#anyway this was such an interesting message to read

[higuchisora]

Combatting the "illiterate/dumb/insert classist assumption here" headcanons being circulated about Zaunites (particularly Vi) with my own headcanons.

Headcanon that Zaunites are actually super into literature and poetry. Like, culturally. Headcanon that music and poems were there for them when they had nothing else. The bridge song is the only song we hear being canonically sung by a character in the show and it's literally baby Powder (and Vi hums at the end of s2). The only other songs being played in-world are all by Zaunites. Art is a form of expression that they took refuge in as a community.

Headcanon that they generally love storytelling. Regardless of if they do or don't have access to books that are in good and preservable conditions, storytelling (via reading or memorization/orally) is a super important part of their culture. No one population has a 100% literacy rate even IRL, and not being able to read doesn't make anyone stupid anyway. But Zaun has a decently high literacy rate, especially considering their circumstances. They prioritize it because of how fundamentally important art/storytelling is to their culture.

Headcanon that Ekko and his Firelights tell stories to the kids at the base every night before bed. That a lot of these tales are from people he loved, like Benzo or his birth parents, or even Vi, Jinx, Mylo, and Claggor.

Headcanon that Vi in particular loves reading. She's a total bookworm. The few moments where she gets to do things for herself, she chooses to read and collect poetry and literary works. She's only ever kept one classic for herself (sold the others), but the things she keeps, she treasures. Young Vi likes to spin tales for baby Powder. Some are based off of stories she's read/was told by the adults in her life. Others are entirely made up on the spot, for Powder's own enjoyment.

Headcanon that Vi would've maybe wanted to be an author if she wasn't more preoccupied with protecting her family. That she considered pursuing those interests a pipe dream, something for a different version of herself.

Headcanon that Sevika remembers more about her dad's stories than about her dad himself. Headcanon that Renni the chembaron read books with her son whenever they both had a day off from work.

Headcanon that a lot of Zaunites know how to sing. Headcanon that Vi can sing. And that she used to sing lullabies for Powder until Mylo called her a baby for still needing them. And even after Vi punched him for it, Powder insisted she was too big for lullabies- so she and Vi settled on bedtime stories.

Headcanon that Jinx still remembers those stories. That she tells them over and over to herself whenever she can't sleep.

Headcanon that Silco told her stories when she became comfortable enough to tell him about her insomnia as a kid.

Headcanon that he would tell her anything from true stories of his past to things he's read or heard to things improvised on the spot. And they were different from Vi's stories because these usually had some moral/message to them, even the ones that he made up- but she loved them just as much as the aimless, endless tales of wonder and adventure Vi would spin for her.

Headcanon that now, she replays both Vi's and Silco's stories in her head at night. That when Isha came into her care, she shared some of those stories with her, too.

[thewertsearch]

@elkian asked: PS - I think Sally can watch [S] Duodecim Rex Angelus at this point(?), but obvs I don't want to interrupt if she's on a roll lol @marinerofthestars asked: Since you’ve now finished Act 5, I think you can now watch (and react to when you have some time?) Rex Duodecim Angelus without risk of spoilers. It’s a 7-minute long fanmade Flash depicting the trolls’ battle against the Black King at the end of their session, hope you enjoy: https://youtu.be/-19Up0dLzNw @captorations asked: you've probably got a bunch of messages about this but. there's a fanfic out there that is the full text of strider-ified detective pony, and it is, unironically, one of the greatest fanworks ever created. i do not grant that title lightly, and i cannot recommend it enough. also! maybe i've forgotten and you did cover it, but. at this point i believe you're very much able to watch rex duodecim angelus, the fanmade flash of the trolls fighting their black king, without spoilers of any kind. some parts of act 6 can be a bit slow, so. if you need a break for action, it's there @joyfulldreams asked: By the way, since you've finished Act 5, you can absolutely watch Rex Duodecim Angelus now! (If you haven't already.) @transguyhawkeye asked: Not sure if anyones mentioned it yet but now that you've read the ancestor section you should be able to watch [s] Rex Duodecim Angelus spoiler-free! Anonymous asked: It looks like maybe no one's pointed out that you can now watch Rex Duodecim Angelus (which you were recommended in 2022 and 2023 but it was too early to watch then). You should definitely do that. Hussie declared it canonical, and Cat even suggested liveblogging it. Anonymous asked: OKAY YAY. There's a fan animation that I hear Hussie canonized called [S] Rex Duodecim Angelus and most people recommend that the earliest possible spot in a reading to view it is right after the completion of act 5. You don't have to liveblog it but I would LOVE it if you did. Anonymous asked: Augh I forgot to add that Rex Duodecim Angelus is of the troll session's fight against the black king. That would be worth mentioning. Especially so that you could dig up some of the references to the battle made in the comic ;>_> @morganwick asked: [...] this is a reminder that you used to go through the newsposts/blog posts/Formspring answers preserved in the Homestuck Collection, but you haven't done that in a while (cancelling it at the end of Act 4 in your haste to get to Act 5); were you thinking of catching up at the end of Act 5? I think you're close to the point where the Formspring stopped already. @likelyvampirical asked: [S] Rex Duodecim Angelus is now spoiler-free. On a related note, we've not had an episode of Tunes with Sally since November 2022. Maybe we could do some album reviews before coming back with Act 6?

