#and mentioned this fact so casually

[hetagrammy]

Currently thinking about how after 1991 former GDR citizens could access their Stasi files to see what info was collected on them and who exactly was informing on them. Could you imagine how long and extensive Gilbert’s would be just because of the sheer amount of bullshittery he got up to over the course of four decades?? It would be mental

[icebluecyanide]

AR Meta: John Rider & Alan Blunt

I was rereading some parts from Scorpia and I do love the sense you get that Alan Blunt actually liked John:

“A very brilliant spy,” Alan Blunt muttered. “We recruited the two brothers - Ian and John - in the same year. lan was a good agent. But John was the better man by far.”

A man as cold as Blunt probably could appreciate John being a very good agent, aside from that business about him wanting to get married. And just, I do have to laugh at Blunt saying John was the better man despite Ian being in MI6 over a decade longer. Poor Ian could never live up to the standard his big brother set in his few years as a spy.

And then later in the conversation when Alex asks how his parents died, it's actually Blunt who answers, not Mrs Jones, and we actually see a rare glimpse of emotion from him:

He paused. His eyes, as ever, showed nothing. But there was a little pain in his voice. “Somehow Julia Rothman discovered that she had been tricked. We don’t know how; we'll never know. But Scorpia’s a powerful organization: that much should be obvious to you by now. She found out that your father was still alive and that he was flying to France, and arranged for a bomb to be placed in the luggage hold. Your parents died together, Alex. I suppose that’s something of a mercy. And it was all so quick. They wouldn't have had any idea…”

He even tries to soften the blow for Alex by reassuring him his parents wouldn't have suffered! And this comes from a man who sees the world as a series of calculations, but I do think John and Helen's deaths was something Blunt took as a personal failure. Because the Scorpia mission was his mission as much as John. He was the new head of MI6 Special Operations, he sent John out there, and the least he could do was help keep John safe after John gave up his own identity for the mission. And yet Scorpia was able to plant a bomb on the very plane Blunt arranged for John and his family. He failed them and even fourteen years later, that failure still hurts him.

And I love how while Blunt can be truly a horrible character in the way he callously used Alex before, in this book we also see a different and dare I say, sympathetic side to him. Sometimes, things do get personal for him.

[charizardstolemynickname]

Jimmy Solidarity just gave me a heartattack by mentioning tumblr

Please sir, never again, pretend we aren't here

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

Very very interested in how Elody's place among the "destroy everything" princess brigade will end up shaking out, because one of the clear ideas we had gotten from Gerard and the flashbacks is that she is a woman governed by her duty to her people.

Like. She went to war with the giants, despite the hardship of it, despite how her husband hid away. She could have turned her back on her subjects and decided this was no place for princes and princesses. But she didn't; she fought for them.

Which is a heavy contrast to the princess brigade's murder plan, because it really is very selfish. I mean, it's understandable how they got to this point! From their perspective life is nothing but suffering and imposed happiness that doesn't last, which is a hard concept to grapple with, but they are still planning a suicide mission to end everything. It's easy to see it as selfish of them to take their pain as a reason to try and give everyone their idea of freedom by essentially killing them all.

These few princesses have agreed that the happiness the fairies force upon them is not worth the pain. The rest of the Neverafter may not have, and yet the princesses are making it happen with force.

But Elody is suggested by past deeds to be someone who cares primarily with others, so why go for a risky plan that ends in their deaths after trying to protect them from death via the giants? Is the idea of a free world, shaky as it is, too good to pass up.

I wonder how much the death of Gerard and the value the princesses place on princes factors into this. It feels like the princesses would have definitely pointed to Gerard and said, "he's meant to pacify you, to make an easy story. He's a tool, and the people of your kingdom are too. We've killed many of our princes, because they are simply tools for the fairies."

Then, the destruction plan will become one to free not only Elody from her place as a character with a certain ending, but the others as tools. After all, Elody is used to making choices for a kingdom, what's a whole world?

But now Gerard, the man who was a tool that was left to die, killed by one of the fairies who would have used him to make the tale work, is back, and awake, and growing and changing, and telling her that he believes that their past of suffering can be built into something better.

And that's a very different line of thought than the princesses' have ended up with. Completely the opposite, really.

So there's probably a good reason she excused herself after their talk for time alone.

[vaguely-concerned]

say whatever you want about the combat in this game it's ultimately a subjective thing what form of gameplay you enjoy more, but c'mon tell me you don't understand the thrill and High Romance of setting up a detonation combo with your LI as rook and hearing then exchange little pleasantries about it as everything goes BOOM

[kendallroysmethpipe]

Cannot relate to the post about finding out ur coworkers are homophobic my manager is so gay he grocery shops at freshthyme

[anarchne]

i wish i could remove the word “adopt” from kept peoples’ vernacular lol

[covenofthearticulate]

“During our recent convocations, many of the old ones had offered Louis the power of their ancient blood.”

Girl please I need to know just HOW MANY older vamps offered up their necks to Louis like oh my god. We joke about him being the it girl of vc from his love affairs with Lestat and Armand, but deadass every single vampire out there has made some sort of pass at him!!!!! And he refused them ALL!!!!! this man is so hot and so suicidal it’s off the fucking charts 

[creamecream]

No one else seems to mention it, so I will.

Nadja and Laszlo’s matching hair streaks!

I assume it’s some vampire power and they aren’t like, dyeing them, and that Nadja probably controls it, and her being Laszlo’s sire gives her that power over him or something, but honestly I just think it’s really cute that they match.

[karlachismylife]

I saw your post about your gender feelings. Hang in there, bud.

