#anyway... I know I've said this many times but...

[parinithasuresh]

I actually watched this movie with my brother for a refershment coz I've exam in few days and needed a break !

Did I like the movie ? No I LOVED IT.I wanted to watch coz someone said it is anti-israel I thought they were just saying its neutral coz ppl confuse it more than often .OH boy , I was so wrong .This movie litreally said FUCK ISRAEL in every aspect and it was not at all subtle .And I just saw today director sued trump for using supreman poster which is another insane move ciz two jewish making move abt ongoing genocide and not siding killers IS vry imp coming from hollywood which we all KNOW how so many big artist are PRO -Israel,and it's vry know fact wt baffels me is that ppl r being praised for being PRO-PALESTINE and some ppl even pulling this as PR moves and to establish there brand where it is a basic humanity to know killing is not a good thing while wt is happening now is more than that .Bck to the point THIS SUPERMAN movie might actually be fav coz it actually talked abt a social issue one thing and how the superman was actually empatheic and lovely that I wished he was REAL!! Which I didn't for reallyyyy long time .Idk I just gotta give it's 10's

Coming to the problem I watched it India oh man ,I gotta say was I dissapointed yes not in the movie but u will know .They just cut whole bunch of clips the kissing scene was MAIN thing triggerd me make this post in first place A KISSING SCENCE while since they have so much of free time they might well ACTUALLY watch the movies they have been promoting these days namley KABIR SINGH,ANIMAL not to talk abt many such films nd how it has been promoted widely these days not to tal abt how the political r caste talked system never talked abt in society r sometimes they never make into public such cases ,the scence might have made it if he have slapped r finched her waist r abused her vulgerly in words but .Hey they had problem with the kissing scence while they don't even bat there eyes where there is a rape casses and murdering happening in the country don't come at me for not being patriotic I'm patrioctic but I'M ALSO OKAY WITH AGREEING THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY WHICH WE NEVER CARE OF WHICH HAS BECOME SO COMMEN THAT IT'S JUST A REGULAR NEWS ATP.Above all this how ppl r using their so called patriotism to commit crimes in this country.Not to talk abt how these has been affecting the upcoming generation how r they supposed to know how to actually know how to actually be in love not acting like INCELS .This is the main reason I chose this pic at firdt place not to actually ingnore Love being a part of storyline .Nah I'M higly dissapointed .

But hey FUCK ISREAL

FREE-PLAESTINE ,SUDAN ,CONGO

LOVED SUPERMAN ANYWAY

a boy who’s jacked and kind 💪

[b0kevi]

cw for the request, i currently have a small sh addiction in a way and i wanted to know if u would write a male/GN yuu reader who came with sh scars and has a habit to not eat most of the time (cuz i do that), for the characters i specifically would like Deuce, Ruggie, Azul, Kalim, Epel, and Ortho! the ones in orange i would like more than the others if thats to many characters :))

it is perfectly ok if you are uncomfortable doing this request and i respect that wholly , thanks for making these fics and making my day enjoyable lol <33

(TW) Them with a reader who SH

summary: how they would react to a reader who has sh scars and doesn’t eat a lot

trope: hurt/comfort, angst if you squint, fluff

info: can be seen as romantic or platonic, up to you. tw about sh, ed. not proofread, masc reader, no specific pronouns used(i believe) I realized I made this more about ED than the SH..

characters: ruggie, kalim, epel, deuce, azul, ortho (jade, vil, leona, jamil, grim mentioned)

w/c: kalim: 519 ruggie: 488 epel: 378 deuce: 345 azul: 378 ortho: 300

a/n: as someone who struggles w this I get it. tho I've been a year clean, I still struggle w food n stuff but if anyone needs someone to talk to, my dms are open <3

ruggie

at first he didn't mind that you shared your food with him. free food is free food, who is he to say no?

he first thought you took pity on him thats why you would always give him big portions of your food.

"of course not! I just ate earlier so I'm not hungry."

that somehow always became your excuse. it was always 'im not hungry' 'i ate earlier' ‘I don’t like this anyways’ but would hear from grim that you haven't eaten anything since this morning.

you weren’t eating on purpose.

it’s not like he cared, more food for him. so why did it bother him so much?

he would leave snacks around you without a word. a snack on your desk, snack in your backpack, snack on your table, hoping you’ll just take it and eat it. (using leona’s card ofc)

you two were in savannaclaw folding everyone’s laundry. savannaclaw felt hotter than usual so you took off your blazer and rolled up your sleeves without thinking much of it, going back to your work.

at that moment ruggie had looked over at you. he had his fair share of bruises and scars from throughout his life but he knew those were different.

“soo… you gonna tell me what’s up?”

you looked at him puzzled, “sorry?”

ruggie sighed as he nodded his head towards your arms.

oh. right.

“it’s nothing just-“

“yeah that won’t work with me. Come on y/n, you don't have to if you don't wanna but I wont charge you or anything I'm pretty understanding.’’

It’s not that you didn't trust ruggie, you just didn't know how to bring it up.

You sighed— deciding you should tell him. you trusted him despite everyone else.

Reggie was surprisingly a good listener.

He's not the best at advice but it wasn't terrible. again ruggie has been through a lot himself so he would understand a bit. if you don’t want advice and just someone to listen to you, he’ll do that.

afterwards he still uses leona’s card to buy you food, he hates sharing but would give you small portions of his meals just to start. would somehow make time so you two can eat together since he also can go days without eating.

if you feel insecure about your scars he will show you his scars and tells you the story behind them, “this ones from jumping a fence while I was running away from the store clerk- listen the food was out in the open how was I supposed to know I had to pay for it? sheehee”

he can always sense when something’s wrong so will de-escalate before you get any ideas, he always keeps an eye on you just in case

you two are partners in crime, ruggie has your back and you got his. he doesn’t want anything bad happening to you no matter how much he denies it.

kalim

kalim had his suspicions but never said anything because he didn't want to upset you.

there would be time where he would subtly bring it up, hoping you'll open up to him.

"what happened y/n? did grim do that? or.."

he saw your scars and his grin faded, his heart felt heavy but he soon recovered and asked while hovering over your arms.

“oh yeah, grim doesn’t like getting up early so…”

a lie.

grim would never do that to you on purpose.

“right! well if you ever need anything i’m always here for you! i’ll get you whatever you want too! it doesn’t matter what it is!”

then when he noticed you weren’t eating, at first he thought you didn’t like the food or were allergic.

“is it too much seasoning? jamil makes the best food! its not poisoned! do you not like this?”

you would always reassure him that it wasn’t that, you just weren’t hungry at the moment.

kalim would always invite you over to eat, he wouldn’t force you to eat (maybe a little but he doesn’t mean any harm, it’s more like that one time he gave grim a cracker)

after the second week of excuses, kalim will finally bring up what’s on his mind.