Yup, it's finally time. After hearing about this legendary video for over a year and a half, today I'm going to check out one of Homestuck's most iconic fanworks, [S] Rex Duodecim Angelus!

I've heard from several people now that Hussie declared it canon, but no one's been able to track down a source for that just yet. Either way, it's clearly intended to be canon-compliant, so I'm interested in seeing how they handle the more ambiguous aspects of this fight, such as Gamzee's Rage attack.

On another note, I've deliberately placed Tunes with Sally on hiatus until later in the comic - mostly because the albums often contain songs from flashes we haven't seen yet, and I want to experience Homestuck's OST from within the comic first.

Finally, I promise I'll get to the Formspring eventually, as well as Hussie's news and blog posts. They're just not a giant priority, at the moment - but if anyone's got any specific Hussie quotes they'd like me to check out, feel free to send 'em in.

Anyways, I'll be watching Rex Duodecim Angelus after I've had dinner. Talk to y'all then!

[crowsofdarkness]

Moment Of Weakness: Chapter Twenty Eight

-gif not mine. credit to owner-

Pairings: Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader

Content Warnings: language, 18 + smut, angst, fluff, affair, cheating, violence, kidnapping, faking a pregnancy.

Summary: Reader is the assistant to New York's most feared mob boss, James Buchanan Barnes. He had the picture-perfect life: status in the mob, friends, and beautiful wife. So why can't he keep his mind and eyes off of reader?

Authors Note: I just wanted to remind everyone who reads this, there are heavy moments of cheating/having an affair in this story. You might not agree with the actions of "reader" or Bucky but it does pertain to the storyline. If anyone is interested, tags are open for this! Just send me a message or comment!

There is slight smut in this chapter(oral with female receiving and slight pinv)

Tags: @cjand10 @generalmoonpolice @sapphirebarnes @baw1066 @nameless-ken @minami97 @bookofriverr

The rays of the sun broke through the small opening of the curtains, blanketing warmness over Bucky and I as we laid in bed. I had been awake for a while now, simply staring at him, heart swelling in adoration and love. We’d been sharing a bed the last couple of nights, both needing the sense of security from one another. All we would do was lay in each other's arms, that’s it. Even though we were getting close again, I didn’t want to jump right back into everything until I felt I was ready to. 

Bucky’s hair was falling into his eyes so I gently brushed it away, the urge to kiss his plump lips was unbearable. I leaned on my elbow to stare down at him, a soft snore sounding from his mouth. 

As if he felt me staring, Bucky’s eyes slowly opened with a very large smile appearing on his face when we noticed me staring. 

He snuggled closer to his pillow. “Hm, good morning, doll.” 

“Morning,” I smiled back. 

His vibranium arm wrapped around me, pulling me closer into him. I rested my head against his chest and hooked my leg around his waist, locking him into place. This is what our mornings had been spent the last couple of days before Bucky locked himself in his office at home for the day, trying to find more leads on Clint or Natasha. 

Absolutely nothing. It was as if they dusted away, their lives almost forgotten. 

“Are you busy tonight?” Bucky asked while rubbing my back. 

I couldn't help but snicker at his question. He knew that with the hit on me, I refused to leave the house alone. To be honest, I rarely left his house this past week, not wanting to risk anything. There was no way Bucky would let me leave by myself anyway.

“I think my schedule is open,” I joked with a smile while looking up at him. “Why?” 

“Would you like to go out to dinner with me?” 

My breath caught in my throat. “Like a date?” 

Bucky could feel the way my body tensed in his embrace so he gave my hip a soft squeeze. “Whatever you want to call it; a date or two friends getting dinner.” 

I gnawed on the inside of my cheek, debating the offer around in my mind for a few minutes. 

“How about we start it off as friends and see where it goes?” I suggested. 

He smiled, brushing his lips across the top of my head. “As long as you're comfortable, Y/N.” 

My laughter bounced off the small confines of Bucky’s car as he drove us back home, our dinner replaying in my mind over and over. It had been so long since I had someone do everything Bucky did tonight and my heart was swimming. 

It started with him renting a small section of the restaurant for us, him pulling out my chair for me, and the table had a very large bouquet of black roses; my favorite. He already had a set menu for tonight, knowing what I liked, and when we talked he let me talk endlessly as I told him about me; things he didn't know. Not once did he interrupt, only kept his bright eyes on me the entire time. 

Bucky then divulged into his own life growing up and I learned so many things about him that surprised me. Our hands were linked on his lap under the table the entire time, his vibranium thumb pressing light circles on my skin. 

He pulled the car to a stop at a red light then looked over at me. “Have I told you how breathtaking you look tonight?” 

I smiled, my hand resting behind his neck, fingers playing with the end of his hair. 

“Once or twice.”

The car started to move again but I could tell that Bucky was still upset with what happened tonight so I placed my other hand on his knee. 

“You know you could have asked Steve or Sam to hang around. That way you wouldn't be so on edge at some points,”I said. 

“I didn’t like the way the waiter kept staring at you. I couldn’t trust that he wouldn’t try something,” Bucky said while gripping the wheel a bit too hard. “I can take care of you, Y/N.” 

I bit back a laugh. “It could be the fact that the dress I chose was a bit too short.” 

His eyes were laced with darkness as they quickly grazed over my form, slowly licking his lips. I felt my body ignite under his gaze so I shifted in my seat, the air shifted around us and I suddenly wanted to feel him all over me again.  

