#and if you're just going to disagree and be an ass then keep scrolling. I'm not gonna argue I'm tired of that 💀

[spoopy-arcade]

The hate on Roxy because she's a "bitch" and a "narcissist" and... wanting to get Gregory? (When literally everyone besides Freddy is also trying to kill him???) Is so fucking stupid and just shows how much you people hate female characters. I'm about to go in-

First of all, the bad talk at Gregory in SB was because she was hacked by Vanny, (even her behaviour when you see her through the vents in her room) obviously there was no way she'd actually talk like that to a KID, but alot of you seriously believe that. And yeah, ok, she says a few mean things, so what? SO WHAT? If this was Monty's, or maybe Bonnie's personality instead, would you be spewing hate at them, or continue to simp for them and call their behaviour hot? I know for a FACT that a lot of you would. Not all female characters have to be too sweet or quirky and silly for you to like.

Back to Roxy's bad talk, you may think "Well, none of the others bad talk him!!" Yeah, it's because everything Roxy says to him is actually targeted to herself. The game clearly showed us how she actually feels: crying alone in her room, constantly telling herself that she's not a loser, and questioning if everyone loves her. Her praising herself are reminders to feel like she's still loved more than anything.

And the one thing that boosted her confidence alot was her looks. Her looks clearly meant so much to her, and we see this in Help Wanted 2 as well, so obviously she would be furious and lose it if someone took that away from her, including her ability to see.

And before I say anything else, I just wanna say that no I'm not angry at Gregory at all, he is just a child who was doing everything he can to survive, and if I were in his place, I would've done the same as well to protect myself. But at the same time, I understand Roxy's anger too. If I were someone who had very low self esteem that I reassure and prepare myself everyday to hang on, when one day, suddenly someone hits me with a whole go kart that shatters my entire body, and on top of that, they steal my eyes too? Yes, I wouldn't just be devasted, but I'd be very angry as well. Roxy was taken everything away from her, and was left to rot alone, I don't blame her for being angry at all.

Now more onto Ruin, which shows us her true side all along.

In the dlc, I don't think (Or it's clear at this point) that any of them are hacked anymore, since we assume that Vanny left with Gregory and Freddy in the good ending, and Glitchtrap is gone. But with Chica and Monty, I feel like they've just lost themselves and are completely broken. Even when seeing Cassie, they still tried to kill her. But with Roxy, she was the only one who recognised her when she heard her voice, and even apologized for grabbing her.

Later on, when Cassie stumbles onto Roxy again, this is where we see her TRUE self. Where she's sweet, soft, and not as mean as everyone made her out to be. (The way she gently speaks to her and holds her hand will never not make me cry) We know that from Roxy's lines, she was one of few who actually showed up to her birthday, since her friends didn't and was the reason why Cassie was crying in one of the cut outs we see. But Roxy was there for her, and she still remembered her special day, her favourite cake, and she was her number one - twice.

This part CLEARLY shows you that Roxy isn't a selfish jerk who only cares about herself, she cares about the kids, and she cares a lot about Cassie. There's a reason why she's Cassie's favourite, right? And don't forget that she literally went up against the mimic to protect her!!!

And I do wanna say that, no, this post isn't telling you that you're not allowed to dislike Roxy or criticise her at all, the issue is hating her character and personality when she would've been praised for it and called "hot" if she were Monty, Moon, Bonnie, or if she was Glamrock Foxy instead. (Which is... literally misogyny) Like, even before Ruin, there were people who hated Roxy for being a jerk, but then turn around and praise Monty when we see him being way more aggressive, while theorizing that he was the one KILLED Bonnie over jealousy. Not even because he was hacked, just... jealousy, and that's not him being 10 times worse than Roxy???

Don't forget the details in Monty's Gator Golf minigame, where in some levels, Freddy was always seen separated from the gang, and in the last level, you see Monty performing along side Roxy and Chica, while Freddy was thrown in the trash...

To me, this is clearly because he's jealous at Freddy, and wants to be the star instead. And along side him possibly killing Bonnie...

I'm sorry, but while I do like Monty, he is literally WAY more of a jerk. Alot of you people believe he killed Bonnie, is extremely jealous, way more aggressive, and yet Roxy is the worst of all for saying "I bet you don't even have friends" to a child when she was HACKED? But yeah, also praise the literal child murderer and abuser for being "interesting" and a cool character, but no, Roxy is the worst because she's a bitch. It's just so ridiculous, and I'm not surprised in the slightest, female characters will always get this treatment.