“y/n… i’ve noticed you haven’t been eating, is something wrong? are you feeling okay?”

you once again try to brush it off, not wanting to make a big deal out of it but kalim isn’t going to brush it off.

“y/n, you can tell me if something’s wrong. i’m here for you and if you ever need something i’m here! you don’t have to fight this yourself, i want to help you, really.”

kalim truly wants you to know that he will do whatever to help you out, he already knows what happens when he doesn’t check in on people.

he doesn’t want you to bottle up your emotions like jamil did, he knows you won’t overblot but he saw the scars on you and he doesn’t want you to resort to that again.

when you finally do open up, he’s thrilled. he’s a very good listener and also very touchy, will hug you or have an arm around you, playing with your fingers, always lingering but will try his very best to restrain if that makes you uncomfortable.

afterwards he’ll always look out for you. if you eat a small portion he’ll congratulate you, “see! wasn’t that delicious y/n? want a little bit more? no? that’s okay you still ate something which is great!”

praises you for little accomplishments and will cling to you for a while until he sees you’re doing better. he will still cling to you even if you are better but that’s just his nature.

“you’ll tell me if you ever have those urges right? don’t hesitate to call when you’re feeling down okay? my magic carpet is super fast! i’ll be over like that whenever!” he snaps his fingers.

deep down he is truly worried about you and will do everything in his power to be there for you.

epel

honestly epel always thought scars were cool. i mean have you seen leona and how badass he looks?

epel never saw you differently. you were still you, you were still his friend no matter what.

he would never pressure you to tell him what happened. he didn't need to know, he was just glad you were here but whenever you do want to talk, he’ll listen closely while staring at them. not in a weird or disgusted way but almost like studying them, deep in thought.

“you’ve been through so much… these don’t change anything, if anything they show how strong you are. I think they make you look pretty manly too.” he grins trying to lighten the mood.

if you're insecure about your scars he would always remind you how manly or how cool and strong you look. if anyone has a problem with them they'll have to go through him.

when he notices your eating habits he tries to get you to eat at least an apple or something small to start.

“y/n you have to eat if you want to grow strong! bulk up those muscles! vil’s always on me for eating three meals a day and having a proper diet…”

he would always gift you apples but now every time he sees you he gives you an apple.

epel is always by your side kind of like a bodyguard but also a personal reminder, will intimidate anyone who looks at you funny. he will also give you a water bottle or a snack as a reminder to drink/eat something.

he might even seek help out from vil on how to help you out. he wants you two to grow strong together but he's not quite sure what to do.

epel is your personal hype man, he will make sure you feel good about yourself.

he might panic a bit if he sees you're upset, tries his best to calm you down or distract you so you don't do anything crazy.

"vil gave me this face cream that's supposed to help you calm down if you ever feel overwhelmed, here. if you ever feel like that let me know, I'll come over as fast as I can, we'll work it out together okay?"

deuce

when deuce first saw, he didn't know how to react. he didn't say anything in the moment, he didn't know what he should do. should he pretend he didn’t see? say something to comfort you?

He didn't want to upset you or make you uncomfortable with his staring or silence but he was quiet for a while that you knew something was up.

deuce always tries his hardest to comfort you but sometimes he can be messy but you always appreciate his efforts.

“it’s fine deuce, they’re old anyways…” you decide to just rip the bandaid off.

deuce is a great listener, nodding along to show his listening and paying attention to your words.

will give you a hug or rub your back if you’re comfortable with physical touch.

he will immediately go to riddle and ask for advice on how to help you. he wants to do whatever he can to show that he cares but doesn't want to mess it up so he goes for guidance.

deuce also has his fair share of scars from his delinquent days. "I know it's not quiet the same but they just show us how we became stronger. you're here now and that's what matters, we wouldn't have met if you didn't push through."

he always shares his food with you, he lights up when he sees you eating, it might not be much but its a start. he'll be with you throughout every step of your journey.

"this is my favorite, want some? is it good..? yeah? have some more! oh take your time no rush."

you can always feel his stare on you, he tries not to because he can see it sometimes makes you uncomfortable but he's making sure he doesn't miss any signs or signals that you might be feeling upset.

deuce is going to be for you this time, he doesn't want you to go back to those dark times again so he will try to prevent it and make sure you're happy with yourself and taking care of yourself as well.

azul

azul would be very understanding, when he noticed your eating habit and it would remind him of his younger self.

azul has always been self conscious of his appearance; he just tries to hide it. which is why he was quick to pick up on your eating habits.

azul knows you probably don’t want to have this conversation but when you’re constantly not eating he couldn’t take it.

“im not going to be your taste tester jade…” understandable.

“how do i know it’s not poisoned?”

“oh please I made it myself.”

“intriguing but i’m not hungry right now”

interesting.

he would watch you a bit before pulling you into his vip room and ask his burning question.

“y/n, I’ve noticed a pattern… what’s going on?”

of course you played naive. "what are you talking about?"

azul would become vulnerable with you, he should have pulled out a contract and tried to scam you but he didn't want to do that to you. he would most likely make you sign a NDA because he would open up about his past and issues, hoping you would too and does not want that to get out.

azul is not the best at comfort but will listen, he shares his experience to show you, you're not the only one and how he understands what it's like. he would offer his own advice if you ask.

azul doesn't care about your scars, they do sadden him a bit but youre still here and thats all that matters. he has the twins keep an eye on you to look out for signs in case you get overwhelmed.

azul would always drag you to the lounge and bring you simple meals at first, he would set you reminders but he was also your own personal human reminder as well to eat or drink something.

"I can't afford this-"

"free of charge." you stare at him.

"okay first few meals are free then you can pay me back later, but we'll discuss that later. eat." he would let you eat in the vip room so you guys would have privacy and can eat at your own pace.

he hates seeing himself in other people so despite everything azul does want to see you get better.

ortho

ortho knew the first time he saw you, he could read your vitals. all of them were below average, you didn’t need to tell him anything.

ortho would always check in on you. he's used to checking in on idia and reminding him to drink water and eat proper meals so he had no problem doing that with you. also doesn’t mind dropping off meals. ortho would push you a bit harder but he means well, he knows how idia can be so he pushes you in case you’re the same but he knows your boundaries and when to let you be.

ortho would always sit with you to make sure you actually eat, he doesn’t eat himself but he’ll pretend so it makes it seems like you’re both eating together and not just him watching you.

ortho always reminds you that he’s there for you, if you ever want to talk or hang out to get your mind off things.

I feel like ortho would give baymax vibes and look up solutions and gather friends to help you.

he’s super supportive and reassuring, but can be overprotective in the beginning, if he sees anyone being rude to you- he will not hesitate to get his laser out.