We arrived back at his house before I knew it and neither of us made an effort to leave the car, only staring deeply at each other. Our breathing synced as Bucky lifted my chin up towards him. 

“So was this a date?” Bucky’s voice was gentle, quiet. 

I nodded without hesitation. “This was the best date I had been on in a very long time. Thank you, Bucky.” 

“Anything for you, doll,” he breathed over my lips. 

The Bucky that I had been around the last few days was different from the one from months ago. He was more attentive towards me, sweet, and willing to take everything slow. All the anger I felt for him had vanished long ago, my love for him outweighing all the bad. 

I was done taking it slow. 

“Bucky?” My voice husked. 

His shoulders shivered. “Yea?” 

My tongue rolled over my bottom lip, it got caught between my teeth. 

“Did you want-.” 

I was cut off by his phone ringing but Bucky ignored it. “Not important.” 

“Are you sure?” I asked. 

“Doll,” he leaned closer to me. “You’re the only thing that matters to me right now.” 

Without a second thought, I crashed my lips to his and he wasted no time either by lifting me into his lap, the steering wheel digging into my back. I scratched and pulled at his hair, doing whatever I could to deepen the kiss. His tongue tangled with mine and I moaned into his mouth when his vibranium hand squeezed my ass to bring our hips closer together. 

I leaned my head back when Bucky began biting and sucking at the sweet spot of my neck, our movements becoming familiar with each other all over again. He remembered exactly where to touch or kiss that would set me off, in the most euphoric way. 

My name fell from Bucky’s lip when I started to rut my hips into his, trying to scratch that itch I felt almost everyday since we came back into each other's lives. 

“Should we take this upstairs?” I asked breathlessly from our kiss. 

Bucky didn't answer, only kicked open the car door and carried me inside the house. We were so engrossed with each other that the text message from Baron Zemo that interrupted us before went unread. 

“Oh, Bucky,” I moaned, nails scratching and pulling at his hair. 

His moans were swallowed by the lips between my legs, his tongue pressing circles on my sweetest spot. I hooked both of my legs around his neck, almost smothering him. Bucky didn’t complain once, only kept his actions up, moving even faster. 

I lifted my hips up from the bed as my orgasm washed over me without warning and cried out his name over and over again in praise. 

Bucky didn’t bother waiting for the white haze to pass from my eyes before he hooked my leg over his hip and buried his dick between my folds. I clenched around him and he let out the most guttural moan which made my eyes flutter shut. 

“I missed this so-,” he slid his dick out but left the tip in.“-fucking much.” 

With a hard snap of his hips, he began to move them erratically, his pace unforgiving and unruly. It was what exactly I needed, my nails grasping at anything I could reach. The sheets of the bed, the skin of his back. Anything. 

“Bucky,” I breathed. 

He buried his face in my neck. “I miss the way you say my name. The way you touch.” 

I whined at the sudden emptiness as Bucky dragged his soaked cock from me to roll me onto my knees. My ass was raised up towards him, ready for whatever he was about to do. 

A hard smack of skin against skin bounced off the walls in tangent my screams when Bucky smacked my ass. 

He leaned behind me, his warm breath cascading over my ear. “I miss the way you fuck. The way you taste.” 

I pressed back into dick, the precum and my own sweet arousal dragging all over the back of my thigh. 

“Please,” I begged. “I need you, Bucky. I need to feel you again.” 

“Doll, you never have to beg me for it. Never again.” 

We shared a moan as he slipped between my folds again. 

Snores filled the room as our sweaty bodies were tangled together, not bothering to cover ourselves with any covers. We had come down from our high a while ago, both of us collapsing to the bed short of breath. Bucky had me locked against his chest, vibranium arm over my stomach. 

Tonight had felt like we never missed a beat, everything between us becoming second nature. The only difference was that Bucky didn’t have to leave, we could stay as long as we wanted together. There wasn’t the lingering regret or shame that we would feel after a night spent together. We didn’t get the chance to talk about us, exhaustion taking over us almost immediately. But there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that things would be different between us. 

For the better. 

That was until the sudden thirst woke me and I let out a small yawn while doing my best to untangle myself from him. 

Bucky whined while gripping me tighter.  “Where are you going?” 

“I’m thirsty,” I giggled. 

He left a kiss on my bare shoulder. “Hurry back. I’ll miss you.” 

I laughed at the tone of his voice and gave him a quick kiss before slipping on one of his shirts and a pair of shorts. 

Not bothering to turn on any lights in the kitchen, I rummaged through the fridge in search of something to drink. That was until I felt a strong arm around my throat, yanking me away and tossing me onto the hard, cold ground. My head smacked against the floor as I let out a strangled scream, feeling hands around my throat now. Fear filled my eyes as I looked up and saw a vicious smile looking down at me. 

“Cl-clint?” I choked out. 

“Miss me?” 

Before I could fight against him, he knocked me unconscious with a swift punch to the side of my head. 

[chilling-seavey]

okay but what if confessional george and reader are caught, and because of the pressure of the congregation and the whole village are pushed together (Bridgerton who?), let's be honest, they'd have the craziest married sex life of the whole town. outside a perfect couple, and then absolute devils in the sheets xD

Honestly, I was so avid that pastor's son George and reader would not be endgame but you guys with these asks are lowkey changing the entire narrative in my mind and...I'm not mad about it.

