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HOLY SHIT JEALOUS DENNIS CHARMAC??? i was afraid to ask about dennis' feelings on the charmac dynamic re: swgds but thats. yes. i am so excited for that.
:) C’mon, didn’t Mac agree he wasn’t gonna sleep with anyone else? And here he is crawling into a bed he shares with another man every night…Sleeping, with someone else. Hm. Good thing Dennis isn’t aware, because when if he knew, well…and once he’s down even worse… if he knew … whew..!
#iasip#ask#sugar daddy au#am i talking too much?#nah haha idc#like it’s sooo palpable#ofc mac doesn’t want den to know about his living situation but more#because he’s so poor he lives in a one bedder with his roommate#and less bc contract…#but yeah we��ll see how that goes mac!#why are you#a grown man#crawling into bed and curing up against another man every night#when you got one paying you a deep salary for the sex version of that#tags get away from me always my bad if this makes no sense#dennis when—
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Before reading the comics, thanks to sladixk fics, i genuinely thought that dick always lost to slade, now I know that most times when he's and adult he beats slade no problem but it got me wondering how you feel about this canon-fanon difference
OHH this is a good question!!
i think sometimes fanon makes Slade a little... too badass. i think something some fanon fans don't understand about Slade in the 80s/90s is that he was like... kind of a loser? like don't get me wrong he was a main villain of the Titans for a while and he was certainly meant to be a formidable villain but this reputation he has in fanon almost supersedes him. (for example with specific plots: the fandom interpretation of the Judas Contract is Slade as the mastermind, but the writers have said that Terra was supposed to be the big villain manipulating everything. which is a ridiculous thing to put on a teenage girl getting groomed but, it does depict the intention of who was supposed to be "at fault" in that story) and don't get me wrong, i definitely love playing up the reputation and aura Slade has, but he really is a general contract killer on the level of like, Deadshot. personally, i wouldn't even put him on Lady Shiva's level, i think she far outranks him.
and to be fair to some fanon, recent comics have... tried to badass-ify Slade. some of his more recent Deathstroke runs are really trying to put him as this guy with legions of men underneath him who's this *deadly* killer who can take on Batman and Superman and all the like. and i just find that... boring? like, do i enjoy him being a smarter-than-average villain with a lot of connections? yes. but i don't think anything in his backstory really lends him to being as formidable as he appears in some fanfiction that puts him on this untouchable level. i would personally go as far to say i think *most* of the Batfamily could beat him in a fight under the right circumstances. bc Slade really is just Some Guy who got a serum from the military and went AWOL. (there's certainly more to his backstory than that, but at a glance, he's really not a trained fighter from birth like other characters are) and whilst i do enjoy Slade being formidable i have to admit, it was sort of fun when he was a loser? and i've gotten a kick out of certain comics that point out he's only a terrifying villain when he's up against teenagers. (Ghost-Maker calling him out on that is one of the funniest things, to me) like could Slade give Batman a serious fight? sure, but i don't see him ever winning unless you *really* nerf Bruce. and i really don't see him ever winning against most of the Batkids once they've got some years under their belt. Slade's scare factor was always tapered by who he was against, and he was a *Teen Titans* villain. so he's a little ridiculous and sometimes just sort of a weird loser. and i say that affectionately.
furthermore, on the flipside, i think... sometimes, we woobify Dick a bit too much to my tastes. or, really any Robin who gets shipped with Slade but of course Dick is the standout in popularity and i find it's more prominent with him. it's really a general slash problem, in which one man must be the Strong Top and then other must be the Weak Bottom. and that manifests in Slade being physically larger than Dick (which in canon, ehhh i think the size difference would be largely negligible) and him being able to beat Dick. bc it makes for more fanfic scenarios where you can put Dick at Slade's mercy for porn, for angst, for whatever you'd like. Slade is a good pick if you want to really put Dick on the weaker side, bc you can play with healing factors and strength enhancements. so on a physical level, Slade will be stronger than Dick. does that mean Slade can beat Dick in a fight? historically, no. i mean, Slade trusted Dick to train his own daughter in the Renegade storyline, so i think this is a fact even Slade is aware of.