Alright, it's finally out of my system, anyway stan Roxy.

[ningningsdream]

the villain in your story | part thirty three

work count: 2.2k

TUESDAY NIGHT

you lied on the living room's couch after having dinner with everyone. some went to their rooms to get some rest and others went to take their showers. you decided to stay on the couch because it was comfy, scrolling through your phone.

the first thing you did when you entered the kitchen area and spotted donghyuck was laugh. he was wearing an apron with fuchsia rubber gloves and it was just too funny for you to not laugh.

"you done?", donghyuck asked.

you looked back at him and laughed even more, holding your stomach. he had his fist on his hips, tongue poking his cheek and standing like that one jennie meme.

your laughing was so contagious that donghyuck ended up laughing with you.

"okay. okay. i'm good.", you said, trying to calm yourself down. you exhaled for five seconds managing to stop laughing but your face still adorned a big smile.

"come on, tell me what that jiwoo girl did to deserve your undeniable loyalty.", donghyuck said, starting to wash the mountain of dishes he had.

"well first, i believe a friend should be loyal? second, i've known her since freshman year, we go way back."

"so what? doesn't really explain why you're so defensive of her.", he retorted with a frown on his face from either your statement or the really persistent stain on the plate he was cleaning.

"she's a pretty sensitive kid.", you said, as if it was a line you've learned by heart throughout the years.

"she's a grown ass woman.", donghyuck deadpanned, making you let out a chuckle as it reminded you of something you could say.

"i'm just used to trying my best to make her life better, i guess."

"you know how that sounds, right?"

"pretty bad, now that i hear myself saying it out loud not gonna lie.", you said, earning a chuckle from him which transitioned into a laughter, "yah! stop laughing!", you exclaimed, hitting his arm.

both your attention then suddenly turned towards the kitchen entrance where jaemin just made his entry, "oh, you were here?", jaemin said, looking at you.

"yeah, i'm keeping him company.", you said, pointing to donghyuck.

jaemin looked at donghyuck then back at you and then back to donghyuck again before walking towards the fridge and taking a water bottle from it. he then exited the kitchen, leaving the two of you alone once again.

"is it me or was that weird?", you asked, pointing in the direction jaemin was.

"it was not you and i'm gonna get my ass beaten.", donghyuck said, jokingly, but fear was clear in his eyes as he got lost in his thoughts on how jaemin could be really scary when he wanted to.

"why?"

"why do you think?"

the look in his eyes gave you all the answers you needed, "we're just friends.", you repeated for what felt like the hundredth time while rolling your eyes, even though the little kick in your heart disagreed with you.

"it is so clear that there's tension between the two of you that even a blind person would regain their sight to tell you that you look good together."

"i-", you hated to admit that he rendered you speechless.

"seriously, do you have feelings for him? romantic feelings."

once again you were speechless.

"i take that as a yes. then-"

"no!", you quickly interrupted him.

"no, you don't have feelings for him?"

"i...i don't know..."

in the most dramatic way, he stopped in his movements and turned towards you, an eyebrow raised, looking like he caught you stealing from his cookie jar, "so you do like him."

"woh, don't get ahead of yourself. i'm just saying i don't know how i feel towards him."

"which is basically saying that you do feel something for him."

"is it?"

"you won't know if you don't do anything. just go to your shared bedroom and kiss him. then you'll see if you feel something."

"i can't."

"what do you mean you can't? just move your short legs over to him.", the free slander made you gasped so hard it knocked all the air out of your lungs.

"yah! my legs are average, and really, i can't."

"why? you gay? sorry to break it to you but if-"

"nah it's not that. even though i do like my fair share of women."

"then what is it?", donghyuck asked as he rinsed the plates but seeing your hesitation he decided to push a little, "come oooonnn. spill the tea."

"mmmmhh... i don't know if i can trust you.", you said, squinting your eyes at him.

donghyuck let out the biggest gasp, dropping his rinsing and stopping the running water, "i am deeply offended."

"dude, i don't know you well and even jimin and minjeong don't know the full truth."