So, for this kick off of our proper start to developing this universe (now that there's an official masterlist and everything!!), I will ramble about how I see their future future. As always, you are all more than welcome to pitch in with your own thoughts and opinions!!

As we know from our two Confessional universe fics that have been posted, George is Toxic with a capital T; he's manipulative and overall a slimy little fucker, ngl. I love love love first anon's note here about being 'forced' together if/when they are found out...that's so realistic to this universe and this was honestly the message that really changed my mind on their story.

I see this situation like a kind of 'arranged marriage' trope where they lowkey hate each other? Of course they don't hate each other, they just hate the situation (read: George hates the situation) and that causes a lot of tension between him and reader. Honestly, depending on where they are in their [weird] 'relationship' when they're found out, depending on how far his character has progressed, I could even see George going as far as sleeping with someone else while he's in this forced engagement with reader. Don't come for me, guys!! He's not a good guy, remember?

Of course, it wouldn't end with them completely parting ways (whether it was due to their own forgiveness with each other and/or the pressure from the community that they have a duty to go through with this wedding) and they would get married in the church and have a modest little reception in the back garden. Reader would be so infatuated because she had a crush on him for the longest time, he took her virginity, and now they're married; that's just the perfect fairytale ✨ She might be sliiightly naive...

And, yeah, first anon here is so right. As they grew into this new phase of their relationship, reader definitely grew into her self-confidence and they both take on that role of the sweetest couple in town to outsiders but kinky fuckers behind closed doors. Debating if they'd live in his parents' house for the first year or so (because, hello, affording your own place in this economy? George doesn't even have a paying job) to then be able to explore all the tensions and chaos from that...or if they'd have their own house in town.

But anyway, George might be a dick in this universe, but he still loves God so there is no hesitation when his father is thinking of stepping back from his role in the church and asks him to take his place. He had learned a lot from his father and growing up in the church but he'd also go to camps to practice and preach and learn and those times away would definitely strain his marriage a little. Yeah, they'd be in a good place by then but he wouldn't be miraculously changed either. Would be interesting to play up that and the situations that could arise etc.

Not to mention, leading into second anon's note here, once they're older and [George is finally] more mature and maybe they have a kid or two (or more??) (because God literally says 'be fruitful and multiply' and George will be damned if he doesn't listen to God), the church ends up being passed into their capable hands. And they'd still be that 'perfect angels on the surface but lil devils behind closed doors' couple well into this era. But perhaps these later, later moments give George's character the opportunity to do a full 180 from where he started. Perhaps he's witness to one of the altar boys being a little manipulative creep to one of the girls and he sees his old self in that young man (and now with a whole new perspective now that he has daughter/s) and has the chance to put a stop to it.

[lullabyalikpoptarot]

BTS Tea Session

Disclaimer: No facts, all alleged, just interpreting the cards and messages I get.

Now that out the way. I got some wild messages here, so here you go, hope you enjoy, because I did enjoy this one, although some were a bit difficult to get through.

Jin

So, he is showing me some sort of pact that he can't back out of here. This helped him climb up the ladder and the pyramid. I feel if he backs out there will be some strong consequences, like it may not be good for him. It is like you may the deal, we got you to the top, no backing out. So, he's got to keep working. I see him being mentally tormented about it. He seems to get a lot his disposal, like things were giving to him. He was able to rise to fame, even though there were plenty of obstacles in his way to get there. Billie Eilish's Birds of a Feather is popping up looking at this page of cups, so not sure what that means.

I am just getting, you made the deal, you made your bed, lay in it. He is giving me that they have to appear like a family, be it with the members or the company. To be a family unit and stick together, no matter what. I feel he wants to peace out and ride into the sunset, but he is tied down. Jin gives me someone with a lot of pride and a bit of an ego, so there is a desire to win and defeat the odds or the people who doubt him, not sure what that means. There is this need to defeat them, could be the company and rise above them. He might cause some problems, maybe wanting to shake things up, break a bit of the foundation. He wants them to pay up and pay him fairly for his work. He wants things to be restructured or changed. I see him advocating for fair payments.

Okay, stopping there, not a bad start. I didn't see him giving me much tea, but interesting start. I don't see that as too wild, but maybe I get too numb to all of this by now. Also, he gave me a lot of what I expected. Moving on.

Suga

I see him being upset, frustrated, disappointed, nothing new with this one. I get a sense of betrayal here. I see him heavily focused on the negatives. I don't see him appreciating all the good and achievements he has. He just seems perpetually frustrated, hurt and angry, sounds like a Pisces, alright let me stop, love ya'll though. He has this will and courage to face any obstacle that stands in his way. There could be someone he wants to stand up too, could be a feminine, a powerful one. I see him wanting to cut out associations or connections he has had in the past. This may have helped him gain global success. I see him being pretty stressed, losing sleep over this, not sure what this is. It seems like he wants to start fresh and new, have a new beginning. I am getting starting from the bottom. I feel like he may regret some associations he may have had in the past. It could do with parties and drinking, like what I got with RM, he could of been involved with that as well. I keep getting 3, so it has to do with two other people.

