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i think maybe whatâs missing in this conversation is a discussion of the fact that we could all consume less, actually
one of the primary concerns in terms of AI criticism is the environmental impactâthese generative AI technologies consume a huge amount of energy because they require significant computing power
like yeahâsome consumption is necessary for survival. and some is necessary to thrive
but do we really need all of the digital art that weâre producing? through AI??? you need soulless art? really? examine that assumption i think
itâs also worth acknowledging that the art is still going to be somewhat soulless when itâs produced by someone being exploited for their labour
and yeah. it IS exploitation to pay people in the imperial periphery a minuscule amountâmost goods cost MORE in the periphery than they do in the imperial core, not less. so paying someone a pittance and acting like they should be grateful for you sending them money at all is weird as fuck
and honestly? yeah, underpaying someone for a job is worse than not paying them at all and them therefore having the time to find other employment for which they are fairly compensated
you are not entitled to others devalued labour just because you live in the imperial core and see it as somehow magnanimous to hire people from the periphery to do work for youâand they do have fewer options for lucrative employment so this idea that theres some big difference between you exploiting them vs. a major corporation is nuts
it IS a âproductive analogyâ in fact to compare exploitative corporations underpaying labourers in the global south to exploitative citizens of the imperial core underpaying labourers in the global south (idk what that person further up thread was on about with that argument lol)
because these two interactions are the same thing. itâs either a private individual or an organization leveraging the disparity of access to resources between the core vs. the periphery to find ways to underpay for labour. it does not matter if itâs a sweatshop or freelancing: the material impact is the same if itâs you, individually, or if itâs a corporation
but i think what a lot of people in the imperial core forget is this: you can consume less
there is such an entitlement to the goods & services that people at the periphery produce, even among the lowest classes in the imperial core
you do not need cheaply made goods. you do not need goods or services that involve exploiting labourers
there is also an almost staggering sense of entitlement in westerners to natural resources and to energy that, frankly, should not be privately owned
like idk. why should you get to use all that computing power and electricity to produce some shitty AI art?
i donât actually think youâre entitled to consume those resources, just as much as youâre not actually entitled to the labour of people you refuse to pay a living wage
do you need it? whatâs the impact of consuming it and is the cost actually worth the quality of what you get?
i think we all deserve nice things. we all deserve enough to both survive and thrive
but AI art is not a nice thing. it doesnât meaningfully contribute to us thriving and the cost in terms of energy use, environmental destruction, global warming/ climate change, and other harms caused by the tech industry around it is too fucking much
none of us can afford to foot the bill
go watch some tv show or consume some art that already exists. ideally do it NOT by streamingâyou can still buy physical media and watching or viewing it still costs less than streaming does
you know whatâs more environmentally and economically sustainable than churning out a bunch of AI Garbage OR exploiting an artist to make something sub-par (because theyâre not being paid enough to do their best work)? museums. galleries. being in nature. making your own art. looking at art your family & friends make. there are beautiful and fascinating and worthwhile things to look at in many, many places
i promise it wonât kill you to not have your own personal artists at your beck and call, be they generative AI or underplayed freelancers
i love how many AI art haters will with no self awareness whatsoever ask "ummm why don't you just underpay and exploit someone (probably in the global south) instead of using the evil words machine :/"
#like idk maybe the answer isnât âfind something cheaper and betterâ maybe the answer is: buy less. consume less#people have no concept of how to live these days if theyâre not actively being entertained at every moment#and yeah: even if you are using a âfreeâ ai service it is not actually free. there is a cost involved#make your own entertainment. it can be cheap and affordable. make your own art. go outside#like yes I actually think we do all deserve luxuries#and also environmental destruction via consumption of resources is MUCH worse amongst the ultra wealthy#but we can all stand up and say âactually i too can use lessâ and still have so so much
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Was having a semi-serious conversation with some friends, and accidentally found myself quoting RWBY in a way that actually helped the discussion at hand, which got me thinking, there's a good few lines in RWBY that are just generally good things for life, so i decided to write a post about it 'cause fuck it. Some'll have commentary some are self explanitary enough. "I'm not any one thing, I'm somewhat of a lot of things" - this was the one that actually sparked this, was talking about identity with a friend, and found this quote very applicable - you don't always have to neatly fit in a box, you can be somewhat several things at once, if that's what fits for you. "Well that embaressment, that desire to go back and tell yourself not to be so stupid, that just proves you're not the same person you used to be. And you're not done growing yet" "You don't have to look cool all the time"
