#and i know it isn't because its bad because its not

[afinestoutlove]

Okay I gotta rant about this for a second, sorry in advance. I'm not usually an all-or-nothing guy (the whole point of critical scholarship is nuance after all) but this point I'm straight up anti-AI. We have to stop using it entirely until we figure A LOT of things out. (Also annoyed that we're all calling it AI when it's not actually artificial intelligence, the marketing there has been so effective. LLMs are not AI - but they sure could destroy humanity.)

When chatgpt and its arsehole mates first emerged I was more cautious. I was careful to say there are some things that it can do well and some that we should stop it doing, despite seeing the immediate negative impact it was having on my students. I know enough about the moral panics around novels, newspapers, television, the internet to not want to go full Old Man Yells At Cloud on a new technology. After a couple of years watching it wreak havoc on the planet and on my students, I'm kind of over the nuance. Maybe that's "bad" for an academic to say, but at this point, there is no good coming from AI that can outweigh the costs. In less than 5 years I've watched the average quality of critical thinking, application of knowledge, and content understanding plummet. There are so many people getting degrees today they didn't earn because their universities don't care enough to change the way they function and make students do better (and that problem honestly starts at primary schools at this point - students are fucked before they get to us). It's also burning the fucking planet. The environmental cost alone is sufficient for us to stop using it completely until we can get some better energy sources and regulations in place. And that's before we get to the exploitative labour problems that are endemic to the tech industry.

What is important to acknowledge, though, is that AI alone isn't the problem. There is a world where LLMs could be useful and not screwing up an entire generation (honestly, several generations) of people and seriously endangering our future. There is a world where it's regulated instead of crammed into every goddamn app we have to use to get through daily life with no possibility of opting out (while it makes those services worse). There's a world where we use it thoughtfully to do tasks we don't need to be doing. There's a world where people running educational institutions actually care about education instead of profit (I work for a public uni and they're no better) and spend the time and resources supporting students to develop curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity rather than extracting as much profit from them with minimal input. There's a world where we don't allow tech companies to suck monumental amounts of power and water resources from people who need them. This isn't that world, and until it is, we have to stop using it completely.

Do I think LLMs are solely responsible for the brain drain I've seen in students (and that is reflected in the research) over the past few years? No. I think it's a huge part of it, though. When students are using LLMs to answer questions that don't even require research or thought (such as: write an introductory summary about yourself. Apparently my students aren't the only ones doing this shit!) something's cooked. But end-stage capitalism has fucked us all up in so many ways, especially in the education system. Corporatisation of education is a huge part of this picture, so just focusing on AI will not fix things. Not to mention what everyone seems to have forgotten somehow: FUCKING COVID!! Covid is an ongoing, mass-disabling event. We know it produces brain fog long term, especially after multiple infections, and we just... stopped caring??? Covid also traumatised basically the entire planet, and we never addressed it, and on top of that it screwed up the grade school education of a lot of people. And educational institutions have not recovered, especially in countries where a lot of teachers fucking died.

So no, it's not just AI screwing us up. But LLMs are a huge part of the problem. It's drawing us down a pretty dark fucking path when we could instead be confronting and at least trying to deal with the issues of end-stage capitalism, increasingly failing education systems, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic that has left millions dead and millions more disabled in ways we don't fully understand yet. People who scoff and say we're all just the same as the anti-novel/newspaper/television crowd do not have an adequate understanding of the social dynamics at play (not surprising they're usually tech people who think we lack an adequate understanding of the technology - spoilers, we don't need to know how the thing is coded to be able to study and assess the damage!).

Anyway, end of rant, fuck LLMs, ban the lot.

Generative AI has destroyed academia.

In the next few decades we’re going to have thousands of people who don’t really know anything, and can’t do any critical thinking.

[nickpeppermint]

So i watched it, and this mf doesn't know what he's talking about AT ALL

He whines that Elio doesn't have a unique shape (neither do protagonists of Coco / Inside out / most of Incredibles cast which he praises) and completely ignores all the unique aliens, which INTENTIONALLY CONTRAST to humanoid Elio

He doesn't know the difference between art style, character appearance and silhouette, and he only sees it as a marketability tool

He doesn't bring shape language reasons, characters should be shaped like squares just for funnies i guess

He says that Elio's design is not memorable, and compares him to characters from Up, who is the most generic normal people, who looks this way for relatability sake, they're recognizable only because you've already seen this movie as a kid

If you draw Carl or Russell in a different art style you wouldn't recognize em i swear, while Elio, Mei, Luca have tons of distinct and unique features

You don't need to make character a dodecahedron to make him memorable, the design must correlate to its tone first, Elio rounded cuz he's friendly and inoffensive

If you relate more to Carl than to Elio or Luca or Mei well it's because you're old af, and just hate everything new

"But Pixar used to be about animals and objects n shit, now there are too many humans" first of all, most Pixar movies have big human focus in them, second Elio isn't just about the single human, there are wacky aliens, Luca has sea monsters, Turning Red has big effing red panda, are these not unique and memorable enough creatures?

I can cherry pick a bunch of old characters with Le Bean Mouth, but which is only bad now because a meme said so, and we all must hop on a trend made by a bunch of a-holes who have no idea what they're talking about and spread negativity about the movie they haven't even seen

[deadtired-highkeyenergetic]

Make Me

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been catching up on...life I guess, and haven't exactly had the time or energy to write. But here's another Bucky x reader fic, hope you all enjoy!

There are times where Bucky wonders why he chose to spend the rest of his long life on the same team as you. Sometimes it's because you ate the ice cream that clearly had his name pasted on its tub, sometimes it's because you annoy him on purpose, knowing that he'll let you because you have him wrapped around your little finger, sometimes it's because of this.

He's currently clinging onto the side of a skyscraper that's about to fall over, metal hand digging into the concrete as his feet sway on thin air. If he lets go, he's going to go splat on the ground below, if he doesn't, well he isn't sure how much longer he can cling onto this wall that's also starting to crumble. All this was your fault, it was your plan that caused him to end up in this situation. If you had followed his plan he wouldn't be clinging onto a corner for his life, praying that no enemies find him in this precarious situation.

He exhales deeply, trying to push down the churning in his stomach that's threatening to send bile up his throat and forces himself to look up. Looking down reminds him too much of The Alps, of the sensation of falling, and suddenly he can't breathe anymore. He squeezes his eyes shut, focusing on getting air into his lungs, focusing on the act of breathing.

"Buck? Buck, can you hear me?" Your voice comes over the earpiece in his ear, pulling him back from the brink.

"Loud and clear," he manages to croak out, shoving aside his nausea. "Way too loud, actually."

"Too bad. You're going to have to hear me talk anyways." In all honesty, he doesn't mind hearing your voice. It grounds him, reminds him that he's not at The Alps, that Hydra doesn't have their tentacles wrapped around his neck. Not that he will ever admit it to you, he's not about to give you the satisfaction.

"Not if I get rid of this earpiece," he grunts. The concrete is beginning to crumble, and the sudden jerk downwards throws his mind back to The Alps once again, when the railing started to break off from the train as he desperately clung to it, yelling for Steve. The same fear rises in his chest, threatening to consume him and he feels his throat tighten. He doesn't want to fall again, he's afraid of the yawning abyss that he knows waits for him at the bottom. He doesn't want to go back there, he doesn't want to go back to Hydra, the pain is too much, he can't do that again, he can't lose himself again —

He's falling. The concrete has given way and gravity has taken hold. He lets out a soundless scream, terror flooding his senses. No one will catch him, just like how no one could when he fell at The Alps. He will hit the ground, pain will eat away at him, fear will take a hold of him. Will Hydra come to take him back? Will they drag him back kicking and screaming? Will they take everything away from him again? He doesn't want to lose you, he doesn't want to lose himself again, he doesn't want to lose all the memories he's made with you. He wants to see you again, to hold you, to commit everything about you to memory and store that memory somewhere where no one can take it away. He wants to hold onto something that is his, he can't let anyone take everything that is him away again, he —

"Hey handsome." Bucky blinks shakily. "I'd appreciate it if you could stop trying to destroy my shoulder."