“y/n l/n! if you ever feel the urge to self harm, I have some alternatives that might help! if they don’t, don’t worry i’ll find more! please let me know if you ever feel like that, I don’t want anything bad to happen to you..”

"y/n l/n! It's time for lunch!"

"I already ate ortho"

"no you didn't, according to my scans you havent even eaten breakfast! come on let's go! you can't fool me y/n!"

he means well and is willing to lend a helping hand.

❀。• *₊°。 ❀°。

a/n: I remember one time at work my coworker saw my scars and was like 'omg what happened? was it a cat?' I just changed the subject n said sure my cat (who has no front claws) did that..

IDK WHY EPEL IS SO HARD FOR ME TO WRITE- i tried..

orthos part is def platonic.. idk if i need to specify for that..

[jamglii]

❀ live a little — bnha

incl / kirishima + a quiet reader

warn / oblivious!reader

note / hii im lonely okay bye

krishima is such a sweet guy, plays football but isn't douchey like most of them. waves with a glowing smile to his friends, and good in school.

if your being totally and completely honest he's more than your type, he's exactly what you would date in a man, it's just to bad because with his personality comes other people.

he's magnetic im that way you can't help but want to be around him, overly positive in an enverading way, his many many friends are evidence of it.

which is why you could never get close to him or his clique, the playingfeild was just on two completely different levels.

or so you thought.

"[Naaaame]...!" a light feminine voice sang to you, is was Mina, the only person in your AP World Geography class that talked to you.

"hey Mina." you replied, eyes dancing over her new pink hair.

"so," she sat down, amber eyes watching you intensely. "theres this party tonight..."

and you immediately groaned, it was your seinor year of highschool and you had yet to attend any of the parties Mina or any kid threw, maybe that was your problem.

"oh don't be like that, you never show up to my parties and we always me you..."

you paused, "we?"

Mina sputters, you'd never seen the girl so confident in your life blush and fumble to hard before. "me i meant me, and anyways it's senior year! why not now, just live a little, you'll never know where is takes you..."

you sighed. maybe she was right. maybe all your studying and isolation wasn't worth it, this was highschool, you should at least try to make soming fun of it, right?

❀ ❀ ❀

kirishima was on fire, his nerves were shot with minas words ever since she'd said them.

"Y/N said she'd be here tonight, look who just gotten you a date."

you, the quietes girl kirishima had met, or yet to meet was coming to a party. probably in a dress, maybe with your legs exposed.

"shit." he mumbled to himself coming over his hair again, hoping the exorbiant amounts of gel he used on his hair would keep everything in place.

he was pretty sure you hated him. or simply didn't care for him, the one time he's tried to talk to you his loud and especially annoying friends strolled in and when he looked back, you and your things. were gone.

you'd obviously taken that as a que to leave and he was hoping he could get you alone somewhere at this party and slip his number into your pocket.

it was almost 7, fuck he was nervous.

"red are you ready? you're gonna make us late." it was bakugou driving him there tonight, he for sure as fuck wasn't going but he liked to think katsuki cared about him enough to at least watch him inside the building.

"yeah..m' ready, sorry."

he sat in the car in silence, playing with his nails and much to quiet for the regular kirishima should be on the way to a party.

"what up with you?" bakugou askrd gruffly.

kirishima flinched as he spoke. "[Name], is supposed to be here tonight..."

"who?"

"fuck bakugou, the girl i've been crushing on for god knows how long--"

"i'm fuckin' with you, i know her. friends with deku."

kirishima stays silent.

"wait, are you nervous...?" katsuki asks, but kirishima could tell he was teasing. "is my little red seriously scared of a girl! no way, no fuckin way!"

kirishima groans into his palms as they pull up to the front of minas house, by the looks of it there already started, "fuckk."

bakugou laughs, "don't worry man, you'll be fine. and make sure you see her face to face, none of that slip a note pussy shit."

kirishima looked at the car one final time, then he walked in.

❀ ❀ ❀

you didn't arrive untill 10, debating on weather or now you should show up in the first place, you finally decided ( and with a little help from a friend) that you should go and if you hated it you would never have to go again.

kirishima was annoyed and losing hope, he's been here for what felt like hours, anticipating and waiting for your arrival only for denki sero and a lot of B-1 kids he didnt recognize to show up in your place.

he thought when you did finally show up he's be too bored to even try going for you, which he found was completely and utterly wrong.

when you walked through the door, dress short but not too short. jewelry one, a but more makeup than he'd ever seen you with at school he ran and hid in the bathroom for a solid 2 minutes.

fuck you looked good. he refixed his hair and clothes, and alowly creaked the door back open.

you were no where to be found and he didnt't know if that waa a good or bad thing.

them he saw you, surounded by what looked like to be his friends and ones he didn't want you to meet just yet.

"hello, brochachos what's happening." kirishima internally cringed, he's never saud the word brochacho in his life.

denki smirked, "nothin'...brochacho..just making conversation."

kirishima fought not to blush, "right, you having any fun?" he addressed you now, you were even prettier up close.

you blinked, a sudden wave of anxiety washing over you. why was he talking to you? why were any of them talking to you? when his friends had strolled over and introduced themselves you'd been confused on how they knew your name already, you thought they were going to try and humiliate you but they'd only nodded and smiled when you explained Mina was the one who'd invited you. "yeah, uhm it's nice." you mumbled, feeling surrounded by the sudden onslaught of people. "great." denki suddenly yelled "in that case me and my buddies are gonna do body shots, were in the basement if you wanna join." and he yanked sero's body away, leaving you and kirishima to face each other. "you're not gonna go with them...?" you asked you eyes shiny through the lenses. kirishima's heart almost exploded from his chest. "no, i'd rather stay here. if you don't mind." you were silent for a moment. "no, i guess I don't"

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[felonytaxevasion]

what are ur undersiders sexuality/gender thoughts slash headcanons (i’m asking mostly for aisha bc u’re the no1 aisha fan but i do want to hear ur thoughts on the rest!)