"Of course you are [a real girl]. You think just because you've got nuts and bots instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than me?" - This is less a general life lesson, but more of a 'just because someone is different to you, doesn't make them/their experiences any less real'. And obviously there's the trans angle on this, not being a 'real girl' is an anxiety many trans girls have struggled with, or is something people throw at us to put us down. But just 'cause we're built a little different than cis girls, doesn't make us any less girls "Pyrrha thought that, if there was even the smallest chance of helping someone, that it was a chance worth taking" "I'd be lying if I said that it didn't hurt, that I didn't think about them everyday since I lost them. That I didn't wish I had spent more time with them. If it had been me instead, I know they would have kept fighting too, no matter how dangerous it was, so that's what I choose to do. To keep moving forwards." - Mostly putting this here 'cause it's always nice to have a talk like this regarding grief/loss, and yeah, i just think this is nice and fairly honestly reflection of how a lotta people feel when they lose someone, coupled with the adivce to keep moving forwards. "I'm not asking you to stop. Just please, get some rest, not just for you, but for the people you care about," - I like this one 'cause a) self care is important bitches! Burning yourself out isn't gonna help whatever you're trying to do and b) hurting yourself like that is also gonna hurt those who care for you, 'cause no one wants to see those they care for suffer. So remember to take a break from time to time. "You think you're being selfless, but you're not. Yeah that chameleon friend of yours got me pretty good, but I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you... and I promise Yang would say the same. You can make your own choices sure, but you don't get to make ours. When your friends fight for you, it's because we want to, so stop pushing us out. That hurts more than anything the bad guys could ever do to us," - Obviously the parts about fighting can be taken a little more metaphorically for everyday life, but I like this quote 'cause yeah, the people who are there for you *want* to be there for you, so deciding that you're a burden on them and hiding away/pushing them away is gonna hurt them because they *want to be there for you* - don't decide something for other people. "My losses, my failures, those, more than anything, are what have shaped me into who I am; showed me how I need to grow. If there's something I'm missing it's not because I've lost it, it's 'cause I haven't found it yet" - I just think this is a beautiful line. We've all wished at moments to undo the mistakes we've made, however those mistakes made us the people we are now. And yeah, I love the idea that something you're missing is not because you lost it, it's because you haven't found it yet. "One small kindness, in one small moment, lead to such a marvelous transformation, just like one act of dishonesty caused an unfortunate change" - Reminder that even small actions can mean a lot to others "What happens if I chose me?" "Then maybe, that girl is enough,"
But yeah, all of this to say I love RWBY, it has so many amazing and emotional moments and yeah, if you haven't given it a watch I would highly reccommend (and if you've heard bad things, i'd maybe give it a watch yourself first, a lotta people like to hate on the show in bad faith). But yeah, love RWBY and love all the wonderful moments and messages within it
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You love his hands.
Way too much
He's seen you stare at them ever so often, with such intensity at that, he felt his tummy tickle.
Your hands would never stay still, always feeling them, gently rubbing against his or drawing meaningless shapes and never ever missing a chance to thread your fingers through his.
When you two are snuggled in the warmth of your bed his face buried either on your hair or shoulders with his arms encircling you and your back is facing his chest, he has woken upto kisses trailing his fingers, knuckles and every space there is. It still remains a mystery to him as to why his hands feel hot and red at every single kiss.
He's so glad you're busy studying his hands as if they're some rubies or diamonds, carefully tracing his veins and knuckles in such awe to not notice the blood rushing at his cheeks
Who knew hands held such intimacy
Ugh, he can't believe he's getting flustered at such silly antics of yours. What the hell did you do to him
He'd tease you a lot, calling you out for being a weirdo but he'd never pull away his hand from yours
Infact he'd 'accidently' brush his hands against yours when he's attention-starved, which increases the more he doesn't get his attention. When the tricks don't work, making his patience run thin, he'd just shove his hand into yours, clasping it himself
A happy little kitty, visibly wagging his tails & ears at the feeling of your hands finally playing with his, relieving him of his much deprived attention. There's an ever so small pink in his cheeks and the tiniest of smiles tugging at his lips which he hides by looking away.
When he thinks about it, he admires your lips and legs the same way you admire his hands, so maybe it makes him the same as you.
He hopes you've never noticed 'cause then you'll have that smug look etched on your face that makes you even more kissable than you already are and he might just act on his urgers.
But if he does that, he'll probably never live it down and he loathes the idea of you having the upper hand at 'who's better at making the other fluster' which, by the way, is solely a creation of his own mind.
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some more LU things that throw me for a loop,,
An artist I follow, wilimia, started a LU dnd AU, and then mentioned wanting to make it it's own thing. Shortly after, they received an ask,
"I'd be down for un lu-ing the dnd boys cause I got lu blocked ad hate how it affects most links meet aus, so yeah. If you do that I'd reach non lu audience. Most loz fandom doesn't follow lu blogs"
and idk, I get it, but it's also hard to read. So much of Wilimia's art is LU. It seems like something they found, and still do, find joy in creating for--and for years, too--longer than I've been in the fandom. "Most loz fandom doesn't follow lu blogs." Most loz fandom wouldn't have any interest in the majority of the art Wilimia's shared? Anon would prefer it to be non-lu? It reads to me a little like putting down or dismissing the art just because it's LU. Wilimia's art is amazing. I admire it so much. Their ideas are wonderful, too. And like many other pieces of LU fanart, there's a lot of exploration of comparing and contrasting the games, or analyzing the games, borrowing the LU cast, without explicit connection to the events of the comic itself. So much incredible creativity missed, because it is LU. LU's not for everyone. To each their own, I guess.
But I feel like so much interesting insight into the games is lost if LU fanwork is disregarded simply for being LU.