"Sorry," he whispers, forcing his grip to relax. He exhales deeply, looking around and freezes when he realises where he is. He's midair, you're carrying him in your arms like a bride while flying, you're the only thing preventing him from hitting the ground and going splat. The ground is a long way off, and the vertigo is getting to him the longer he stares downwards.

"Stop looking down." He swears there's a hint of amusement in your voice. "You're only making it worse."

"I'm not." The curve of your lips into a smile gives him enough courage to at least try sassing back. You laugh, which causes him to smile softly, and suddenly he's more aware of the sound of your wings beating, the wind whistling in his ears, the warmth of your arms pressed against his back and knees, the sound of your heart beating in your chest.

"Sure you aren't." You tuck him closer to your chest and his fingers instinctively curl tighter around the fabric of your suit. He makes a noise of annoyance, burying his face into your chest, and focuses on your scent and warmth. He's safe here, in your arms. You caught him, you caught him before he hit the floor, you caught him as he fell. With you around, he won't fall again, Hydra won't be able to get their hands on him again, he won't feel the loneliness and chill that seeps into his bones, freezing him from the inside.

You land outside an abandoned shack, wings folding neatly as you put him down. He doesn't move, face buried in your shoulder, fingers digging into your arm.

"Hey —" You stop, realising that his body is shaking. "I'm right here."

Your fingers run through his hair as you hold onto him tightly, whispering words of comfort into his ear. He clings onto you, crying. He doesn't know why he's crying. His knees are weak, he can barely stand but you're holding onto him, supporting him, being there for him. Your body is pressed flush against his, and you're choosing to intertwine your unblemished hands with his blood soaked ones.

You don't move. You remain there as he cries, wrapping him in your embrace, an embrace he doesn't deserve. Your wings wrap themselves around him, a cocoon of leather, scarred from battles past but it's safe, warm, and most importantly, it's you. He clutches at you, mind reeling from the fact that you caught him. You swooped in, catching him as he fell, stopped him from hitting the ground.

You caught him.

You caught him.

The falling sensation. It didn't bring pain, or the biting cold. He didn't get wiped. He didn't lose himself, or you. He still retains his memories, he's still whole, he's still…him. He lets out a shaky breath, whimpering as he repeats the mantra in his head.

You caught him.

You didn't let him fall.

He didn't fall.

"I've got you." You murmur into his ear. "I'll always catch you, I promise."

He takes in the warmth of your body pressed against his, the smell of your scent mixed with smoke, the softness of your wings brushing against his back. You're smiling softly at him, with not a single hint of your usual sarcasm and sass to be found. He's not used to seeing you this genuine around him, and it's causing his heart to seize up.

"Why?" He chokes out.

"Why?" You ask quizzically.

"Why me?"

"Why you?" You let out a chuckle. "Because you're you. That's all the reason I need."

Something inside him crumbles in an instant. You deserve better, you deserve someone who doesn't come with all that baggage, you deserve someone whose past doesn't haunt them with every step they take. Still you constantly go back to him, no matter how hard he tries to push you away.

"May I?" You lean in, reaching up with a hand. He swallows hard, ice blue gaze flicking around nervously before meeting yours, then gives a nod.

"Sure." His voice wavers, but his hand reaches for yours, gently pressing it against his cheek. You smile, leaning in even closer such that your lips are mere inches away from his. He feels his heart beat even faster, the butterflies in his stomach fluttering in a frenzy. You're close, too close. He could hurt you in a million different ways with how close you are to him, but he lets you do it anyways. He's torn, he wants you close, but at the same time he doesn't.

"May I kiss you?" You whisper. His mind screams at him to deny you of this opportunity, that allowing you any closer will only doom you, and that your blood will be on his hands, but a part of him wants this intimate connection, to feel again, to be human again.

So he takes the leap of faith. He lets himself fall into the abyss called love, lets his walls down to invite you in because he trusts that you will catch him before he hits the ground. He leans in, pressing his lips against yours and the world just disappears. All that's left is you, him, and the searing heat of the kiss. The moment draws on, and he feels lighter than air, but then guilt digs its claws into him and drags him back down.

"We shouldn't." He pulls away. "I'll hurt you."

"And I don't care. We all hurt each other at some point, I've hurt people too. How are you any different?"

"I'm the Winter Soldier. You need to stop loving me." The words are like thorns in his throat. Truthfully, he wants nothing more than to be close to you, but he also wants you to be happy, and to live. You can't do either if you're stuck with him and his selfish desires.

"Make me." You pull him in for another kiss. He kisses back, desperate and hungry. He craves this connection so badly, but he also doesn't want to see you hurt.

"You deserve someone better."

"So what? We don't always get what we deserve. Besides, I like being stuck with you, don't need an upgrade."

There it is again. The snide comment that he knows you never mean.

"I don't need one either." He rests his forehead against yours, basking in your warmth. "Even though there's plenty out there."

"Well, guess we're stuck with the imperfection that is each other. No backing out now, you hear me, Barnes?"

"You're going to have to try real hard to make me, L/N."

[zombieluvrgrl]

˚₊ · »-♡→ dating toki wartooth !

⟢ havent written in yearss so im rusty, sorry if theyre ooc!! please reblog, like and comment if you enjoyed it really helps me! :)

(also accepting requests! sfw & nsfw so send them my way)

ps. these are LONG! under the cut <3

⟢ expect cuddles whenever physically possible - i mean this guy is the type of bf to hold your hand while youre on the toilet just bc he misses you

⟢ toki's also incredibly generous, forgiving and loving, showering you with sweet and innocent gifts and always excited to suggest cute dates together!

⟢ he loves to treat you with plushies of your favourite shows and games as well as special candy (maybe his favourite Norwegian candy so you two can bond over it?!)

⟢ at mordhaus expect board games, DDR battles and taking the lunchables away from toki before his dumbass burns them on the stove again. oh and getting super sloppy drunk in the hot tub

⟢ outside, he loves shopping with you, visiting the zoo and hanging out at yours watching shows together!

⟢ OBVIOUSLY you get free tickets to every show and has the kloketeers get you anything you want; a comfier seat? snacks? merch? booze? on it!

⟢ youll be introduced to the rest of dethklok (if you dont already know each other!) early on, about a month in - yes its intense but the man loves you and knows youre the one for him! he wants his family to love you too!

⟢ you two are definitely cheesy and theres no escaping the allegations. nathan thinks its cute and deep down just wants the little guy to be happy, murderface has to hold in his throw up and skwisgaar as already thrown up from cringe like three times. get away from skwisgaar yous twos

⟢ lets face it you two have lockets with each others pictures inside

⟢ toki is absolutely a hopeless romantic and it may have negative consequences but he definitely over romanticises relationships in a very naive way

⟢ but that doesn't mean he isn't extremely loving and caring! toki is so much so it could be considered overwhelming;

⟢ he feels safe with you so expect to see him vulnerable; you may be the person he confides in the most out of anyone he knows- this can be both good and bad! let me explain:

whenever he experiences night terrors youre the first to know, whatever is on his mind he'll bring straight to you! hes not afraid to cry on your shoulder or ask you to pet and brush his hair when he feels anxious. But because youre his no.1 confidant this also means there might be times where he unloads a lot of intense feelings onto you because he doesn't know what to do when he's experiencing side effects of trauma and stress. he doesn't do it maliciously but he doesn't see how this potentially could be overwhelming and exhausting

⟢ on the plus side, he's an amazing listener because of this. i think out of everyone in the band (besides nathan, who i'd say he's on par with), toki is least likely to get defensive or argue whenever you two disagree or need to communicate- he takes everything on board seriously because he wants to please you and make things work (hes not in this for a short time, hes in it for life)

⟢ at his core he is insanely dedicated; youll never worry about being outshined by groupies or fangirls, matter of fact once youre in the picture toki can barely tolerate touchy fans because all other people pale in comparison to his beautiful wonderful amazing partner!!