"oh my god, the tea must be really hot then.", he said, already excited about it.

you pushed him slightly, making him lose his balance and almost falling. you put your hand in front of your mouth to stop yourself from laughing.

"come on, tell meeee. if you don't trust me we can make a blood oath right there and now.", he said, holding a knife up, still covered in dish soap foam.

you chuckled at the image of donghyuck in a hello kitty apron with hot pink gloves, holding a knife covered in foam and usually used for cutting steak, "just your words are enough but know that i'm big on loyalty. betray me and you'll deal with the consequences.", you said, pointing your finger almost in a threatening way.

"i swear.", he said, raising his right hand up.

"mmh...alright...", you started, still unsure, "i can't because my friend likes him.", you tried to stay vague to see if he'd get it.

he looked you in the eyes, trying to decipher your gaze, "jimin?", your deadpanned expression indicated to him that it wasn't the right answer. his brain worked faster to connect the dots. it couldn't be minjeong because she barely knew jaemin so the only person left was, "jiwoo?", you nodded, confirming his train of thoughts, "renjun did told me his suspicion but i just thought he was just kidding."

"yeah... she liked him since high school."

"high school??!", donghyuck almost shouted, which made you put your index on your lips to signal to him to keep it quiet, "high school??!", he repeated in a whisper, "wait- if you knew her since freshman year, and she had a crush on jaemin since her high school days, that means you were all in the same high school, which means we were in the same high school!"

"you knew jaemin back then too?"

"yeah."

you tried to remember with who jaemin used to hang out with but blank, your brain just remembered that he had his little group, "to be honest, i didn't know his entourage that much."

"i went by a nickname back then. haechan."

at the sound of his nickname, something clicked in your head. you remembered vague stories you would hear about that famous 'haechan' kid and some things you've seen with your own eyes, "no way! you were the kid that came to school with a bright red bowl cut wig!"

"yeah that was me!", he said, as excited as you.

"oh my god! it was hilarious. i probably have a picture of you i took of you back then somewhere."

"i can't believe we went to the same high school."

"i wasn't popular back then so no one really knew me except my friends and my back-then-boyfriend."

"the world is really small."

"indeed."

"so jiwoo likes him since high school and haven't even made a move on him yet? i mean, if she did, jaemin would have probably told us about it at some point."

"she didn't, well, she did try once but it didn't really end well. she didn't even show up."

"oh my god! are you talking about when he got stood up a few months ago?", donghyuck started putting the pieces of the puzzle together faster than you expected him to.

your face contorted in a painful expression at the memory as you nodded, "yeah. unfortunately, she was the culprit."

"did she even have an excuse?", you could hear the irritation in his voice. if he didn't like jiwoo before, now he hated her guts.

"she just said she couldn't do it. stress, anxiety or something else, i don't know. i didn't even have the time to talk to her about it that i was attacked for going on a 'date' with jaemin in her place."

"the audacity?? she had no rights??"

"that's what i said but as always she had lia, my other friend, backing her up and once again i'm the bad guy.", you sighed, feeling a heavy weight again on your shoulders.

donghyuck sent you a sympathetic look before asking, "why would she back her up when she was obviously in the wrong?"

"i guess it's because they know each other since kindergarten. like i said, jiwoo is a pretty sensitive person so lia is used to sticking up for her. it has always been like that.", you shrugged.

"i mean, jaemin and jeno knew each other way before we all met them and jeno will gladly call jaemin out on his bullshit, if renjun haven't done it first of course, and vice versa. this just screams lia and jiwoo against the world while you're supposed to be apart of the friendship too, you know?"

you nodded, agreeing with his words, "i'm realizing that as i'm getting to know other people outside my usual circle, but it also kind of hurts you know? like... realizing that i shouldn't have felt like that, that it wasn't normal to put up with what i did... but still not being able to walk away...", you started, tearing up as you talked, "i've known them for more than five years now, even if there were downs, there were also many ups and we went through a lot of things together as well. i don't want to throw that out the window."

"come here." donghyuck said, discarding his fuchsia gloves aside, long done with the dishes, and opening his arms. you accepted the gesture of comfort, wrapping your arms around his torso as he wrapped his around yours.

"my head is a mess, right now. if i end the friendship, i'll feel like the bad guy, if i keep the friendship, i'm still going to feel like the bad guy. if i try something with jaemin, i feel like the bad guy and if i don't i'm still going to end up feeling like the bad guy. there's just no escape."