I also struggle with feeling like I have to choose an audience. I have ideas for pre-LU comics that would tell stories of fun moments from the games, during an adventure--but I want to use the LU heroes because I care more for those interpretations of Link. I'm blending my own game experience and opinion of that Link with what's been provided by the fandom.
I think the stories are fun and worth sharing! However, what tag do I use? It's the Linked Universe design and character, but it's also me, but it's also not Linksmeet or the LU adventure, really. It's LU, it's not LU, it's gen loz, it's both. And yet you'd get scolded for posting LU in the gen loz tags. I feel as though I must choose a side.
For example: there's a moment in OoS where a woman asks you to help her in exchange for a shovel. I got the shovel and then immediately dug up the entire map chunk surrounding her house. It would make for a good comic! But do I make it LU inspired or gen loz? I'd probably use a slightly more generic design for Link (Legend) anyways because he would be younger. Honestly, I could probably get away with barely changing the design at all, tag it as gen loz, and be praised for it.
There's a huge double standard when it comes to LU and Linksmeets. Both argue that not everyone has played all the games. All the interpretations and designs are unique and, at times, should be read as their own aus without worrying too much about adherence to the game or specific comic canon. Characterization and knowledge varies by writer. At the same time, no one person owns specific design elements or traits. Don't worry too much about being too similar. Let people make what they want. Every new instance adds to the wider understanding of the character and is therefore valuable.
Yet, by the people who dislike LU and its fandom and favor other Linksmeets, in LU fandom it's seen as an excuse, and in Linksmeets and gen loz it's seen as a strength.
The character of my comic could barely be LU Legend, and yet if it is LU even in name only, it is disregarded and unwelcome. The character could draw strong influence from Jojo's designs or LU fandom, and if I change one thing only but claim it as my own, it would be praised and defended.
Analysis and discussion in the LU fandom (especially from around 2020) brought me a better appreciation and understanding of the heroes and game similarities then any other kind of online fan created material had.
So for my mini comic- and going off of the anon's ask- what do I do?
I want my work to be seen. I feel like it is valuable to be seen by anyone who enjoys the games. I want to inspire people who see the comic to think more about the games and to create. I don't particularly care through what lense they connect with my gen loz / nebulously LU work--if they apply the situation to their own game experience, gen loz, or to any Linksmeet--if my work has connected with someone- has broadened someone's understanding of a game or character- then my goal has been met. Obviously use the correct tags and credit where credit it due, but if I am making pre-adventure or gen loz stuff, then I want to inspire. Write fic! Add the headcanon to your own! Just like- if you make something based off an idea of mine, include me! We are all building off of each other's stories. It is all inspiration. It's all the same soup.
There is no Linksmeet element. And yet, in my heart, I know the character will become some personal variation of LU Legend, influenced by a variety of fanwork, because that's the interpretation I favor.
If it's tagged gen loz it reaches the broader loz and Linksmeets audiences. If it's tagged LU then it stays within the sub fandom I know and care for. The thing is--it's a pre-adventure story, so it's not solidly one or the other. I don't want to tag it gen loz and have LU fans feel they aren't allowed to think of it as LU Legend. I don't want to tag it as LU and have it be missed by so many people, or have gen loz / linksmeet fans feel they aren't allowed to think to think of it as their own characters either. However, also, why should I be creating for an audience who would disregard so much of my and other's works?
Mina of Mina's Linkverse's recent posts have thrown me for a loop again. She's shared a headcanon post about Twilight Princess Link that delves into how Link, given his background in Ordon, might feel about turning into a wolf. What struggles, but also acceptance and joy, can be found in it. It's beautiful. I'd love to add it as another perspective into my understanding of TP Link--both solely within the game context and also more broadly across a variety of Linksmeets. It's one more way to further appreciate things I already enjoy. However, Mina opened the post with "Dont tag as L/U". Okay, don't tag, but am I allowed to borrow this and apply it to LU Twilight? I relate to it most strongly through that lense. It's a general loz post, and LU is loz. What if I were to apply it to Mina's Fangs, or Em's Wolf, or Frulle's Twilight? If I were to write a LU fic or draw a comic and tagged Mina as inspiration would she take offense? Would it be less of an offense if it was anything but?
Am I as a LU fan allowed to take inspiration from this and put it into LU fanwork? What about LU fanwork that goes more strongly into exploring these themes or situations from the games instead of the comic itself?
It just feels kind of feels like a whole perspective or group is being excluded. I feel like I am being excluded and that I am unwelcome. But, maybe that's just me being an entitled LU fan who thinks everything belongs to them and needs to learn to stay in their lane.
I've considered making multiple versions of the same comic. One that uses the LU design and tag, and one that does not, so that I'm able to reach and be appreciated by both audiences. But, I don't want to have to choose. There would be no difference in the comic but character design and name. And yet, that's all the means necessary to be completely disregarded.
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Cuddles with Leon (˶ Ë ÂłË)Ëá” Ë˶)
Contents: Leon x Anon! reader-cuddle-teasing-lots n' lots of cuddles cheesy
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Leon held you close, his body practically on top of you as he cuddled you on his couch. He nuzzled his face into the crook of your neckâtaking a deep breath in. You smelled so good. Just like he liked.