⟢ as busy and troubled as he is, hell always make time for you! if you also struggle with your health (physical or mental) hell help as much as he can. therapy? paid for. comfort items? he got them for you. your favourite/safe foods? ALWAYS stocked up in the kitchen!! need a hug? you dont even need to ask

⟢ and last but not least, he loves playing with your hair and LOOOVES when you do the same! play with his mustache, he gets so giggly. he adores how cute you are together. if you ever do his hair or corpse paint he'll never want to take it off

✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦

thank you for reading! im thinking of making a part 2 because i love toki sm and i have so many ideas <3

[throwsahammer]

I feel like it's disingenuous to flatten all of Smith's ideas down into a cynical con, because that's missing a massive portion of what made his ideas resonate with enough people to keep what by all rights should be part of a museum exhibit about the Second Great Awakening going into the present. Boiling it down to "people in the past were stupid and he took advantage of that" is a bad idea because it's both incorrect, and it creates a second, invisible idea that you are therefore immune to cults because those are only capable of tricking suckers, which you clearly aren't. I know that "nobody is immune to cults" has become a kind of shibboleth that is used to mean "don't criticize other people's obviously false and stupid beliefs at all," but there's still a useful core to it that's applicable here: Mormonism spread and has stuck around because it directly addressed contemporary political and religious issues within its society, and it provided a framework for connecting commonly-held beliefs together into a unified spiritual vision and political cause.

Did Joseph Smith "believe" his religion? Well, he certainly acted like he sincerely believed all of the bits about how he was God's specialest boy. He clearly believed in the effectiveness of his church's "divinely revealed" organizational structure. There's no doubt that he believed it was vitally important he be allowed to fuck as many women and girls as possible. I would argue that he built Mormonism as a reflection of his spiritual and political beliefs and was only ever really dishonest about the framing devices (i.e. I don't believe that he ever truly thought that he had golden plates in his possession or that he felt he was receiving angelic visitations). His canonized personal writings and later scriptures follow this same pattern, and the scope of whatever the lord saith thus tends to keep pace with whatever projects and social issues he's personally interested in advancing.

I don't think I find the idea of Smith as atheist particularly compelling. Sure, it neatly resolves a lot of questions that would otherwise arise among outside observers of his behavior, but there are plenty of preachers cynically exploiting their congregations for personal gain and prestidigitating miracles who aren't really bothered by the apparent contradiction between their faith and their actions, so why would Smith be the exception? All of this, mind you, is without getting into the weeds of how rural 19th-century New Englanders conceptualized both the world and the nature of divine communications and how those perspectives differ from our own. I think the fact that we as a society find naked hypocrisy compelling and particularly dastardly isn't really sufficient evidence to support the idea that Smith was worse in this way than than any of the other assholes who never even think of themselves as hypocrites.

One of the funniest things about Mormonism is that I’m sure Joseph Smith never believed any of the bullshit he said. There are some religions and cults where you have faith the original prophet actually thought they were talking to angels or believed the set of principles they laid out for their followers were for the greater good. Joseph Smith was a dumbass but like PT Barnum he realized a sucker was born every day and he was one step above the average 1830s sucker. He went from making people pay him to look at a rock in a top hat and ‘locate buried treasure’ to receiving lost bits of scripture, through the rock and top hat method. His wife caught him cheating and he said an angel visited him and told him men should be allowed multiple wives and not obeying that would send her to hell. I’m fairly convinced that dude was an atheist. He was on that hustler grindset. Brigham Young might have actually believed some of the shit he said but I don’t think Joseph Smith genuinely had faith in Mormonism or gave a fuck about humanity in the slightest.

[virtualcryptz]

House MD characters with... BPD reader.

characters: allison cameron, eric foreman, gregory house, james wilson, robert chase

tws: self-destructive behaviour (binge eating, drug abuse, suicide attempts, self harm), enabling, vague description of manic episodes.

A/N: written at like 4am pls treat me kindly <3 house is slightly toxic but its accurate imo so cope!! tried to refer to a broader spectrum, including things i dont experience, so sorry if it's not all 100% accurate :C

Allison Cameron

Definitely one of the more understanding of the OGs.

Very big on communication puts a lot of effort into being completely open. Never wants to make you feel like you've been pushed aside.

Finds it kinda hard to move on from splits, but does get that, 99% of the time, you don't mean what you're saying. Still takes it to heart, though.

Will happily sit there and wait for you to come down and be ready to talk.

Worries a lot when you're manic. She doesn't want to infantalise you but she can be a little bit overbearing.

Non-judgemental when it comes to self harm. Just cleans up however necessary, sits with you and reassures you.

She does push you to stop self harming, but also realises it can be very addictive for most people.

She finds it quite hard to accept when you do something bad during episodes, but often excuses it and pushes blame onto whatever the trigger was. She's not that bothered about apologising tbh.

Eric Foreman

Struggles a lot, especially at first.

He isn't great with empathy, so it's hard for him to really understand, especially since you're considerably more emotional than he is.

After a while, he at least learns what you need from him, and he gets into the habit of reassuring you whenever you fight.

"I am mad, but that doesn't mean I hate you or I'm leaving you. We'll work it out."

After the first few splits aimed at him, he does stop taking it personally, but will understandably get annoyed if you refuse to apologise.

He takes note of any uncharacteristic behaviour - he hates to see you going down that slope.

Especially notices overindulgence in drugs, from everything with his brother. Overreacts if you end up doing any, especially if you spend a lot of money. It gets very heated, very quickly.

Good at grounding during dissociative episodes. Stays with you as long as you need him. He has little to no problem with missing work or showing up late for you.

Gregory House

Probably does a DDX on you when he notices any symptoms you display. He knew before you told him. Hell, his whole team knew before you told him!

That, and if you're diagnosed, he's probably gone digging around your records. Furthermore, if you are formally diagnosed, he does a LOT to make sure you don't have to deal with any biases.

He's honestly not great. Let's be real. But he does try, which is more than you can say about what he does for the others.

He's aware that the amount of time he spends with Wilson can be triggering for abandonment. But he's also pretty shit at reassuring you. So he brings you along to a lot of hangouts :]

Short of having his eyes on you 24/7, he never knows what to do when you're manic. He can make as many sarcastic jokes and backhanded comments as he wants it doesn't make him any less anxious.

Projects a lot of his own issues onto you, but amplifies it iykwim? Assumes that something that upsets him could trigger something serious with you.

He is possibly the worst person to split on. When you go low, he goes lower. Disagreements turn into shouting matches quickly and usually end in meltdowns.

You are one of the few people he'll actually apologise to you. Not just because he cares more, but also because there's a lot less that can go unsaid. He can guess that Cuddy and Wilson understand through his actions that he's sorry, it's less of a gamble he wants to take with you.

James Wilson

The MOST forgiving out of all of them.

The only downside is that, like he is with House, he is an enabler. He just can't find the line.

When you're splitting, he honestly just sits there and takes it.

Also never expects an apology. Would probably let you get away with using it as an excuse for poor behaviour, if you ever did.

That said, he does get that you can't really help a lot of it.