"you know, you can't always be the good guy in everyone's life. you're bound to be the villain in someone's story. it doesn't make you someone bad though, it's just impossible to please everyone at the same time, yourself included."

you sniffed, bringing your hands to yourself to quickly wipe the two tears that were threatening to fall down and said, "thanks, hyuck."

"anytime.", he replied, patting your head.

"we should probably go to bed if we want to wake up on time tomorrow.", you said, pulling away from him and running a hand through your hair in attempt to recompose yourself.

donghyuck nodded in agreement and you two went your separate ways, wishing each other a goodnight.

you went to the bathroom for your night routine before going to bed. you checked your reflection and thankfully you didn't cry enough for your eyes to get really red and puffy. after your talk with donghyuck, your shoulders did feel lighter as you could finally fully talk about this with someone without tip toeing and being careful about not giving out too much information, but your head felt kind of dizzy due to all the thoughts running through your mind.

when you went back into your room, you expected jaemin to be sleeping but he wasn't. he was just lying on his side of the bed, scrolling through his phone, "oh hey, you aren't sleeping yet?"

"i wasn't that tired yet.", jaemin replied, that little bounce of happiness missing from his voice, which you assumed was from the fatigue kicking in.

you nodded, making your way to your side of the bed and laid down.

"you alright?", he suddenly asked. your heart almost stopped beating as you wondered if he heard the conversation you had with donghyuck, "you look kind of down."

he didn't hear anything. he was just that perceptive of a person. especially when it came to you.

"i'm just tired, i ran around a lot today.", you lied with a smile, "goodnight, jaemin."

"goodnight.", he replied, watching you close your eyes.

he knew you were lying, and even though he didn't know why, he concluded that it had to do with your conversation with donghyuck. he couldn't help himself but feel a little jealous when he saw the two of you laughing together in the kitchen. he too wanted to spend some time alone, one-on-one with you and get to know you better.

main masterlist | tviys masterlist

pairing: fem!oc x barista!jaemin, fembarista!reader x barista!jaemin

genre: fluff, angst, suggestive, barista!au, sns au

summary: girls' code prevents you from liking the guy your friend likes right?

a/n: not me waking up to dreamies having liike a whole event in santa monica where they interacted with fans for free, from up close??? am i jealous? yes, but im also happy for the ones that got to see them, especially if they couldn't go to the concert!

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[mrstsung]

Vent below if you like liu kang this post isn't for you. This is basically an anti liu kang and really angry post.

Giving y'all a warning.

Again DNI if you like liu kang or "stan" him. Or are a fire god liu kang fan. Because this post isn't for you.

Like I'm giving a warning for a reason because im not gonna be nice rn. I choose violence today ok?

Trying to cite warnings and tag this so people don't get up in arms. (Which they may anyways but hey thats on them if they click further)

Cw:vent,angry admin.

Last warning. If you like liu kang. Plz for the love of god dni and keep scrolling. But if you dont like him. And especially hate fire god liu kang. Plz Continue.

Vent below cut

If you like or stan liu kang but more so mk12/mk1 god *redacted titans derogatory* liu kang.

Kick rocks. He's an asshole. Have a nice die liu kang. 💀🗑⚰

Nah. You can miss me with that. Liu kang deserves nothing but death and suffering. In fact everyone BUT shang tsung deserves it.

Nah if yall would have gave shang something actually decent,livable,love and care,maybe a fucking decent friend that wasn't a previous roster member?,etc. None of this would be a problem. But nope. Liu kang had to be a petty whore bitch with bias agenda. Could have made him evil and made him like dark raiden. But nope you had to make him insufferable and unlikable.

Like a guy who hides behind the im nice,till you disagree or reject his ideals and suddenly you're gaslighted and given shit. Omg much like religious indoctrination. How interesting. But they dont wanna talk about that.

People don't wanna talk about how shitty the writing is. But people don't care so as long as the characters are pretty and fuckable enough. But the more things change the more they stay the same i guess.

Everytime i see mk12/mk1 liu kang i wanna spit on him and punch him and set him on fire and just want him dead and gone for good. Because i fucking hate him. I have never hated even kronika this bad,more so i felt she was a waste of potential, and redundant af. Nah He deserves die.