I got 3 of swords, 3 of wands and 3 of cups, there is two people involved here, this had to do with some advancement to his career, could be people he has worked with. But he keeps giving me he wants to distance himself from that. I see him wanting to leave the idol world and all the this shit it contains. I am also seeing something about backpacking, like he may want a whole new life. Wipe the slate clean. I see him wanting to move in a different direction. I see him wanting to defend himself and speak up, but could lack confidence. He may not rather speak on things, or he won't share much information about what he wants to do. It could be with the company. He may act like he isn't aware of much but planning something. It seems he wants to claim his money, so they may be withholding money of his and he wants to claim it and take what is his, that is how I see these cards. I think I got something like this in his last reading, but can't remember, anyway, stopping here.

Okay, felt he would give me tea and he did.

Jhope

*sighs* Another one who wants Justice. He is showing things being hidden, kept in the dark, dark secrets. He is showing me he is aware of the bullshit, the cloud has lifted. I see him wanting information, could be gathering information, trying to formulate a plan. There could be information he wants to bring forward, how that manifest I don't know. I am not sure he likes whoever this KOP's is, probably their CEO, most likely him. He wants to dip as well. He just isn't satisfied serving him anymore, I just heard greedy mother f*ck** Sorry that made me laugh. I wanted more for the KOP's and low and behold, the hierophant flies out, who would guess lol He orchestrates everything, has so much damn control. I am so annoyed in this energy. I don't like him. He is so money hungry, like the man on the card has a coin around his damn neck! All he cares about is money, not them, not their emotions, not how depressed they are. I heard, you gave me all of this, this is how you repay me, that is the man in charge saying that I feel.

I need to take a shot every time this 2 of Cups pops up in these readings. Once again, wanting more clarification and that popped up. What is this with cups and contracts, what type of voodoo here they do lol It seem he lost sense of himself, his strength due to this connection, like they break your soul and spirit, not sure how else to take these cards, so sticking with that. Justice card coming out twice in different decks, so he wants balanced restored. I wonder if he will take this person to court, because I sense that, but not sure it will happen. Because Justice is about law and order and the courts, so hmm, let's stay tuned. Pulled more, but not really getting anything else, so moving on.

RM

Omg, he is showing me exactly what he gave me in his career reading. This man is consistent, so a lot of swords here, once again got the ace of swords. I feel this man is leaking information, I feel it, because he can't really share it publicly, also I hear feigning innocence, maybe acting like he doesn't know things, but this man has a lot of information. But with this King of Swords, he may share it, or he is confident in what he knows and the information he has. I see him having regrets of the past, maybe about how he upstarted his career. Also, not able to utilize his skills how he may have wanted. I see him wanting to end things, maybe cut people out. He doesn't want to work in this environment he is in or the people he works with. I just sense he feels there is dysfunction, like things don't work as well. I see him wanting creative freedom, a happier environment. It seems he pours a lot of himself into his work and poured a lot into the company and the group.

I see him reflecting a lot. I think this isolating period has helped him to reflect and see things better, or he gained clarity on the things he wasn't aware of. It seems he wants to take control of his life and to not be as controlled. I feel he is coming to his senses. Once again, seeing he wants to start fresh and also wipe the slate clean. It is like they distort your view of reality. I feel there are drinks they give to do that, he is showing me cups again, that make me think of drinks being offered to them. It is like they offer them drinks and they don't think anything of it, but it does something to their psyche, like weakens them somehow. And this feminine energy is highly involved. She is a strong presence in HYBE I see, because I see this energy in Enha and TXT as well. I pulled another card for this strength card and guess what, the hierophant popped up, can't make this up if I try, so it has to do with the company and powers that be. It is a way to keep them controlled and in line, that is how I see it.

Okay, always fascinating to see his point of view and what he has to say.

Jimin

All pretty much have similar stories, with some differences. There is a strong burning desire to seek Justice and get fair treatment for him. I see him wanting to take a stand against whoever he wants to seek Justice from. He seems the most poised to take action as he represents the KOW's, this is a person of action. I see a lot of aggression towards this person as well. I do see this carefree energy from him. This needs to keep things together though. Or wanting everyone to get alone. So, this Star card of the person naked, just reminds me of what I have gotten from him in the past, refer back to their thoughts on being an idol part 2, selling himself for the industry. It is like he poured all of his emotions, and he may not even have any for himself anymore. He is quite drained. I see him being at odds with someone, taking a stance, or I am getting he tries to stay neutral and not take a stance. I can see him being put on display, being a money maker for the company. I see something difficult happening to him in the past, could do with what I mentioned before, there is shame there, a difficulty to move past it or recover from it.

His thoughts and memories are tied to this traumatic event. I see him doing what he can to not go back to those memories, trying to distract, which is why he is struggling to heal from it. He hasn't moved on from it and it sticks with him to this day. He also gives me JB vibes, along with Jungkook. I asked for a clarifier for the KOW's wanted more there, got Death rv, The Lovers and the Ace of Pentacles, this gives me something that is unresolved, a type of contract or commitment he had to do, to make money or move ahead, probably sleeping with someone allegedly. I didn't get the Devil card though, so not sure it was anything toxic, or something he was completely forced to do, but may felt he needed to, asked for another clarifier and got 6 of pentacles rv, so this is where the unfairness plays, he feels he may have had an unfair payoff here.