He was a heavy weight, but you didnât seem too bothered by his bulk. He wrapped his arms around you. âIâm too heavy⊠I could crush you.â Leon mumbled into your skin. His lips brushed the flesh ever so slightly, causing a shiver to run down your spine.
âBut youâre not complainingâ Leon pointed out with a subtle tease.
"i don't want to complain..." you replied,your fingers idly playing with the tips of his soft locks. The strands felt like silk between your fingers. Leon melted into your touch immediately,his entire body relxing into yours.
His arms wrapped around you tighter,pulling you impossibly closer into his chest.Your entire body was now pressed against him,your head tucked neatly into his upper torso,his face still buried into your neck.
"I could stay like this forever." Leon mumbled against your skin,his breath warm and pleasant.He slowly inhales again,taking in your delectable scent,He's so close to you now,and you fit into his body so perfectly.
He starts to nuzzle his way down your neck-his soft dumb lips gently pressing against each and every inch of your skin.He slowly and lovingly kisses at your flesh,taking the time to show how much he needed you.Wanted you.How much he missed you.
He can't get enough of you.
#writers on tumblr#leon kennedy#leon x reader#leon x you#leon x y/n#leon kennedy x reader#leon kennedy x you#leon kennedy x y/n#resident evil#resident evil x reader#resident evil x you#re x reader#fanfics#fanfic#fanfiction
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some WIPs from the 80s AU i never finished
#so⊠hi#i thinkâŠ. i might start making some stuff here soon#iâve been gone a lot longer than i intended to be#& i feel a lil bad about it bc i really miss my boys & bein here & all that but#idk itâs just been a rough month#but iâm starting to get the itch to create again#i have a very silly idea for the mbz AU#i also just really want to draw some stuff#i miss making things. iâm going nuts. iâve hardly done anything fun in WEEKS#iâve sort of started working on some new OCs but ngl#doing anything that doesnât involve dhes or kel genuinely feels like iâm betraying them#but i have a concept that i really want to explore so thatâs what iâm trying to do#i have been working on a few AUs here & there too but#but mostly nothing fun#i need to do something fun while i still can bc iâm starting at uni next month#& i just know iâm gonna have shit for free time then#iâm taking all in person classes which makes me very nervous#iâm trying to be excited about it but mostly itâs just causing me anxiety lol#but anyway. um. yea. hopefully iâll catch up on everything & reply to the tags/asks iâve gotten since iâve been gone#if i reply to something you said/sent to me a month ago⊠pls just act like thatâs not weird. thanks.#rainyrambles
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Genuinely why do people think that Wagstaff created WX-78 when it looks like, from WX's own video, that they created themselves? Like their human form looks to have been the one who made the robot body and came up with the technology to transfer their conscious into the robot. the most Wagstaff did was probably wake them up or oversee the transfer? Why do people act like Wagstaff is some creator/father figure to WX when it seems like he barely played a role in their creation and was at most a business partner with them when they were human???
#text#don't starve#don't starve together#wx-78#wagstaff#ds wx-78#dst wx-78#ds wagstaff#like this is a genuine question on where people get this idea of their relationship#because to me it looks like a scientific business partnership maybe friendship gone sour#rather than a strained/hostile creator/creation parent/child relationship#like am i missing some key information here or???#cause all the information we seem to have is pointing towards something completely different#than what the fandom has decided must be canon#is this a situation of fanon manipulated canon to the point ppl assume the fanon is canon????#or is this just a super weird interpretation a lot of ppl have of WX's short?