i don't think it's a bad thing fanfiction likes its big top/small bottom tropes. if you want to make Dick a submissive, pliant bottom who is going to lose in a fight to Slade for your dead dove porn, get it. i've probably written or will write the same. it's appealing and it's a very common trope for Dick. but it becoming the fandom norm does sort of nerf Dick, occasionally. i think some fans don't fully comprehend the actual level Dick is on, where he's very close to being an equal to Bruce, if not already Bruce's equal. in fandom Dick is sort of trapped in this "post-adolescence but not full adulthood" state that does not acknowledge he has been an adult running superhero teams for years. he was filling in for Bruce in the Batman mantle all the way back in the 90s. he can defeat villains like Slade, and usually without a lot of difficulty. to me the only time you can realistically make Dick lose and it be "in character" is either 1, to have Dick *very* early on in his Robin years (i think if he's past 16, he can beat Slade) or 2, very deeply wound Dick/have him in a psychologically altered state via drugs or something. otherwise yeah, i think Dick wins 99% of the time.
but fanfiction is fanfiction, and it doesn't *have* to be canon. esp if Dick losing to Slade is just a sexy prerequisite to porn. do i wish more fanon explored Slade as kind of a loser? absolutely. do i think Slade is *too* cool in most fanon? also absolutely. but those are my tastes and i don't begrudge anyone who just wants a strong, mean man to whump the shit out of their blorbos, which usually, is the purpose of Slade. i find most fanfic with Slade tends not to be exploring Slade's character. they're simply using him as an easy stand-in for a metahuman who's morally grey and very mean but has a nuanced history with Dick, or whoever else. which, very valid. not all fanfic needs to be a character study, but i do think it'd be cool to see more Slade-centric fics that *do* want to be character studies.
#necrotic answerings#slade wilson#sladick#character meta#MAN i lvoe talking about fanon vs canon tysm for this ask#esp with slade!#bc atp it has seeped into canon#like slade rlly was a loser. deathstroke wasn't even intended to be his name. he was the terminator#which sounds far sillier and puts into better contaxt the level of badassery you ewre dealing with#is uber badass slade cool? yes#and i will probably use it for some of my fics for sladerobin week#but like. i sort of want slade-centric fics too#i want exploration of his family dynamic and his friends and how he's kinda just. a run of the mill contract killer#this mans is not special.#he just happened to have staying power and slowly got cooler over time to compensate for his repeated appearances#which is how characters in comics tend to go#you always have to one-up it yk. you always have to up the stakes#so every character ends up ridiculously hyper-competent at one point or another#and it makes it difficult to do anything with them#but i prefer slade knowing he can lose to dick bc it means he has to get more creative when he wants to beat dick#*or* he has to purosefully take advantage of dick when dick is in a vulenrable state#which makes him less cool and more sleezy#and i enjoy that *so* mcuh more for slade#but that's all my opinion yk
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maybe i’m stupid but why would lucanis poison a guy, draw attention to himself and point out that the guy was poisoned, lure the guy away with the promise of an antidote, actually cure him, and THEN stab him
girl, you could have just poisoned his wine and slipped out the back door, and literally no one would know. i thought you were supposed to be The Best at this
#absolutely contrived just so he gets a chance to introduce himself lmfao. i’ve been trying to keep it to myself but this writing is SO bad#also why is he still taking crow contracts. when is this set.#my other explanation is that crows don’t necessarily need to hide their tracks because this is antiva. so he was just trying to be discreet#and not kill the dude at the table. but i feel like there’s still better and less suspicious ways to draw him away#bc they’re still going to look for him when he doesn’t come back in 15 minutes yknow#you’re not really letting the bride have her night and they’ll discover him in the morning#and also he didn’t leave a calling card. you told a dead man your name. who’s he gonna tell#ig this is still antiva tho. they’ll assume#mine#vows and vengeance
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who wants to give me some career advice on this wednesday afternoon when i should be working my real job.....