Like go to Super hell liu kang. Piss off with your shitty fanfic Timeline. Loser bitch ass hiding behind a fake ass smile and preaching peace. Peace my ass. Shit happened anyways. Makes fucking shinnok look like a fucking saint sweetheart in comparison.

Like im not even joking. I don't even care about his reasons. I dont even care what canon says. Or these fucking mk1 liu kang fans say anymore. Im tired.

Which we all know it's because he has weird hang ups over kitana when he could have just fucking left,said fuck it and married her anyways. She would have said yes. But he had to be weird about it,roundabout af,and make everyone suffer because he couldn't get edanian pussy.

Or it's because maybe he thinks he can do better than raiden. The arrogant prick. Nah that god dilf raised you and you give him this shit?! After all he went through?! Thi s is the thanks you give him?! Liu kang im not just disappointed in you im disappointed in the fact raiden didn't kill you off when he had the chance when he went dark. Would've Saved us a shitty game and a half.

Like liu kang did all the things and still had bad things if not worse things. Happen. Preaching peace and prosperity my ass. Fake ass ugly ass hoebag bitch. I hope he chokes on his spit in his sleep. I hope sand get in his ass and never comes out. I hope he dies from this bullshit lame tarkat disease and gets ultra mega plague. I just fucking hate it man.

The villains are lame. The story is lame. Liu kangs fanfic is lame. And nrs is lame.

I'd rather deal with the shitty 2021 movie than this shit. I'd rather deal with shitty writing in mk11 than this. Fr. At least it's entertaining shit.

And shang tsung isn't a fucking dumpster fire in the story. Shao kahn while a meathead is still terrifying. Quan chi isn't there but in 10 he was fucking beeeeeast. Shinnok. Poor shinnok. You deserve better. Cetrion was a waste. Kronika too. Geras was actually scary,but now he's a tool.

Legitimately the gameplay is just juggle better,gimmicky kameos bullshit,and same ol crap different wrapper.

Mk12/mk1? More like mk11.5 . Nothing changes thats worth the money.

I can find better shit on emulators.

Graphics aside what does the new game really truly have to offer? Nothing.

Wishful thinking. Like a bag of lays chips but unlike potato chips which is useful. This game sadly. Is not.

(Liu kang is only valid if he's from the 95 movie thats it. Fuck every other version. But even then it's thin ice at this point. Nrs has ruined liu kang for me.)

So yeah kick rocks liu kang. I hate liu kang and anyone who stans his ass rn in the story and the new game can fuck right off.

[askinkiskarma]

I just wanna say how ashamed I am of myself, coz I haven't read your most recent Neteyam series. I just checked your masterlist and there's two 💀 that I haven't read yet. I think one of them is called monster in me? I see it on my feed whenever you update it or someone reblogs. It's like my mind is saying read that, but my fingers are like keep scrolling 😭 I'm sorry girl.

Also you are the queen of Angst in this fandom. Like proper angst. Loaksky angst is amazing too, but its more... sweet angst? Your angst from the archer, cardigan series was emotionally scarring. In a good way? 👀 I kid, or I don't? 👻

So take it as a grand ass palace of a compliment. Either, I'm too weak to handle your powerful writing. Or your writing is just too full of EVERYTHING for my sensitive ass to handle. Either way you win lovie.

I'll get to those series 😭💓 hope you're swell

hi sweetheart <3 thank you for reaching out, this ask made my day, you don't even know :((( i'm so happy you enjoy my writing, and please don't feel in any way ashamed for not reading my series - we all have stuff going on and i've also been unable to read as much as i'd love to!

that being said, i will never tire of hearing you besties call me that hahahaha. i lovee @loaksky and her newest ellie oneshot made me cryyy it was so so good, so it's such an honour to be compared to her x

please do let me know how you find monster in me xx to me it's a lot less angsty but some of my besties might disagree with me ahahahah

big big smooches and hugs for you 🤍 have a great day!

[home-at-nine]

Chapter 8

I sit at the dinner table. Will's across from me and Frog is munching away at the shakshuka.

The TV blares in the background. News. Frog doesn't like the news very much. We always joke that she doesn't like horror movies. Something about a concert bombing.