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2009 Italian Grand Prix - Rubens Barrichello & Jenson Button
#i didnt realize rubens won two gps this season!!#im just vaguely aware how many gps everyone else wins so i was sooo convinced lewis was gonna win this since ik he wins two#so that means jense doesnt win any more races? I know he already won 6 but that was months ago for me...i miss my boy on the top step :(#also kimi was on this podium too i just couldnt figure out how to fit him in so this just brawn boys cause i love them!!!#help why am i feeling so endeared to the old man#anyways its been a pretty bad run of races for me hahaha no offense i just wanna see one of my 3 favs on the top step!!!#though at least after singapore itll be a straight RBR run(i tried not to spoil myself but some race results are burned into my brain)#ended up making this way too late at night bcs i was gaming a while and then for some reason thought it was a good idea to finally gif this#so not my fav work tbh bcs of several reasons(not a lot of good footage honestyl!!!)#rubens barrichello#jenson button#brawn#brawn gp#f1#formula 1#formula one#we do a little bit of f1#2009 italian gp#season: 2009
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New toys âš (Patreon)
#Doodles#Original#I found a gift card that had been swallowed by my chair for the past ??months and so opted to get myself some new tools!#I've been wanting new erasers for sooooooo incredibly long now hwahh#I've been using stick erasers - the kind that you can kachunk out similar to a utility knife? Retractable like that - since high school#Even sharpening them to get a finer point - if you'll recall from my getting .3 drafting mechanical pencils I draw Very small lol#But they'd never stay sharp for long! And getting fine details had to fall on the editing side of things when I Wanted my paper to be clean!#So I finally bit the bullet and got myself some shiny news :D And then my laptop charger broke and I had to use the rest for that :/#But I still got the erasers so! I'll take it! Lol#And I do quite like them âȘ They still don't Quite beat out my current favourite brick eraser that I got I think two birthdays ago?#Or last Christmas? From my brother <3 Such a sweetheart â„ It's been working Fantastically but it is - as stated - a brick#Fine details =/= brick#Which sucks Especially now because if you look at that second one - the examples - The Brick is an Excellent eraser!!#Leaves no scannable residue is Extremely clean and shiny! And it has a soft formula that is very friendly on the paper! I love it#If I could have a stick of That in my new mechanical guys I would in a heartbeat buuuut it's a different formula for stability :P#I get why but uughhhh#Not to say that the others are bad! There's also the learning curve element! Still getting used to them!#But you can probably guess that I doodled my positive reaction before scanning lol - it looks clean to the naked eye! Computers see more smh#I ended up with a multipack of all the same brand of erasers but in different shapes :) Two mechanical two bricks and one sharpenable#And one kneaded but those dry out so fast I tend not to use them lol#So far I have completely fallen for my sharpenable of all things haha âȘ It just has Such a fine point!! And a shavings brush on the end!#It's kind of silly with how long it is lol but I like it!#I think part of it Has been user error - I'm pretty sure I over-brushed some of my doodles which caused the graphite to rub off#Specifically into the supposed-to-be-white sections - if you remember the dream comic I made with Gaster and Papyrus you can imagine#Lots of residue that makes it a long edit :P The whole idea is to make editing easier by Not having lines or toning where it's not wanted!#Still a bit hit or miss but I'm Very willing to keep working with them haha - they make my page-eyes happy if nothing else#I feel like I can spend a bit more time on the drawing side of things - more willing to make it prettier before scanning :)#Which is what I want!! I want more time drawing and less time editing!! Even just proportionately#So I'm pleased overall âȘ
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[ID: A digital drawing of Sora from Kingdome Hearts wearing a black hoodie with red and white accents, a black shirt with a white butterfly in the upper centre of the shirt, white and grey headphones and black jeans with silver chains hanging from them. He has his signature crown necklace and is lying down in a green, grass filled place with some of the grass ending up on his body. He has his eyes closed and his hands are behind his head as tears fall down his eyes. There is some generic warm shading done to the drawing. The drawing is set in Quadratum in some grassy area.]
#kh#sora#my art#digital art#art#fanart#(you have no idea how much time i spend just figuring out what kinda fashion id like sora to be wearing right now)#(i didnt want red to be like overpoweringly there cause like idk it just didnt feel right)#(i found a pic on pinterest of a black shirt with a butterfly decal on it and went 'yep this is what hes wearing now')#(also!!!)#(fuck soras hair)#(i still dont really get his hair and spikyish hair in general is ***not*** my forte so i spent waaaay too long just on his hair)#(the headphones are mainly there because i bet the city can get a bit overwhelming for sora)#(and if not then its there just so he can listen to the waves as he tries to go to sleep because idk i think thatd be nice)#(also hes crying cause i view this as him haveing some dream or something about his friends and how much he misses them)#(got the motivation to do this after reading life long strangers by .holleighgram on ao3)#(got a lot more kh motivation after looking at their drawings and reading their kh stuff so expect more kh related stuff!)#(might draw riku next and then kairi)
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one of my classmates is a messianic, post cancelled
hebrew 101 started today and my god is it a relief to finally be in a room of people who are Normal About Jews. saw quite a few magen david necklaces, i wasn't worried someone would be a dick about my bring them home dogtag, the professor said he's from israel and used to teach at tel aviv university when introducing himself and nobody was weird about it, class is off for rosh hashanah with nobody having to ask, he played us a song in hebrew and said it was made shortly after october 7th and the following silence was sad instead of awkward. i'm not even jewish yet but i didn't realize just how tense i'd been in most goyische spaces until i was in a jewish/adjacent one and it felt like i could breathe again.