When it comes to self destruction, he's always focussed on making sure you're okay. Nothing else seems to matter in the moment, even if you've hurt him in the process.

I mean, he's a head of department in a hospital. reckless spending isn't too much of an issue. If need be, he's more than happy to use his status to get you better care.

However, as mentioned above, he does enable. He doesn't encourage it but rarely pushes you to quit more risky vices.

One of the few that would seriously push you to seek help. Very aware that BPD can be manageable, so long as there's proper help.

Also does what he can to get you medicated if that's something you're seeking out.

Robert Chase

He's not perfect, but he knows what it's like to feel alone and abandoned.

Very empathetic - he tells you he's here for you as many times as you need to hear it.

Incredibly worried about the idea of you making a suicide attempt - if it happens once he gets a little paranoid about it. If he wakes up in the night and you're not there, he panics.

He knows that splits aren't something either of you can really help, but it's tough. He tries not to leave you alone during episodes he's also not gonna sit there and take it.

Kind of mocks your delusions. It's well-intentioned but it can make it harder to be open about.

He's pretty used to being snapped at, from both family and work, so he mostly takes it in his stride.

That being said, he can usually tell when the shouting and hostility is coming from a place of self-sabotage, for the sake of burning bridges.

Overall, quite the worrier. Doesn't want to bombard you about it, but he picks up on most changes in demeanour and sort of notes it down for later. Just in case.

[dark-lord-of-awesomeness]

Stan gets cursed, howls moving castle style!!

Youve heard of old stan turning young, get ready for young stan turning old!

Freshly homeless teen stan gives some old lady (witch) on the road lip for... idk saying he should be in school or something. Says hes plenty old to be out and own his own and also shes a nosy bitch.

She gets pissed, bam! Old man stan whose only 18 actually. Now hes old enough, all right!

Omg this sucks, thinks stan, but then. Opportunity.

His resolve had not yet hardened since hes still a kid and super sad and not used to it, so he thinks that being an old man who literally cant say who he is and what he knows makes this curse the perfect disguise to go see his brother!!

He, in a totally non-stalker way, finds ford and tries to be like an older mentor or just like friendly grandpa type guy to see ford again.

Maybe he gets a job as a janitor (backupsmore is so last choice they dont even care about stuff like ids when it comes to staff) for the science department and hangs out with ford when he stays super late doing experiments or studies or whatever.

Ford starts to think this old guy is super weird, but in an endearing way. He provides a role as a goofy, randomized, rule hating friend who is comfortingly familiar and also really bad at advice even though he keeps calling himself a wise old man.

He also gets really caught up on his age and mortality sometimes, which is like. Kind of a bummer. But the guys like almost 70 so fair enough.

He also is really supportive, even if ford knows hes being outrageous. In fact, he was really, really for ford going for it when he mentioned his interest in the supernatural. Maybe hes serious, maybe hes just kind of old person crazy. Its pretty nice either way.

(Stanley starts to get hope that he wont die a sad old man before hes 25 after all...)

Oh man this is kind of sad? And a recipie for disaster lol.

Stan's old, he's 18, he's pushing 70? (unclear). No idea how long he has, and so desperate he uses his new look to just. See his brother again. He just wants to use the last remaining years to make Ford happy or at least support him, get some kind of bond. Something to make his last remaining years on this planet miserable (funnier if Stan's like, 60 but because he was 18 he feels ancient. He's still got a good two decades left)

Oh. Incoming idea.

The witch isn't actually the one who cursed him, Stan cursed himself (just like in howls moving castle). The witch didn't do anything but put a small curse that made Stan realize magic was real, and he accidentally muttered something along the lines of 'man i'm never going to get home until i'm old and grey. Wish i could just get there already' or something.

Then just like Sofie, Stan's curse fades when he's not thinking about enforcing the idea that he's as good as an old man already, and Ford realizes its him through them having a bonding moment, and Ford turns to see Stan's young face. Gets the shock of his life when Stan's awkward smile fades and he rapidly becomes an old man.

Cue huge fight.

Fords furious Stan would go around and trick him like that, make him feel like he has someone who actually cares and supports his ideas, didn't aplogize, and just! AGGH! He's hurt and furious and sad and feeling so many things.

Stan feels even worse than before. He was finally feeling some kind of happy, finally got to see his best friend, and he blew it. Doesn't know how Ford figured it out, but now he's got nothing.

He's gonna die as a sad old man at 25, doesn't bother keeping his job at the college, why bother. All that would do is make Ford even more angry.

And Ford is angry. Even angrier when he can't find Stan anywhere. Stan already ran off once, Fords not gonna let him do it a second time! Especially when he's so old?

Finds Stan and oh god. He looks even older than before. He's an ancient old man, sadness seeping into him and thoughst spiralling out of control.

Cue delayed yelling match, as Ford needs to figure out how to fix his brother before he kicks the bucket on the worlds angriest quest. Not sure how it'd get resolved, but Stan still keeps his silver hair at the end of it.

[httpssturns]

“Wait, don't forget your wallet!”

♡ sweet tooth!nick x carnie!chase♡

cw: nothing really, just cuteness, some flirting, goofy silly shit au masterlist ○ main masterlist

Nick loves the carnival. Not just loves, the carnival is his life.

If he could live there, he really would. With all of the lights and the diverse people, the delicious snacks, and most importantly, the stuffed animals.

He has always adored stuffed animals, since he was little, that was always just his thing. Nick has such a big stuffed animal collection that it's honestly quite insane, he's in need of a room upgrade because at this point? He's the one being moved out—not the plushies.

Despite being fully aware of this, he's still out on the hunt for more of the plush mammals, its a full time job at this point.

“Come on guys, the carnival isn't closing yet, I still haven't won one yet, Rich needs more friends!” Nick whines, tugging at Chris and Matt's shirt sleeves even though it's quite obvious they want to leave already.

“Nick, we're going to wait in the car, please hurry up and get your stuffed animal. We are not coming with you for another what, 10k steps? I speak for the both of us when we say we're good." Chris chuckles, nudging Matt's shoulder with his own and eliciting a small laugh of agreement from him.

Nick scoffs “Fuck you guys.. I'll do it myself then! And you two won't lay a hand on him either.” he grumbles, stalking off from the parking lot to the array of ring tosses and duck reel-ins.

He comes across a stand that he really likes, and a stuffed animal. Ever since he saw it today, he's had his eyes on it like a tiger laying eyes on rabbit. And what's really funny, is that's exactly what it is.

It's a medium sized bunny, a brownish fluffy one with soulful eyes and floppy ears. something that would immediately capture anyone that had a heart. Including Nick.

“Hello, how many horseshoe would you like? There's a 3 toss, but the 6 really gets you your money's worth.” The worker says with a cup of his hand, like he's telling a secret that no one else knows.

Nick let out a light laugh, already fishing out his wallet. “Are you sure you're not trying to get more money out of me?” he teases, although he grabs 6 dollars anyway.

“I'll take the 6. I'm Nick, by the way.”

“6, coming up.” The worker replies, and with a spin of his shoe and a lift of his finger, he's already placing the 6 horseshoe in front of Nick like he's done this a million times.

“And, I'm Chase, but you could probably see that 'cuz of my nametag.” The boy replies with a cheeky wink of his eye.

Nick begins to toss his horseshoes, attempting—and failing to ever get one around the pole.

“Fuck,” Nick murmurs with a slight chew of his lips, letting out a big sigh.

“I'm not usually that bad.” he says with a quiet laugh, an embarrassed lilt to his tone like it's so mortifying to lose a carnival game.

“Hey, it's fine, some people talk big money and lose even worse than you did.” Chase laugh, giving Nick a boyish grin.

Nick's heart flutters at the sight, but he shakes it off. “I would try again, but my brothers are going to be exponentially pissed at me if I take any longer.”

