#WAIT THEY WERE A COUPLE WHAT WHEN

[twilightakiishi]

made that template for three :3 venchiya rundown!!! more in tags if u care

[tinukis]

went to one piece cafe!! pretty awesome

out on a trip to las vegas so ofc i had to stop by the cafe! i didn't go alone but hopefully this is another step closer to convincing my fam to start one piece

[fandomfaeofveryfewf4cks]

Okay, but when the train pulls up and Ambrosius is waiting for them with the guards...

Ballister saw Ambrosius' face and then scrambled to hide...

Which honestly seemed a little out of character to me for a second because surely he isn't scared of these guards like that. He's beat their butts in training for most of their lives, right? (At least that's my headcannon)

It had to have been seeing Ambrosius that made him scurry like he's trying to hide from his crush.

More specifically, this is what I think was going on:

*pulls up to the station*

Nimona: We're here! Aww, and so are your friends!

Ballister thinking: shit, is Amby here? Is he mad?

Ballister *peaks out the window*

Ambrosius *major frowny face*

Ballister, who has had to deal with the 'disapproving hubbie face' only once before and hoped to never be on the other side of it again: gaaaah, oh shit, Bae is mad. Bae is very very mad.

I mean, I know they're both dealing with their own versions of feeling betrayed by the other in this scene, but I can't help but think Ballister has definitely seen that face before, (either at him like once or twice, and/or at countless people who had picked on Bal and did NOT live to tell the tale) and developed an instinctual "boyfriend is pissed, oh shit oh shit oh shit" kind of response.

[existingtm]

y'all did not adequately prepare me for how Freudian Supernatural is

[universalthaumaturge]

so. chapter 5 huh.

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

portal ford that is so changed by one dimension he ends up trapped in that when stan finally opens the portal and goes in after him, he only sees something to hunt

portal ford that is shocked into hesitation by the first bit of care he’s been shown in decades. portal ford that finally sees his twin in place of prey

portal ford that doesn’t care what they were mad at each other about anymore because he just wants to feel loved, portal ford that follows stan around like an anxious cat, portal ford that drags deer and foxes and bass back to the shack as gifts, portal ford that doesn’t go into town much because it’s impossible to hide the changes in anatomy, portal ford that skitters more than anything, portal ford that doesn’t mind being subjected to mabel makeovers, portal ford that curbs his desire to bite bite gnash chomp bite when dipper shows him anomalies he’s found because he is not going to ruin this kid’s day by killing the neat things he brought him, portal ford that likes wendy because she always brings in fish her family caught for him, portal ford that’s confused by soos but he made him a neat gizmo once so he’s cool in ford’s book

portal ford that would maul without hesitation for all of them

[i-am-church-the-cat]

Okay no one talk to me bc I haven’t watched the race yet but I just finished Nightbane by Alex Aster and am currently Losing It. I need the third book rn.

[twinklingwatermellon]

and like, despite the deliciously shippable couples it has, Twinkling Watermelon is not a romcom, it’s a fantasy coming-of-age. the theme is family, the main relationship is between Eun Gyeol and his father and while their respective romantic storylines are crucial, they’re not central.

which is nice, on the one hand, because it offers a slightly different (and beautiful) kind of story, but then because instead of being [main couple] > [second couple] it’s [son and dad] > [son’s gf and mom], it ends up letting down Eun Yoo and Cheong-ah a bit and leaving their resolutions a bit rushed / open ended (you know, like how in other shows you’ll see the second couple standing together at the main characters’ wedding but no actual, solid resolution).

so the final scene of the show is primarily a bonding moment and a resolution for Yichan and Eun Gyeol, and you don’t get much of Cheongchan and a very quick last-moment wrapping up of Euneun (and like. what happened to our girls in the years in between?? we need answers!)

[asteria7fics]

i’m in a deep blue state but i don’t even feel 100% safe and confident that that will mean anything. it’s scary. i scheduled an appointment out of panic to get an 8 year iud in a couple days just in case he steamrolls our state laws. if they wanna take away my right to choose they can physically pry it from my cold dead uterus. sometimes i feel like i’m overreacting but then i don’t??? like so much is unknown right now and it’s terrifying. my heart breaks even more for vulnerable people in the red states. we really failed so many marginalized americans last night. horrible.

This feels like an appropriate time to tell you goobers a little story. Strap in, it gets a little personal.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned it felt like the final nail in the coffin for me. I had been on the pill for over a decade at that point, and while it helped a ton with managing my periods I also knew I didn’t want to be on the thing forever. I had also known since I was a teenager that I absolutely did not want to have children of my own.

So I did research, talked to my ob/gyn and got an appointment with a surgeon that I knew would be willing to perform a tubal ligation on someone my age (27 at the time). I found their name via this resource, and asked for them specifically.

So… yeah, I got sterilized.

Now I’m not going to sit here and say that this is the right choice for everyone. Though I’d looked into it for years prior, I knew the likelihood of being able to get this elective surgery was low if I attempted to before I turned 25. I’d heard so many stories of women being stonewalled by their doctors because they didn’t have children and “might change their minds”. I was extremely fortunate to have very good doctors.

I was scared shitless of going down for surgery, but I was even more scared of the possibility of not having a choice in becoming a parent.

But everything went fine. It was laparoscopic, so I only have two tiny scars and some really cool, high def pictures of my insides. The first week of recovery was uncomfortable, but the second week was fine. I actually started watching South Park during that second week, and… well, here we are.