#i did start overhearing midway into a conversation (in the hallway waiting for the class before us to clear the room)#and clearly i missed a lot of the context cause the moment i walked in was a 'haha what the fuck' kinda thing#that i'm not even sure if i want to recount#i'm not sure if he genuinely does consider himself messianic cause he was sort of flippantly like 'i'm basically a messianic jew lol'#to which i and one other person basically said civil versions of 'shut the fuck up'#also pulled out the classic 'we share half the bible' line to which of course he was responded to with some sighs#like i'll take 'offputting christian philosemitism' over 'death to (((zionists)))' but that's not where the bar should be#anyway the 'post cancelled' thing is a bit hyperbolic cause it's just one guy rather than the Everywhere#and the broader idea still stands#but an unfortunate development nevertheless
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if there's one thing i hate more than slackers in group projects its goddamn hypocrites
#this guy did jack shit for two full weeks when we're building the damn prototype#but STILL brought up the fact that most of our team blew off a report till the last minute in the beginning of march#*prototypes don't work* âsEe tHis iS wHy wE nEedEd tO hAvE a cOnvErsaTioN aBouT MS3â#like hon you lost the rights to the ây'all need to contribute moreâ argument the moment you left me hanging for 2-3 FUCKING WEEKS#like excuuuuuse me you been prioritizing extra curriculars all week get off your high horse stop lecturing everyone else about contribution#he made maybe 3 contributions? maybe?#first he 3D modeled an adapter and sent it to someone else to print (couldn't even do THAT himself smh)#then he sent the gc a sketch of an idea i roughly proposed literally the NIGHT BEFORE as his own contribution (that I ENDED UP BUILDING#then he...screwed on a few pipe fittings and called it a project :)#would be a LOT less pissed if he didn't show up to One Thing outside weekly team meetings/class#then apologize for slacking off BUT then launch into a FUCKING SPEECH ABOUT HOW HIM BEING HERE PROVES HIS COMMITTMENT#all because he DOESN'T LIKE GETTING UP EARLY. like sir. sir i am rIGHT FUCKING HERE. i was up till 4-5am working on this stfu#we've been building for three weeks and he's come into work on stuff wo me there ONCE for an HOUR#for context id spent about fifteen hours in the shop alone working on the fucking thing that WEEK#like im trying to be understanding ik tech week is hell#but i took âstepping backâ as âi only have a few hours here and there to be in the shop and will do the writeupsâ#NOT âwon't show up outside meetings AND we're splitting slides and writeups 80/20â#like id been in the lab all fuckin day and notice we have an assignment due (missed a SINGLE meeting due to exam)#and i ask him if theres anything i can do (and im thinking like look it over maybe add a spec or two)#and this fucker has the AUDACITY to ask me to write the full four paragraph summary cause he#*checks notes* copy-pasted some specs from milestone 3 so of COURSE its only fair that despite the fact I've been in the lab ALL DAY#that i write the four fuckin paragraphs too#course we're troubleshooting and he's like âdid you clean the pump? did you disassemble it and rinse it?â like yes???#i did EVERYTHING i could think of before i even bothered texting you cause i know you're fucking useless#and then he raises fifteen different concerns which while valid would have been NICE TO HEAR WHEN I SENT YOU MY INITIAL DESIGNS#y'know BEFORE i spent over fifteen hours of my free time building this damn thing#with slackers i just pick up the work and move on with my life this idiot is trying to gaslight me into thinking that he contributed fairly#when i heard âi need to step back due to play stuffâ i thought we'd be splitting it like 65:35 NOT FUCKING 95:5#and now hes probably going to give ME a poor peer review because I've been passive aggressive with him in the few meetings he showed up to#like i got shit going on too? how the fuck does he expect me to respond to being abandoned to do this shit myself
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#tag talk#been playing a new minecraft world. went back to 1.12.2 to play Tektopia cause it's still hands down the best colony sim mod I've found.#and honestly it's a lot of fun to play without making big farms or anything. no elytra no iron farm no mob grinder just playing.#I did add the mod that gives you xp from harvesting crops because it makes enchanting gear way more accessible and I like it like that.#I also miss the old ore generation. strip mining isn't very fun so it's nice to be able to dig for all your ores in one place#having to dig for iron at ~y=0 and then dig a second time for iron at - 56 just fucking sucks. and deepslate is cool but sucks to dig throug#anyway yeah I've been just building a starter base first so I've got the resources to build and care for my town starting out#it's gonna be a forest vibe. town hall is gonna be up in a big tree in the center so I've been building that up rn.#oak logs + spruce planks really is pretty much the best combo ever. they look so good. I'm bad at making custom trees though so it's hard#idk what design I'm going for with the ground buildings. I haven't gotten there yet. I'm gonna lay out the paths first and then do buildings#get an idea of the shape of the town before I decide what the buildings are gonna look like when fitting in. lotsa leaf block hedges for sur#I also miss when fishing gave you better enchanted books. it was the best way to avoid having to do villager trading.#I got an autofish mod on latest version (1.20) and spent the entire night fishing with a maxed out fishing rod and got zero mending books#like. I don't want to be forced to do villager trading. they're trying to cut back and balance villager trading.#so why tf can't I get mending anymore. it's stupid.#I also put in a disenchanting mod that lets you transfer enchants from tools onto books so that's a good way to get mending from all those..#all those extra fishing rods and bows that fish up once you already have a maxed one.#I need to make a second rod without luck of the sea so I can fish up more lily pads. I don't need anymore enchanted books#anyway. by I'm gonna go snooze in bed some more
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stakeout
in which spencer reid and flirty!reader are stuck in a car together with nothing to entertain themselves but each other.