#SO. basically my role is kinda changing bc we're going through some pretty significant reforms in our department#and i have 6 months left on my contract and basically it seems like everyone is jumping ship/having their contracts end#so in june we had 16 associates and in november we'll be down to like. 7 or 8? maybe less?#and i've received a job interview with a court to do basically the same job i do now but with them#it's slightly more money. more formal environment... scarier people.... more at risk for people if i fuck up#it's primarily conducting hearings in family law matters..... which is not the area i want to specialise in#i like that now i get to do the areas i am more interested (migration refugee human rights public/administrative law etc)#and i wouldn't get that there.#so idk what to do!!!!! do I just do the interview any way for the experience#and maybe turn it down on the off-chance that i do get offered the role? or do i accept and try work im less interested in for more money#UGH career choices asdjlasdfhbjvghuawiosdjfkbhvuijodjkl
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#genuinely instead of messing around in a u23 classification issue with no easy solution#maybe the uci should do something about the junior-directly-to-worldtour pipeline that is becoming increasingly common#truly i believe that all riders would benefit from a year or two on a conti/devo team before moving up to the worldtour#even just physically the difference in racing difference from juniors to wt is so huge and these are really just kids#honestly maybe there shouldn’t be teenagers on the worldtour at all - not bc the level isn’t there but they need more time to develop#the sport just skews younger and younger each year and that’s not a good thing#similar but less safety related: tighter regulations on contracts for young riders#isaac del toro having a contract through 2029 makes me physically cringe
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like... what do you even mean you absolute BUFFOON
#are you fjklcjsxbfhjkneldsfd KIDDDINGNG..#all day im out here getting sucked into the hate comments like its my day job as a distraction#so ur saying theyre just purposely... playing bad in the biggest media market for funsies...#they like the heat??? the lack of production? the losing#are u fucking stupid or what like#did they not show up in the first round. i somehow missed the leafs losing in the first round again my bad#its so clear who knows nothing abt. empathy or sports period after a game like yesterday like its fhidjsklfhiejdklsfdjsflk#anyway just coming here to rant so i dont start fights online#i genuinely dont know what a dumbass take this is like. are u rlly insinuating theyre purposely slacking here bc.... ??#what do they get out of that besides money...... both of them arent gonna want LESS in their next contracts so what do u MEAN#ever considered that maybe its ur shitty vibe..... fkljsdkf#loyal fanbase my fucking ass.. yall are loyal to some fucking logo and thats it and its wild to me
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i just booked to view two flats (to buy) (i'm probably not going to buy them) (i would only be co-buying them even if i did bc i can't afford a mortgage) (they're in a good location though it would be way nearer to useful things even if there's still no bus) and they asked me no questions beyond contact details when i called them about a viewing. is that normal. shouldn't they have tried to check i'm serious. i had all my answers prepared re: the finances and they didn't care
#essentially my parents had a flat but they hate being a landlord so they've sold it (subject to contract)#and in terms of what to do with the money etc at their age it makes more sense to co-buy somewhere manageable and accessible with me#and then in future if they get old and decrepit and i want to move north (and particularly if there's only one of them tho i hate that idea#they can live in the smaller accessible house/flat instead of their larger and less manageable house#so i wouldn't be tied to it but also in the meantime only have to contribute like 30k ('only') which is <3 years' rent#since my current house is 950/mo and smaller than the flats we're looking at#the rental market here is so awful and my accessibility needs are increasing so buying somewhere is beginning to look like my only option#bc i can't make changes to my rented house to make it wheelchair accessible (it has a FUCKING SPIRAL STAIRCASE)#so we're looking at ground-floor flats without carpet and i could get a ramp for the front doorstep and stuff#essentially future-proofing for my disabilities is also future-proofing for my parents getting old#the only thing i don't like about these flats is that they don't have a garden#they've got communal gardens which is something. but still nowhere private to hang your pants to dry
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drizzt books are good because my only major complaint with them is that the bigger the cast got, the more page space the author should have been given
"but drizzt has such a huge secondary cast the books would be like 900 pages" and i'd read every single page
#drizzt is an already good series restricted severely by work for hire pagecount#i was SO SAD when the author said that drizzt books were supposed to be snappier/shorter/the themes were less obvious so you have to dig#bc like thats almost certainly contract restriction/publisher pressure
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#I could make 600e more at a similar job with less social media#But with way less vacation days#We'll see how buying a house goes 'cause if it doesn't work with my current contract I might just go for it#I know I need the vacation days bc after burning out during my bachelor's and then two more times since I started working after my masters#I can't do with just 5 weeks of paid vacation#Sorry this was my reflecting on stuff#Pers
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Hey, newspaper anon here. I'm kinda shock that c!Quackity during the Manberg dictatorship is require to kiss c!Schlatt ring to remind him on swearing loyalty to Manberg and c!Schlatt regime only. Like what the fuck?! What is the papal states during the medieval area?! This is insanity at it's finest.
[ OOC: MWAHAHAH i think its more of a powerplay on schlatt's behalf. i mean schlatt was a proud dictator and pretty much wrought away majority of q's power as vice, how else is he gunna remind him of that on a regular basis? ]
#ooc: the prophet talks#ask blog#📰 anon#also ive missed ur papers. i hope they wont be as Drastic as new lmanburg was with all the riots and shit HJSJVJSBD BC i feel like#las nevadas is a lot more subtle and sneaky and less. violent? its more about shady business deals and concerning contracts and low wages#and manipulation via quackity on how its all justified under certain laws he's made himself. how he cant admit hes inherently a dictator.#its more about how LN is a nation of communication whereas NLM was one of war and devastation i think
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general ramblings about zee & how he operates.