If it helps, I was once told that no cis person ever questions "what they are", they just are. I get the imposter syndrome though, and the disconnect between your day to day and a small haven of peace where you can be yourself. I come from a conservative background, without any of the queer influences I enjoy today.

We're constantly growing, constantly learning new things about ourselves; I think that's part of the journey of being queer, rather than any indication you don't belong or aren't queer enough. You have a significant added challenge in exploring too and I hope one day they're gone. Much love and solidarity to queer Russians. 💜🤍💛💚

Already was on the brink of tears and now am crying, mate

Thank you, that thing about cis people not questioning kinda helped actually. I was told same about mental health issues (at least those can be confirmed with a paper and a stamp, huh). So i guess yeah. True. It's just the terf rhethoric about being confused and actually just seeking a way around patriarchy and all that bullshit that gets under my skin.

I'm happy you're free from those things in your past though, gonna live out my gay dreams through you and your art then, lol <3

I think another thing that is gnawing at me is that I am actually priviledged (and/or lucky). I had a lot of queer experiences that many other queer people here are absolutely robbed of. So it feels as if I'm kinda taking what they deserve more. Or that I can't be grateful enough for being able to have these things while others can't because I'm out here not even knowing what I am.

Anyway. Love wins. And we're here, proud and queer.

Love you 1969 times, thank you.

[prettyboykatsuki]

fang do u have any personal casual hookup rules u abide by in terms of safeguarding urself mentally and/or physically after the deed is done? i know u have a very rational insight to sex-ed & sex positivity and i appreciate it bc a lot of other ppl's advice and rules for casual sex boils down to no kissing (which is kinda heartbreaking to me but i'ma sap), use protection (obviously) or it just tilts in a way that shames women in particular for even wanting smth casual. sorry if this comes at an odd time i just feel like if anyone can give it to me straight it's you!!

ok i know u said for afterwards but i do want to say my number one general hookup advice which is don't have sex with someone you wouldn't share a meal with and don't have sex with someone who isn't willing to feed you afterwards!

this has been my general rule of thumb for any form of casual sex and relationships and it will save you a lot of trouble at any point. it's my golden rule for casual relationships.

its a very easy litmus test. if you ask the person you're sleeping with if they have any snacks or if they could get you some and they respond positively / without being confused or annoyed, you are like soo golden. even better if they offer without asking. it seems very basic, but sharing food like that is a very good sign they like genuinely see you as a person. don't sleep with someone who wouldn't be able to meet you at the most basic level of sharing food with you. its not an inherently intimate thing, but still shows respect. ik it seems random but im so serious

i think no kissing rule sucks booo i want to makeout i dont use it. protection is obvious. in terms of protecting yourself like 99% of the battle is just picking a person who is at a baseline decent like genuinely. so genuinely. but its also the hardest part

im not going to be helpful on the emotional front (ex manwhore) but physically drink a lot of water afterwards and keep some babywipes on you at all times!!!!! cleaning up downstairs and having washed hands can save ur life. i reccomend a toothbrush too like try to do all of those things immediately if u cant shower right away

[nachtsoklein]

every now n then i rmmr about the church of humanity n how they tried to make kurt pope w intent to eventually break his image inducer so the vatican would lose their shit abt a "demon" being pope n coh somehow. hoping itd fracture the catholic chruch enough that They could move in in its place

[mad-hunts]

for the 'how well do you know barton' quiz, @deathl1es (adam) scored 1 point.

❝ hmm, you know what? i still don't know a lot about you either as we had just met each other not too long ago. so eh, i guess scoring something is better than nothing, ❞ barton shrugged his shoulders at the one point the results that showed before him on his laptop for adam. he can't really recall telling the other anything other than his name and that he had a daughter, so in this instance, he couldn't really be 'cross' about it.

however, that didn't necessarily mean that barton was going to let adam off the hook either. for, this meant that they'd just have to spend more time around each other if he ever hoped to learn everything about the doctor that was on the quiz. a devilish smile spread across his lips as he intertwined his own fingers in front of each other (this picture... i'm sorry, y'all, but the meme edits of him with the hair are back JSJSJ LMAO).

❝ but ahh, i have to say that this has really opened my eyes to how much information there is now to cover with you about my background, adam. so what do you say we set a date and time for when i can talk your ear off about one of my favorite subjects — myself — until you know about everything that my past therapist told me is wrong with me? ❞ barton announced this to the other with a straight face but soon couldn't hold it as he burst out laughing.

❝ no, i'm honestly just messing around with you. we'd be at wherever we're planning to meet for a long time if i told you all of that. and it's not one of my favorites because everyone tends to give me this look when i talk about my father, ❞ he looked down at the table and absentmindedly sniffed before looking back up at the other. ❝ he got killed when i was eight, so i bet you can imagine why. but anyways... how do you feel about indian food? ❞

[caspersscareschool]

having extremely visceral physical responses to emotion when you cannot identify a single said emotion more complex than happy/sad is so awesome it's like Hahah yeah dude sorry i just started crying hysterically and/or shaking violently for some reason. yeah sorry my face just got so hot that i fully blacked out for several solid seconds it was the Something I don't know. you know how it is with the something

[tiktaaliker]

so I've been listening to malevolent and the first few episodes of season 3 were kiiinda dull up until part way through... episode 23 I think where Arthur talks about the dreamlands prison pit and. man. holy shit. I had to stand up and walk away for a bit because that hit me like a god damn TRUCK

[strawberrytalia]

Is it projection if I say that Duke reads webtoons, or is it actually plausible