“i'm pretty sure you'll be back, I think I've seen you here before?” Chase counters with a half smile and a shrug.

“Yeah, I will,” Nick smiles. “But that bunny won't be.” he adds to his words, the statement more like a thought to himself. I guess it's time to kiss Rich's new best friend goodbye.

“hey,” Chase starts, looking around cautiously before grabbing the rabbit.

What is he doing?

“Just uh, pretend you won. I think this is against the rules.” Chase whispers with a grin, handing it to Nick and making a ruckus about how ‘he won’ just like he does with other winners, except this one didn't win at all.

“Really, it's okay.. I don't need it-” Nick protests, but Chase only waves off his concern.

“You've earned it, practically won anyways.” he smiles, letting out a quiet laugh at Nick's flustered behavior.

“Just don't make me regret it, yeah?”

“I—thank you, I won't.” Nick murmurs with a giddy excitement, clutching the bunny to his chest.

When Nick turns to leave, Chase lets out a soft, gleeful laugh. “Wait, don't forget your wallet!”

Nick turns back only to snatch his wallet from the counter, his face a bright red. “thank you, bye!” He squeaks, speedily walking over to Matt's car. He doesn't say a word the whole ride, only hugging the bunny to his chest and wearing a big grin.

Fuck, I should've asked for his number.

@strangergraphics-archive for the dividers!

☆soph's notes: first candy au real fic!!! yay yay yay!!! I hope you guys like this because I kind of don't like it but wtv. I also kind of didn't proofread 😚✌️

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[jasper-book-stash]

Jasper Reviews: The Green Witch's Guide To Herbal Magick

Full Title: The Green Witch's Guide To Herbal Magick: A Handbook Of Green Hearthcraft And Plant-Based Spellcraft

Author: Annabel Margaret

Overall Jasper Rating: 9 out of 10

This book is what The House Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock WISHES it could be. But before I get into that, let's talk about this book and its author.

Annabel Margaret is a witch that I knew about because I actually watch her videos on YouTube. One channel, The Green Witch, is focused on the same things that this book is focused on: plant-based seasonal witchcraft. Her other channel, Annabel Margaret, is less active but more focused on traveling and moving places. She has an incredibly calm and soothing voice, even when she gets excited about things. This is a book by a person who really does practice what they're writing about.

My guess at a target demographic is that this book is for a beginner witch who already believes in magic and knows they want to use plants in and connect with nature through their magic, who also loves working in the kitchen to make things. Most of the things in here can be made relatively easily based on the instructions, though you may have difficulties doing most of them if you are in a situation where your practice cannot be open or obvious.

Books I've read that are similar to this include The House Witch and The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Grovedaughter Witchery and Pestlework by Bree NicGarran, and A Verdant Introduction by Anna Zollinger. This was better than both Arin Murphy-Hiscock's book, more focused on different spell prep types than Pestlework (while also having less premade mixes for each spell), and more magical than A Verdant Introduction (which was more medicinal). Overall it's quite similar to Grovedaughter Witchery but different enough that I feel comfortable recommending both rather than saying to get one over the other. I'd say to use Grovedaughter Witchery as an introduction to witchcraft and use this book as an introduction to spellwork.

With all of this said, let's get into the neutral, the bad, and the good.

The Neutral

This category is just broad strokes of information that is neither good nor bad, but worth noting for how the author approaches magic and writing about magic.

There are a lot of uses of the phrase "negativity" in the text without defining what that is, exactly. It assumes you already know what negativity is in a magical sense and want to get rid of it.

The author puts an emphasis on love spells requiring consent, and, interestingly, says the same thing for prosperity spells.

The author defines "herb" within the text as any plant used magically after explaining other ways that the word is used.

There is a strong focus on natural materials and crafting things from scratch.

"Respect" is the primary reason listed for snuffing out a flame rather than blowing it out, which...is an overall neutral thing, it's how the author works her magic.

Cleansing itself as a form of spell work isn't something I often see acknowledged in published books (that's more of a Tumblr nuance/discourse thing in my experience), but the author very much takes this approach. I think it's neat. We'll discuss this more later.

Now, the author adds gender alignments to the plant profiles in her book after a truly based take on such a thing, but I had the random ass thought of Why are we adding this as a category if all masculine herbs are air or fire and all feminine ones are earth or water? and I never recovered.

The Bad

If you know me or have seen literally any of my posts, you know that I love to bitch and complain. This is where I do that.

Spelling magic with a K is cringe and I will bite people on this hill. There are also a handful of editing errors and quite a bit of wasted space on the pages. And the back cover is peeling for some reason? It was doing that before I even started reading it.

While the chapter on intuition was fine overall, there was no mention that intuition is trained and prone to things like stereotyping and bias. And if you want to breathe out thoughts related to impulse and anxiety when using your intuition actively, using that same intuition to find stomach-sinking feelings is contradictory.

There is an entire chapter on intent which is...literally just energy work when you actually read it? I felt like this chapter could have been shorter, less meandery, or cut entirely because of how much you get told how to focus intention into materials elsewhere.

There's also a strong emphasis in one section on belief being completely and utterly required, which...reh. I don't agree with it. The author then talks more about how skepticism is good, but I feel like this could have been cut or shortened.

One of my notes is just "bitch, you good?" with a page number so I went to find it. Turns out, it was about spell impacts. After a bunch of the standard "you need consent" stuff about love spells, the author then talks about how prosperity spells also influence others' behavior and how it will always take away from someone else. The author even says:

While there are a number of ways to cast spells for love that do no harm, there are few ways to cast prosperity spells that do not ultimately deprive someone else. It is for this reason that we must give consideration to our aims and desires along with the impacts of our work. Only with care and caution should you attempt any spell that has the capacity to affect others.

And then it keeps going after that to talk about how most magic doesn't have ethical dilemmas like these, but it was still wild to see "prosperity magic is worse than love magic, actually" as a take. This is the kind of new drama I love to see introduced, because Witchblr's standard Discourse Wheel of the Year gets repetitive and boring after a while.

The Good

There's something to be gained from every book, and bits and pieces that I enjoyed. This section is about those.

The aesthetics of this book are top-notch. It is so fucking pretty while still being readable. I made this note several times across my sticky notes, so clearly I was thinking about this a lot.

SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY. My little emergency management and response heart adores the emphasis overall on mundane safety. Between the safety warning in the sections on edible mixtures, the fire safety, the usage of Latin names to indicate specific plants, the precautions and contraindictions in every herb profile, knowing that it's not a medical text, essential oil safety and common sense, and separating magicals and medicinals and explaining the difference in dilutions and dosages and whatnot for each, this is what I would refer to as an incredibly safe book.

There is an ethics chapter that doesn't suck. There's an acknowledgement in the tools chapter that generalities aren't always true. Likewise, there's an acknowledgement that you might just not get along with some plants. These are good and healthy to include in a beginner book.

Among the author's various good takes, I want to quote the gender alignment section in the preamble leading up to the herbal compendium:

The term "gender," when applied to herbs in magickal workings, is not based upon our societal or scientific understanding of the word. Used as a classification, it is merely symbolic. It attempts to describe the attributes of the herb in a simple and clear term, but this sometimes fails when we attempt to apply the understanding of gender in the way it is often applied to people. I find it helpful to use terms such as alignment, disposition, or nature to better understand the role gender plays, as the term "gender" can be somewhat misleading in this circumstance. This is further complicated for those who speak gendered languages—the gender applied to the energy of herbs may not align with the gender attributed to the herb by the language.