You know I honestly feel like I'm not picky about Undersiders gender sexuality portrayals/ don't have many strong headcanons. Like I'm still gonna answer this question in depth and at length but I feel like the only HC I'd even think twice about is CisHet Rachel. The rest exist more fluidly in my minds eye. Anyways though -

Taylor I personally see as Bi, though I am an ally to the lesbian Taylor truthers. I just find the argument that she's gay because her weird heterosexual larp with Brian comes across bland and lacking passion to be unconvincing. I think Taylor and Brian have a weird relationship because Taylor and Brian are weird outside of their relationship. Taylor feels like she has more natural chemistry with Lisa and Rachel because Lisa and Rachel are both pretty unconcerned with appearing normal. Taylor can just talk to them without trying to do things "the right way" like she does with Brian. I think if you paired Taylor with Amy Dallon or someone similar she would come across just as stilted and awkward as she does with Brian. Gender wise I'm not sure. Im a really big fan of trans fem Taylor it just feels at odds with Wildbow's intention to write her as Cis a lot of the time. I want it to be real though

Lisa - Aspec bi?? gay???? gender????? I really don't know. Obviously she's canonically ace aro as of Ward and that does feel accurate to me, especially in Ward. In Worm I'm conflicted because I don't think her feelings towards Taylor are platonic but I also don't necessarily think they are romantic. It's a secret third thing. I think Lisa's dream is to live with Taylor in a house and share a bedroom and hug all the time and Taylor let's Lisa take care of her and they go on dates But also they never kiss or think about being regular in love. As I understand it this is probably the definition of some genre of queerplatonic relationship which I think this is a real life experience people can have, and if they wanna call themselves acearo because they don't experience traditional romantic attraction or sapphic because they do desire a special kind of relationship with a girl that's up to them. Lisa's label doesn't really matter to me as much as her feelings about Taylor existing in the grey area of friendship and romance does. Gender wise I have no strong feelings, though I think she's one of the Undersiders who could be retroactively declared as Trans The Whole Time without raising questions about things that happen in Worm.

Brian - and I think he is such a typical CisHet man but it would be really good for him and his mental health to explore this. I think he'll go on the journey of self discovery and still identify as a heterosexual cis man in the end but it would be good for him to choose this identity for himself instead of letting society decide for him.

Rachel - she is THE butch lesbian to me. I don't care that she was described that way only because Taylor was trying to insult her face shape she is butch to ME. And also other people too probably. But I think Rachel is like the scary stereotypical lesbians they show to girls in But I'm A Cheerleaders fictional conversion camp. I don't think she dates men I think Biter was either a fellow butch lesbian or the narrator made a mistake she's Gaygay to me. Gender wise I think Rachel just identifies as Rachel. I don't think she has a great attachment to her identity as a woman but also doesn't desire to escape it

Alec - has non binary energy but won't realize that himself for a couple years. I've said before that I think you'd have to misgender Alec multiple times in rapid succession before he even cared enough to say anything and I maintain that to be true. He's canonically kind of bisexual (likes it's canon he likes all genders but the way it's phrased doesn't give him a label beyond "hedonist" which is just. We can't get into it, moving on) anyway he's bisexual to me.

Aisha - now I don't know if I've earned the title no 1 Aisha fan but I sure do strive to be this every day of my life. Anyway Aisha is a cis woman, I've written before about her relationship to gender. She's experienced a ton of misogyny and specifically misogynoir in her life but her attitude towards womanhood has always been more of something she wants to fight for to feel safe, rather than something she wants to escape. I can see an Aisha who identifies differently but I think that compared to other characters like Taylor or Brian who would feel obligated to conform to the gender norms of the gender they were transitioning to, Aisha would stay the exact same and maybe just change or add a pronoun. But really I like Aisha's in text relationship with gender a lot, I don't really read into it in any other way. Sexuality wise she is bisexual which is canon. My only caveat is that in Ward she says she has a preference for boys but I think thats not true. Especially since she followed it up by saying her taste in boys is as close to Alec Again as possible. I think she likes both genders equally tbh but that she's going to end up with a woman because she's comparing every man she dates to her dead best friend.

Sabah - Sabah is high femme lesbian to me. Like obviously she is a lesbian sexuality wise but I think lesbian is also her gender. I think she likes performing feminity but it does feel like an intentional performance for her. I do think she also enjoys experimenting and presenting more masc sometimes but that feminity and her identity as femme is what feels most comfortable for her. Projection on my fellow fictional fashion and doll designer mayhaps but it does feel right.

Lily - I think that she identifies as one of those ponytail masc lesbians, I don't think she identifies as butch per se, like I don't think she's performing masculinity so much as refusing to perform feminity. That said I think masc is a label she would give herself anyway. I think going from Flechette to Foil she starts incorporating more intentional masculine elements to her presentation. I don't think the wards were pressuring her to be femme in any way but that Lily would internalize the way the other girl wards present and try to match. Who knows what will happen when March dies and the cluster bleed through hits Lily hard though because I think May is very Femme.

Anyway these are my many many thoughts that I said I didn't have thank you for asking I love talking about the undersidersssss

[clancy-the-pretty-odd-killjoy]

So while I can't claim the title of "elder emo" (which Franky I've seen so many times that I find it accidentally irritating to hear but that's not the point) I can claim the title of one of panic! At the discos biggest fans respectfully. (All eras)

I don't know if it matters but I'm also a huge fan of the young veins, I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, the brobecks, and all their solo stuff/other artist Collabs/live or recorded covers/unreleased songs etc. I pride myself on panic being one of my favorite bands and one that I know the most about. (To an unhealthy degree quite honestly.) However of course that doesn't make me a specialist on knowing every single thing they've ever said. But anyway my reason for this rant was that I can agree with most of this, however I do feel that is a bit unfair and quite honestly just straight up dumb to say these things if they're in the wrong context.

Allow me to elaborate.

The way I read this it came off as saying that liking early era Ryan ross to a large extent is not okay, but maybe that's just me that perceived it like that. I feel that in my experience the early era Ryan is my favorite most of the time because it's comforting to me to look at pictures of Ryan with his stupid emo haircut and that weird camera he took shirtless pics with. Because he seemed so unafraid to express himself freely. That's inspiring.

And while I completely appreciate his growth as a person and all that's changed, I can still hyper fixate on his myspace profile can I not? Again I may have misunderstood the op but the way I read it seemed mostly like they where against people who focus intensely on the early Ryan ross era. Which as i Said has always been one of my favorite Ryan eras.

However that doesn't mean I'm not just as hyper fixated on his other eras like the young veins, but also it doesn't mean I disrespect his wishes to be away from the spotlight, that's a totally valid want. And I don't go around yelling about Ryden drama that doesn't exist but I am guilty of shit posting about it satirically. So maybe I'm a biased opinion in the slightest. But as I see it, the reason we focus so intensely on this era Ryan ross is because we missed the era and the comfort it brought. The early 2000s for a lot of people who didn't get to experience it is a "comfort culture" as I call it, we look back on the media from that time and it seems like an easier time to just shitposts things to myspace without a million people saying "well actually this happened with that person, so that technically makes you an eleged pedo supporter-" or something similar after someone posts about msi being "Coolio in a rawr XD (Gerard) way" or something, at least to me it feels. Let's face it that the world today is hyper focused on proving people wrong or immoral one way or another. Maybe it's people trying to feel better about themselves, maybe it's just the fact everyone is super sensitive and easily triggered. Either way, you used to be able to shitposts about a band without someone yelling at you for supporting a bad person when you didn't even know there were any allegations.

