#and i know they will be v successful

[14dayswithyou]

tell ren to turn his location on👉👈

I saw one of the posts of how ren does get jealous of pets being loved over him and alll that so now I have the thought of the one meme of ‘ah yes, me, my partner and their [enter normal pet size] foot [pet]’

I don’t have anything else, it did pop into my head though and I thought I’d share with the class.

⌞♥⌝ ItsNotVivy on Twitter actually made that exact meme with Ren a looong time ago!!

[puckpocketed]

15/11/2024 - WSH @ COL

Dubois when asked about linemate Connor McMichael -> (˵ ‘• v •`˵)

You've got a front row seat to what Connor's done. What's gone into him having the heater that he's on right now? Yeah, it's - I don't want it to stop, nobody does, especially me and - and Tom, I think, so, whatever he needs we're there for him. Um, I had my hands up in the air, I thought he had that one at the end, but, when you're hot it's just a matter of time, so, y'know he missed that one but he'll get one - hopefully he'll get one next game.

[agnesandhilda]

yaoi-ass dialogue notwithstanding it's interesting how episode nagi flips the striker/midfielder dynamic (where the midfielder is specifically subordinate to the striker, and all non-striker roles have connotations of impotency and I do mean that in every sense of the word) that blue lock has established so far. reo passes to nagi yes which is generally treated as a failure of proper (masculine) egotism in the main story but he flat-out makes nagi call him boss and nagi's just down for that. episode nagi does nothing to challenge this reading. nagi is the active player here but he's still serving reo

[shewantsitall]

So we know that Jamie comes to AFC Richmond on loan from Man City, right? but like… what’s the story behind that?

We know Richmond needed him bc Dani was hurt, but was he getting minutes at Man City before he left?

ALSO. Where was he playing before he went to Man City? Was he, like… a rec league kid? Man City academy? Man United academy???

Did Jamie Tartt end up at Richmond bc Man City didn’t think he was good enough?

[honeyvenommusic]

❗️NEWGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSAN-

[gemkun]

i was having a shower and i started to think about the potential of assassination attempts or sabotage on veritas. i also have to credit @zorkaya for the delicious bodyguard au we've been creating and especially the recent response involving a threat on the doctor which meant ushering him away to safety.

it's clear that dr. ratio can take care of himself and the other guy(s) are probably going to come out worse than him , but i still think that it's not unheard of for him to be a target of envious researchers or people he rubbed wrong because let's face it , who doesn't find him displeasing ? someone asked me once to name veritas' friends and i for the life of me couldn't.

i also think when he was younger at least he was in the safety of the university but perhaps he hadn't been as methodical as he is now , so , if other students picked on him then he probably had to learn how to diffuse that as well. he's also the type to cover up any injury or tend to it quickly since he firmly believes he is capable of handling confrontations and battle. like he's a doctor , his job is to heal and tend to ailments. that extends to him as well.

this makes me wonder about who would be veritas' enemies because i'd be lying if i said he has none.

[magic-magpie]

Thinking abt the Mishima household when Kazuya and Lee were growing up like imagine your father kills your mother then throws you off a cliff and you haul yourself back up and vow to kill him but you're too weak rn and you still live under his roof and are still his son and he trains you ruthlessly and you're thirteen and burning with hatred too big for your barely-teen body and then he adopts a boy close to your age and it's clear what he's doing this boy is only here to threaten your status as heir to the Zaibatsu this boy isn't even given the Mishima family name and your father (and you) call him by his surname because although he learns the fighting style and learns the business he'll never be Heihachi's blood son, and by all accounts you shouldn't hate him it's not his fault he was adopted but you do hate him and he quickly realises what kind of household he lives in now and he grows to hate you too but neither of you hate the other as much as you hate your father and so maybe sometimes you'll smoke together after having bloodied your knuckles from beating each other bruised in training because beneath the rivalry and resentment is someone who gets it, who knows what it's like living on these grounds, who you don't need to keep up false pretences for because the shadow looming over the two of you is the same

[gregmarriage]

i fear i may have pavlov dogged myself into being anxious, every time i get an email

[thecompletebookworm]

An acquaintance from college made a name for herself as a reporter which is great but it also means feeling like I’ve been jumpscared when I see her name or someone sharing her tweets as part of the historical record.

