#Tag so you don't lose this shit

[aerodaltonimperial]

(a little birdie told me it was @blizzardsuplex's birthday, so here's a little treat. happy birthday, mel!)

The devil mask sits on the table, face up, towards the ceiling; looking up, just like they always are. The way they aim, the direction they strive for. They will make it up to the top, and soon, but for now, the mask will sit in that place for them, peering up at the goal.

He traces the outline of it with his index finger. Somehow, he assumed it'd be sharp, but it isn't. It's smooth, and maybe that, too, is just another nugget he ought to tuck down between his ribs. What they're doing is right. What they're doing is good. What they're doing is what Maxwell would do to them, to Adam, if he got the chance—so they have to take the chance first.

"Nervous?" Adam asks. Roddy hadn't meant to get caught, really, but somewhere, deep down, he wonders if maybe he did. This is sort of how they operate nowadays, anyway: stealing away in the shadows and whispering only in the safety of the hotel rooms, where no one can hear.

"No." It's the truth. Roddy isn't nervous, he's ready. He's been ready for this since they started this entire enterprise, and he's never been more ready than he is right now. Maxwell will lose— Joe will take care of that, lift that belt right off of him, and they can stop this charade.

Finally.

Still, he keeps his finger on the side of the mask. It ought to be cool, sitting there on the table for so long, and somehow, it holds a flicker of warmth, as though someone recently set it against their face.

He's lingered too long; Adam can sense his hesitation. Adam can always sense these things, really.

"Hey," Adam says. "This'll all be over soon. And we can just... move on from this. Maxwell will be finished, and we'll be free to be something more."

Beating people up wearing ski masks was fun the first time. By the last time, Roddy was feeling the pressure on his shoulders. "Yeah."

He keeps his finger on the side of the mask. Definitely warm— remnants from a person slipping it over their face, against their skin. Taven's never come near it, and Mike? He doesn't care. Wardlow's more interested in the future than this covert business.

"Roddy," Adam says, half a question.

"Yeah." Roddy lifts his gaze, offers a smile he hopes looks more true than it stretches. "I'm ready."

That's the thing about masks. The people who are the best at wearing them are never the people you see coming. Maxwell is about to figure this out, a necessary lesson in humility.

But Roddy? He's already learned it, ten times over.

He drops his hand back down to his side. Masks are such an easy thing to wear once you get used to them. Adam's one of the best at keeping them on, day in and day out. Most days, Roddy wishes he weren't so keenly aware of the fact.

One day, that mask will crack for them just the same as it will tonight, for Maxwell, but that's a problem for the future.

"Let's go," he says.

[uncanny-tranny]

At this point, talks about "mutilated bodies" tell me everything I need to know about people's politics. I truly don't believe you can combine the idea of mutilated or degenerate bodies with anything even slightly progressive in terms of autonomy. If you believe yourself to be progressive or anything left of an unapologetic fascist, you frankly cannot truly entertain the idea that some bodies and people are inherently mutilated or degenerate. It is an inherently fascist idea.

[la-pheacienne]

I just LOVE how both in got and hotd we have established that the root of all evil is women who *checks notes* enjoy sex! consistency is important right? I mean GOD FORBID we genuinely root for anyone that isn't nEd FuCKinG sTark the paragon of big dick masculine honor! who are we gonna root for? a flagrant philanderer that started the war because she's a whore? pwease

but at least they're criticizing monarchy you guyzzz hashtag anti war hashtag subversion!! definitely promising!! never been done before!!!

[violentlyexplosive]

it's always so funny to me when i get a new follower and they have shit like "proship DNI!!11!1!1" in their bio or pinned post. like brother my blog is not a safe space for you (neither is the entirety of the real world, but I don't think you people are ready for that conversation. on account of being probably 12 years old. cus that's what you're acting like.)

"censorship is bad" should not be a radical take in the year 2024. stop trying to sanitise the internet into some uber-puritan, ultra-virtuous, squeaky clean space. like what are you, catholic? i beg of you- grow up.

[vt-scribbles]

Please still be here in 4 years.

Please.