So anyway, as I see it, obsessing with old versions of people we admire is a coping mechanism, To cope with our own lives or sometimes to hide from them.

Okay, I'm dusting off my OLD emo bandom hat to be real with y'all fuckers for a second. This blog started in 2009 as a Panic fan blog so I know what I'm talking about.

My hot take is these new wave "Ryan Ross" fans don't actually like Ryan as a person, they just parasocially cling to pictures of him from when he was 19 in 2006 because he's "gender" or whatever and put him on this pedestal because he was a skinny white man in eyeliner who wrote some bops over 20 years ago. (When they were literal toddlers.)

But the truth is Ryan distanced himself from that person. By 2007 he wanted nothing to do with his old emo self and his old music. (Hence the hipster makeover.) He was uncomfortable in the spotlight and didn't want to be famous. By 2009 he wanted out completely.

I just have this feeling he would be super uncomfortable with all of this worship of his old self, AND y'all dragging him into this drama by spamming his name at Brendon anytime that man does anything.

Ryan and Brendon have no hard feelings. You're manufacturing drama between two men who want nothing to do with it and you're no better than the fans who were constantly invading their privacy over a decade ago.

Leave Ryan alone. If he wanted attention he wouldn't have logged off social media 15 years ago. Go listen to AFYCSO and have your feelings but STOP with the Brendon death threats and STOP spreading lies about Brendon to make your fave look better.

Ryan has done a lot of fucked up shit to. They were all white teenage boys on drugs in the 2000s who got thrust into the limelight suddenly and had to figure out how to be good people.

IDGAF if you hate Brendon but keep it to yourself. None of the bandmates have hard feelings with one another. Worry about the hatred you have for yourself instead. People who are okay don't act like that.

Love,

An elder emo.

[tartadxfresa]

hm. is there maybe a world in which you'd write a small snippet of Adam being soft with Opal?

@extinctcorruption

hiii @extinctcorruption thank you for the prompt <3 i've never written from opal's perspective, so this was a little experiment. i hope you like it!!

Opal was not comfortable under the car. It was too hot, and it smelled like gasoline that tickled her nose in a bad way. The gravel of the driveway dug into her back. She’d been hiding for a long, long time, so Ronan nor Adam could find her. She’d broken the rules.  While they were out, she had chewed—chewed and chewed and chewed—on Adam’s battered red Converse. The rubber had made such a good sound when she bit it.  Crunchy footsteps on the gravel warned her someone was coming. She squeezed her eyes shut, she was good at hiding. The steps stopped. She opened her eyes. A pair of black boots stood at the edge of the car. She was going to be punished. “Opal?” That was Adam’s voice, but Ronan’s shoes. She almost gasped. His face dipped low enough that it nearly brushed the dirty floor. Their eyes met. “Hey,” he said softly. Adam didn’t really get angry with Opal, but she had destroyed his shoes.  “What are you doing under here?” Adam asked. “You’re going to hurt yourself.” “I’m strong.” “Come on.” “I chewed on your shoes.” “I know.” He lay down all the way, belly against the gravel. He smelled like gasoline and Ronan and wild grass. “I’m not mad,” Adam said. “I chewed on your shoes,” Opal repeated, louder this time, because maybe he hadn’t heard her. He sometimes couldn’t.  ���They were so old. I was thinking about getting a new pair anyway, for college.” “Oh.” “I brought you a cookie.” That sparked something warm inside her. Cookies were good and fair, even if they didn’t let her eat as many as she wanted. Adam pushed himself up from the ground, and she crawled out from under the car. He was smiling, and when he reached into his pocket, he pulled out a cookie as big as his palm and offered it to her. She took it with her dirty fingers and bit into it. Adam ruffled her hair. He did that a lot, and she liked it. “You’re okay. Just don’t do it again, alright?” She nodded, mouth full, crumbs catching on her cheeks. Adam wiped them off. Then he held out his hand. His palm was warm and sweaty and her was sticky with motor oil and chocolate, but he didn’t seem to mind. As they walked toward the fields, Adam said, “I don’t know if you’d be able to—but maybe I can teach you how to ride a bike?”

[moonyskarma]

THE GOOD (AND THE BAD)

TRANSCRIBED MEMORY LOG :: J.A.M.I.E AI SYSTEM Voiceprint ID: APOLLO ▇▇▇ Timestamps: ▇▇▇

001.

[begin audio transcription]

Nat suggested I start doing this... "audio diary" thing. Says it helps her. I'll give it a shot. She gave me a book of prompts, so I guess I'll answer the first one.

"When did you first realize you're important?" ...okay.

[clears throat]

I think I was five, maybe six, when I realized I wasn't just "one of Thor's brothers." I remember running through the throne room, barefoot, and tripping. I slammed right into one of the golden pillars. I was terrified that Odin was going to kill me, especially when I saw the black shadows seeping into the cracks, coming from my hands.

One of the guards picked me up. Didn't say anything, at first. But then he didn't call me "your highness," or "prince," like I was used to call me. He called me the shadow's son. I asked what he meant, and he said I'd learn soon enough. Called me "little shadow" from then on.

Spoiler alert, Odin found out. I won't go into detail on that.

[end audio transcription]

002.

[begin audio transcription]

Tony and I were in the lab today, and we just started laughing so hard our work was forgotten. I don't even remember what he said, he's just so fucking funny. We just go back and forth and back and forth—getting on everybody's nerves but each others. Finally, someone that can match my sarcasm.

[end audio transcription]

003.

[begin audio transcription]

I still feel sick—like I can't breathe, like someones taken my lungs and squeezed them. It's been two days.

So, we were on the run. Like, fugitives of the state kind of on-the-run. Me, Steve, Natasha, and Steve's friend Sam. I don't think Sam really trusts me, not after what he found out about me. Whatever.

Anyways, we were in this car. And then there's a weight on the roof. Gods, I could feel him before I even saw him. I knew it was him—I don't know how. I just knew. He ripped the fucking steering wheel out of the car, and then everybody's shooting.

But when I saw him... when we were face to face, I lowered my gun. And then Steve hit him or something, and—and he went flying, mask falling off. And I saw his face for the first time in, well, years.

I couldn't help myself. I knew he wouldn't recognize me, wouldn't know me, but I called his name anyway. He stared at me, like he was trying to remember. And then he said "Who the hell is Bucky?" and I think I stopped breathing.

I should've fought harder to bring him in. But we don't know where he is right now—he's probably being wiped again, after seeing me. HYDRA'll make sure no memories of me resurface. They know I'm his only weakness.

[end audio transcription]

004.

[begin audio transcription]

I can't believe what happened today. He's safe. My—...Bucky is safe. We got him. Everything else has gone to the dogs, but Bucky's safe. They're transporting him to Wakanda right now—apparently there's some technology there that can get rid of the brainwashing.