[byanyan]

You didn't deserve what happened to you, Byan.

ㅤunexpected words catch them off guard, causing them to stumble. their cool, unbothered facade falters, if only for a few moments, as they fall still, looking for all the world like a startled deer trying to determine whether they're safer to stay in place or to run.

then the words sink in deeper, and the emotions begin to bubble up.

ㅤ( you've always wanted someone to notice, haven't you? to realize how unfair everything has been? to validate you, to reassure you that none of it should have happened? )

no shit, they almost say. which event did i not deserve to have happen to me? the question burns on the tip of their tongue. and yet, that familiar doubt overtakes it all;

ㅤ( but what if i did? but what if i did? surely i did something to deserve all that's happened, to not have anyone intervene. )

ㅤㅤ" fuck off. "

placating words, that's all they are. that's all anyone ever bothers to offer. it doesn't mean anything, isn't worth taking to heart. fists clench, rising emotions fueling a flame of rage — anger is safe, after all; anger doesn't expose, isn't vulnerable, and it keeps the pity away.

ㅤㅤ" you don't know anythin' about me or my life, so don't fuckin' act like y'do. "

[stromuprisahat]

Prince Daemon had at last returned to court. Wearing a crown and styling himself King of the Narrow Sea, he appeared unannounced in the skies above King’s Landing on his dragon, circling thrice above the tourney grounds … but when at last he came to earth, he knelt before his brother and offered up his crown as a token of his love and fealty. Viserys returned the crown and kissed Daemon on both cheeks, welcoming him home, and the lords and commons sent up a thunderous cheer as the sons of Prince Baelon Targaryen were reconciled. Amongst those cheering loudest was Princess Rhaenyra, who was thrilled at the return of her favorite uncle, and begged him to stay a while. Prince Daemon did remain at King’s Landing for half a year, and even resumed his seat on the small council, but neither age nor exile had changed his nature. Daemon soon took up again with old companions from the gold cloaks and returned to the establishments along the Street of Silk where he had been such a valued patron. Though he treated Queen Alicent with all the courtesy due her station, there was no warmth between them, and men said that the prince was notably cool toward her children, especially his nephews Aegon and Aemond, whose birth had pushed him still lower in the order of succession. Princess Rhaenyra was a different matter. Daemon spent long hours in her company, enthralling her with tales of his journeys and battles. He gave her pearls and silks and books and a jade tiara said once to have belonged to the Empress of Leng, read poems to her, dined with her, hawked with her, sailed with her, entertained her by making mock of the greens at court, the “lickspittles” fawning over Queen Alicent and her children. He praised her beauty, declaring her to be the fairest maid in all the Seven Kingdoms. Uncle and niece began to fly together almost daily, racing Syrax against Caraxes to Dragonstone and back.

The Rogue Prince, or, A King’s Brother × Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

... whose birth had pushed him still lower in the order of succession...

... or perhaps he just didn't like the tools his sister-in-law popped up to replace his beloved niece with? It's not like Daemon showed some kind of political amibtion ever. He's attention whore, not powerhungry conspirator.

[berlinini]

I have no idea what I’m talking about but I remember seeing Louis in an Oops sweatshirt and he hinted he was going to make it for sale. This was back in like 2014. He has a long term horizon. I also remember the first black oversized hoodie sweatshirt worn by Eleanor at the X Factor// it wasn’t released until 2+ years later. I think we as fans demand immediate dopamine hits with a constant need to be fed.Louis comes across to someone that has a very long term plan that he methodically executes.

Yeah, I mean we saw him wearing the first 28OP piece at AFHF 2021 and it was finally launched in the Fall 2023.

We know he has a 5 albums plan.

But long term vision works when it's still that - vision. Once you've launched something you need to work in the real world and that means getting your product out there in a way that reaches and pleases the consumer.