"You met Dicky?," I hear from Will as I taste the perfect blend of food. Hm... yeah. I did. He was an okay guy. Weird self-comforting habits, but nothing I haven't seen before. Sweet kid, really.

"Atlas?"

What? Oh.

"Yeah, I did. He was an okay guy. Weird self-comforting habits, but nothing I haven't seen before. Sweet guy, really."

"How'd it go?"

I look at Frog. She's unbothered, scrolling through TikTok while we eat. Wish she wouldn't but it's damn sure helpful when we're talking about things we don't want her to hear. I just hope she doesn't get on that annoying ass brainrot wagon. "It went okay."

He knows to ask me later now I think. I look to Frog. "You been studying and keeping up with what you need to?"

"Huh? Yeah.."

She's not paying attention. I can't help but chuckle. I'm annoyed but it's nice that she can be so normal now. Less... quiet. Well, she's not talking, but you know. In energy.

"Good," let's wake her up a bit, "we're looking for places to put you in school and Will thinks he found somewhere quite nice."

"Oh, okay-", her head finally whips away from her phone. "Oh. Okay??? When did you do that?"

"I'm proactive," he jokes. Well, I think he thinks he's joking. He is very proactive. Wish my procrastinating ass had an ounce of that proactivity. Proactivity? Proactiveness? Whatever.

We finish up dinner and I begin washing the dishes. I hear a familiar song in the background. "I know, you know... something something they just don't have any proof". I smell the dish soap in the air. Lemony. I hear the buzzing of the electricity in the lights. A familiar hum. A soothing hum. The warmth from the air conditioning, makes my skin tingle and the hairs on my arm dance. This feels like home. More than "home" ever did. Home's with them. Will and Frog. I don't need nothing and nobody else.

Will makes his way to me with his plates and tries to join in. Hell no. I look back to make sure Frog isn't hearing in.

"Dicky got himself a sugar daddy," I keep washing the plates. It's nice to clean things. See the mess wash away.

"Yeah, I heard something about that. Some Wall Street guy. He seemed nice enough."

"Well, I wouldn't say financial abuse is very nice. And neither is physical abuse."

Will took a pause. He's not particularly showing his surprise on his face. Him and I have learnt by now there's no point in getting surprised. Expectations are best unmade. But it looks like he really didn't think this would happen. He takes a short breath, as if he's about to say something. No sound comes out. Looks like he really doesn't know what to say.

"You met him before?," I continue. "Didn't expect something like that from him?"

"I suppose not. He came by the restaurant a few times. Sat at the bar. Ordered a few apps, but never any entrees. Left good tips for the waiter. Not really the picture you'd paint of an abuser."

"Well, abusers aren't simple. They're not simple people. No one is. And violence can come from anyone."

Will doesn't like hearing that point. He can't particularly disagree with it. He can't condemn it, not when it's gotten some rather great outcomes for us when I've used it. But he doesn't like it.

"So what are you doing about it?", He asks. Good question. Probably break a few fingers when he's on his way back from home and then help Dicky move his stuff out while he's in the ER.

"Atlas? You listening?"

"Oh. Yeah, I'm just going to help Dicky find the courage to move out, find some footing, and... build again."

Will seems pleased with that answer, for some reason. He tries again to join in on doing the dishes. Hell nah. I swipe at his hand and smack it away. He pouts. Don't pout, pretty boy. You're too pretty to make that face. I wash the froth of the soap off my hands and smack his ass.

"No, you cook, I do the dishes. Only fair."

"Oh shut up," he pushes me and rolls up his sleeves.

Pretty motherfucker.

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Dessert was quite nice. Rocky road ice cream with Will and Frog cuddling up to me while we laughed at Shawn Spencer's antics. Today's been a dream of a day.

What time is it? 0230? Frog should be out for the count by now. Will... doomscrolling Reddit? Or something along those lines. Probably blasting Phoebe Bridgers and Leith Ross in his headphones with the volume cranked to brain damage. Essentially alone now. Door locked? Check. Lovely.

I pull the duffel bag from under the bed. It's a big bigger that my torso, a comfortable size. Real shame I left it here, honestly. Would have been lovely for when we moved out. Black, with the perfect number of pockets.