Another very interesting take can be found regarding cleansing later in the book:

When working cleansing spells, I personally find it useful to use a combination of ingredients that contains both a cleansing herb and one of another intention—usually one that encourages or adds an energy, rather than one that removes energies. This serves to fill the void created by the purification, and I believe it to be particularly important for large-scale cleansings. You'll see this preference reflected throughout the recipes in the spells to come. You may also choose to return to the space after the cleansing has been performed and work positively charged spells to similarly fill the void.

Speaking of the spell compendium, let's talk about that, because that was one of my favorite parts of this book. There's common sense regarding spell disposal and the author is pro-banishing thanks to a haunting in the author's own life (which was documented on her YouTube channel while it was happening). I really appreciate the spell forms section (basically a prep guide for each form of spell used by the author) being so open to specifics being added later, it really helps that they're templates that can then be referred back to; I prefer this greatly to a specific spell and an essay's worth of substitutions. Even the spells in the spell compendium (which is broken down section-by-section, another thing I love) direct you to the base spell form earlier and provide examples of ingredients that the author enjoys using most.

Finally, while the bibliography is extensive (39 different books by nearly as many authors), the font is also very small so it only takes up two pages. The index, similarly, has small font so it doesn't add too much to the overall page count.

Overall, this is a straightforward, calm, and understanding approach to spell crafting and casting using plants. It's incredibly thorough for a beginning reader. It has an extremely patient tone, but I might be projecting based on watching the author's YouTube channel. This book is very specific about what it wants to be, and I believe it achieves that.

The Credits

The dividers I used in this post are made by me over on @jasper-graphics, even though this series of art deco ones apparently never saw the light of day.

The Green Witch's Guide To Herbal Magick: A Handbook Of Green Hearthcraft And Plant-Based Spellcraft was written by Annabel Margaret "The Green Witch" and published by Page Street Publishing Co. The cover and book illustrations are also by Annabel Margaret, while the book design was courtesy of Kylie Alexander.

[styluswritesdc]

The Rogues of your choosing with a platonic Loved One dealing with chronic illness/pain?

This hits close to home as one of my best friend suffers with being hypermobile! I took the time to ask them about this ask to make sure it was accurate for you! I hope you enjoy!!

Riddler/Edward Nygma

oh at first, he doesn't really get it but once he does (extensive) research and you sit down and talk to him about it, he's great!

He will make you a matching cane if you use one! or at least make a custom made one that doesn't hurt your hands after awhile! its decorated to your liking!

he will have a driver bring you anywhere you'd like, especially if you know that walking will hurt that day.

He's mainly great at inventing stuff. Anything that will make your life easier, its already a blueprint on his desk along with a few sketches of things you mightn't even need!

You also have a steady flow of cash from his exploits in order for you to have some time off whenever you need it or have a flare up.

Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane

oh he gets it. especially if this is AK! Jonathan.

His knee brace isn't just a cute accessory. He really should use a cane but he feared it would take away from his intimidating persona.

even if its another version of Jonathan, I believe he would struggle with chronic back pain from his youth of being constantly hunched over. He empathises greatly with your pain.

I'm convinced with his knowledge of pharmaceuticals that he would experiment with different types of pain relivers. he would've experimented with CBD before for his toxins, expect him to show up with some ointment that might relive some pain, even just a little.

TwoFace/Harvey Dent

They understand completely. they never really forgot the pain of their body during recovery.

To think that you live with that kind of pain, maybe daily, is a horrible thought to them.

Hell, even harv is tender towards you.

They both ensure funds are being funnelled to you as I can only imagine how terrible disability pay-out is, especially in Gotham.

if you're one of those unfortunate people who have to work despite the pain, they're ensuring you'll never work again.

they will send goons over with food parcels for the days you cant get out of bed, that is, if they cant go themselves.

Killer Croc/Waylon Jones

Now this is a guy who understands completely. The chronic pain from his joints can be unbearable.

His back is forced into a hunch, not just from being so tall, but from bending over constantly because it hurt less as he grew up and his joints strained.

you will bond over this pain, a united front on each others bad days.

he cant give you much in terms of money or things, but he makes up for it in simple kindnesses.

You will never come home to an unmade bed. Food is something he will either have cooked and waiting for you, or meal prepped so you just have to throw it into the oven or a pan.

For when he's in Arkham, he has a deal with another rogue, most likely penguin, that food or cash is sent to you. to be paid back in work from him of course.

Black Mask/Roman Sionis

Oh hon, you're in great hands.

with his money, you could spend all day lounging and resting.

you have a cleaner, a personal chef, a chauffer, hell, even a personal masseuse and physio if you wish. "whatever your heart desires doll."

You will want for nothing. You have all this, plus time to enjoy your hobbies! what's not to love.

you're the only person he is tender with. he confides in you greatly. all of your staff are background checked and you have a body guard whenever you'd like.

Bane

Now this guy is great too! However he is a big believer in stretches and yoga. will encourage you to try these on your good days.

on your bad, he would hate to leave your side. its rare for him to consider someone close enough to be called his friend, let alone a loved one.

He is fiercely protective.

He will make you the best meals you've ever had! they're incredibly nutritious and packed full of protein!

He will help you out with anything around the house, he's surprisingly a great cleaner! call him if you need a shelf put up.

He's all about community, so expect his most loyal goons to be aware of your status. they have sworn to protect you and would die for you, quite frankly. this also means if you need anything short notice- or if bane cant get away, they will be sent in his stead.

[ooc-miqojak]

While I will repeatedly tell people that the EA of our millennial youth is gone, and a cash devouring monster is in its place... part of this is because people don't understand moderation. You don't go to the buffet and put EVERYTHING - including food you don't like - on your plate just because it's there, then complain about all the variety.

Some packs are just for decorating or dress up, and you won't like the style. It's meant for us to mix and match the packs we like - honestly, that's probably also why some features overlap in some packs... not everyone will own every expansion/game pack/etc - but too much overlap is obnoxious and money grubby and lazy feeling.

Buuut... say you really aren't into werewolves and going out to hunt meat, and peeing on the ground? But some of the gameplay seems fun? Well, now there will be faeries who rummage up plants to eat instead of raw meat, and fill a similar game niche in playstyle while filling a different aesthetic niche.

Many things can be true at once:

- Is EA now a soulless husk of a gaming company that has systematically ruined all the best franchises of millennial youth while milking them for every last, buggy dollar?

YES.

- Is EA polishing dog turds to sell to people?

YES.

- Do people need to buy all the extras for the game? All 95+ packs?

No. You can just put the lettuce on your sandwich - when you go to a sandwich shop you don't get EVERY vegetable on your sandwich, either. Some packs just make things annoying, or have stupid clothes or some such.

- Are people at fault for continuing to buy the turds, then complaining that they taste like shit?

...Yes. Stop paying for literal dog turds, you guys. Just say no. (There are free ways to play that are not hard to find, if the addiction is mighty, but the desire to not pay a greedy, uncaring corporation is mightier. I would know.)

Corporations understand 'line go up' - profits - and consumers are the ones who make that line go up. So stop being a mindless, capitalist drone and stop funneling money into EA's dog-turd-polishing-machine... don't do it for Dragon Age, not for Mass Effect, not even for the Sims.

If they are making a profit off of bad business practices and unfinished, buggy packs while cranking them out every few months? STOP buying! The execs don't care if you complain - they see you bought it, and profits increased. So they do it again. That's capitalism - the consumer isn't right, the dollar is.

just saw someone say "it feels like the sims is starting to turn into a cash grab :(" and i'm like. babygirl i don't know how to tell you this but

we're at 95 packs and counting. i think we crossed that bridge a long time ago

[antianakin]

I think one of the reasons Bail does not work for me in Andor is because the character of Bail Organa as he has been in pretty much everything else we have ever seen him in just doesn't WORK within the world of Andor for many of the same reasons that the Jedi and Sith characters don't fit within that world and its parameters.

