#and other times seems jealous

[ingravinoveritas]

yankeedoodle242 replied to your post “fuckyeahgoodomens: “How usual is it to discover,...”

I sometimes wonder if DT knows how much/what Georgia posts about him on IG & how comfortable he is about it. Think the New Years videos that are hysterical but he was clearly not thrilled she was filming him. I kinda feel bad for him.

But then we get this. And that dancing in the hall video. And the photo of David after Birdie dolled him up. And gorgeous candid David pics. And all the DT/MS stuff.

And then I feel much less bad. Sorry DT 😆

I have wondered this, too. There are times when David does seem exasperated by what some of Georgia posts, and as I mentioned in this post, I noticed Georgia only shared her Valentine’s card for David this year, instead of both cards like she did last year, so part of me wonders if that was at David’s request, to keep his card to her private.

But I also do love that we got this video of David playing the least heterosexual version of football known to mankind, and the “No reception in the basement?” post carrying on the Michael-bought-David-and-locked-him-in-his-basement thing from The Last Leg. And, of course, the dancing in the hall, as you said:

...And I think that, as willing as I am to call Georgia out on her occasional bullshit, I also love that she is the reason we get to see this side of David. I think she knows that David loves the attention to a degree, and loves showing off and receiving so much praise. (Which is also why I think she plays up the the “other wife” vibes with Michael, because as we’ve seen, Michael loves gushing over David almost nonstop.)

So yes, I think she and David have found a balance--a sort of functionality within their dysfunctional relationship--that works for them. Very thankful indeed for the adorable/silly/slutty snippets of David that we get via Georgia’s social media...

[lesbicastagna]

went down a rabbit hole of this subject.

Filippo Lippi, painter and carmelitan friar, and Lucrezia Buti, a nun, meet and fall in love while she poses as model for an altarpiece. Classic.

[bloodbathfortwo]

Nigel and Alex have their rare moments of intimacy behind closed doors. Lingering touches, and blazing warmth.

[aviolettrose]

I feel like, if Jason was ever de-aged, Bruce wouldn't leave his side and be the best dad ever for him (he sees it as a second chance)

[magicaldragons]

hear me out x.X

a fic where baachi is an insufferable lil shit, and notices deva trying to rizz up varadha in khansaar, and he corners deva (deva lets him) and says:

"don't mess around with my brother. he's in love with someone else and he can't move on from them"

followed by deva actually believing him and getting jealous & baachi having absolutely no idea that Deva IS That Guy™

[thistledropkick]

have you seen the video yano posted of one of the tequila events? super cute and sweet, lost my mind when despy held one of the fan's hands so he could get a steady look at her nails.

Thanks for the message! Yes, I have seen it! And I have been quietly absolutely losing it over this video since it was released!

Desperado is pretty well known for taking time and care to connect with fans individually at meet and greets, and the moment you mentioned really got to me. The moment towards the end where he talks passionately about junior heavyweight wrestling also really got to me. If I can find the energy, I might sit down and translate it.

But I have to admit what really stood out to me in the video was Desperado hitting on Sasaki. At around 13 minutes in, Desperado and Sasaki talk about how drunk Sasaki is, then Desperado puts an arm around him and asks "Can I take you home with me?" Sasaki suggests that Desperado take him to the much closer Tokyo Dome hotel instead.

[paimonial-rage]

from your character analysis ask meme, for alhaitham: Are they prone to jealousy? would he be too logical to be jealous? Would his jealousy be in vain or would it perhaps be a sign that his partner has crossed the line of sorts?

Definition of jealousy:

I apologize for taking some time with this ask. I’m going to answer this in a more analytical format because I think this situation calls for it. I want to say that no, under normal circumstances, Alhaitham is not the kind of person to get jealous. In my experience, there are usually three triggers for jealousy:

1. Reader interacting normally with friends and hobbies and partner gets (unreasonably) jealous

2. Reader getting too involved with spending time with friends/hobbies not realizing they’re neglecting partner which gets them (reasonably) jealous

3. Reader specifically does things that will incite jealousy within partner by purposefully doing things like ignoring partner or flirting with others

Alhaitham would not get jealous under the first instance. Being a very independent person, he would understand and respect his partner’s need for it as well. The second instance would be the closest he’d feel to your definition of jealousy. While he’d be able to withstand it for a while, eventually he’d probably feel neglected and would pull you away to capture your sole attention.

As for the third scenario, while he would get upset and would get jealous, I don’t believe this would happen in a normal relationship. Personally, I would never flirt with someone that isn’t my partner just for fun, even if I’m close to them. I think that’s a very hurtful thing to do to someone that has feelings for you.