I live in a state that, as it currently stands, has decently progressive abortion rights. That could change though. All I have to do is drive down the road to see how many people in my area voted against my rights and will likely do so again.

All of this to say, do what you feel is right while you have the choice to do so. An IUD isn’t permanent, so if you think you may ever change your mind and decide to have children I say go for it, panic response or not. I have zero regrets about my choice, and I would do it all over again if I had to without a second thought.

There is absolutely no shame in doing what you feel you need to in order to protect your lifestyle. Grandma Teri fully supports you, my dear anon.

[virgil-upinthestars]

the fire alarm went off a lot when I was in high school, for a multitude of reasons (someone pulled it, someone decided to smoke weed in the bathroom, someone tried to microwave a burrito) that were never actually a fire. but, because of protocol, we'd have to stay outside in the cold pnw rain for anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour as the fire department trudged over to figure out what the fuck happened this time. this resulted in a school full of teenagers who reacted to a fire alarm like it was an announcement for a suprise assembly. instead of dropping everything and heading for the exits, we'd jump at the loud noise because ew loud noise, groan because fuck not again, and proceed to pack our shit because there was no way we'd be standing out in the cold for forty minutes without our coats and phones.

cue me now, three thousand miles across the country, studying in the library of a well-respected university when the fire alarm goes off. my roommate and I nearly both jump out of our seats, grabbing each other's hand out of sheer reflex, and after a blurred prayer, I realize what's going on. all around us, people are getting up and talking over the alarm as they worry about what's going on, making their way to the nearest exit. my roommate gets out of her chair, looking worried. me?

I look up. I take a long sniff, like I'm impersonating the wolverine. and then I finish my goddamn email.

some of my roommate's friends come over to us, hurriedly explaining that it's just a drill, we don't need to worry. my roommate visibly relaxes. I respond "oh, thank fuck" and close my computer, packing my stuff up. these girls from east asia look at me with shocked and slightly unnerved expressions as I put on my blazer. they've all left their stuff behind. my roommate's also leaving her coat and bag. I shrug, and sling my backpack over my shoulder. If I don't smell smoke, I'm finishing my goddamn email.

[suddencolds]

. not snz

on healing and on fear (tags)

[crossbackpoke-check]

Dysprosium, Mary Soon Lee

dysprosium, AN 66, is a silvery-white rare earth metal. its name is derived from the greek dysprositos, meaning “hard to get at”, owing to the difficulty in separating and isolating this rare earth element. dysprosium is used to measure neutron flux, to fuel reactors, and to activate phosphors. terfenol-d is a magnetorestrictive alloy, meaning that it changes shape when a magnetic field is applied, and is used to manufacture underwater acoustic systems.

jason “robo” robertson, dallas stars #21 for @simmyfrobby’s nhl periodic table poems <3

[cuz-reasons]

16 for Do It Scared, Defeatist, Forgotten Beneath the Subway Seats and An Egg in the Snow? 👀

16. Talk about something you like in [Title]

Do It Scared

I love thinking about pokemon evolution so so much!!! But besides that, I really like when people and pets look alike or when pets pick up quirks from their owners. In that vein, I liked the idea that Eelektross acts a little like Emmet. Especially with the "Always the same" meaning to be doesn't like change thing. Also loved having Eelektross flapping his arms when he realised he had them now lmao

Defeatist

I saw a post way way back when I started writing this about pokemon abilities influencing the pokemon outside of battle/their personality and immediately thought of Archeops. It's a really fun concept to play with! Also just love this goofy bird and wanted to do smth with him in my quest to write a fic about every one of the twins' pokemon. The concept of Archeops helping in the little ways they can, like giving Emmet a Sitrus berry cuz it helps Archeops, is super cute to me and I couldn't resist writing it out too

Forgotten Beneath the Subway Seats

There's just... so much I love about this fic. It had me in a chokehold for the entirety of September in a way none of my other writing has had on me. It very much was a writing a story you want to read type situation and I'm so glad I did my vague ideas justice. And that so many people liked it too!

A couple scenes that I'm particularly proud of are the entirety of chapter 3, the later half of chapter 7, and, of course, the tone change to the end of chapter 9

I don't usually write things of that tone or dramatics, so it's really exciting that I managed to get it down in a way that I really like! There's times I'll reread bits of that fic like, "I wrote that?! Holy shit!"

An Egg in the Snow

At first this was 100% a set up for the "Ingo names Gliscor after a pokemon that already exists" punchline, but then I got really into it. Ingo's "It's situation hit a little too close to home" line really gets me too. Like, yeah, of course this man's gonna try his best to prevent what happened to him from happening to anyone else. He found something that he actually feels comfortable doing since arriving somewhere completely new to him with no memories. He's gonna cling to it as hard as he can. Also, Gligars are really cute and I love them.

[totopopopo]

it’s a bit gratifying when someone tells you they don’t feel like socializing with people while they are willingly spending time with you for multiple hours. like omg … do i not count as people…… that means so much to me ………..

[seokmattchuus]

Finally had time to watch the second season of hellbound and someone tell me if there's another season in talks bc I refuse to let it end where it did

[simptasia]

mum wasn't much into DS9, she didnt like it when it was airing, and only really started to get into it in the later years of her life. she loved quark. but still, i'm glad she got to see "dr. bashir i presume?" before she died

and she loved it