Andor, far more so than even Rogue One, lives in an extremely morally gray world where your hero characters regularly do unconscionable things. Andor wanted to posit that many good people fighting for righteous causes will need to do some bad things in order to reach that goal, and it puts them up against characters like Syril and Dedra who are doing exactly the same thing but for a different cause and asks the audience to consider why one of them is still clearly a good guy and the other clearly a bad guy. This is something that's a LITTLE more difficult to do when you're dealing with the larger cosmic themes of the Skywalker saga and psychic space wizards where the sides are quite literally color coded for you. The Jedi and Sith exist in the world of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy where the rebellion is undeniably full of good, heroic people and the Empire undeniably full of evil megalomaniacs or footsoldiers who tell themselves that they're "just following orders."

Andor isn't telling that story and it needed many of those kinds of characters to be removed from its story in order to tell it correctly without the waters getting muddied. This is why we never get to SEE characters like Palpatine or Anakin or the Ghost crew or Quinlan Vos or anyone else who's canonically wandering around at this time period. This is why Luthen was never going to be a Jedi of any kind, former or otherwise.

But the Jedi and Sith characters weren't the only ones who existed within that more black and white world. Bail Organa did, too.

Bail Organa has pretty regularly been represented as a paragon of justice and truth and bravery and strength and resilience and heroism. Bail Organa is a beacon of light and hope for the future. He is the one whose image you see when you join the rebellion, greeting you with a smile on his face and kind words on his lips. That's why Rogue One chose to play the literal FORCE THEME when he walks into frame for the first time. Jimmy Smits doesn't even have any lines for that entire scene, but he walks out of the shadows to those few notes from THAT THEME and it's like a hero of legend just showed up for a moment. THAT'S who Bail Organa is within the story of Star Wars. He's not morally gray, he's not someone who can truly exist within a story that wants to question how far the rebellion can go before it becomes the enemy it's trying to destroy. That's not the purpose of a character like Bail Organa, and to try to turn him INTO that kind of a character is to misunderstand how to utilize him.

Bail Organa never should've been in Andor. He can be MENTIONED, it's his rebellion after all, and Mon Mothma would know him and have spoken to him, obviously. But I think having Bail Organa in Andor as a larger presence was a mistake, and it's why many of the scenes with him in them just didn't quite hit right for me. The quick cameo where he's leaving Sculdun's party and says hello to Mon as she's coming in is fine, having him introduce Mon for her speech is fine, but all of the extra things he's in just seem to add more confusion to his character and to the story than any real depth and it took away from the opportunity to explore the characters who were more relevant to the story they WERE trying to tell (like Perrin, or Luthen, or Bix, or Cinta, or Vel). Those precious few minutes they had after condensing four seasons into one were misspent on a character who didn't fit within the story they were trying to tell. Forcing Bail into a position where he's morally gray just simply isn't the best use of the character or their time.

[doodler16]

Im not rage baiting im just stating the fucking facts of the mtter and how i truly feel. I cant BELIEVE YOU GOT ALL THOSE LIKES ON MY POST STATING HOW I FEEL??? WHY DID YOU GET SO MANY LIKES??? I know that as a Hispanic my wording isn't the best but i try. this is the last time I'm saying this because imndone trying to wastey breath on yall but please forgive the LOVE of all that's Satanic. PLEASE go watch HELLUVA BOSS AND HAZBIN HOTEL. All of it! The views are down and her merch sales aren't selling well. We fans dont know ahy its happening to her and it must be devastating being in her shoes dealing with this downfall all because of negative critics that didn't give Vivziepop a chance. How would you like it if the haters got your show to lose views? You guys need to stop being so fucking hateful and just give her one last chance and I'm assuring you that you will in fact be satisfied with what you're watching. Please support her patreon and go buy her merch. Don't be a transphobic, masochistic, homophobic, anti diverse, anti woman, glue sniffing piece of human garbage. Go support her show!!! ❤️ do it for Vivziepop's sake. Her last short was her best work and all the jokes landed just like all of loonas jokes that always land because she's literally the funniest. Maybe if you got off to loona, blitz or stolas or hell Valentino like we do your bitch ass would be satisfied and would watch the show more. Watch loonas short will show all these haters who's boss because people love her and she's the greatest written strong and independent woman in the show. Look she can save the show! Just look at her? She's not unutilized. You anti Vivziepop critics are disgusting and bigoted. Boy don't get me started on the pride merch you and you antis are seriously disgusting. Why didn't you support her pride merch? You'd get your rocks off to Sallie May and loona and sexy stolas. Don't think I won't send this to Vivziepop's bluesky to show her!

“I cant BELIEVE YOU GOT ALL THOSE LIKES ON MY POST STATING HOW I FEEL??? WHY DID YOU GET SO MANY LIKES???” 🤣. It’s funny how confused you are. You know it’s bad when a Vivziepop fan themselves admits and notices views are down and her merch isn’t selling as it used to.

Blah, blah more promotion and ragebait. “Don't think I won't send this to Vivziepop's bluesky to show her!” I unironically hope she brushes you off, this is so unserious.

SMH, such a fake fan Ragebait Anon! Lyle wrote that short. So, by your logic he’s the one who wrote that masterpiece. You’re like.. so anti men Anon, you should be ashamed of yourself.

[loverstrings]

Tailored Trouble- Established Bucky Barnes x F!Reader

Congressman Barnes is getting a new suit. But our pretty lady is looking a little tooo pretty.

a.n - writing buck like the 1940s flirt i know, also i've been thinking about giving spindle a nickname that isn't her old hydra callsign LMAO. i might go with sugar, one because i've kept up with the bear and i miss them and two because its cute and she seems like a sugar.

| can be read as a standalone or apart of project spindle |

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The shop is quiet, save for the occasional swish of fabric and the muted click of heels across hardwood. It's the kind of place with velvet lined walls and champagne on arrival, the kind of boutique that only opens by appointment—and today, it’s open just for him.

Bucky runs a hand over the lapel of a navy jacket, the fabric smooth under his fingers. It’s tailored already, though the tailor still insists on taking every measurement again. (“Your shoulders look broader, Mr. Barnes.”)

Y/N is somewhere on the other side of the wall, in the matching dress shop—also closed for the day. He’d caught a glimpse of her when they walked in, already grinning like she had secrets.

And now, she’s silent.

Which is always dangerous.

“Try this one,” the tailor says, slipping another jacket onto his frame. Bucky moves through the motions, flexes slightly in the mirror. It fits perfectly.

All of it fits perfectly. It should’ve made him feel awkward—especially after years of uniforms and tactical gear but instead it feels a little indulgent. Almost… fun.

Then the door creaks.

He sees her in the mirror before he turns.

Y/N, in a soft red number that curves just right at the waist and falls in waves at her knees. Her hair’s pinned up, a little messy, like she’s been trying things on and laughing through it. She leans on the doorframe like she owns it.

“Shit,” Bucky mutters under his breath.

She tilts her head. “Good ‘shit’ or bad ‘shit’?”

He turns fully now, jaw slack. “You trying to kill me?”

She laughs. “This one’s not even the final pick.”

“Don’t care,” he says, stepping closer. “That one better come home.”

The tailor clears his throat loudly. “Mr. Barnes—”

“Yeah, yeah,” Bucky mutters. “Back in a second.”

He meets her just outside the fitting room, his hands already sliding to her waist before she can speak. Her grin slips a little when he kisses her cheek, then her jaw, then just beneath her ear.

“You look unfair,” he whispers.

“You’ve said that before.”

“I meant it every time.”

She rests her hands on his chest, fingers smoothing over the buttons of his dress shirt. “You’re not so bad yourself, Sergeant Barnes. Didn’t know I had a thing for men in custom suits, but here we are.”