fluff! warnings/tags: fem!reader, they have little crushes on each other, some of you will not like reader, but spencer does, itâs all banter, lots of teasing, playful insults, jokes about handcuffing so suggestive jokes i guess, so cheesy, reader enjoys flustering spencer, written with earlier seasons spencer in mind a/n: bandages!reader and spencer are so back!! i missed them!! this is SOOO cheesy! cheesiest thing ever! thank you to the person who requested this!!! thank you for giving me an excuse to just write cheesy banter!!! yyyayyyy!!! ilysm
âI am so fucking bored. Am I allowed to say that?â
Itâs exactly the kind of thing Spencer should expect you to say, and maybe when you first joined the team it wouldâve made him squirm, but now as you drop your binoculars and give him a look, bored, head tilted to shoulder, like you're waiting to be entertained, he only shrugs. Your insouciance is one of the things you know heâs come to love about you and would probably never admit.Â
âWhoâs going to stop you?â
You bump his shin with the toe of your leather boot and he glances down only momentarily before heâs raising his own binoculars to pick up your slack.Â
âYou. You donât like when I swear.â
Spencer makes a face that you can only see the bottom half of. His voice is strained with focus. âWhere did you get that idea?â
âWhere? The faces you always make. Youâre a judgy little bitch, you know that?â
âI donât judge you for swearing. Frequent and creative use of profanity is correlated with a broader vernacular and greater social intelligence.â
âOh, shut up. Yes you do.â
âYouâre punchy tonight.â The leather of your seat squeaks underneath you as you slide down and groan, loudly. Spencer grimaces as he reaches over, gently swatting your shoulder with the back of his hand. âYou should try to be louder. They might not have heard you.â
Your jaw drops indignantly. âWhâthe house is like 300 feet away! Theyâve been blasting music all night. And not even, likeâŠÂ good music.â
âWhat, you donât like death metal?â
You give him a side-eye. âDo you?â
He shrugs, giving up on the binoculars. A strand of hair has fallen over his face. You fight the urge to fix it. âI donât know. Itâs loud. And grating. And incessant. It begs for attention shamelessly and tactlessly. Iâm kind of used to it.â
âWatch your mouth,â you scoff. âIt would be a shame if I had to ruin that gorgeous face of yours.â
Spencer smirks and shakes his head disapprovingly, cheeks dusted scarlet.Â
âYou just canât help yourself.â
âWho could around you, baby? Look at the bone structure on you. And those sweater vests. Canât believe you walk around like that. Itâs distracting.â
âBaby?â He grumbles, like heâs utterly displeased, but the way heâs losing a fight against that smile tells you otherwise. You lean your head against the headrest, boring your eyes right into his profile and giving him the opportunity for some searing eye contact, should he take you up on it. But for some reason, he canât seem to look away from the steering wheel.Â
âDo you choose them just for me?â
There are those pretty eyesâon you for maybe a second before theyâre darting away. He fiddles with the binoculars in his lap. Itâs adorable how much he doesnât know what to do with himself when you get like this. Morgan once likened it to a cat batting around a mouse. Donât play with your food, he told you. Take a little pity on the poor kid. He doesnât know what heâs up against.Â
But Morganâs not here right now.Â
âWhat?â
âDo you pick out your little sweater vests because you know I like them? âCause, you knowâI also like when you just do a button up. The blazers, too. Those are sexy. But if I had to pick, it would be the sweater vests.â
You reach over to straighten out the grey one heâs got on right now, and he entertains your fiddling for only a moment before catching your wrist in a considerate hold.Â
âAlright, can youâcan you behave? Please?â He laughs. Unfortunately it makes your stomach flip.Â
âProbably not. You could try cuffing me.â
âOr,â he begins, carefully pressing your own hand to your chest, âwe could keep our hands to ourselves.â
You pout. âWhereâs the fun in that?â
âWhereâs the fun in getting yelled at if Hotch has to come and unlock you because I dropped the key between the seats?â
âSo itâs a maybe on the handcuffs?â
He falls back, eyes fluttering shut like youâre exhausting him, and offering you the perfect vantage point to admire that jawline of his.Â
âAlright. Five minutes.â
Thereâs no way heâs actually taking you up on this.Â
âFive minutes of what?â
His head rolls over his shoulder and he gives you a look of his own. âOf silence. Iâm begging.â
Oh.Â
Well then.Â
You settle back in your seat and swing your own binoculars around by the strap.Â
âYou know, youâd be bored to tears right now if it werenât for me.â
âI count myself lucky every day,â he says. And despite the sarcastic tone, you actually believe him.Â
A moment passes, during which the bubbly tension of your shared repartee fades into a sincere comfortable silence.Â
You kick your feet up on the dash. âHow about I cuff you? Is that more your speed?â
Youâre already grinning when he answers, not bothering to take your eyes off the house outside.Â
âYou areâŠÂ astoundingly inappropriate.â
âWell a girl has to try, Spencer.â
#spencer reid fanfic#spencer reid fic#spencer reid x reader#spencer reid x fem!reader#spencer reid fluff#spencer reid fanfiction#spencer reid#criminal minds x reader#criminal minds fic#criminal minds imagine#criminal minds fanfic#spencer reid x y/n
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Mark meeting ded is just gonna be him going btw have you heard of the music producer 8ballin' đđ? And ae is just gonna sit there like I've been in every wrong place that you can imagine for the past half a decade you tell me