So, I wanted a clarifier for the fool card I got as well, because wasn't sure what that was about and got the King and Queen of Cups, this is a pair here people. There are two people who may have duped him, but they put on a guise of being very emotional and loving and nurturing, but he was fooled. OMG, I got the message molly wop, ya'll I heard that phrase before, but had no clue what that really means, it means "When a grown man beats another grown man as if he were a girl under the age of 10. Getting mollywhopped is not a regular beatdown, but a beating where the victim is so physically or mentally incapable of fighting back they go down like a little bitch." that is horrible, did this couple do that wtf man, is this why he is so angry. Ya'll had to sit here for a second and process that. If this is true, that is horrible and fuck this couple. It is crazy that they show up as Cups, meaning they acted very loving to him to fool him. Now, the 10 of swords makes more sense, the person on the card has swords on their back and looks beaten and defeated, that card can be referring to this instance. So, that card is basically literal. So glad I clarified that card, but not really with the message I got.

Oh Jesus, this dude had been through it. I am sending him healing message. More and more I learn why he is so disconnected and split.

V

I am getting secrets, lies and deceits. Once again seeing he is observed, many things happening behind the scenes. I keep getting this fool card for all the members basically, a need to clean the slate for them. I see him also gaining clarity and gathering information. I see that he is showing he is no longer deluded. He is seeing things for what it is. He does seem like he may have all that he needs, but he is not really satisfied, or there is this need for him to escape. Alright, need clarifiers cause not getting much else here. I wanted a clarifier for the moon card, not sure if this KOP's is him, since he is a Capricorn or their CEO, but see it being more the CEO. I see him believing he has created obstacles and challenges for him. He may have gaslight him. Sold him fantasies. But now he realizes the truth. It is like once these idols go to the Military and step away from the nonsense, they start to realize the bullshit and guise they were under, now that they are away from it. It is like once they are not immersed in it. They see things for how it really is, because their influence over them isn't quite as strong. Because I see him being aware of the lies and deceit and confusion they may have created. It is like everything has come full circle. There is a new awareness he has now.

I needed clarifiers for this fool, and I am seeing he went through a similar situation as Jimin, he may not want to confront or address it though. I got the High Priestess, the 3 of wands, which means him and two others involved, this also shows me not able to move on or get out of a situation. I got the King of Wands rv, which can be very dominating, aggressive, even abusive energy, and guess what else popped up!, the couple, Queen and King of Cups, so yeah, they are involved here too, and I believe it was the Fool card for Jimin they popped up as well. I tried to get more on this couple as to why they keep popping up and they seem to be important to their advancement and they have to go through them to get the success that they have. It is like they have to put them in uncomfortable situations, but they start off being very kind and generous and loving to open them up to them. This still makes no sense to me. I also did hear mollywop again when I pulled the fool card, so yeah. I am not sure why that word had to pop up, but I guess the guides wanted to make a statement with that and felt that word was the best way to send that message.

He also stresses about the connection he has and pours his heart to them. He doesn't want things to crash and burn. He tends to get stuck in the middle of situations. He would like a solid base, or for things to be stable. There is some rebranding and restructuring he may need to do with his connections. I do get a sense people ask him for money a lot and he may have been pretty giving in the past, but he seems to be getting a bit more selfish and not giving as much anymore, which good for him if true. I see him wanting to distance from these people.

Healing vibes for him as well. I sense he may handle things a bit better than Jimin though.

Ya'll I better not see this couple again!

Jungkook

So, I don't see the couple, but do see the 2 of cups, could refer to them, but not sure. I can also see that as him possibly knocking someone up, so going to need clarifiers for this one. I got some cards that could indicate a baby and baby momma, the lovers, ace of cups, 6 of cups and the ace of wands, so yeah, that is a possibility, will we know publicly or not, who knows. Or how accurate this is, but cards are indicating a baby here. So, 6 of swords could indicate bad news coming out, he also got the judgment card in the clarifiers, could this come out? Not that I see it as bad news, but we know how fans can be and how that could affect his career, but I feel like it wouldn't though for some reason. I can't see that happening. Remember he got the tower and ace of wands in a mini reading I did before of him, he may shake the world with baby news lol I will be real I don't believe what this is showing me though. I refuse to believe he will come out with some baby news, maybe it is a collaboration of some sort, idk, but that is what the cards are telling me, so whatever, moving on.

Okay, let's get to these other cards. There is this will for him to face any challenge that goes his way. He has a strong fighter spirit. And will push over anyone who gets in his way. I see him pretty cautious when it comes to his career. I see him wanting to keep things secret and hidden. I say he holds on to his career, his assets and what he has obtained. He can be pretty selfish about it. I see him trying to heal and work through his past. I see him reflecting and trying to get in tuned with his emotions. It seems he will be working on what he has been through and trying to grow as a person. And maybe working on forgiving and having compassion for himself.

So, I also see this Empress as someone who may plant seeds or create rumors around him, so it could be rumors and not truth or be proven truth about a baby. I can see him being put in a difficult situation and his hands being tied, not sure what that means. It seems he wants to head in a new direction. He seems unsatisfied and bored with things. I feel he is someone who needs a challenge, needs excitement, so he may try to do something that brings that out of him. I keep seeing him want to revolutionize things, be innovative and bring excitement and change to things, not sure how that will manifest, but he got the ace of wands, queen of wands and king of wands, a lot of creative energy there. I am also seeing a big collab with him, maybe that is what I was picking up on with the 2 of cups and the empress card, so it could be just that, but the king and queen of wands is two big stars together, so this could be the shake up and excitement he brings. So yeah, going to stop. I find him very intriguing, but girlie needs to close this.