I swear, his voice will be replaying in my head until I see him again. "Thank you for saving me," he said. I told him it was nothing. He said it was everything. I told him I would've saved him if it was the last thing I did, and he smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.

Those eyes. Those ice-blues i've been dreaming about for almost four years.

And then I almost starting crying, because he trusted himself enough to touch me, sitting in that white lab room, just the two of us.

The Avengers are fractured, though. They chose sides. Everything's a mess, and Tony isn't talking to me. I've called him probably over a hundred times by now.

But—it's okay, y'know? Everything's okay now.

005.

[begin audio transcription]

I don't think I've ever laughed that hard in my life.

It was... "family night," as Tony likes to call it. Started off with a big meal around the table—Wanda and I cooked. Then, after too many drinks, someone suggests karaoke.

Who was going to tell me Tony can sing? Anyways, then we watched a movie.

For some reason, Steve chose. His favorite movie, for whatever reason, is The Sound of Music. Bucky grumbled in my ear about wanting to watch Lord of the Rings, of course.

For once, nobody said anything when Bucky and I sat right next to each other. Guess nobody noticed when he pulled a blanket over our laps either—wait, wait, no, don't make that weird. Oh gods, if Tony hears that, I think he might actually make having the lights on mandatory.

I don't think anything's better than that, though. Just me, and my family. We've been through hell, but we came out alright on the other side, didn't we?

[end audio transcription]

:: files saved. J.A.M.I.E out.

013 . back to the 𝓐lphabet 𝓐rchive .ᐟ

[drunkenskunk]

Oh boy another Drunk Skunk rant!

So I've been on vacation this last week, and I've got another week of vacation ahead of me. You would think that during this time, I would be doing anything productive, like writing one of the dozens of ideas rattling around my head, or trying to draw the comic of that one short story about pre-transition Tuera.

Instead, I have spent most of this time playing:

Because of course I have. I am a weak willed coward and have no defense against The Intrusive Thought.

However: during this time, when I could've been doing anything else more productive, I came to a strange realization. It's one of those things that I'm sure someone has already said, at some point, somewhere... but it's gonna make me feel better if I write them all down anyway.

Mostly because it feels like a convoluted tangle of several thoughts, I want to get them all sorted, and I can't think of a better way to do this than in front of tons of strangers on the internet.

Interestingly, this realization didn't start with WoW, it started with me rewatching that Noah Caldwell-Gervais' Diablo video, again. I've watched this video (and "watched" it in the background) many, many times, because it's really good, but something stood out to me on this particular rewatch.

It was that bit right at the very end of the Diablo 3 section, where he's talking about the boss fight against Malthael in Reaper of Souls:

"At the end of Diablo 3, your character, the Nephalem, is certainly stronger than any angel or demon. Death itself is the final boss, then. It is impossible to escalate from here, so the game ends, as is traditional, with a melancholy and temporary victory that leaves the future uncertain."

And that is when it hit me like a ton of bricks:

This is why WoW sucks lately. We reached that point where it was impossible to escalate further many expansions ago, but the game has kept going.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't the ONLY reason. There are a LOT of contributing factors (and I'll try and get to some of them), but I feel like that is The Big One. It's the Root Cause of a lot of other problems. The game has existed for way too long.

But that's also not the whole picture. Do you remember, a while back, when I was trying to figure out what the fuck was actually happening in the plot for The War Within? Well, I did eventually figure it out. Sort of. But in doing so, I noticed something.

In trying to untangle the story from the start of Vanilla (mostly to jog my own memory of 20 years ago, holy fucking shit I am so goddamn old) to the current expansion of The War Within, I noticed that there was a very slow but steady emphasis on the Player Character being referred to as, like... a legit hero, or "Commander" in Warlords, or "Champion" in everything post Legion.

I'm not bringing this up as if it's some big revelation. This has been a Known Problem with WoW for many years, so much so that even in my absence I heard people saying shit like "I'm tired of being Azeroth's Champion, I want to go back to being nobody again." I bring this up, because I think I've figured out why the game keeps insisting that the player is a "Champion."

The story of WoW, if you actually follow the quests as written (which I did to try and figure out what the fuck is going on jesus fucking christ what the fuck is wrong with me), are working under the assumption that the character experiencing these quests has been playing the game since Vanilla. And not just playing the game since Vanilla, but the story is sort of... taking it as read that they player has done EVERYTHING in EVERY expansion.

Like so much else in the storytelling of WoW, it's not... good, but it does make sense. At least once the layers of bullshit have been stripped away. Incidentally, that's also how I'd describe the plot of The War Within, now that I actually know what's going on: it's not good writing, but it makes sense.

When you stop to think about it through that lens, specifically, a lot of questionable writing decisions suddenly become a bit more understandable. Slightly. Because this hypothetical completionist player who has been playing the game since Vanilla that the story is apparently being written for... would be completely ridiculous.

Because, even in Vanilla, the quests that send you to dungeons and raids, if you'd ever actually stopped to read the text (which I did in my research to piece everything together) acknowledges that these are challenges for groups of people... but there is also this implication that you are the one in charge. The quests assume that You are The Party Leader, organizing this adventure to kill dragons, or elemental lords, or Old Gods sealed away for thousands of years. Of course The Player Character is regarded as a hero! ... right?

And, y'know? It's a shame that that is the angle they decided to focus on, and subsequently expand, when it came to the story. Because I think it betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of why MMOs like WoW worked in the first place. They are multiplayer games, first and foremost. Yeah, one of us can be "strong," sure, but we will always be stronger when working together. That sense of community you get with a bunch of people working towards a common goal, that is one of the primary draws of MMOs.

We weren't important back in Vanilla, at least not at first. We were just an ordinary person, rising to the challenges set before us, along with all of our friends. We weren't a prophesied hero, we weren't a "Champion," we were just... The Person Who Was Available. And more than that, one of the other big draws, at least back in Vanilla, was the novelty of being able to exist as a person in this world that we'd only ever experienced before in three strategy games.

Then again, when you look back at the RTS games - and specifically, the Founding of Durotar campaign in Frozen Throne - you realize that a lot of these problems have existed since before WoW was even a thing. I've often said that the Founding of Durotar felt a bit like a proof of concept of what Blizz wanted to do for WoW, just in the Warcraft 3 engine. Because Rexxar also wasn't a destined hero at first... he started off kinda like us. He was The Person Who Was Available. And wouldn't you know it, he ended that campaign as the Champion of the Horde. But we didn't notice that being a problem, back then... because that story came to an end. It was allowed to stop.

And that brings me back to the original problem. Because what do you do with a player character who has killed dragons, elemental lords, Old Gods, and everything else on the way? Where do you possibly go from there when you've already committed to this course for the story?