while zestial has some level of fucky - wucky morals , they heavily rely on the kind of respect that was so deeply embedded into him in his time alive. ( albeit without the blatant misogyny of the time period , zestial drinks respect women juice. ) meaning , he doesn't give all that much of a shit what sins have been committed but how one acts towards him ( or by extension , those he cares heavily for / his domain or souls under his protection ) he doesn't even particularly care if you don't like him , but if you can show him respect you'll usually get the same in return --- ** if you are on his level or higher.
he doesn't work without reason , but zestial's still a demon overlord , he makes deals , he's been collecting souls for centuries. he's charismatic & polite , you want to tell him things ! ( that is , if you get past the looming unknown threat of his general presence !!! )
but if you aren't of use for him / don't interest him ( or aren't associated in some way with someone who does , i.e. he wouldn't go randomly targeting those at the hotel since their associations with the morningstar family / alastor , etc. ) or you cross him , he has no problem decimating you for his own entertainment. on the flip side , if you stay out of his way & don't poke & prod him , you're usually fine. he has ensured however that his reputation stays a bit more ambiguous to keep the fear he's instilled very much alive. ( if he has to make the occasional spectacle , oh well ! he does love his theatrics & can be undeniably petty / also hold a grudge for a long , long time. )
so in this vein , while zestial doesn't particularly like the vees , it's moreso about their general attitude / actions he deems " tasteless " so publicly. but also the reason he'll gravitate more towards dealing with vox rather than vel or val for the more respectful showmanship , doesn't matter if it's sincere or not.
#obviously dependent on other plots too this is just in general !!!!!#would u believe this started out as just me thinking about zee's relation to other overlords#i also think zee doesnt think half of the overlords will make it at any given time .#but someday .. i will elaborate on how contracts w zee work .#i feel like he has some ozzie vibes of treating them rather fairly bc otherwise how do you not get overthrown eventually after this long#then there's the whole fear. which means he will absolutely destroy you & your entire life should you cross him !#whewhwowo!#i have so many thoughts about this funky overlord we see for less than 4 minutes.#shut me up ple#* ── a haunting curse. : headcanons.#* ── dealing in your secrets. : inbox.
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not to be ungrateful but i don't get paid enough at my job lol
#the problem with jobs that people do bc they love the work is that it doesn't pay well and you will be overworked to death#genuinely couldn't quit bc i love the kids too much already but 15 an hour is....not ideal tbh....#how am i supposed to make future plans in these conditions#i cant ask for a raise ive only worked here 3 months but ugh#the only reason i got hired is i finally broke my rule abt the minimum hourly rate i was willing to accept#i applied to the two 14-16 an hour jobs and used the one i already accepted to get this one to gove me 15 instead of 14#but that's still not a lot tbh#need to buy an oven since we havent had a working one since january#and i keep gping ok next time i get paid i will buy an oven#and it hasnt happened yet#and i need.....17k to invest in starting my own business and i will not see a return on that for a very long time 😭#and i have no idea where that money will be coming from lol#fortunately its not that time sensitive except it kind of needs to happen in the next year or two probably but idk#if i dont do what i need to do idk what will happen but i think the issue will become more expensive but also maybe less expensive#but also uglier and make my neighbors mad#but i have no choice but to wait bc i have no money for that lol#anyway#17k is my immediate expense but i also need to come up with the money to eventually buy my parents house somehow#and i dont even make enough to pay the mortgage 😭#fortunately i dont need to do that for a long time but...eventually#anywayssss#how am i supposed to live laugh love in these conditions#i do love working with kids but jts hard work and all my coworkers are petty and hate eachother so its a lot#and i dont make enough money to live fr#im so lucky i live w my parents bc nobody at my job makes enough to live on their own lol#also the sheep that are supposed to be clearing brush got sick and went back to their farm and they're not coming back this year at all#so we need to brush hog it#or contract another farm#im not sure if its even safe w their poop all over the place snd im not getting any communication from the farmers#but it lowkey might be better to get our own sheep but thats so much work i dont want to think abt doing livestock
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haunted once more by a dumb character idea