Okay, at first his seemed really wild, but the more I read into it, I could be seeing a collab coming, so that will be fun if true, wondering what that is about. But looking back I did get the 6 of cups and that is about children, unless he treats his creative work as children, and the 6 of swords gives me another story, so idk with this one. I'll guess we will see.

So yeah, this was this installment, it was pretty wild, what I expected. Hope you enjoyed this tea session.

[bookshelfdreams]

do it. gimme the Izzy straight-coded meta 👀

I feel like I need to preface this by saying that Actually, Izzy Is Straightcoded would be the inflammatory clickbait title I'd give this if it were written to draw traffic & ad revenue to my shitty website. So don't take that term too seriously.

There has been a lot of ink spilled about Izzy thinking he's in a story where one can only be subtextually queer. Some even by yours truly, but the more I think about it, the less sense it makes. What would be the purpose of queercoding Izzy?

In general, villains* aren't queercoded to show that men being attracted to other men is bad. It's often the outcome; but it's not why the trope exists. It exists because cishet people tend to be (and are encouraged to be) profoundly uncomfortable with gender nonconformity, and so, making a character gnc becomes a quick and easy way to make him appear twisted and untrustworthy. If he** can't even obey the fundamental rules of his own gender (rules that are inherent and unchangeable!) what other rules does he disobey?

Or: If a man is insufficiently masculine, he can't be trusted to have morals. The villain isn't gnc because that's an evil trait to have; rather, the gender nonconformity is a symptom of his evilness. Being evil is what enables him to embrace his feminine side, and embracing his feminine side is what others him and marks him as a villain.

This only really works when he's contrasted with a hero (or heroine) who is Doing Gender Correctly. The villain is foul to highlight how good the hero is. The Hero will be honest and straightforward, brave, physically powerful; the Queercoded Villain treacherous, cowardly, and physically weak. The hero is a Proper Man, a Good Person. The villain an Improper Man, and therefore, a Bad Person.

Of course ofmd fundamentally rejects this. The shorthand wouldn't work, because ofmd simply doesn't think effeminacy is creepy. It's uninterested in moralizing self-expression; it just lets people be how they are. There's a wide range of expressions of masculinity on this show, and none of it is inherently bad. People are allowed to be hypermasculine, flamboyant, and anything inbetween, can express their gender in whatever manner they want, and it's all fine - as long as they are authentic about it. Be however you are, but be yourself, and this is what Izzy fails at. The repression marks him as a villain. The strict adherence to what he thinks a Real Man Pirate ought to be like. He's very preoccupied with enforcing a traditional (and toxic) masculinity on himself and others. It's no coincidence the characters he antagonizes the most - Stede and Lucius - are also the most effeminate ones. And I know, I know anglophones have a much more casual relationship to twat and cunt, those don't nearly feel as uncomfortable for y'all as they do for me, so I don't want to assign too much significance here, but he is the only character who constantly uses this kind of language, and also the one who uses the most gender&sexuality based slurs (as far as I remember).

All of this while being clearly, obviously queer himself! I do not feel like I need to explain this; his flustered reaction when Lucius asks him if he's ever been sketched speaks for itself. The fact that he meets Stede and immediately slices his shirt off of him, speaks for itself. And so on.

Izzy isn't straightcoded in the sense that the story wants us to believe he's exclusively attracted to women. Much like a queercoded villain doesn't need to be shown to be attracted to men (and can even be shown to be attracted exclusively to women!) to still be queercoded. He's straightcoded in the sense that he's a stand-in for restrictive and toxic gender roles that society enforces on people. He buys into the idea that there's a way of Doing Gender Wrong, and this is presented as a tragic character flaw. Something he has to overcome to be able to do the thing that actually marks a hero in this show: express himself authentically.

Part of why I found his death so moving is because it enables him to set right the toxicity he spread. His rehabilitation arc was about himself; about finally allowing himself to be, accepting love, accepting community. His death was about taking responsibility. About fully recognizing the hurt he caused. Looking death in the face enables him to finally abandon the last shreds of that toxicity, to apologize and be granted forgiveness. In the end, he was not beyond saving, and the harm he has done will be healed.

*Izzy is introduced as an antagonist to both Stede and the central romance of this romcom. I'm not gonna debate this; if you disagree, fine, but you clearly have such a fundamentally wrong different view of the show that it's pointless for us to try and convince each other.

**of course Queercoded Female Villains exist s well, but they are a whole different can of worms and less relevant to this discussion

[evidence-of-the-unknown]

[ID: The cover of Evidence of the Unknown. Murphy, a pale woman with white hair in a green jacket, stands in front of a cork board covered in papers and red string. On the floor around her are boxes, more scattered paper, and other discarded objects. She is lit from light coming through a doorway behind the viewer, and a shadow of an unknown creature is cast on the floor. The text, on the top and bottom of the page, reads "Telebeast's Evidence of the Unknown." End ID.]

I'm excited to bring this comic to everyone! EotU is a science fiction story focused on aliens, conspiracies, biology, and weird women in the desert. Every Wednesday, beginning next week!