Let's take inventory:

Pocketbooks (x2)

Articles of clothing (x7)

Credit cards, limit of around $10000 (x3)

Cash ($20000)

Hard cases (x3)

Knives (x4) - Hunting, Survival, Pocket, and a Karambit (They're cool)

Fake Drivers' Licenses (x3)

And some other things. I do think I'm a good enough magician to keep a few tricks up my sleeve. Shush.

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Jerry's still sleeping off that beatdown from earlier right? I should ask for a raise for this bullshit.

He came in later again, didn't he? The boy from earlier. With a man. Covered in about half as many bruises as Jerry is right now. Did he beat him too? But then he drank with him?

He seemed very sad when he came in. Covered in little bruises. But the boy made him laugh? Why am I stuck in a building that sees so many fucking weirdos?

As my mind races, a cacophony of cluttering and clanking echoes from the hall to the manager's office. I hear the old dick bitch and moan as he gets up from his couch. Afternoon naps while I work my ass off here. I'm adding extra hours to my timekeeping.

As he comes behind the bar to grab himself a bottle, he asks, "Did he leave you his number?"

"Uh... yes?"

"Keep it safe. Hell, memorize it. Freak's at least useful to know. What did he say his name was?"

"Atlas... but he said he doesn't care if you keep calling him Spencer."

"Atlas, huh? Funny."

I walk to the door leading up to my apartment. The floor creaks with every other step. The smell of cheap and expensive liquor mixing in the air. I look back at Jerry real quick before I shut the door behind me.

I see him pull his phone out. The one he tries to hide from everyone. A beat up old Nokia. He's not very good at that. I hear it beep with every number he presses. He looks... excited? Didn't know he was into that hardcore stuff.

I close the door behind me as I go up to sleep and forget all about the day.

[kashas-stuff]

Addition due to "Tumblr uses strings in its tags with no escapes to keep them functional as quiet commentary" reasons.

To start: I do not condone, agree with, support, or have anything positive to say about what the original poster said. I don't view them as a victim to save, they earned their criticism and that is what I've seen from the people I follow. I didn't read the original post because I'm pretty sure they either deleted it or buried it and don't care enough about the specifics of their bigotry to scroll more.

In theory, I have better things to do.

But! I'm struggling to hold the chains of the rabid dogs of discourse and anxiety in my brain, so... this is the meat they're chewing on so they don't eat up the rest of my day instead. Let's talk Controversy.

When someone shows the whole world their ass like this is to go "oh" then "unfollow" then "block".

For yourself, it solves the problem of accidentally supporting a bigot and it nips that person's ability to fuck with you at the root.

For others and the OP: you're not adding fuel to the fire of controversy.

I'm assuming this person is small potatoes, maybe 100 to 200 followers, maybe participates in a few of the event days or something. I'm also assuming that a percentage of writeblr wasn't like... reblogging this post in agreement. If so, I follow the right people because I didn't see that at all.

When someone who is small potatoes shows their whole ass like that, it's best to starve the controversy.

Yes, yes. I know! It's important to inform others that that person's ass stinks! Discourse, for how stressful it is, is somewhat fun and cathartic! It gives us all a chance to flex our position in the community! Criticism is also the strongest, polite way to tell someone "No! Bad ass!" and shake a newspaper at them! Venting is an all-important way of getting rid of the stress and frustration absorbed from dealing with seeing people show off their asses! If they're someone who's actually generally a good person and is just being stupid, they'll know what they said was wrong and apologize!

All of these are good and valid. But, like eating an entire birthday cake after a break up, it does little to actually solve the problem and might make you feel sick afterwards.

Negativity spreads far farther than positivity and it's because our stupid, human brainmeats are stupid and human. (Also, something something the way that bigoted/right-leaning communities work vs. the way the progressive/left-leaning communities work and how it is a billion times easier to unite in fear/hatred than it is to unite in understanding/tolerance.)

Starving the controversy does a few things:

It reduces the amount of discourse on your dash and reduces the number of times you're going to see OP's ass.

If OP decides to go nuclear, you're not gonna end up in their cross-hairs (and you've already blocked them).

It reduces the number of total eyes on OP's ass.

OP can't use the controversy to cry victim and gain support for showing their ass and getting criticized for it.

Doesn't give OP the chance to dig their heels in and make their ass do tricks. They're forced to sit with their ignorant thoughts in relative silence.

It prevents OP from actually affecting opinions in the larger community and moving its Overton Window.