Well... you escalate.

Things get bigger. The threats get larger. The danger gets more extreme. The list of accomplishments under the player character's belt as they overcome these challenges grows. And grows. And grows. Things just keep escalating and building and escalating and building and the game is forced to acknowledge that everything else that came before has been done, and been done by you, specifically, even if the character you're playing didn't or couldn't... because it would be completely unfeasible and make even LESS SENSE to try and write different quest text based on what the current character has actually done, specifically. It just keeps going on and on and on and on...

But you can't keep doing that forever. At least, not under normal circumstances. Because doing that means things will just keep getting more and more ridiculous, and the titles and accolades will ring more and more hollow. Sure, you're a "Champion" in the quest text... but everyone else is a "Champion," too. Because the quest text isn't talking to you. It's talking to the hypothetical (and probably imaginary) completionist player that all this stupid escalation is apparently being written for.

We passed the Point of No Return and have significantly exceeded the Ridiculous Escalation Critical Mass Threshold several expansions ago. But because of the corporate machinations of ActivisionBlizzardKing - and now Micro$oft - World of Warcraft just... keeps going. It WILL keep going. Despite how many people have left the game over the years, it is still an economic powerhouse. It's still making the company literal boatloads of cash. And because of this, World of Warcraft is not allowed to die.

... aw, dang. Now I've gone and made myself sad again.

[bomberqueen17]

progress

man last week at the farm was so hectic that it was Friday night before I had to recharge my laptop. Like, from Sunday morning to Friday night, I had not actually sat at my laptop, which is the primary place I do both the hobbies I like to do and spend my leisure time, for long enough to discharge the battery. So if that don't tell you something, IDk what does.

anyway. i'm back in buffalo really really enjoying the central air at the moment-- it's not even that hot it's just over 90% humidity unrelentingly and having a break from that is amazing.

Chita is 'm ebecoming pickier and pickier about food, and has grown very thin, which I don't like, but well, she's old enough to vote, and her thyroid medication is damaging her kidneys, so. There's a limit on how much longer we'll have with her, and I'd like to keep her going as long as I can, but. Well, it's hard. At least she's still happy and lovey and purry. Currently she's sleeping in a box under the ottoman, which is her favorite disappearance spot.

I'm determined to bash out the rest of this novel, which is taking for-fucking-ever but I think I almost know how it ends now.

I'm also thinking of giving up on getting treatment for ADHD. (whining about that behind cut)

Vyvanse did nothing, methylphenidate did nothing, now I'm on a higher dose of methylphenidate and I can tell I've taken it because I get headaches, drymouth, and occasionally feel like my heart is beating faster than it ought to, but I'm not having any positive effects from it. At this point I'm realizing I wouldn't know what a positive effect would even entail. I've spent about four thousand dollars out of pocket on this (high deductible), and then we switched health insurance (new job for dude) to... the same health insurance but with the deductible reset... so I'll have to spend seven thousand more before they cover anything at all, and I'm just all set. I could've bought myself a bunch of really nice shit for that, instead of a lot of headaches and some advice to form better habits. So. I'm trying to be scientific and document my experiences but I've pretty much got the gist of it by now. ADHD stimulant meds have no positive effects for me.

I guess that's all I was really trying to do, was find out if treatment was possible. So many people say it changed their lives, and I would've liked that. I know it takes a long time to dial in on the right medication and the right dosage but. I have literally not experienced any positive effect from anything, and at this point I can't even imagine what it would be like. I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe I was just expecting something unrealistic. I don't know why people take these medications. The current psych says stimulant meds slow your thoughts down. That's not what I need. I don't have trouble focusing because my mind is racing. I have trouble focusing because I forget I'm real. I have trouble getting anything done because I intrinsically cannot comprehend prioritizing goals. Slowing my thoughts down wouldn't help with that anyway. So I don't know why I'm spending so much time trying all this. The psych said that if the methylphenidate isn't helpful she might try modafinil next, and I had already looked that up and I'm not even sure what they're hoping it would do for me. Atomoxetine made me anhedonic and destroyed my digestion for a while. What's modafinil gonna do? I literally can't imagine what good thing it could do. Maybe I'm just too old and set in my ways. I am just not ever going to be a person who can set goals and then carry them out and I should accept that and get as Zen as I can about it. I'm basically unemployable and it's too late to change it. It's fine.

IDK the one therapist was like "i can't help you you should see a psychiatrist directly" but now that service is texting and calling me about scheduling another appointment and i have no idea what to even say. i guess i can text back and be like "it's all good, i am giving up!" but i don't know if they'll take that as an answer. But like, in the last session I did with her she was like "well a pill isn't gonna fix ya!" so i'm like well. then. what. are we doing here. telling me to keep a journal has only given me an almost traumatic aversion to notebooks, so i doubt there's any more like. useful information here. a pill isn't gonna fix me, it's not even going to help me, and a notebook isn't going to save me, and i have yet to encounter advice i haven't already tried, and i'm just you know what i'm good enough i guess. this is so much hassle and i have no faith that anyone is ever going to figure out what my fucking deal is anyway.

But. apart from that life goes on and is fine and i can stop fretting now and get back to that writing. I wish i could keep my house tidier but like, i also wish I could fly, right? Some things, you just can't have. I can't make my cat immortal, I can't learn how to make a fucking list, I can't set a goal and achieve it. But I can mostly write a book. Maybe I can finish one of those. I'll keep trying.

[drago-gatta]

"You make me nervous."

Drago lifted her gaze from the screen's display of the camera system with a puzzled expression.

Spring's words were sudden and... confusingly honest.

"Come again?" Drago closed the tablet and turned towards the sitting large animatronic bunny lazily messing with a crumpled paper ball.

"If you have hearing problems, that is not my problem." He replied cockyly, poorly hiding his regret in having spoken.

"I heard you perfectly fine, you big douche, but I would like for you to elaborate on your own words. Please." Drago crossed her legs, hands clasped on her lap and tail swishing to comfortably circle the office chair she was sat on. Her undivided attention was on him.

Spring sighed in frustration, shaking his big head and making his ears' rusted components protest for the motion. He was actively avoiding her searching gaze by juggling that messed up paper sheet between his mechanical hands.

He said nothing for a while, instead grumbling his own discomfort in being outed by a sudden outburst of honesty and now having to talk about it. He knew Drago wouldn't let this slide. She could brush it off, but it will eventually pop back up and, knowing her, possibly in an inopportune moment where he would rather not have to talk about personal emotional baggages in front of others. Her curiosity was endearing most of times, but could prove lethal for a closed off heart.

He threw the paper at the hanged Freddy costume, aiming at the one empty eye socket but missing.

"You..." he started, closing his eyes to find the strength not to berate her and storm off the room.