#tma guy. anatomy student turned archives assistant (sent as the most unsubtle spy possible on nikolas orders. elias finds it all very--#--funny adn their constant misery in the eyes sanctum is a sweet boon) who slowly tears themself apart under such a restrictive existence#the best they can get while still having to have a Singular Identity for the time is subtle appearance changes (eyes colors--#--changing. minute tweaks to features. a new nail length / polish each day. the most drastic they can get Appearance wise is--#--hair bc wigs exist as an explanation for why theyre walking in the building w a buzzcut one day and braids the next) and lying constantly#--abt their life outside of the job (a constantly rotating cast of characters who Never have the same characteristics as the last time--#--they mentioned them. a husband a boyfriend two daughters a mother a cousin from out of town a brother who moved to america etc etc). at--#--one point (after sasha gets Not Them-ed ? lot of tension between the two strangers bc of the assistants non-interference stance--#--that had the not them stuck in the table just a bit longer) they have a complete breakdown in front of martin bc of the stress and--#--babble abt how every single member of their family expects too much and has left them for dead and how they want to go HOME#tim runs into them at the club one night while theyre playing the part of a COMPLETELY different person and it is a very strange--#--time. a stranger wearing a party city mask of your coworker#the tma timeline has faded a bit from my head but i like the idea of them somehow weaseling their way into survival even after the--#--not them is entombed by leitner. they signed the contract so they cannot abandon ship the circus has stopped responding to their--#--messages and elias makes a point to swing by and just Watch them regularly while the archives fights to not collapse in on itself#like the name jane for them. jane doe and Also a cute bit of name sharing w jane pretniss lol#a little less certain abt this but also like the idea that when the pressure is REALLY bad but b4 the not them disaster the assistant--#--would ask the rest of the archives staff to call them by a different name w no explanation just to be able to shake off the fetter of--#--a Set Name for a day. its a different name every time and the running theory w everyone is that it is either a trans thing or a very--#--convoluted joke. the second time they do this sasha ends up getting them a label maker + two of those 'HELLO MY NAME IS' name--#--tags. one for 'jane' and one for any different name they choose that day. a genuine + caring gesture that absolutely devastates the--#--assistant because now they are BRANDED with a name
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I have had a VERY busy week (positive but very very socially draining) and I am ABOUT to have a few days of work and then ANOTHER very busy week (work, 2 different appointments and a job interview) and I just wanna take a moment and remind myself that I may take longer to do things than average but im still DOING them and it's. Okay to still feel tired several days after making a phonecall
#idk im having a lil moment of clarity/calm in the middle of.#what feels like a storm of there Always Being Something that i need to do#and thats never gonna go away but its okay to take a breather here and there to help me keep pushing at it#feeling very positive today bc i got offered an interview for a youth councillor role locally#the main problem with it is its 20 hours a week and a 6 month contract. so i cant leave my current job for it#BUT it would allow me to reduce my hours a bit doing something hopefully less emotionally intense#the coffee shop below us ia recruiting again too which. isnt the best look tbh but i think if im doing two jobs id rather#have one there bc like. ive done fast food#i know i can handle it at its worst for at least a while and the bougie coffee place isnt likely to hit those peaks#so yeah! lots of stuff going on lots to do#definitely not talking to friends as much as i should be#but heres kind of why i guess and currently at least im. feelin pretty good!#we also made it through last month without asking for help#which. is huge but being undercut a little by me spending more than i intended and being mega nervous abt it#not sure how this month is gonna go. but. baby steps.
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AU where instead of Desi, Jack manages to get Cage to come back to fill in for him
#cause at least Cage already knows Mac and his quirks#plus from a writing standpoint its a character we already know and subconsciously trust somewhat#plus-plus less chance for the forced romance bc of the pre established dynamic#ignoring the logistics of actor schedules and contracts and whatnot#now i kinda wanna write this.#maybe desi can still join the team just not as jacks replacement#just like a supplemental additional member to help out#but with Cage as Mac's main overwatch now#i think he would gel better with her#although of course nobody can be jack#macgyver 2016
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actually viera and wyll's dynamic is sooooo funny just from the resentful warlock vs enthusiastic diabolist angle alone. every single time mizora pops into camp and drops in yet another bullshit clause to the contract wyll doesnt even have a COPY of !!!!!!!!! lily's entire skull rotates 180 degrees to stare at wyll like 😐
#tay plays bg3#oc: vierynrae#before the nautiloid she'd been overseeing contracts between devils and aspiring warlocks for like 50 years#most of them sucked by nature of devils and desperate people but they sucked way less than they would have without her lol#cue Current Circumstances and lily fighting the urge to claw off her own skin with each new tidbit of wyll's pact shes forced to learn#shes like you agreed to WHAT now. wait what do you MEAN you didnt spend three days combing over the contract. what do you MEAN LEMURE. WH#ofc after every single mizora interaction shes like well none of this wouldve happened if u'd just visited my shop in neverwinter first <3#*collective sigh from the entire party*#anyway all this to say lily doesnt trust anybody to even LOOK in the DIRECTION of a devil without her being there#astarion gets the slightest wiggle room solely bc he was a magistrate. but she watches over his every interaction w raphael glock in hand <
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