His hands tighten. “You keep talking like that and I’m gonna get kicked out of this place.”

“You’re the only customer.”

“Exactly.”

She giggles when he noses against her neck, and he smiles into her skin, inhaling the faint trace of her perfume.

“You’re trouble,” he says.

“You love it.”

“I really do.”

A beat. A sharp inhale as his fingers slide a little lower, tracing the curve of her back where the zipper of the dress sits. He presses one more kiss behind her ear.

And then she gently pushes him back, palms flat on his chest.

“We’re in public,” she teases.

He groans. “It’s barely public.”

“There’s still people here.”

“There’s a curtain.”

Y/N snorts. “And a very stressed tailor two feet away.”

“He didn’t see anything.”

“Yet.”

He smirks. “You gonna come back later wearing that?”

She hums, stepping away with a slow sway of her hips. “Depends. You gonna pick a suit that makes me want to take it off?”

“Sugar, I could wear a paper bag and you’d still want to take it off.”

She turns, walking backward toward her side of the shop. “Not if you keep talking like a menace.”

And with a flick of her fingers—just a casual twist of the wrist—fwip, the curtain behind her snaps closed, glowing faint pink for a blink before settling.

Bucky blinks. “Show off.”

“Flatterer,” she calls from the other side.

He stands there for a second longer, dazed, smiling like a man who’s already lost the game and couldn’t care less.

The tailor pokes his head out from behind a mirror panel. “Mr. Barnes?”

Bucky adjusts the collar of his jacket, still grinning faintly. “Yeah. I’ll take this one.”

——

[sirfluffletin]

Reactions to you not wearing a bra in a match

I have no idea where this came from but yeah I made it, deal with it

Noob, They are stammering while they chase you. For the first time they've felt something other than fear in a match, sure they were still going to metaphorically shit their pants if they even catch an offhanded glimpse of the killer but, for once they felt urged to look out for anyone but themselves... How exactly the could help you... Oh... They didn't think that through...

007n7, oh... OH- ahem that's... Unfortunate. N7 realizes that you must have been summoned for the match at a... Inopportune time, he's not sure if he can assist you or if you even want his help without calling him a creep... Hes already known for being a ex-filthy criminal exploiter, he definitely doesn't want to be known as a pervert next. He'll just keep his distance... Good luck.

Elliot, Oh shit that's definitely not good, here take my button up. It's not much but he tries to make your situation better. Elliot's button

Builderman, Will also lend you his jacket it reeks of oil and the strong tinge of metal but its warm, weighing hefty and large on your frame it felt like a warm hug, a promise that you'd be able to return this gift.

Dusekkar, He's very... disturbed at this revelation. Are you not uncomfortable? chastened, maybe? He is like an disgruntled nun but he will get over it...

Taph, ...😱 🫵 🧰. Also very bewildered upon seeing you but their bashfullness strangled any attempts at verbally acknowledgeing you or your current situation, what help would that be telling you something you already know? There are more pressing matters to deal with...

Guest 1337, similarly to Elliot he will offer his O.D. Jacket. He has a strong, goal-oriented personality and he doesn’t shy away from things that are ‘embarrassing’. The main objective is survival, If your situation lessens those chances or distracts the team, it's his duty to deal with it, whether you like it or not.

Shedletsky, He is staring, you won't see him staring but he definitely is. He won't say a thing about it and he tries to keep and air of chivalry and respectfulness about him...

Chance, quite like Shedletsky is also staring, again you won't see him staring because of his dark shades. Unlike Shedletsky he will definitely comment on your chest, it'll be joking and light hearted comments, he assumes you already feel vulnerable so why make it worse for you in an already bad situation? "Getting comfy are we? Should I remove some layers too?"

Two Time, will stare- not at your chest, no but into the deepest depths of your soul. The only words they offer you are- a curt, polite question... "Why are you indecent?"

Jason, Doesn't even notice.

John Doe, Doesn't even notice; Consciousness is foggy, The defunct code moves his body nothing more. Slash, Tear, Kill, hunt another.

1x1x1x1, all her humanity is gone when she looks your way he doesn't even see you, you're just flesh what he craves to tear, til you too are a twisted disfigurement of yourself.

Azure, It's a bit cruel to allow you to be chased in your current situation... He will aid you in the form of a crude woven binder but that is the extent of his mercy. He will still be required to end your life.

iTrapped, "This isn't an brothel, have some class wench."

Okay so... I missed all of my deadlines

So here's the dealio I'm going to be spam posting all of those today (hopefully)...

[lunar-atlantis]

I caved. I watched it.

I normally wait a week or so for all the hype to die down before i watch something like this but-

AAAAAA KPOP DEMON HUNTERS IS SOOO GOOD!!! The music the visuals just abegshsb

Honest review below cut (its rlly short cause I dont feel like im qualified for this but still-)

Spoilers below (but not too heavy i think-)

Okay this eats for real

I feel like its a good story. All the (main) characters have a good level of depth, they're not just idols, they're actual people. Rumi facing and discovering herself and its not bad to exist (despite literally everything she's ever been told about her dad and her life), Zoey making a place for herself, not letting her mind hold her back, and Mira just being herself, not hiding what makes her her and instead embracing it (Rumi could learn a lot from her). Honorable characters include Bobby, Tiger, and Bird (Crow? Is it a crow?)

The plot does feel a little cliche, especially near the end with the whole music brings us together wonder where thats from *coughcoughequestriagirlscough* but it makes sense for the plot. The humor in there didn't feel like too much, it fit really well. Overall the plot wasn't too heavy or too light, it balanced out really well.

I dont know a lot about Korean culture, legends or myths, but I think that what there was was solid and good all around. Also anyone notice Jinus hair? He cut his hair when becoming a demon, banishing himself for what he did, severing all ties with his past life. The demon we see isn't Jinu (or the man in the visions isn't Jinu), its a new identity, because Jinu died when he sacrificed his family. Ooor maybe im just reading too much into it and they just did it for aesthetic purposes, who knows

Now, the music. HOLY SHIT IT EATS. Waiting for "This is what it sounds like" covers. Golden? Eats. Takedown, in literally any other context, eats. Rlly good execution of how they put it in there, loved that.

Takedown... that entire scene. The entire buildup to that scene BROKE ME. Rumi trying to change the context of the song, not only because it wasn't what they needed (tbh that wasn't her main priority at that point), but because she didn't want to hurt Jinu. She didn't want to make the song aggressive, to feed into what they've been taught and all they know about what they fight against because she knows. I also think she felt it as a bit of a personal attack, because she's also included in the target of the song, even if unintentionally. Especially after she learned to accept herself, the song hit a lot harder for her. "Whole life spreadin' lies, but you can't hide, baby, nice try" and "Oh, you're the mastery of illusion, 나를속이려 하지마 (dont try to fool me), look at all the masses you're foolin', but they'll turn on you, so how?"

Golden is really good for describing each of the girls. Literally, the lyrics describing what happens out the end?? "I'm done hiding, now I'm shinin' like I'm born to be." I'd include the entire song if I could, but that part just fits really well. Also "We're going up, up, up, it's our moment." Almost like they're flying at the end...

No notes on This is What it Sounds Like. No notes, cause its perfect and its going into my mouth now. But the harmonies in it??? Stunning. Beautiful. As someone who needs to feel the music in their bones, this sent shivers through me. (Also its three part harmonies cause- cause there's three of them and I honestly dont know where im going with this)

So pissed Rumi and Jinu didn't kiss. Literally shaking my screen begging they'd kiss in that one scene. Not even an 'I love you'!!! AJAUJARHHDHEJSJ.

Okay this is all I can think of for now, thanks for coming to my ted talk.