fuck is this. what’s with the christian side hug. why are you gently holding his tit what’s wrong with you

[the-phantom-peach]

🗣️ huh?? what do you mean I haven’t posted any Link signing propaganda yet??

[n0anix]

whatever *domesticates your Carnivàle Lecroux*

[devils-your-minion]

Luke Brandon Field did NOT put his all into playing young Daniel as the most horny, desperate, pathetic, limp wristed, whimpering bisexual loser who looked up at that vampire with the wettest most submissive eyes and melted into him as he accepted the loving embrace of death just for people to say that Daniel Molloy is some kind of dom top.

Don’t worry Mr. Brandon Field, I saw your masochistic vision.

[maines]

You’re the best friends anybody ever had. And it’s funny, but I feel as if I’ve known you all the time. But I couldn’t have, could I?

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) | AGATHA ALL ALONG (2024)

[tims-missing-spleen]

(I like to think that) Lex Luthor gets clowned on by literally everyone, and Bruce is the absolute worst.

Like he'll attend an event and a literal millisecond later, Bruce will roll up and steal all the attention. And when they're inside, him or one of his crazy "children" will "accidentally" spill very red wine all over his expensive ass suit.

And what can Lex even do?

Last time he retaliated and mildly shoved Bruce, the man very dramatically flung himself across the room and fell straight into a table. He hadn't even gotten hurt- not a single bruise or cut- but that drama queen didn't appear in public for an entire month after the incident. The backlash Lex had gotten was so not worth it.

And it doesn't stop there. His kids join in on the "fun" and bully him too.

Tim permanently bans him from all the platforms owned by Wayne enterprisese, which is like borderline illegal, so Lex sues and somehow always loses.

Jason Duke and Steph team up and make it a game to throw things on his head without him realising. And when Luthor catches one of them, he can't even shout at them or whatnot cause hes actually scared shitless. Jason, the absolute tank of a man, just grins at him while placing his hands on the very noticeable gun at his hip. Duke and Steph stand on either side of him, gripping literal knives in their hands.

Damian just outright walks up to him and begins insulting him in a couple of different languages. He always gives Lex a final disgusted look before turning and walking off.

Dick might seem the sweetest, approaching him while smiling in that nice way of his. He's the worst, though, cause he always makes sure to bring a few reporters with him before he innocently starts outing Lex's latest evil scheme in front of the audience. He makes sure to bring solid evidence of the nefarious plans, but right at the end, he goes, "idk I could be wrong," before shrugging and walling off.

Cassandra doesn't do much, but she's definitely the scariest. Whenever Lex has had enough and is about to call a hit on Bruce, she appears out of nowhere, stares straight at him, and just shakes her head while saying, "No. Regret"

Basically, Lex Luthor, public enemy #1, gets (justifiably) bullied by the entirety of the human population (honestly, only the Waynes).