Louis has a very very loyal fanbase. We'll buy 28OP whenever it comes out - but it seems like the idea behind the brand was to reach beyond the fans, for once. But now it's being handled the same way his other fan-focused stuff is being handled.

I'd pay good money to see the strategy/marketing deck.

[antirepurp]

it's weird that while digimon world next order is like mechanically a better dw game and lets you have more control over how you raise your digimon, digimon world redigitize decode has a better gameplay loop to me anyway. like in next order after a few generations and lifespan upgrades the digimon just Don't Fucking Die which is a real ordeal when it comes to actually completing the beastiary, and it makes it really difficult to estimate when to do important story fights and when to fuck around bc your fellas are about to die anyway. redigitize seems to have a set lifespan for your digimon that doesn't increase with generations, it's just base stats that do, and it gives you this neat about 15 in-game day cycle of raising your dude up (which can be done entirely in the gym) and exploring in-between if you need to adjust your stats carefully for specific evolutions. if redigitize had the evolution control of next order i think i'd say it's the ultimately better experience just for that tbh

[finitevariety]

the washington situation...the one after the actual one...

[moe-broey]

A Letter, to No One

I think the only reason I survived my adolescence relatively unscathed (mind, I was still self-harming and suicidal throughout), was thanks to the fact I managed to repress my gender identity for as long as I did. In the back of my mind, on a subconscious level, I knew I wouldn't be able to cope with what would have happened. If I Knew that I was trans, but attempted to hide it. I was never good at hiding it. Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I was aware of that. I knew I was in danger, I knew I wasn't strong enough to go against that danger. I knew I would be snuffed out.

I'm sick of downplaying it. Always, my instinct is to immediately show mercy, give grace, to say, "It wasn't that bad". I was never in phyiscal danger. I was never abused. I was never treated poorly On Purpose, out of spite or anger or anything else. Much the opposite. I was loved. I was cared for. I was "Protected". But I was scared. I was hurt. I was in danger, of Losing Something. I was "Loved Unconditionally". When I was a teen, my mom made a gentle well-reasoned recommendation that I see a Christian therapist. My mom was always reasonable. Always knew something I didn't. Always right.

What would she say? I know exactly what she'd say. She's said it before. "When I was your age, even younger, I was a tomboy. I was always 'one of the boys'. If I had grown up in your time, I would have been pressured to transition. I would have lost my womanhood. I would have never been a mother, to you and your brother." She'd say something about how much she loved us, intense, too intense. She's always been so intense. I did respect her, a lot, for the strong woman she is. A lot of fight in her. A valuable ally. A terrifying foe. I believed her, what she said to me. Of course I did, that's her Truth. That's her experience. What she says is True, with conviction. But it's only true for herself, isn't it? I don't question it. I'll be more careful to avoid it, next time.

For some reason, entering highschool, I decided to move in with my dad. I wanted a change. Didn't wanna keep going to that other, uppity rich town school. They treated me poorly, anyway. As a peer, I was an outcast. As a student, I was a trouble-maker who was always "faking it". There was someone there, too. That I resented. Hated, with all of my being. Someone I had to leave behind. Someone I had to snuff out.

I was taught to hate him, before he even fully took shape. I was told to replace him, without it ever explicitly being said. In so many words, I was simply told I was Wrong. And I, dutiful child I was, deemed it necessary to Make It Right. I grab a hammer and start swinging. The mannequin cracks, crumbles, collapsing into chips and chunks. It's a violent rebirth. One I'm accustomed to. I will break my bones and reconstruct them. I'll bend and contort myself to your will. I will be rid of this unsafe, unsatisfactory body. I'll create a new one, a better one, a Perfect One, this time. I'll leave the rest behind, pray that it's forgotten.

I'm sorry you fell in love with a performance. One I've been rewriting, rehearsing, reenacting ad nauseam, ever since I first transferred schools in 2nd grade. One of many to come. To protect everyone around me, from Me. Different story, same song and dance. I was dangerous, undesirable. Wrong. Funny how I've fully swung back around to that.

[clingylilhoneybee]

Letting myself be a lil delulu on this Friday afternoon