[funnyscienceman]

listen listen listen listen. i am never going to get over singed & viktor. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE MENTAL ANGUISH. THE MESS OF EMOTIONS VIKTOR HAS TO DEAL WITH. he's so steadfast with his morals and ideals. hextech must not be weaponized. dangerous science is fine as long as the only person at risk of getting hurt is me. the moment it kills someone else he's fucking BROKEN by it and just throws in the gd towel. YET SINGED WAS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT HIM. like just. imagine, ok. imagine— take the premise that singed & viktor were actually pretty close. viktor was lonely as a kid, but he found company in rio. in singed. singed provides a space and opportunity for viktor to do his science stuff. "we can be loners together." here's someone he probably has a decent amount of affection and respect for, maybe even admires like a kid would a mentor/role model/parental figure. and he hurts rio. and viktor doesn't understand, he can't reconcile this. "we can be loners together," but also, "you did this?" viktor's got like a whole slew of emotions to deal with. What the fuck? How could you? I hate you. But also, "I told you, I was consulting a friend about our quandary."

"You built this? Why aren't you playing with the others?"

"We can be loners together."

Like just what are you supposed to do when someone who provided for you — who took care of you, who looked after you as a kid — hurts someone? Someone that you care about? What the FUCK are you supposed to when that person is willing to torture and kill for science — something that you are also passionate about, the very thing you both found commonality in, bonded over — and does it all without even a hint of remorse? What are you supposed to think?

Are you allowed to find comfort and safety in that person anymore? Can you still have good memories about them, and look back at them fondly? Can you be thankful for all the good that person's done for you?

What does it say about you, if they're the one who influenced you so much so early in your life, and here they are now?

Viktor gets Sky killed, and can you imagine what must've been running through his head? I'm no better than him. I'm turning out just like him. I am just like him. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

AND IT'S JUST.

AAGGHH!!!

[buryyourrevolutionaries]

just putting this out there, as an ardent buddie shipper, if resident homosexual helicopter pilot tommy kinard is actually dropped in somehow through the gaping hole to safely land that plane I think the buddie v bucktommy war is over I fear we must wave the white flag cause what the fucking hell

[lumberwoof]

AU where Franka doesn't get approval for the transfer and instead has to cut and run to Rhodes Island alone. Liskarm just misses finding out and isn't able to follow. and then they reunite some years down the line for whatever reason, Franka happy at Rhodes Island but still a little lonely and Liskarm saying she's fine but being at Blacksteel for so long has made her colder and harsher and just plain miserable.

(it isn't all bad, she at least has Jessica and Vanilla, but they can't get under her skin the way Franka could. Liskarm swears that Franka would get under skin sometimes just to dig out the bad feelings.)

(and Franka has people. she's surrounded by people she cares about. operators cut from the same cloth as her, that will charge headlong into battle beside her. colleagues who will nag her about sleeping and eating and training and mission parameters. friends who will rag on her for her choice of reading material. but Liskarm was all of those things rolled into one. and she is not here)

[front-facing-pokemon]

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

Okay I just read Zayne's "Still in Dark" anecdote, and now I'm crying and also my jaW IS ON THE GROUND, WHAT IN THE FUC-

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enjoy the tags, I just needed to vent....

And I'm scared 🤣

[aerodaltonimperial]

(Dumb words after tonight's episode. Just for me, really.)

Oh, this ends now. Danny’s so fucking keyed up he can barely breathe as he stomps back to the locker room where most of the friendlier faces are holed up, hoping to go unnoticed. Danny doesn't want to be unnoticed. He slams the doors apart with enough force that the knows bounce back at him and has every single face turned towards him.

And then he stops halfway into the room, fuming and furious, hands balled into fists at his sides because the adrenaline has to go somewhere.

Orange is the first to get his wits about him; ironic. "Danny, you should—"

"Did you fuck him?" Danny demands, shaking against the floor, and isn't looking at Orange at all.

Darby's eyebrows arch. "Who, Claudio? Did you hit your head against—"

"Jack," Danny growls. "Did you fuck him?"

The room goes very, very quiet; still enough that Danny can hear the squeak of a sneaker sole against the tiles. There's a long stretch of nothing, too long, far too long, where Darby stares at him before he sucks in a deep breath and says, "None of your fucking business."

That's it: that's the answer. And Danny's seeing red. "Are you fucking kidding me?"

"I said it was none—"

"That's an answer," Danny cries. "Do you fucking understand what you did? He went after Matt, Darby, the man who has been like a father to me. Do you fucking know what that feels like?"