#rat rambles#splat posting#just wait until he figures out hes talking to the guy who was putting out all those sick beats during the lowest point of his life#hes going to be inconsolable#also sorry for the self indulgent mark posting Im just excited for him to get to do things again#despite technically having a lot going on Ive always felt that his limited relationships have made him the weak link of my agents#I love him sm and I love his dynamics with the others sm but he just doesnt have the bond with either of off the hook that I wish he did#but its kinda inevitable because he definitely was way too up his own ass during octo expansion to willingly talk to marina much#and pearl by extention#in fact cuttlefish is who he ended up closest to but hes been busy being off with his favorite children#so Im hoping thisll give me more ideas for him and pearl especially in the modern day when hes much more stable mentally#bestie survived the horrors of being 14 nothing will ever get as bad as that <3#now would probably be a good time to read octo expansion retranslated tbh make sure Im not missing anything super important#itll probably also be good to make sure Im satisfied with the current state of marks octo expansion stuff and rework some stuff maybe#I probably wont touch it too much but I think maybe adding some early on mark marina interactions could be good#basically give him a frame of reference for what talking to her felt like before his old grudge starts to return to him#oh yeah btw for mark his temporary memory loss was from too much exposure to sanitized ink#he did in fact go there to sanitize himself the only reason he wasnt able to was because the fumes from the shower caused his movement to#get kinda fucked up along with his vision so he fumbled about for a bit as his body fought the bits of sanitized ink that got in his system#he thought he was straight up dying so he tried to retreat but ended up running into cuttle and sash and the rest is history#his mental and physical state would worsen a bit more and only after that would his body start to slowly but surely flush the stuff out#it wasnt nearly enough to properly sanitize him or cause any coloration but it was still very much enough to effect him poorly#part of the reason that the trials helped with the memory loss was that all that movement and moving ink through his systems helped a lot#but he still struggled a Lot with it initially due to his struggles with balance and coordination#even post oe he has worsened short term memory and has some nerve damage#so yay chronic pain time#despite this he's still a duelies squelcher main because ofc he is#but in all seriousness he often does have to wear wrist braces and has had times where hes had to take extended breaks from ink sporting#its smth he struggles to accept is a limitation for him especially since the whole reason he initially wanted to get sanitized was to focus#more on his combat skills and prove himself as a soldier of great importance
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katsuki bakugou boyfriend headcanons !
fem pronouns used :3
-youâre the ONLY person he allows to invade his personal space
-he actually gets kinda offended and pouty when youâre not clung to him while you two are spending alone time together
-âwhatâre you doing?â âkats iâm doing something real quick-â âmy girlfriend hates meeeeâ (dramatic much)
-you two have matching hoodies (that were his idea) and when you two wear them heâs constantly posting photos of you two wearing them
-scary dog privilege!!
-he doesnât even have to say anything to anyone- no need for âiâm her boyfriend you prickâ nope. his arm is either around your waist or his hand is holding yours and his presence is enough to keep people from being weird to you
-hot take, but heâs not possessive. he knows he can trust you and he knows you trust him
-protective? absolutely
-if itâs night time, just be prepared for constant check ins, or for him to self insert himself to come with you wherever youâre going. unless itâs a girls night out, he has the respect of boundaries to not insert himself into that and wants you to enjoy your time
-youâd swear he has maternal instincts because he does not go to sleep when youâre out late with friends, not until you are home
-he doesnât flip his shit either if you donât message him back in a âtimely mannerâ bc yes heâs protective of you and wants you safe, but heâs not a controlling asshole
-he has a lot of body heat due to his quirk so anemic girlies who are always cold RISE UP cause heâs taking advantage of that to cuddle the shit out of you (even if you donât have anemia heâs still gonna cuddle you)
-if youâre a miss independent, he loves that about you
-but some things he wants to do entirety for himself without your help/input
-paying for things (everything) is a big one. âbabe i can pay for this it isnât even muchâ and he wonât even verbally respond, heâll just give you with an offended look like you just cussed him tf out LMAO
-heâll set you on the counter and let you yap to him while he cooks for the two of you
-if heâs trying a new recipe, youâre his taste tester
-âthis is actually really good, good job baby!â
-cue him smiling like an absolute fool
-youâre definitely his natural valium, whenever heâs in an overstimulated/pissed off/panicked state, something about your presence just calms him down to where he can talk it out with you
-oh, and donât try insulting yourself around him
-cause good GOD the glare heâs gonna give you is insane
-knows how youâre feeling just by looking at you
-heâs a super observant person, so he knows a lot of your patterns, favorite things, etc without you having to mention them over and over
-âoh youâre making [favorite meal]?â âyea, ya mentioned how you havenât had it in a while and how you missed itâ
-food is definitely a bond and love language
-heâs pretty passive about pda, as long as heâs got an arm around you, or youâre holding his bicep heâs more than okay
#my hero academia#mha#katsuki x reader#bakugou x reader#katsuki bakugou#katsuki bakugo x reader#bnha x reader#bnha#boku no hero acedamia x reader#boku no hero academia#dynamight#my hero academia x reader#mha x reader
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