So long story short, no, I don’t think Alhaitham is prone to jealousy. Not that he’s “too logical” to be jealous. He just understands and respects people’s need for independence. That being said, he probably can end up feeling neglected if left alone too long.

[zhivchik]

[yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit]

Of my 2% capacity to be attracted to anyone, my type is like 90% women, 5% pretty men and 5% men you would swear are super fucking manly, and never questioned being straight and cis, but are now suddenly *stressed* that they can't figure out why their attraction to me [fully socially interpreted as a woman and labelled that way up until relatively recently] feels incredibly fucking gay

[faaun]

i feel rly sad and conflicted abt one of my best friends on earth but idk who to ask for advice bc i usually would have consulted her in this situation lmao

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Dorothy being assaulted at 17 and then trapped in a marriage for the next 38 years really makes the queer subtext heartbreaking rather than funny. It also adds a whole lot to how barbed she gets when they discuss her sex life and how vanilla it is or how little sex she had, no wonder it would be a sore subject (and no wonder its consistent that she had very little sex with Stan in her marriage and said she didn't enjoy it when they did).

Yep, that's part of the reason why I think that queer subtext is so insightful!

A queer reading of Dorothy is not necessary to understand the gravity of what happened to her, to be fair. Stan is very clearly depicted as a bad lover in general and an especially inattentive lover to her -- take eg what she says of him in S1E22 Job Hunting:

"It took three seconds. I wasn't sure that we had done anything, actually… until nine months later, when the baby came. Then I figured out that we had."

Which... doesn't seem like a great experience. Add onto it the fact that a) this is a recollection of her first time, b) she was coerced into performing the act either via emotional manipulation or alcohol/substances (as well detailed in this post by @eeblouissant), and c) her situation didn't improve at all during her marriage; if anything it got worse, since Stan was always out cheating on her -- no wonder she has a bad relationship with sex! Actually, I've said before that I think she has a remarkably open and healthy attitude towards sex, all things considered.

Thinking of Dorothy as queer (especially as a repressed lesbian) makes it all even more tragic, though. I think it's very likely, considering that she's a Catholic of Italian origin, that she hadn't even realized she liked women by the time she got involved with Stan -- I myself reached that conclusion in my early 20s! However, by that time Dorothy was already married and a mother; can you imagine how painful the mere idea would have been, for her? Of course she'd never even consider it while still married to Stan, and she'd have a hard time coming to terms with it after her divorce. It adds a thick layer of suppression and self-sacrifice to her whole story that I think is very thematically appropriate for her character (and that personally destroys me lmao. I cannot think about it for too long or I'll cry my heart out).

I think her whole experience with Stan also justifies her enthusiasm for some of her lovers in the show, even in a queer reading. I mean -- after all that, her standards must be on the floor! The bar is so low, she's dancing the lambada with the devil! Even a modicum of attention to her needs would blow her mind, I think -- even if it didn't come from her preferred gender, and especially if she wasn't ready to confront the truth about her sexuality yet. A lifetime of suppression isn't easy to get over -- she'd probably blame her bad experience with sex during her marriage on Stan alone (instead of considering that maybe she'd rather not be with a man at all).

Sorry, anon -- you probably weren't expecting a ramble in response, haha! But yeah, you make a great point; reading Dorothy as queer adds even more depth to her character and greatly enhances the tragedy of her story.

(Just for the record -- I've never thought the queer reading of Dorothy was funny! Maybe I'm reading this wrong, I just wanted to clarify.)

[wild-at-mind]

Today's events and the past few months of bullshit have made me feel so rejected from my local LGBTQ community.

[clerichs-xi]

tender as a bruise, sharper than a razor wrap her tentacles around me like she'll never let me go

klaus' backstory arc just ended heho and it was revealed he used to be the lover of the goddess of storms and pirates... she had basically kidnapped him and imprisoned him into murder and piracy for 20 years and needless to say it greatly damaged him on every level <3 its okay he's been able to be normal for once since the start of the campaign thanks to the party aka his new found family

get urself a surrogate middle-aged father who can speedrun a forbidden romance in one minute and then immediately go to confront the darkest version/a corrupted version of himself, as well as his toxic lover as she tortures him -w-)b

details and just the lines hehe

[meatlesbeating]

Finished Reading Nowhere Man about John's diaries and am starting to understand why people like the One Sweet Dream / Another Kind of Mind podcasters get so defensive over Paul tbh

[sailforvalinor]

Despite never having finished Octopath Traveler after getting more than halfway through it, I started Octopath Traveler II last night. Little did I know that I'd be stepping into an episode of fantasy Father Brown on steroids