Oh, Darby’s pissed, all right, but Danny’s full of far more rage. It's all tangled up in his stomach, where it's been knotted since Matt's head made cracking contact with the announcers' desk. And Darby tries, he does, says, "I didn't have anything to do with—"

"He's fucking licking at my damn heels," Danny cuts him off. "He's doing everything he can, crossing every line, because now he knows it'll get him attention. Or validation. Or whatever brand of fucked up this is, I don't care. He's going after me like this because you fucked him up."

Finally, Darby’s features betray a reaction, a flicker of doubt. They aren't friends, him and Darby. They're barely allies, shoved together because of all this bullshit descending on the locker rooms around them. And Danny doesn't trust that Darby isn't gonna lunge at him, throw a punch, get his teeth out; no, Danny’s walked him into a corner, and there's a dozen other sets of eyes on him right now.

"Fuck off," Darby finally says, low and ragged.

"God, this is just fucking perfect." Danny points an accusing finger at him. "This is just fucking fitting. I've gotta deal with this deranged, righteous piece of shit who thinks that going after my family is gonna get him a sliver of the attention he's so fucking desperate for, because you fucking taught him it would work."

Darby's gaze flits sideways as his tongue comes out, drags along his bottom lip. But he doesn't say anything, and Danny doesn't think he can. It's pretty hard to argue with someone dangling the truth in front of your face. He just sort of hunches in a bit, shoulders slumping. Finally, because Danny’s got him on the ropes, he manages to choke out, "Seems like you got it all handled, doesn't it?"

"God," Danny spits. Of course, Darby was watching all that, not helping. Not getting involved. "Fuck you. And fuck this."

"Danny," Orange tries, ever the peacemaker, but it's too late. Danny will do this on his own, with Matt and Zay and Quen.

"I'm out," Danny tells the room at large: anyone and everyone. "I'm done."

When he leaves, there's no satisfaction, but whatever. He'll find it another way, by stripping the belt out of Jack’s miserable fingers.

[seventh-district]

not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go

(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)

[wildflowercryptid]

something that's been weighing on my mind ever since learning about the situation with ezra / toonimal is seeing how these predators will take the active hostility that is frequently directed towards minors in online spaces to their advantage and use it to prey on vulnerable children. i think that we as adults in online fandom should probably come together and maybe rethink the language / manner we go about interacting with kids bc clearly the way things are rn is causing active harm.

like obviously, if you're an adult and aren't comfortable with minors interacting with you or your content, you should be allowed to set that boundary and should be vocal about it, ( especially if the content you create isn't safe for them to consume. ) but i don't think talking to them like they're a blight on all that is good and holy is the way to go about it. maybe just saying you're an 18 plus account will suffice, you don't have to tell them to fuck off.

[beanghostprincess]

Just thinking about the fact Sora died because of the poison she drink to save her kids, because she is gentle and kind. And her only son who the desesperate act work is as kind as her.

But the StrawHats don't know she did that, this is something he don't have the courage to tell. And they know even less that Sanji is ready to do the same.

He isn't pround of that, but he ends up discovering the poison she drink and even have the recipe of how to do it. Because the germa soldiers teached them this and others poisons.

And this little fact is like a silent threat, a thing that if the crew discovers this, would be attentive about anything he drinks until they're certainly he's not gonna do the same thing his mother did.

And when the StrawHats learn about this fact, the exactly thing he expected happens, he notice Chopper and Robin always near the kitchen with the excuse of how's there was calmer, Nami and Usopp start to do his drinks for him or always are looking him while he's doing it, the others does things too. And Sanji notices all of this.

It's needed months to calm the crew, but still after they stop, all of them always have this fear in the back of they're minds (Luffy even goes as far as asking Law to do a check up on Sanji the next time they meet), that he will do this, but they want to believe he will not. They really want to.

(Just a thought that come to my mind yesterday, and I wanted to share, y'know? Based on some headcanons)

Oh, damn. This honestly hits close to home and it's really interesting so I wanna talk about it. But, you know, it's a serious topic so:

TW // Suicide, poison, self-harm, depression, etc etc you know the drill about Sanji and his issues. I don't go deep, tho, so It's not THAT explicit but could be triggering.