Feeding the controversy has a decent chance of letting their ass run amok and also lets other asses know who to support and nurture so the overall herd can grow.

In conclusion: I have no sympathy for OP, showing your ass just tells me who to block and who I'd disagree with. Yes, discourse and controversy are important especially with large topics and issues. But, it's an attention engine and can completely backfire on us when the person at the center is otherwise inconsequential. No, I don't even think this entire discourse is going to change anything.

As I said, this whole thing is for the rabid discourse and anxiety braindogs.

In regards to today's discourse:

Honestly, if someone digs their heels in about writing specifically white, cis, straight, abled-bodied folks because of some vague excuse about escapism...

would I really want them to make representation for me?

No, no I would not.

[saraa-lancee]

Bruh I never said it was a private post, I asked you NOT to come on my post about me being happy and CALL ME FUCKING NAMES. "You know how this works" oh, so you're patronizing and an asshole! Yes, as a full grown adult who had been here for years, I know how this website works. I was HOPING FOR BASIC DECENCY on my obviously emotion filled hasty post that was me just expressing happiness! I didn't think I'd have to provide cited context to a simple statement about loving SARA LANCE!! MY URL AND CURRENT SPECIAL INTEREST!

You literally resulted to name-calling immediately when I disagreed with you? Are you fucking 12 years old holy SHIT! Though I don't think I've actually ever been called a dingbat specifically,.so that's kinda fun.

Like, calling what I said absurd and not worth reading is not the approach lmao. "You're wrong, you're absurd, I'm right, I'm going to assert my opinion again, basically."

"I don't care what else you said" OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE YOURE STILL NOT COMPREHENDING WHAT IM SAYING!! NONE OF IT!!

Im... not going to respond to this really,(in the points you said about Mick and Ava). I disagree with what you're saying. ITS OKAY TO DISAGREE. But it's OBVIOUS YOU DONT WANT AN ACTUAL CONVERSATION, you want to start an argument by shooting out of no where and using that tone (it feels patronizing and malicious to me.)

I have feelings about both mick and ava as characters and would be happy to discuss them (would love to! I LOVE CHARACRER ANALYSIS). But it's clear you just want to put me down instead if explain why you feel that way/having a conversation.

"I hate characters worthless ass, but that doesn't make me malicious". Are you.sure?! Are you.sure none of what you just wrote wasnt... yeah whatever okay. (Also was talking about the GENERAL MALICIOUSNESS OF THE ANTI-AVA PART OF THE FANDOM. Just because you dislike a character doesn't mean you should be so vitriolic towards them?).

(Lmao I honestly just didn't think I'd have to provide a full recap of all my emotions and beliefs and interpretations of every character who could be involved in every single post!)

(Caps lock in my attempt to do an integrated TL/Dr)

I really don't like starting shit in Fandom but COME ON!! I just want to be happy!! I just want to express that feeling!! When I see a post I don't agree with in Fandom I just.. keep scrolling?

(I see on your blog you don't seem to shop Avalance, but that doesn't mean Saras being treated like shit because she's not apart of whatever ideal you had. (I could lecture an essay about Mick, not only as a character but in a meta sense because patterns. I'd be happy to talk about that if you want to! I just prefer civility in that kind of conversation!)

I just... this episode felt like such a love letter to Sara Lance.

Especially in all the ways that honestly felt kind of missing or shallow in season5 (and even a little in season 4 honestly...) And I could expand on this but it's late yet I need to express this emotion, at least a little.

That beautiful stubbornness and conviction. Not only the I'm Going To Propose On My Own Terms And My Own Way but also just refusing to die, refusing to give up. When Bishop keeps coming back she keeps getting up and beating the shit out of him.

That constant fear of not being good enough, being nervous because when she proposes Ava is going to say yes but what if Ava still deserves "better", what if Sara isn't good enough?

Some very very incredible fight scenes. Sara is a warrior, and very strong and incredibly talented. She deserves to be that warrior again.

I dont know, I felt like so many big things happened in season 5 that were never completely addressed and even the 'Sara Things' (her literal blindness, for example) weren't about Sara.

This episode feels like it's about Sara. I don't know if that makes any sense but I just... that's the only way I can think to say it.

The interactions with Ava at the end also just made me feel so... warm. When they first embraced and all that....