"You are too... kind to me. In many ways. It unsettles me even after years we've known each other. Makes me nervous."

There, he said it. Now she could let go, yes?

"Do i?" An amused chuckle made his sound receptors perk up towards her direction.

No, she wasn't done...

Damn her. Damn her and her damned ability to read him like an open book.

"I elaborated my statement, now drop it." He finally looked at her, only to glare difensively.

"Nnnnope~ You talk with your actions all of the time, so I want to listen to you when you choose to use words instead." She replied, unfazed by his display. "You can talk to me anytime, Spring. I've been put here for that. And to keep this place from going flambè."

"Which you are doing poorly since I am the one fixing stuff around."

"Partially true, but irrelevant. You are swaying from the main issue."

"Ugh...." Caught red-handed. Fuck. "You are a pain in the ass."

"You don't have an ass." She sticks her tongue out at him and turns to the tablet, resuming her work. He huffs amusedly.

He looks at his now empty hands, regretting having thrown away that crumpled paper ball. Now he was alone with his thoughts and forced to put them out in display.

Lowering his gaze, taking in his body's sorry state. He hated how the cables dangled from his calves.

Heck, the newest part of his body were the adhesive felt pads she put on the plant of his feet to keep him from loudly clanging around with each step he took. She placed them to rensemble paws, even after he told her that rabbits don't have paws. She did it anyway and he let her do it anyway.

"You care. I don't understand why." He muttered.

She looked at him but didn't move her head more than a slight tilt, immediately focusing back on her the screen without a word.

"Why do you care? I could kill you anytime. HE is unpredictable, I could fold anytime and end your life like blowing on a candle."

She smiled softly hearing his words and turned to face him one more time.

"And yet, despite all that and all these years, I am alive. You, too, care if you speak like this. It means your heart is good, and that is all that matters."

"You see, that is what makes me nervous. You are not afraid. I am afraid of you not being afraid. You invert what I am supposed to be in my very core and..." he stopped himself, took a mechanical deep breath and relaxed his shoulders, continuing now that he cut off every escape route he had. "... a-and it scares me. I don't want to hurt you, not even involuntarily."

That.

That was the most sensible and vulnerable display of affection she ever heard/saw/experienced from him. Those words really reached her ears, making her heart skip a beat. She always knew, of course, that the old animatronic bunny's aggression was a facade, a self-built wall to keep himself from being hurt. An understandable trauma response given the hand delt to him by existence.

Such words were deserving of acknowledgement and she knew how she could make him really understand she heard him.

"You big old sap." She blew him a kiss.

"Oh fuck you." He stood up, walking away from the room.

She saw how his muzzle was curved in a smile, though.

"You make me nervous."

[royalarchivist]

[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]

Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?

[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*

–

Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.

Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!

Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.

* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.

[bonesandthebees]

sometimes I finish a book and none of the books i have at home are ones I want to read next so I go out to a bookstore and buy another book but during the time I spend wandering the bookstore struggling to pick out my next book I'm thinking back on the books I already own and still have yet to read and by the time I buy a book and leave I've decided my next read is just going to be a book I already had. but hey I still have a new book.

[icewindandboringhorror]

What would you choose? :0c

(note: original image is from HERE (link) - but I edited it to add a wider variety of options.. also added $3 extra to the total, even though I know that makes it more uneven lol, I thought if you're adding 10 whole extra items, the money to spend should at least be increased slightly, if that makes sense..)

[nixotinix]

went ahead and made a Blorbo Bleebus chart for my version of Jonny in my AU!

(credit to @bitegore for the template!)

"but wait," i hear you say. "what AU?"

i am SO glad you asked! I can finally talk about this now that i've gotten some substantial work done on this massive project i've decided to undertake. here's a sneak peek!

this unreasonably sized project is called Dementophobia. It's a comic that details my very own specially written backstory for one Jonathan Crane. It takes from a couple different backstories in some places, and is original in others. I'm really excited for it and can't wait to get it out into the world.

The prologue should be coming out within the next few days, so keep your eyes peeled!!

[thefrogdalorian]

I think on this fine Saturday afternoon it's a good opportunity to take a breather and remember that there are really no ethical paparazzi pictures. Every single one is inherently exploitative.

Just because photos were taken on a movie set, when someone is 'working,' does not make the practice any less invasive and creepy. Imagine just going about your day, doing your job and having some weirdo snapping pictures of you to sell without your consent for others to endlessly repost online.

There are thousands of pictures of your favourite actor online already. Plenty taken with his knowledge and consent. I'd really like to see more of them on my dash, rather than the creeper shots.

And don't get me started how disseminating these pictures directly leads to people going to said sets. What starts off as admiring how good someone looks has real world implications.

No, hanging around a movie set and disrupting people doing their jobs is not harmless fun or a way to show your appreciation.

If you hang around a movie set, you are a stalker.

Don't tell me that it's okay to take your online admiration for someone offline. You may admire him but he does not, and will never, personally know you. He will never be your friend/boyfriend/daddy. He is a stranger.

The only way meeting your favourite actor is going to happen is at a convention or maaaaaybe a movie premiere if you're incredibly fortunate. You know, places they appear specifically to meet fans (or not in the case of premieres, where the purpose is to promote a movie. Which is also completely understandable if actors don't stop. You are not owed an interaction).

Of course, you cannot help it if you randomly run into someone you admire in the wild. Even then, consider that they probably won't be all too thrilled to be approached in public by a complete stranger. It's up to you to gauge the situation, but remember there is a person at the heart of all of this.

Boundaries and respect are a kindness which deserves to be extended to each and every human being regardless of their looks/talent/fame/wealth.

Fandoms blur those lines a little too often for my liking and I think just scrutinising what you're interacting with, or what behaviour you could be possibly falling down that slippery slope towards is nice to do every once in a while.

I mean no malice with this post and it is not directed at anyone in particular. It's something I cannot help but feel strongly about because I've seen this destructive cycle time and again in fandoms over the years. It's not healthy and it makes us all a little bit more disconnected from our humanity for it...

[airenyah]

I get you about the hetero vibes of JD. Like there are CPs who act like they have been married for years and I am inclined to believe that and there are CPs who are just happy their job is to flirt with their homies and they lean into it. The latter is JD to me. Like no matter how much they would flirt, I won't believe they are actually together. I can belive they are best friends, even soulmates but not a couple

yep, exactly! i mean, JD also act like they've been married for years in a way, but as i mentioned in my other reply, it just feels like more of an inside joke and feels much more platonic than romantic

and they most definitely have fun flirting with each other. i think it's as entertaining for them as it is for us. especially for joong. i think it's a well known fact that no matter how insane you think you are about JD, you can be sure that joong is more insane about JD than you are. and i fully support him in that <3