I think that after WCI and Wano, they'd all be worried. Sanji has always been pretty self-sacrificing with everyone and he doesn't value his life in the slightest. He doesn't show signs at first of being actively suicidal but the way he treats his own life makes it clear that he gets into self-sabotaging situations to the point of it being considered self-harm or even passive suicidal behavior. He just- Doesn't care about dying because he puts others first all the time. He has been doing that forever and Skypiea is just one of the times he does that. But, y'know, they never notice that. At least not everyone. I think Zoro is the first to know because of Thriller Bark, honestly. That's one of the biggest signs imo. But then they're separated and it's not like they can talk about it. Then two years happen and uh, shit goes downhill after that because WCI is just utterly traumatizing for Sanji and Wano makes everything worse to the point of asking Zoro to kill him if he loses himself. And we always say that's really gay (because it is) but we ignore the whole point of Sanji genuinely asking somebody to kill him without any fucking hesitation. And he spends all of Wano having the biggest crisis of his life wondering if he's human enough or worthy of being in the crew and???? What the actual fuck. Anyway, I think the crew ends up finding out about everything and I don't believe Sanji is well mentally after all of this. I know they don't write it like this because things are happening and they have to go to Egghead, but I think Sanji would end up really fucked up after WCI and Wano to the point of being worrisome.

If they do find out about the poison thing and Sanj's suicidal thoughts (honestly, I don't know how they would even find out about it unless Reiju tells them or Sanji snaps and yells about that, but, y'know. The point is that they know and Sanji is getting worse) I think you're completely right and they'd be all over him. Because that's exactly what happens when somebody acts this way. They look after him to a suffocating extent and watch his steps. They take turns to watch him. They prepare his drinks. They even make up something so he doesn't have to be on night watch so he can sleep, because he's probably not sleeping either. Or eating well, for that matter, which is what makes them all worry even more in the first place.

And hear me out, because I think he would try to do it. Like- Commit, I mean. Not gonna get into the topic too deep but I think he'd try and I think it wouldn't work because somebody would help him right away and I think he'd try to play it off as a mistake and a misunderstanding, but everyone would know. And he'd just try to ignore their pep talks and interventions.

This is projecting from personal experience and everyone goes through these things differently, but God, I think he'd fucking hate it if they looked after him. Because he knows he won't do it again. At least he doesn't want to do it again. But everybody keeps looking after him like he's about to break at any moment and it's so damn annoying to not have any type of privacy because they think he's gonna off himself the second he's alone. And he gets why they're doing it and appreciates their efforts to look after him, but acting this way is not the answer to his problems. It's just asphyxiating and it isn't helping him get better. You know how the crew is, they're NOT subtle and careful with anything and they're just-- They have good intentions but it's suffocating and he can't handle it anymore.

And I think he'd snap. I actually want to write a fic about this if you let me use your idea (I will credit you, ofc) because I think it'd be great to make him snap at Nami, specifically, and then regret it completely.

Long story short because this is getting long: I think Brook and Robin would end up talking things out with him because they're the ones who understand him the most in this situation. He'd apologize to Nami but also everyone else would apologize too for acting this way, they were just worried and wanted to look after him. I think, after this, the only ones watching Sanji would be Brook and Robin and they'd do it carefully, supporting him and helping him get better. And the whole crew would be next to him along the way but doing it with less assertiveness and just gentler.

I think the concept of Sanji thinking about death so often is great because it adds depth to his character and it's not a crazy thought. I think it's pretty damn canon, actually. At least him being careless about his own life.

[dootznbootz]

ABSOLUTELY NOT FINAL PRODUCT and unedited but have a little bit!!

Idc if it's OoC, let me have this 🥹 Call me out on some historic shit but this STAYS. Don't worry he's still a little shit as he literally fucks with Laertes right after this!

And remember when I said I would write a SNIPPET with the "Odysseus gives baby Telemachus a lemon to see his funny face"? Yeah I fucking lied, this will NOT be a "snippet".

It'll be long af and I'm nowhere near done as now I've decided to make this a domestic bliss fic as well to show the "wonderful life Odysseus has to leave behind when he goes to war" because I'm a dumb bitch who likes making and adding more shit than needed.

I'm also a glutton for fluff so that's what this is! Like I said, unedited af and not done!

[butchford]

Bitches will be like "damn am I overexaggerating how bad the current landscape is?" And then the top posts in a character tag that's not even involved will be "this post contains filtered tags [ship]"