[fromtheseventhhell]

The majority of Rhaegar/Lyanna stans here are minding their own business but for certain people here (especially "martell stans") is not enough

They keep bashing these characters and they are acting as if they are "oppressed" by Rhaegar's stans

It's boring

This is sooooo true, and why I find Elia/Martell stans to be so annoying even though I love several Martell characters (same with house Stark stans tbh). They love throwing stones and then hiding their hands. They put their hate in the main tags and call Rhaegar a pedophile/rapist/racist/abuser/etc., Lyanna a spoiled brat/heartless temptress, and shit talk shippers cause they think the fanon they invented justifies it but the second a Rhaelya gives a fraction of that energy back, they play the victim. Cause you're right, it's not enough for them. At the root of it, they're forever going to be mad that Rhaegar, Lyanna, and their relationship are popular + important to the story. They swear they don't care but then they never shut up about them. Just another case of people wanting to be morally superior and getting pissy when things don't go their way.

[vandalizedheart]

if i may allow myself a monthly Joker Moment, a lot of the harshness i have towards myself tends to be a side effect of how the rpc as a whole tends to operate.

i have a lot of joy and love for the things i create. when i share them in rp spaces here though? sometimes it gets hard to keep loving them, and myself as well.

[icewindandboringhorror]

I occasionally wish to reach out to old friends/acquaintances I haven't spoken to since high school/some other even earlier time in my life, but I have SOOO little social energy even for required tasks (like making dr phone calls or etc), I never have any leftover for extra ones, and it would be very odd to message someone I haven't spoken to in like 5 years out of the blue but then take 4 entire months to respond back lol.. My natural curiosity with nostalgia/collecting details of the past/etc. (literally if I were born a little earlier I would definitely do scrapbooking or something lol) is very strong, but, alas, not strong enough to beat out the Social Issues Demons apparently

[allygatoor]

i think it's time that we as a society realized that actually eternals wasn't bad it was just not standard marvel fare and that's okay

[silverwhittlingknife]

hi anon <333 okay so uhhhh listen when i got this ask which i think was... a month ago? a couple months ago? i did not have a dick & tim reading guide

BUT i read this ask and i thought WOW WHAT A GOOD IDEA, a dick & tim reading guide, i wish i'd had one of those when i started reading!! and also i had a lot of work that i didn't want to do so i needed a project to procrastinate on dsfdsfs

so i have been working on a reading guide spreadsheet and it is ALMOST DONE so i will post it soon-ish. <3 if anyone wants to check out the unfinished version and tell me if it's readable dm me <3

also below i have rambled a lot about the makings of the spreadsheet if you also like spreadsheets a lot

this is only sort of tangentially related to the reading guide but it is the SECRET ORIGIN of the reading guide. i think many comic fans eventually end up with a spreadsheet story because comics are bonkers and difficult to keep track of, so either you sensibly engage with your hobby in a reasonable fashion or you slowly go bonkers yourself and end up with a spreadsheet story. this one is mine.

so a year or two ago, when i got first got deeply deeply obsessed with dick & tim, i was desperate for content and i wasn't able to find much on tumblr

so out of a combination of deep affection for the boys and also an extremely strong desire to procrastinate the things i was supposed to be doing, i went through dc.fandom's list of dick's appearances and of tim's appearances.

and i cross-referenced them all to find the comics they both appeared in, and then i started kinda randomly reading through those comics looking for good art/panels that they both appeared in and taking notes on whether they appeared in the same panel or not:

and then as i became even more obsessive i started adding in a bunch of their solo appearances so i'd know the context of their team-ups, and i started color-coding blue-for-nightwing, red-for-robin, purple-for-both-of-them:

and then i started trying to make lists of Significant Events so that i'd know e.g. when characters died or got married or broke up:

and then i got tired of having to search for dc.fandom pages every time i wanted to check something in a comic, so i started adding links to dc.fandom and to dc universe:

and then i thought, you know, it'd be nice to have comic titles and to know if it's part of an ongoing story:

and sometimes when i was reading, i started taking notes on quotes or whatever was going on:

and that's about when i got this ask, and i thought, you know, i really should make a reading guide.

and i started thinking, okay, is there any way to take my spreadsheet and make it slightly less convoluted and a bit more like a reading guide?

and the answer was, probably not!!! but that did not stop me from trying sdfdsfds

so right now i have a spreadsheet called "Dick & Tim Reading List" and it's got a section that looks like this which has about 200 recommended-read comics:

but ALSO there's a tab that's really really long that has all of dick's solo comics and also all of tim's solo comics (from 1987-2011, not of all time, but still):

and also you can just get a list of all (post-crisis) comics dick&tim have appeared in together:

and also as i was working on this i discovered FILTER VIEWS and simultaneously got curious about all the quotes in grayson 12, which taunted me with the possibility of getting post-crisis continuity back before not giving it to me >:(((((( but anyway they're still good quotes so i made a list of all of them

anyway then i looked at all of that and thought ehhhhh okay but that's very complicated!! maybe i need some shorter reading recommendations. so then i started making a list of those:

basically you should picture the spreadsheet journey like this puppy:

anyway i'm still kinda distracted but i do intend to clean it up a bit more and then post a link, so that will happen soon-ish hopefully <3

[bunnyboy-juice]

spent the first hour and change at work deleting some old files and am having a grand ol time laughing at myself for not realizing i was a lesbian sooner

[front-facing-pokemon]

[technicolorxsn]

love how there are pretentious video essays that just repeat the book and meander and ramble about house of leaves. it's what zampanó would have wanted. it is not, however, what I want

[no-pasaran-99]

my skin is about to be so smooth & i am so ready to have a hoe phase but oh my god....... i hate them apps